Company: STAA
Filing Date: 2025-08-05
Form Type: DEFA14A
Source: 0001193125-25-173098
Chunk: 72

Company: STAAR SURGICAL CO
Filing Date: 2025-08-05
Form: DEFA14A
Chunk 72
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 complying with its obligations to provide
information to Parent in accordance with this and .

(b) Except
as permitted by this , during the Pre-Closing Period, the Acquired Corporations shall not, and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause their Representatives not
to, directly or indirectly, (i) continue any solicitation, knowing encouragement, discussions or negotiations with any Persons that may be ongoing as of the date of this Agreement with respect to an Acquisition Proposal; (ii) (A) solicit,
initiate or knowingly facilitate or encourage (including by way of furnishing non-public information) any inquiries regarding, or the making of any proposal or offer that constitutes, or would reasonably be
expected to lead to, an Acquisition Proposal, (B) engage in, continue or otherwise participate in any discussions or negotiations regarding, or furnish to any other Person any non-public information in
connection with, or for the purpose of soliciting or knowingly encouraging or facilitating, an Acquisition Proposal or any proposal or offer that would reasonably be expected to lead to an Acquisition Proposal (other than to state that the terms of
this provision prohibit such discussion) or (C) enter into any letter of intent, acquisition agreement, agreement in principle or similar agreement with respect to an Acquisition Proposal or any proposal or offer that would reasonably be
expected to lead to an Acquisition Proposal (other than an Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement in accordance with ); or (iii) waive or release any Person from, intentionally forebear in the enforcement
of, or amend any standstill agreement or any standstill provisions of any other Contract, or take any action to exempt any Person (other than Parent, Merger Sub or their Affiliates) from the restrictions on “business combinations” or any
similar provision contained in applicable Takeover Laws or the organizational and other governing documents of an Acquired Corporation, unless, solely in the case of this , the Board of Directors determines in good faith, after
consultation with the Company’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would reasonably be expected to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Board of Directors to the Company’s stockholders under applicable Legal
Requirements. In furtherance of the foregoing, promptly following (and no later than one (1) Business Day after) the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company shall (1) request that each such Person or group and its
representatives (other than Parent and its representatives) that has, prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, executed a confidentiality