Company: STAA
Filing Date: 2025-08-29
Form Type: PREM14A
Source: 0001193125-25-192889
Chunk: 18

Company: STAAR SURGICAL CO
Filing Date: 2025-08-29
Form: PREM14A
Chunk 18
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4, 2025 and ending as of the earlier of the Closing and the date, if any, on which the Merger
Agreement is validly terminated, STAAR has agreed that it and its subsidiaries will not, and it will use commercially reasonable efforts to cause its representatives not to, directly or indirectly, among other things: (i) solicit, initiate,
knowingly facilitate or encourage any proposal or offer that constitutes, or would reasonably be expected to lead to, an Acquisition Proposal (as defined in “The Merger Agreement—Non Solicitation; Window Shop Period”); (ii)
engage in, continue, or otherwise participate in any discussions or negotiations regarding, or furnish to any other person any non-public information in connection with, or for the

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purpose of soliciting or knowingly encouraging or facilitating, an Acquisition Proposal or any proposal or offer that would reasonably be expected to lead to an Acquisition Proposal (other than to state that the terms of the Merger Agreement prohibit such discussion); or (iii) enter into any letter of intent, acquisition agreement, agreement in principle, or similar agreement with respect to an Acquisition Proposal or any proposal or offer that would reasonably be expected to lead to an Acquisition Proposal. If STAAR or its subsidiaries (or their respective representatives) receives an unsolicited written Acquisition Proposal at any time after the date of the Merger Agreement and prior to receipt of the Stockholder Approval, and the Board determines in good faith, after consultation with financial advisors and outside legal counsel, that such Acquisition Proposal constitutes or could reasonably be expected to lead to a Superior Offer (each as defined in “ The Merger Agreement—Non Solicitation; Window Shop Period”), STAAR or its subsidiaries and their respective representatives may (i) furnish, pursuant to an executed confidentiality agreement with terms not materially less favorable to STAAR than those contained in the confidentiality agreement entered into effective as of October 4, 2024, between STAAR and an affiliate of Alcon, as it may be amended from time to time, information concerning STAAR and its subsidiaries to such person or group of persons making such Acquisition Proposal, provided that any such material non-publicinformation provided to such person or persons must also be provided to Alcon as promptly as practicable and in any event within one (1) business day, if not already provided to Alcon, and (ii) engage in discussions or negotiations with such person or group of persons making such Acquisition Proposal. From and after August 4, 2025 (the date of the Mer