Company: STAA
Filing Date: 2025-08-29
Form Type: PREM14A
Source: 0001193125-25-192889
Chunk: 175

Company: STAAR SURGICAL CO
Filing Date: 2025-08-29
Form: PREM14A
Chunk 175
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 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 indemnity against any claim that may be made against it with respect to such Certificate (which shall not exceed the Merger Consideration payable with respect to such Certificate),
the Exchange Agent will pay (less any amounts entitled to be deducted or withheld pursuant to ), in exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate, the applicable Merger Consideration to be paid in
respect of the Shares formerly represented by such Certificate, as contemplated by this .

1.5 Dissenters’Rights. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, Shares outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, and held by holders who are entitled to appraisal rights under
Section 262 of the DGCL and have properly exercised and perfected their respective demands for appraisal of such Shares in the time and manner provided in Section 262 of the DGCL and