Company: STAA
Filing Date: 2025-08-05
Form Type: DEFA14A
Source: 0001193125-25-173098
Chunk: 127

Company: STAAR SURGICAL CO
Filing Date: 2025-08-05
Form: DEFA14A
Chunk 127
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 nature of a tax, imposed, assessed or collected by or under
the authority of any Governmental Body, together with any interest, penalties, surcharges or additions to tax with respect thereto.

Tax Return. “” shall mean any return (including any information return), report, statement, declaration,
estimate, schedule, form, election, certificate, claim, refund or other document or information filed or required to be filed with any Governmental Body in connection with the determination, assessment, collection or payment of any Tax and any
attachments thereto or amendments thereof.

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Termination Fee. “” shall mean a cash amount equal to
$43,425,000; provided that in the event the Termination Fee becomes payable as a result of the termination of this Agreement (x) by the Company pursuant to with respect to a Superior Offer from a
Qualified Bidder or (y) by Parent pursuant to in response to a Company Adverse Recommendation Change with respect to a Superior Offer from a Qualified Bidder, then in the case of either of the
immediately preceding clauses (x) or (y), the Termination Fee shall be $14,475,000.

Top Distributor. “” shall mean a top ten (10) distributor of the Acquired Corporations, taken as a whole, based on revenues during the fiscal year ended December 27, 2024.

Top Supplier. “” shall mean a top ten (10) supplier of raw materials, inventory or manufacturing
services to the Acquired Corporations, taken as a whole, based on expenditures during the fiscal year ended December 27, 2024.

Trade Secret. “” shall mean any confidential and proprietary information that constitutes a trade secret
under any applicable Legal Requirements.

Trademarks. “” is defined in the definition of Intellectual
Property Rights.

Transactions. “” shall mean (a) the execution and delivery of the Agreement and
(b) all of the transactions contemplated by the Agreement, including the Merger.

Transfer Regulations.“” shall mean (a) any regulation implementing the Acquired Rights Directive 2001/23/EC, (b) the United Kingdom Transfer of Undertaking (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (as amended) and (c) any equivalent
automatic transfer regulations.

Ultimate Parent. “” means Alcon Inc., a corporation
(société anonyme) organized under the laws of Switzerland.

Voting Company Debt. “” is defined in of the Agreement.

WARN. “