SEC FORM 4 SEC Form 4
FORM 4 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
 
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Chen Hongming

(Last) (First) (Middle)
C/O KALA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
100 BEAVER STREET, SUITE 201

(Street)
WALTHAM 02453

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [ KALA ]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Director 10% Owner
X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
Chief Scientific Officer
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
01/02/2019
4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4) 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) 9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) 10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Stock Option (right to buy) $5.19 01/02/2019 A 150,000 (1) 01/01/2029 Common Stock 150,000 $0 150,000 D
Explanation of Responses:
1. This option was granted on January 2, 2019 and vests with respect to 1/48th of the shares underlying the option at the end of each successive one-month period thereafter.
Remarks:
Exhibit List: Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney
/s/ Eric Trachtenberg, Attorney-in-Fact 01/04/2019
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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         LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS

      Know  all by these present, that the undersigned hereby makes, constitutes
and  appoints  each  of Mark Iwicki, Eric Trachtenberg and Mary Reumuth, signing
singly  and  each  acting  individually,  as  the  undersigned's true and lawful
attorney-in-fact with full power and authority as hereinafter described to:

      (1)  execute  for  and  on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
capacity as a director, officer and/or stockholder of Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
(the  "Company"),  Forms  3,  4,  and  5  (including  any amendments thereto) in
accordance  with  Section  16(a)  of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the
rules thereunder (the "Exchange Act");

      (2)  do  and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
which  may  be  necessary or desirable to prepare, complete and execute any such
Form  3,  4,  or  5,  prepare,  complete and execute any amendment or amendments
thereto, and timely deliver and file such form with the United States Securities
and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and any stock exchange or similar authority,
including  without  limitation  the filing of a Form ID or any other application
materials to enable the undersigned to gain or maintain access to the Electronic
Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system of the SEC;

      (3)  seek  or  obtain,  as  the  undersigned's  representative  and on the
undersigned's  behalf,  information  regarding  transactions  in  the  Company's
securities  from  any  third  party,  including  brokers,  employee benefit plan
administrators  and  trustees,  and  the  undersigned hereby authorizes any such
third-party   to   release   any   such  information  to  the  herein  appointed
attorney-in-fact and approves and ratifies any such release of information; and

      (4)  take  any  other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing  which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to,
in  the  best  interest  of,  or  legally required by, the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned  pursuant  to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain  such  terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
attorney-in-fact's discretion.

      The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority  to  do  and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary,  or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could  do  if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
hereby  ratifying  and  confirming  all  that  such  attorney-in-fact,  or  such
attorney-in-fact's  substitute  or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be
done  by  virtue  of  this  power  of  attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted.  The  undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in
serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming nor
relieving,  nor  is the Company assuming nor relieving, any of the undersigned's
responsibilities  to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange Act. The undersigned
acknowledges that neither the Company nor the foregoing attorneys-in-fact assume
(i)  any  liability  for  the  undersigned's  responsibility  to comply with the
requirement  of  the Exchange Act, (ii) any liability of the undersigned for any
failure  to  comply with such requirements, or (iii) any obligation or liability
of  the  undersigned for profit disgorgement under Section 16(b) of the Exchange
Act.

      This  Power  of  Attorney  shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned  is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's  holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless  earlier  revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

      IN  WITNESS  WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to
be executed as of this 2nd day of January, 2019.

                                      /s/ Hongming Chen
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                                      Hongming Chen
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