Company: STAA
Filing Date: 2025-09-16
Form Type: DEFM14A
Source: 0001193125-25-204396
Chunk: 223

Company: STAAR SURGICAL CO
Filing Date: 2025-09-16
Form: DEFM14A
Chunk 223
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 or fail to take any action necessary to maintain, enforce or protect, any Company Owned IP (other than at the end of the statutory term for Registered IP), except (A) granting non-exclusive licenses in the ordinary course of business or (B) transactions between the Company and a wholly owned Acquired Corporation or between wholly owned Acquired Corporations, in each case, in the
ordinary course of business;

(x) (A) lend money or make capital contributions or advances to or make investments in, any Person, or
incur, issue, assume or guarantee any indebtedness for borrowed money (except for advances to employees and consultants for travel and other business related expenses in the ordinary course of business and in compliance with the Company’s
policies related thereto), other than between the Company and a wholly owned Acquired Corporation or between wholly owned Acquired Corporations or (B) invest or re-invest any funds or monies in any
financial instruments, cryptocurrency or securities that do not qualify as cash, cash equivalents or commercial paper, certificates of deposit, U.S. treasury securities or corporate debt securities with a maturity of less than two (2) years as
of the date of such investment or reinvestment;

(xi) except as otherwise required or expressly permitted pursuant to Sections 6.3 and
6.4 or renewals of Contracts on substantially similar terms (subject to any changes to address changes in applicable Law or to reflect immaterial updates to the counterparties’ forms) or extensions of Contracts in the ordinary course of
business consistent with past practice, (A) amend or modify in any material respect, waive or settle any material rights or claims under, or voluntarily terminate, any Material Contract in a manner which is adverse to the Acquired Corporation,
(B) enter into any Contract that would constitute a Material Contract pursuant to , , , , , , or
if it were in effect on the date of this Agreement, or (C) elect or elect not to extend any Lease in respect of material Leased Real Property;

(xii) except in the ordinary course of business: (A) make any change to any accounting method or any change to any accounting period, in
each case, used for Tax purposes; (B) except in the ordinary course of business, rescind or change any Tax election; (C) file an amended Tax Return; (D) enter into a closing agreement with any Governmental Body regarding any Tax
liability or assessment (or surrender a right to a Tax refund); (E