Former President and Chief Executive Officer · STAAR SURGICAL CO (STAA)

Thomas Frinzi

A named executive officer of STAAR SURGICAL in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2023 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

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Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$1,255,915

FY2024: $7,821,216

6th of 7 named executive officers at Staar Surgical by FY2025 total.

7 named officers on file for STAAR SURGICAL, FY2025

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed May 4, 2026 (DEF 14A).

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Thomas Frinzi compensation by year

STAAR SURGICAL Summary Compensation Table · all 3 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as STAAR SURGICAL reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$788,462$820,000$167,154
Bonus—$0$0
Stock awards$4,499,989$5,600,004$0
Option awards$4,500,006$1,399,993$0
Non-equity incentive$430,500$0$0
Pension and deferred compensation—$0$0
All other$1,624$1,219$1,088,761
Total$10,220,581$7,821,216$1,255,915

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.

How this page was built: the STAAR SURGICAL CO filed document, accession 0000718937-26-000015. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed May 4, 2026.

$10.2M
$7.8M
$1.3M
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU29,269$690,748—
RSU24,796$585,186—

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.

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 MichnaChief Development Officer$2,695,752
Deborah AndrewsChief Financial Officer$2,582,411
Thomas Frinzi · this pageFormer President and Chief Executive Officer$1,255,915
Patrick WilliamsFormer Chief Financial Officer$926,941

Board service

STAAR SURGICAL board · FY2021–FY2025
Director compensation in US dollars, as STAAR SURGICAL reports it. Most recent year first; a dash means the company reported no figure in that column.
Fiscal yearCash feesStock awardsOption awardsOtherTotal
FY2025$0$0$0$0—
FY2024$0$0$0$0—
FY2022$94,478$90,045$89,957—$274,480
FY2021$70,000$180,064$0—$250,064

Each year as the company reported it in STAAR SURGICAL's director compensation table. Totals are the company's own disclosed totals.

How this board is paid

Company policy: STAAR SURGICAL pays directors a $50,000 cash retainer and $180,000 in Stock options, restricted stock, or a combination thereof. As stated in STAAR SURGICAL's FY2025 proxy.

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