Company: STAA
Filing Date: 2025-09-16
Form Type: DEFM14A
Source: 0001193125-25-204396
Chunk: 236

Company: STAAR SURGICAL CO
Filing Date: 2025-09-16
Form: DEFM14A
Chunk 236
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 the Company shall only be required to take or commit to take any Remedy Action as requested by Parent pursuant to this if such Remedy Action is binding on the Company only in
the event the Closing occurs.

(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, in no event shall Parent or any
of its Affiliates be obligated to litigate, participate in litigation or otherwise contest any administrative or judicial action or Legal Proceeding, decree, judgment, injunction or other order, whether temporary, preliminary or permanent,
challenging the Transactions with respect to any Antitrust Law.

(d) Parent shall not, and shall cause its controlled Affiliates not to,
effect or agree to any business combination (whether structured as a merger, business combination, tender offer, exchange offer or similar transaction) or the acquisition of any assets, licenses, rights, product lines, operations or businesses of
any Person that would reasonably be expected to prevent the receipt of the Requisite Regulatory Approvals or to otherwise prevent, impede or impair the consummation of the Merger by the End Date.

(e) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Parent and the Company shall (and shall cause their respective controlled
Affiliates, if applicable, to): (i) furnish to the other such necessary information and reasonable assistance as the other party may request in connection with its preparation of any filing or submission that is necessary or advisable under the HSR
Act or other applicable Antitrust Laws, (ii) promptly, but in no event later than twenty (20) Business Days after the date of this Agreement (or at such later date as mutually agreed to by the Parties), make an appropriate filing of all
notification and report forms as required by the HSR Act with respect to the Transactions, and (iii) as promptly as reasonably practicable after the date of this Agreement, but in no event later than thirty-five (35) Business Days after
the date of this Agreement, submit all other filings or notifications (or drafts thereof) in connection with any other Requisite Regulatory Approval. Parent and the Company shall not extend or agree to extend any waiting period under the HSR Act
(including by withdrawing and refiling its filing under the HSR Act) or any other Antitrust Law or enter into any agreement with any Governmental Body to delay, or otherwise to not consummate as promptly as practicable, the Merger or the other
Transactions, except with the prior written consent of the Parties (such consent not to be