Company: STAA
Filing Date: 2025-09-16
Form Type: DEFM14A
Source: 0001193125-25-204396
Chunk: 3

Company: STAAR SURGICAL CO
Filing Date: 2025-09-16
Form: DEFM14A
Chunk 3
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 adequacy or accuracy of the disclosure in this document. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense. The accompanying proxy statement is dated September 16, 2025, and, together with the enclosed form of proxy card, is first being mailed to STAAR stockholders on or about September 16, 2025.

STAAR Surgical Company 25510 Commercentre Drive Lake Forest, California 92630 NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON OCTOBER 23, 2025 Notice is hereby given that a special meeting (including any adjournments or postponements thereof, which this proxy statement refers to as the “Special Meeting”) of stockholders of STAAR Surgical Company, a Delaware corporation (which this proxy statement refers to as “STAAR” or the “Company”), will be held virtually via live webcast on October 23, 2025, beginning at 8:30 a.m., Pacific Time (unless the Special Meeting is adjourned or postponed). STAAR stockholders will be able to virtually attend the Special Meeting and vote at the Special Meeting by visiting www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/STAA2025SM, which this proxy statement refers to as the “Special Meeting website.” The Special Meeting is being held for the following purposes:

| 2. | To consider and vote on the proposal to approve, on an advisory (nonbinding) basis, the compensation that may                                                                                                        
 be paid or become payable to STAAR’s named executive officers that is based on or otherwise relates to the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement (the “Compensation Proposal”). |

Only STAAR stockholders of record as of the close of business on September 12, 2025, are entitled to notice of the Special Meeting and to vote at the Special Meeting or any adjournment, postponement or other delay thereof. The Special Meeting will be held in a virtual meeting format only. You will not be able to attend the Special Meeting physically in person. For purposes of attendance at the Special Meeting, references in the enclosed proxy statement to “present” mean virtually present at the Special Meeting, and to “attend” or “attendance” mean to attend or be in attendance at the Special Meeting through virtual means. The Board unanimously recommends that you vote (1) “FOR” the Merger Proposal and (2) “FOR” the Compensation Proposal. Broadwood Partners, L.P. and certain of its affiliates (collectively, “Broadwood