Company: STAA
Filing Date: 2025-08-05
Form Type: DEFA14A
Source: 0001193125-25-173098
Chunk: 76

Company: STAAR SURGICAL CO
Filing Date: 2025-08-05
Form: DEFA14A
Chunk 76
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ified Agreement with respect to such Superior Offer, in each case under clauses (x) and (y), if and only if: (A) the Board of Directors determines in good faith, after
consultation with the Company’s outside legal counsel and financial advisors, that the failure to do so would be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Board of Directors under applicable Legal Requirements (it being understood that any
such determination in and of itself shall not be deemed a Company Adverse Recommendation Change),

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(B) the Company shall have given Parent prior written notice of its intention to consider making a Company Adverse Recommendation Change or terminating this Agreement pursuant to
, which notice shall include the material terms and conditions of the applicable Acquisition Proposal, an unredacted copy of any such written Acquisition Proposal and the identity of the Person making such
Acquisition Proposal, at least four (4) Business Days prior to making any such Company Adverse Recommendation Change or termination (a “”, and such period, the “”) (which notice
shall not constitute a Company Adverse Recommendation Change or termination), and, if requested in writing by Parent, during such four (4) Business Day period shall have negotiated in good faith with respect to any revisions to the terms of
this Agreement or another proposal to the extent proposed by Parent so that such Acquisition Proposal would cease to constitute a Superior Offer, and (C) after considering in good faith any proposals made by Parent during such period, if any,
after consultation with outside legal counsel and financial advisors, the Board of Directors shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal continues to be a Superior Offer and that the failure to make the Company Adverse
Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to would be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Board of Directors under applicable Legal Requirements. Issuance of any “stop, look
and listen” communication by or on behalf of the Company pursuant to Rule 14d-9(f) promulgated under the Exchange Act shall not be considered a Company Adverse Recommendation Change and shall not require
the giving of a Determination Notice or compliance with the procedures set forth in this . The provisions of this shall also apply to any material amendment to any
Acquisition Proposal and shall require a new Determination Notice for each such material amendment; provided, that references to four (4) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days, such that the new Notice Period
shall be two (2) Business Days; and