Company: STAA
Filing Date: 2025-12-10
Form Type: DEFA14A
Source: 0001193125-25-314435
Chunk: 20

Company: STAAR SURGICAL CO
Filing Date: 2025-12-10
Form: DEFA14A
Chunk 20
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AR RSU Award that was awarded prior to August 4, 2025 or that is held by a director, and each STAAR PSU Award, will be converted into a restricted stock unit award of Alcon Inc. in respect of Alcon shares calculated based on the value of the Merger Consideration relative to the trading price of Alcon shares prior to the closing of the Merger, with STAAR PSU Award performance deemed to be earned at 100% of target, and otherwise generally subject to the same terms and conditions (except that (A) director Adjusted RSU Awards will become vested at the closing of the Merger and (B) 50% of the Adjusted PSU Awards will become vested on the 15th day of the second month following the quarter in which the Closing Date occurs and, without limiting any “double-trigger” vesting protections, the remaining 50% of the Adjusted PSU Awards will become vested on (subject to continued service through) the first anniversary of the vesting date for the first 50%); and (ii) eliminates STAAR’s ability to pay any 280G gross-ups and enter into any related tax indemnification arrangements in connection with the Merger.

The foregoing description of the Second Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Second Amendment, which is attached as Annex A to this Supplement and is incorporated herein by reference.

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covered by these materials contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements often contain words such as “anticipate,” “believe,”
“expect,” “plan,” “estimate,” “project,” “continue,” “will,” “should,” “may,” and similar terms. All statements in these materials that are not
statements of historical fact are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are neither promises nor guarantees and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors that may cause actual results,
performance or achievements to be materially different from what is expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to: (1) the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstances that could give rise to
the termination of the Alcon merger agreement or could cause the consummation of the proposed transaction to be delayed or to fail to occur; (2) the failure to obtain approval of the proposed transaction from STAAR’s stockholders;
(3