Company: STAA
Filing Date: 2025-08-29
Form Type: PREM14A
Source: 0001193125-25-192889
Chunk: 285

Company: STAAR SURGICAL CO
Filing Date: 2025-08-29
Form: PREM14A
Chunk 285
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of partnership, association, limited liability company or other business entity gains or losses or otherwise control the managing director, managing member, general partner or other managing
Person of such partnership, association, limited liability company or other business 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 (Verre