Company: STAA
Filing Date: 2025-08-29
Form Type: PREM14A
Source: 0001193125-25-192889
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Company: STAAR SURGICAL CO
Filing Date: 2025-08-29
Form: PREM14A
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 waived, if applicable).

The Merger Agreement also includes termination provisions for both STAAR and Alcon. If the Merger Agreement is terminated under specified
circumstances, STAAR may be required to pay Alcon a termination fee of up to $43,425,000, and if the Merger Agreement is terminated under certain circumstances, including a failure to timely receive required regulatory approvals, Alcon may be
required to pay STAAR a termination fee of $72,375,000.

There can be no assurance that a remedy will be available to STAAR in the event
of a breach of the Merger Agreement by Alcon or its affiliates or that STAAR will wholly or partially recover for any damages incurred by STAAR in connection with the Merger. A failed transaction may result in negative publicity and a negative
impression of STAAR among STAAR’s customers or in the investment community or business community generally. Further, any disruptions to STAAR’s business resulting from the announcement and pendency of the Merger, including any adverse
changes in STAAR’s relationships with its stockholders, distributors, customers, suppliers, lenders, partners, officers, employees, governmental entities, and other third parties could continue or accelerate in the event of a failed
transaction. In addition, if the Merger is not completed, and there are no other parties willing and able to acquire STAAR at a price of $28.00 per share or higher, on terms acceptable to STAAR, the share price of the STAAR common stock may decline
to the extent that the current market price of the common stock reflects an assumption that the Merger will be completed.

Also, STAAR has
incurred, and will continue to incur, significant costs, expenses, and fees for professional services and other transaction costs in connection with the Merger, for which STAAR will have received little or no benefit if the Merger is not completed.
Some of these fees and costs are payable by STAAR even if the Merger is not completed and may relate to activities that STAAR would not have undertaken other than to complete the Merger.

For additional information related to the Merger Agreement, see “Proposal 1: Adoption of the Merger Agreement” and
“The Merger Agreement.”

STAAR is subject to certain restrictions in the Merger Agreement that may hinder operations pending the consummation of the Merger.

The Merger Agreement generally requires STAAR to operate its business in the ordinary course pending
consummation of the Merger and