Company: STAA
Filing Date: 2025-10-30
Form Type: DEFA14A
Source: 0001193125-25-258558
Chunk: 18

Company: STAAR SURGICAL CO
Filing Date: 2025-10-30
Form: DEFA14A
Chunk 18
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 shares of STAAR common stock are held in the name of a broker, bank or other nominee, you should follow the voting instructions you receive from the holder of record to revoke your proxy or change your vote. Any adjournment, postponement or other delay of the Special Meeting, including for the purpose of soliciting additional proxies, will allow STAAR stockholders who have already sent in their proxies to revoke them at any time prior to their use at the Special Meeting, as adjourned, postponed or delayed. (6) Supplement to “Litigation Relating to the Merger” Each of the sections titled “Litigation Relating to the Merger” on pages 5 and 73 of the proxy statement is hereby amended and restated as follows: In connection with the Merger Agreement, two individual lawsuits have been filed by purported stockholders of STAAR, each in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York, captioned Smith v. STAAR Surgical Company et al. , Index No. 55858/2025 (filed October 1, 2025) and Miller v. STAAR Surgical Company et al. , Index No. 55880/2025 (filed October 1, 2025) (collectively, the “Complaints”). The Complaints generally allege that this proxy statement misrepresents and/or omits certain purportedly material information, and assert violations of New York common law against STAAR and the members of the Board. The Complaints seek, among other things: an injunction enjoining the consummation of the Merger until a revised proxy statement has been disseminated; rescission or rescissory damages in the event the Merger is consummated; costs of the action, including reasonable plaintiffs’ attorneys’ fees and experts’ fees; and other relief the court may deem just and proper. 12

In addition to the Complaints, several purported stockholders of STAAR sent demand letters (the “Demands,” and together with the Complaints, the “Matters”) alleging similar deficiencies regarding the disclosures made in the preliminary proxy and this proxy statement, as applicable.

STAAR cannot predict the outcomes of the Matters, but believes that the Matters are without merit. If additional similar complaints are filed or demands are received by STAAR, absent new or significantly different allegations, STAAR will not necessarily disclose such additional filings or demands. The Company has also received appraisal demands from the Broadwood Group and Yunqi Capital Limited.