Company: STAA
Filing Date: 2025-08-29
Form Type: PREM14A
Source: 0001193125-25-192889
Chunk: 266

Company: STAAR SURGICAL CO
Filing Date: 2025-08-29
Form: PREM14A
Chunk 266
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 other jurisdiction, so long as the economic and legal substance of the Transactions
is not affected in any manner materially adverse to any Party. If a final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction declares that any term or provision of this Agreement is invalid or unenforceable, the Parties agree that the court making such
determination shall have the power to limit such term or provision, to delete specific words or phrases or to replace such term or provision with a term or provision that is valid and enforceable and that comes closest to expressing the intention of
the invalid or unenforceable term or provision, and this Agreement shall be valid and enforceable as so modified, in each case so long as the economic and legal substance of the Transactions is not affected in any manner materially adverse to any
Party. In the event such court does not exercise the power granted to it in the prior sentence, the Parties agree to replace such invalid or unenforceable term or provision with a valid and enforceable term or provision that will achieve, to the
fullest extent possible, the economic, business and other purposes of such invalid or unenforceable term or provision.

9.11 Obligation of Parent. Parent shall ensure that Merger Sub duly performs, satisfies and discharges on a timely basis each of the covenants, obligations and liabilities applicable to Merger Sub under this Agreement, and Parent shall be jointly and severally
liable with Merger Sub for the due and timely performance and satisfaction of each of said covenants, obligations and liabilities.

9.12 Construction.

(a)
For purposes of this Agreement, whenever the context requires: the singular number shall include the plural, and vice versa; words denoting any gender shall include all genders.

(b) The Parties agree that any rule of construction to the effect that ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting Party shall not be
applied in the construction or interpretation of this Agreement.

(c) All references to days or months shall be deemed references to
calendar days or months unless otherwise specified herein.

(d) All references to “$” or dollars shall be deemed references to
United States dollars.

(e) As used in this Agreement, (i) the words “include” and “including,” and
variations thereof, shall not be deemed to be terms of limitation, but rather shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation” and (ii) the word “or” shall not be exclusive.

(f) The words “hereof,” “herein,”