Company: STAA
Filing Date: 2025-08-29
Form Type: PREM14A
Source: 0001193125-25-192889
Chunk: 137

Company: STAAR SURGICAL CO
Filing Date: 2025-08-29
Form: PREM14A
Chunk 137
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 any provision of any benefit plan, (iii) grant or increase any severance, transaction, retention or termination pay to any current or former employee, officer, director or 
 independent contractor of STAAR or its subsidiaries, (iv) pay or grant any bonus or grant any employee, officer, director or independent contractor of STAAR or its subsidiaries any increase in compensation or benefits, (v) grant any  
 equity, equity-based or other incentive awards to, or discretionarily accelerate the vesting or payment of any such awards held by,                                                                                                       |

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| any current or former employee, officer, director or independent contractor of STAAR or its subsidiaries, (vi) hire any individual who would be at the VP level or above or promote any                                                                  
 individual into a position at the VP level or above, or hire any new consultant with total annual compensation in excess of $250,000, (vii) terminate or give notice to terminate the employment of any employee at the VP level or above other than for 
 cause or gross misconduct, or (viii) announce or agree to any mass layoffs or plant closings (each as defined under WARN), in each case subject to exceptions;                                                                                           |

| • |     | amend or permit the adoption of any amendment to STAAR’s certificate of incorporation or bylaws or other 
 charter or similar organizational documents;                                                             |

| • |     | (i) form any subsidiary, (ii) acquire any equity interest in or material portion of the assets of any other                                                                                                                          
 entity, or (iii) enter into any material joint venture, partnership, or similar arrangement, except (A) in the case of the foregoing clauses (ii) and (iii), in transactions between STAAR and a wholly owned subsidiary, or between 
 wholly owned subsidiaries of STAAR, and (B) for purchases of supplies, raw material, inventory and similar assets in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;                                                  |

| • |     | make or authorize any capital expenditures exceeding $5 million in any calendar year; |

| • |     | lease, license, sublicense, pledge, sell, or otherwise dispose of, divest or                                                                                                                                                           
 spin-off, relinquish, create, or incur any encumbrance (other than any permitted encumbrances) on, transfer, or assign any material asset or material real or personal property (other than intellectual property                      
 rights and cash), except (i) in the ordinary course of business, (ii) pursuant to dispositions