Company: STAA
Filing Date: 2025-09-16
Form Type: DEFM14A
Source: 0001193125-25-204396
Chunk: 284

Company: STAAR SURGICAL CO
Filing Date: 2025-09-16
Form: DEFM14A
Chunk 284
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, national health insurance tax, social security tax, disability tax, excise tax, estimated tax, alternative or minimum tax, ad valorem
tax, transfer tax, registration tax, stamp tax, sales tax, use tax, service tax, property tax, business tax, withholding tax, payroll tax, Swiss Federal Withholding Tax (Verrechnungssteuer) or Swiss Federal Value Added Tax
(Mehrwertsteuer)), add-on minimum tax, custom, impost, tariff, duty, levy, assessment, or other tax or charge in the nature of a tax, imposed, assessed or collected by or under the authority of any
Governmental Body, together with any interest, penalties, surcharges or additions to tax with respect thereto.

Tax Return.
“” shall mean any return (including any information return), report, statement, declaration, estimate, schedule, form, election, certificate, claim, refund or other document or information filed or required to be filed
with any Governmental Body in connection with the determination, assessment, collection or payment of any Tax and any attachments thereto or amendments thereof.

Termination Fee. “” shall mean a cash amount equal to $43,425,000; provided that in the event
the Termination Fee becomes payable as a result of the termination of this Agreement (x) by the Company pursuant to with respect to a Superior Offer from a Qualified Bidder or (y) by Parent pursuant
to in response to a Company Adverse Recommendation Change with respect to a Superior Offer from a Qualified Bidder, then in the case of either of the immediately preceding clauses (x) or (y), the
Termination Fee shall be $14,475,000.

Top Distributor. “” shall mean a top ten
(10) distributor of the Acquired Corporations, taken as a whole, based on revenues during the fiscal year ended December 27, 2024.

Top Supplier. “” shall mean a top ten (10) supplier of raw materials, inventory or manufacturing
services to the Acquired Corporations, taken as a whole, based on expenditures during the fiscal year ended December 27, 2024.

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Trade Secret. “” shall mean any confidential and
proprietary information that constitutes a trade secret under any applicable Legal Requirements.

Trademarks.
“” is defined in the definition of Intellectual Property Rights.

Transactions.
“” shall mean (a) the execution and delivery of the Agreement and (b) all of the transactions