Company: STAA
Filing Date: 2025-08-29
Form Type: PREM14A
Source: 0001193125-25-192889
Chunk: 135

Company: STAAR SURGICAL CO
Filing Date: 2025-08-29
Form: PREM14A
Chunk 135
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 and qualification to conduct business with 
 respect to each of Alcon and Merger Sub;                                                                   |

| • |     | Alcon’s and Merger Sub’s corporate power and authority to execute and deliver the Merger Agreement                                
 and perform their respective obligations thereunder, and the enforceability of the Merger Agreement against Alcon and Merger Sub; |

| • |     | required consents, approvals, and regulatory filings in connection with the Merger Agreement; |

| • |     | this proxy statement; |

| • |     | litigation matters; |

| • |     | payment of fees to any investment banker, broker or finder in connection with the Merger Agreement; |

| • |     | sufficiency of funds and solvency; |

| • |     | the capitalization of Merger Sub and lack of any “interested stockholder” of STAAR among Alcon Inc. 
 and its subsidiaries;                                                                               |

| • |     | the tax residency of Alcon Inc. |

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The representations and warranties contained in the Merger Agreement will not survive the consummation of the Merger. Conduct of Business Pending the Merger The Merger Agreement provides that during the period from August 4, 2025 (the date of the Merger Agreement) until the Closing or earlier termination of the Merger Agreement in accordance with its terms (the “Pre-ClosingPeriod”), except (i) as required by law, (ii) as may be consented to in writing by Alcon (which consent will not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), (iii) as may be required or expressly contemplated in accordance with the Merger Agreement, or (iv) as disclosed in the confidential disclosure schedule to the Merger Agreement, STAAR will, and will cause its subsidiaries to, use commercially reasonable efforts to conduct its business in the ordinary course and use its commercially reasonable efforts to preserve intact its material business organizations and existing relationships with employees, customers, suppliers, distributors, licensors, licensees, regulatory authorities and other persons with whom STAAR and its subsidiaries have business relationships that are material to STAAR and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Merger Agreement provides that STAAR will not, and will cause each of its subsidiaries not to:

| • |     | establish a record date for, declare, set aside, or pay any dividend, or make any other distribution in respect                                                                                                                        
 of any shares of STAAR’s capital stock