Company: STAA
Filing Date: 2025-12-10
Form Type: DEFA14A
Source: 0001193125-25-314435
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Company: STAAR SURGICAL CO
Filing Date: 2025-12-10
Form: DEFA14A
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 terms and conditions applicable to the corresponding Company PSU Award or (including any “double trigger”
vesting protections), as applicable, under the Company Equity Plan and the applicable award agreement, including vesting terms, as of immediately prior to the Effective Time (it being understood that, for clarity, the Adjusted PSU Award shall be
deemed earned at the Effective Time, such that in accordance with the terms of the award, 50% of the Adjusted PSU Award shall become vested on the 15th day of the second month following the quarter in which the Closing Date occurs (the
“”) and, without limiting any “double trigger” vesting protections, the remaining 50% shall become vested on the first anniversary of the Adjusted Award Vesting Date subject to continued
service through such anniversary), except that the Adjusted PSU Award shall no longer be subject to any performance-based vesting conditions.”

(d) Exhibit A of the Agreement is hereby amended by adding references to the definitions of “Adjusted RSU Award”, “Adjusted
PSU Award”, “Adjusted Award Vesting Date”, “Exchange Ratio” and the corresponding sections.

(e) The
following definition is added to Exhibit A of the Agreement:

“Ultimate Parent Ordinary Shares.“” means the ordinary shares, nominal value CHF 0.04 per share, of Ultimate Parent.”

(f) Item 12 under
“Employee/Benefits Related Interim Operating Covenant Exceptions” in Section 5.2(a)-(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule is amended by deleting clause (ii) of the second sentence thereof and replacing it with the following
language:

“; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, the Company may not provide any
gross-ups or other tax indemnification arrangements for any Taxes incurred under Section 4999 of the Code.”

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2. . On and after the date of this
Amendment, each reference in the Agreement to “this Agreement,” “hereunder,” “hereof,” or words of like import, and all documents delivered in connection with the Agreement shall mean and be a reference to the
Agreement as amended hereby. Each reference in the Agreement to “the date hereof,” “the date of this Agreement,” or words of like import shall mean and be a reference to August 4, 2025. Except as expressly amended by
this Amendment, the Agreement shall continue in full force and effect in accordance with its terms, and the Agreement, as amended hereby, is hereby confirmed and ratified in all respects