Company: STAA
Filing Date: 2025-08-05
Form Type: DEFA14A
Source: 0001193125-25-173098
Chunk: 17

Company: STAAR SURGICAL CO
Filing Date: 2025-08-05
Form: DEFA14A
Chunk 17
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 indemnity against any claim that may be made against it with respect to such Certificate (which shall not exceed the Merger Consideration payable with respect to such Certificate),
the Exchange Agent will pay (less any amounts entitled to be deducted or withheld pursuant to ), in exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate, the applicable Merger Consideration to be paid in
respect of the Shares formerly represented by such Certificate, as contemplated by this .

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1.5 Dissenters’Rights. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained in this Agreement, Shares outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, and held by holders who are entitled to appraisal rights under Section 262 of the DGCL and have properly exercised and perfected their respective demands
for appraisal of such Shares in the time and manner provided in Section 262 of the DGCL and, as of the Effective Time, have neither effectively withdrawn nor lost their rights to such appraisal and payment under the DGCL (the
“”), shall not be converted into the right to receive the Merger Consideration, but shall, by virtue of the Merger, be automatically cancelled and no longer outstanding, shall cease to exist and shall be entitled to
only such consideration as shall be determined pursuant to Section 262 of the DGCL; providedthat if any such holder shall have failed to perfect or shall have effectively withdrawn or lost such holder’s right to appraisal and
payment under the DGCL, such holder’s Shares shall be deemed to have been converted as of the Effective Time into the right to receive the Merger Consideration (less any amounts entitled to be deducted or withheld pursuant to
), and such Shares shall no longer be deemed to be Dissenting Shares. The Company shall give prompt notice to Parent and Merger Sub of any demands received by the Company for appraisal of any Dissenting
Shares, withdrawals of such demands and any other instruments served pursuant to Section 262 of the DGCL, in each case, prior to the Effective Time. Parent and Merger Sub shall have the right to direct and participate in (at their respective
cost and expense), and the Company shall have the opportunity to participate (at its cost and expense) in and be consulted with respect to, all negotiations and proceedings with respect to such demands, and prior to the Effective Time, neither
Parent, Merger Sub nor the Company shall, without the prior written consent of Parent and the Company, settle or offer to settle, or make any payment with respect to, any such demands, or agree or commit to do any