Darius Kharabi - Nov 15, 2021 Form 4 Insider Report for Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (KALA)

Role: CHIEF BUSINESS OFFICER
Signature: /s/ Eric Trachtenberg, Attorney-in-Fact
Stock symbol: KALA
Transactions as of: Nov 15, 2021
Transactions value $: $0
Form type: 4
Date filed: 11/17/2021, 07:02 PM
Next filing: Jan 6, 2023

Transactions Table

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Ownership	Footnotes
transaction	KALA	Common Stock	Award		+296K			296K	Nov 15, 2021	Direct	F1

Derivative Securities (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Underlying Class	Amount	Exercise Price	Ownership	Footnotes
transaction	KALA	Stock Option (right to buy)	Award	$0	+100K		$0.00	100K	Nov 15, 2021	Common Stock	100K	$2.10	Direct	F2

* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Explanation of Responses:

Id	Content
F1	On November 15, 2021, the Issuer acquired Combangio, Inc. (the "Acquisition"). On November 15, 2021, in connection with the Acquisition, the reporting person acquired the right to receive an aggregate of 295,657 shares of the Issuer's common stock (the "Shares") in exchange for 323,415 shares of Combangio's common stock and for an option to purchase 8,754,216 shares of Combangio's common stock. On November 12, 2021, the last trading day prior to the closing of the Acquisition, the closing price of the Issuer's common stock on the Nasdaq Global Select Market was $2.07 per share. Of the 295,657 Shares, (i) 230,991 Shares are to be issued by the Issuer to the reporting person on January 3, 2022 and (ii) 64,666 Shares are being held back by the Issuer and will be issuable fifteen months after the closing of the Acquisition and will serve as partial security for the satisfaction of indemnification obligations and other payment obligations of the former Combangio equityholders.
F2	This option was granted on November 15, 2021 and vests over four years beginning on the vesting commencement date of November 15, 2021, with 25% of the shares underlying the option vesting on November 15, 2022, and an additional 2.0833% of the shares underlying the option vesting at the end of each successive one-month period thereafter.

Content

On November 15, 2021, the Issuer acquired Combangio, Inc. (the "Acquisition"). On November 15, 2021, in connection with the Acquisition, the reporting person acquired the right to receive an aggregate of 295,657 shares of the Issuer's common stock (the "Shares") in exchange for 323,415 shares of Combangio's common stock and for an option to purchase 8,754,216 shares of Combangio's common stock. On November 12, 2021, the last trading day prior to the closing of the Acquisition, the closing price of the Issuer's common stock on the Nasdaq Global Select Market was $2.07 per share. Of the 295,657 Shares, (i) 230,991 Shares are to be issued by the Issuer to the reporting person on January 3, 2022 and (ii) 64,666 Shares are being held back by the Issuer and will be issuable fifteen months after the closing of the Acquisition and will serve as partial security for the satisfaction of indemnification obligations and other payment obligations of the former Combangio equityholders.

This option was granted on November 15, 2021 and vests over four years beginning on the vesting commencement date of November 15, 2021, with 25% of the shares underlying the option vesting on November 15, 2022, and an additional 2.0833% of the shares underlying the option vesting at the end of each successive one-month period thereafter.