Company: STAA
Filing Date: 2025-11-17
Form Type: DEFA14A
Source: 0001193125-25-284603
Chunk: 27

Company: STAAR SURGICAL CO
Filing Date: 2025-11-17
Form: DEFA14A
Chunk 27
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 of intent, agreement in principle, memorandum of understanding, merger agreement, acquisition agreement, joint venture
agreement, or similar Contract with respect to any Acquisition Proposal (excluding an Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement in accordance with ), (iii) fail to publicly reaffirm the Company Board Recommendation
within five (5) Business Days after Parent so requests in writing (which request may be made once per applicable public Acquisition Proposal, provided that Parent shall be entitled to make a new request each time there is a publicly
disclosed material change in such applicable Acquisition Proposal), or (iv) fail to recommend against acceptance of any tender offer or exchange offer that is publicly commenced for the Shares within ten (10) Business Days after Parent so
requests in writing (which request may be made once per applicable public Acquisition Proposal, provided that Parent shall be entitled to make a new request each time there is a publicly disclosed material change in such applicable
Acquisition Proposal) (any action described in the foregoing clauses (i) through (iv), a “”); provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, any determination or action by the Board of
Directors or any committee thereof to the extent permitted by or this shall not be, and shall not be deemed to be, in and of itself a breach or violation of this
and shall not, unless a Company Adverse Recommendation Change has occurred, give Parent a right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to ; and provided,
further, for the avoidance of doubt, that any change in the unanimity of any determination, recommendation, approval or declaration made by the Board of Directors shall not constitute a Company Adverse Recommendation Change (,
that the Company shall deliver prompt written notice to Parent of any such change in unanimity).

(b) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, at any time prior to the Company Stockholder Approval:

(i) if any
Acquired Corporation has received after the date of this Agreement a written Acquisition Proposal from any Person that has not been withdrawn and after consultation with outside legal counsel and financial advisors, the Board of Directors shall have
determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal constitutes

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a Superior Offer, (x) the Board of Directors may make a Company Adverse Recommendation Change, or (y) solely if such Acquisition Proposal did not result from a material breach of
, the Company may terminate this Agreement pursuant to to enter into a Specified Agreement with respect to such Superior Offer, in each case under clauses (x) and
(y), if