Company: STAA
Filing Date: 2025-08-05
Form Type: DEFA14A
Source: 0001193125-25-173098
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Company: STAAR SURGICAL CO
Filing Date: 2025-08-05
Form: DEFA14A
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 respect to statements made or incorporated by reference therein based on written
information supplied by or on behalf of the Company for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement.

4.6 Absence of Litigation. As of the date of this Agreement, there is no Legal Proceeding pending (or, to the knowledge of Parent, threatened), against Parent or Merger Sub, except as would not, and would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the
aggregate, have a Parent Material Adverse Effect. As of the date of this Agreement, neither Parent nor Merger Sub is subject to any continuing order of, consent decree, settlement agreement or similar written

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agreement with, or continuing investigation or review by, or being threatened in writing by, any Governmental Body, or any order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree, determination or award of any
Governmental Body or settlement agreement or similar written agreement, except as would not, and would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a Parent Material Adverse Effect.

4.7 Funds. As of the date hereof and at the Effective Time, Parent will have immediately available funds in an amount sufficient to
consummate the Transactions and to pay all fees and expenses in connection with the consummation of the Transactions (including immediately available funds in an amount sufficient to pay the Merger Consideration as and when due, the cash portion of
the Equity Award Consideration payable following the Effective Time and for any repayment or refinancing of any outstanding indebtedness of the Company and/or its Subsidiaries contemplated by, or required in connection with the transactions
described in this Agreement) (such amounts, collectively, the “”). For the avoidance of doubt, the obligations of Parent and Merger Sub hereunder are not subject to any condition with respect to Parent’s or
Merger Sub’s ability to obtain financing for the Merger or the Transactions.

4.8 Ownership of Shares. Neither Ultimate Parent
nor any of its Subsidiaries nor any “Affiliate” or “Associate” (as each such term is defined in Section 203 of the DGCL) of Ultimate Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, is, or has been at any time during the period commencing
three (3) years prior to the date hereof through the date hereof, an “interested stockholder” (as such term is defined in Section 203 of the DGCL) of the Company. Neither Ultimate Parent nor Mer