Chief Development Officer · STAAR SURGICAL CO (STAA)

Magda Michna

A named executive officer of STAAR SURGICAL in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2024 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$2,695,752

FY2024: $2,313,683

Compensation figures as of the proxy filed May 4, 2026 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-09-24.

Magda Michna compensation by year

STAAR SURGICAL Summary Compensation Table · all 2 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as STAAR SURGICAL reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2024FY2025
Salary$492,904$516,819
Bonus$60,000$0
Stock awards$1,395,164$1,800,036
Option awards$348,785$0
Non-equity incentive$0$353,025
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0
All other$16,830$25,872
Total$2,313,683$2,695,752

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: STAAR SURGICAL CO DEF 14A filed May 4, 2026, accession 0000718937-26-000015, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

$2.3M
$2.7M
FY24
FY25
SalaryBonusNon-equity incentiveStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU52,787$1,245,773—
PSU52,787$1,245,773—
RSU12,356$291,602—
RSU4,683$110,519—
Option3,605—$67.63
Option6,917—$37.64

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in STAAR SURGICAL CO's FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Insider transactions since the last proxy

19 Form 4 lines since the FY2025 proxy (filed May 4, 2026)
current to 2026-09-24 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-08-14Exercise or conversion derivative—5,499$0.005,499
2026-08-14Tax withholding—2,797$26.1840,802
2026-08-14Exercise or conversion—1,100$26.1841,343
2026-08-14Exercise or conversion derivative—1,100$0.001,100
2026-08-14Tax withholding—559$26.1840,243
2026-08-14Exercise or conversion—5,499$0.0043,599
2026-05-15Tax withholding—559$32.0742,783
2026-05-15Grant or award—1,100$0.0043,342

The 8 most recent of 19 lines, each as reported on the Form 4. "10b5-1" marks a trade the filing reports under a pre-arranged trading plan. View every Form 4 filing on EDGAR →

Change-in-control & termination

estimated payments STAAR SURGICAL discloses, by trigger · FY2026
TriggerCash severanceAccelerated equityBenefits continuationTotal as disclosed
Involuntary termination without cause$523,000$0$14,823$537,823
Change in control, no termination$0$2,893,667$0$2,893,667
Change in control and involuntary termination$1,046,000$2,893,667$14,823$3,954,490

Per the Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control table in STAAR SURGICAL CO's FY2026 proxy. Estimates as the company printed them; a dash means it printed no figure.

STAAR SURGICAL’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Stephen FarrellChief Executive Officer$7,522,385
Warren FoustPresident and Chief Operating Officer$4,440,664
Nathaniel SisitskyChief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary$2,765,962
Magda Michna · this pageChief Development Officer$2,695,752
Deborah AndrewsChief Financial Officer$2,582,411
Thomas FrinziFormer President and Chief Executive Officer$1,255,915
Patrick WilliamsFormer Chief Financial Officer$926,941

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