Company: STAA
Filing Date: 2025-04-24
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000950170-25-058174
Chunk: 27

Company: STAAR SURGICAL CO
Filing Date: 2025-04-24
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 27
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 of any committees of the Board), may not exceed $500,000.

| 2025 Proxy Statement | – 19 – |

#### ––Compensation of Directors––
2024 Director Compensation The table below summarizes the fiscal 2024 compensation of each director that served as a non-employee director during 2024, including fees earned or paid in cash, Option Awards, Restricted Stock Units and Stock Awards.

| Name                  |     | Fees Earned or Paid in Cash ($) |    |     | Option Awards ($)(1) |     |     | Stock Awards ($)(1) |     |     | Total ($) |
| Arthur C. Butcher(2)  |     |                          46,923 |    |     |              114,443 |  -3 |     |             114,435 |  -3 |     |   275,801 |
| Stephen C. Farrell    |     |                         115,000 |    |     |               90,006 |  -4 |     |              90,007 |  -4 |     |   295,013 |
| Wei Jiang(2)          |     |                          57,349 | -5 |     |               90,006 |  -6 |     |             138,901 |  -6 |     |   286,256 |
| Aimee S. Weisner(7)   |     |                          76,525 | -8 |     |                    — |  -9 |     |             180,014 |  -9 |     |   256,539 |
| Elizabeth Yeu, M.D.   |     |                          70,000 |    |     |               90,006 | -10 |     |              90,007 | -10 |     |   250,013 |
| K. Peony Yu, M.D.(11) |     |                          33,462 |    |     |                    — |     |     |                   — |     |     |    33,462 |
| Lilian Y. Zhou        |     |                          66,951 |    |     |               90,006 | -12 |     |              90,007 | -12 |     |   246,964 |

(1) Dollar amounts in the Option Awards and Stock Awards columns reflect the grant date fair value of equity awards granted during fiscal year 2024, calculated in accordance with