Company: STAA
Filing Date: 2025-09-16
Form Type: DEFM14A
Source: 0001193125-25-204396
Chunk: 279

Company: STAAR SURGICAL CO
Filing Date: 2025-09-16
Form: DEFM14A
Chunk 279
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 Related Parties.“” is defined in of the
Agreement.

Parent Termination Fee. “” shall mean a cash amount equal to $72,375,000.

Parties. “” shall mean Parent, Merger Sub, and the Company.

Patents. “” is defined in the definition of Intellectual Property Rights.

Payment Fund. “” is defined in of the Agreement.

Permitted Encumbrance. “” shall mean (a) (i) any Encumbrance for Taxes that are not due
and payable and (ii) any Encumbrance for Taxes the validity of which is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which appropriate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP, (b) any Encumbrance
representing the rights of customers, suppliers and subcontractors in the ordinary course of business under the terms of any Contracts to which the relevant Party is a party or bound under general principles of commercial or government contract law
for amounts not yet due and payable or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings (including mechanics’, materialmen’s, carriers’, workmen’s, warehouseman’s, repairmen’s, landlords’
and similar Encumbrances granted or which arise in the ordinary course of business and under which there is no default by the Acquired Corporations), (c) any interest or title of a lessor, sublessor or similar Person under leases, subleases or
similar arrangements (other than capital leases) entered into by the Company or its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business which does not materially interfere with or impair the value, use (or contemplated use) or utility of such lease,
sublease or similar arrangement, (d) in the case of any Contract, Encumbrances that are restrictions against the transfer or assignment thereof that are included in the terms of such Contract, (e) in the case of real property, Encumbrances
incurred or suffered which, individually or in the aggregate, do not and would not materially impair the use (or contemplated use), utility or value of the applicable real property or otherwise materially impair the present or contemplated business
operations at such location, or zoning, entitlement, building and other land use regulations imposed by Governmental Bodies having jurisdiction over such real property which are not violated by the current use or occupancy of the Leased Real
Property in any material respect, (f) Encumbrances to secure obligations arising under workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and social