Company: STAA
Filing Date: 2025-11-17
Form Type: DEFA14A
Source: 0001193125-25-284603
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Company: STAAR SURGICAL CO
Filing Date: 2025-11-17
Form: DEFA14A
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 competing third-party proposals for the acquisition of STAAR’s stock or assets. Under certain circumstances, the Board may (i) withdraw,
qualify or modify its recommendation that STAAR’s stockholders adopt the Merger Agreement or (ii) terminate the Merger Agreement to enter into a definitive agreement with respect to an Acquisition Proposal. However, before doing so, the
Board must comply with certain procedures described in the Merger Agreement, including provisions that give Alcon an opportunity to negotiate to modify the terms of the Merger Agreement in a manner such that any Acquisition Proposal would not
constitute a Superior Offer. In some circumstances, upon termination of the Merger Agreement, STAAR will be required to pay a termination fee to Alcon of $43,425,000, although this fee will be reduced to $14,475,000 upon termination of the Merger
Agreement under certain circumstances in the case of an acquiror who makes an Acquisition Proposal which, before the expiration of the 45-day window shop period, the Board determines constitutes or
could reasonably be expected to lead to a Superior Offer. The window shop period ends ended at 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on September 19, 2025.

Pursuant to the Amendment, the foregoing non-solicitationrestrictions have been eliminated for a 30-dayperiod beginning on November7, 2025 and continuing until 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on December6, 2025, and the termination fee will be reduced to $0 in the event that STAAR terminates the Merger Agreement to accept a Superior Offer from a Qualified Bidder (as defined in “The Merger Agreement—Amendment”), if the Board changes its recommendation that STAAR’s stockholders adopt the Merger Agreement in respect of a Superior Offer from a Qualified Bidder, and under the circumstances described in the third bullet under the section titled “The Merger Agreement—Termination Fees.” For more information, see “The Merger Agreement—Non Solicitation; Window Shop Period,”“—Amendment” and “—Termination Fees.”

The description of the Merger Agreement in the proxy statement, including the disclosure in the summary section beginning on page 1, and the disclosure beginning on pages 34 and 77 of the proxy statement, is hereby amended to describe the terms of the Amendment. This summary may not contain all of the information about the Amendment that is important to you. We urge you to read the full text of the