Company: STAA
Filing Date: 2025-08-29
Form Type: PREM14A
Source: 0001193125-25-192889
Chunk: 264

Company: STAAR SURGICAL CO
Filing Date: 2025-08-29
Form: PREM14A
Chunk 264
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assignment of this Agreement or any of such rights without such consent shall be void and of no effect, except each of Parent and Merger Sub may assign all or any of their rights and obligations under this Agreement to any wholly owned Subsidiary of
Parent that is a tax resident of either the United States or Switzerland without the prior consent of the Company upon prior written notice to the Company; provided that (a) no such assignment shall be permitted without the prior written
consent of the Company if such assignment would, or would reasonably be expected to, prevent, impair or delay Parent or Merger Sub from performing their respective obligations under this Agreement or consummating the Merger and the other
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and (b) no such assignment shall relieve the assigning party of its obligations hereunder.

9.7 Transfer Tax. Except as otherwise provided in , all transfer, documentary, sales, use,
stamp, registration and other similar Taxes imposed with respect to the transfer of Shares pursuant to the Merger shall be borne by the Company and expressly shall not be a liability of holders of Shares.

9.8 No Third Party Beneficiaries. Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any Person (other
than the Parties) any right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever under or by

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reason of this Agreement, except for: (i) if the Effective Time occurs, (A) the right of the Company’s stockholders to receive the Merger Consideration pursuant to
following the Effective Time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and (B) the right of the holders of Company Options, Company RSU Awards and Company PSU Awards to receive the Merger Consideration
pursuant to following the Effective Time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement; (ii) the provisions set forth in of this Agreement (which are intended for the
benefit of each indemnified or insured party (including the Indemnified Persons) contemplated thereby, each of whom will be third party beneficiaries of these provisions); (iii) the limitations on liability of the Company Related Parties set
forth in and the limitations on liability of the Parent Related Parties set forth in , and (iv) the provisions of ,
and this (which are intended for the benefit of the relevant parties identified therein, each of which will be third party beneficiaries of these provisions).

9.9 Notices. Any notice or other communication required or permitted to be delivered to any Party under this Agreement