Company: STAA
Filing Date: 2025-09-16
Form Type: DEFM14A
Source: 0001193125-25-204396
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Company: STAAR SURGICAL CO
Filing Date: 2025-09-16
Form: DEFM14A
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 STAAR common stock owned by STAAR (or any direct or indirect subsidiary of STAAR or held in treasury) and STAAR common stock owned by Alcon or Merger Sub (or any other direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Alcon or STAAR), and
(iii) any “Dissenting Shares,” which refer to STAAR common stock held by STAAR stockholders who have not voted in favor of adoption of the Merger Agreement or consented thereto in writing and who have properly exercised appraisal
rights for such shares in accordance with, and who have complied with, Section 262 of the DGCL (“Section 262”) with respect to such shares and have not effectively withdrawn or lost their rights to appraisal under Delaware law
with respect to such shares) will be automatically converted into the right to receive $28.00 per share in cash, without interest, subject to any withholding of taxes (the “Merger Consideration”). For more information, see “The Merger Agreement—Merger Consideration.”

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If, between August 4, 2025 and the Effective Time, the outstanding shares of STAAR
common stock are changed into a different number of shares or a different class of shares by reason of any stock dividend, subdivision, reorganization, reclassification, recapitalization, stock split or similar event, the Merger Consideration will
be equitably adjusted to proportionally reflect such change.

Treatment of STAAR Long-Term Incentive Awards

STAAR Options. At the Effective Time, each compensatory option to purchase shares of STAAR common stock (which this proxy statement
refers to as a “STAAR Option”) that has a per share exercise price that is less than the Merger Consideration (which this proxy statement refers to as an
“In-the-Money STAAR Option”) (whether or not then vested) will be canceled and the holder will be entitled to receive a cash payment equal to (i) the
excess of (A) the Merger Consideration over (B) the per share exercise price under such In-the-Money STAAR Option, multiplied by (ii) the total
number of shares subject to such In-the-Money STAAR Option immediately prior to the Effective Time. At the Effective Time, each STAAR Option that is not an In-the-Money STAAR Option will be canceled at the Effective Time without payment of consideration.

STAAR RSU Awards. At the Effective Time, each time-vesting restricted stock unit