Company: STAA
Filing Date: 2025-08-29
Form Type: PREM14A
Source: 0001193125-25-192889
Chunk: 231

Company: STAAR SURGICAL CO
Filing Date: 2025-08-29
Form: PREM14A
Chunk 231
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 solicitation, knowing encouragement, discussions or negotiations with any Persons that may be ongoing as of the date of this Agreement with respect to an Acquisition Proposal; (ii) (A) solicit, initiate or
knowingly facilitate or encourage (including by way of furnishing non-public information) any inquiries regarding, or the making of any proposal or offer that constitutes, or would reasonably be expected to
lead to, an Acquisition Proposal, (B) engage in, continue or otherwise participate in any discussions or negotiations regarding, or furnish to any other Person any non-public information in connection
with, or for the purpose of soliciting or knowingly encouraging or facilitating, an Acquisition Proposal or any proposal or offer that would reasonably be expected to lead to an Acquisition Proposal (other than to state that the terms of this
provision prohibit such discussion) or (C) enter into any letter of intent, acquisition agreement, agreement in principle or similar agreement with respect to an Acquisition Proposal or any proposal or offer that would reasonably be expected to
lead to an Acquisition Proposal (other than an Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement

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in accordance with ); or (iii) waive or release any Person from, intentionally forebear in the enforcement of, or amend any standstill agreement or
any standstill provisions of any other Contract, or take any action to exempt any Person (other than Parent, Merger Sub or their Affiliates) from the restrictions on “business combinations” or any similar provision contained in
applicable Takeover Laws or the organizational and other governing documents of an Acquired Corporation, unless, solely in the case of this , the Board of Directors determines in good faith, after consultation with the
Company’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would reasonably be expected to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Board of Directors to the Company’s stockholders under applicable Legal Requirements. In
furtherance of the foregoing, promptly following (and no later than one (1) Business Day after) the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company shall (1) request that each such Person or group and its representatives (other than
Parent and its representatives) that has, prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, executed a confidentiality agreement or otherwise received non-public information about the Company or its
Subsidiaries from, or on behalf of, the Company, in each case in connection with such Person’s or group’s consideration of an Acquisition Proposal, promptly return or destroy all non-public
information furnished to