Company: STAA
Filing Date: 2025-08-05
Form Type: DEFA14A
Source: 0001193125-25-173098
Chunk: 85

Company: STAAR SURGICAL CO
Filing Date: 2025-08-05
Form: DEFA14A
Chunk 85
---
 all claims, losses, liabilities, damages, judgments, inquiries, fines and reasonable fees, costs and expenses, including attorneys’ fees and disbursements, incurred in
connection with any Legal Proceeding, claim, action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (including with respect to matters existing or occurring at or prior to the Effective Time, including this Agreement
and the transactions and actions contemplated hereby), arising out of or pertaining to the fact that the Indemnified Person is or was a director or officer of any Acquired Corporation or is or was serving at the request of any Acquired Corporation
as a director or officer of another Person, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Effective Time, to the fullest extent permitted under applicable Legal Requirements. In the event of any such claim, action, suit or proceeding,
(x) each Indemnified Person will be entitled to advancement of expenses incurred in the defense of any such claim, action, suit or proceeding from the Surviving Corporation or its Subsidiaries, as applicable, in accordance with the
organizational documents and any indemnification or other similar agreements of the Surviving Corporation or its Subsidiaries, as applicable, as in effect on the date of this Agreement; provided that any Indemnified Person to whom expenses
are advanced provides an undertaking, if required by the DGCL or the Surviving Corporation’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ certificate of incorporation or

54

bylaws (or comparable organizational documents) or any such indemnification or other similar agreements, as applicable, to repay such advances if it is ultimately determined by final adjudication
that such Indemnified Person is not entitled to indemnification, and (y) the Surviving Corporation and its Subsidiaries, as applicable, shall reasonably cooperate in the defense of any such matter; provided that if the Surviving
Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries advances expenses in accordance with clause (x) of this , Parent shall be entitled to assume the defense of such claim, action, suit, or proceeding, if appropriate,
with counsel satisfactory to the Indemnified Person upon delivery to the Indemnified Person of written notice of its election to do so, and after delivery of such notice, neither the Surviving Corporation nor any of its Subsidiaries shall be liable
to the Indemnified Person for any expenses subsequently incurred by the Indemnified Person in connection with such defense