Company: STAA
Filing Date: 2025-09-16
Form Type: DEFM14A
Source: 0001193125-25-204396
Chunk: 120

Company: STAAR SURGICAL CO
Filing Date: 2025-09-16
Form: DEFM14A
Chunk 120
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 stockholder entitled to appraisal an amount in cash, interest will accrue after the time of such payment only on the amount that equals the sum of (a) the difference, if any, between the amount so paid and
the “fair value” of the shares of STAAR common stock as determined by the Delaware Court of Chancery and (b) any interest accrued prior to the time of such voluntary payment, unless paid at such time. The Surviving Corporation is
under no obligation to make such voluntary cash payment prior to such entry of judgment. The costs of the appraisal proceedings (which do not include attorneys’ fees or the fees and expenses of experts) may be determined by the Delaware Court
of Chancery and taxed upon the parties as the Delaware Court of Chancery deems equitable under the circumstances. Upon application of a person whose name appears on the list filed by the Surviving Corporation of persons who participated in the
proceeding and incurred expenses in connection therewith, the Delaware Court of Chancery may order that all or a portion of the expenses, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees and the fees and expenses of experts, be
charged pro rata against the value of all shares of STAAR common stock entitled to appraisal not dismissed pursuant to subsection (k) of Section 262 or subject to such an award pursuant to a reservation of jurisdiction under subsection
(k) of Section 262. In the absence of such an order, each party bears its own expenses.

If any stockholder or beneficial owner
who demands appraisal of his, her, its, or their shares of STAAR common stock under Section 262 fails to perfect, or loses or successfully withdraws, such person’s right to appraisal, the person’s shares of STAAR common stock will
be deemed to have been converted at the Effective Time into the Merger Consideration, less applicable withholding taxes. A person will fail to perfect, or effectively lose or withdraw, the person’s right to appraisal if no petition for
appraisal is filed within 120 days after the Effective Time or if the stockholder or beneficial owner, as applicable, delivers to the Surviving Corporation a written withdrawal of the person’s demand for appraisal in respect to some or all of
such person’s shares of STAAR common stock and an acceptance of the Merger Consideration with respect to the shares of STAAR common stock subject to withdrawal in accordance with Section 262.

From and after the Effective Time, no person who has demanded appraisal rights will