Company: STAA
Filing Date: 2025-11-17
Form Type: DEFA14A
Source: 0001193125-25-284603
Chunk: 24

Company: STAAR SURGICAL CO
Filing Date: 2025-11-17
Form: DEFA14A
Chunk 24
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 or furnish to any other Person any non-public information in connection with, or for the purpose of soliciting or knowingly encouraging or
facilitating, an Acquisition Proposal or any proposal or offer that would reasonably be expected to lead to an Acquisition Proposal (other than to state that the terms of this provision prohibit such discussion) or (C) enter into any letter of
intent, acquisition agreement, agreement in principle or similar agreement with respect to an Acquisition Proposal or any proposal or offer that would reasonably be expected to lead to an Acquisition Proposal (other than an Acceptable
Confidentiality Agreement in accordance with ); or (iii) waive or release any Person from, intentionally forebear in the enforcement of, or amend any standstill agreement or any standstill provisions of
any other Contract, or take any action to exempt any Person (other than Parent, Merger Sub or their Affiliates) from the restrictions on “business combinations” or any similar provision contained in applicable Takeover Laws or the
organizational and other governing documents of an Acquired Corporation, unless, solely in the case of this clause (iii), the Board of Directors determines in good faith, after consultation with the Company’s outside legal counsel, that the
failure to do so would reasonably be expected to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Board of Directors to the Company’s stockholders under applicable Legal Requirements. In furtherance of the foregoing, promptly following (and no
later than one (1) Business Day after) the expiration of the Go-Shop Period, the Company shall (1) request that each such Person or group and its representatives (other than Parent and its
representatives, and other than any Qualified Bidder and its Representatives)that has, prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, executed a confidentiality agreement or otherwise received
non-public information about the Company or its Subsidiaries from, or on behalf of, the Company, in each case in connection with such Person’s or group’s consideration of an Acquisition Proposal,
promptly return or destroy all non-public information furnished to such Person or group by or on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries prior to the date of this Agreement in accordance with the
applicable confidentiality agreement and (2) promptly terminate all physical and electronic data room access for such Persons or group and their representatives to diligence or other non-public
information regarding the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in
this Agreement, if at