Company: STAA
Filing Date: 2025-08-05
Form Type: DEFA14A
Source: 0001193125-25-173098
Chunk: 126

Company: STAAR SURGICAL CO
Filing Date: 2025-08-05
Form: DEFA14A
Chunk 126
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 entity.

Superior Offer. “” shall mean a bona fide written
Acquisition Proposal received after the date of this Agreement that the Board of Directors determines, in its good faith judgment, after consultation with outside legal counsel and its financial advisors, is reasonably likely to be consummated in
accordance with its terms, taking into account all legal, regulatory and financing aspects (including certainty of closing) of the proposal and the Person making the proposal and other aspects of the Acquisition Proposal that the Board of Directors
deems relevant, and if consummated, would result in a transaction more favorable to the Company’s stockholders (solely in their capacity as such) from a financial point of view than the Transactions (including after giving effect to proposals,
if any, made by Parent pursuant to ); provided that for purposes of the definition of “Superior Offer” in all cases, the references to “20%” in the definition of Acquisition
Proposal shall be deemed to be references to “50%”.

Surviving Corporation. “” is
defined in to the Agreement.

Swiss VAT.“” shall mean the Swiss Federal Value
Added Tax (Mehrwertsteuer).

Takeover Laws. “” shall mean any “moratorium,”
“control share acquisition,” “fair price,” “supermajority,” “affiliate transactions,” or “business combination statute or regulation” or other similar state anti-takeover laws and regulations
(including, for the avoidance of doubt, Section 203 of the DGCL).

Tax. “” shall mean any U.S. federal,
state, or local, or non-U.S. tax (including any net income tax, gross income tax, franchise tax, capital gains tax, capital stock tax, gross receipts tax, gross profits tax, branch profits tax, value-added
tax, surtax, estimated tax, premium tax, windfall profit tax, environmental tax, license tax, occupation tax, employment tax, unemployment tax, national health insurance tax, social security tax, disability tax, excise tax, estimated tax,
alternative or minimum tax, ad valorem tax, transfer tax, registration tax, stamp tax, sales tax, use tax, service tax, property tax, business tax, withholding tax, payroll tax, Swiss Federal Withholding Tax (Verrechnungssteuer) or Swiss
Federal Value Added Tax (Mehrwertsteuer)), add-on minimum tax, custom, impost, tariff, duty, levy, assessment, or other tax or charge in the