X0306 4 2021-09-20 0 0001337553 AERIE PHARMACEUTICALS INC AERI 0001216994 MCGRAW BENJAMIN F III C/O AERIE PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. 4301 EMPEROR BLVD., SUITE 400 DURHAM NC 27703 1 1 0 0 Interim Executive Chair Common Stock 2021-09-20 4 A 0 34513 0.00 A 46063 D Stock Option (right to buy) 11.59 2021-09-20 4 A 0 102412 0.00 A 2031-09-20 Common Stock 102412 102412 D Subject to the reporting person's continued service as Interim Executive Chair through the vesting date, these shares of Common Stock are scheduled to vest on the earliest of (i) March 17, 2021 and (ii) the date on which the reporting person's service as Interim Executive Chair ceases following the company's appointment of a new CEO. Subject to the reporting person's continued service as Interim Executive Chair through the vesting date, this option is scheduled to vest on the earliest of (i) March 17, 2021 and (ii) the date on which the reporting person's service as Interim Executive Chair ceases following the company's appointment of a new CEO. s/ John LaRocca, Attorney-in-Fact for Benjamin F. McGraw, III 2021-09-22