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Amendment of 2019 Inducement Stock Incentive Plan
On October 4, 2024, the board of directors of Ocular Therapeutix, Inc. (the “Company”) amended the Company’s 2019 Inducement Stock Incentive Plan, as amended, to increase the aggregate number of shares issuable thereunder from 4,804,000 to 6,054,000 shares of common stock.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
| (d) | Exhibits: |
| 99.1 | Amendment No. 4 to 2019 Inducement Stock Incentive Plan |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| OCULAR THERAPEUTIX, INC. | ||
| Date: October 9, 2024 | By: | /s/ Donald Notman |
| Donald Notman | ||
| Chief Operating Officer and | ||
| Chief Financial Officer | ||
Exhibit 99.1
OCULAR THERAPEUTIX, INC.
Amendment No. 4 to 2019 Inducement Stock Incentive Plan
Ocular Therapeutix, Inc’s 2019 Inducement Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), pursuant to Section 11(d) thereof, is hereby amended as set forth below.
1. The first sentence of Section 4(a) of the Plan be, and hereby is, deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following in lieu thereof:
“Subject to adjustment under Section 9, Awards may be made under the Plan for up to 6,054,000 shares of common stock, $0.0001 par value per share, of the Company (the “Common Stock”).”
Except as set forth above, all other terms of the Plan shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect.
Adopted by the Board of Directors: October 4, 2024