Company: STAA
Filing Date: 2025-11-07
Form Type: DEFA14A
Source: 0001193125-25-271794
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Company: STAAR SURGICAL CO
Filing Date: 2025-11-07
Form: DEFA14A
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 written Acquisition Proposal and the identity of the Person making such Acquisition Proposal, at least four (4) Business Days prior to making any such Company Adverse Recommendation Change or termination
(a “”, and such period, the “”) (which notice shall not constitute a Company Adverse Recommendation Change or termination). Issuance of any “stop, look and listen”
communication by or on behalf of the Company pursuant to Rule 14d-9(f) promulgated under the Exchange Act shall not be considered a Company Adverse Recommendation Change and shall not require the giving of a
Determination Notice or compliance with the procedures set forth in this . The provisions of this shall also apply to any material amendment to any Acquisition Proposal
and shall require a new Determination Notice for each such material amendment; provided, that references to four (4) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days, such that the new Notice Period shall be two
(2) Business Days; and

(ii) other than in connection with an Acquisition Proposal, the Board of Directors may make a
Company Adverse Recommendation Change in response to an Intervening Event, if and only if: (A) the Board of Directors determines in good faith, after consultation with the Company’s outside legal counsel and financial advisors, that the
failure to do so would be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Board of Directors under applicable Legal Requirements (it being understood that any such determination in and of itself shall not be deemed a Company Adverse Recommendation
Change), (B) the Company shall have given Parent a Determination Notice, specifying in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances for such potential Company Adverse Recommendation Change, at least four (4) Business Days prior to making any
such Company Adverse Recommendation Change and, if requested in writing by Parent, during such four (4) Business Day period shall have negotiated in good faith with respect to any revisions to the terms of this Agreement or another proposal to
the extent proposed by Parent so that a Company Adverse Recommendation Change would no longer be necessary, and (C) (1) the Company shall have given Parent the four (4) Business Day period after the Determination Notice to propose
revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal so that a Company Adverse Recommendation Change would no longer be necessary, and (2) after considering in good faith the proposals made by Parent during such period, if any,
after consultation with outside legal counsel and financial advisors, the Board of Directors shall