Company: STAA
Filing Date: 2025-09-05
Form Type: DEFA14A
Source: 0001193125-25-197213
Chunk: 2

Company: STAAR SURGICAL CO
Filing Date: 2025-09-05
Form: DEFA14A
Chunk 2
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| • |     | Under the merger agreement, for one year after the closing, Alcon agreed to provide each continuing STAAR 
 employee with the following during their continued employment:                                            |

| • |     | No reduction in base salary or wages in effect immediately before the closing; |

| • |     | Bonus opportunities that are no less favorable than those provided by Alcon to similarly situated Alcon 
 employees);                                                                                             |

| • |     | Employee benefits (subject to certain exclusions) that are substantially comparable in the aggregate to the 
 employee benefits provided to similarly situated Alcon employees; and                                       |

| • |     | Severance benefits in accordance with a new broad-based severance plan that STAAR expects to adopt before the 
 closing (see question #4 below).                                                                              |

| 3. | What will happen to my job after the closing of the merger? |

| • |     | STAAR has skilled and capable employees, and we expect that there will be opportunities for STAAR employees to 
 continue their careers as employees of Alcon.                                                                  |

| • |     | During the sign-to-close period,                                                                                                                                                                          
 STAAR will be working with Alcon on integration planning efforts and developing the appropriate go-forward organizational structure for STAAR as a part of Alcon. We will learn more as these integration 
 planning efforts proceed.                                                                                                                                                                                 |

| 4. | What severance benefits will I receive if my employment is involuntarily terminated after the closing of the 
 merger?                                                                                                      |

| • |     | For STAAR employees outside the U.S. who are subject to statutory or other requirements that provide for greater    
 severance benefits, those benefits will generally be payable in lieu of those under the broad-based severance plan. |

| 5. | What will happen to my existing employment agreements with STAAR? |

| • |     | In some jurisdictions, STAAR employees may be parties to employment agreements; these agreements will survive the 
 merger and continue to apply in accordance with their terms.                                                      |

| • |     | Some STAAR employees are parties to severance agreements or change in control agreements; these agreements will                                                                                                                                 
 survive the merger and continue to apply in accordance with their terms. These agreements provide that any amendment or termination that would result in a reduction of benefits under these agreements do not become effective until after one 
 year’s advance written notice is given, which means that Alcon would be required to maintain the protection provided under these agreements for at least one year after