Company: STAA
Filing Date: 2025-10-30
Form Type: DEFA14A
Source: 0001193125-25-258558
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Company: STAAR SURGICAL CO
Filing Date: 2025-10-30
Form: DEFA14A
Chunk 6
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ORPORATED

501 Madison Avenue, 20th Floor

New
York, New York 10022

Stockholders, please call toll-free: (877) 750-8233

Banks and brokerage firms, please call: (212) 750-5833

By Order of the Board,

Stephen C. Farrell

Chief Executive Officer

Dated:
October 30, 2025

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(1) Supplements to “Questions and Answers” The following selected Questions and Answers on pages 12 and 15-20of the proxy statement are hereby amended and supplemented as follows:

| Q: | When and where is the Special Meeting? |

You will be able to attend virtually and vote at the Special Meeting by visiting www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/STAA2025SM and using the control number on your updatedWHITE proxy card or voting instructions you previously received from your broker, bank or other nominee. You may begin to log into the Special Meeting website beginning at 8:15 a.m., Pacific Time, on October 23 December 3, 2025. The Special Meeting website is fully supported across browsers (Edge, Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome and Safari) and devices (desktops, laptops, tablets and mobile phones) that have the most updated version of applicable software and plugins installed. STAAR stockholders should ensure that they have a strong Internet connection if they intend to virtually attend the Special Meeting. Attendees should allow sufficient time to access the Special Meeting and ensure that they can hear streaming audio prior to the start of the Special Meeting. Additional information regarding the rules of conduct and other materials for the Special Meeting will be available during the Special Meeting at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/STAA2025SM. You will not be able to attend the Special Meeting physically in person.

| Q: | May I attend and vote at the Special Meeting? |

If your shares of STAAR common stock are registered directly in your name with STAAR’s transfer agent, Equiniti Trust Company (formerly American Stock Transfer & Trust Company) (which this proxy statement refers to as “Equiniti”), you are considered a stockholder of record with respect to those shares. Some stockholders hold shares of STAAR common stock through a bank, broker or other nominee, and are often said to hold those shares in “street name.” These stockholders are considered “beneficial owners” of those shares. If you hold shares of STAAR common stock as a beneficial owner in “street name” as