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Subsequent Events
6 Months Ended
Jun. 27, 2025
Subsequent Events [Abstract]  
Subsequent Events

Note 16 — Subsequent Events

Proposed Merger with Alcon

On August 4, 2025, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with Alcon Research, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Alcon”), and Rascasse Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned direct subsidiary of Alcon (“Merger Sub”).

The Merger Agreement provides, among other things, that subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth therein, Merger Sub will merge with and into the Company (the “Merger”), with the Company surviving the Merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Alcon.

The Board of Directors has unanimously (a) determined that the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby are fair to, and in the best interests of, the Company and its stockholders (b) approved and declared advisable the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby and (c) resolved to recommend that the Company’s stockholders adopt the Merger Agreement. The stockholders of the Company will be asked to vote on the adoption of the Merger Agreement at a stockholder meeting that will be held on a date, and at a time and place, to be announced.

Under the Merger Agreement, at the effective time of the Merger (the “Effective Time”), each share of common stock of the Company issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than certain excluded shares as described in the Merger Agreement) will be cancelled and converted into the right to receive $28.00 in cash, without interest.

The respective obligations of the Company, Alcon and Merger Sub to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement are subject to the satisfaction or waiver of a number of conditions, including: (1) the adoption of the Merger Agreement by the Company’s stockholders; (2) the absence of any law or order prohibiting consummation of the Merger in specified jurisdictions in which the Company, Alcon or their respective subsidiaries have business operations; (3) the expiration or termination of the applicable waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, and certain other specified regulatory approvals; (4) the accuracy of the other party’s representations and warranties, subject to certain materiality standards set forth in the Merger Agreement; and (5) compliance by the other party in all material respects with such other party’s obligations under the Merger Agreement. In addition, Alcon’s and Merger Sub’s obligation to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement are subject to the satisfaction or waiver of a condition that there has not occurred a material adverse effect on the Company since the date of the Merger Agreement that is continuing. The availability of financing is not a condition to the consummation of the Merger.

Note 16 — Subsequent Events (Continued)

If the Merger Agreement is terminated under specified circumstances, the Company may be required to pay Alcon a termination fee of up to $43.4 million, and if the Merger Agreement is terminated under certain other circumstances, Alcon may be required to pay the Company a termination fee equal to $72.4 million.