Company: STAA
Filing Date: 2025-09-16
Form Type: DEFM14A
Source: 0001193125-25-204396
Chunk: 112

Company: STAAR SURGICAL CO
Filing Date: 2025-09-16
Form: DEFM14A
Chunk 112
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 such meeting with respect to shares for which appraisal rights
are available that appraisal rights are available and include in the notice either a copy of Section 262 or information directing the stockholders to a publicly available electronic resource at which Section 262 may be accessed without
subscription or cost. This proxy statement constitutes STAAR’s notice to stockholders that appraisal rights are available in connection with the Merger, and the full text of Section262 may be accessed, without subscription or cost, at the following publicly available website:https://delcode.delaware.gov/title8/c001/sc09/index.html#262. In connection with the Merger, any stockholder or beneficial owner who wishes to exercise appraisal rights or who wishes to preserve such person’s right to do so should review the following summary and Section262 carefully. Failure to strictly comply with the requirements of Section262 in a timely and proper manner will result in the loss of appraisal rights under the DGCL.In

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addition, the Delaware Court of Chancery will dismiss appraisal proceedings as to all stockholders and beneficial owners who assert appraisal rights unless (a) the total number of shares of STAAR common stock held by stockholders or beneficial owners who have become entitled to appraisal rights as determined by the Delaware Court of Chancery exceeds 1% of the outstanding shares eligible for appraisal or (b) the value of the aggregate Merger Consideration for such shares entitled to appraisal exceeds $1 million. Because of the complexity of the procedures for exercising the right to seek appraisal of shares of STAAR common stock, STAAR believes that if a stockholder or beneficial owner is considering exercising appraisal rights, that person should seek the advice of legal counsel. A stockholder or beneficial owner who loses his, her, its or their appraisal rights will be entitled to receive the Merger Consideration as described in the Merger Agreement upon surrender of the certificates that formerly represented such shares of STAAR common stock. Stockholders and beneficial owners wishing to exercise the right to seek an appraisal of their shares of STAAR common stock must fully comply with Section 262, which means doing, among other things, ALL of the following:

| • |     | the person must not submit a proxy or otherwise vote in favor of the proposal to adopt the Merger Agreement; |

| • |     | the person must deliver to STAAR a written demand for appraisal before the vote on the adoption of the Merger                                                                                                                                          
 Agreement at the Special Meeting. This written demand for appraisal must be in addition to and separate from any