Company: STAA
Filing Date: 2025-09-16
Form Type: DEFM14A
Source: 0001193125-25-204396
Chunk: 49

Company: STAAR SURGICAL CO
Filing Date: 2025-09-16
Form: DEFM14A
Chunk 49
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 hold or
beneficially own, as applicable, their shares of STAAR common stock upon the making of a demand under clause (i) through the Effective Time; (iv) not thereafter withdraw their demand for appraisal or otherwise lose their appraisal rights,
in each case in accordance with the DGCL; and (v) otherwise meet the criteria and strictly comply with all other procedures for exercising appraisal rights under the DGCL. Failure to follow exactly the procedures specified under
Section 262 may result in the loss of appraisal rights. In addition, the Delaware Court of Chancery will dismiss appraisal proceedings in respect of shares of STAAR common stock unless certain stock ownership conditions are satisfied by the
STAAR stockholders and beneficial owners seeking appraisal. The DGCL requirements for exercising appraisal rights are described in further detail in the section titled “Proposal 1: Adoption of the Merger Agreement—Appraisal Rights,” which is qualified in its entirety by Section 262, the relevant section of the DGCL regarding appraisal rights. A copy of Section 262 is accessible, without subscription or cost, at the following publicly available
website: https://delcode.delaware.gov/title8/c001/sc09/index.html#262.

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If you hold your shares of STAAR common stock through a bank, broker, trust, or other
nominee and you wish to exercise appraisal rights, you may make a written demand for appraisal in your own name, but you must satisfy the conditions set forth above and your written demand must also reasonably identify the holder of record of the
shares of STAAR common stock for which demand is made, be accompanied by documentary evidence of your beneficial ownership of stock (such as a brokerage or securities account statement containing such information or a letter from a broker or other
record holder of such shares of STAAR common stock confirming such information) and a statement that such documentary evidence is a true and correct copy of what it purports to be, and provide an address at which you consent to receive notices given
by the Surviving Corporation under Section 262 and to be set forth on the verified list required by Section
262(f) of the DGCL.

Delisting and Deregistration of STAAR Common Stock

If the Merger is completed, STAAR common stock will be delisted from NASDAQ and deregistered under the Exchange Act, and STAAR common stock
will no longer be publicly traded.

Other Matters

Pursuant to the DGCL and STAAR’s bylaws, except as otherwise required by law