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	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* GUYER DAVID R (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O IVERIC BIO, INC. 5 PENN PLAZA, SUITE 2372 (Street) NEW YORK NY 10001 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol IVERIC bio, Inc. [ ISEE ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) Executive Chairman
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 12/18/2020
	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)	$7.5	12/18/2020		A		205,150		(1)	12/17/2030	Common Stock	205,150	$0	205,150	D
Restricted Stock Units	(2)	12/18/2020		A		102,630		(3)	(3)	Common Stock	102,630	$0	102,630	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Subject to continued employment with the Registrant and the other terms and conditions under the Registrant's 2013 Stock Incentive Plan, the stock option award will vest as follows: (1) no shares underlying the option shall vest unless, for a period of twenty consecutive trading days, the average closing sale price of the Registrant's common stock is equal to or exceeds 125% of the exercise price per share of such option (the "Performance Condition"), (2) subject to satisfaction of the Performance Condition, the option shall vest with respect to 25% of the shares subject to the option on the first anniversary of the grant date and with respect to the remaining shares in equal monthly installments through the fourth anniversary of the grant date, and (3) such stock option shall be subject to "double-trigger" acceleration of vesting upon termination of employment following a change in control of the Registrant.

2. Each restricted stock unit represents the contingent right to receive one share of common stock upon vesting of the unit.

3. Subject to continued employment with the Registrant and the other terms and conditions under the Registrant's 2013 Stock Incentive Plan, the award of restricted stock units will vest with respect to 25% of the shares subject to the award on each of the first, second, third and fourth anniversaries of the grant date.

	/s/ Todd Anderman, as Attorney-in-Fact for David R. Guyer	12/22/2020
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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