Company: STAA
Filing Date: 2025-11-07
Form Type: DEFA14A
Source: 0001193125-25-271794
Chunk: 7

Company: STAAR SURGICAL CO
Filing Date: 2025-11-07
Form: DEFA14A
Chunk 7
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 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 “”). Capitalized terms used and not defined in this Amendment shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in
the Agreement.

WHEREAS, on August 4, 2025, the parties entered into the Agreement, pursuant to which, among other things, and
subject to the terms and conditions therein, Merger Sub will merge with and into the Company, with the Company surviving as a wholly owned direct subsidiary of Parent; 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) The proviso at the end of the first sentence of Section 5.3(a) of
the Agreement is hereby amended and restated as follows:

“provided, that the Company shall convene and hold
the Stockholder Meeting as promptly as practicable after the termination or expiration of the Go-Shop Period.”

(b) The end of the second sentence of Section 5.3(a) of the Agreement from and after clause (v) is hereby amended and restated as
follows:

“(v) if required by applicable Legal Requirements or (vi) if the Board of Directors has determined in
good faith, in consultation with financial advisors and outside legal counsel, that an Acquisition Proposal (which Acquisition Proposal has not been withdrawn prior to such adjournment or postponement) constitutes or could reasonably be expected to
lead to a Superior Offer; provided that (x) any postponement or adjournment (except pursuant to the foregoing clause (vi)) that would require the setting of a new record date shall require the prior written consent (such consent not to
be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) of both Parent and the Company, and (y) the Stockholder Meeting will not be postponed or adjourned beyond the date that is six (6) Business Days prior to the End Date without the prior
written consent of Parent. The Parties have agreed to postpone the Stockholder Meeting