Company: STAA
Filing Date: 2025-09-16
Form Type: DEFM14A
Source: 0001193125-25-204396
Chunk: 166

Company: STAAR SURGICAL CO
Filing Date: 2025-09-16
Form: DEFM14A
Chunk 166
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 Research, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company(“”); Rascasse Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned direct subsidiary of Parent (“”); and STAAR Surgical
Company, a Delaware corporation (the “”). Certain capitalized terms used in this Agreement are defined in .

RECITALS

(A) 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 $28.00 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) The Board of Directors has unanimously (i) determined that this Agreement
and the Transactions, including the Merger, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, are advisable, fair to and in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders, (ii) approved, adopted and declared
advisable the execution and delivery of, and entry into, this Agreement, and the performance by the Company of the covenants and agreements contained herein and the consummation of the Transactions, including the Merger, (iii) resolved to
recommend that the stockholders of the Company adopt this Agreement and (iv) directed that this Agreement and the Merger be submitted to the stockholders of the Company for adoption thereby.

(C) The boards of directors of Parent and Merger Sub have each approved this Agreement and declared it advisable for Parent and Merger Sub,
respectively, to enter into this Agreement.

(D) Immediately following the execution of this Agreement, Parent, as the sole stockholder of
Merger Sub, will adopt this Agreement and the Transactions, including the Merger (the “”).

(E) Parent, Merger Sub and the Company desire to make certain representations, warranties, covenants and agreements in connection with the
Merger and also to prescribe various conditions to the Merger.

AGREEMENT

In consideration of the foregoing and the respective representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth herein, the Parties agree
as follows:

SECTION 1

THE