Company: STAA
Filing Date: 2025-09-16
Form Type: DEFM14A
Source: 0001193125-25-204396
Chunk: 134

Company: STAAR SURGICAL CO
Filing Date: 2025-09-16
Form: DEFM14A
Chunk 134
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 labor organizations, financing sources, customers, distributors, suppliers, partners, 
 governmental bodies or other business relationships (other than for purposes of certain specified representations and warranties);                                                                                                                  |

| (iii) | any event, occurrence, circumstance, change, or effect generally affecting the industries in which STAAR and     
 its subsidiaries operate or in the economy generally or other general business, financial, or market conditions; |

| (iv) | any event, occurrence, circumstance, change, or effect arising directly or indirectly from or otherwise                                                                                                                                                
 relating to general changes in the financial, credit, banking, securities, or capital markets in the United States or any other country or region in the world (including any disruption thereof and any decline in the price of any market index) and 
 including changes or developments in or relating to currency exchange or interest rates;                                                                                                                                                               |

| (v) | any event, occurrence, circumstance, change, or effect arising directly or indirectly from or otherwise                                                                                                                                                 
 relating to any political, social or regulatory conditions (or changes in such conditions) in the United States or any other country or region in the world, act of terrorism, cyberterrorism, ransomware or malware, war, national or international    
 calamity, natural disaster, acts of god, weather or environmental event, epidemic, pandemic, or any other similar event, or any escalation or worsening of any of the foregoing, or any action taken by any governmental body in response to any of the 
 foregoing;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |

| (vi) | the failure of STAAR to meet internal or analysts’ expectations or projections (provided that the                                                                                    
 underlying causes of such failure may be considered in determining whether a Material Adverse Effect has occurred to the extent not otherwise excluded by another exception herein); |

| (vii) | any event, occurrence, circumstance, change or effect arising from any action taken by STAAR or any of its                                                                                                                    
 subsidiaries at the written direction or request of Alcon or with Alcon’s written consent, or any action required or specifically permitted to be taken by STAAR or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to the Merger Agreement; |

| (viii) | any event, occurrence, circumstance, change, or effect resulting or arising from the identity of, or any facts                                                                                                                                       
 or circumstances relating to, Alcon, Merger Sub, or any of their respective affiliates, including any impact on the relationships of STAAR and its subsidiaries with any employees, labor organizations, financing sources, customers, distributors, 
 suppliers, partners