Company: STAA
Filing Date: 2025-09-16
Form Type: DEFM14A
Source: 0001193125-25-204396
Chunk: 96

Company: STAAR SURGICAL CO
Filing Date: 2025-09-16
Form: DEFM14A
Chunk 96
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 Citi’s opinion to the Board and $26.6 million payable contingent upon consummation of the
Merger. In addition, STAAR agreed to reimburse Citi for Citi’s reasonable expenses, including reasonable fees and expenses of counsel, and to indemnify Citi and related parties against certain liabilities, including liabilities under federal
securities laws, arising out of Citi’s engagement.

As the Board was aware, although Citi and its affiliates have not provided
investment banking, commercial banking and other similar financial services to STAAR during the two-year period prior to the date of Citi’s opinion for which Citi and such affiliates received or expected
to receive compensation, Citi and such affiliates in the future may provide such services to STAAR or its affiliates, for which services Citi would expect to receive compensation. In addition, as the Board was further aware, Citi and its affiliates
in the past have provided, currently are providing and in the future may provide investment banking, commercial banking and other similar financial services to Alcon Inc. (a/k/a Alcon AG and Alcon SA) or its affiliates unrelated to the Merger, for
which services Citi and such affiliates have received and expect to receive compensation, including, without limitation, during the two-year period prior to the date of Citi’s opinion, having acted or
acting as sole coordinator, facility agent, and lender with respect to a certain credit facility of Alcon Inc., and having provided or providing certain markets and securities services, treasury and trade solutions services, and corporate portfolio
management services. For the investment banking services described above for Alcon Inc., Citi and its affiliates received, during the two-year period prior to the date of Citi’s opinion, aggregate fees
of approximately $0.1 million from Alcon Inc. and/or certain of its affiliates. For the markets and securities services, lending, treasury and trade solutions services, and corporate portfolio management services described above for Alcon Inc.,
Citi and its affiliates recognized, during the two-year period prior to the date of Citi’s opinion, aggregate fees of approximately $4.5 million from Alcon Inc. and/or certain of its affiliates. In the ordinary course of its business,
Citi and its affiliates may actively trade or hold the securities or financial instruments (including loans and other obligations) of STAAR, Alcon Inc., and their respective affiliates for Citi’s own account or for the account of Citi’s
customers and, accordingly, may at