SEC Contract Filing

Filing Date: 2017-03-09

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<div><a name="s67A9893EF7DD1F30401CA9D623F62FA9"></a></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:right;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit 10.20</font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">AERIE PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">INDUCEMENT AWARD PLAN</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">FORM OF NONQUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Company</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;), hereby grants to the individual named below an option (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Option</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;) to purchase a number of shares of common stock of the Company pursuant to the Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Inducement Award Plan, in the manner and subject to the provisions of this Option Agreement. Except as otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used in this Option Agreement shall have the same definitions as set forth in the Plan.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">1.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Definitions</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;padding-left:96px;text-indent:0px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(a)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Code</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221; shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. (All citations to Sections of the Code are to such Sections as they may from time to time be amended or renumbered.)</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;padding-left:96px;text-indent:0px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(b)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Company</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221; shall mean Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and any successor corporation thereto.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:96px;text-indent:0px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(c)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Date of Option Grant</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221; shall mean ______________, 201X.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;padding-left:96px;text-indent:0px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(e)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Exercise Price</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221; shall mean __________ ($</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">) per share as may be adjusted from time to time pursuant to the Plan.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;padding-left:96px;text-indent:0px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(f)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Number of Option Shares</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221; shall mean _______ Shares of the Company as adjusted from time to time pursuant to the Plan.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:l