Company: STAA
Filing Date: 2025-08-29
Form Type: PREM14A
Source: 0001193125-25-192889
Chunk: 43

Company: STAAR SURGICAL CO
Filing Date: 2025-08-29
Form: PREM14A
Chunk 43
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 Meeting will be available for examination during the 10 days before the Special Meeting by any stockholder for any purpose germane to the Special Meeting during
ordinary business hours, at the principal place of business of the corporation at Office of the Corporate Secretary, STAAR Surgical Company, 25510 Commercentre Drive, Lake Forest, California, 92630. As of the Record Date, there were
[ ] shares of STAAR common stock outstanding and entitled to vote at the Special Meeting.

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The presence by remote communication or by proxy of the holders of record of a majority of
the STAAR common stock entitled to vote at the Special Meeting on the Record Date will constitute a quorum at the Special Meeting. In the event that a quorum is not present at the Special Meeting, it is expected that the Special Meeting will be
adjourned to solicit additional proxies.

Vote Required; Abstentions and Broker Non-Votes

Each STAAR stockholder will be entitled to one vote for each share of STAAR common
stock owned as of the close of business on the Record Date.

The affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares
of STAAR common stock entitled to vote thereon is required to approve the Merger Proposal. As of the Record Date, [ ] shares constitute a majority of the outstanding shares of STAAR common stock.

Assuming a quorum is present, the affirmative vote of the holders of the shares of STAAR common stock representing a majority of the STAAR
common stock present by remote communication or represented by proxy at the Special Meeting and entitled to vote on the Compensation Proposal, is required to approve, on an advisory (nonbinding) basis, the Compensation Proposal.

If a quorum is present at the Special Meeting, the failure of any STAAR stockholder of record to: (1) submit a signed proxy card;
(2) grant a proxy over the Internet or by telephone (in accordance with the instructions detailed in “—Voting at the Special Meeting”); or (3) attend the Special Meeting will have the same effect as a vote
“AGAINST” the Merger Proposal but will have no effect on the Compensation Proposal. If a quorum is present at the Special Meeting, for any STAAR stockholder who attends the Special Meeting or is represented by proxy and abstains
from voting, such abstention will have the same effect as if the STAAR stockholder voted “AGAINST” the Merger Proposal and the Compensation Proposal.

Each “broker