EyePoint Grants 20,000 Stock Options to New Employees

EyePoint granted non-statutory stock options to new employees as inducement awards outside the Company's 2023 Long-Term Incentive Plan in accordance with NASDAQ Listing Rule 5635(c)(4). The Company granted stock options to purchase up to an aggregate of 20,000 shares of EyePoint common stock to six new employees. The stock options were granted on March 13, 2026. The grants were approved by the Compensation Committee and made as an inducement material to each employee entering into employment with EyePoint in accordance with NASDAQ Listing Rule 5635(c)(4). The option awards have an exercise price of $13.20 per share, the closing price of EyePoint's common stock on March 13, 2026. The options have a ten-year term and vest over four years, with 25% of the original number of shares vesting on the first anniversary of the applicable employee's date of grant and the remainder vesting in equal monthly installments over the following three years. Vesting of the options is subject to the employee's continued service with EyePoint through the applicable vesting dates.