Company: STAA
Filing Date: 2025-08-29
Form Type: PREM14A
Source: 0001193125-25-192889
Chunk: 95

Company: STAAR SURGICAL CO
Filing Date: 2025-08-29
Form: PREM14A
Chunk 95
---
 would expect to receive compensation. In addition, as the Board was further aware, Citi and its affiliates
in the past have provided, currently are providing and in the future may provide investment banking, commercial banking and other similar financial services to Alcon Inc. (a/k/a Alcon AG and Alcon SA) or its affiliates unrelated to the Merger, for
which services Citi and such affiliates have received and expect to receive compensation, including, without limitation, during the two-year period prior to the date of Citi’s opinion, having acted or
acting as sole coordinator, facility agent, and lender with respect to a certain credit facility of Alcon Inc., and having provided or providing certain markets and securities services, treasury and trade solutions services, and corporate portfolio
management services. For the investment banking services described above for Alcon Inc., Citi and its affiliates received, during the two-year period prior to the date of Citi’s opinion, aggregate fees
of approximately $0.1 million from Alcon Inc. and/or certain of its affiliates. In the ordinary course of its business, Citi and its affiliates may actively trade or hold the securities or financial instruments (including loans and other
obligations) of STAAR, Alcon Inc., and their respective affiliates for Citi’s own account or for the account of Citi’s customers and, accordingly, may at any time hold a long or short position or otherwise effect transactions in such
securities or financial instruments. In addition, Citi and its affiliates (including Citigroup Inc. and its affiliates) may maintain relationships with STAAR, Alcon Inc., and their respective affiliates. As of August 1, 2025, Citi held, on a
proprietary basis, less than 1.0% of the outstanding equity securities of (i) STAAR and (ii) Alcon Inc., respectively.

STAAR
selected Citi to act as its financial advisor in connection with the Merger based on Citi’s reputation, experience and familiarity with STAAR and its business. Citi is an internationally recognized investment banking firm that regularly
engages in the valuation of businesses and their securities in connection with mergers and acquisitions, negotiated underwritings, competitive bids, secondary distributions of listed and unlisted securities, private placements and valuations for
estate, corporate and other purposes.

Certain Unaudited Prospective Financial Information

STAAR has from time to time provided financial guidance to investors, which has been limited given, among