Company: STAA
Filing Date: 2025-09-16
Form Type: DEFM14A
Source: 0001193125-25-204396
Chunk: 152

Company: STAAR SURGICAL CO
Filing Date: 2025-09-16
Form: DEFM14A
Chunk 152
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| • |     | public announcements; |

| • |     | stock exchange delisting and deregistration; |

| • |     | matters related to Section 16 of the Exchange Act; and |

| • |     | notification of certain events. |

Conditions to the Closing of the Merger The obligations of STAAR, Alcon, and Merger Sub, as applicable, to consummate the Merger are subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the following conditions:

| • |     | receipt of the Stockholder Approval; |

| • |     | the absence of any temporary restraining order, preliminary or permanent injunction, final judgment or other                                                                                                                                       
 order issued and remaining in effect by any specified governmental body prohibiting or enjoining the consummation of the Merger and no legal requirement having been promulgated, enacted, issued, or deemed applicable to the Merger by specified 
 governmental bodies which remains in effect and prohibits or makes illegal the consummation of the Merger (the “Absence of Legal Restraints Condition”); and                                                                                       |

| • |     | the expiration or termination of the waiting period applicable to the consummation of the Merger under the HSR                                                                                             
 Act, as well as any agreement not to close embodied in a “timing agreement” between the parties and a governmental body, and making of, termination of, expiry of or obtainment of all other actions,      
 non-actions, consents, waivers, clearances or lapses in waiting periods with respect to China antitrust, Japan antitrust, Turkey antitrust, United Kingdom antitrust, Spain antitrust, Portugal antitrust, 
 Australia antitrust, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia antitrust and Austria antitrust laws (the “Regulatory Approvals Condition”).                                                                                  |

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Additionally, the obligations of Alcon and Merger Sub, as applicable, to consummate the Merger are subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the following conditions:

| • |     | the representations and warranties of STAAR set forth in the Merger Agreement relating to certain aspects of                                                                                                                          
 STAAR’s capitalization being accurate subject to de minimis inaccuracies, as of the date of the Merger Agreement and as of the Closing Date as if made as of such date (except for those representations and warranties which address 
 matters only as of an earlier date which will have been accurate as of such earlier date);                                                                                                                                            |

| • |     | the representations and warranties of STAAR set forth in the Merger Agreement relating