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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Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
SBLENDORIO GLENN

(Last) (First) (Middle)
C/O OPHTHOTECH CORPORATION
ONE PENN PLAZA, 35TH FLOOR

(Street)
NEW YORK NY 10119

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Ophthotech Corp. [ OPHT ]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
X Director 10% Owner
X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
President and CEO
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
12/12/2018
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) $1.45 12/12/2018 A 183,500 (1) 12/11/2028 Common Stock 183,500 $0.00 183,500 D
Restricted Stock Units (2) 12/12/2018 A 91,800 (3) 12/11/2028 Common Stock 91,800 $0.00 91,800 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, each of these stock option awards 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 approximately 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.
Remarks:
Exhibit Index: 24.1 Power of Attorney
/s/ Todd Anderman, as Attorney-in-Fact for Glenn P. Sblendorio 12/14/2018
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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Exhibit 24.1

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

Know all by these presents that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of David F. Carroll and Todd Anderman, or either of them signing singly, and with full power of substitution, the undersigned’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

 

(1)                                 prepare, execute in the undersigned’s name and on the undersigned’s behalf, and submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of reports required by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any rule or regulation of the SEC;

 

(2)                                 execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned’s capacity as an officer and/or director of Ophthotech Corporation (the “Company”), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules thereunder;

 

(3)                                 do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the SEC and any stock exchange or similar authority; 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 is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned’s responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

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 13th day of December, 2018.

 

 

/s/ Glenn P. Sblendorio

 

Signature

 

 

 

Glenn P. Sblendorio