Company: STAA
Filing Date: 2025-11-17
Form Type: DEFA14A
Source: 0001193125-25-284603
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Company: STAAR SURGICAL CO
Filing Date: 2025-11-17
Form: DEFA14A
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 also reduces the amount of the termination fee payable by STAAR to Alcon to $0 in the event that STAAR terminates the Merger Agreement to accept a Superior Offer from a Qualified Bidder (as defined in “The Merger Agreement—Amendment”), if the Board changes its recommendation that STAAR’s stockholders adopt the Merger Agreement in respect of a Superior Offer from a Qualified Bidder, and under the circumstances described in the third bullet under the section titled “The Merger Agreement—Termination Fees.”

The section titled “Termination of the Merger Agreement” on page 11 on the proxy statement is hereby amended and supplemented as follows:

Either STAAR or Alcon may terminate the Merger Agreement under certain circumstances, including
(i) if the Merger is not completed by August 4, 2026 (provided that if, as of such date all conditions to Closing have been satisfied or waived (other than those conditions that by their nature are to be satisfied at the Closing), other
than the

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Absence of Legal Restraints Condition or the Regulatory Approvals Condition (each as defined in “The Merger Agreement-Conditions to the Closing of the Merger”), then such date
will automatically be extended to November 4, 2026, (ii) if the STAAR stockholders fail to adopt the Merger Agreement, (iii) if a final and nonappealable order or action by specified governmental bodies having the effect of permanently
restraining, enjoining or otherwise prohibiting the consummation of the Merger or making the consummation of the Merger illegal, or (iv) pursuant to the Breach Termination Right (as defined in “The Merger Agreement-Termination of the Merger Agreement”). Alcon may terminate the Merger Agreement if, prior to receiving the Stockholder Approval, the Board has effected a Recommendation Change. STAAR may terminate the Merger Agreement prior to receiving the Stockholder
Approval in order to enter into a definitive agreement with respect to a Superior Offer. Under certain circumstances, STAAR will be required to pay Alcon a termination fee of $43,425,000 in cash, which is reduced to $14,475,000 under certain
circumstances in accordance with the “window shop” provision described above, or Alcon will be required to pay STAAR a termination fee of $72,375,000 in cash, upon the termination of the Merger Agreement. For more information, see
“The Merger