On March 2, 2022, Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced that, effective as of March 1, 2022, Benjamin F. McGraw, III, Pharm.D. will conclude his role as Interim Executive Chair of the Board of Directors of the Company and in connection therewith will no longer serve as the Company's principal financial officer. On the Effective Date, Dr. McGraw, Chair of the Board, will resume his status as an independent director. Also on the Effective Date, the Board designated Raj Kannan, the Company's Chief Executive Officer, to serve as the Company's principal financial officer, succeeding Dr. McGraw in such capacity, effective as of the Effective Date.

Mr. Kannan will serve in the role of principal financial officer until such time as the Company appoints a new Chief Financial Officer.