Company: STAA
Filing Date: 2025-08-29
Form Type: PREM14A
Source: 0001193125-25-192889
Chunk: 134

Company: STAAR SURGICAL CO
Filing Date: 2025-08-29
Form: PREM14A
Chunk 134
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 |     | STAAR’s corporate power and authority to execute and deliver the Merger Agreement and perform its 
 obligations thereunder, and the enforceability of the Merger Agreement against STAAR;             |

| • |     | required consents, approvals, and regulatory filings in connection with the Merger Agreement; |

| • |     | the preparation of STAAR’s financial statements, including STAAR’s maintenance of internal controls 
 with respect to financial reporting;                                                                |

| • |     | the preparation, compliance, accuracy, and timely filing of or furnishing to the SEC of STAAR’s SEC 
 documents;                                                                                          |

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| • |     | the absence of specified undisclosed liabilities or obligations; |

| • |     | litigation matters; |

| • |     | possession of all governmental authorizations necessary to enable STAAR and its subsidiaries to conduct its 
 business;                                                                                                   |

| • |     | compliance with applicable laws; |

| • |     | employee benefit plans; |

| • |     | labor matters; |

| • |     | certain tax matters; |

| • |     | the existence, validity, and enforceability of specified categories of STAAR’s material contracts; |

| • |     | intellectual property, data privacy and information security matters; |

| • |     | real and personal property; |

| • |     | environmental matters; |

| • |     | this proxy statement; |

| • |     | compliance with anti-corruption laws, sanctions, customs and trade control laws and similar rules and 
 regulations;                                                                                          |

| • |     | insurance policies and programs; |

| • |     | compliance with STAAR’s organizational documents, including with respect to the transactions contemplated 
 by the Merger Agreement;                                                                                  |

| • |     | the applicability of Section 203 of the DGCL and any other applicable anti-takeover laws; |

| • |     | the fairness opinion that Citi, STAAR’s financial advisor, provided to the Board; and |

| • |     | the payment of fees and expenses to any investment banker, broker or finder in connection with the Merger 
 Agreement.                                                                                                |

In the Merger Agreement, Alcon and Merger Sub have made customary representations and warranties to STAAR that are subject, in some cases, to specified exceptions and qualifications contained in the Merger Agreement. These representations and warranties relate to, among other things:

| • |     | due organization, valid existence, good standing, and authority