Company: STAA
Filing Date: 2025-08-29
Form Type: PREM14A
Source: 0001193125-25-192889
Chunk: 284

Company: STAAR SURGICAL CO
Filing Date: 2025-08-29
Form: PREM14A
Chunk 284
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, North Korea, the Crimea, so-called Donetsk People’s
Republic, so-called Luhansk People’s Republic regions of Ukraine, and the non-government controlled areas of the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia oblasts of Ukraine).

Sanctions. “” shall mean economic or financial sanctions or trade embargoes imposed, administered or
enforced from time to time by the U.S. government (including through the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury or the U.S. Department of State), the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, any EU member
state, His Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom, or any other relevant Governmental Body with regulatory authority over a jurisdiction in which the Acquired Corporations operate.

Sarbanes-Oxley Act. “” is defined in of the Agreement.

SEC. “” shall mean the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

SEC Clearance Date. “” is defined in of the Agreement.

Securities Act. “” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Shares. “” is defined in to the Agreement.

Specified Agreement. “” is defined in of the Agreement.

Specified Governmental Body. “” is defined in
of the Agreement.

Stockholder Litigation. “”
shall mean any Legal Proceeding asserted, threatened or commenced against the Company or any of its directors or officers in such individual’s capacity as such by any stockholder of the Company (in its capacity as such or through a derivative
action) relating to this Agreement or the Transactions. For the avoidance of doubt, any Legal Proceeding asserted, threatened or commenced by Parent, Merger Sub or their Affiliates shall not constitute Stockholder Litigation.

Stockholder Meeting. “” is defined in of the Agreement.

Subsidiary. An Entity shall be deemed to be a “” of another Person if such Person directly or
indirectly owns (a) an amount of voting securities or other interests in such Entity that is sufficient to enable such Person to elect at least a majority of the members of such Entity’s board of directors or other governing body, or
(b) at least 50% of the outstanding equity, partnership or other similar ownership interests of such Entity. For purposes hereof, a Person or Persons shall be deemed to have a majority ownership interest in a partnership, association, limited
liability company or other business entity if such Person or Persons are allocated a majority

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