Company: STAA
Filing Date: 2025-09-16
Form Type: DEFM14A
Source: 0001193125-25-204396
Chunk: 242

Company: STAAR SURGICAL CO
Filing Date: 2025-09-16
Form: DEFM14A
Chunk 242
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 another Person (the
“”), against all claims, losses, liabilities, damages, judgments, inquiries, fines and reasonable fees, costs and expenses, including attorneys’ fees and disbursements, incurred in connection with any
Legal Proceeding, claim, action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (including with respect to matters existing or occurring at or prior to the Effective Time, including this Agreement and the transactions
and actions contemplated hereby), arising out of or pertaining to the fact that the Indemnified Person is or was a director or officer of any Acquired Corporation or is or was serving at the request of any Acquired Corporation as a director or
officer of another Person, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Effective Time, to the fullest extent permitted under applicable Legal Requirements. In the event of any such claim, action, suit or proceeding, (x) each
Indemnified Person will be entitled to advancement of expenses incurred in the defense of any such claim, action, suit or proceeding from the Surviving Corporation or its Subsidiaries, as applicable, in accordance with the organizational documents
and any indemnification or other similar agreements of the Surviving Corporation or its Subsidiaries, as applicable, as in effect on the date of this Agreement; provided that any Indemnified Person to whom expenses are advanced provides an
undertaking, if required by the DGCL or the Surviving Corporation’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ certificate of incorporation or bylaws (or comparable organizational documents) or any such indemnification or other similar agreements, as
applicable, to repay such advances if it is ultimately determined by final adjudication that such Indemnified Person is not entitled to indemnification, and (y) the Surviving Corporation and its Subsidiaries, as applicable, shall reasonably
cooperate in the defense of any such matter; provided that if the Surviving Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries advances expenses in accordance with clause (x) of this , Parent shall be entitled
to assume the defense of such claim, action, suit, or proceeding, if appropriate, with counsel satisfactory to the Indemnified Person upon delivery to the Indemnified Person of written notice of its election to do so, and after delivery of such
notice, neither the Surviving Corporation nor any of its Subsidiaries shall be liable to the Indemnified Person for any expenses subsequently

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