Company: STAA
Filing Date: 2025-11-17
Form Type: DEFA14A
Source: 0001193125-25-284603
Chunk: 8

Company: STAAR SURGICAL CO
Filing Date: 2025-11-17
Form: DEFA14A
Chunk 8
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 accept a Superior Offer in certain circumstances.

| Q: | What will happen if STAAR receives a Superior Offer during the 
 go-shop period?                                                |

| A: | If STAAR receives an Acquisition Proposal that the Board determines, in good faith (after consultation                                                                                                            
 with its outside legal counsel and its financial advisor) constitutes or could reasonably be expected to lead to or result in a Superior Offer and has notified Alcon in writing of such determination during the 
 go-shop period, and STAAR wishes to effect a Recommendation Change with respect to such Superior Offer or terminates the Merger Agreement in order to accept such Superior Offer, then STAAR will not be required 
 to pay a termination fee to Alcon under the terms of the Merger Agreement, as amended by the Amendment.                                                                                                           |

| Q: | What is the significance of eliminating Alcon’s right to “match” an Acquisition 
 Proposal?                                                                       |

| A: | The elimination of Alcon’s right to “match” a third party’s Acquisition Proposal                                                                                                                                                                      
 is intended to facilitate an open and competitive process that encourages third parties to submit Acquisition Proposals for the Board’s consideration. Prior to the Amendment, the Merger Agreement provided that before STAAR could terminate the    
 Merger Agreement to accept a Superior Offer or effect a Recommendation Change in response to a Superior Offer, STAAR was required to negotiate in good faith with Alcon, at Alcon’s request, for a specified period with respect to any revisions     
 to the Merger Agreement or other proposal made by Alcon so that the Superior Offer would cease to constitute a Superior Offer and, following the specified negotiation period, STAAR would be entitled to terminate or effect a Recommendation Change 
 only if, after considering in good faith any proposals made by Alcon and after consulting with outside legal counsel and financial advisors, the Board determined that the Superior Offer continued to be a Superior Offer and that the failure to    
 terminate or effect the Recommendation Change would be inconsistent with the Board’s fiduciary duties. The Amendment eliminated these obligations of STAAR.                                                                                           |

The following question and answer on page 15 of the proxy statement is hereby amended and supplemented as follows:

| Q: | What happens if the Merger is not completed? |

| A: | If the Merger Agreement is not adopted by STAAR stockholders or if the Merger is not completed for any other                                                                                                                                          
 reason, STAAR stockholders will not receive any payment for their shares of STAAR common stock. Instead, STAAR will remain an