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 15
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If a quorum is present at the Special Meeting, the failure of any STAAR stockholder of record to: (1) submit a signed WHITE proxy card; (2) grant a proxy over the Internet or by telephone(in accordance with the instructions on your updatedWHITE proxy card and as 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 non-vote” willalso count as a vote “ AGAINST” the Merger Proposal but, assuming a quorum is present, will have no effect on the Compensation Proposal, because broker non-votes willnot be counted as shares present and entitled to vote with respect to proposals on which the broker has not voted. A so-called “broker non-vote” resultswhen banks, brokers and other nominees return a valid proxy voting upon a matter or matters for which the applicable rules provide discretionary authority but do not vote on a particular proposal because they do not have discretionary authority to vote on the matter and have not received specific voting instructions from the beneficial owner of such shares. STAAR does not expect any broker non-votes atthe Special Meeting because the rules applicable to banks, brokers and other nominees only provide brokers with discretionary authority to vote on proposals that are considered “routine” or “discretionary” and each of the proposals to be presented at the Special Meeting is considered “non-routine” and “non-discretionary.” Asa result, no broker will be permitted to vote your shares of STAAR common stock at the Special Meeting without receiving instructions. Failure to instruct your broker on how to vote your shares will have the same effect as a vote “ AGAINST” the Merger Proposal, but will have no effect on the Compensation Proposal (assuming a quorum is present). Stock Ownership and Interests of Certain Persons Shares Held by STAAR’s Directors and Executive Officers As of the Record Date, STAAR’s executive officers and directors beneficially owned and were entitled to vote, in the aggregate, approximately123,542 shares of STAAR common stock, representing less than 1% of the shares of