Company: STAA
Filing Date: 2025-09-15
Form Type: PREC14A
Source: 0001213900-25-087448
Chunk: 18

Company: STAAR SURGICAL CO
Filing Date: 2025-09-15
Form: PREC14A
Chunk 18
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 furtherance of,
or in connection with the solicitation of proxies, including fees for attorneys, accountants, public relations or financial advisers,
solicitors, advertising, printing, transportation, litigation and other costs incidental to the solicitation. As of the date hereof, Broadwood
estimates that its total expenditures to date for, in furtherance of, or in connection with the solicitation of proxies is approximately
$[●]. Broadwood does not intend to seek reimbursement from the Company of any expenses it incurs in connection with its solicitation
of proxies for the Merger Proposals at the Special Meeting.

Broadwood will solicit proxies
from individuals, brokers, banks and other nominees. Brokerage houses, banks, and other custodians and fiduciaries will be requested to
forward all solicitation materials to the customers for whom they hold shares, and Broadwood will reimburse them for their reasonable out-of-pocket expenses.
Solicitations may be made by certain of the respective directors, officers and employees of Broadwood listed in , none of
whom will receive additional compensation for such solicitation. Other than the persons described in this Proxy Statement, no general
class of employee of Broadwood will be employed to solicit stockholders in connection with the Special Meeting. However, in the course
of their regular duties, our directors, officers and employees may be asked to perform clerical or ministerial tasks in furtherance of
this solicitation.

In connection with the engagement
of [●] by Broadwood as a proxy solicitor, Broadwood anticipates that certain employees of [●] may communicate in person, by
telephone or otherwise with a limited number of institutions, brokers or other persons who are stockholders of the Company for the purpose
of assisting in the solicitation of proxies for the Special Meeting. Approximately [●] employees of [●] will solicit holders
of the Common Stock in connection with the Special Meeting. Broadwood expects to pay [●] up to $[●] for its services in connection
with the solicitation of proxies for the Special Meeting.

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What is householding of proxy materials?

The SEC has adopted rules
that permit companies and intermediaries (such as brokers, banks and other nominees) to satisfy the delivery requirements for proxy statements
with respect to two or more stockholders sharing the same address by delivering a single proxy statement addressed to those stockholders.
Some brokers, banks and other nominees with account holders who are stockholders