Company: STAA
Filing Date: 2025-08-29
Form Type: PREM14A
Source: 0001193125-25-192889
Chunk: 127

Company: STAAR SURGICAL CO
Filing Date: 2025-08-29
Form: PREM14A
Chunk 127
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 after the date of the Merger Agreement, including because the parties may take certain actions that are either expressly permitted in the confidential disclosure letters to the Merger Agreement or as otherwise consented to by the appropriate party, which consent may be given without prior notice to the public.

Effects of the Merger; Certificate of Incorporation; Bylaws; Directors and Officers

The Merger Agreement provides that, on the terms and subject to the conditions of the Merger Agreement and in
accordance with the DGCL, at the Effective Time (i) Merger Sub will be merged with and into STAAR, and the separate corporate existence of Merger Sub will thereupon cease and (ii) STAAR will be the successor or surviving corporation in the
Merger and will continue to be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware. STAAR, as the corporation surviving the Merger is sometimes referred to in this proxy statement as the “Surviving Corporation.” The Merger will have the
effects set forth in the applicable provisions of the DGCL.

At the Effective Time, the certificate of incorporation of STAAR will be
amended and restated to be identical to the certificate of incorporation of Merger Sub as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, except that (i) such certificate will be amended to comply with the provisions of the Merger Agreement
providing for indemnification of directors and officers after closing, (ii) the name of the Surviving Corporation will be STAAR Surgical Company and (iii) references to the initial directors or incorporator will be removed, and, as so
amended and restated, will be the certificate of incorporation of the Surviving Corporation until thereafter changed or amended as provided therein or by applicable law.

At the Effective Time, the bylaws of STAAR will be amended and restated to be identical to the bylaws of Merger Sub as in effect immediately
prior to the Effective Time, except that (i) such bylaws will be amended to comply with the provisions of the Merger Agreement providing for indemnification of directors and officers after

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closing and (ii) the name of the Surviving Corporation will be STAAR Surgical Company, and, as so amended and restated, will be the bylaws of the Surviving Corporation until thereafter
changed or amended as provided therein or by applicable law.

At the Effective Time, the directors and officers of the Surviving
Corporation will be the respective individuals who served as the directors and officers of Mer