Company: STAA
Filing Date: 2025-08-29
Form Type: PREM14A
Source: 0001193125-25-192889
Chunk: 220

Company: STAAR SURGICAL CO
Filing Date: 2025-08-29
Form: PREM14A
Chunk 220
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 it is a party or by which it is bound (so long
as the Acquired Corporations have used commercially reasonable efforts to permit disclosure to the extent permitted by Legal Requirements or such Contract), (iii) relates to a litigation where the Company or any of its Affiliates, on the one hand,
and Parent or any of its Affiliates, on the other hand, are adverse parties, (iv) subject to, and without

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limiting, the requirements of and , specifically relates to the negotiation and execution of this Agreement or to
transactions potentially competing with or alternative to the Transactions or proposals from other third parties relating to any competing or alternative transactions (including Acquisition Proposals), including any actions of the Board of Directors
(or any committee thereof) with respect to any of the foregoing, whether prior to or after the execution of this Agreement, (v) would reasonably be expected to result in the disclosure of Trade Secrets or other commercially sensitive
information, or (vi) involves any invasive sampling, testing or investigation of water, groundwater, soil, sediment, soil vapor, air, or other environmental media at any of the Leased Real Property. With respect to the information disclosed
pursuant to this , Parent shall comply with, and shall cause Parent’s Representatives to comply with, all obligations under the Confidentiality Agreement, dated October 4, 2024, between the Company and
Alcon Vision, LLC (the “”), and the Clean Team Agreement, dated November 15, 2024, between the Company and Alcon Vision, LLC (the “”). Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Company may as it reasonably deems advisable and necessary (after consultation with its outside legal counsel) designate any commercially or competitively sensitive materials provided pursuant to this
as (i) “Outside Counsel Only”, in which case such materials and the information contained therein shall be given to the outside counsel of Parent and will not be disclosed by such outside counsel to
employees, officers, or directors of Parent or its Subsidiaries without the advance written consent from the Company or its legal counsel, or (ii) “Clean Team Information,” pursuant to and as defined in the Clean Team Agreement.

5.2 Operation of the Acquired Corporations’Business. During the
Pre-Closing Period, except (i) as required or expressly contemplated by this Agreement or as required by applicable Legal Requirements, (ii) with the prior written consent of Parent (which consent
shall not be unreasonably withheld