Company: STAA
Filing Date: 2025-08-05
Form Type: DEFA14A
Source: 0001193125-25-173098
Chunk: 48

Company: STAAR SURGICAL CO
Filing Date: 2025-08-05
Form: DEFA14A
Chunk 48
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 accelerate the time of payment or vesting or trigger any payment, or increase
the amount of compensation or benefits due to any such employee, director, officer, or independent contractor, (iii) directly or indirectly cause any Acquired Corporation to transfer or set aside any material assets to fund any benefits under
any Employee Plan or (iv) limit or restrict the right of any of the Acquired Corporations or, after Closing, Parent, to merge, amend or terminate any Employee Plan.

(k) No Employee Plan, individually or collectively, could reasonably be expected to give rise to the payment of any amount that would not be
deductible due to the application of Section 280G of the Code.

(l) Each Employee Plan, and any award thereunder, that is or forms
part of a “nonqualified deferred compensation plan” within the meaning of Section 409A or 457A of the Code has been operated in material compliance with, and the Acquired Corporations have materially complied in practice and operation
with, all applicable requirements of Sections 409A and 457A of the Code. None of the Acquired Corporations has any obligation to gross-up, indemnify or otherwise reimburse any current or former employee,
director, officer or independent contractor for any Tax incurred by such Person under Section 409A, 457A or 4999 of the Code.

(m)
There are no, and since July 1, 2022, there have been no, material Legal Proceeding pending against or involving, or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened against or involving any Employee Plan, employee or independent contractor of any
Acquired Corporation before any arbitrator or any Governmental Body, including the IRS, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission or the United States Department of Labor. The Acquired Corporations are, and have been since July 1, 2022, in
material compliance with all applicable Legal Requirements with respect to employment and labor matters, including those relating to labor relations, wages, vacation, hours of work, holiday pay calculation, overtime, employee classification,
discrimination, harassment, sexual harassment, child labor, civil rights, pay equity, disability rights and benefits, employee leave issues, affirmative action, equal opportunity, work authorization, immigration, safety and health, information
privacy and security, workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance, plant closures, redundancies and layoffs, continuation coverage under group health plans, wage payment and the payment and withholding of Taxes. Since July 1, 2019, (i