Company: STAA
Filing Date: 2025-09-16
Form Type: DEFM14A
Source: 0001193125-25-204396
Chunk: 103

Company: STAAR SURGICAL CO
Filing Date: 2025-09-16
Form: DEFM14A
Chunk 103
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108 |   |     | $     |  136 |   |
| Unlevered Free Cash Flows(4)   |     | $     | (40 | ) |     | $     |    5 |   |     | $     |   28 |   |     | $     |   39 |   |     | $     |   50 |   |     | $     |   65 |   |

| (1) | For purposes of the Projections, Adjusted EBITDA (unburdened by SBC) is calculated by adding (a) interest                                         
 income and expense, net; provision for income taxes; depreciation and amortization; and stock-based compensation expense, net; to (b) net income. |

| (2) | For purposes of the Projections, Adjusted EBITDA Margin is calculated as Adjusted EBITDA (unburdened by SBC) 
 divided by net sales.                                                                                        |

| (3) | For purposes of the Projections, Adjusted EBITDA (burdened by SBC) is calculated by adding interest income and 
 expense, net; provision for income taxes; and depreciation and amortization to net income.                     |

| (4) | For purposes of the Projections, Unlevered Free Cash Flows is calculated as Adjusted EBITDA less taxes, less                                                                                                               
 changes to net working capital, less total capital expenditures. Total capital expenditures refer to the funds required to acquire, upgrade and maintain essential physical assets like property, technology or equipment. |

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July Diligence Projections Subject to the foregoing qualifications, the following table presents a summary of the July Diligence Projections:

| ($ in millions)                |     | 2025E |     |   |     | 2026E |     |   |     | 2027E |     |   |
|:-------------------------------|:----|:------|----:|:--|:----|:------|----:|:--|:----|:------|----:|:--|
| Net Sales                      |     | $     | 256 |   |     | $     | 350 |   |     | $     | 428 |   |
| Adjusted EBITDA (unburdened by 
 SBC)(1)                        |     | $     |   7 |   |     | $     |  98