Opus Genetics, Inc. — Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2025

Apr 9, 2025

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OPUS GENETICS, INC.
(Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)
MINA SOOCH MICHAEL P. BURROWS CAROLYN CASSIN MARTIN DOBER LAWRENCE FINGERLE MARK H. RAVICH JOHN WEBER
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Mina Sooch, together with the other participants named herein, no longer intend to file a definitive proxy statement and accompanying universal proxy card with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) to be used to solicit votes for the election of her nominees to the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Opus Genetics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), at the Company’s 2025 annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”).

On April 9, 2025, Ms. Sooch determined to withdraw her slate of nominees for election to the Board at the Annual Meeting. Accordingly, for the avoidance of doubt, Ms. Sooch will not solicit any proxies from stockholders of the Company in connection with the Annual Meeting, no longer intends to file a definitive proxy statement with the SEC and deliver a universal proxy card with respect to the Annual Meeting and does not expect the Company to include her nominees on the Company’s proxy card for the Annual Meeting .