Company: STAA
Filing Date: 2025-08-29
Form Type: PREM14A
Source: 0001193125-25-192889
Chunk: 222

Company: STAAR SURGICAL CO
Filing Date: 2025-08-29
Form: PREM14A
Chunk 222
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 the Company after consummation of such transaction;

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(iii) sell, issue, grant, deliver, pledge, transfer, encumber or authorize the sale,
issuance, grant, delivery, pledge, transfer or encumbrance of (A) any capital stock, equity interest or other security of any Acquired Corporation, or Voting Company Debt, (B) any option, call, warrant, restricted securities or right to
acquire any capital stock, equity interest or other security of any Acquired Corporation, or Voting Company Debt, or (C) any instrument convertible into or exchangeable for any capital stock, equity interest or other security of any Acquired
Corporation, or Voting Company Debt; provided, however, the Company and the other Acquired Corporations (1) may issue Shares as required to be issued upon the exercise or vesting of Company Options, Company RSU Awards, and Company
PSU Awards that, in each case, are outstanding as of the date of this Agreement (or granted after the date of this Agreement in accordance with the terms hereof) and as required pursuant to the terms of such awards as in effect on the date of this
Agreement (or to the terms of such awards granted after the date of this Agreement in accordance with the terms hereof), and (2) may issue capital stock, equity interests, voting securities or Voting Company Debt solely to the Company or from
any Acquired Corporation other than the Company to the Company’s wholly owned Subsidiaries;

(iv) except as set forth in the
Company Disclosure Schedule, as contemplated by or as required under any Employee Plan as in effect on the date of this Agreement, (A) establish, adopt, enter into, terminate or materially amend any
Employee Plan, (B) amend or waive any of its rights under, or accelerate the vesting or payment under, any provision of any Employee Plan, (C) grant or increase any severance, transaction, retention or termination pay to any current or
former employee, officer, director or independent contractor of any of the Acquired Corporations, (D) pay or grant any bonus or grant any employee, officer, director or independent contractor of any of the Acquired Corporations any increase in
compensation or benefits, (E) grant any equity, equity-based or other incentive awards to, or discretionarily accelerate the vesting or payment of any such awards held by, any current or former employee, officer, director or independent