Company: STAA
Filing Date: 2025-09-16
Form Type: DEFM14A
Source: 0001193125-25-204396
Chunk: 145

Company: STAAR SURGICAL CO
Filing Date: 2025-09-16
Form: DEFM14A
Chunk 145
---
 Effective Time (whether asserted or claimed prior to, at, or after the Effective Time) now existing in favor of the current or former directors or officers of STAAR or its subsidiaries pursuant to the organizational documents thereof and any indemnification or other similar agreements of STAAR or its subsidiaries, in each case as in effect on the date of the Merger Agreement, will continue in full force and effect and will not be amended, repealed, or otherwise modified in any manner that would adversely affect the rights thereunder of any such current or former directors or officers, except to the extent required by applicable law, and Alcon will cause the Surviving Corporation and its subsidiaries to perform their respective obligations thereunder. Without limiting the foregoing, until the six (6)-year anniversary of the Effective Time, Alcon will cause the Surviving Corporation and its subsidiaries to indemnify and hold harmless each individual who is as of the date of the Merger Agreement, or who becomes prior to the Effective Time, a director or officer of STAAR or its subsidiaries, against all claims, losses, liabilities, damages, judgments, inquiries, fines and reasonable fees, costs, and expenses, including attorneys’ fees and disbursements, incurred in connection with any legal proceeding, claim, action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative (including with respect to matters existing or occurring at or prior to the Effective Time, including the Merger Agreement and the transactions and actions contemplated thereby), arising out of or pertaining to the fact that such current or former director or officer is or was a director or officer of STAAR or its subsidiaries, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Effective Time, to the fullest extent permitted by law. In the event of any such claim, action, suit, or proceeding, each such current or former director or officer will be entitled to advancement of expenses incurred in the defense of any such claim, action, suit, or proceeding from the Surviving Corporation or its subsidiaries, as applicable, in accordance with the organizational documents and any indemnification or other similar agreements of the Surviving Corporation or its subsidiaries, as applicable, as in effect on the date of the Merger Agreement (subject to providing an undertaking, if required by the DGCL or the Surviving Corporation’s or any of its subsidiaries’ certificate of incorporation or bylaws (or comparable organizational documents) or any such indemnification or other similar agreements to repay such advances if it is ultimately determined by final adjudication that such current or former director or officer is