Company: STAA
Filing Date: 2025-09-16
Form Type: DEFM14A
Source: 0001193125-25-204396
Chunk: 117

Company: STAAR SURGICAL CO
Filing Date: 2025-09-16
Form: DEFM14A
Chunk 117
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 Court of Chancery, with a copy served on the Surviving Corporation in the case of a petition filed
by a stockholder, demanding a determination of the fair value of the shares of STAAR common stock held by all persons entitled to appraisal. If a petition for appraisal is not timely filed, then the right to an appraisal will cease. The Surviving
Corporation is under no obligation, and has no present intention, to file such a petition, and stockholders and beneficial owners should not assume that the Surviving Corporation will file a petition or initiate any negotiations with respect to the
fair value of the shares of STAAR common stock. Accordingly, any stockholders or beneficial owners of shares of STAAR common stock who desire to have their shares of STAAR common stock appraised by the Delaware Court of Chancery should assume that
they will be responsible for filing a petition for appraisal with the Delaware Court of Chancery in the manner prescribed in Section 262. The failure of a stockholder or beneficial owner to file such a petition for appraisal within the period
specified in Section 262 will nullify the person’s previous written demand for appraisal.

Within 120 days after the Effective
Time, any stockholder or beneficial owner who has complied with the requirements for the exercise of appraisal rights, will be entitled, upon written request, to receive from the Surviving Corporation a statement setting forth the aggregate number
of shares of STAAR common stock not voted in favor of the proposal to adopt the Merger Agreement and with respect to which STAAR received demands for appraisal, and the aggregate number of stockholders or beneficial owners holding or owning such

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shares of STAAR common stock (providedthat, in the case of a demand made by a beneficial owner in such person’s name, the record holder of such shares of STAAR common stock will not
be considered a separate stockholder holding such shares of STAAR common stock for purposes of such aggregate number). The Surviving Corporation must mail this statement to the requesting person within 10 days after receipt of the written request
for such a statement or within 10 days after the expiration of the period for delivery of demands for appraisal, whichever is later.

If a
petition for an appraisal is duly filed by a stockholder or beneficial owner and a copy thereof is served upon the Surviving Corporation, the Surviving Corporation will then be obligated within 20 days after such service to file in the office of the
Delaware Register in Chancery in which the petition