Company: STAA
Filing Date: 2025-12-09
Form Type: DEFA14A
Source: 0001193125-25-311988
Chunk: 6

Company: STAAR SURGICAL CO
Filing Date: 2025-12-09
Form: DEFA14A
Chunk 6
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 owned direct subsidiary of Parent;

WHEREAS, on November 7, 2025, the parties entered into Amendment No. 1 to the Initial Agreement (the Initial Agreement, as amended,
the “”); and

WHEREAS, pursuant to and in accordance with Section 9.1 of the Agreement, the Parties
desire to amend the Agreement as set forth in this Amendment.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements set forth in the
Agreement and this Amendment, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereby agree as follows:

1. . The Agreement is hereby amended as follows:

(a) Recital (A) of the Agreement is hereby amended and restated as follows:

“Parent desires to acquire the Company through a merger of Merger Sub with and into the Company (the “”), with
the Company continuing as the surviving corporation in the Merger (the “”), on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, whereby (i) each issued and outstanding share of Company
Common Stock (the “”) as of the Effective Time (other than Excluded Shares and Dissenting Shares) will be converted into the right to receive $30.75 per Share, in cash, without interest (the “”), and (ii) the Company shall become a wholly owned Subsidiary of Parent as a result of the Merger.”

(b) Section 1.6(c) of the Agreement is hereby amended and restated as follows:

“At the Effective Time, each then outstanding Company RSU Award (whether or not then vested) that was granted prior to the date hereof
or that is held by a non-employee member of the Board of Directors shall be assumed and converted into a restricted stock unit award in respect of a number of shares of Ultimate Parent Ordinary Shares (each,
as so converted and adjusted as follows, an “”) equal to the product obtained by multiplying (i) the total number of shares of Company Common Stock subject to the Company RSU Award as of

immediately prior to the Effective Time by (ii) the quotient of (A) the Merger Consideration divided by (B) the volume-weighted average price of an Ultimate Parent Ordinary Share
on the New York Stock Exchange for the five consecutive trading days ending on (and including) the last trading day prior to the Closing Date as reported by Bloomberg, L.P. (such quotient, the “”), with any
fractional