Company: STAA
Filing Date: 2025-09-16
Form Type: DEFM14A
Source: 0001193125-25-204396
Chunk: 217

Company: STAAR SURGICAL CO
Filing Date: 2025-09-16
Form: DEFM14A
Chunk 217
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 the sum of their liabilities, contingent or otherwise, as of such date; (iii) they do not have unreasonably
small capital and liquidity with which to conduct their business; and (iv) the fair value of the assets of Parent and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, at a fair valuation, exceed the debts and liabilities, direct, subordinated,
contingent or otherwise, of Parent and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis. Parent is not entering into this Agreement with the actual intent to hinder, delay or defraud either present or future creditors of itself or of the Company and its
Subsidiaries.

4.12 Research and Development. Neither Parent, nor any Affiliate or Subsidiary of Parent, is researching or
developing, and for the one (1)-year period prior to the date hereof has not researched or developed, for commercial sale or use, any phakic intraocular lens for the treatment of refractive errors.

4.13 Tax Residency of Ultimate Parent. Ultimate Parent is tax resident solely in Switzerland.

SECTION 5

CERTAIN COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY

5.1 Access and Investigation. During the period from the date of this Agreement until the earlier of the Effective Time and the
termination of this Agreement pursuant to (the “”), upon reasonable advance notice to the Company, the Company shall, and shall cause
the Acquired Corporations and Representatives of the Acquired Corporations to, provide Parent and Parent’s Representatives with reasonable access during normal business hours to the Company’s designated Representatives, facilities,
assets and existing books, records, documents and information relating to the Acquired Corporations, and promptly provide Parent and Parent’s Representatives with all reasonably requested information regarding the business of the Acquired
Corporations and such additional financial, Tax, operating and other data and information regarding the Acquired Corporations, as Parent may reasonably request, in each case, for purposes reasonably related to the consummation of the Transactions;
provided,however, that any such access shall be conducted at Parent’s expense, at a reasonable time, under the supervision of appropriate personnel of the Acquired Corporations and in such a manner as not to unreasonably
interfere with the normal operation of the business of the Acquired Corporations. Nothing herein shall require any of the Acquired Corporations to provide access or disclose any information to Parent or Parent’s Representatives if such access
or disclosure: (i) would jeopardize any attorney-client or other