Company: STAA
Filing Date: 2025-08-05
Form Type: DEFA14A
Source: 0001193125-25-173098
Chunk: 16

Company: STAAR SURGICAL CO
Filing Date: 2025-08-05
Form: DEFA14A
Chunk 16
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al Body, such withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the Person in
respect of which such deduction and withholding was made (except in the case of any deduction or withholding under the Legal Requirements of Switzerland or any political subdivision thereof that is applicable as a result of the status of Parent or
any Affiliate of Parent as a tax resident of Switzerland, Parent or any Affiliate of Parent having any other nexus with Switzerland for Tax purposes or any payment hereunder being made from or through Switzerland (and, for the avoidance of doubt,
other than a deduction or withholding in respect of amounts payable or deliverable to a holder of Shares or Awards that is tax resident in Switzerland)). (ii) Each of Parent and Merger Sub acknowledges and agrees that no amount with respect to Taxes
is required to be deducted or withheld from any amounts payable or deliverable pursuant to , , or
under the Legal Requirements of Switzerland or any political subdivision thereof as in effect on the date of this Agreement (in each case, respectively, other than from amounts payable or deliverable to a holder of Shares or Awards that is tax
resident in Switzerland). (iii) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, Parent and Merger Sub shall ensure that none of the Company, the Surviving Corporation, Parent, Merger Sub, the Exchange Agent or any of their respective
Affiliates or agents shall deduct or withhold, or cause to be deducted or withheld, from any amounts payable or deliverable pursuant to , ,
or any amount with respect to Taxes imposed under the Legal Requirements of Switzerland or any political subdivision thereof (in each case, respectively, other than amounts
payable or deliverable to a holder of Shares or Awards that is tax resident in Switzerland) other than as required by any change under the Legal Requirements of Switzerland after the date of this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything in this agreement
to the contrary, the sole remedy for a breach of the representation set forth in shall be the application of and with respect to any
withholding under the Legal Requirements of Switzerland and, as applicable, , , , and
.

(f) If any Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit
of that fact by the holder of the Shares formerly represented by that Certificate, or by a representative of that holder, claiming that Certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed and, if required by the Surviving Corporation, the posting by that
holder of a bond, in such reasonable amount as Parent may direct, as