Company: STAA
Filing Date: 2025-08-29
Form Type: PREM14A
Source: 0001193125-25-192889
Chunk: 142

Company: STAAR SURGICAL CO
Filing Date: 2025-08-29
Form: PREM14A
Chunk 142
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 after August 4, 2025 that the Board determines, in its good faith judgment, after consultation with outside legal counsel and its financial advisors, is reasonably likely to be consummated in accordance with its terms, taking into account all legal, regulatory, and financing aspects (including certainty of closing) of the proposal and the person making the proposal and other aspects of the Acquisition Proposal that the Board deems relevant, and, if consummated, would result in a transaction more favorable to STAAR stockholders (solely in their capacity as such) from a financial point of view than the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement (including after giving effect to proposals, if any, made by Alcon pursuant to the Merger Agreement); providedthat for purposes of the definition of “Superior Offer,” in all cases, the references to “20%” in the definition of Acquisition Proposal will be deemed to be references to “50%.” Recommendation of the Board; Recommendation Change As described above, and subject to the provisions described below, the Board has made the unanimous recommendation that the holders of STAAR common stock vote “ FOR” the Merger Proposal. The Merger Agreement provides that the Board will not effect a Recommendation Change (as defined below) except as described below. -87-

During the Pre-ClosingPeriod, the Board may not take any action described in the following (any such action, a “Recommendation Change”):

| • |     | withdrawing, qualifying or modifying, or proposing publicly to withdraw, qualify or modify, in a manner adverse             
 to Alcon or Merger Sub, the recommendation that STAAR stockholders adopt the Merger Agreement (the “Board Recommendation”); |

| • |     | adopting, approving, recommending, or declaring advisable, or publicly proposing to adopt, approve, recommend or                                                                                                                                       
 declare advisable, any Acquisition Proposal or allowing STAAR to execute or enter into any letter of intent, agreement in principle, memorandum of understanding, merger agreement, acquisition agreement, joint venture agreement or similar contract 
 with respect to any Acquisition Proposal (other than an acceptable confidentiality agreement in accordance with Merger Agreement);                                                                                                                     |

| • |     | failing to publicly reaffirm the Board Recommendation within five (5) business days of the written request                                      
 of Alcon, provided that Alcon may make only one such request with respect to any public Acquisition Proposal, subject to certain exceptions; or |

| • |     | failing to recommend against acceptance of any tender offer or exchange offer that is publicly commenced