On October 1, 2021, Broadwood Capital, Inc. announced that it remains pleased with STAAR Surgical Company’s progress over time with respect to corporate governance matters, and views that shareholder-oriented corporate governance has made a substantial contribution to the Company’s overall progress since the Chairman of the Company’s board of directors and 2 other directors joined the Board in 2014-2016 as a result of dialogue between shareholders and the Board. Broadwood Capital added that it intends to remain in dialogue from time to time with members of the Board and other shareholders about the Company's corporate governance and strategies for continued long-term shareholder value creation.