Company: STAA
Filing Date: 2025-09-16
Form Type: DEFM14A
Source: 0001193125-25-204396
Chunk: 168

Company: STAAR SURGICAL CO
Filing Date: 2025-09-16
Form: DEFM14A
Chunk 168
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 Merger and without any further action on the part of Parent, Merger Sub, the Company or any
stockholder of the Company:

(i) any Shares held immediately prior to the Effective Time by the Company (or held in the Company’s
treasury) shall be cancelled and retired and shall cease to exist, and no consideration shall be delivered in exchange therefor;

(ii)
any Shares held immediately prior to the Effective Time by Parent or Merger Sub shall be cancelled and retired and shall cease to exist, and no consideration shall be delivered in exchange therefor;

(iii) any Shares held immediately prior to the Effective Time by any direct or indirect Subsidiary of Parent or Merger Sub or any direct or
indirect Subsidiary of the Company shall be converted into such number of shares of stock of the Surviving Corporation such that each such Subsidiary shall own the same percentage of the outstanding capital stock of the Surviving Corporation
immediately following the Effective Time as such Subsidiary owned in the Company immediately prior to the Effective Time (such Shares, together with the Shares described in clause and clause , the “”);

(iv) except as provided in , , and above, and subject to
, each Share outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (excluding any Dissenting Shares, which shall have only those rights set forth in ) shall be converted into
the right to receive the Merger Consideration, without interest and subject to any withholding of Taxes in accordance with ; and

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(v) each share of the common stock, $0.01 par value per share, of Merger Sub then
outstanding shall be converted into one share of common stock of the Surviving Corporation.

From and after the Effective Time, subject to
this , all Shares shall no longer be outstanding and shall automatically be cancelled and shall cease to exist, and (a) each applicable holder of Shares (other than Dissenting Shares and Excluded Shares)
shall cease to have any rights with respect thereto, except the right to receive the Merger Consideration in accordance with this , without any interest thereon, upon the surrender of such Shares in accordance
with , (b) each applicable holder of Dissenting Shares shall cease to have any rights with respect thereto, except the rights specified in and (c) each applicable holder
of Excluded Shares shall cease to have any rights with respect thereto.

(b) Subject to Section 1.3(b) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule, if