Company: STAA
Filing Date: 2025-12-19
Form Type: DEFA14A
Source: 0001193125-25-326690
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Company: STAAR SURGICAL CO
Filing Date: 2025-12-19
Form: DEFA14A
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 SCHEDULE 14A PROXY STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(A) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 Filed by the Registrant ☒ Filed by a Party other than the Registrant ☐ Check the appropriate box:

| ☐ | Preliminary Proxy Statement |

| ☐ | Confidential, for Use of the Commission Only (as permitted by Rule 
 14a-6(e)(2))                                                       |

| ☐ | Definitive Proxy Statement |

| ☒ | Definitive Additional Materials |

| ☐ | Soliciting Material under §240.14a-12 |

STAAR SURGICAL COMPANY (Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter) (Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if other than the Registrant) Payment of Filing Fee (Check the appropriate box):

| ☒ | No fee required. |

| ☐ | Fee paid previously with preliminary materials. |

| ☐ | Fee computed on table in exhibit required by Item 25(b) per Exchange Act Rules 
 14a-6(i)(1) and 0-11                                                           |

On December 19, 2025, STAAR Surgical Company (“STAAR”) issued the following press release: Alcon Exercises Right to Require STAAR Surgical to Adjourn its Special Meeting of Stockholders STAAR Special Meeting of Stockholders Adjourned to January 6, 2026 LAKE FOREST, Calif., December 19, 2025 –STAAR Surgical Company (NASDAQ: STAA), the manufacturer of the Implantable Collamer ®Lens (ICL) today announced that Alcon (SIX/NYSE: ALC) has exercised its right under the Alcon merger agreement to require STAAR to adjourn its Special Meeting of Stockholders in connection with the Alcon merger agreement (the “Special Meeting”). As a result, the Special Meeting, which was scheduled for December 19, 2025 at 8:30 a.m. Pacific Time, has been adjourned to January 6, 2026 at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time. The record date for STAAR stockholders eligible to vote at the Special Meeting remains the close of business on October 24, 2025. Stockholders with questions about voting their shares should contact STAAR’s proxy solicitor, Innisfree M&A Incorporated:

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