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Varex ImagingPRESBIA PLC FORM 10-K (Annual Report) Filed 03/28/16 for the Period Ending 12/31/15 Telephone CIK Symbol SIC Code Fiscal Year 353-659-9446 0001591096 LENS 3841 - Surgical and Medical Instruments and Apparatus 12/31 http://www.edgar-online.com © Copyright 2016, EDGAR Online, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Distribution and use of this document restricted under EDGAR Online, Inc. Terms of Use. UNITED STATESSECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSIONWashington, D.C. 20549 Form 10-K (Mark One)xxANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015orooTRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934For the transition period from to .Commission File Number 001-36824 PRESBIA PLC(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Ireland98-1162329(State or other jurisdiction ofincorporation or organization)(IRS EmployerIdentification No.)120/121 Baggot Street LowerDublin 2 Ireland(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code:+353 (1) 659 9446Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: Ordinary Shares, $0.001 Par ValueThe NASDAQ Global Market(Title of each class)(Name of each exchange on which registered) Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: NONE Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. 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Yes x No oIndicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to besubmitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant wasrequired to submit and post such files). x Yes o NoIndicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best ofregistrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. xIndicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See definitions of“large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. 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PRESBIA PLC2015 ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-KTABLE OF CONTENTS Page PART I Item 1.Business2Item 1A.Risk Factors26Item 1B.Unresolved Staff Comments55Item 2.Properties55Item 3.Legal Proceedings55Item 4.Mine Safety Disclosures55 PART II Item 5.Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities55Item 6.Selected Financial Data57Item 7.Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations57Item 7A.Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk65Item 8.Financial Statements and Supplementary Data66Item 9.Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure90Item 9A.Controls and Procedures90Item 9B.Other Information91 PART III Item 10.Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance92Item 11.Executive Compensation96Item 12.Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters103Item 13.Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence104Item 14.Principal Accountant Fees and Services107 PART IV Item 15.Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules108Signatures110 Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking StatementsThis Annual Report on Form 10-K contains forward-looking statements, within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, that involvesubstantial risks and uncertainties. The forward-looking statements are contained principally in the sections of this Annual Report on Form 10-K titled “Business,”“Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” but are also contained elsewhere in this AnnualReport on Form 10-K. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by the words “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,”“intend,” “may,” “might,” “objective,” “ongoing,” “plan,” “predict,” “project,” “potential,” “should,” “will,” or “would,” and or the negative of these terms, orother comparable terminology intended to identify statements about the future. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factorsthat may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from the information expressed or implied by theseforward-looking statements. Although we believe that we have a reasonable basis for each forward-looking statement contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, we caution you that these statements are based on a combination of facts and factors currently known by us and our expectations of the future, about which wecannot be certain.The forward-looking statements in this Annual Report on Form 10-K include, among other things, statements about: ·the timing, progress and results of our clinical trials, our regulatory submissions and our research and development programs; ·our ability to advance our products into, and successfully complete, clinical trials; ·our ability to obtain pre-market approvals; ·the commercialization of our products; ·our anticipated cash needs and our needs for additional financing; ·the implementation of our business model, strategic plans for our business, products and technology; ·the scope of protection we are able to establish and maintain for intellectual property rights covering our products and technology; ·estimates of our expenses, future revenues, capital requirements and our needs for additional financing; ·the timing or likelihood of regulatory filings and approvals; ·our financial performance; and ·developments relating to our competitors and our industry.You should refer to “Part I, Item 1A. Risk Factors” of this Annual Report on Form 10-K for a discussion of important factors that may cause our actual results todiffer materially from those expressed or implied by our forward-looking statements. As a result of these factors, we cannot assure you that the forward-lookingstatements in this Annual Report on Form 10-K will prove to be accurate. Furthermore, if our forward-looking statements prove to be inaccurate, the inaccuracymay be material. In light of the significant uncertainties in these forward-looking statements, you should not regard these statements as a representation or warrantyby us or any other person that we will achieve our objectives and plans in any specified time frame or at all. We undertake no obligation to publicly update anyforward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.You should read this Annual Report on Form 10-K and the documents that we reference in this Annual Report on Form 10-K and have filed as exhibits to thisAnnual Report on Form 10-K completely and with the understanding that our actual future results may be materially different from what we expect. We qualify allof our forward-looking statements by these cautionary statements.Industry and Market DataWe obtained the industry and market data in this Annual Report on Form 10-K from our own research as well as from industry and general publications andsurveys and studies conducted by third parties. Industry and general publications, studies and surveys generally state that the information contained therein hasbeen obtained from sources believed to be reliable. These third parties may, in the future, alter the manner in which they conduct surveys and studies regarding themarkets in which we operate our business. As a result, you should carefully consider the inherent risks and uncertainties associated with the industry and marketdata contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, including those discussed in “Part I, Item 1A. Risk Factors.”1 TrademarksThis Annual Report on Form 10-K includes trademarks, service marks and trade names owned by us or other companies. All trademarks, service marks and tradenames included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K are the property of their respective owners. Our principal trademark or trade name that we use is Presbia TM .Part IIn January 2015, we completed a series of corporate reorganization transactions described in “Item 1. Business—Corporate History and Information,” which werefer to herein as the Reorganization Transactions. Unless we state otherwise, the terms “we,” “us,” “our,” “Presbia” and the “company” refer to Presbia PLCand its consolidated subsidiaries after giving effect to the Reorganization Transactions. Prior to the completion of the Reorganization Transactions, the foregoingterms refer to the entities that became the consolidated subsidiaries of Presbia PLC upon consummation of the Reorganization Transactions. Item 1. BusinessOverviewWe are an ophthalmic device company which has developed and is currently marketing a proprietary optical lens implant for treating presbyopia, the age-relatedloss of the ability to focus on near objects. Our lens, which we refer to as our microlens, is a miniature lens designed to be surgically implanted in a patient’s eye toimprove that patient’s ability to see objects at close distances. Our current strategy is to continue to commercialize our microlens in certain strategic countrieswhere we currently have marketing approval and to continue to seek to obtain marketing approval in other key markets, including the United States. Our goal is tobecome a leading provider of corneal inlay presbyopia-correcting treatment worldwide.According to Market Scope, an ophthalmic market research organization, presbyopia is a common vision disorder that affects approximately 1.8 billion peopleworldwide. Presbyopia is associated with the inability of the eye’s natural lens to change shape, or accommodate, in order to see clearly objects in the near andmiddle distance ranges. According to Market Scope, the worldwide presbyopic population is expected to grow to approximately 2.1 billion by 2020. According toMarket Scope, spending on devices, equipment and procedure fees for presbyopia-correcting surgery is expected to increase from approximately $408 million in2014 to approximately $750 million in 2019 at the manufacturer level. We do not currently have marketing approval in many jurisdictions included in the foregoingglobal data, which jurisdictions collectively represent a majority of the worldwide presbyopic population. We have marketing approval in a number of strategiccountries that we are targeting for commercialization and we are actively seeking marketing approval in certain other strategic countries that we are targeting forcommercialization, including the United States.We believe that our solution offers each of the following benefits: ·our solution is effective as a standalone solution for plano presbyopes, or those individuals who suffer from presbyopia but do not have any othervisual disorder, and may also be used in conjunction with laser procedures or lens replacement procedures for those individuals who in addition tobeing presbyopic suffer from other visual disorders. ·our solution is minimally invasive; our microlens can be implanted and removed in simple, surgical procedures. ·our solution offers significant near vision improvement with little or no loss of binocular distance visual acuity (the ability to see distant objects withboth eyes without prescription enhancement) and minimal risk of adverse side effects. ·our solution offers a wide range of corrective power, from +1.5 diopters to +3.5 diopters, in 0.25 diopter increments (a diopter is a unit ofmeasurement of the optical power of a lens). ·once implanted, our microlens is invisible to the naked eye.In addition, our microlens and the procedure to implant our microlens are not currently reimbursed through private or governmental third-party payors in anycountry, nor do we anticipate that they will be reimbursable in the foreseeable future. Although the commercialization of our microlens depends on a prospectivepatient’s ability to cover the costs of our microlens and the implantation procedure and we believe that a substantial portion of presbyopes worldwide do not havethe financial means to cover the costs of our microlens, we believe that a direct patient pay model enables medical providers to avoid pricing pressure from privateor governmental third-party payors.In 2012, we completed a 12-month, multicenter, post-marketing evaluation of our microlens in Italy and Greece in presbyopic patients between the ages of 45 and60. We designed, and oversaw the implementation of, the protocol for this evaluation, which was conducted at our request by a surgeon at the Vardinoyannion EyeInstitute at the University of Crete in Crete, Greece and by a surgeon2 at Prato Hospital in Prato, Italy. The average uncorrected near visual acuity (the ability to see close objects without prescription enhancement), or UCVA-near, inthe operated eye of the 70 patients who completed the study was 20/110 (Snellen). Following implantation with our microlens, such patients had an averageUCVA-near of 20/27 12 months post-su rgery. Although there was a small loss in uncorrected distance vision in the operated eye, there was no significant changein binocular distance visual acuity after 12 months post-surgery. Our microlens has also been the subject of certain third party stud ies. We did not commissionthese studies or design, review or oversee the implementation of their protocols, and we have limited information with respect to these studies.In addition to being an effective standalone treatment for presbyopia, we believe that our solution can also be used in conjunction with other surgical approachesthat are used to treat vision disorders other than presbyopia. For example, we believe that our microlens procedure can be combined with laser in-situkeratomileusis, or LASIK, procedures, which are used to treat certain near distance and far distance visual disorders, as well as lens replacement procedures used totreat cataracts (whereby the natural lens is replaced with an intraocular lens, or IOL implant). We also believe that our microlens can be used to treat presbyopia incertain post-LASIK and post-cataract surgery patients. We believe that, having undergone eye surgery in the past, certain patients are more likely than the generalpopulation to consider eye surgery to treat presbyopia. Moreover, as we believe that our solution can be performed at the same time that certain other forms ofvision-correction treatments are being administered, we believe that our solution provides an integrated treatment option for patients and an additional source ofrevenue for the patient’s ophthalmic surgeon. In this way, we believe that our solution complements existing surgical treatments for vision problems.Our microlens procedure is performed using a 150 kilohertz or greater frequency femtosecond laser, which is a laser that is currently used in certain LASIKsurgeries, cataract surgeries and cornea replacement surgeries. In commercializing our solution, we intend to target those markets with a well-established presenceof refractive laser centers equipped with femtosecond lasers. We believe that the existing infrastructure in most such laser centers is sufficient to make our solutionan attractive opportunity for such laser centers and our commercialization strategy includes working closely with such laser centers to train and qualify ophthalmicsurgeons on the use of our solution.Through our European Union CE Mark, we are generally authorized to market our microlens throughout the European Economic Area (all European Unionmember states plus Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway), or EEA, and Switzerland. We currently market our microlens in certain strategic EEA countries as well ascertain strategic countries outside of the EEA in which we possess marketing approval, such as South Korea and Australia. Through February 15, 2016, ophthalmicsurgeons have implanted over 750 of our microlenses outside of the United States. For geographic information regarding our revenues and long-lived assets, pleasesee Note 11 to our audited financial statements included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. We are presently seeking marketing approval in other strategic countries, including the United States. In order to commercialize our microlens and our proprietaryinsertion tool, which we refer to as our microlens inserter, in the United States, we must first obtain a pre-market approval, or PMA, from the U.S. Food and DrugAdministration, or the FDA. In December 2013, we received approval of our investigational device exemption, or IDE, to commence a staged pivotal clinical trialin order to obtain clinical data necessary to obtain FDA approval to market our microlens and microlens inserter in the United States. We began enrollment for thisstudy in May 2014 and began treating patients in June 2014. Initially, 75 subjects underwent insertion of our microlens at six investigational sites in the first stageof this study. Based on six-month data on 52 of these subjects, in January 2015, we submitted an interim safety report to the FDA along with a supplement to ourIDE with the request for approval to begin second stage enrollment. In February 2015, we received approval from the FDA to commence second stage enrollmentin this trial. Through February 15, 2016, 346 subjects underwent insertion of our microlens in the second stage of this study. We do not expect to receive approvalfrom the FDA and commence commercial activity in the United States before the fourth quarter of 2018.3 The Eye and Vision ProblemsThe human eye is a specialized sensory organ capable of receiving visual images and transmitting them to the visual center in the brain. Among the main parts ofthe eye are the cornea, the iris, the lens and the retina. The cornea is the clear window in the front of the eye through which light first passes. The interior surface ofthe cornea is lined with a single layer of flat, tile-like endothelial cells, whose function is to maintain the transparency of the cornea. The iris is a pigmentedmuscular curtain located behind the cornea that opens and closes to regulate the amount of light entering the eye through the pupil, an opening at the center of theiris. The lens, known in medical terminology as the “crystalline lens,” is a clear structure located behind the cornea that changes shape, or accommodates, to focuslight on the back of the eye. The retina is a layer of nerve tissue in the back of the eye that senses the light image and transmits it to the brain via the optic nerve.The figure below illustrates certain elements of the basic anatomy of the human eye.The eye may be affected by common visual disorders, disease or trauma. A normal, well-functioning eye receives images of objects at varying distances andfocuses the images on the retina. Refractive errors (including myopia, hyperopia, presbyopia and astigmatism, each described below) occur when the eye cannotproperly focus an image on the retina. In addition to presbyopia, common vision problems include: ·myopia, or nearsightedness, which occurs when the eye’s lens focuses images in front of the retina; ·hyperopia, or farsightedness, which occurs when the eye’s lens focuses images behind the plane of the retina; ·astigmatism, an optical defect in which vision is blurred due to an oval-shaped cornea or, in some cases, an oval-shaped natural lens, producing adistorted image on the retina. Astigmatism may accompany myopia or hyperopia; and ·cataracts, a clouding of the lens, which worsens with time and gradually occludes incoming light images.Cataracts are age-related, while myopia, hyperopia and astigmatism are not. The most common surgical treatment for myopia, hyperopia and astigmatism is LASIKsurgery, in which the surface of the cornea is carefully mapped and then a computerized optical laser uses this mapping to reshape the surface of the cornea byablation to permit proper focusing. Cataracts are most often treated by surgically removing the affected lens and replacing it with a monofocal (that is, a singlefocus) IOL.Presbyopia is an age-related refractive disorder that generally begins to develop when a person reaches the age of 35. The disorder may go unnoticed for severalyears after its initial onset and can worsen with age. The first symptoms of presbyopia are typically experienced when a person begins to have difficulty readingfine print. Presbyopia is associated with a loss of lens “elasticity,” the ability of the lens to change shape in order to focus incoming light on the retina from objectsin near and middle distance ranges. Elasticity is slowly lost as people age, resulting in a slow decrease in the ability of the eye to focus on nearby objects.Presbyopia is a natural part of aging and affects substantially all people at some point in their adult lives.4 Presbyopia MarketAccording to Market Scope, presbyopia currently affects approximately 1.8 billion people worldwide, or approximately 25% of the global population. According toMarket Scope, the worldwide presbyopic population is expected to grow to approximately 2.1 billion people by the end of 2020. The global market opportunity forsurgical treatment of presbyopia is large and growing due to the aging of the population. Globally, the median age is projected to increase from 29 years in 2011 to38 years by 2050. Consistent with the expected growth in the worldwide presbyopic population, according to Market Scope, the annual number of presbyopia-correcting surgeries performed globally is expected to increase from approximately 625,000 procedures in 2014 to approximately 1.2 million procedures by 2019.According to Market Scope, corneal inlays are projected to be the fastest growing segment of this market and are expected to grow from approximately 18,000procedures in 2014 to approximately 204,000 procedures in 2019. In addition, according to Market Scope, spending on devices, equipment and procedure fees forpresbyopia-correcting surgery is expected to increase from approximately $408 million in 2014 to approximately $750 million in 2019 at the manufacturer level.We do not have marketing approval in many jurisdictions included in the foregoing global data, which jurisdictions collectively represent a majority of theworldwide presbyopic population. We have marketing approval in a number of strategic countries that we are targeting for commercialization and we are activelyseeking marketing approval in certain other strategic countries that we are targeting for commercialization, including the United States.Approaches for Treating PresbyopiaAlthough reading glasses and contact lenses have historically been, and remain, the most common solution for presbyopia, there are significant drawbacksassociated with these non-surgical approaches. Eyeglasses can easily be lost, misplaced, broken or scratched and require frequent cleaning. Also, many people wishto avoid the inconvenience of keeping reading glasses close at hand. Contact lenses require daily insertion, removal and maintenance, which can be problematic foran increasingly mobile population and for people living and working in dusty environments or in unsanitary conditions.There are presently four surgical correction categories for treating presbyopia:Monovision . Monovision treatments correct one eye, typically the dominant eye, for distance vision and correct the other, non-dominant eye for near vision.While monovision may be accomplished through the use of glasses with two different lenses with varying thickness, that approach can cause bothersomesymptoms when a person looks through the edges of the glasses. A more typical approach to monovision is the use of two different contact lenses. A morepermanent monovision approach is to undergo laser or IOL-based refractive surgeries adapted for presbyopia correction. A significant drawback ofmonovision surgical treatments is the complexity of achieving additional correction, if vision further deteriorates. Additional drawbacks include occasionalpatient adaptation issues, whereby patients have difficulty adjusting to the monovision arrangement and suffer from blurring of vision, difficulty driving atnight and loss of stereopsis, or the ability to focus upon an object with both eyes and create a single stereoscopic image.Multifocal . Multifocal approaches are designed to provide both distance and near focus at the same time in each eye. Generally, both depth perception, orthe ability to judge the distance of an object, and contrast sensitivity, or the ability to detect detail having subtle color gradations, are generally improvedwhen two eyes can focus on an object. In addition, these approaches are intended to be improvements over constantly taking glasses off and putting themback on (possibly by wearing glasses around the neck) or by using bifocal or varifocal glasses or contact lenses, in which the eye is trained to look throughthe top part for distance vision and the bottom part for near vision. Multifocal effects can be achieved by lens replacement, including multifocal IOLs (IOLswith different zones of varying power), or through the creation of a multifocal cornea using laser refractive surgery (to create two or more refractive zoneson the central cornea) or intrastromal ablation (laser used to make small changes in the thickness of the cornea). As with monovision, a significant drawbackof these multifocal approaches is the complexity of achieving additional correction, if vision further deteriorates. In addition, some patients may experiencehalos, or rings around lights, at night, and it may also take time for multifocal patients to adapt to the different focal areas.Restoring Accommodation . Accommodating approaches generally attempt to replace the natural lens with an accommodating IOL, which is an artificiallens that is designed to mimic the movement of the natural crystalline lens of the eye. All IOL-based surgeries are susceptible to opacification, or clouding,of the lens capsule, which is the part of the natural lens covering that remains after surgery, decreasing vision and requiring a laser procedure to cut a hole inthe clouded back lining of the lens capsule to allow light to pass through the membrane to the retina. Accommodating IOLs are also subject to certain othercomplications pertaining to the shrinkage, closure or clouding of the capsule that can reduce the mode of action of the accommodating IOLs, rendering themless effective. Other less common accommodating techniques include lens softening and scleral relaxation techniques, which are designed to improve nearvision by restoring the function of the eye’s own accommodative system. Lens-softening techniques use pharmaceuticals or lasers to soften or change thestructure of the natural crystalline lens, allowing it to flex better to increase accommodation. Scleral relaxation techniques use implants in the sclera of theeye to increase the eye’s ability to focus at near distances. To date, these procedures have had little documented success.5 Corneal Inlays . Corneal inlays include miniature surgically implanted lenses (such as our microlens), optical devices inserted into the cornea to reshape thefront surf ace of the eye, and small implants to reduce the size of the opening into the eye to reset the angle of the light rays entering the eye and reduce boththe number of rays and the light scatter, each of which is designed to improve near vision.Our SolutionWe have designed our microlens to address certain limitations of other surgical approaches to treat presbyopia. The critical aspects of our solution include: ·Effective Treatment Option for Plano Presbyopes . The largest sub-group of the presbyopic population is plano presbyopes, or those individualswithout significant refractive error who suffer from presbyopia. Plano presbyopes account for approximately 38% of the total presbyopic population.We believe that ophthalmologists are generally reluctant to recommend a LASIK or IOL procedure as a solution for a plano presbyope given theinherent risks and visual compromises of such procedures. Because our procedure does not involve the removal of the natural lens, the reshaping ofthe cornea or the removal of corneal tissue, we believe that ophthalmologists will be more likely to recommend our microlens as a solution for planopresbyopes than a LASIK or IOL procedure. ·Complementary Solution . In addition to being a treatment option for plano presbyopes, we believe that our solution can be used in conjunction withother surgical procedures that treat vision disorders other than presbyopia, including LASIK procedures for near and/or distance vision correctionand the implantation of traditional monofocal IOLs used to treat cataracts. In addition, we believe that our microlens can be used to treat presbyopiain certain post-LASIK and post-cataract surgery patients. ·Minimally Invasive . Our microlens is implanted in a pocket in the cornea created with a femtosecond laser. The pocket seals itself within a few days,holding the lens in place. The procedure does not require the reshaping of the cornea and no corneal tissue is removed. Moreover, the nature of oursolution permits normal nutrient flow to the cornea, enabling corneal metabolism. As a result, there is less potential for dry-eye symptoms and lessdamage to the collagen fibers that support corneal shape and structure. ·Removable . We have designed our microlens and procedure to be easily removable. We believe that designing a lens that is removable gives patientsthe ease of mind of knowing that if they are uncomfortable with the results, or if technological advances produce different solutions in the future,they have not taken a step that prevents them from being able to undergo future procedures. The design of our microlens will also permit removal inthe event that a patient’s presbyopia significantly progresses with age and the patient wishes to have a lens with additional diopter power implanted.We believe that by designing our microlens and procedure in a manner that allows our microlens to easily be replaced, ophthalmic surgeons will beable to choose the lens most appropriate for a given patient as the patient ages and the patient’s presbyopia progresses. In the United States, our IDEdoes not permit replacement of a microlens in the event that a patient’s microlens is removed after implantation. Also, in the United States, our IDErequires any removal of the microlens to be reported as an adverse event. ·Correction Options . The range of optical power corrections available in our microlens allows the ophthalmic surgeon to choose the correction mostappropriate for the patient’s specific near vision requirements, as opposed to a unilateral “one size fits all” approach. ·Invisible . The clear nature of our microlens renders it invisible to the naked eye which we believe will make it appealing to patients. ·Does Not Hinder Certain Other Procedures . Our microlens does not hinder examination of the retina and other structures in the eye necessary todiagnose other ocular health disorders. ·Minimal Side Effects . In the limited number of procedures performed to date outside of the United States and the limited number of proceduresperformed as part of our U.S. staged pivotal clinical trial, healing and adaptation to the microlens generally begin immediately after the surgery, withthe immediate common side effects of such a procedure generally being mild eye dryness and irritation, transient elevated intraocular pressure due tostandard post-surgery medication regimen, corneal haze (the activation of inflammatory cells in connection with surgery), transient light sensitivity(an abnormal occurrence of photosensitivity associated with the femtosecond laser) and certain visual symptoms, such as halos or glare.We believe that surgical treatment for presbyopia represents a large new market opportunity for ophthalmic surgeons. The market for traditional surgicalophthalmic treatments, such as LASIK for myopia, hyperopia and astigmatism, and traditional monofocal IOLs for cataracts, is highly mature. Our procedureutilizes the femtosecond laser currently used for certain LASIK surgeries, cataract surgeries6 and cornea replacement surgeries. We believe that many refractive laser centers equipped with such lasers are not operating at full capacity, and we hope to utilizesuc h untapped capacity. Our procedure would allow these laser centers and ophthalmic surgeons to introduce a new treatment modality using their existing laserequipment, adding incremental revenue without the need for significant new capital commitments.We believe that patient demand for our microlens may be driven in part by the large and growing number of individuals who have become comfortable with andundergone LASIK procedures, which we believe have lost their “experimental” reputation. We expect that these individuals are more likely to be early adopters ofour microlens solution to the extent they require additional vision correction in connection with the onset of presbyopia. We believe demand is likely to be fueledfurther by the ever-evolving, near-vision needs resulting from the increasing reliance on smart phones, tablets and other technological advances requiring good nearvision.Our TechnologyOur microlens is a disc shaped lens that has a refractive zone in the periphery designed to improve near vision problems associated with presbyopia and a centralzone that is designed to improve distance vision. The two figures below illustrate the design of our microlens.Our microlens is 3.2 millimeters (mm) in diameter, has an edge thickness of 0.015 mm and has a center thickness that ranges from approximately 0.03 mm to 0.05mm (depending on the lens power). Once implanted, it is invisible to the naked eye. Our microlens is made of a hydrophilic acrylic material, similar to the kind thathas been used to make IOLs for over 20 years. Our microlens is designed to be removable. In addition, our microlens is designed to reduce the risk of permanentcorneal tissue loss and is designed to be biocompatible with the cornea, allowing for corneal metabolism, which is essential to the health and normal functioning ofthe cornea.Ocular dominance is the tendency to prefer visual input from one eye to the other. Our microlens is implanted in a patient’s non-dominant eye to minimize impactto binocular uncorrected distance vision. Through implantation in the patient’s non-dominant eye, our solution seeks to exploit the brain’s ability to perceptuallysuppress central vision in one eye when the two eyes are receiving disparate stimuli and focus on the clearer images while ignoring the blurrier images. Prior toimplantation, we require patients to wear7 a contact lens for near vision correction in their non-dominant eye for a minimum of three to five days before insertion of our microlens in order to assess whetheror not the patient is able to adapt to the change in the visual system. Not all prospective patients are able to adapt to the change in the visual system. Based onfeedback that we have received from surgeons to date, we believe that approximately 40% of prospec tive patients who underwent monofocal contact lenscorrection in their non-dominant eye were unable to adapt to the change in the visual system and approximately 25% of prospective patients who underwentmultifocal contact lens correction in their non-domi nant eye were unable to adapt to the change in the visual system.To improve near vision, as shown below, the refractive peripheral portion of our microlens is designed to help focus light from near objects (darker shaded light)onto the retina.Near Vision with MicrolensTo improve maximum distance vision, the central refractive portion of our microlens is designed to permit light from distant objects to pass through the cornea andlens and focus on the retina (lighter shaded light shown below). The refractive peripheral portion of the lens causes some distant light rays to focus in front of theretina, instead of on it (darker shaded light shown below). However, when the brain receives dual visual stimulus from the corrected non-dominant eye, as well asthe uncorrected dominant eye, it is able to correctly combine the information into an image for the patient.Distance Vision with MicrolensInsertion of our MicrolensOur microlens is surgically implanted, using our proprietary microlens inserter, in an outpatient setting. The procedure, requiring only topical anesthesia, typicallytakes a trained ophthalmic surgeon approximately 10 minutes. The procedure and equipment needed to create a corneal pocket to insert the microlens are similar tothose currently used in LASIK procedures. We believe that the existing infrastructure in most refractive laser centers equipped with femtosecond lasers is sufficientfor our procedure.8 The figures below illustrate our microlens inserter and the insertion of our microlen s. Illustration of ourProprietary Insertion Tool Illustration of Insertion ofOur Microlens The ophthalmic surgeon starts the procedure by making a mark on the cornea at the center of the visual axes in order to determine the most appropriate location ofthe corneal pocket as well as the microlens placement and alignment once in place. Then, using a 150 kilohertz or greater frequency femtosecond laser, theophthalmic surgeon creates a pocket, approximately four to 5.5 mm in diameter, in the cornea of the patient’s non-dominant eye. Using our microlens inserter, theophthalmic surgeon then inserts our microlens into the corneal pocket. Finally, the ophthalmic surgeon centers and checks the position of the implanted microlensbefore completing the surgery. The corneal pocket automatically seals itself within a few days, holding the microlens in place at the center of the eye’s visual axis.We have designed our microlens and procedure to be removable in a minimally invasive manner in the event that a patient wishes to have a stronger prescriptionmicrolens implanted. This may occur if a patient’s presbyopia significantly progresses over time or in the event that a patient wishes to have the microlens removedfor any other reason, including if the patient is uncomfortable with the results, if neural adaptation is not achieved, or if technological advances produce alternativesolutions in the future. In the United States, our IDE does not permit replacement of a microlens in the event that a patient’s microlens is removed afterimplantation. Also, in the United States, our IDE requires any removal of the microlens to be reported as an adverse event.The procedure to remove our microlens may take place in an outpatient setting, using only topical anesthesia. The removal procedure consists of opening thecorneal pocket entry point and, using a fluid to lubricate the pocket of the lens, sliding the lens from the corneal pocket. This procedure typically takes a trainedophthalmic surgeon approximately 10 minutes. A new microlens can be immediately inserted into a patient’s existing corneal pocket.Through February 15, 2016, ophthalmic surgeons have implanted over 1,000 of our microlenses.9 Clinical StudiesWe have completed a multicenter clinical study outside the United States. In addition, several third parties have conducted limited studies of our microlens. Thesestudies are summarized below.Evaluation Conducted Outside of the United StatesIn early 2012, we completed a 12-month multicenter, post-market evaluation in Italy and Greece of our microlens in presbyopic patients between the ages of 45 and60 to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of our microlens. We designed, and oversaw the implementation of, the protocol for this evaluation, which wasconducted at our request by a surgeon at the Vardinoyannion Eye Institute at the University of Crete in Crete, Greece and by a surgeon at Prato Hospital in Prato,Italy. The 12-month data for the 70 patients who completed the study demonstrated successful patient outcomes and a low rate of post-operative adverse events.The average UCVA-near in the operated eye pre-surgery for those 70 patients was 20/110 and 99% of those patients started the study with UCVA-near in theoperated eye of 20/50 or worse. Key effectiveness findings from this evaluation included the following: ·the average UCVA-near in the operated eye for such patients post-surgery was 20/27, 99% of such patients completed the study with 20/40 or betterUCVA-near in the operated eye and 70% of such patients completed the study with 20/25 or better UCVA-near in the operated eye (see Figure 1below); ·although there was a slight loss in uncorrected distance visual acuity (the ability to see distant objects without prescription enhancement), or UCVA-distance, in the operated eye (see Figure 4 below), there was no significant change in binocular UCVA-distance (UCVA-distance when using botheyes) from before treatment to after treatment in this study (see Figure 2 below); and ·there was no significant change in best corrected distance visual acuity (distance vision using prescription enhancement), or BCVA-distance, in theoperated eye after 12 months (see Figure 3 below).A Snellen chart is an eye chart used by eye care professionals and others to measure visual acuity. It usually consists of letters printed in lines of decreasing sizewhich a person is asked to read at a fixed distance. 20/20 is a term used to define normal visual acuity, which relates to the Snellen chart. The first number denotesa certain distance, and the second number denotes the distance at which a person with normal visual acuity could read clearly those letters that the subject of theassessment can read clearly at the distance denoted in the first number. The standard distance for testing distance visual acuity is 20 feet. Thus, with respect todistance vision, if an individual has 20/100 vision, it means that a person with normal distance vision can read at 100 feet what the patient can only read at 20 feet(poor distance vision). 20/10 vision, on the other hand, would mean the individual has better than normal distance vision, being able to read at 20 feet what a personwith normal distance vision could only read at 10 feet. With respect to near vision, the 20/20 nomenclature is used with the distances in the first number and thesecond number scaled to the distance used in the study. Thus, an individual with 20/20 near vision means the patient can read clearly those letters at the distancetested (usually 40 centimeters (cm) in the United States and 33 cm outside of the United States) that a person with normal near visual acuity could read clearly atthat distance. In our post-market evaluation, we tested visual acuity using an Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Chart, or ETDRS, Snellen chart; the distanceused to test distance visual acuity was 20 feet and the distance used to test near visual acuity was 33 cm.10 An important measurement is the number of patients who reach better visual acuity levels, or visual correction, after treatment. Before surgery, the 70 patients whocompleted the study had an average UCVA-near in the eye to be operat ed on of 20/110 and 99% of such patients started the study with UCVA-near measurementsof 20/50 or worse in that eye. After treatment with our microlens, such patients had an average UCVA-near in the operated eye of 20/27 and 99% of such patientsachieved UCVA-near measurements of 20/40 or better in the operated eye and 70% of such patients achieved UCVA-near measurements of 20/25 or better in theoperated eye. The following chart summarizes the positive UCVA-near results in this post-market evaluation:Figure 1Uncorrected Near Visual Acuity Operated Eye (33 cm chart)(N=70 at Month 12) Another important measurement is the number of patients who maintain binocular UCVA-distance levels post-treatment. There was no significant change inbinocular UCVA-distance from before treatment to after treatment in this study. This stability in binocular vision is important because it indicates that patients inthe study did not experience a significant compromise in binocular UCVA-distance as a result of the insertion of our microlens, meaning that their normal binocularfar vision was not compromised. The following chart summarizes the binocular UCVA-distance findings in this post-market evaluation:Figure 2Uncorrected Binocular Distance Visual Acuity(N=70 at Month 12) 11 In addition, patients in this study experienced no significant change in BCVA-distance in the operated eye at 12 months post-implantation, which indicates thatthere was no compromise in the operated eye’s optical system at 12 months. The following chart summarizes BCVA-distance findings with respect to the patient’soperated eye in this post-market evaluation:Figure 3Best Corrected Distance Vision Acuity Operated Eye(N=70 at Month 12) 12 There was a slight loss of UCVA-distance in the operated eye in the study population. Before surgery, 83% of patients achieved UCVA-distance in the operatedeye of 20/16 to 20/25 and 17% achieved UCVA-distance in the operated eye of 20/30 to 20/40. After t reatment with our microlens, 17% of patients achievedUCVA-distance in the operated eye of 20/16 to 20/25, 53% achieved UCVA-distance in the operated eye of 20/30 to 20/40, and 30% achieved UCVA-distance inthe operated eye of 20/50 or worse. Although, as mentioned above, there was no significant change in binocular UCVA-distance from before treatment to aftertreatment in this study, far distance vision in the operated eye is also important, particularly as it relates to overall patient satisfaction. In th e study population, 78%of patients who responded reported that they perceived their UCVA-distance in the operated eye as “excellent” to “good.” This generally correlates to the data atmonth 12, where 70% of patients achieved 20/40 vision or better in the operated eye. The remaining 30% of patients achieved UCVA-distance in the operated eyeof 20/50 or worse, and consistent with such results, 20% of patients who responded reported that they perceived their UCVA-distance in the operated eye as “fair.”One p atient who responded considered his outcome with respect to UCVA-distance in the operated eye as “poor.” The following chart summarizes UCVA-distance findings with respect to the patient’s operated eye in this post-market evaluation:Figure 4Uncorrected Distance Visual Acuity Operated Eye(N=70 at Month 12) There are several possible explanations for the loss of distance visual acuity in the operated eye, including, but not limited to the following: ·the time required for neural adaptation, or the time it takes the brain to adapt to the change in the visual system; ·improper patient selection, or the selection of patients who are intolerant of monovision, impatient or not willing to wait for the neural adaptationtime period; and ·improper lens power selection, meaning the patient is difficult to refract.13 A subset of 39 patients enrolled in this evaluation underwent a monovision simulation, whereby pre-surgery UCVA-distance in the eye to be operated on with nearvision contact lens correction in place was co mpared to UCVA-distance in the operated eye following implantation of our microlens. The purpose of thissimulation was to evaluate whether UCVA-distance in the operated eye following implantation of our microlens is better than pre-surgery UCVA-distance i n sucheye with the use of a near vision correction contact lens. These patients were found to have an average UCVA-distance in the operated eye of 20/43 12 monthspost-surgery, while the same patients pre-surgery had an average UCVA-distance in the eye wi th near vision contact lens correction of 20/139. We believe that thisresult is due to the nature of the design of our microlens which is intended to maintain distance vision in the operated eye to the greatest extent possible. The centralportion of our microlens is designed to allow for light from distant objects to enter the eye and focus on the retina, and the retina ultimately transmits that image tothe brain. Figure 5 below illustrates the findings in this evaluation with respect to post-surgery UCV A-distance in the operated eye compared to pre-surgeryUCVA-distance in the eye to be operated upon with near vision contact lens correction in place:Figure 5 Overall, patient satisfaction with the procedure was generally high. 97% of patients who responded reported “excellent” or “good” perception of UCVA-near, and97% of patients who responded reported “excellent” or “good” perception of binocular UCVA-distance. 75% of patients who responded reported no use of glassesfor near tasks while the remaining 25% reported use of glasses less than 50% of the time. 78% of patients who responded indicated that they used glasses for neartasks more than 50% of the time prior to implantation.Key safety findings from the evaluation over a 12-month period included the following: ·low rate of post-operative adverse events; ·one patient complained one week after implantation of significant halos and glare when driving at night and requested removal of the microlens (thelens was removed one month post-surgery); ·one case of transient light sensitivity syndrome was reported: this represents an abnormal occurrence of photosensitivity associated with thefemtosecond laser, which resolved after application of a topical steroid regimen; ·one case of epithelial ingrowth was reported: this represents an abnormal growth of corneal epithelium in an area where it does not belong,associated with the femtosecond laser, which resolved after the ingrowth was surgically cleared; and ·four cases of transient stromal haze were reported: these cases involved the activation of inflammatory cells in connection with surgery, whichresolved after application of a topical steroid regimen.There was no significant change in: ·intraocular pressure, or the fluid pressure in the eye; ·endothelial cell density, or the tissue layer undersurface of the cornea and which regulates corneal water content;14 ·pachymetry, or the measure of corneal thickness; or ·binocular contrast sensitivity.We continue to evaluate our microlens through clinical studies and marketing and post-marketing evaluations in connection with regulatory requirements and ourcommercialization efforts. In addition, through February 15, 2016, ophthalmic surgeons have implanted over 1,000 of our microlenses.Third Party StudiesOur microlens has been the subject of certain third party studies that have been conducted to assess the efficacy and safety of our microlens. We did notcommission these studies or design, review or oversee the implementation of their protocols (although we paid the annual fees of the institutional review board, orIRB, reviewing one such study in Japan), and we have limited information with respect to these studies. These studies have reported certain adverse effects relatingto the safety and efficacy of our microlens and microlens inserter. In connection with the findings in certain of such studies and observations of other surgeonsregarding our procedure, we have undertaken certain investigative actions as part of our ongoing risk mitigation efforts. See “Risk Factors—Risks Related to OurBusiness—If concerns regarding side effects from presbyopia-correcting surgery generally, or our products specifically, develop, including as a result of third-partystudies and publications, our business, results of operations and financial condition will be materially and adversely affected.”U.S. Staged Pivotal Clinical TrialIn May 2014, we began a staged pivotal clinical trial to seek marketing approval for our microlens and microlens inserter in the United States. See “—ClinicalDevelopment and Commercialization Targets” below for a description of this study. For a description of adverse events to date in this study, see “Risk Factors—Risks Related to Our Business—If concerns regarding side effects from presbyopia-correcting surgery generally, or our products specifically, develop, including asa result of third-party studies and publications, our business, results of operations and financial condition will be materially and adversely affected.”Upgraded Microlens InserterWe completed development of a disposable non-sterile microlens inserter in the fourth quarter of 2015. This product is designed to be used only one time, makingthe insertion process easier and quicker for surgeons. This device is currently available and in compliance in the European Union and many other countries. Wehave completed and selected a lens delivery assembly. We designed a preloaded inserter and are conducting a preliminary testing and evaluation. Once evaluationis completed, the packaging system for the lens delivery assembly, including the lens, will be finalized. We expect that authorization to market these products in theUnited States will require submission of a 510(k).Clinical Development and Commercialization TargetsIn December 2013, we received approval from the FDA to commence a staged pivotal clinical trial of our microlens in the United States. This clinical trial is aprospective, non-randomized, unmasked, multicenter clinical investigation. Beginning in May 2014, we enrolled a total of 75 subjects at six investigational sites inthe United States. Beginning in June 2014, each of these subjects underwent insertion of our microlens in the subject’s non-dominant eye. Based on six-month dataon 52 of these subjects, in January 2015, we submitted to the FDA an interim safety report as a supplement to our IDE. In February 2015, we received approvalfrom the FDA to commence second stage enrollment in this trial. Through February 15, 2016, 346 subjects underwent insertion of our microlens in the second stageof this study. We currently anticipate that in order to file our PMA we will need 24-month post-surgery data on each of at least 300 patients. All subjects will befollowed for three years following implantation. Subjects from outside the United States will not be enrolled in this study. The primary endpoint will be UCVA-near at 24 months post- implantation, together with safety objectives such as a low rate of ocular adverse events, endothelial cell loss over time in the operated eye,and an assessment of BCVA-distance and contrast sensitivity in the operated eye (the visual ability, with distance vision correction in place, to see objects that maynot be outlined clearly or that do not stand out from their background). Although our microlens is designed to be removable, our IDE requires any removal to bereported as an adverse event. We are pursuing a modular PMA submission strategy, which strategy was approved by the FDA in January 2016, whereby we intendto submit to the FDA information regarding biocompatibility, engineering, manufacturing and 2 years of clinical data in the second (biocompatibility module) andfourth quarter (engineering module) of 2016 . We are targeting submission of the third (manufacturing) PMA module in the first quarter of 2017 and our final PMAmodule, containing 24-month data on 300 subjects, to the FDA, in the fourth quarter of 2017.We are targeting PMA approval of our microlens in the fourth quarterof 2018. We are also targeting submission to the FDA of a final report with 36-month data on these 300 subjects in the fourth quarter of 2018. These milestonescould be delayed by further interactions with the FDA or by a variety of other factors, including the final design of the study that is approved by the FDA, and aresubject to risks and15 uncertainties. There can be no assurance that the FDA will grant our PMA approval or, if granted, that it will be granted in accordance with our anticipated timeschedule. In addition, the FDA may require us to conduct post-approval studies as a condition of approval.We plan to continue to work closely with refractive laser centers and hospitals in order to secure commercialization commitments in those countries in which wecurrently have marketing approval that we are targeting for commercialization. In addition, we plan to continue to seek marketing approval in additional countriesthat we determine present appropriate opportunities to commercialize our microlens and microlens inserter.StrategyOur goal is to become the leading provider of corneal lens implants for patients with presbyopia. We are currently commercializing our microlens internationally inselect countries. In December 2013, we gained approval to begin a staged pivotal clinical trial in order to seek marketing approval for our microlens in the UnitedStates. We completed the first stage of this study in July 2014, and submitted to the FDA an interim safety report on 52 subjects in January 2015. In February 2015,we received approval from the FDA to commence second stage enrollment in this trial. At that time we began enrollment of an additional 337 patients for oursecond stage enrollment. We completed second stage enrollment in September 2015.We believe that most presbyopic individuals are not aware of procedures intended to decrease their dependence on reading glasses, the traditional solution forpresbyopia, and therefore do not seek treatment from an ophthalmic professional.We believe that refractive surgery center operators, impacted by sharp declines in LASIK procedure volumes, are searching for new technologies that can be usedin elective (patient-pay) procedures to grow revenues. We believe that these centers have existing infrastructure (femtosecond lasers) and databases of patients whomay be eligible for these presbyopia procedures. We believe that a significant opportunity rests in the population of presbyopic individuals who are unaware ofthese new treatment options. Our entry strategy is to identify refractive laser surgery centers and to certify the surgeons in these centers to enable them tocommercially offer the Presbia microlens procedure.Once a surgeon is certified, the Presbia commercial and clinical team will provide comprehensive training to all surgeons and staff, and assist with theidentification of potential patients, which is intended to drive demand to the clinic for our microlens procedure. We intend to offer public relations activities and co-op marketing programs to assist the clinic in generating prospective patient leads to stimulate commercial demand for the procedure.The surgeon goes through a comprehensive training and certification program, which includes didactic sessions, wet-lab training, and surgery performed withmembers of our surgical training team present during the certification process. Thereafter, patients are seen at regular intervals, and individual patient results arecollected. These data are then analyzed by our clinical services team to ensure proper patient selection was achieved, that patient expectations were managedappropriately, and that patients achieve optimal visual outcomes. Once the surgeon is certified, our goal is for the practice to continue to grow its business, usingthe tools and methods provided by our commercialization team. We have utilized this model in certain jurisdictions, including Ireland, which resulted in adoptionof our technology into the practice. Implementation of the process is designed to yield the best possible patient selection, which in turn is designed to lead to thehighest possible patient satisfaction.We currently have an arrangement with laser centers in Ireland, Australia, the Netherlands and South Korea (and Canada as permitted under Canada’s SpecialAccess Program) whereby the laser clinic or a country-wide distributor has committed to help promote our microlens in the applicable jurisdiction.We are deploying a targeted approach to commercial market expansion. We have selected key countries for expansion based upon several criteria including: largenumber of lasers, large number of laser centers, large number of refractive surgeons, high incidence of presbyopia and strong household income. We have selectedSouth Korea to be our hub in the Asia Pacific region and Germany in the European region. We are currently focusing our strategies on South Korea. Over thecourse of the next year we intend to expand into Germany.U.S. Staged Pivotal Clinical TrialGaining approval to market our products in the United States is a critical element in our strategy. In order to obtain such approval, we must obtain a PMA from theFDA. We cannot assure you when or whether we will obtain such an approval, or what expenditures we will incur whether or not we obtain such approval, giventhe many significant risks associated with seeking such an approval from the FDA.16 International CommercializationThrough our European Union CE Mark, we are generally authorized to market our microlens throughout the EEA and Switzerland (certain EEA countries alsorequire additional in-country registration). We currently market our microlens in certain strategic EEA countries, as well as certain strategic non-EEA countries inwhich we currently possess marketing approval. We will continue to seek marketing approval in other strategic countries that we believe are appropriate to furtherour commercialization strategy.Sales & MarketingSales and marketing for our microlens is led by our vice president of sales and dedicated business development directors or managers, our clinical services director,clinical application specialists and surgical trainers. They are supported in the process by our corporate marketing team.We believe the existing infrastructure in most refractive laser centers equipped with a 150 kilohertz or greater femtosecond laser is sufficient to support ourcommercialization efforts, minimizing the need to establish a significant sales representative structure at this juncture in our development. We intend to utilize adirect selling structure unless a country requires us to sell through a distributor, agent or we determine that a distributor/agent will offer us a more effective path tocommercialization.We also intend to sponsor ophthalmic surgeons to speak and present data at numerous conferences throughout Asia, Europe, Latin America and the United States.We believe this marketing strategy will help promote our microlens and increase demand from both clinicians and patients worldwide.Our microlens and the procedure to implant our microlens are not currently reimbursed through private or governmental third-party payors in any country, nor dowe anticipate that our microlens and the procedure to implant our microlens will be reimbursable through private or governmental third-party payors in theforeseeable future. Although the commercialization of our microlens depends on a prospective patient’s ability to cover the costs of our microlens and theimplantation procedure and we believe that a substantial portion of presbyopes worldwide do not have the financial means to cover the costs of our microlens, webelieve that a direct patient-pay model enables medical providers to avoid pricing pressure from private or governmental third-party payors. We do not have controlover the prices that medical providers charge patients for our microlens and the implantation procedure.Research and DevelopmentWe believe that it is essential for us to remain focused on advancing our technology and continuing to improve our microlens, as well as our microlens inserter andother auxiliary Presbia products. We maintain an active internal research and development process, which also includes clinical activities and regulatory affairs. Inorder to achieve our business objectives, we will continue our investment in research and development. Our research and development team, consisting of ninepersons as of December 31, 2015, communicates with ophthalmic surgeons who are currently utilizing the Presbia system, enabling us to make design changes aswe receive feedback. Over the last three years, we have made a number of modifications to our microlens inserter to enable ophthalmic surgeons to more quicklyand efficiently remove our microlens from its sealed container and prepare it for insertion into the laser-cut corneal pocket.Over the next 12 months, our goal is to continue our focus on research and development, particularly with respect to completing the development of a sterilizeddisposable microlens inserter and a pre-loaded disposable microlens inserter for our microlens. Additionally, as we regard our microlens to be an optical platform,we will continue to explore new approaches to correct vision problems, including evaluating the development of a corneal inlay for the treatment of hyperopia. Weexpended $7.9 million and $4.2 million for research and development during the years ended December 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively.Intellectual PropertyOur commercial success depends, in part, on our ability to obtain and maintain proprietary protection for our products, technologies and other know-how, tooperate without infringing the proprietary rights of others and to prevent others from infringing our proprietary rights. We strive to protect our investment in theresearch, development, manufacturing and marketing of our products through the use of patents, trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets, as well as customaryconfidentiality and other contractual protections. We own, or have rights to, several patents, several patent applications, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets andother intellectual property directly related and important to our business. However, the extent to which our intellectual property will provide us with protection andenable us to commercialize our proprietary technology without interference from others is subject to numerous risks. See “Risk Factors—Risk Relating to OurIntellectual Property.”17 PatentsWe currently own six issued US patents, and four pending U.S. patent applications, all of which we consider material to our business. Three of our existing patentsrelate to our microlens inserter and corresponding methods of use; these patents expire in 2030 or 2031. Two additional patents relate to the method and apparatusto package and transport our microlens and making it readily accessible; these patents expire in 2030. The other patent relates to a method that can be used by alaser to cut a pocket in the cornea and insert the microlens; this patent expires in 2028. Our four pending applications relate to a method and apparatus to packageand transport our microlens, to an extension of the method for laser cutting a corneal pocket to insert our microlens, to the apparatus and method to use a preloadedinserter to insert our microlens, and to our proprietary data collection software. In addition, we have a PCT application relating to a lens inserter assembly forwhich we anticipate entering the U.S. National Stage Application and filing several foreign counterparts before May 2016.Additionally, we have a total of thirty-three foreign patent applications, twenty-seven of which are still pending in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Europe, Israel,Hong Kong, India, Japan, Korea and Russia. The foreign applications correspond to the content of the six issued U.S. patents. We currently own a patent in Canada,which corresponds to the U.S. patent which covers the method and apparatus to insert our microlens, and we have granted applications in Israel and China whichcorrespond to the same U.S. patent. We also own patents in Japan and Australia, which corresponds to the U.S. patent which covers the microlens inserter.Our patents and patent applications may allow us to exclude others from practicing our proprietary inventions and may provide us with an opportunity to obtainroyalties or cross-licenses of intellectual property from other manufacturers. Because we have limited knowledge of the research and development efforts andstrategic plans of our competitors, we can only estimate the value of our patents and patent applications. Competitors may be able to design products and/orprocesses that avoid infringing our patent portfolio as it may exist from time to time.TrademarksWorldwide, we have several registered trademarks and pending trademark applications that we consider to be important to our business. The scope and duration oftrademark protection varies widely throughout the world. In some countries, trademark protection continues only as long as the mark is used. Other countriesrequire registration of trademarks and the payment of registration fees. Trademark registrations are generally for fixed but renewable terms.Confidentiality AgreementsWe protect our proprietary technology, in part, through confidentiality and nondisclosure agreements with employees, consultants and other parties. Ourconfidentiality agreements with employees and consultants generally contain standard provisions requiring those individuals to assign to Presbia, without additionalconsideration, inventions conceived or reduced to practice by them while employed or retained by Presbia, subject to customary exceptions.CompetitionThe medical device industry in general, and the ophthalmic medical device market in particular, are highly competitive, subject to rapid technological change andsignificantly affected by new product introductions and market activities of other participants. Our currently marketed products are, and any future products wecommercialize will be, subject to intense competition.We expect to compete against companies that are developing corneal inlay surgical solutions for presbyopia, including AcuFocus, Inc., ReVision Optics, Inc.,Neoptics AG and LensGen, Inc. AcuFocus, Inc.’s corneal inlay approach attempts to use small aperture optics to reduce distortion by eliminating peripheral lightrays and limiting the width of diverging light rays. ReVision Optics, Inc.’s corneal inlay approach attempts to produce a smooth variation in focal power across thepupil by microscopically altering the surface shape of the cornea. Neoptics AG’s corneal inlay approach consists of a bifocal lens with a peripheral zone designedto improve near vision and a central zone for distance vision. LensGen, Inc. is a newer company with little publicly available information regarding its intraocularlens which is being designed to harness fluidics and displacement to manipulate curvature to better capture light. Both AcuFocus, Inc. and ReVision Optics, Inc.have been conducting clinical trials in the United States for years and have more experience than Presbia in conducting such trials. AcuFocus, Inc. has completed apivotal clinical trial in the United States and received FDA approval in April 2015.. Also, both AcuFocus, Inc. and ReVision Optics, Inc., like Presbia, havemarketing approval in certain jurisdictions outside the United States, including the EEA, and can be expected to compete with Presbia in such jurisdictions. Webelieve that AcuFocus, Inc. may have more commercial activities to date than Presbia in certain jurisdictions, including Japan. We do not believe that Neoptics AGhas approval in the U.S. to conduct clinical trials or marketing approval in any jurisdiction. In addition to being an effective treatment option for presbyopia, webelieve that our microlens is less invasive than ReVision’s Optics, Inc.’s corneal inlay, offers a range of optical power corrections not offered by ReVision’sOptics, Inc.’s corneal inlay or AcuFocus, Inc.’s18 co rneal inlay, is less conspicuous than AcuFocus, Inc.’s corneal inlay and is more easily removable than ReVision Optics, Inc.’s corneal inlay.In June 2014, the FDA released data presented by AcuFocus to the FDA in its PMA submission with respect to its KAMRA device. The data related to a studyconducted by AcuFocus with respect to 508 subjects (of which the FDA determined that there were 494 evaluable subjects). We reviewed that data against the datathat we compiled from the post-market surveillance study that we conducted in Italy and Greece in 2012 with respect to 70 patients who underwent implantation ofour microlens. For further information regarding this post-market evaluation, see “—Our Solution—Evaluation Conducted Outside of the United States.”We note the following with respect to the AcuFocus study and our post-market surveillance study: ·Approximately 80.8% of AcuFocus’ 494 evaluable subjects achieved UCVA-near of 20/40 or better in the operated eye 12 months postoperative,which was the primary efficacy endpoint of the AcuFocus study. As discussed in “—Our Solution—Clinical Studies—Evaluation Conducted Outsideof the United States”, approximately 99% of the 70 patients in Presbia’s post-market surveillance study achieved UCVA-near of 20/40 or better inthe operated eye 12 months postoperative. ·Both the KAMRA, in AcuFocus’ study, and Presbia’s microlens, in Presbia’s post-market surveillance study, generally had minimal effect on asubject’s binocular distance vision. ·Included among the adverse events in each study at 12 months postoperative, 3.0% of subjects experienced device explantations in AcuFocus’ study,and 1.4% of subjects experienced device explantations in Presbia’s post-market surveillance study.We note that AcuFocus’ study includes a substantially larger sample size (number of patients that received the implant) than Presbia’s post-marketing evaluationand that comparability of the results of AcuFocus’ study and Presbia’s post-marketing evaluation could also be adversely affected by differences in patientdemographics, such as gender and ethnicity, as well as differences in study protocols, site location and other conditions. We also note that we are currentlyconducting our U.S. staged pivotal clinical trial, and that trial might provide different results than those observed in our post-market evaluation described above andelsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.We expect to compete against companies that offer alternative surgical treatment methodologies, including monovision, multifocal and accommodatingapproaches, and companies that promote reading glasses and/or contact lenses as approaches for responding to presbyopia. At any time, our known competitors andother potential market entrants may develop new devices or treatment alternatives that may compete directly with our products. In addition, they may gain a marketadvantage by developing and patenting competitive products or processes earlier than we can or by obtaining regulatory approvals/clearances or marketregistrations more rapidly than we can.Certain of our current and potential competitors may have significantly greater financial, technical, marketing and other resources than we do and may be able todevote greater resources to the development, regulatory approval, promotion, sale and support of their products. Our competitors may also have more extensivecustomer bases and broader customer relationships than we do, including relationships with our potential customers. In addition, many of these companies havelonger operating histories and greater brand recognition than we do. Because of the size of the presbyopia market and the high growth profile of that market, weanticipate that companies will dedicate significant resources to developing competing products. We believe that the principal competitive factors in our marketinclude: ·improved outcomes for patients and other product quality issues; ·product innovation; ·acceptance by ophthalmic surgeons; ·ease of use and reliability; ·regulatory status and speed to market; ·product price and procedure price; and ·reputation for technical leadership.We cannot assure you that we will be able to compete effectively against our competitors in regard to any one or all of these factors.19 ManufacturingOur microlens is manufactured using hydrophilic acrylic material that has been utilized in the lens manufacturing market for the last 20 years. This material is wellknown and has an established safety profile. High precision lathing machines are used to generate sub-micro level accuracy of convex/concave radii. Like othertraditional IOL manufacturing processes, the manufacturing of the microlens is divided into a dry and a wet process.At present, our microlens is manufactured by a third-party original equipment manufacturer, or OEM, in Israel. This supplier has committed to a guaranteedminimum production level that we believe is adequate to meet our current needs. The agreement with this supplier is set to expire in January 2017. We expect thatour Israeli OEM, or another supplier located overseas, will be utilized to satisfy all international demand for our microlens for the foreseeable future. We have alsoconstructed a manufacturing facility in Irvine, California. We used our Irvine, California manufacturing plant to supply the microlens for our U.S. clinical studyand believe that that facility is scalable to meet future U.S. demand once it has received all applicable regulatory registrations, approvals and certifications. OurU.S. facility has received regulatory approval from the State of California to manufacture our microlens for our U.S. staged pivotal trial. In addition, we havereceived the necessary regulatory approval to use such facility to provide backup manufacturing capacity for sales in the EEA, should such capacity be needed inthe future. Our microlens inserter is manufactured by a third-party OEM in the United States, according to our specifications. Although we do not have aguaranteed supply commitment from this supplier, we believe that this supplier will be able to meet our foreseeable needs.We believe that our current manufacturing arrangements are sufficient to support our foreseeable manufacturing needs. The manufacturing by the Israeli OEMincludes in-house sterilization, packaging, and inventory. Inventory of our microlens is ultimately stored at our facilities in the Netherlands and Ireland.Sources and Availability of Raw MaterialsWe use a wide range of raw materials in the production of our products. We purchase most of the raw materials and components from external suppliers. Thehydrophilic acrylic material used to manufacture our microlens is supplied to us by a single supplier located in the United Kingdom . We would be required toobtain approval from the FDA in the event that we wished to use different material or similar material from a different supplier with respect to any products to beoffered and sold in the United States. Although we do not have a guaranteed supply commitment from our sole supplier of such hydrophilic acrylic material, webelieve that such supplier will be able to sufficiently meet our currently anticipated supply needs. Although we do not currently have any long-term agreements inplace for the supply of any other raw materials that we use, such materials are currently readily available from a number of suppliers, both in the United States andabroad.Government RegulationOur medical device products are subject to extensive regulation by the FDA and various other federal, state and non-U.S. governmental authorities, such as thecompetent authorities of the countries of the EEA. Government regulation of medical devices is meant to assure their safety and effectiveness, and includesregulation of, among other things: ·design, development and manufacturing; ·testing, labeling, content and language of instructions for use and storage; ·clinical trials; ·product safety; ·marketing, sales and distribution; ·regulatory clearances and approvals, including premarket clearance and approval; ·conformity assessment procedures; ·product traceability and record keeping procedures; ·advertising and promotion; ·product complaints, complaint reporting, recalls and field safety corrective actions; ·post-market surveillance, including reporting of deaths or serious injuries and malfunctions that, if they were to recur, could lead to death or seriousinjury;20 ·post-market studies; and ·product import and export.To market and sell our products in any country, we must first seek and obtain regulatory approvals, certifications or registrations and comply with the laws andregulations of that country. These laws and regulations, including the requirements for approvals, certifications or registrations and the time required for regulatoryreview, vary from country to country. Obtaining and maintaining regulatory approvals, certifications and/or registrations are expensive, and we cannot be certainthat we will receive regulatory approvals, certifications and/or registrations in any country for which we have yet to receive such approvals, certifications and/ orregistrations or that we will be able to maintain any regulatory approvals, certifications or registrations that we currently possess in any country. If we fail to obtainor maintain regulatory approvals, certifications or registrations in any country in which we currently market or plan to market our products or if we fail to complywith all applicable regulatory laws, rules and regulations, our ability to sell our products could be jeopardized and we could be subject to enforcement actions. See“Part I, Item 1a. Risk Factors—Risks Related to Regulatory Requirements” for a discussion of the risks and uncertainties that apply to Presbia in connection withgovernment regulation of its products.Regulatory Requirements in the United StatesUnder the U.S. Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, or the FD&C Act, manufacturers of medical devices must comply with extensive regulation relating to the issuesdescribed above, including regulations governing the design, testing, manufacturing, packaging, quality, servicing and marketing of medical products. Ourimmediate focus is upon the steps that we must take before our products can be marketed and sold in the United States.FDA’s Premarket Clearance and Approval RequirementsUnless an exemption applies, each medical device that is distributed commercially in the United States requires either prior 510(k) clearance or prior approval of aPMA application from the FDA. The FDA classifies medical devices into one of three classes. Devices deemed to pose low to moderate risk are placed in eitherClass I or II, which, absent an exemption, requires the manufacturer to submit to the FDA a premarket notification requesting permission for commercialdistribution. This process is known as 510(k) clearance. Some low risk devices are exempt from this requirement. Devices deemed by the FDA to pose the greatestrisk, such as life-sustaining, life-supporting or implantable devices, or devices deemed not substantially equivalent to a previously cleared 510(k) device, are placedin Class III, requiring approval of a PMA application. Our Class III products/devices require prior approval of a PMA application from the FDA. Both premarketclearance and PMA applications are subject to the payment of user fees, paid at the time of submission for FDA review. The FDA can also impose restrictions onthe sale, distribution or use of devices at the time of their clearance or approval, or subsequent to marketing.Premarket ApprovalA PMA application must be submitted if, as is the case with the microlens and our microlens inserter, the device cannot be cleared through the 510(k) process. ThePMA application process is generally more costly and time consuming than the 510(k) process and requires proof of the safety and effectiveness of the device tothe FDA’s satisfaction. Accordingly, a PMA application must be supported by extensive data including, but not limited to, technical information regarding devicedesign and development, pre-clinical and clinical trials, data and labeling to support the FDA’s determination that the device is safe and effective for its intendeduse. After a PMA application is complete, the FDA will accept the application and begin an in-depth review of the submitted information. By statute, the FDA has180 days to review the “accepted application,” although, generally, review of the application takes between one and three years, and may take significantly longer.During this review period, the FDA may request additional information and/or clarification of information already provided. Also, during the review period, anadvisory panel of experts from outside the FDA may be convened to review and evaluate the application and provide recommendations to the FDA as to theapprovability of the device. In addition, the FDA will conduct a preapproval inspection of the manufacturing facility to ensure compliance with its Quality SystemRegulations, or QSRs, which impose elaborate design development, testing, control, documentation and other quality assurance procedures in the design andmanufacturing process. The FDA may approve a PMA application with post-approval conditions intended to ensure the safety and effectiveness of the device,including, among other things, restrictions on labeling, promotion, sale and distribution and collection of long-term follow-up data from patients in the clinicalstudy that supported approval. Failure to comply with the conditions of approval can result in materially adverse enforcement actions, including the loss orwithdrawal of the approval. New PMA applications or PMA application supplements are required for significant modifications to the manufacturing process, aswell as for modifications that affect the safety or effectiveness of the device, including, for example, certain types of modifications to the device’s indication foruse, manufacturing process, labeling and design. PMA supplements often require submission of the same type of information as a PMA application, except that thesupplement is limited to information needed to21 support any changes from the de vice covered by the original PMA application, and may not require as extensive clinical data or the convening of an advisorypanel.Our microlens, as an implanted device, and our microlens inserter, as an instrument directly associated with the implantation process, cannot be marketed and soldin the United States without PMA approval. We anticipate that other products that we may develop in the future, as well as modifications to our existing products,will also be associated with the implantation process and thus in all likelihood will be subject to PMA approval rather than 510(k) clearance.IDE ApplicationsA clinical trial is almost always required to support a PMA application. In the United States, absent certain limited exceptions, human clinical trials intended tosupport product clearance or approval require an IDE application. Some types of studies deemed to present “non-significant risk” are deemed to have an approvedIDE once certain requirements are addressed and IRB approval is obtained. If the device presents a “significant risk” to human health, as defined by the FDA, thesponsor must submit an IDE application to the FDA and obtain IDE approval prior to commencing the human clinical trials. The IDE application must be supportedby appropriate data, such as animal and laboratory testing results, showing that it is safe to evaluate the device in humans and that the testing protocol isscientifically sound. The IDE application must be approved in advance by the FDA for a specified number of subjects, unless the product is deemed a non-significant risk device and eligible for more abbreviated IDE requirements.In December 2013, we received approval of our IDE from the FDA to begin a staged pivotal clinical trial of our microlens in the United States.Clinical TrialsClinical trials for a Class III device may begin once the IDE application is approved by the FDA and the responsible IRBs at the clinical trial sites. There can be noassurance that submission of an IDE will result in the ability to commence clinical trials. Additionally, after a trial begins, the FDA may place it on hold orterminate it if, among other reasons, it concludes that the clinical subjects are exposed to unacceptable health risks that outweigh the benefits of participation in thestudy. During a study, sponsors are required to comply with the FDA’s IDE requirements for investigator selection, trial monitoring, reporting and record-keepingand with prohibitions on promoting investigational devices or making safety or efficacy claims for them. Sponsors are also responsible for the appropriate labelingand distribution of investigational devices.We began enrollment for our U.S. staged pivotal clinical trial in May 2014 and began treating patients in June 2014. Initially, 75 subjects underwent insertion ofour microlens at six investigational sites in the first stage of this study. Based on six-month data on 52 of these subjects, in January 2015, we submitted an interimsafety report to the FDA along with a supplement to our IDE requesting approval to begin second stage enrollment. In February 2015, we received approval fromthe FDA to commence second stage enrollment in this trial. We were authorized to enroll up to an additional 337 subjects at up to nine additional investigationalsites. Through February 15, 2016, 346 subjects underwent insertion of our microlens in the second stage of this study. The clinical trial that we have commencedfor our microlens and our microlens inserter is expected to extend at least through 2018. Even if we do receive PMA approval, we do not anticipate receiving thatapproval for our microlens and our microlens inserter before the fourth quarter of 2018.Our clinical trials must be conducted in accordance with FDA regulations and federal and state regulations concerning human subject protection, includinginformed consent and healthcare privacy. The investigators must also obtain patient informed consents, rigorously follow the investigational plan and studyprotocol, control the disposition of investigational devices and comply with all reporting and record-keeping requirements.In addition, the FDA’s grant of permission to proceed with clinical testing does not constitute a binding commitment that the FDA will consider our study designadequate to support PMA approval. In addition, there can be no assurance that the data that we generate during a clinical study will meet chosen safety andeffectiveness endpoints or otherwise produce results that will lead the FDA to grant marketing approval.22 Pervasive and Continuing FDA RegulationAfter a device is placed on the market, regardless of its classification or premarket pathway, numerous regulatory requirements apply. These include, but are notlimited to: ·establishment registration and device listings with the FDA, which helps facilitate FDA inspections and other regulatory action; ·QSRs, which requires manufacturers, including third-party manufacturers, to follow stringent design, testing, process control, documentation andother quality assurance procedures during all aspects of the development and manufacturing process; ·labeling control and advertising regulations, which prohibit the promotion of products for uncleared or unapproved, or off-label, uses or indications,and impose other restrictions on labeling; ·approval or clearance of product modifications that could significantly affect safety or efficacy or that would constitute a major change in intendeduse; ·medical device reporting regulations, which require that manufacturers report to the FDA if their device may have caused or contributed to a death orserious injury or malfunctioned in a way that would likely cause or contribute to a death or serious injury if it were to recur; ·corrections and removal reporting regulations, which require that manufacturers report to the FDA field corrections and product recalls or removalsif undertaken to reduce a risk to health posed by the device or to remedy a violation of the FDCA that may present a risk to health. In addition, theFDA may order a mandatory recall if there is a reasonable probability that the device would cause serious adverse health consequences or death; and ·post-approval restrictions or conditions, including requirements to conduct post-market surveillance studies to establish continued safety data.The FDA has broad post-market and regulatory enforcement powers. We will be required to register with the FDA as a medical device manufacturer. As such, ourmanufacturing facilities will be subject to FDA inspections for compliance with QSRs. These regulations will require that we manufacture our products andmaintain our documents in a prescribed manner with respect to design, manufacturing, testing and quality control activities. As a medical device manufacturer, wewill also be required to comply with FDA requirements regarding the reporting of adverse events associated with the use of our medical devices, as well as productmalfunctions that would likely cause or contribute to death or serious injury if the malfunction were to recur. FDA regulations also govern product labeling andprohibit a manufacturer from marketing a medical device for unapproved applications. The FDA may conduct unannounced inspections to determine compliancewith the QSR and other regulations, and these inspections may include the manufacturing facilities of subcontractors. Failure by us or our suppliers to comply withapplicable regulatory requirements can result in enforcement actions by the FDA or other regulatory authorities, which may result in sanctions and relatedconsequences including, but not limited to: ·untitled letters or warning letters; ·fines, injunctions, consent decrees and civil penalties; ·recall, detention or seizure of our products; ·operating restrictions, partial suspension or total shutdown of production; ·refusal of or delay in granting our requests for premarket approval or clearances of new products or modified products; ·once we have received premarket approvals or clearances, withdrawing those approvals or clearances that are already granted; ·refusal to grant export approval for our products; ·criminal prosecution; and ·unanticipated expenditures to address or defend such actions.Regulatory Requirements Outside of the United StatesSales of medical devices outside the United States are subject to non-U.S. regulatory requirements that vary widely from country to country. These laws andregulations range from simple product registration requirements in some countries to complex clearance and production controls in others. As a result, theprocesses and time periods required to obtain foreign marketing approval may be longer23 or shorter than those necessary to obtain FDA market approval. These differences may affect the efficiency and tim eliness of international market introduction ofour products.In order to be placed on the market within the EEA, medical devices must meet the essential requirements set out in the relevant medical device legislation. Theprincipal legislation regulating general medical devices in the EEA is Directive 93/42/EEC, referred to herein as the EU Medical Devices Directive. In the case oflow risk (Class I) medical devices, such as our multi-use non-sterile microlens inserter, the manufacturer may self-certify conformity with the EU Medical DevicesDirective by issuing a declaration of conformity. In the case of medium to high risk (Class Is, IIa, IIb and III) medical devices, including our single use sterilemicrolens inserter which is a Class Is medical device, and our microlens which is a Class IIb medical device, the certificate of conformity issues from a notifiedbody. Where a medical device meets the essential requirements set out in the EU Medical Devices Directive and complies with the appropriate conformityassessment procedure, based on the classification of the medical device, a declaration or certificate of conformity will issue and a CE Mark may then be affixed tothe product. Once a CE Mark has been affixed to the medical device, it may then be placed on the market in any country within the EEA and Switzerland (subjectto certain localized registration and language requirements).In February 2010, we received a certificate of conformity from our notified body for our microlens allowing the CE mark to be affixed to our microlens. In May2013, we issued a declaration of conformity for our microlens inserter allowing the CE Mark to be affixed to our microlens inserter. We have also obtained an ISO13485 quality system certification, which confirms that our medical device manufacturing quality management system is compliant with globally recognizedstandards set forth by the International Organization for Standardization. We are required to keep up-to-date and remain compliant with the most recently issuedstandards. In order to maintain our certificate of conformity and CE Mark, we must continue to comply with the EU Medical Devices Directive and pass annualfacilities audit inspections by an inspection agency of the EEA to ISO 13485 standards. In addition, a notified body or other competent authority in an EEA countrymay perform post-marketing audits on our products and premises from time to time. Failure to comply with such requests in a timely manner, and any adversefindings in any such audit, could result in the withdrawal of our certificate of conformity and our CE Mark, and the recall or withdrawal of our products from theEEA market. Each certificate of conformity may be valid for a maximum of five years but would typically be valid for three years. Our existing certificate ofconformity for our microlens is valid until November 2019. At the end of each period of validity, we are required to apply to the notified body for a renewal of ourcertificate of conformity. There may be delays in the renewal of our certificate of conformity and the notified body may require modifications to our products or tothe related technical files before it agrees to issue a new certificate of conformity.On September 26, 2012, the European Commission adopted a package of legislative proposals designed to replace the existing regulatory framework for medicaldevices in the EEA. The European Commission’s proposals may undergo significant amendments as they are reviewed by the European Council and EuropeanParliament as part of the EEA legislative process. If and when adopted, the proposed new legislation may prevent or delay the EEA approval or clearance of anyfuture products we may develop or impact our ability to modify currently EEA approved or cleared products on a timely basis.In addition, we have obtained marketing authorization for our microlens and microlens inserter in certain countries outside of the EEA, including certain countriesin which our microlens is currently commercially available. We are subject to the regulatory laws and regulations of each such country in order to maintain ourmarketing authorization. In addition, we will be subject to the regulatory laws and regulations of any additional country in which we obtain marketing approval tomaintain such approval. These regulatory laws are complex and vary from country to country. Failure to comply with applicable laws and regulations couldjeopardize our ability to sell our products and result in a variety of enforcement actions, all of which would negatively impact our business, results of operationsand financial condition.Corruption LawsThe U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and similar foreign anti-corruption laws generally prohibit companies and their intermediaries from making improperpayments or providing anything of value to improperly influence foreign government officials for the purpose of obtaining or retaining business, or obtaining anunfair advantage. In recent years, there has been a substantial increase in the global enforcement of anti-corruption laws. Our ongoing non-U.S. operations and ourexpansion into additional countries outside the United States, including in developing countries, could increase the risk of such violations. Violations of these lawsmay result in severe criminal or civil sanctions, could disrupt our business, and could adversely affect our reputation, business and results of operations or financialcondition.Environmental MattersOur activities currently require the controlled use of potentially harmful biological materials and hazardous materials and chemicals. We are subject to U.S. federal,state and local and non-U.S. environmental and pollution control laws and regulations governing the24 use, storage, handling and disposal of these materials and specified waste pr oducts. We believe that our operations comply in all material respects with applicableenvironmental laws and regulations in each country where we conduct business or have operations. We do not expect compliance with these laws to affectmaterially our cap ital expenditures, earnings or competitive position. We have no plans to invest in material capital expenditures for environmental controlfacilities for the remainder of our current fiscal year or for the next fiscal year. We are not aware of any pending actions, litigation or significant financialobligations arising from current or past environmental practices that are likely to have a material adverse impact on our financial position. However, environmentalproblems relating to our properties could deve lop in the future, and such problems could require significant expenditures. In addition, we cannot predict changes inenvironmental legislation or regulations that may be adopted or enacted in the future and that may adversely affect us.EmployeesAs of December 31, 2015, we had 40 employees, one of whom holds a Bachelor of Optometry degree, and nine of whom hold other advanced degrees. Of our totalworkforce, nine employees are engaged in research and development, and 31 employees are engaged in business development, manufacturing, finance, legal,human resources, facilities, information technology administration and general management. We have no collective bargaining agreements with our employees andwe have not experienced any work stoppages. We believe that our relations with our employees are good.FacilitiesOur operations are currently conducted at three leased facilities. We lease or sublease an aggregate of approximately 14,500 square feet of office, laboratory andmanufacturing space in Irvine, California, we lease approximately 538 square feet of office and storage space in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and we leaseapproximately 610 square feet of office and warehouse space in Dublin, Ireland. Our corporate headquarters is currently located at our Dublin location.We believe that our existing facilities are adequate for our current needs. When our leases expire, we may seek to renew our leases or look for additional oralternate space for our operations. We believe that suitable additional or alternative space will be available in the future on commercially reasonable terms.Corporate History and InformationIn February 2015, Presbia PLC consummated its initial public offering of ordinary shares. Prior to our initial public offering, we effected a series of reorganizationtransactions described below.Presbia Holdings was organized in the Cayman Islands in 2007 as an exempted company with limited liability. In 2009, Presbia Holdings acquired Visitome, Inc., aCalifornia corporation and the developer of our corneal inlay technology.In October 2013, we completed a restructuring which involved the establishment of our interim holding company, Presbia Ireland, Limited, that directly orindirectly owns 100% of our business, assets and subsidiaries. Presbia Ireland, Limited is organized under the laws of Ireland as a private limited company. At thetime of the restructuring, Presbia Ireland, Limited was wholly-owned by Presbia Holdings and certain intercompany debt was owed to Presbia Holdings by certainof its other subsidiaries. As part of the restructuring, approximately $12.2 million of such outstanding intercompany debt owed to Presbia Holdings was convertedto equity of such subsidiaries. We refer to this transaction as the 2013 Restructuring.In November 2014, Presbia Holdings converted additional indebtedness owed to Presbia Holdings by certain subsidiaries of Presbia Ireland, Limited at that time toequity. In this transaction, approximately $23.5 million of outstanding intercompany debt owed to Presbia Holdings was converted to equity of such subsidiaries.We refer to this transaction as the 2014 Debt Conversion.In January 2015, Presbia Holdings converted all the remaining indebtedness owed by a subsidiary of Presbia Ireland, Limited at that time to equity. In thistransaction, approximately $1.6 million of outstanding intercompany debt owed to Presbia Holdings was converted to equity of such subsidiary. We refer to thistransaction as the 2015 Debt Conversion. In addition, immediately following the 2015 Debt Conversion, Presbia Holdings contributed all the share capital in issuein Presbia Ireland, Limited to Presbia PLC, an Irish incorporated public limited company formed in February 2014 for the purpose of consummating our initialpublic offering, in exchange for 9,166,667 ordinary shares of Presbia PLC. We refer to this transaction as the 2015 Capital Contribution. Presbia PLC previouslyissued 40,000 ordinary shares to Presbia Holdings upon its formation, in order to satisfy statutory requirements for the incorporation of all Irish public limitedcompanies, which were re-designated as deferred shares under our memorandum and articles of association prior to the consummation of our initial public offering.We refer to the 2014 Debt Conversion, the 2015 Debt Conversion and the 2015 Capital Contribution, collectively, as the 2014-2015 Restructuring.25 We refer to the 2013 Restructuring, t he formation and initial capitalization of Presbia PLC, and the 2014-2015 Restructuring, collectively, as the ReorganizationTransactions.In August 2015, Presbia Holdings distributed the 9,166,667 ordinary shares of Presbia PLC, referred to herein as the 2015 Capital Contribution and an additional500,000 ordinary shares acquired from the initial public offering for an aggregate of 9,666,667 ordinary shares, to its ordinary shareholders and liquidated the entityin November 2015.Our corporate structure is set forth below. Our principal executive offices are located at 120/121 Baggot Street Lower, Dublin 2 Ireland, and our telephone number is +353 (1) 659 9446.Our website address is http://www.presbia.com. The information in, or that can be accessed through, our website is not part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.Our annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and current reports on Form 8-K and amendments to those reports are available, free of charge,on or through our website as soon as reasonably practicable after we electronically file such material with, or furnish it to, the Securities Exchange Commission, orthe SEC. The public may read and copy any materials we file with the SEC at the SEC’s Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, NE, Washington, D.C. 20549.Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room can be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. The SEC maintains an Internet site that contains reports,proxy and information statements and other information regarding our filings at www.sec.gov. Item 1A. Risk FactorsWe are providing the following cautionary discussion of risk factors, uncertainties and assumptions that we believe are relevant to our business. These are factorsthat, individually or in the aggregate, we think could cause our actual results to differ materially from expected and historical results and our forward-lookingstatements. We note these factors for investors as permitted by Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act, andSection 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act. You should understand that it is not possible to predict or identify all such factors.Consequently, you should not consider this section to be a complete discussion of all potential risks or uncertainties that may substantially impact our business.Moreover, we operate in a competitive and rapidly changing environment. New factors emerge from time to time and it is not possible to predict the impact of all ofthese factors on our business, financial condition or results of operations.26 Risks Related to Our BusinessWe anticipate that we will continue to incur significant losses for the foreseeable future and, if we are unable to achieve and sustain profitability, the marketvalue of our ordinary shares will likely decline.We are an ophthalmic device company with a limited operating history. We do not possess the regulatory approvals necessary to market our products in the UnitedStates, and we continue to incur significant research and development, sales and marketing and general and administrative expenses related to our operations. Weare not profitable and have incurred losses in each year since our formation. Our net losses for the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014 were $18.2 millionand $15.7 million, respectively. As of December 31, 2015, we had an accumulated deficit of $55.5 million.We expect to continue to incur significant losses for the foreseeable future. We expect that these losses and our cash needs will increase in the near term as wecontinue to conduct our staged pivotal clinical trial in the United States, seek marketing approval in other countries, and commercialize our products in those non-U.S. markets where we are permitted to sell our microlens and microlens inserter. We may never achieve profitability, and unless and until we do, we will need tocontinue to raise capital. We expect to finance future cash needs through public or private equity offerings, debt financings or corporate collaborations andlicensing arrangements. Additional funds may not be available when we need them on terms that are acceptable to us, or at all. If adequate funds are not available,we may be required to delay, reduce the scope of, or curtail, our operations. To the extent that we raise additional funds by issuing equity securities, ourshareholders will experience dilution, and debt financing, if available, may involve restrictive covenants. We may not be able to enter into collaborations that weseek to establish. To the extent that we raise additional funds through collaborations and licensing arrangements, it may be necessary to relinquish some rights toour technologies or our product candidates or grant licenses on terms that may not be favorable to us. We may seek to access the public or private capital marketswhenever conditions are favorable, even if we do not have an immediate need for additional capital at that time.We expect to incur substantial expenses in our pursuit of regulatory approval in the United States and can provide no assurances that we will obtain thenecessary approvals from the FDA to market our products in the United States.The United States is a key market for commercialization of our microlens. Before we can market our products in the United States, we must conduct andsuccessfully complete extensive clinical trials and then receive premarketing approval, or PMA, from the FDA. The earliest that we can reasonably expect toreceive a PMA for our microlens and microlens inserter is in the fourth quarter of 2018, and it is possible that none of our existing products or any products we mayseek to develop in the future will ever obtain a PMA. Furthermore, even if we were to obtain a PMA, neither approval by the FDA nor our existing CE Markensures approval by regulatory authorities in other countries or jurisdictions that we are targeting for commercialization of our microlens and microlens inserter,and approval by one regulatory authority does not ensure approval by regulatory authorities in other countries or by the FDA.The time required to obtain approval by the FDA and comparable non-U.S. regulatory authorities is unpredictable and depends upon numerous factors, includingthe substantial discretion of such regulatory authorities. In addition, approval policies, regulations or the type and amount of preclinical and clinical data necessaryto gain approval may change during the course of a product’s development and may vary among jurisdictions. We will be required to undertake and completecertain studies to generate data required to support submissions to the FDA and certain other regulatory authorities, which studies may require additional capitaland time. If we do not receive or maintain regulatory approvals for our products in the United States and other jurisdictions that we target for commercialization ofour products, we will not be able to successfully commercialize our products, which would substantially impair our ability to generate revenues and materiallyharm our business, results of operations and financial condition. Based on our current plan, we believe we will likely need additional capital to support our operations. Based on our current business plan, we believe that our cash and cash equivalents at December 31, 2015, coupled with anticipated revenues outside of the UnitedStates will be sufficient to meet our anticipated cash requirements through the first quarter of 2017. Our current commercialization strategy is targeted to countrieswhere we believe we can both establish the market for our technology and achieve positive cash flow from such geographic market as soon as possible. Thiscommercialization strategy will undergo continual prioritization and in the future we may adjust our commercialization efforts to preserve our existing cash orrealize better results than anticipated which could have a positive impact on cash. Our U.S. pivotal clinical trial and planned FDA approval is our highestpriority. That priority, coupled with our current commercialization efforts outside the U.S., will likely result in our need to raise additional capital to fund ouroperations. We may raise additional capital through equity offerings, debt financings, collaborations and/or licensing arrangements. Additional funds may not beavailable when we need them on terms that are acceptable to us, or at all. If adequate funds are not available on acceptable terms, we may be required to delay,reduce the scope of, or curtail, our operations. To the extent that we raise additional funds by issuing equity securities, our shareholders will experience dilution,and debt financing, if available, may involve restrictive covenants.27 Our microlens and microlens inserter are currently our sole products and we are highly dependent on the successful marketing and sales of these products.There is no assurance that we will be able to develop any additional products.Our microlens and microlens inserter are currently our sole products. We may fail to successfully commercialize our products. Successfully commercializingmedical devices such as our microlens is a complex and uncertain process, dependent on the efforts of management, distributors, outside consultants and generaleconomic conditions, among other factors. Any factors that adversely impact the commercialization of our microlens including, but not limited to, the delay ordenial of regulatory approvals that we seek, competition or acceptance in the marketplace, will have a negative impact on our business, results of operations andfinancial condition. We cannot assure you that we will be successful in developing or commercializing any potential enhancements to our microlens or any otherproducts. Our inability to successfully commercialize our current products and/or successfully develop and commercialize additional products or any enhancementsto our products which we may develop would have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.Our planned clinical trials may be delayed, suspended or terminated, which could delay or prohibit us from obtaining regulatory approvals or make obtainingsuch regulatory approvals more costlyIn February 2015, we received approval from the FDA to commence second stage enrollment in our U.S. staged pivotal clinical trial. By September 2015 we hadcompleted the second stage enrollment in our U.S. staged pivotal clinical trial. However, delays in the completion of clinical testing could significantly affect ourproduct development costs. The completion of clinical trials can be delayed for a number of reasons, including delays related to: ·unexpected adverse effects experienced by patients in a clinical trial; and ·retaining patients who have initiated a clinical trial, but may withdraw due to treatment protocol, adverse effects from the therapy, lack of efficacyfrom the treatment or personal issues or who may not return for a sufficient number of post-operatic visits to allow us to obtain the data required tosupport our PMA submission.Clinical trials may also be delayed, suspended or terminated as a result of ambiguous or negative interim results, or results that are inconsistent with earlier results.In addition, a clinical trial may be suspended or terminated by us, the FDA or other regulatory authorities due to a number of factors, including: ·failure to conduct the clinical trial in accordance with regulatory requirements or our clinical protocols; ·inspection of the clinical trial operations, trial sites or manufacturing sites by the FDA or other regulatory authorities, resulting in the imposition of aclinical hold; ·unforeseen safety issues or any determination that a clinical trial presents unacceptable health risks; and ·lack of adequate funding to continue the clinical trial, including the incurrence of unforeseen costs due to enrollment delays, requirements to conductadditional clinical trials or increased expenses associated with the services of our CROs and other third parties.Our product development costs will increase if we experience delays in testing or if we need to perform more or larger clinical trials than planned. Additionally,changes in regulatory requirements and policies may occur in any jurisdiction and we may need to amend clinical trial protocols to reflect these changes.Amendments may require us to resubmit our clinical trial protocols to independent ethical committees, known as institutional review boards, or IRBs, forreexamination, which may impact the costs, timing or successful completion of a clinical trial. In addition, IRBs or other regulatory authorities may order thetemporary discontinuation or termination of our clinical trials at any time if they believe that the clinical trials are not being conducted in accordance withapplicable regulatory requirements, including if they present an unacceptable safety risk to patients. If we experience delays in completion of, or if we, the FDA orother regulatory authorities, an IRB or other reviewing entities, or any of our clinical trial sites suspend or terminate any of, our clinical trials, the commercialprospects for our products may be harmed and our ability to generate revenues will be delayed. In addition, many of the factors that cause, or lead to, termination orsuspension of, or a delay in the commencement or completion of, clinical trials may also ultimately lead to the denial of regulatory approval of a product. Also, ifone or more clinical trials are delayed, our competitors may be able to bring products to market before we do or further entrench their products in the market, andthe commercial viability of our product candidates could be significantly reduced.If concerns regarding side effects from presbyopia correction surgery generally, or our products specifically, develop, including as a result of third-partystudies and publications, our business, results of operations and financial condition will be materially and adversely affected.Concerns about potential side effects and long-term results may negatively impact market acceptance of presbyopia correction surgery generally or our productsspecifically, result in potential liability for us and prevent us from growing our business. Any undesirable28 side effects that may be discovered in our clinical trials or evaluations or in any third party studies or evaluations could delay or prevent regulatory approval,including FDA approval, could prevent us from maintaining our existing regulatory approvals, including our CE mark, or limit mark etability of our products.In early 2012, we completed a 12-month multicenter, post-market evaluation in Italy and Greece of our microlens in presbyopic patients between the ages of 45 and60. The 12-month data for 70 patients indicated certain post-operative adverse events, including: one removal of the microlens, as a result of a patient’s complaintsof significant halos and glare when driving at night; one case of transient light sensitivity syndrome (an abnormal occurrence of photosensitivity associated with thefemtosecond laser); one case of epithelial ingrowth (an abnormal growth of corneal epithelium in an area where it does not belong, associated with the femtosecondlaser); and four cases of transient stromal haze (the activation of inflammatory cells in connection with surgery). In addition, certain patients experienced a slightloss in uncorrected visual acuity-distance, or UCVA-distance, which is distance vision in the operated eye without prescription enhancement. For furtherinformation regarding this post-market evaluation, see “Part I, Item 1. Business—Our Solution—Evaluation Conducted Outside of the United States.”In addition, our microlens has been the subject of certain third party studies that have been conducted to assess the efficacy and safety of our microlens. We did notcommission these studies or design, review or oversee the implementation of their protocols, and we have limited information with respect to these studies. Thesestudies have reported certain adverse effects relating to the safety and efficacy of our microlens and microlens inserter. With respect to the below referenced third-party study conducted in Japan, we paid the annual fees of the IRB which reviews the study’s protocol.One ongoing third-party study being conducted in Italy from 2011 to present by a group of ophthalmic surgeons evaluated the efficacy and safety of our microlensin 81 patients. Of the 81 patients evaluated, six patients underwent removal of our microlens within 12 months of implantation due to patient-reported reduction indistance vision and the presence of halos and glare. Findings that our microlens compromises distance vision could result in the suspension of our U.S. clinical trial,delay, make it more difficult and expensive for us to receive and/or prevent us from receiving, or prevent us from maintaining, regulatory approvals, including FDAapproval or our CE mark, or limit marketability of our microlens and microlens inserter.Another third-party study conducted in Japan from 2012 to April 2014 by one ophthalmic surgeon evaluated the efficacy and safety of our microlens in 38 patients.Such study reports a number of adverse events, including: three cases of inlay defect (a mark or defect seen on the edge of the microlens that is made by themicrolens inserter due to improper microlens loading prior to insertion); two cases of epithelial ingrowth (an abnormal growth of corneal epithelium in an areawhere it does not belong associated with the femtosecond laser); two cases of microlens removal (related to halos and glare); one case of meibomianitis(inflammation of the meibomian glands, a group of oil-secreting glands in the eyelids); one case of moderate foreign debris (the presence of material in the pocketafter using a laser and inserting the microlens); one case of severe keratic precipitates (an accumulation of white blood cells on the corneal endothelium whicharises as a result of inflammatory reactions); one case of superficial punctate keratitis (a non-inflammatory condition of the cornea with discrete opacities of thecornea, without ulceration); and one case of vertical gas bubbles (escape of gas bubbles from the dissection plane into the trabecular meshwork then to the anteriorchamber during laser-assisted flap or tunnel creation). Such study also documented 17 observations of “foreign debris” of unknown composition and origin underhigh magnification slit lamp examination (three of such 17 patients also experienced one of the other adverse events noted above, including the moderate case offoreign debris noted above which was reported as an adverse event). The ophthalmic surgeon performing the testing initially reported such foreign debris to bemetallic.As a result of the foreign debris adverse event noted in this study, the other foreign debris observations noted in this study and in the study in Russia discussedbelow, as well as anecdotal comments made by certain other surgeons regarding observations of foreign debris, we opened a corrective action and preventive actioninvestigation to assess possible sources of the foreign debris. We developed a matrix of all possible sources of the foreign debris, including our microlens inserter,and conducted analysis and performed a literature review to determine the source of the foreign debris. As part of this analysis, we collected nine sterilized (but notcleaned) microlens inserters used in the Japan study (as well as an additional microlens inserter that had not been opened or used in the Japan study) and arrangedfor a third party to analyze such microlens inserters for the presence of foreign debris. Of the 10 microlens inserters that were tested, one microlens inserter wasfound to have two particles present, and two microlens inserters were found to have one particle present. These particles were determined to be series 300 stainlesssteel. The quantity and shape of these particles did not appear to be consistent with the characteristics of the foreign particles noted in the study conducted by theophthalmic surgeon in Japan.Based on the outcome of this initial analysis, additional testing was conducted to evaluate all possible sources that could lead to the observation of foreign debris asreported in the study conducted by the ophthalmic surgeon in Japan. Actuation tests were performed on 12 of our microlens inserters by a third party. Themicrolens inserters were not cleaned or sterilized between actuation ranges. Five of the 12 microlens inserters included in this testing came directly from themanufacturer and had never undergone cleaning or sterilization. Of the 12 microlens inserters tested, five microlens inserters did not produce particles in any of theactuation ranges. One29 microlens inserter that had not been cleaned or sterilized produced particles in the one to 10 actuation r ange, four of the 12 microlens inserters produced particlesin the 11 to 25 actuation range, two of the 12 microlens inserters produced particles in the 26 to 50 range, and six of the 12 microlens inserters produced particles inthe 51 to 100 range. Certai n of the particles were determined to be series 300 stainless steel and others were determined to be titanium.Following the actuation tests, additional testing was conducted to evaluate the cause of the foreign debris noted in third-party studies. As part of our ongoingcorrective action and preventative action plan, we arranged for an analysis of the microlens of a patient (who was one of the two patients noted above in theJapanese study who had their microlens removed due to halos and glare) who was noted to have foreign debris present following implantation. This patient’smicrolens was removed following implantation for reasons unrelated to the presence of the foreign debris (the patient’s microlens was removed due to repeateddecentering of the microlens post-implantation). The removed microlens was found to have five foreign particles present. Initial testing concluded that the foreignparticles were likely composed of stainless steel, which suggested that one or more metal instruments present in the surgical environment was likely the source ofthe foreign particles. Initial testing also concluded that galling, or chafing, may be occurring between the plunger and head assembly components of our microlensinserter, which could be the cause of the production of metal debris. As a result of these initial findings, additional testing was conducted by a third-partymetallurgist at our request to determine whether the composition of the foreign particles in the removed microlens is consistent with the elements andconcentrations thereof found in our microlens inserter. Such additional testing confirmed that the foreign particles in the explanted lens were of stainless steelcomposition, but also determined that the composition of the foreign particles was not consistent with the composition of our microlens inserter.At this juncture, we have not reached any definitive conclusions as to the source of the foreign debris noted in the third-party studies. The final report of ourcorrective action and preventative action investigation was submitted to the FDA in November 2015. We received questions back from FDA and have providedresponses to the questions regarding the debris. We are presently awaiting additional questions from FDA based on submitted responses. As a result of additionaltesting that we have completed as part of our investigation, we believe that our microlens inserter has the potential to produce metallic debris, although the debrisnoted during such testing was generally environmental in nature and was not considered clinically significant. In addition, there have now been a total of 26observations of foreign debris in the 421 subjects implanted in the first and second stages (combined) of our U.S. staged pivotal clinical trial. None of these 26observations was reported as an adverse event. Of the 26 observations, four patients experienced adverse events, and none of these adverse events were related tothe presence of debris. In all 26 observations, the debris was not considered clinically significant. We have reported these 26 observations in our interim safetyreport submitted to the FDA.A common source of non-metallic debris is the general surgical environment. Several articles written over the last 10 years report that interface debris is a relativelycommon finding in patients who have undergone LASIK surgery or phacoemulsification (cataract surgery in which the eye’s internal lens is emulsified with anultrasonic hand piece and aspired from the eye).Other than the one case of moderate foreign debris reported as an adverse event in the third party study conducted in Japan, at this time, we are not aware of anyadditional adverse events reported with respect to the foreign debris observations noted in the third party studies or our U.S. staged pivotal clinical trial. We havedeveloped additional cleaning and sterilization procedures and packaging procedures which are designed to provide microlens inserters in a clean initial conditionprior to use. As part of our ongoing risk mitigation efforts, we are continuing to develop a disposable microlens inserter for our microlens and a pre-loadeddisposable microlens inserter. In addition, with respect to our staged pivotal clinical trial that we are conducting in the United States, each microlens inserter iscontinuing to only being used one time in order to mitigate the potential risk associated with the possible creation of metal foreign debris during insertion of ourmicrolens. If our microlens inserter or any other equipment supplied by us is determined to pose a health risk through the deposit of metal debris in a patient’s eye,such determination could result in the suspension of our U.S. clinical trial, delay, make it more difficult and expensive for us to receive and/or prevent us fromreceiving, or prevent us from maintaining, regulatory approvals, including FDA approval or our CE mark, limit marketability of our products and subject us tolawsuits or claims.Three additional third-party studies conducted at three locations in Brazil beginning in 2012 evaluated the efficacy and safety of our microlens. The first ongoingstudy reported that four of 22 patients lost three or more lines of UCVA-distance at one year postoperative compared to an average UCVA-distance of 20/20 beforethe study. No additional adverse events were reported in that study. The second study reported that two of 10 patients lost two lines of UCVA-distance vision atthree months postoperative compared to an average UCVA-distance of 20/20 before the study. No additional adverse events were reported in the study. The thirdongoing study did not provide visual acuity data and no adverse events were reportedOne additional third-party study of the efficacy and safety of our microlens was conducted in 2012 in Russia. This study reported that two of 10 patientsexperienced a decrease in UCVA-distance and BCVA-distance at three months postoperative due to night glare compared to before the study (preoperative visualacuity was not provided). One of these patients underwent removal of our30 microlens, and no additional adverse events were reported for the patient after lens removal. This study also noted minimal debris inclusion in two cases. Noadditional postoperative adverse events were r eported in this study.We are aware of one additional case of a patient undergoing microlens removal in a commercial setting in the Czech Republic and three additional cases of apatient undergoing microlens removal in commercial settings in Brazil. In addition, in March 2014, we became aware of a request for removal of a microlens froma patient who was implanted in Brazil. We have been informed that after treatment with a topical steroid, the patient’s inflammation issues have resolved and thepatient does not wish to have the microlens removed.In connection with the patient implants as part of the ongoing pivotal clinical trial in the United States, adverse events in treated eyes experienced to date include 73reports of loss of best corrected distance visual acuity in treated eyes, eight reports of transient corneal haze, and eight reports of microlens explantation due to aninability of these patients to adapt to the technology. No unanticipated adverse device effects in the implanted eyes have been reported in this study to date. Wehave had seven serious adverse events reported for subjects unrelated to our microlens.If our microlens or microlens inserter are ultimately determined to produce undesirable side effects, including posing a health risk through the deposit of foreignparticles in a patient’s eye, such determination could result in the suspension of our U.S. staged pivotal clinical trial, delay, make it more difficult and expensive forus to receive and/or prevent us from receiving, or prevent us from maintaining, regulatory approvals, including FDA approval or our CE mark, limit marketabilityof our products and subject us to lawsuits or claims.Adverse findings in post-marketing vigilance or regulatory audits could subject us to suspension or withdrawal of our certificates of conformity, mandatoryproduct recalls and significant legal liability, which would materially and adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition. In February 2010, we received a certificate of conformity from our Notified Body (a third-party organization designated by competent authorities of the EuropeanEconomic Area (all European Union member states plus Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway), or EEA, to conduct regulatory oversight on medical devices) for ourmicrolens allowing the CE Mark to be affixed to our microlens, permitting our microlens to be placed on the market within any state in the EEA and Switzerland(subject to certain localized registration and language requirements). Manufacturers of medical devices in the EEA are required to implement post-marketingvigilance procedures with respect to their CE Marked medical devices. Such post-marketing vigilance procedures include surveillance of patient and usercomplaints and alleged adverse events associated with the use of CE Marked medical devices. Serious incidents associated with the use of a medical device must bereported to the competent authority in whose territory the incident occurred. Incidents that must be reported include any malfunction or deterioration in thecharacteristics and/or performance of a device, as well as any inadequacy in the labeling or the instructions for use which, directly or indirectly, might lead to ormight have led to the death of a patient, user or other person, or to a serious deterioration in their state of health. Incidents must be reported as soon as possible, andin some cases immediately, after the manufacturer becomes aware of the incident. In addition to reporting the incident, the manufacturer must investigate theincident and take any corrective action required. The required corrective action depends on the seriousness of the incident, and varies from the issuance of advisorynotices to the implementation of product recalls. Minor incidents not requiring notification to the competent authorities must be documented, reviewed, investigatedand analyzed on a regular basis by the manufacturer to determine whether trending conclusions can be made concerning the safety or performance of the medicaldevice and whether actions must be taken in relation to the continued marketing of medical devices currently on the market. We expect to incur ongoing costs tocomply with these post-market vigilance obligations in EEA markets for so long as we continue to market and sell products in those markets. Moreover, any patientor user complaints and/or adverse events discovered during such post-market vigilance could subject us to suspension or withdrawal of our certificates ofconformity, mandatory product recalls and significant legal liability, which would materially and adversely affect our business, results of operation and financialcondition. In addition, a notified body or other competent authority in an EEA country may perform post-marketing audits on our products and premises from timeto time. Failure to comply with such requests in a timely manner, and any adverse findings in any such audit, could subject us to suspension or withdrawal of ourcertificates of conformity, mandatory product recalls and significant legal liability, which would materially and adversely affect our business, results of operationsand financial condition.We were previously subject to certain legal proceedings relating to the ownership of certain assets, including intellectual property. As demonstrated by suchproceedings, future claims regarding intellectual property may be costly and time consuming to defend and future claims may delay or prevent the developmentand commercialization of our products or place our patent portfolio and other proprietary rights at risk.In June 2008, Biovision AG, a Swiss company, was liquidated in bankruptcy in Switzerland. Vladimir Feingold, our Chief Technology Officer and one of ourdirectors, was a minority owner of Biovision AG and served as its President and Chief Executive Officer. During the bankruptcy auction in Switzerland, ThomkeInvest AG, or Thomke, purchased certain assets of Biovision AG with31 the stated intention of transferring those assets to Biovision Technology AG, which is now Ne optics AG, a competitor developing an alternative corneal inlaysurgical lens to treat presbyopia. Disputes arose as to the scope of the purchased assets, the propriety of the Swiss auction, and what persons or entities had superiorrights with respect to certain property, data, know-how, processes, and technology relating to a specialized surgically implanted lens to treat presbyopia, which werefer to collectively as the Disputed Assets.Two competing lawsuits were filed in July 2008. The first lawsuit, which we refer to as the Thomke Action, was filed in the Superior Court of the State ofCalifornia, County of Orange, by Thomke against Mr. Feingold, Biovision AG, our Visitome, Inc. subsidiary, Zohar Loshitzer, one of our directors, OrchardCapital Corporation, which is owned by Richard Ressler (one of our directors and our controlling shareholder), and Swiss Investment Corporation. In its complaint,Thomke alleged, among other things, wrongful possession of personal property and conversion of the Disputed Assets. The second lawsuit, which we refer to as theVisitome Action, was filed on the same day in the same court by our Visitome, Inc. subsidiary seeking a declaration of rights with respect to the Disputed Assets.In November 2012, Swiss Investment Corporation and Mr. Feingold filed a lawsuit in Switzerland to invalidate certain orders issued by the Swiss InsolvencyOffice with respect to the Disputed Assets.The Thomke Action and the Visitome Action were eventually consolidated. On December 12, 2012, the parties to the various lawsuits and certain of their affiliatesentered into a settlement agreement to settle the three lawsuits. The parties to the settlement agreement included certain of our affiliates, including Mr. Feingold,Mr. Loshitzer, Visitome, Inc., PresbiBio, LLC, Presbia Holdings and Orchard Capital Corporation. The resulting settlement agreement included, among otherthings, (i) dismissals (with prejudice) of the three lawsuits, (ii) mutual releases of all matters arising prior to the date of the settlement agreement, including, withoutlimitation, claims regarding the Disputed Assets, (iii) mutual waivers of all known or unknown matters subject to the mutual releases, (iv) mutual covenants not tosue in connection with matters released under the settlement agreement, and (v) acknowledgements and agreements to the terms of the settlement agreement bycertain of our other affiliates not party thereto.We cannot guarantee that we will not be subject to future claims regarding intellectual property. If successful, any such claims could place our patent portfolio andother proprietary rights at risk, which would have a material and adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition. Even if such claimsare not successful, they could be costly and time consuming to defend and they could delay or prevent the development and commercialization of our products.We have a limited operating history and may face difficulties encountered by early stage companies in new and rapidly evolving markets.We concluded our initial public offering (“IPO”) in January 2015 and have a limited operating history. In assessing our future prospects, you should consider therisks and difficulties frequently encountered by early stage companies in new and rapidly evolving markets, particularly companies engaged in the developmentand sales of medical devices. These risks include our ability to: ·manage expectations during the lengthy process of obtaining PMA approval from the FDA; ·establish and increase awareness of our brand and strengthen customer loyalty; ·grow our business in targeted markets outside of the United States while awaiting FDA approval; ·implement and successfully execute our commercialization strategy; ·respond effectively to competitive pressures and developments; ·continue to develop and enhance our products in development; ·obtain and publish sufficient clinical data to reduce the uncertainty surrounding clinical acceptance of our microlens; ·obtain regulatory approval to commercialize our products and, when and if approved, enhance those products; ·maintain compliance with all applicable regulatory statutes and regulations; ·expand our global presence; ·perform clinical research and trials on our existing products and future product candidates; ·attract, retain and motivate qualified personnel; and ·raise additional capital, on favorable or acceptable terms, if at all.As a result of these or other risks, our business strategy might not be successful.32 We are engaged in an intensely comp etitive business with competitors that may enjoy significant competitive advantages over us and if we are unable tocompete successfully against our existing or potential competitors, our sales and operating results may be negatively affected and we may no t grow.The market for surgical presbyopia correction is intensely competitive, both in and outside of the United States, and competition may increase. In addition to ourcompany, there are at least four companies currently developing competing corneal inlay surgical solutions—AcuFocus, Inc., Revision Optics, Inc., Neoptics AGand LensGen, Inc. Other non-corneal inlay procedures also offer solutions to presbyopia, including: monovision approaches (whereby one eye, typically thedominant eye, is corrected for distance vision and the other eye is corrected for near vision using glasses, contact lenses or surgical procedures); multifocalapproaches (whereby both a distance focus and a near focus are provided at the same time in each eye using glasses, contact lenses, surgically implanted artificiallenses or laser surgery); and accommodating approaches (whereby surgically implanted artificial lenses are designed to mimic the movement of the naturalcrystalline lens of the eye or techniques are used to attempt to restore the function of the eye’s own accommodative system). Certain companies enjoy competitiveadvantages over us, including: significantly greater name recognition; established relations with healthcare professionals and customers; established distributionnetworks; additional lines of products; greater experience in conducting research and development, manufacturing, clinical trials, obtaining regulatory approval forproducts, and marketing approved products; greater financial and human resources for product development, sales and marketing, and patent litigation; and earliercommencement and successful completion of U.S. pivotal clinical trials. To compete in this market requires an ongoing, extensive search for technologicalinnovation and the ability to respond to rapid technological change. It also requires, among other things, the ability to effectively discover, develop, test and obtainregulatory approvals for products, as well as the ability to effectively commercialize, market and promote approved products, including communicating theeffectiveness, safety and value of products to actual and prospective patients and medical professionals. A better-financed or lower-cost provider of corneal inlaysurgical solutions or a competing vision treatment could take market share away from us or force us to lower product prices, causing our revenues and results ofoperations to decline materially.If we do not convince ophthalmic surgeons that our products are attractive alternatives to our competitors’ products as well as a complementary solution toother existing vision correction procedures, we will not be commercially successful.Ophthalmic surgeons play a significant role in determining the course of treatment and, ultimately, the type of products that will be used to treat a patient forpresbyopia. As a result, it will be important for us to effectively market our products to them. Acceptance of our products depends on educating ophthalmicsurgeons as to the distinctive characteristics, perceived clinical benefits, safety and cost effectiveness of our products as compared to our competitors’ products aswell as the utility of our microlens to be used as a complementary procedure to existing surgical treatments for visual problems. It also depends on trainingophthalmic surgeons in the proper application of our products. If we are not successful in convincing ophthalmic surgeons of the merits of our products oreducating them on the use of our products, they may not use our products and we will be unable to fully commercialize our products or reach profitability.Ophthalmic surgeons may be hesitant to change their medical treatment practices for the following reasons, among others: ·lack of experience with our products and concerns regarding potential side effects; ·prior negative experience with competitors’ inlay products and surgeons’ concerns that our products may lead to similar negative patient outcomes; ·lack of clinical data currently available to support the safety and effectiveness of our products; ·existing relationships with competitors and distributors that sell their products; ·lack or perceived lack of evidence supporting additional patient benefits; ·perceived liability risks generally associated with the use of new products and procedures; and ·the time commitment that may be required for training.In addition, we believe recommendations and support of our products by influential ophthalmic surgeons are important for market acceptance and adoption. If wedo not receive support from such ophthalmic surgeons or long term data does not show the benefits of using our products, ophthalmic surgeons may not use ourproducts. In such circumstances, we may not be able to grow our revenues or achieve profitability.If we are unable to train ophthalmic surgeons and their clinical staff on the safe and appropriate use of our products, we may be unable to achieve revenuegrowth or profitability.An important part of our sales process includes the ability to train ophthalmic surgeons and their clinical staff on the safe and appropriate use of our products. Wehave very limited experience in training and retaining qualified independent ophthalmic surgeons33 to perform presbyopia correction surgery using our products. If we are unable to attract ophthalmic surgeons to our training programs, we may be unable to achievegrowth or profitability.There is a learning process involved in ophthalmic surgeons and their clinical staff becoming proficient in the use of our products. It is critical to the success of ourcommercialization efforts to train a sufficient number of ophthalmic surgeons and to provide them with adequate instruction in the use of our microlens andmicrolens inserter. This training process may take longer than expected and may therefore affect our ability to increase sales. Following completion of training, weexpect to rely on the trained ophthalmic surgeons to advocate the benefits of our products in the broader marketplace. Convincing ophthalmic surgeons to dedicatethe time and energy necessary for adequate training is challenging, and we cannot assure you we will be successful in these efforts. If ophthalmic surgeons andtheir clinical staff are not properly trained, they may misuse or ineffectively use our products. Such uses may result in unsatisfactory patient outcomes, patientinjury, negative publicity or lawsuits against us, any of which would have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.Our reliance on a single third-party supplier for sales of our microlens outside of the United States and our reliance on a limited number of third-partysuppliers for our microlens inserter could harm our ability to meet demand for our products in a timely and cost effective manner.We rely on a single supplier located in Israel (Hanita Lenses) to manufacture and supply our microlens that we sell outside of the United States. This supplier hascommitted to a guaranteed minimum production level that we believe is adequate to meet our current needs. The agreement with this supplier is set to expire inJanuary 2017. We have manufacturing capacity in Irvine, California, but items manufactured in that facility to date have been used solely for pre-IDE testing in theUnited States. Our U.S. facility received regulatory approval from the State of California to manufacture our microlens for our U.S. staged pivotal trial and during2014 and 2015 provided all of the required lenses that were used in the treatment phase for 421 patients. Also, our U.S. facility received regulatory approval tomanufacture our microlens for sale in the EEA. We expect to continue to utilize our existing Israeli supplier for products sold outside of the United States,including in the EEA, unless and until we determine that it is more efficient for our company to manufacture our microlens for sale outside the United States andwe obtain any additional regulatory approvals that may be required. Given the location of our Israeli supplier, the supply of our microlens could be disrupted ifevents were to occur in the Middle East that resulted in social, political, economic or military instability. Given our reliance on this supplier, with whom our supplyagreement expires in January 2017, and our limited experience manufacturing our microlens at our California facility, we cannot assure you that we will be able toobtain sufficient quantities of our microlens in the future, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.Our microlens inserter is manufactured by a third-party original equipment manufacturer in the United States (Total Titanium, Inc.). We do not have a guaranteedsupply commitment from this supplier. Although we believe that this supplier, in conjunction with the disposable inserters designed and produced internally, willbe able to meet our foreseeable needs, we cannot assure you that we will be able to obtain sufficient quantities of our microlens inserter in the future, which couldhave a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.For us to be successful, our suppliers must be able to provide us with products in desired quantities, in compliance with regulatory requirements, in accordance withagreed-upon detailed specifications, at acceptable costs and on a timely basis. Reliance on third party suppliers entails risks to which we would not be subject if wemanufactured all of our products ourselves, including reliance on the third parties for regulatory compliance and quality assurance, the possibility that products willnot be delivered on a timely basis, the possibility of increases in pricing for our products, the possibility of breach of the applicable manufacturing agreement bythird parties and the possibility of termination or non-renewal of the agreement by third parties. If any of these risks materialize, it could significantly increase ourcosts and impact our ability to meet demand for our products and could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.If we are unable to satisfy commercial demand for our products in a timely manner, our ability to generate revenue would be impaired, market acceptance of ourproducts could be adversely affected and customers may instead purchase or use our competitors’ products. Securing a replacement supplier could be difficult,time-consuming and expensive.There are a limited number of suppliers and third-party manufacturers that operate under the FDA’s current Good Manufacturing Practices, or cGMP, maintaincertifications of the International Standards Organization, or ISO, that are recognized as harmonized standards in the EEA, and have the necessary expertise andcapacity to manufacture our products. As a result, if it were necessary to terminate our relationship with our existing suppliers, it may be difficult for us to locateanother supplier that could promptly fulfill our anticipated future needs. If we are unable to arrange for third-party manufacturing of our products, or are unable todo so on commercially reasonable terms, our sales may be materially and adversely affected.34 We rely on a single third -party supplier to supply the raw material used to manufacture our microlens.The hydrophilic acrylic material used to manufacture our microlens is supplied to us by a single supplier located in the United Kingdom. We do not have aguaranteed supply commitment from this supplier. Although we believe that such supplier will be able to sufficiently meet our currently anticipated supply needs,we cannot assure you that we will be able to obtain sufficient quantities of the hydrophilic acrylic material in the future, which could have a material adverse effecton our business, results of operations and financial condition. In addition, we would be required to obtain approval from the FDA in the event that we wished to usedifferent material or similar material from a different supplier with respect to any products to be offered and sold in the United States.The global nature of our business may result in fluctuations and declines in our sales and profits.Our products are currently available in several countries outside of the United States. Because we have received a CE Mark for our microlens, we have the abilitypresently to market that product within the EEA, and in Switzerland. For the foreseeable future, pending receipt of the necessary FDA approvals to market ourproducts in the United States, we expect that sales outside of the United States will represent 100% of our revenues. We may be exposed to transaction risk becausesome of our sales and expenses will be incurred in a different currency than the local currency. To date, we have not attempted to offset our exposure to this risk byinvesting in derivatives or engaging in other hedging transactions.Economic, social and political conditions, laws, practices and local customs vary widely among the countries in which we sell our products. Our operations outsideof the United States face a number of risks and potential costs, enjoy less stringent protection of intellectual property and face economic, political and socialuncertainty in some countries, especially in emerging markets. We have limited experience developing and manufacturing our products to comply with thecommercial and legal requirements of markets outside of the United States. Our success in markets outside of the United States will depend, in part, on our abilityto manufacture products that meet applicable regulatory and commercial requirements, our ability to enforce contractual commitments and our ability to developand implement policies and strategies that are effective in anticipating and managing these and other risks in the countries where we do business. Such risks mayhave a material adverse effect on our operations in any particular country and on our business as a whole. Inflation in emerging markets also may make ourproducts more expensive there and increase the credit risks to which we will be exposed.If we do not successfully implement our commercialization strategy, our business, results of operations and financial condition will be adversely affected.We have developed our commercialization strategy based on assumptions about the presbyopia market that might prove to be wrong. We believe that variousdemographics and industry-specific trends, including adults noticing the onset of presbyopia as they reach their forties, the demands upon our eyes resulting fromthe increased use of electronic devices and increasing acceptance of eye surgeries as alternatives to reading glasses and contact lenses, will help drive growth in ourmarket and our business, but these demographics and trends are uncertain. Actual demand for our products could differ materially from projected demand if ourassumptions regarding these factors prove to be incorrect or do not materialize, or if alternative treatments to those offered by our products gain widespreadacceptance.We may not be able to successfully implement our commercialization strategy. To implement our commercialization strategy of initially dealing directly with lasercenters, we must, among other things, educate the decision-makers within these organizations regarding the advantages of our products and processes, trainprofessionals working in those centers on how to use our products, enter into commercially reasonable agreements with those centers and engage in careful follow-up to capture relevant experience and demonstrate our goal to partner with our laser center customers. Our strategy of focusing exclusively on the presbyopiamarket may limit our ability to grow. Moreover, even if we successfully implement our commercialization strategy, our operating results may not improve or maydecline. We may decide to alter or discontinue aspects of our commercialization strategy and may adopt different strategies due to business or competitive factorsnot currently foreseen, such as new medical technologies that would make our products obsolete. Any failure to implement our business strategy may materiallyand adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.If the market does not accept and endorse presbyopia correction surgery, we will not be able to successfully execute our business plan.We believe that our profitability and our ability to expand depend to a large extent on the acceptance of vision correction surgeries in general, as well as presbyopiacorrection surgery specifically, as a safe and effective treatment option. Even if we obtain FDA and other required regulatory approvals, if presbyopia correctionsurgery does not gain broad market acceptance, our opportunity to achieve profitability and sustained growth will be severely limited. We cannot assure you thatpresbyopia correction surgery will be accepted widely, if at all, by ophthalmic surgeons, ophthalmologists, optometrists or the general population as an alternativeto35 existing or future methods of treati ng presbyopia or other refractive vision disorders. Market acceptance depends on a number of factors, including: ·the efficacy and safety of our products as demonstrated in clinical trials, as well as by actual usage in jurisdictions where our products are authorizedfor marketing and sale; ·the clinical indications for which our products are approved if and when approvals are granted; ·acceptance by ophthalmic surgeons, ophthalmologists, optometrists and ophthalmic centers; ·third-party publications reporting findings with respect to the efficacy and safety of our products; ·the potential and demonstrable advantages of our products and of competitive products and processes; ·relative convenience and ease of administration; ·the tolerance of our products by patients, including prevalence and severity of side effects; and ·the effectiveness of our sales and marketing efforts.Any factor that adversely impacts market acceptance of presbyopia correction surgery will have a negative impact on our business, results of operations andfinancial condition.We do not anticipate that our microlens and the procedure to implant our microlens will be reimbursable through private or governmental third-party payors,which could limit market acceptance.Our microlens and the procedure to implant our microlens are not currently reimbursable through private or governmental third-party payors in any country. Inaddition, we do not anticipate that our microlens and the procedure to implant our microlens will be reimbursable through private or governmental third-partypayors in the foreseeable future. The commercialization of our microlens depends on prospective patients’ ability to cover the costs of our microlens and theimplantation procedure. We believe that a substantial portion of presbyopes worldwide do not have the financial means to cover the costs of our microlens. Ageneral regional or worldwide economic downturn could negatively impact demand for our microlens. In the event that medically eligible patients deem the costsof our procedure to be prohibitively high or consider alternative treatment options to be more affordable, our business, results of operations and financial conditionwould be negatively impacted.Our ability and the ability of our subsidiaries to use net operating loss carryforwards and certain other tax attributes may be limited.Our ability and the ability of our subsidiaries to utilize United States federal net operating loss carryforwards and federal tax credits may be limited under Sections382 and 383 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or the Code. The limitations apply if an “ownership change,” as defined by Section 382, occurs.Generally, an ownership change occurs if the percentage of the value of the stock that is owned by one or more direct or indirect “five percent shareholders”increases by more than 50 percentage points over their lowest ownership percentage at any time during the applicable testing period (typically three years). Theownership change of a parent entity may result in the ownership change of a subsidiary. If we or any of our subsidiaries have experienced an “ownership change” atany time since formation, that corporation may already be subject to limitations on the ability to utilize existing net operating losses and other tax attributes to offsettaxable income. In addition, future changes in our stock ownership, which may be outside of our control, may trigger an “ownership change” and, consequently,Section 382 and 383 limitations. As a result, if we or our subsidiaries earn net taxable income, the ability to use pre-change net operating loss carryforwards andother tax attributes to offset United States federal taxable income may be subject to limitations, which could potentially result in increased future tax liability to usor our subsidiaries.We may not be able to achieve a competitive worldwide effective corporate tax rate.We cannot give any assurance as to what our effective tax rate will be, because of, among other things, uncertainty regarding the geographic mix of any income wegenerate and the tax policies of the jurisdictions where we operate. Our actual effective tax rate may vary from our expectation and that variance may be material.Additionally, the tax laws of Ireland and other jurisdictions could change in the future, and such changes could cause a material change in our effective tax rate,which may negatively impact our business, results of operations and financial condition.Presbia PLC and its Presbia Ireland, Limited subsidiary are incorporated in and resident for tax purposes in Ireland. Accordingly, they are subject to Irishcorporation tax on their worldwide income and gains. The current rates of Irish corporation tax are 12.5% for certain trading income, 25% for all other income, and33% for capital gains. It is anticipated that we will be subject to the lower rate of36 Irish corporation tax applicable to our trading income (currently 12.5%) on the basis that we will be carrying on a trade in Ireland for Irish tax purposes. However,we cannot guarantee that our activities in Ireland will be sufficient to qualify for trading status in respect of all or any portion of our income. There is nocomprehensive definition of what constitutes “trading” for Irish tax purposes, and whether or not a compan y is carrying on a trade in Ireland for Irish tax purposesis determined on the facts of each individual case. Consequently, we cannot assure you that the Irish Revenue (Tax) authorities would accept our trading status forIrish tax purposes in respect of all or any portion of our income. If it is determined that we are not in fact carrying on a trade in Ireland for Irish tax purposes, ourincome in Ireland could be subject to a 25% tax rate, including future royalty income from the U.S. market.Our status as a foreign corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes could be affected by changes in applicable laws.We believe that, under current law, we are treated as a foreign corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes. However, changes to the inversion rules inSection 7874 of the Code or the U.S. Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder or other U.S. Internal Revenue Service, or IRS, or U.S. Treasury Departmentguidance could adversely affect our status as a foreign corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and any such changes could have prospective orretroactive application to us and/or our respective shareholders and affiliates. Most recently, the U.S. Treasury Department issued Notice 2014-52, which appliesstricter “anti-inversion” rules to inversion transactions occurring on or after September 22, 2014. Although the Notice in its current form would not affect our statusas a foreign corporation, the U.S. Congress may enact legislation in the future to change the inversion rules, possibly retroactively. In addition, recent legislativeproposals have aimed to expand the scope of U.S. corporate tax residence, and such legislation, if passed, could have a material and adverse effect on us.We depend on key employees, the loss of which could substantially damage our business and our ability to compete.We depend on the continued service of our executive officers, including our chief executive officer, Todd Cooper, and our chief technology officer, VladimirFeingold, and other key employees. The loss of a key employee could hurt our business substantially. Mr. Feingold and Mr. Cooper are employees at will and arenot subject to a non-compete obligation. We could be particularly damaged if any of our executive officers or any other key employee or employees went to workfor our competitors. Our future success depends on our ability to identify, attract, train, motivate and retain other highly skilled personnel. Failure to do so mayadversely affect our results. Other than with respect to Mr. Feingold, we do not maintain insurance policies to cover the cost of replacing the services of any of ourkey employees who may unexpectedly die or become disabled.We may seek to grow our business through acquisitions of or investments in new or complementary businesses, products or technologies, and the failure tomanage any acquisitions or investments, or the failure to integrate them with our existing business, could have a material adverse effect on us.From time to time, we expect to consider opportunities to acquire or make investments in other technologies, products and businesses that may enhance ourcapabilities, complement our current products or expand the breadth of our markets or customer base. Potential and completed acquisitions and strategicinvestments involve numerous risks, including: ·problems assimilating the purchased technologies, products or business operations; ·maintaining uniform standards, procedures, controls and policies; ·unanticipated costs associated with acquisitions; ·diversion of management’s attention from our core business; ·adverse effects on existing business relationships with suppliers; ·risks associated with entering new markets in which we have limited or no experience; ·potential loss of key employees of acquired businesses; and ·increased legal and accounting compliance costs.We have no current commitments or intentions with respect to any acquisition or investment. We do not know if we will be able to identify suitable acquisitions,complete any such acquisitions on favorable terms or at all, successfully integrate any acquired business, product or technology into our business or retain any keypersonnel, suppliers or distributors. Our ability to grow through acquisitions successfully depends upon our ability to identify, negotiate, complete and integratesuitable target businesses and to obtain any necessary financing. These efforts could be expensive and time-consuming, and may disrupt our ongoing business andprevent management from focusing on our operations. If we are unable to integrate any acquired businesses, products or technologies effectively, our business,results of operations and financial condition would be materially and adversely affected.37 We may need to increase the size of our organization, and we may experi ence difficulties in managing growth.As of December 31, 2015, we had 40 employees. Whether or not we grow by acquisition or internal growth, we expect that it will be necessary to expand ourmanagerial, operational, financial and other resources in order to manage our operations and clinical trials, continue our development activities and fullycommercialize our products. Our systems currently in place may not be adequate to support this future growth. Our need to effectively execute our businessstrategy requires that we: ·manage our clinical trials effectively; ·provide substantial support to ophthalmic centers at the time that we enter into contractual relationships with them and provide ongoing support evenafter the centers are fully trained; ·manage our internal development efforts effectively; ·continue to improve our operational, financial and management controls, reporting systems and procedures; and ·identify, recruit, maintain, motivate and integrate additional employees.If we are unable to expand our managerial, operational, financial, and other resources to the extent required to manage our development and commercializationactivities, our business, results of operations and financial condition would be materially and adversely affected.We may be subject to costly product liability claims related to our clinical trials and products and, if we are unable to obtain adequate insurance or are requiredto pay for liabilities resulting from a claim excluded from, or beyond the limits of, our insurance coverage, a material liability claim could adversely affect ourfinancial condition.We face the risk that the use of our products may result in adverse side effects to patients in our clinical trials. We face even greater risks in connection with thecommercialization of our products, including our current sales outside of the United States. Although we maintain product liability insurance and request that lasercenters and hospitals offering our products, and the physicians at such facilities, maintain product liability insurance, any such insurance coverage may beinsufficient to reimburse us for any expenses or losses we may suffer, and we may be required to increase our product liability insurance coverage for trials that weinitiate in the future. We do not know whether we will be able to continue to obtain product liability coverage and obtain expanded coverage if we require it, onacceptable terms, or at all. We may not have sufficient resources to pay for any liabilities resulting from a claim excluded from, or beyond the limits of, ourinsurance coverage. To the extent that we provide indemnities in favor of third parties under our agreements with them, there is also a risk that these third partiescould incur liability and bring a claim under such indemnities. An individual may bring a product liability claim against us alleging that one of our products causedan injury or is found to be unsuitable for consumer use. Any product liability claim brought against us, with or without merit, could result in: ·withdrawal of clinical trial volunteers, investigators, patients or trial sites; ·difficulties in commercializing our products; ·decreased demand for our products; ·regulatory investigations that could require costly recalls or product modifications; ·loss of revenues; ·substantial costs of litigation; ·liabilities that substantially exceed our product liability insurance, which we would then be required to pay ourselves; ·an increase in our product liability insurance rates or the inability to maintain insurance coverage in the future on acceptable terms, if at all; ·the diversion of management’s attention from our business; and ·damage to our reputation and the reputation of our products.Product liability claims may subject us to the foregoing and other risks, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations andfinancial condition.38 If we use biological and hazardous materials in a manner that causes injury or violates applicable laws or regulations, we could be liable for damage s.Our activities currently require the controlled use of potentially harmful biological materials and hazardous materials and chemicals. We cannot eliminate the riskof accidental contamination or injury to employees or third parties from the use, storage, handling or disposal of these materials. In the event of contamination orinjury, we could be held liable for any resulting damages, and any liability could exceed our resources or any applicable insurance coverage we may have.Additionally, we are subject to, on an ongoing basis, a variety of federal, state and non-U.S. environmental and pollution control laws and regulations governing theuse, storage, handling and disposal of these materials and specified waste products. The cost of compliance with these laws and regulations may becomeincreasingly significant and could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition. In the event of an accident or if weotherwise fail to comply with applicable regulations, we could lose our permits or approvals or be held liable for damages or penalized with fines.Our employees may engage in misconduct or other improper activities, including noncompliance with regulatory standards and requirements.We are exposed to the risk of employee fraud or other misconduct. Misconduct by employees could include intentional failures to comply with FDA or othergovernmental regulations, to provide accurate information to the FDA or other governmental authorities, to comply with applicable privacy laws, to comply withmanufacturing standards we have established, to adequately monitor clinical investigation sites, or to report financial information or data accurately. Employeemisconduct could involve the improper use of information obtained in the course of clinical trials, which could result in regulatory sanctions and serious harm toour reputation. It is not always possible to identify and deter employee misconduct, and the precautions we take to detect and prevent this activity may not beeffective in controlling unknown or unmanaged risks or losses or in protecting us from governmental investigations or other actions or lawsuits stemming from afailure to be in compliance with such laws or regulations. If any such actions are instituted against us, and we are not successful in defending ourselves or assertingour rights, those actions could have a significant impact on our business, including the imposition of significant fines or other sanctions.Our sales volumes and our operating results may fluctuate from quarter to quarter, which may make our performance more difficult to understand and maymake our future performance more difficult to predict.We may experience meaningful variability in our sales and operating expenses among quarters, as well as within each quarter, as a result of a number of factors,including, among other things: ·the timing of or failure to obtain regulatory approvals or clearances for products; ·the number of products sold in the quarter; ·the demand for, and pricing of, our products and the products of our competitors; ·costs, benefits and timing of new product introductions; ·increased competition; ·the availability and cost of components and materials; ·the number of selling days in the quarter; and ·impairment and other special charges.Such quarterly fluctuations may make it difficult to understand our performance and predict our future performance.If we experience material weaknesses in the future or otherwise fail to maintain an effective system of internal controls in the future, we may not be able toaccurately report our financial condition or results of operations which may adversely affect investor confidence in us and, as a result, the value of ourordinary shares.As a result of becoming a public company, we are required, under Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, or the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, to establish adequateinternal control over financial reporting and disclosure controls and procedures and to furnish a report by management on, among other things, the effectiveness ofour internal control over financial reporting. This assessment must include disclosure of any material weaknesses identified by our management in our internalcontrol over financial reporting. A material weakness is a deficiency or combination of deficiencies in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is areasonable possibility that a material misstatement of a company’s annual and interim financial statements will not be detected or prevented on a timely basis.39 The effectiveness of our controls and procedures may be limited by a variety of factors, including: ·faulty human judgment and simple errors, omissions or mistakes; ·fraudulent action of an individual or collusion of two or more people; ·inappropriate management override of procedures; and ·the possibility that any enhancements to controls and procedures may still not be adequate to assure timely and accurate financial control.If, in the future, we are unable to conclude that our internal control over financial reporting is effective, we could lose investor confidence in the accuracy andcompleteness of our financial reports, which would likely cause the price of our ordinary shares to decline.When we cease to be an “emerging growth company” and a “smaller reporting company” under the federal securities laws, our auditors will be required to expressan opinion on the effectiveness of our internal controls. If we are unable to confirm that our internal control over financial reporting is effective, or if our auditorsare unable to express an opinion on the effectiveness of our internal controls, we could lose investor confidence in the accuracy and completeness of our financialreports, which could cause the price of our ordinary shares to decline.We are incurring significant costs as a result of being a public company, which may adversely affect our operating results and financial condition.We are incurring costs associated with corporate governance requirements, including requirements under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, as well as rules implemented bythe Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, or the Dodd-Frank Act, the SEC, and the NASDAQ listing rules. These rules andregulations are expected to increase our accounting, legal and financial compliance costs and make some activities more time-consuming and costly. In addition,we are incurring additional costs associated with our public company reporting requirements and we expect those costs to increase in the future. As a publiccompany, it is more expensive for us to maintain directors’ and officers’ liability insurance and we may be required to accept reduced policy limits and coverage orincur substantially higher costs to obtain the same or similar coverage. As a result, it may be more difficult for us to attract and retain qualified persons to serve onour board of directors, or our Board, committees of our Board, or as executive officers. We cannot predict or estimate the amount of additional costs we may incuror the timing of such costs.If we experience significant disruptions or security breaches in our information technology systems, our business may be adversely affected.We depend on our information technology systems for the efficient functioning of our business, including accounting, data storage, compliance, purchasing andinventory management. Although we attempt to mitigate interruptions, we may experience difficulties in implementing certain upgrades, which would impact ourbusiness operations, or experience difficulties in operating our business during the upgrade, either of which could disrupt our operations, including our ability totimely ship and track product orders, project inventory requirements, manage our supply chain and otherwise adequately service our customers. In the event weexperience significant disruptions as a result of the implementation of our information technology systems, we may not be able to repair our systems in an efficientand timely manner. Furthermore, despite the implementation of security measures, our information technology systems and those of our clinical researchorganizations, contract manufacturers and other contractors and consultants are vulnerable to damage from cyber-attacks, malicious intrusion, computer viruses,unauthorized access, loss of data privacy, natural disasters, terrorism, war and telecommunication, electrical failures or other significant disruption. Accordingly,such events may disrupt or reduce the efficiency of our entire operation, and result in a loss or damage to our data or inappropriate disclosure of confidential orproprietary information, and have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and cash flows.Fluctuations in insurance cost and availability could adversely affect our profitability or our risk management profile.We hold a number of insurance policies, including product liability insurance, directors’ and officers’ liability insurance, general liability insurance, propertyinsurance and workers’ compensation insurance. If the costs of maintaining adequate insurance coverage increase significantly in the future, our operating resultscould be materially and adversely affected. Likewise, if any of our current providers should no longer be able to provide coverage to us, we may not be able to findanother provider that provides comparable coverage for comparable costs, which could impact our coverage and materially and adversely affect our operatingresults.40 Risks Related to our Regulatory RequirementsOur products are subject to extensive governmental regulation both in the United States and in other countries, and our failure to comply with applicablerequirements could cause our business to suffer.Our products are subject to extensive regulation by the FDA and various other U.S. federal, state and non-U.S. governmental authorities, such as the competentauthorities of the countries of the EEA and other countries in which we currently have marketing approval and/or conduct operations. Government regulation ofmedical devices is meant to assure their safety and effectiveness, and includes regulation of, among other things: ·design, development and manufacturing; ·testing, labeling, content and language of instructions for use and storage; ·clinical trials; ·product safety; ·marketing, sales and distribution; ·regulatory approvals and clearances, including premarket approval and clearance; ·conformity assessment procedures; ·product traceability and record keeping procedures; ·advertising and promotion; ·product complaints, complaint reporting, recalls and field safety corrective actions; ·post-market surveillance, including reporting of deaths or serious injuries and malfunctions that, if they were to recur, could lead to death or seriousinjury; ·post-market studies; and ·product import and export.Failure to comply with applicable laws and regulations could jeopardize our ability to sell our products and result in enforcement actions such as: ·delays in the introduction of products into the market; ·warning letters; ·injunctions; ·fines and other civil penalties; ·termination of distribution; ·recalls or seizures of products; ·total or partial suspension of production; ·refusal of the FDA or other regulators to grant necessary approvals or clearances; ·withdrawals or suspensions of then current approvals or clearances, resulting in prohibitions on sales of our products; ·withdrawal of the CE Certificates of Conformity granted by the notified body or delay in obtaining these certificates; and/or ·in the most serious cases, criminal penalties.Any of these sanctions could result in higher than anticipated costs or lower than anticipated sales and have a material adverse effect on our reputation, business,results of operations and financial condition.41 We are subject to complex regulations which have tended to bec ome more stringent over time. Regulatory changes could result in restrictions on our ability tocarry on or expand our operations, higher than anticipated costs or lower than anticipated sales.Our current products are Class III devices under the U.S. Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, or FDCA, and thus subject to more stringent regulatory controls than othermedical devices. Before we can market or sell our microlens and our microlens inserter in the United States, we must obtain approval of a PMA application fromthe FDA. Our Investigational Device Exemption, or IDE, enables us to use our microlens and our microlens inserter in clinical studies in order to begin to collectsafety and effectiveness data for the PMA application. In the PMA approval process, the FDA must determine that a proposed device is safe and effective for itsintended use based, in part, on extensive data, including, but not limited to, technical, pre-clinical, clinical trial, manufacturing and labeling data. The PMA processis typically required for devices that are deemed to pose the greatest risk, such as implantable devices, as well as life-sustaining and life-supporting devices. Theprocess of obtaining a PMA generally takes from one to four years, or even longer, from the time the application is submitted to the FDA until an approval isobtained. We do not expect to receive our PMA any earlier than in the fourth quarter of 2018.Future products that we may develop, as well as material modifications to our existing products, will require a new PMA. If the FDA requires us to go through alengthier, more rigorous examination for future products or modifications to existing products than we had expected, our product introductions or modificationscould be delayed or canceled, which could cause our sales to decline. Outcomes under the PMA process are difficult to predict, as are the time and expenseassociated with that process. Further, even if any of our future products do not require a PMA, we cannot assure you that we will be able to obtain clearances underSection 510(k) of the FDCA, or 510(k) clearances, which is a less onerous approval process than the PMA process, with respect to those products.The FDA can delay, limit or deny approval or clearance of a device for many reasons, including: ·our inability to demonstrate to the FDA’s satisfaction that our products are safe and effective for their intended uses; ·the data from our pre-clinical studies and clinical trials may be insufficient to support clearance or approval, where required; and ·the manufacturing process or facilities we use may not meet applicable requirements.Significant delays in receiving approval or clearance, or the failure to receive approval or clearance for our products, would adversely affect our ability to generaterevenues and negatively impact our business, results of operations and financial condition.In addition, the FDA may change its approval and clearance policies, adopt additional regulations or revise existing regulations, or take other actions that mayprevent or delay approval or clearance of our products under development or impact our ability to modify any products that may be approved or cleared. Forexample, in 2011, the FDA announced a Plan of Action to modernize and improve the FDA’s premarket review of medical devices, and has implemented, andcontinues to implement, reforms intended to streamline the premarket review process. In addition, as part of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Safety andInnovation Act of 2012, or FDASIA, the U.S. Congress enacted several reforms entitled “Medical Device Regulatory Improvements” and additional miscellaneousprovisions which will further affect medical device regulation both pre- and post-approval. Any change in the laws or regulations that govern the approval andclearance processes relating to our current and future products could make it more difficult and costly to obtain approval or clearance for new products, or toproduce, market and distribute existing products.Any delay in, or failure to receive or maintain, approval or clearance for our products under development could prevent us from generating revenue in the UnitedStates from these products or achieving profitability. Additionally, the FDA and other regulatory authorities have broad enforcement powers. Regulatoryenforcement or inquiries, or other increased scrutiny on us, could dissuade some ophthalmic surgeons from using our products and adversely affect our reputationand the perceived safety and efficacy of our products.In addition, even if we obtain the proper regulatory approval or clearance to market a product, the FDA has the power to require us to conduct post-marketsurveillance systems, which are designed to identify adverse events, device malfunctions or complaints from patients implanted with the device during a specifiedperiod after the commencement of commercial use in the United States. The FDA may also require us to conduct post-marketing studies to further monitor thesafety and/or efficacy of our products. Failure to conduct required surveillance systems or studies in a timely manner could result in the revocation of the PMAapproval or 510(k) clearance for the product that is subject to such a requirement and could also result in the recall or withdrawal of the product, which wouldprevent us from generating sales from that product in the United States.In order to be placed on the market within the EEA, medical devices must meet the essential requirements set out in the relevant medical device legislation. Theprincipal legislation regulating general medical devices in the EEA is Directive 93/42/EEC, referred to herein as the EU Medical Devices Directive. In the case oflow risk (Class I) medical devices, such as our microlens inserter, the42 manufacturer may self-certify conformity with the EU Medical Devices Directive by issuing a declaration of conformity. In the case of medium to high risk (ClassIIa, IIb and III) medical devices, including our microlens which is a Class IIb medical device, the certificate of conformity issues fro m a notified body. Where amedical device meets the essential requirements set out in the EU Medical Devices Directive and complies with the appropriate conformity assessment procedure,based on the classification of the medical device, a declaration or ce rtificate of conformity will issue and a CE Mark may then be affixed to the product. Once a CEMark has been affixed to the medical device, it may then be placed on the market in any country within the EEA and Switzerland (subject to certain localized registration and language requirements).In February 2010, we received a certificate of conformity from our notified body for our microlens allowing the CE Mark to be affixed to our microlens. In May2013, we issued a declaration of conformity for our microlens inserter allowing the CE Mark to be affixed to our microlens inserter. We have also obtained an ISO13485 quality system certification, which confirms that our medical device manufacturing quality management system is compliant with globally recognizedstandards set forth by the International Organization for Standardization. We are required to keep up-to-date and remain compliant with the most recently issuedstandards. In order to maintain our certificate of conformity and CE Mark, we must continue to comply with the EU Medical Devices Directive and pass annualfacilities audit inspections by an inspection agency of the EEA to ISO 13485 standards. In addition, a notified body or other competent authority in an EEA countrymay perform post-marketing audits on our products and premises from time to time. Failure to comply with such requests in a timely manner, and any adversefindings in any such audit, could result in the withdrawal of our certificate of conformity and our CE Mark, and the recall or withdrawal of our products from theEEA market. Each certificate of conformity may be valid for a maximum of five years but would typically be valid for three years. Our existing certificate ofconformity for our microlens is valid until November 2019. At the end of each period of validity, we are required to apply to the notified body for a renewal of ourcertificate of conformity. There may be delays in the renewal of our certificate of conformity and the notified body may require modifications to our products or tothe related technical files before it agrees to issue a new certificate of conformity.On September 26, 2012, the European Commission adopted a package of legislative proposals designed to replace the existing regulatory framework for medicaldevices in the EEA. The European Commission’s proposals may undergo significant amendments as they are reviewed by the European Council and EuropeanParliament as part of the EEA legislative process. If and when adopted, the proposed new legislation may prevent or delay the EEA approval or clearance of anyfuture products we may develop or impact our ability to modify currently EEA approved or cleared products on a timely basis.The United States, in which we are seeking marketing approval, those countries which recognize our CE mark, and those other countries in which we havemarketing approval, collectively, only represent a portion of the worldwide presbyopic population. To market and sell our products in other countries, includingthose countries that may represent a substantial portion of the worldwide presbyopic population, we must seek and obtain regulatory approvals, certifications and/orregistrations and comply with the laws and regulations of those countries. These laws and regulations, including the requirements for approvals, certificationsand/or registrations and the time required for regulatory review, vary from country to country. Obtaining and maintaining regulatory approvals, certifications and/orregistrations are expensive, and we cannot be certain that we will receive regulatory approvals, certifications and/or registrations in any country for which we haveyet to receive such approvals, certifications and/or registrations or that we will be able to maintain any regulatory approvals, certifications and/or registrations thatwe currently possess. If we fail to obtain or maintain regulatory approvals, certifications and/or registrations in any country in which we plan to market ourproducts, our ability to generate revenue will be harmed.Failure to comply with applicable laws and regulations could jeopardize our ability to sell our products and result in a variety of enforcement actions, all of whichwould negatively impact our business, results of operations and financial condition.Modifications to our products may require new premarket approvals or may require us to cease marketing or recall the modified products until approvals areobtained.Any modification to a PMA-approved device that could significantly affect its safety or effectiveness, including significant design and manufacturing changes, orthat would constitute a major change in its intended use, design or manufacture, may require approval of a new PMA. The FDA requires every manufacturer tomake this determination in the first instance, but the FDA may review any manufacturer’s decision. The FDA may not agree with our decisions regarding whethernew approvals are necessary. If the FDA disagrees with any determination that we may make in the future and requires us to seek new PMA approvals formodifications to any previously approved or cleared products for which we have concluded that new approvals are unnecessary, we may be required to ceasemarketing or distribution of our products or to recall the modified product until we obtain approval, and we may be subject to significant regulatory fines orpenalties. We have commenced the development of a disposable microlens inserter that will require a 510(k) submission and a pre-loaded disposable microlensinserter which may require an additional PMA submission.43 In the EEA, we are required to inform the notified body that carried out the conformity assessment of the medical devices we market or sell in the EEA of anyplanned changes to our quality system or changes to our devices which could a ffect compliance with the essential requirements set forth in the EU MedicalDevices Directive or the devices’ intended purpose. The notified body will then assess the changes and verify whether they affect the products’ conformity with theessential requi rements set forth in the EU Medical Devices Directive or the conditions for the use of the device. If the assessment is favorable, the notified bodywill issue a new CE Certificate of Conformity or an addendum to the existing CE Certificate of Conformity a ttesting compliance with the essential requirementsset forth in the EU Medical Devices Directive. If it is not, we may not be able to continue to market and sell the product in the EEA.We may fail to obtain or maintain regulatory approvals to market our products in countries outside of the United States.We market our products in certain countries outside of the United States and intend to expand our non-U.S. marketing. Each jurisdiction that we target forcommercialization of our products requires regulatory approvals and compliance with numerous and sometimes varying regulatory requirements. In addition to thecountries in which we currently have marketing approval, we are seeking regulatory approval or clearance to market our products in China, Taiwan, Peru, SaudiArabia, India and Turkey. The approval procedures vary among countries and may involve requirements for additional testing, and the time required to obtainapproval may differ from country to country and from that required to obtain clearance or approval in the United States and the necessary CE Certificates ofConformity in the EEA countries.Approval or clearance in the United States and/or a CE Certificate of Conformity in the EEA countries does not ensure approval or certification by regulatoryauthorities in other countries or jurisdictions, and approval or certification by one regulatory authority does not ensure approval or certification by regulatoryauthorities in other countries or by the FDA. Any non-U.S. regulatory approval or certification process may include similar risks associated with obtaining FDAclearance or approval. In addition, some countries only approve or certify a product for a certain period of time, in which case we will be required to re-approve orre-certify our products in a timely manner prior to the expiration of our prior approval or certification. We may not obtain regulatory approvals that we seek on atimely basis, if at all. We may not be able to file for regulatory approvals or certifications and may not receive or maintain necessary approvals to commercializeour products in any market. If we fail to receive or maintain necessary approvals or certifications to commercialize our products in any non-U.S. jurisdiction on atimely basis, or at all, or if we fail to have our products re-approved or re-certified, our business, results of operations and financial condition could be materiallyand adversely affected.If we or our suppliers fail to comply with ongoing EEA and FDA or other regulatory authority requirements, or if we experience unanticipated problems withour products, these products could be subject to restrictions or withdrawal from the market.Any product for which we obtain approval or clearance, and the manufacturing processes, reporting requirements, post-approval clinical data and promotionalactivities for such product, will be subject to continued regulatory review, oversight and periodic inspections by the FDA and other U.S. and non-U.S. regulatoryauthorities. In particular, we and our third-party suppliers will be required to comply with the FDA’s Quality System Regulation, or QSR. In EEA countries,compliance with harmonized standards is also recommended as this is often interpreted as a presumption of conformity with the relevant essential requirements setforth in Annex I to the EU Medical Devices Directive. These FDA regulations and EU standards cover the methods and documentation of the design, testing,production, control, quality assurance, labeling, packaging, sterilization, storage and shipping of our products. Compliance with applicable regulatory requirementsis subject to continual review and is monitored rigorously through periodic inspections by the FDA. Compliance with harmonized standards in the EEA is alsosubject to regular review through the conduct of inspections by notified bodies or other certification bodies. If we, or our suppliers, fail to adhere to QSRrequirements in the United States or other harmonized standards in the EEA, this could delay production of our products and lead to fines, difficulties in obtainingregulatory clearances and CE Certificates of Conformity, recalls, enforcement actions, including injunctive relief or consent decrees, or other consequences, whichcould, in turn, have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations.In addition, the FDA audits compliance with the QSR through periodic announced and unannounced inspections of manufacturing and other facilities. The failureby our company or any of our suppliers to comply with applicable statutes and regulations administered by the FDA, or the failure to timely and adequately respondto any adverse inspectional observations or product safety issues, could result in any of the following enforcement actions: ·untitled letters, warning letters, fines, injunctions, consent decrees and civil penalties; ·unanticipated expenditures to address or defend such actions; ·customer notifications or repair, replacement, refunds, recalls, detention or seizure of our products; ·operating restrictions or partial suspension or total shutdown of production;44 ·refusal of or delaying our requests for PMA approval of new products or modified products; ·withdrawing PMA approvals that have already been granted; ·refusal to grant export approval for our products; and ·criminal prosecution.Any of these sanctions could have a material adverse effect on our reputation, business, results of operations and financial condition. Furthermore, our keycomponent suppliers may not currently be or may not continue to be in compliance with all applicable regulatory requirements, which could result in our failure toproduce our products on a timely basis and in the required quantities, if at all.Outside the EEA and the United States, our products and operations are required to comply with standards set by the applicable regulatory authorities in eachjurisdiction that we target for commercialization of our products, and those standards, types of evaluation and scope of review differ among such regulatoryauthorities. We intend to comply with the standards enforced by such regulatory authorities as needed to commercialize our products. If we fail to comply with anyof these standards adequately, a regulatory authority may take adverse actions similar to those within the power of a notified body or competent authority or theFDA. Any such action may harm our reputation and business, and could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financialcondition.If our products, or the malfunction of our products, cause or contribute to a serious injury or a death, we will be subject to medical device reportingregulations, which can result in voluntary corrective actions or agency enforcement actions.Under the FDA medical device reporting regulations, medical device manufacturers are required to report to the FDA information that a device has or may havecaused or contributed to a serious injury or death or has malfunctioned in a way that would likely cause or contribute to serious injury or death if the malfunction ofthe device or a similar device were to recur. All manufacturers placing medical devices in the market in the EEA are legally bound to report any serious orpotentially serious incidents involving devices they produce or sell to the competent authority in whose jurisdiction the incident occurred. Were this to happen tous, the relevant competent authority would file an initial report, and there would then be a further inspection or assessment if there were particular issues. Thiswould be carried out either by the competent authority or it could require that the notified body carry out the inspection or assessment.Any such adverse event involving our products could result in future voluntary corrective actions, such as recalls or customer notifications, or agency action, suchas inspection or enforcement action. Any corrective action, whether voluntary or involuntary, will require the dedication of our time and capital, distractmanagement from operating our business and may harm our business, results of operations and financial condition.In the EEA, we must comply with the EU Medical Device Vigilance System. Under this system, incidents must be reported to the relevant authorities of the EEAcountries, and manufacturers are required to take Field Safety Corrective Actions, or FSCAs, to reduce a risk of death or serious deterioration in the state of healthassociated with the use of a medical device that is already placed on the market. An incident is defined as any malfunction or deterioration in the characteristicsand/or performance of a device, as well as any inadequacy in the labeling or the instructions for use which, directly or indirectly, might lead to or might have led tothe death of a patient or user or of other persons or to a serious deterioration in their state of health. An FSCA may include the recall, modification, exchange,destruction or retrofitting of the device. FSCAs must be communicated by the manufacturer or its European Authorized Representative to its customers and/or tothe end users of the device through Field Safety Notices.Our products may in the future be subject to product recalls. A recall of our products, either voluntarily or at the direction of governmental authorities, or thediscovery of serious safety issues with our products, could have a significant adverse impact on us.Governmental authorities, including the FDA, have the authority to require the recall of commercialized products in the event of material deficiencies or defects indesign or manufacture. In the case of the FDA, the authority to require a recall must be based on an FDA finding that there is reasonable probability that the devicewould cause serious injury or death. In addition, non-U.S. governmental authorities have the authority to require the recall of our products in the event of materialdeficiencies or defects in design or manufacture. Manufacturers may, under their own initiative, recall a product if any material deficiency in a device is found. Agovernment-mandated or voluntary recall by us could occur as a result of an unacceptable risk to health, product failures, malfunctions, manufacturing errors,design or labeling defects or other deficiencies and issues. Recalls of any of our products would divert managerial and financial resources and would have anadverse effect on our reputation, results of operations and financial condition, which could impair our ability to produce our products in a cost-effective and timelymanner in order to meet our45 customers’ demands. We may also be subject to liability claims, be required to bear other costs, or take other actions that may have a negative impact on our futuresales and our ability to reach profitability.We rely on third parties to conduct our clinical trials and assist us with pre-clinical development. If these third parties do not perform as contractually requiredor expected, we may not be able to obtain regulatory clearance or approval for, or commercialize, our products.We rely on third parties, including contract research organizations, medical institutions, clinical investigators and contract laboratories, to conduct our clinical trialsand to assist in the preparation of our PMA submissions. If these third parties do not successfully carry out their contractual duties or regulatory obligations or meetexpected deadlines, if these third parties need to be replaced, or if the quality or accuracy of the data they obtain is compromised due to the failure to adhere to ourclinical protocols or regulatory requirements or for other reasons, our pre-clinical development activities or clinical trials may be extended, delayed, suspended orterminated, and we may not be able to obtain regulatory clearance or approval for, or successfully commercialize, our products on a timely basis, if at all, and ourbusiness, operating results and prospects may be materially and adversely affected. Furthermore, our third-party clinical trial investigators may be delayed inconducting our clinical trials for reasons outside of their control. We had previously engaged a contract research organization to monitor the clinical investigationsites, but terminated the engagement in January 2016 and are now relying on our own internal staff to monitor the clinical investigation sites. As stated above, wemay determine to outsource this function again in the future.The results of our clinical trials may not support our product claims or may result in the discovery of adverse side effects.Our ongoing research and development, pre-clinical testing, clinical trial and post-market evaluation activities will be subject to extensive regulation and review bynumerous governmental authorities, both in and outside of the United States. We are currently conducting a pivotal clinical trial under our IDE for our microlensand microlens inserter, to gather information about these products’ safety, efficacy or optimal use. In the future we may conduct clinical trials to support approvalof new products. All such clinical studies must be conducted in compliance with applicable regulations or the applicable regulatory authorities may takeenforcement action. The data collected from these clinical studies may ultimately be used to support market clearance for these products. Even if our clinical trialsare completed as planned, we cannot be certain that their results will support our product claims or that the applicable regulatory authorities and notified bodies willagree with our conclusions regarding them. Success in pre-clinical studies and early clinical trials does not ensure that later clinical trials will be successful, and wecannot be sure that later trials will replicate the results of prior trials and pre-clinical studies. The clinical trial process may fail to demonstrate that our products aresafe and effective for the proposed indicated uses, which could cause us to abandon a product and may delay development of others. Any delay or termination ofour clinical trials will delay the filing of our product submissions and, ultimately, our ability to commercialize our products and generate revenues. It is alsopossible that patients enrolled in clinical trials will experience adverse side effects that are not currently part of the product’s profile.We may be subject to enforcement action if we engage in improper marketing or promotion of our products.The marketing and promotion of our products is subject to EEA Member States laws implementing the EU Medical Devices Directive, Directive 2006/114/ECconcerning misleading and comparative advertising, and Directive 2005/29/EC on unfair commercial practices, as well as other EEA Member State legislationgoverning the advertising and promotion of medical devices. In addition, we are subject to EU and national Codes of Conduct. These laws and Codes of Conductmay limit or restrict the advertising and promotion of our products to the general public and may impose limitations on our promotional activities with healthcareprofessionals.Further, once our products are approved, our promotional materials and training methods must comply with FDA and other applicable laws and regulations,including the prohibition of the promotion of unapproved, or off-label, use. If the FDA determines that our promotional materials or training constitutes promotionof an off-label use, it could request that we modify our training or promotional materials or subject us to regulatory or enforcement actions, including the issuanceof an untitled letter, a warning letter, injunction, seizure, civil fine or criminal penalties. It is also possible that other federal, state or non-U.S. enforcementauthorities might take action if they consider our promotional or training materials to constitute promotion of an off-label use. In that event, our reputation could bedamaged and adoption of the products could be impaired. In addition, the off-label use of our products may increase the risk of product liability claims, which areexpensive to defend and could divert our management’s attention, result in substantial damage awards against us, and harm our reputation.46 Regulatory healthcare reforms may make it more difficult and costly for us to obtain regulatory approval or clearance of our products and to produce, marketand distribute our products after approval or clearance is obtained.FDA regulations and guidance are often revised or reinterpreted by the FDA in ways that may significantly affect our business and our products. Any newregulations or revisions or reinterpretations of existing regulations may impose additional costs or lengthen review times of our products. Delays in receipt of, orfailure to receive, regulatory approvals or clearances for our products would have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financialcondition.Risks Related to Our Intellectual PropertyWe may become subject to third parties’ claims alleging infringement of their patents and proprietary rights or seeking to invalidate our patents or proprietaryrights, or we may need to become involved in lawsuits to protect or enforce our patent portfolio, which could be costly, time consuming, delay or prevent thedevelopment and commercialization of our products, or put our patent portfolio and other proprietary rights at risk.Litigation relating to infringement or misappropriation of patent and other intellectual property rights in the medical device industry is common. For example, wewere previously a party to legal proceedings relating to the ownership of certain assets, including intellectual property. See “—Risks Related to Our Business—Wewere previously subject to certain legal proceedings relating to the ownership of certain assets, including intellectual property. As demonstrated by suchproceedings, future claims regarding intellectual property may be costly and time consuming to defend and future claims may delay or prevent the development andcommercialization of our products or place our patent portfolio and other proprietary rights at risk.” We may be subject to third-party claims in the future thatwould cause us to incur substantial expenses and which, if successful, could cause us to pay substantial damages. These damages potentially include increaseddamages and attorneys’ fees if we are found to have infringed such rights willfully. Further, if a patent infringement suit is brought against us, our research,development, manufacturing or sales activities relating to the product that is the subject of the suit may be delayed or terminated. As a result of patent infringementclaims, or in order to avoid potential infringement claims, we may choose to seek, or be required to seek, a license from the claimant, which would be likely toinclude a requirement to pay license fees or royalties or both. These licenses may not be available on acceptable terms, or at all. Even if a license can be obtainedon acceptable terms, the rights may be nonexclusive, which would give our competitors access to the same intellectual property rights. If we are unable to enter intoa license on acceptable terms, we could be prevented from commercializing one or more of our products, or forced to modify such products, or to cease someaspect of our business operations, which could harm our business significantly.U.S. and non-U.S. issued patents and pending patent applications controlled by third parties may relate to areas in which we are developing products. In such aninstance, because all issued patents are entitled to a presumption of validity in many countries, including the United States and many European countries, issuedpatents held by others that claim our products or technology may limit our freedom to operate unless and until those patents expire or are declared invalid orunenforceable in a court of applicable jurisdiction, if we do not obtain a license or other right to practice the claimed inventions. Pending patent applicationscontrolled by third parties may result in additional issued patents claiming our products and technology. In addition, the publication of patent applications occurswith a certain delay after the date of filing, so we may not be aware of all relevant patent applications of third parties at a given point in time. Further, publicationof discoveries in the scientific or patent literature often lags behind actual discoveries, so we may not be able to determine whether inventions claimed in patentapplications of third parties have been made before or after the date on which inventions claimed in our patent applications and patents have been made. If thirdparties prepare and file patent applications in the United States that also claim technology or therapeutics claimed by our patent applications or patents, we mayhave to participate in interference proceedings in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, or USPTO, to determine the priority of invention. An unfavorable outcomecould require us to attempt to license rights from the prevailing party, or to cease using the related technology or developing or commercializing the related productcandidate. We may also become involved in opposition proceedings in the European Patent Office regarding our intellectual property rights with respect to ourproducts and technology.Competitors may infringe our patent rights, or misappropriate or violate our other intellectual property rights. To counter infringement or unauthorized use, we mayfind it necessary to file infringement or other claims to protect our intellectual property rights. In addition, in any infringement proceeding brought by us against athird party to enforce our rights, a court may decide that a patent of ours is invalid or unenforceable, or may refuse to stop the other party from using the technologyat issue on the basis that our patent does not cover the technology in question. An adverse result in any such litigation proceeding could put our patent protections atrisk of being invalidated or interpreted narrowly, which could open us up to additional competition and have a material adverse effect on our business.The cost to us of any patent litigation or other proceedings, such as interference proceedings, which are meant to determine who first invented any of the claimscovered by the patent, even if resolved in our favor, could be substantial. Such litigation or proceedings could substantially increase our operating losses and reduceour resources available for development activities. We may not have47 sufficient financial or other resources to adequately conduct such litigation or proceedings. Some of our competitors may be able to sustain the costs of suchlitigation or proceedings more effectively than us because of their subst antially greater financial resources. In addition, there could be public announcements of theresults of hearings, motions or other interim proceedings or developments, and, if securities analysts or investors perceive these results to be negative, there c ouldbe a substantial adverse effect on the price of our ordinary shares. Uncertainties resulting from the initiation and continuation of patent litigation or otherproceedings could have a material adverse effect on our ability to compete in the marketpla ce. Patent litigation and other proceedings may also require significanttime and attention of management and technical staff, which may materially and adversely impact our financial position and results of operations. Furthermore,because of the substanti al amount of discovery required in connection with most intellectual property litigation, there is a risk that some of our confidentialinformation could be compromised by disclosure during this type of litigation.Our proprietary rights may not adequately protect our technologies and product candidates. If we are unable to protect our product candidates and ourintellectual property rights, our position in the market may be materially and adversely affected.Our commercial success may depend on our ability to obtain patents and maintain adequate protection for our technologies, intellectual property and productcandidates in the United States and other countries. Our patent portfolio consists of certain U.S. patents, patents issued in other jurisdictions and patent applicationsin the United States and other jurisdictions relating to our technologies. There is no guarantee that any of our patent applications will result in issued patents, or thatany patents, if issued, will include claims that are sufficiently broad to cover our existing products or products in development, or to provide meaningful protectionfrom our competitors. We will be able to protect our proprietary rights from unauthorized use by third parties only to the extent that our proprietary technologiesand future products are covered by valid and enforceable patents or are effectively maintained as trade secrets within our organization. If third parties disclose ormisappropriate our proprietary rights, it may materially and adversely impact our position in the market.We have applied for patents covering both our technologies and the products we are developing. We may fail to apply for patents on important technologies orproducts in development in a timely fashion, or at all. Our existing patents and any future patents we obtain may not be sufficiently broad to prevent others fromusing our technologies or from developing competing products and technologies. Moreover, the patent positions of many medical device companies are highlyuncertain and involve complex legal and factual questions for which important legal principles remain unresolved. As a result, the validity and enforceability of ourpatent portfolio cannot be predicted with certainty. In addition, we cannot guarantee you that: ·we were the first to make the inventions covered by our issued patents and our pending patent applications; ·we were the first to file patent applications for these inventions; ·others will not independently develop similar or alternative technologies or duplicate any of our technologies by inventing around our claims; ·a third party will not challenge our proprietary rights, and, if challenged, that a court will hold that our existing or future patents are valid andenforceable; ·any patents issued to us will cover our products as ultimately developed, or provide us with any competitive advantages; ·we will develop additional proprietary technologies that are patentable; or ·the patents of others will not have a material adverse effect on our business.In addition, there are numerous recent changes to the patent laws and proposed changes to the rules of the USPTO which may have a significant impact on ourability to protect our technology and enforce our intellectual property rights. For example, on September 16, 2011, United States President Obama signed theAmerica Invents Act which codifies several significant changes to the U.S. patent laws, including, among other things, changing from a “first to invent’ to a “firstinventor to file” system, limiting where a patentee may file a patent suit, requiring the apportionment of patent damages, eventually eliminating interferenceproceedings while maintaining derivation actions, and creating a post-grant opposition process to challenge patents after they have issued. The effects of thesechanges are currently uncertain as the USPTO must still implement various regulations, and the courts have yet to address many of these provisions in the contextof a dispute.Restrictions on our patent rights relating to our products may limit our ability to prevent third parties from competing against us.Our success will depend, in part, on our ability to obtain and maintain patent protection for our products, preserve our trade secrets, prevent third parties frominfringing upon our proprietary rights and operate without infringing upon the proprietary rights of others. We cannot be certain that the claims in our patentapplications to inventions covering our current or future products will be considered patentable by the USPTO and courts in the United States or by the patentoffices and courts in countries outside of the United States.48 We have filed a method-of-use patent application and may file additional method-of-use patent applications in the future. This type of patent protec ts the use of theproduct only for the specified method and does not prevent a competitor from making and marketing a product that is identical to our product for an indication thatis outside the scope of the patented method. Moreover, even if these compe titors do not actively promote their product for our targeted indication, ophthalmicsurgeons and ophthalmologists may use these products “off-label.” Although off-label use may infringe or contribute to the infringement of method-of-use patents,the pract ice is difficult to prevent or prosecute.Patent applications in the United States and most other countries are confidential for a period of time until they are published, and publication of discoveries inscientific or patent literature typically lags actual discoveries by several months or more. As a result, we cannot be certain that we and the inventors of the issuedpatents and applications that we may in-license were the first to conceive of the inventions covered by such patents and pending patent applications or that we andthose inventors were the first to file patent applications covering such inventions. Also, patent protection may lapse before we manage to obtain commercial valuefrom patents that we may obtain, which might result in increased competition and materially and adversely affect our position in the market.We may not be able to protect our intellectual property rights throughout the world.Filing, prosecuting and defending patents on our products and technologies throughout the world would be prohibitively expensive. Competitors may use ourtechnologies in jurisdictions where we have not obtained patent protection to develop their own products and, further, may export otherwise infringing products toterritories where we have patent protection, but where enforcement is not as strong as that in the United States. These products may compete with our futureproducts in jurisdictions where we do not have any issued patents and our patent claims or other intellectual property rights may not be effective or sufficient toprevent them from so competing.Many companies have encountered significant problems in protecting and defending intellectual property rights in jurisdictions outside of the United States. Thelegal systems of certain countries, particularly certain developing countries, do not favor the enforcement of patents and other intellectual property protection,which could make it difficult for us to stop the infringement of any patent issued to us or the marketing of competing products in violation of our proprietary rightsgenerally. Proceedings to enforce our patent rights in jurisdictions outside of the United States could result in substantial cost and divert our efforts and attentionfrom other aspects of our business.Obtaining and maintaining our patents depends on compliance with various procedural, document submission, fee payment and other requirements imposedby governmental patent agencies, and our patent protection could be reduced or eliminated for non-compliance with these requirements.The USPTO and various non-U.S. governmental patent agencies require compliance with a number of procedural, documentary, fee payment and other provisionsduring the patent process. There are situations in which noncompliance can result in abandonment or lapse of a patent or patent application, resulting in partial orcomplete loss of patent rights in the relevant jurisdiction. In such an event, competitors may be able to enter the market earlier than would otherwise have been thecase.If our trademarks and trade names are not adequately protected, then we may not be able to build name recognition in our markets of interest and our businessmay be adversely affected.Our registered or unregistered trademarks or trade names may be challenged, infringed, circumvented or declared generic or determined to be infringing on othermarks. We may not be able to protect our rights to these trademarks and trade names, which we need to build name recognition by potential partners or customersin our markets of interest. Over the long term, if we are unable to establish name recognition based on our trademarks and trade names, then we may not be able tocompete effectively and our business may be materially and adversely affected.We may be subject to claims that we or our employees or consultants have wrongfully used or disclosed alleged trade secrets of our employees’ or consultants’former employers or their clients. These claims may be costly to defend and, if we do not successfully do so, we may be required to pay monetary damages andmay lose valuable intellectual property rights or personnel.Although no claims against us are currently pending, we may be subject to claims that our employees or our company have inadvertently or otherwise used ordisclosed trade secrets or other proprietary information of the former employers of our employees. Litigation may be necessary to defend against these claims. Ifwe fail in defending such claims, in addition to paying monetary damages, we may lose valuable intellectual property rights or personnel. A loss of key researchpersonnel or their work product could hamper our ability to commercialize, or prevent us from commercializing, our products, which could severely harm ourbusiness.49 Even if we are successful in def ending against these claims, litigation could result in substantial costs and be a significant distraction to management.If we are unable to protect the confidentiality of our trade secrets, our business and competitive position would be harmed.In addition to seeking patents for some of our technology and products, we will also rely on trade secrets, including unpatented know-how, technology and otherproprietary information, to maintain our competitive position. We seek to protect our trade secrets, in part, by entering into non-disclosure and confidentialityagreements with parties who have access to them, such as our employees, contract manufacturers, consultants and other third parties. We also enter intoconfidentiality and invention or patent assignment agreements with our employees and consultants that obligate them to assign their inventions to us. Despite theseefforts, any of these parties may breach the agreements and disclose our proprietary information, including our trade secrets, and we may not be able to obtainadequate remedies for such breaches. Enforcing a claim that a party illegally disclosed or misappropriated a trade secret is difficult, expensive and time-consuming,and the outcome is unpredictable. In addition, some courts inside and outside the United States are less willing or unwilling to protect trade secrets. If any of ourtrade secrets were to be lawfully obtained or independently developed by a competitor, we would have no right to prevent them from using that technology orinformation to compete with us. If any of our trade secrets were to be disclosed to or independently developed by a competitor, our competitive position would beharmed.Risks Related to Ownership of Our Ordinary SharesWe believe that we may be a passive foreign investment company, or PFIC, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, which could subject U.S. Holders to adverseU.S. federal income tax consequences.Although neither we nor any of our subsidiaries was a PFIC in 2015 or any prior taxable year, we believe that we could be a PFIC for U.S. federal income taxpurposes in the current taxable year and for foreseeable future taxable years. A PFIC generally is a foreign corporation if either at least (i) 75% of its gross incomeis “passive income” (the “PFIC Income Test”) or (ii) 50% of the gross value of its assets is attributable to assets that produce, or are held for the production of,passive income (the “PFIC Asset Test”). The proceeds from our initial public offering are a passive asset under these rules, and if substantial enough, may cause usto meet the PFIC Asset Test for 2016 (and in later years if we are not deploying the cash at a rate that would allow us to avoid meeting the PFIC Asset Test in suchlater years). Similarly, any earnings received from investments made with the proceeds from our initial public offering will be passive income under these rules,and if substantial enough, may cause us to meet the PFIC Income Test for 2016 and in later years. If we are a PFIC in any taxable year in which you hold sharesand you are a U.S. Holder, we always will be a PFIC with respect to your stock ownership (subject to the QEF election discussed immediately below) unless youmake an election to “purge” PFIC status as of the beginning of the first taxable year that we are not a PFIC (a year in which we do not meet the PFIC Income Testor the PFIC Asset Test) or the first taxable year that you make a QEF election, if such election is made after the first year in which you held our shares and in whichwe are a PFIC, all as discussed further below. If we are a PFIC and you are a U.S. Holder and do not make a Qualified Electing Fund election, or QEF election,with respect to us or a mark-to-market election with respect to our ordinary shares, you will be subject to adverse tax consequences, including deferred tax andinterest charges with respect to certain distributions on our ordinary shares, any gain realized on a disposition of our ordinary shares and certain other events. Theeffect of these adverse tax consequences could be materially adverse to you. If you are a U.S. Holder and make a valid, timely QEF election for us, you will not besubject to those adverse tax consequences, but could recognize taxable income in a taxable year with respect to our ordinary shares in excess of any distributionsthat we make to you in that year, thus giving rise to so-called “phantom income” and to a potential out-of-pocket tax liability. If we are a PFIC with respect to anytax year, we will provide information to all electing shareholders needed to comply with the QEF election in time for each electing shareholder to make andmaintain a timely QEF election, taking into account available extensions. If you are a U.S. Holder and make a valid, timely mark-to-market election with respect toour ordinary shares, you will recognize as ordinary income or loss in each year that we are a PFIC an amount equal to the difference between your basis in ourordinary shares and the fair market value of the ordinary shares, thus also possibly giving rise to phantom income and a potential out-of-pocket tax liability.Ordinary loss generally is recognized only to the extent of net mark-to-market gains previously included in income. We believe that one or more of our subsidiariesmay be PFICs in the current taxable year and for foreseeable future taxable years based on their current and projected assets and income; also, we may form oracquire a subsidiary that is a PFIC in the future. In such event, U.S. Holders will also need to make the QEF election with respect to each such subsidiary in orderto avoid the adverse tax consequences described above. We intend to provide on a timely basis all information necessary for U.S. Holders to make the QEF electionwith respect to any of our subsidiaries that may be classified as a PFIC in any tax year. U.S. Holders should also be aware that the mark-to-market electiongenerally will not be available with respect to any of our subsidiaries that are a PFIC, rendering such election less beneficial to U.S. Holders than the QEF election.We will determine on an annual basis whether we will be a PFIC with respect to any taxable year. As noted above, if we are a PFIC in any taxable year in whichyou own shares and you are a U.S. holder, we will remain a PFIC with respect to your stock ownership unless you make a “purging election.” The resulting liabilityfrom such an election could be substantial.50 If the IRS determines that we are not a PFIC, and you previously paid taxes pursuant to a QEF election or a mark-to -market election, you may pay more taxesthan you legally owe.If the IRS makes a determination that we are not a PFIC and you previously paid taxes pursuant to a QEF election or mark-to-market election, then you may havepaid more taxes than you legally owed due to such election. If you do not, or are not able to, file a refund claim before the expiration of the applicable statute oflimitations, you will not be able to claim a refund for those taxes.An active, liquid and orderly trading market for our ordinary shares may not develop and you may not be able to resell your shares at or above the price thatyou paid for them.Prior to our initial public offering, there was no public market for our ordinary shares. Although our ordinary shares are listed on the NASDAQ Global Market, anactive, liquid, and orderly trading market for our shares may never develop or be sustained. If an active market for our ordinary shares does not continue to developor is not sustained, it may be difficult for investors in our ordinary shares to sell shares without depressing the market price for the shares or to sell the shares at all.Our share price may be volatile, and you may not be able to resell your shares at or above the price that you paid for them.Since our initial public offering, the trading price of our ordinary shares has been volatile, and it is likely that the trading price of our ordinary shares will continueto be volatile. As a result of this volatility, investors may not be able to sell their ordinary shares at or above the price paid for the shares. The market price for ourordinary shares may be influenced by many factors, including: ·announcements regarding the timing, progress or results of our clinical trials, post-market evaluation studies, research and development programsand commercialization efforts; ·fluctuations in our quarterly financial results or the quarterly financial results of companies perceived to be similar to us; ·actual or anticipated fluctuations in our key operating metrics, financial condition and operating results; ·third-party publications reporting findings with respect to the efficacy and safety of our products; ·difficulties in establishing relationships with refractive laser centers; ·actual or anticipated changes in our growth rate; ·announcements of technological innovations or new offerings by us or our competitors; ·our announcement of actual results for a fiscal period that are worse than projected or expected or our announcement of revenue or earnings guidancethat is lower than expected; ·changes in estimates of our financial results or recommendations by securities analysts; ·failure of any of our products to achieve or maintain market acceptance; ·changes in market valuations of similar companies; ·success of competitive products or services; ·changes in our capital structure, such as future issuances of securities or the incurrence of debt; ·announcements by us or our competitors of significant products or services, contracts, acquisitions or strategic alliances; ·regulatory developments in the United States or other countries; ·actual or threatened litigation involving us or our industry; ·additions or departures of key personnel; ·share price and volume fluctuations attributable to inconsistent trading volume levels of our shares; ·further issuances of ordinary shares by us; ·sales of ordinary shares by our shareholders; ·repurchases or redemptions of ordinary shares; and ·changes in general economic, industry and market conditions.51 In addition, the stock market in general, and the market for medical device companies in particular, has experienced extreme price and volume fluctuations thathave often been unrelated or disproportionate to the operating performance of those companies. Securities class action litigation has often be en instituted againstcompanies following periods of volatility in the overall market and in the market price of a company’s securities. Any such litigation, if instituted against us, couldresult in very substantial costs, divert our management’s attentio n and resources, and harm our business, operating results and financial condition.A sale of a substantial number of our ordinary shares into the public market could cause the market price of our ordinary shares to drop significantly, even ifour business is doing well.As of March 21, 2016, we had 13,371,445 ordinary shares issued and outstanding, of which 7,834,841 shares, or 58.6% of our total outstanding shares, are held byRichard Ressler and his affiliates, our controlling shareholder.If our controlling shareholder, sells, or indicates an intention to sell, or if our controlling shareholder distributes our shares to its equity holders and those equityholders sell or indicate an intention to sell, substantial amounts of our ordinary shares in the public market, the trading price of our ordinary shares could decline.The perception in the market that these sales may occur could also cause the trading price of our ordinary shares to decline.Our controlling shareholder is entitled to rights with respect to the registration of the ordinary shares that it holds under the Securities Act. See “Part II, Item 13.Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions—Registration Rights Agreement.” Registration of these shares under the Securities Act would result in theshares becoming freely tradable without restriction under the Securities Act, except for shares purchased by affiliates.On January 29, 2015, we filed a registration statement on Form S-8 registering the issuance of 1.8 million ordinary shares subject to options or other equity awardsissued or reserved for issuance under our Presbia Incentive Plan. Shares registered under this registration statement on Form S-8 are available for sale in the publicmarket subject to applicable vesting arrangements and the exercise of options, and, in the case of our affiliates, the restrictions of Rule 144. If these additionalordinary shares are sold, or if it is perceived that they will be sold, in the public market, the trading price of our ordinary shares could decline.In addition, our controlling shareholder, our directors and our executive officers may establish programmed selling plans under Rule 10b5-1 of the Exchange Actwith respect to shares that they hold or thereafter acquire, for the purpose of effecting sales of our ordinary shares. Any sales of ordinary shares by theseshareholders, or the perception that those sales may occur, including the entry into such programmed selling plans, could have a material adverse effect on thetrading price of our ordinary shares.If securities or industry analysts do not publish or cease publishing research or reports about us, our business, or our market, or if they change theirrecommendations regarding our shares adversely, our share price and trading volume could decline.The trading market for our ordinary shares will be influenced by the research and reports that industry or securities analysts may publish about us, our business, ourmarket or our competitors. Securities and industry analysts do not currently, and may never, publish research on us. If no securities or industry analysts commencecoverage of our company, our share price and trading volume would likely be negatively impacted. If any of the analysts who may cover us change theirrecommendation regarding our shares adversely, or provide more favorable relative recommendations about our competitors, our share price would likely decline.If any of the analysts who may cover us were to cease coverage or fail to regularly publish reports on us, we could lose visibility in the financial markets, which inturn could cause our share price or trading volume to decline.Our controlling shareholder has substantial control over us and beneficially owns a majority of our issued ordinary shares, which could delay or prevent achange in corporate control.Richard Ressler, one of our directors and his affiliates, hold a majority of our issued ordinary shares. As of February 15, 2016, Mr. Ressler effectively controlledapproximately 58.6% of the 13,371,445 shares outstanding. As a result, our controlling shareholder has the ability to control the outcome of matters submitted toour shareholders for approval, including the election of directors and any sale, merger, consolidation or sale of all or substantially all of our assets. In addition, ourcontrolling shareholder has the ability to control or influence our management and our affairs. Furthermore, the concentration of voting power in our controllingshareholder may have an adverse effect on our share price.We are an “emerging growth company” and we cannot be certain if the reduced disclosure requirements applicable to emerging growth companies will makeour ordinary shares less attractive to investors.We are an “emerging growth company,” as defined in the JOBS Act, and we are taking advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements thatare applicable to other public companies that are not “emerging growth companies,” including, but not52 limited to, not being required to comply with the auditor atte station requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act for an extended period of time, reduceddisclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodic reports and proxy statements, and exemptions from the requirements of holding a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and shareholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved. We may take advantageof these exemptions until we are no longer an “emerging growth company.” We will remain an “emerging g rowth company” until December 31, 2020, although ifthe market value of our ordinary shares that are held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of any June 30 before that time and in certain other circumstances,we would cease to be an “emerging growth company” as of the following December 31. We cannot predict if investors will find our ordinary shares less attractivebecause we may rely on these exemptions. If some investors find our ordinary shares less attractive as a result, there may be a less act ive trading market for ourordinary shares.We are a “controlled company” under the NASDAQ listing rules, and as such we are entitled to exemption from certain NASDAQ corporate governancestandards, and you may not have the same protections afforded to shareholders of companies that are subject to all NASDAQ corporate governancerequirements.Richard Ressler and his affiliates hold a majority of the voting power of our issued ordinary shares. As a result, we are a “controlled company” within the meaningof the corporate governance rules of NASDAQ. Under these rules, a controlled company may elect not to comply with certain corporate governance requirements,including: the requirement that we have a compensation committee that is composed entirely of independent directors; the requirement that we have anominating/corporate governance committee that is composed entirely of independent directors; and the requirement that a majority of the members of our Boardbe independent directors. We are utilizing and intend to continue to utilize some or all of those exemptions. Accordingly, you will not be similarly situated toshareholders of companies that are subject to all of the corporate governance requirements of NASDAQ. Our status as a controlled company could make ourordinary shares less attractive to some investors or otherwise harm our stock price.We do not currently intend to pay dividends on our ordinary shares and, consequently, your ability to achieve a return on your investment will depend onappreciation in the price of our ordinary shares.We have never declared or paid any cash dividends on our ordinary shares and do not intend to do so for the foreseeable future. We currently intend to retain allavailable funds and any future earnings to support the operation of, and to finance the growth and development of, our business. Any future determination todeclare cash dividends will be made at the discretion of our Board, subject to compliance with applicable laws (including the Irish Companies Acts, which requireIrish companies to have “profits available for distribution” before they can pay dividends) and covenants under credit facilities, which may restrict or limit ourability to pay dividends and will depend on our financial condition, operating results, capital requirements, general business conditions and other factors that ourBoard may deem relevant. As a result, any return to shareholders will be limited to the appreciation, if any, of their ordinary shares.Provisions contained in our articles of association, as well as provisions of Irish law, could impair a takeover attempt.Our articles of association and certain provisions of the Irish Companies Acts contain provisions that could have the effect of delaying or preventing changes incontrol or changes in our management without the consent of our Board.There are a number of approaches for acquiring an Irish public limited company, including a court-approved scheme of arrangement under the Irish CompaniesActs, through a tender offer by a third party under the Irish Takeover Panel Act 1997 (as amended) and the takeover rules made thereunder (the Irish TakeoverRules), which we refer to herein as the Irish Takeover Rules, and by way of a merger with a company incorporated in the EEA under the European Communities(Cross-Border Mergers) Regulations 2008 (as amended). Each method requires shareholder approval or acceptance and different thresholds apply.The Irish Takeover Rules will govern a takeover or attempted takeover of our company by means of a court-approved scheme of arrangement or a tender offer.These Rules contain detailed provisions for takeovers including as to disclosure, dealing and timetable. The Irish Takeover Rules could discourage an investor fromacquiring 30% or more of the outstanding ordinary shares of our company unless such investor were prepared to make a bid to acquire all outstanding ordinaryshares.Our Board may be limited by the Irish Takeover Rules in its ability to defend an unsolicited takeover attempt.Under the Irish Takeover Rules, we will not be permitted to take certain actions that might “frustrate” an offer for our ordinary shares once our Board has receivedan offer, or has reason to believe an offer is or may be imminent, without the approval of more than 50% of shareholders entitled to vote at a general meeting of ourshareholders and/or the consent of the Irish Takeover Panel. This could limit the ability of our Board to take defensive actions even if it believes that such defensiveactions would be in the best interests of our company.53 Irish law differs from the laws in effect in the U.S. and may afford less protection to holders of our securities.It may not be possible to enforce court judgments obtained in the U.S. against us in Ireland based on the civil liability provisions of the U.S. federal or statesecurities laws. In addition, there is some uncertainty as to whether the courts of Ireland would recognize or enforce judgments of U.S. courts obtained against us orour directors or officers based on the civil liabilities provisions of the U.S. federal or state securities laws or hear actions against us or those persons based on thoselaws. We have been advised that the United States currently does not have a treaty with Ireland providing for the reciprocal recognition and enforcement ofjudgments in civil and commercial matters. Therefore, a final judgment for the payment of money rendered by any U.S. federal or state court based on civilliability, whether or not based solely on U.S. federal or state securities laws, would not automatically be enforceable in Ireland.As an Irish company, we are governed by the Irish Companies Acts, which differ in some material respects from laws generally applicable to U.S. corporations andshareholders, including, among others, differences relating to interested director and officer transactions and shareholder lawsuits. Likewise, the duties of directorsand officers of an Irish company generally are owed to the company only. Shareholders of Irish companies generally do not have a personal right of action againstdirectors or other officers of the company and may exercise such rights of action on behalf of the company only in limited circumstances. Accordingly, holders ofour ordinary shares may have more difficulty protecting their interests than would holders of shares of a corporation incorporated in a jurisdiction of the UnitedStates.The rights of our shareholders may differ from the rights typically offered to shareholders of a U.S. corporation and these differences may make our ordinaryshares less attractive to investors.We are incorporated under Irish law and, therefore, certain of the rights of holders of our shares are governed by Irish law, including the provisions of the IrishCompanies Acts, and by our articles of association. These rights differ in certain respects from the rights of shareholders in typical U.S. corporations and thesedifferences may make our ordinary shares less attractive to investors. The principal differences include the following: ·under Irish law, dividends may only be declared if we have, on an individual entity basis, profits available for distribution, within the meaning of theIrish Companies Acts; ·under Irish law, each shareholder generally has preemptive rights to subscribe on a proportionate basis to any issuance of shares for cash. Under U.S.law, shareholders generally do not have preemptive rights unless specifically granted in the certificate of incorporation or otherwise. Pre-emptionrights may be disapplied under Irish law for a maximum renewable five-year period by Irish companies by way of a provision in their articles ofassociation or special resolution of their shareholders, which is an option we have availed ourselves of prior to the consummation of our initial publicoffering; ·under Irish law, certain matters require the approval of holders of 75% of the votes cast at a general meeting of our shareholders, includingamendments to our articles of association. This may make it more difficult for us to complete certain types of corporate actions deemed advisable byour Board. Under U.S. law, generally only majority shareholder approval is required to amend the certificate of incorporation or to approve other significant transactions; ·under Irish law, a bidder seeking to acquire us would need, on a tender offer, to receive shareholder acceptance in respect of 80% of our outstandingshares. If this 80% threshold is not achieved in the offer, under Irish law, the bidder cannot complete a “second step merger” to obtain 100% controlof us. Accordingly, acceptance of an offer by 80% of our outstanding shares will likely be a compulsory acquisition of the non-accepting shares or acondition in a tender offer to acquire us, not 50% as is more common in tender offers for corporations organized under U.S. law; and ·under Irish law, shareholders may be required to disclose information regarding their equity interests upon our request, and the failure to provide therequired information could result in the loss or restriction of rights attaching to the shares, including prohibitions on the transfer of the shares, as wellas restrictions on voting, dividends and other payments. Comparable provisions generally do not exist under U.S. law.A future transfer of your ordinary shares, other than one effected by means of the transfer of book entry interests in DTC, may be subject to Irish stamp duty.Transfers of ordinary shares effected by means of the transfer of book entry interests in the Depository Trust Company, or DTC, should not be subject to Irishstamp duty. It is anticipated that the majority of ordinary shares will be traded through DTC through brokers who hold such ordinary shares on behalf of customersthrough DTC. This exemption should be available because our ordinary shares will be traded on a recognized stock exchange in the United States. However, if youhold your ordinary shares as of record rather than beneficially through DTC or through a broker that holds your ordinary shares through DTC, any transfer of yourordinary shares could be subject to Irish stamp duty (currently at the rate of 1% of the higher of the price paid or the market value of the54 ordinary shares acquired). Payment of Irish stamp dut y is generally a legal obligation of the transferee. The potential for stamp duty to arise could adversely affectthe price of our ordinary shares. Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments .None.Item 2. Properties .Our operations are currently conducted at three leased facilities. We lease or sublease an aggregate of approximately 14,500 square feet of office, laboratory andmanufacturing space in Irvine, California. The lease covering approximately two-thirds of this space expires in May 2017 and the sublease covering approximatelyone-third of this spaces expires in July 2016. In addition, we lease approximately 538 square feet of office and storage space in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, andwe lease approximately 610 square feet of office and storage space in Dublin, Ireland. Our corporate headquarters are currently located at our Dublin location.We believe that our current facilities are suitable and adequate to meet our current needs.Item 3. Legal Proceedings .We are not aware of any pending or threatened legal proceeding against us that could have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results or financialcondition. However, the medical device industry is characterized by frequent claims and litigation, including claims regarding patent and other intellectual propertyrights as well as improper hiring practices. As a result, we may be involved in various legal proceedings from time to time.Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures .Not applicable. Part IIItem 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equit y, Related Shareholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities .Market Information for Ordinary Shares Our common stock began trading on The NASDAQ Global Market on January 29, 2015 under the symbol “LENS.” Prior to such time, there was no public marketfor our common stock. The following table sets forth the high and low sales prices per share of our common stock as reported on The NASDAQ Global Market forthe period indicated. High LowYear Ended December 31, 2015 First Quarter (commencing on January 29, 2015) $9.32 $5.52Second Quarter $9.38 $6.66Third Quarter $8.00 $4.99Fourth Quarter $6.89 $3.62 The last reported sales price of our ordinary shares as reported on The NASDAQ Global Market on March 14, was $4.56 per shareShareholdersAs of March 14, 2016, there were twenty-two registered holders of record of our ordinary shares. This number does not reflect the beneficial holders of ourordinary shares who hold shares in street name through brokerage accounts or other nominees.Dividend PolicyWe have never declared or paid any cash dividends on our ordinary shares. We currently intend to retain all available funds and any future earnings to support ouroperations and finance the growth and development of our business. We do not intend to pay cash55 dividends on our ordinary shares for the foreseeable future. Any future determination relating to our dividend policy will be made at the discretion of our Board andwill depend on, among other factors, our results of operations, financial condition, capital requirements, contractual restrictions, business prospects and otherfactors our Board may deem relevant.Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation PlansThe following table provides information as of December 31, 2015 regarding shares of our common stock that may be issued under the Presbia Incentive Plan (the“Plan”). Equity Compensation Plan Information Number of securities to be issued upon exercise of outstanding options and rights(1) Weighted Average exercise price of outstanding options and rights Number of securities remaining available for future issuance under equity compensation plan (excluding securities referenced in column (a)) Equity compensation plans approved by security holders 1,084,583 $9.73 685,858 Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders − − − Total 1,084,583 $9.73 685,858 (1) Does not include restricted shares of 29,559 issued during 2015 as such shares are already reflected in our outstanding shares. Use of ProceedsOn January 28, 2015, our registration statement on Form S-1 (File No 333-194713), as amended, was declared effective by the SEC for our initial public offering.Upon the closing of our initial public offering on February 3, 2015, we sold 4,166,667 ordinary shares, $0.001 par value per share, at a public offering price of$10.00 per share, for an aggregate public offering price of $41.7 million. Jefferies LLC acted as the sole book-running manager for the offering.As a result of the initial public offering, we received net proceeds of approximately $36.8 million, after deducting approximately $2.9 million of underwritingdiscounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses of approximately $2.0 million payable by us. None of such payments were direct or indirect paymentsto any of (i) our directors or officers or their associates, (ii) persons owning 10 percent or more of our common stock, or (iii) our affiliates.There has been no material change in the planned use of proceeds from our initial public offering from that described in the final prospectus related to the offering,which we filed with the SEC on January 29, 2015. 56 Item 6. Selected Financial Data.Under SEC rules and regulations, as a smaller reporting company, we are not required to provide the information otherwise required by this item. Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.You should read the following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations together with our financial statements and the relatednotes appearing elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Some of the information contained in this discussion and analysis or set forth elsewhere in thisAnnual Report on Form 10-K, including information with respect to our plans and strategy for our business and related financing, includes forward-lookingstatements that involve risks and uncertainties. You should read “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” and “Part I, Item 1A. Risk Factors”of this Annual Report on Form 10-K for a discussion of important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results described in orimplied by the forward-looking statements contained in the following discussion and analysis.OverviewWe are an ophthalmic device company which has developed and is currently marketing a proprietary optical lens implant for treating presbyopia, the age-relatedloss of the ability to focus on near objects. Our microlens is a miniature lens designed to be surgically implanted in a patient’s eye to improve that patient’s abilityto see objects at close distances. Our current strategy is to continue to commercialize our microlens in certain strategic countries where we currently have marketingapproval and to continue to seek to obtain marketing approval in other key markets, including the United States. Our goal is to become a leading provider ofcorneal inlay presbyopia-correcting treatment worldwide.Although reading glasses and contact lenses have historically been, and remain, the most common solution for presbyopia, there are significant drawbacksassociated with these approaches, as well as with alternative surgical approaches. We believe that our microlens provides an alternative solution to those presbyopicindividuals who desire greater freedom from glasses and wish to avoid the daily maintenance and other complications of contact lenses. We believe that ourmicrolens can be both an effective standalone solution for presbyopia and an effective complementary solution that can be used in conjunction with certain othersurgical approaches that are used to treat vision disorders other than presbyopia.We are an ophthalmic device company with a limited operating history. We are not profitable and have incurred losses in each year since our formation. We havereported recurring net losses and negative cash flow from operating activities since inception and, as of December 31, 2015, we had an accumulated deficit of $55.5million. We expect to continue to incur significant losses for the foreseeable future.Factors Affecting our IndustryThe medical device industry in general, and the ophthalmic medical device market in particular, are highly competitive. In order for us to succeed in this market asa development stage company, we must: ·incur substantial expenditures to obtain regulatory approvals necessary to commence marketing our products in particular jurisdictions; ·develop a commercialization strategy that is responsive both to the needs of laser centers and ophthalmic surgeons and to our own requirements andlimitations; ·invest in our future by continuing to advance our technology and improve our microlens, our microlens inserter and other auxiliary products; ·focus on, and respond to, the feedback we receive in post-operative situations and comply with various post-marketing reporting obligations; and ·invest in our infrastructure, to assure that if we are successful in gaining necessary regulatory approvals, commercializing our products andadvancing our technology, we will be able to grow our business accordingly.We expect to compete against companies that develop corneal inlay surgical solutions for presbyopia, companies that offer alternative surgical methodologies forthe treatment of presbyopia, including monovision, multifocal and accommodating approaches, and companies that promote reading glasses and/or contact lensesas approaches for treating presbyopia. At any time, our known competitors and other potential market entrants, many of which have greater resources andexperience in the ophthalmic medical device market than we have, may develop new devices or treatment alternatives that may compete directly with our products.In57 addition, they may gain a market advantage by developing and patenting competitive products or processes earlier than we can or by obtaining regulatoryapprovals/clearances or market registrations more rapid ly than we can.The competitive nature of the market, the high degree of government regulation, the importance of technological innovation and the significance that most peopleplace on near vision combine to elevate the risks facing any development stage company seeking to enter our market.Factors Affecting our RevenuesWe believe that the principal factors affecting our revenues will include: ·our ability to obtain pre-market approval for our microlens and microlens inserter in the United States and, if we are able to obtain that approval, thetime that it will take us to obtain that approval and the associated expenses; ·our ability to obtain necessary regulatory approvals in other jurisdictions that we target to commercialize our products, and, if we are able to obtainthose approvals, the time that it will take us to obtain those approvals and the associated expenses; ·the growth in the worldwide presbyopic population and the increasing needs of significant elements of that population to view small print on avariety of electronic devices; ·our ability to maintain the regulatory approvals that we currently possess and may acquire in the future and the associated expense; ·our ability to obtain commercialization commitments from laser centers and individual surgeons in the jurisdictions in which we are authorized tomarket our products; ·our ability to gain acceptance by ophthalmic surgeons, to train those ophthalmic surgeons and to cause those ophthalmic surgeons to train otherophthalmic surgeons; and ·the effects that our competitors will have on us, in terms of our ability to meet price competition, to respond to product announcements anddevelopments by others and to respond to other developments in the market.Factors Affecting Our ExpensesOur expenses are principally driven by the following factors: ·Cost of goods sold . At present, our cost of goods sold relates principally to amounts that we pay to our microlens supplier in Israel and our OEMmicrolens inserter supplier in the United States. Although we have developed manufacturing capacity in our California facility, we have used, andexpect to continue to use all output from that facility for evaluation purposes and for clinical trials unless there is an alternative use for that facility orwe receive the necessary governmental approvals to sell products that we manufacture in the United States. Until there is an alternative use for thatfacility or we receive those approvals, the direct manufacturing costs that we incur in producing products in the United States will be included withinresearch and development expenses. When and if we receive those approvals and manufacture products in the United States for sale in the UnitedStates, our cost of goods sold will also include raw material costs, labor expenses and other expenses that we incur to manufacture our products. Wedo not expect to increase production at our California facility significantly beyond what would be required for the clinical trials unless and until wereceive approval of our PMA application from the FDA. Our costs of goods sold are directly impacted by the terms of our supply agreements, whichmay obligate us to pay additional costs if we do not reach our suppliers’ production expectations, and by shipping and handling expenses. When andif we ourselves manufacture products for sale, our costs of goods sold will also be directly impacted by: ·the number of employees that will be engaged in manufacturing and the wages and benefits, including stock-based compensation, thatwe will pay to those employees; ·to the extent we invest in fixed assets associated with manufacturing activities, the depreciation expenses associated with those fixedassets; ·the costs we incur to purchase raw materials; ·inventory write-downs for excess or obsolete inventory; ·the costs of non-production materials; and ·lease expenses associated with our production facilities.58 ·Research and development. Our research and development expenses consist of the expenses we incur to develop our products, to pursue patent andtrade mark protection, to respond to technological challenges, to conduct clinical trials and post-market evaluation studies and to pursuegovernmental approvals. We expect to continue to expense all research and development costs as they are incurred with the e xception of capitalexpenditures that would have alternative uses. Our research and development expenses consist of employee salaries and related benefits, includingstock-based compensation, third-party contract costs relating to research, manufacturing, preclinical studies, clinical trial activities and post-marketevaluation studies, and allocated facility costs. We expect that our research and development expenses related to the ongoing clinical trials willdecline in 2016 relative to 2015, as we have c ompleted the subject treatment phase of our U.S. staged pivotal clinical trial. The process ofconducting preclinical studies and clinical trials necessary to obtain regulatory approval is costly and time consuming. We may not succeed inachieving certain marketing approvals that we seek for our products. The probability of success of each product may be affected by numerousfactors, including preclinical data, clinical data, post-market and third-party evaluation studies, competition, manufacturing capabil ity andcommercial viability. As of December 31, 2015, we had nine employees directly engaged in research and development for at least a portion of their responsibilities. Wealso engage outside advisors and counsel to assist in development projects and in prosecuting patent and trademark applications. Our research anddevelopment expenses will be directly impacted by: ·the number of employees that will be engaged in research and development and the wages and benefits, including stock-basedcompensation, that we will pay to those employees; ·the extent to which we will rely on outside sources to provide research and development assistance and the fees charged to us forthose services; ·the extent to which we pursue clinical trials, our ability to sign-up patients for those trials and retain patients in those trials, theoutcomes arising from those trials and the regulatory responses to those trials; ·the extent to which we pursue post-market evaluation studies, our ability to sign-up patients for those studies and retain patients inthose studies, the outcomes arising from those studies and the regulatory responses to those studies; ·the results of third-party evaluation studies; ·the size and geographical scope of the patent and trademark portfolio and the maintenance fees required to maintain that portfolio; and ·to the extent that we invest in fixed assets associated with our clinical trials, the depreciation expenses associated with those fixedassets. ·Sales and marketing. Our sales and marketing expenses consist of costs associated with our sales efforts. Our commercialization strategy involvesengaging laser centers to ultimately sponsor our products after gaining confidence in our products and processes. We will train the staff of thesecenters in practice integration, support patient recruitment with direct response advertising campaigns, surgical performance, patient managementand post-operative reporting, enabling the centers to perform a substantial portion of the commercialization process on their own. If we aresuccessful in implementing this strategy, our principal expenses will be in furnishing training teams to laser centers and then arranging for a smallerPresbia team to remain available to the center once the center is able to perform the necessary skills on its own. We have incurred, and will continueto incur, expenses in connection with conferences, seminars and trade shows that we attend and/or sponsor. We may also enter into marketingcampaigns with participating laser centers, which will add to our sales and marketing expenses. Our sales and marketing expenses will be directlyimpacted by: ·the volume of our revenues; ·the number of countries in which we obtain authorization to market our products and the associated regulations; ·the number of laser centers that will be willing to partner with us; ·the extent to which we are successful in training ophthalmic surgeons to train other ophthalmic surgeons; ·the extent to which we will be required to develop a distributorship network in countries that mandate that approach; ·the number of employees that will be engaged in sales and marketing and the wages and benefits, including stock-basedcompensation, that we will pay to those employees;59 ·the extent to which we ident ify advertising opportunities that we believe are likely to produce revenue growth; and ·the extent to which we continue to participate in conferences, seminars and similar opportunities. ·General and administrative expenses. Our general and administrative expenses consist of finance, human resources, purchasing and informationtechnology services, other administrative services, foreign exchange costs and expenses associated with planning for and implementing theReorganization Transactions. To date, our general and administrative expenses have been our largest single cost element, reflecting our approach ofconcentrating our own efforts on research and development and contracting with third-parties, principally affiliated entities and outside professionals,to provide administrative services to us. Over time, we expect to build our own infrastructure and perform more of these services in-house, in whichcase our general and administrative expenses will relate more to our own payroll than to the amount that we pay to third-parties. Furthermore, we areincurring additional expenses as a result of operating as a public company, including costs to comply with the rules and regulations applicable tocompanies listed on The NASDAQ Global Market and costs related to compliance and reporting obligations pursuant to the rules and regulations ofthe SEC. In addition, as a public company, we are incurring increased expenses related to additional insurance, investor relations and other increasesrelated to needs for additional human resources and professional services. Our general and administrative expenses will be directly impacted by: ·the extent to which we purchase services from third-parties; ·the costs we incur to build an infrastructure capable of performing services in-house; ·the number of employees that will be engaged in general and administrative functions and the wages and benefits, including stock-based compensation, that we will pay to those employees; ·the geographical breadth of our company; and ·the extent to which costs associated with being a public company increase over time. ·Interest expense . From inception through January 15, 2015, our interest expense reflects the interest charges that we have incurred throughborrowings from Presbia Holdings and, prior to 2009, Orchard Investments, LLC (which is wholly-owned, directly or indirectly, by our director,Richard Ressler, his immediate family and trusts established for his immediate family). From inception through November 30, 2014, PresbiaHoldings and Orchard Investments, LLC funded the cash that we required to operate our business, at an interest expense of 15% per annum,compounding daily. From November 2014 to our initial public offering consummated in January 2015, we funded our operations through borrowingsfrom Presbia Holdings, at an interest rate equal to the then applicable monthly federal rate of interest for short-term loans, adjusted monthly,compounding daily. As of January 15, 2015, all such debt has been converted to our equity. The amount of interest expense that we incur in thefuture will be directly impacted by: ·our need for external debt financing; ·the terms we will be able to attract when and if we require external debt financing; and ·our ability, which cannot be assured, to attract equity financing as an alternative to debt financing.Critical Accounting Polices and EstimatesOur financial statements are prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, or GAAP. The preparation of thesefinancial statements requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues, costs and expenses and relateddisclosures. We have based and will base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under thecircumstances. In many instances, we could have reasonably used different accounting estimates, and in other instances changes in the accounting estimates arereasonably likely to occur from period to period. Accordingly, actual results could differ significantly from the estimates made by our management. To the extentthat there are material differences between these estimates and actual results, our future financial statement presentation, financial condition, results of operationsand cash flows will be affected. We believe that the accounting policies discussed below are critical to understanding our historical and future performance, asthese policies relate to the more significant areas involving management’s judgments and estimates.Emerging Growth Company StatusThe Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012, or the JOBS Act, permits an “emerging growth company” such as us to take advantage of an extended transitionperiod to comply with new or revised accounting standards applicable to public companies. We60 have chosen to “opt out” of this provision and, as a result, we will comply with new or revised accounting standards as required when they are adopted. Thisdecision to opt out of the extended trans ition period under the JOBS Act is irrevocable.Revenue RecognitionWe recognize revenue when there is persuasive evidence that an arrangement exists with our customers, selling prices are fixed or determinable, title or risk of losshas passed, and collection is reasonably assured. Revenue is recognized upon shipment and payments are either received in advance, or net 30 days for lenses or net14 days for accessories. Distributor arrangements include certain perfunctory acceptance provisions and a one-year warranty, from the date of shipment, thatproducts are free from defects in material workmanship. Under such provisions customers may reject shipments via written notifications ranging from 14-45 daysor exchange defective product under warranty for the same non-defective product. We have not had any significant rejected shipments or warranty claims. We donot grant price concessions to our distributors.In 2012, we changed our commercialization strategy from exclusively using distributors to also targeting refractive laser centers equipped with femtosecond lasers,except in countries that require the use of distributors or sales representatives. We recognize revenue from laser centers based upon an analysis of the terms of eachcustomer arrangement and upon determination that persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, selling prices are fixed or determinable, title or risk of loss haspassed, and collection is reasonably assured. Revenues from laser centers during the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014 were not material.Stock-Based CompensationWe record share-based compensation in the statements of operations as expense, based on the estimated grant date fair value of our share-based awards, wherebysuch fair values are amortized to expense over the requisite service period. Our share-based awards are currently comprised of common stock options and restrictedawards granted under our various plans. The fair value of our common stock options is generally estimated on the grant date using the Black-Scholes-Merton, orBSM, option-pricing formula. While utilizing the BSM model meets established requirements, the estimated fair values generated by the model may not beindicative of the actual fair values of our share-based awards as it does not consider certain factors important to those awards to employees and non-employees,such as continued employment and periodic vesting requirements as well as limited transferability. The determination of the fair value of share-based awardsutilizing the BSM model is affected by our stock price and a number of assumptions, including the expected term, expected volatility, risk-free interest rate andexpected dividend yields. The expected term of our stock options for those options granted to employees is generally estimated using the simplified method, aspermitted by guidance issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC. For those options granted to non-employees, the expected term of the options isthe remaining contractual term. The expected volatility is based on the historical volatility of our stock price. Due to our limited stock price history during 2015 andno stock price availability during 2014, we relied upon the historical volatilities using a peer group average. The risk-free interest rate assumption is based on theU.S. Treasury interest rates appropriate for the expected term of our stock options and stock purchase rights. The fair value of our restricted stock awards are basedon the closing market price of our common stock on the date of grant. If factors change and we employ different assumptions, share-based compensation expensemay differ significantly from what we have recorded in the past. If there are any modifications or cancellations of the underlying unvested share-based awards, wemay be required to accelerate, increase or cancel any remaining unearned share-based compensation expense.Research and Development ExpensesWe recognize research and development expenses as they are incurred. With respect to capital expenditures for property and equipment used in conducting researchand development activities, these costs are generally capitalized on the balance sheet as part of property and equipment and depreciated over their useful lives toresearch and development expense provided these assets have future alternative uses.During 2014 and 2015, we incurred costs in connection with the FDA staged-enrollment pivotal clinical trial, which is expected to continue into 2018 or possiblyfurther. We incurred costs for patient recruiting, acquisition of clinical test equipment to be used in the trial, outside experts to read and interpret the results of thestudies, third party costs to monitor the investigational sites and perform data collection activities and surgeon and patient fees in connection with surgicalprocedures and follow-up visits. Our policy with respect to the recognition of these expenses is to record such expenses as research and development expense in theperiod in which the services are provided. We will evaluate the purchases of clinical test equipment, on a case by case basis, to determine if there exists analternative use for the equipment following the clinical trial. In the event we determine that there is no alternative use for the test equipment, then that cost will beexpensed as part of research and development expense in the period in which we take title to the equipment from the supplier.61 Impairment of Long-Lived AssetsWe review the recoverability of long-lived and finite-lived intangible assets when circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of assets might not berecoverable. This evaluation compares the carrying value of the long-lived asset to the undiscounted cash flow projections associated with an asset or group ofassets. In the event undiscounted cash flow projections indicate impairment, we would record an impairment loss on the statements of operations in the period inwhich the impairment occurred and adjust the carrying value of the asset or group of assets to its fair value.Income TaxesDeferred income tax assets and liabilities are recorded for the expected future tax consequences of temporary differences between the financial statement carryingamounts and the income tax basis of assets and liabilities. A valuation allowance is recorded against all of our net deferred tax asset balance due to uncertaintiesrelated to the realizability of our deferred tax assets as a result of our history of operating losses.Segment InformationIn accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, we identify operating segments as components or elements of an enterprise about which separatediscrete financial information is available for evaluation by the chief operating decision-maker in making decisions regarding resource allocation and assessingperformance. To date, the Company has viewed its operations and manages its business as one segment.Results of OperationsComparison of the Years Ended December 31, 2015 and 2014 (in thousands) Year Ended December 31, Change 2015 2014 $000's % Revenues $153 $161 $(8) -5%Cost of goods sold 163 61 102 167%Gross profit (loss) (10) 100 (110) -110%Operating expenses: Research and development 7,935 4,243 3,692 87%Sales and marketing 2,706 1,652 1,054 64%General and administrative 7,479 7,577 (98) -1%Total operating expenses 18,120 13,472 4,648 35%Operating loss (18,130) (13,372) (4,758) 36%Interest expense, net — 2,288 (2,288) -100%Other (income) expense 12 (6) 18 -300%Loss before income tax provision (18,142) (15,654) (2,488) 16%Income tax provision 19 10 9 90%Net loss $(18,161) $(15,664) $(2,497) 16% RevenueRevenue for the year ended December 31, 2015 was $153,000 as compared to $161,000 in 2014. Revenues were insignificant in both years consistent with ourstrategy to commercialize our microlens product in only selected markets outside the United States. Until such time that we can be assured that ourcommercialization strategy, marketing activities and execution plans are validated in selected key markets, we will not attempt to commercialize in every market inwhich we are currently approved to do so.Cost of Goods SoldCost of goods sold was $163,000 in the year ended December 31, 2015 as compared to $61,000 in the year ended December 31, 2014. During fiscal year 2015, costof goods sold primarily consisted of $169,000 for provision of inventory obsolescence. During the year ended December 31, 2014, cost of goods sold consisted of$12,000 for cost of units shipped to customers, $61,000 for provision of inventory obsolescence, partially offset by $12,000 for favorable inventory adjustments.62 Research and DevelopmentResearch and development expense increased by $3.7 million, or 87%, for the year ended December 31, 2015 as compared to 2014, due to increased expendituresin principally three areas: (i) a $3.0 million of cost increases related to our U.S. staged pivotal clinical trials consisting of costs to recruit, treat and monitor 346subjects enrolled in the second stage of the trial, training of investigational site surgeons and purchases of test equipment used to monitor patient outcomes (ii) a$153,000 increase in expenses related to our pilot manufacturing facility used to provide the microlens used in the clinical trials; and (iii) product development andregulatory affairs costs, which were higher by $512,000 due to additional personnel costs of $295,000, reduced professional fees of $37,000 related to intellectualproperty filings, an increase of $226,000 related to third party product development expenses and $28,000 in other overhead costs. During 2016 and 2017, weexpect that the costs to continue our U.S. staged pivotal clinical trial will decline as compared to 2015 with the main focus of the trials shifting from patientrecruiting and treatment to compliance.Sales and MarketingSales and marketing expense increased by $1.1 million, or 64%, for the year ended December 31, 2015 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2014. We arenot authorized to sell our microlens in the United States until we receive FDA approval to do so; therefore, our sales and marketing activities are limited todeveloping the markets outside the United States. During the year ended December 31, 2015, we incurred higher costs for sales and marketing personnel of$767,000, an increase of 96%, higher travel expenses related to supporting clients outside the United States of $181,000, an increase of 44%, and a slight increasein other marketing costs of $106,000, an increase of 24%. We expect sales and marketing costs to increase throughout 2016 and into 2017 as we implement ourcommercialization strategy in selected markets.General and AdministrativeGeneral and administrative expenses declined by $98,000, or 1%, in the year ended December 31, 2015 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2014 dueprimarily to the one-time recognition of $3.4 million of deferred offering costs related to our initial public offering as general and administrative expenses during2014. These costs consist primarily of legal and audit professional fees and printing costs in connection with our initial public offering that was delayed during thesecond and third quarters of 2014 for a period that exceeded 90 days. As a result of this delay, these costs, recognized prior to September 2014, were reclassified asgeneral and administrative expense. Excluding the one-time effect of this write-down, general and administrative costs increased by $3.3 million principally due tothe Company operating as a public company during 2015 and incurring higher costs in areas such as (i) stock-based compensation of $1.8 million; (ii) higherpersonnel costs of $0.2 million; (iii) higher professional fees of $0.7 million; (iv) higher insurance costs of $0.4 million; and (v) all other costs of $0.2 million.Interest and Other Income and ExpenseInterest and other expense for the year ended December 31, 2015 was $12,000, or $2.3 million less than the year ended December 31, 2014. The change is dueprimarily to the November 2014 and January 2015 conversion of $23.5 million and $1.6 million, respectively, of indebtedness from Presbia Holdings to certain ofits subsidiaries to equity as part of the 2014 and 2015 Restructuring(s), respectively. For additional information, see discussion above under the caption “FactorsAffecting Our Expenses; Interest Expense. “Net LossOur net loss of $18.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2015 was $2.5 million greater, or 16% greater, than the loss in the corresponding period of 2014 of$15.7 million, due primarily to (i) increased operating expenses of $8.1 million including $2.0 million increase of stock-based compensation costs; (ii) higherinventory provisions of $0.1 million; (iii) partially offset by the write off of the deferred offering costs of $3.4 million in 2014; and (iv) partially offset by $2.3million decrease of interest expense. We expect that losses will continue through 2018 and possibly further, due to anticipated costs related to our U.S. stagedpivotal clinical trial and ongoing costs required to develop the market outside of the United States for our microlens. Liquidity and Capital ResourcesOn February 3, 2015, we closed the initial public offering of our ordinary shares. We sold a total of 4,166,667 ordinary shares in the offering at a public offeringprice of $10.00 per share. The aggregate proceeds from our initial public offering was $41.7 million, and we received net proceeds of approximately $36.8 millionfrom the offering, after deducting $4.9 million of underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us.63 As of December 31, 2015, we have generated an accumulated deficit of $55.5 million. We funded operations through November 2014 by means of borrowingsfrom Presbia Holdings and at an interest cost of 15% per annum, compoundi ng daily. From November 2014 to the consummation of our initial public offering, wefunded our operations through borrowings from Presbia Holdings, at an interest rate equal to the then applicable monthly federal rate of interest for short-termloans, adju sted monthly, compounding daily.On November 30, 2014, as part of the 2014 Debt Conversion, Presbia Holdings converted all the remaining indebtedness owed to Presbia Holdings by certainsubsidiaries of Presbia Ireland, Limited at that time to equity. In the 2014 Debt Conversion, approximately $23.5 million of outstanding intercompany debt owed toPresbia Holdings was converted to equity of such subsidiaries. On January 14, 2015, as part of the 2015 Debt Conversion, Presbia Holdings converted all theremaining indebtedness owed to Presbia Holdings by a subsidiary of Presbia Ireland, Limited at that time to equity. In the 2015 Debt Conversion, approximately$1.6 million of outstanding intercompany debt owed to Presbia Holdings was converted to equity of such subsidiary.Our primary uses of cash are to fund operating expenses, primarily general and administrative expenditures and research and development expenditures. Cash usedto fund operating expenses is impacted by the timing of when we pay these expenses, as reflected in the change in our outstanding accounts payable and accruedexpenses.Our future capital requirements are difficult to forecast and will depend on many factors, including: ·the progress, timing and completion of clinical trials for our products; ·the number and characteristics of products that we pursue; ·the progress, costs and results of our clinical trials; ·the outcome, timing and cost of regulatory approvals; ·delays that may be caused by changing regulatory requirements; ·timing and amount of revenue resulting from sales of our microlens outside the U.S.; and ·timing and investment in our commercialization efforts outside the U.S.The following table summarizes our cash flows for the periods indicated (in thousands): Year Ended December 31, 2015 2014 Net cash used in operating activities $(15,653) $(9,514)Net cash used in investing activities $(196) $(179)Net cash provided by financing activities $37,460 $9,247 Prior to February 2015, we relied on funding from Presbia Holdings to fund our all of our operations including offering costs to complete our initial public offeringon February 3, 2015. At December 31, 2015, we had an accumulated deficit of approximately $55.5 million and we expect to incur additional operating lossesthrough 2018, and possibly further. As we continue to incur losses, our transition to profitability will depend on the successful development, approval andcommercialization of our microlens. We may never achieve profitability, and unless and until we do, we will need to continue to raise additional capital. Based onour current business plan, we believe that our cash and cash equivalents at December 31, 2015, coupled with anticipated revenues outside of the United States willbe sufficient to meet our anticipated cash requirements through the first quarter of 2017. Our current commercialization strategy is targeted to countries where webelieve we can both establish the market for our technology and achieve positive cash flow from such geographic market as soon as possible. Thiscommercialization strategy will undergo continual prioritization and in the future we may adjust our commercialization efforts to preserve our existing cash orrealize better results than anticipated which could have a positive impact on cash. Our U.S. pivotal clinical trial and planned FDA approval is our highestpriority. That priority, coupled with our current commercialization efforts outside the U.S., will likely result in our need to raise additional capital to fund ouroperations. We may raise additional capital through equity offerings, debt financings, collaborations and/or licensing arrangements. Additional funds may not beavailable when we need them on terms that are acceptable to us, or at all. If adequate funds are not available on acceptable terms, we may be required to delay,reduce the scope of, or curtail, our operations. To the extent that we raise additional funds by issuing equity securities, our shareholders will experience dilution,and debt financing, if available, may involve restrictive covenants.64 Contractual Obligations and Other CommitmentsThe following table summarizes our contractual obligations as of December 31, 2015 (in thousands). Less than 1 to 3 3 to 5 More than Contractual Obligations 1 year years years 5 years Total Facility Leases $178 $70 $— $— 248 Total contractual obligations $178 $70 $— $— $248 Off-Balance Sheet ArrangementsWe have not entered into any off-balance sheet arrangements and do not have any holdings in variable interest entities.Recent Accounting PronouncementsRefer to Note 2 of Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements, included in Item 8 of this report, for discussion of recent accounting pronouncements.Item 7A. Quanti tative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.Under SEC rules and regulations, as a smaller reporting company, we are not required to provide the information otherwise required by this item. 65 Item 8. Financial Statement s and Supplementary Data.INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS PAGEPRESBIA PLC Consolidated Financial Statements: Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm - Squar Milner LLP67Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm - Deloitte & Touche LLP68Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2015 and 201469Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss for the Years Ended December 31, 2015 and 201470Consolidated Statement of Shareholders’ Equity (Deficit) for the Years ended December 31, 2015 and 201471Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Years Ended December 31, 2015 and 201472Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements73 66 RE PORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRMTo the Board of Directors and Shareholders of Presbia PLCWe have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of Presbia PLC and subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2015 and the relatedconsolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss, shareholders’ equity (deficit), and cash flows for the year then ended. These financial statements arethe responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit.We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we planand perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. The Company is not required tohave, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audit included consideration of internal control over financialreporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness ofthe Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidencesupporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as wellas evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as ofDecember 31, 2015, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for the year then ended in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accountingprinciples. /s/ SQUAR MILNER LLP San Diego, CaliforniaMarch 25, 2016 67 RE PORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRMTo the Board of Directors and Shareholders of Presbia PLCDublin, IrelandWe have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of Presbia PLC, an Irish public limited company, (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2014, andthe related consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss, shareholders’ deficit, and cash flows for the year then ended. Our audit also included thefinancial statement schedule listed in the index at item 15(a)(2). These financial statements and the financial statement schedule are the responsibility of theCompany’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and the financial statement schedule based on our audit.We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we planand perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. The Company is not required tohave, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audit included consideration of internal control over financialreporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness ofthe Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion . An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidencesupporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as wellas evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.In our opinion, such consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2014, andthe results of its operations and its cash flows for the year then ended in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States ofAmerica. Also, in our opinion, such financial statement schedule, when considered in relation to the basic consolidated financial statements taken as a whole,presents fairly, in all material respects, the information set forth therein.As discussed in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements, the financial statements include allocations of expenses from Presbia Holdings, the Company’sultimate controlling shareholder. These allocations may not be reflective of the actual level of costs or debt which would have been incurred had the Companyoperated as a separate entity apart from Presbia Holdings. Also as disclosed in Note 10, the Company has arrangements with related parties, including PresbiaHoldings./s/ Deloitte & Touche LLPLos Angeles, CaliforniaMarch 31, 2015 68 CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTSPRESBIA PLCConsolidated Balance Sheets(in thousands, except shares and par value amount) December 31, 2015 2014 Assets Current assets Cash $21,749 $138 Accounts receivable 116 25 Inventory 430 378 Prepaid expenses and other current assets 242 122 Total current assets 22,537 663 Property and equipment, net 775 747 Intangible assets 32 46 Other assets 63 886 Total assets $23,407 $2,342 Liabilities and shareholders’ equity (deficit) Current liabilities Accounts payable $736 $1,882 Due to related parties 55 12 Other current liabilities 569 700 Total current liabilities 1,360 2,594 Payable due to the Parent — 417 Deferred rent 22 37 Total liabilities 1,382 3,048 Commitments and contingencies (note 12) Shareholders' equity (deficit) Ordinary Shares $0.001 par value, 350,000,000 shares authorized; 13,355,477 and -0- shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively 13 — Deferred Ordinary Shares € 1.00 (US$1.35) par value, 39,994 and 40,000 shares authorized, issued and outstanding at December31, 2015 and 2014, respectively 54 54 Additional paid-in capital 77,505 36,626 Accumulated deficit (55,547) (37,386)Total shareholders' equity (deficit) 22,025 (706)Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity (deficit) $23,407 $2,342 The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Consolidated Financial Statements 69 PRESBIA PLCConsolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss(in thousands, except share and per share data) Year Ended December 31, 2015 2014 Revenues $153 $161 Cost of goods sold 163 61 Gross profit (loss) (10) 100 Operating expenses: Research and development 7,935 4,243 Sales and marketing 2,706 1,652 General and administrative 7,479 7,577 Total operating expenses 18,120 13,472 Operating loss (18,130) (13,372)Interest expense - 2,288 Other (income) expense 12 (6)Loss before income tax provision (18,142) (15,654)Income tax provision 19 10 Net loss $(18,161) $(15,664)Other comprehensive loss — — Total comprehensive loss $(18,161) $(15,664)Net loss per share - basic and diluted $(1.40) $(1.71)Weighted average, shares outstanding - basic and diluted 12,945,968 9,166,667 The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Consolidated Financial Statements 70 PRESBIA PLCConsolidated Statement of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity (Deficit)(in thousands, except share data) Common Stock Deferred Shares AdditionalPaid-In Accumulated Shares Amount Shares Amount Capital Deficit Total Balance, December 31, 2013 — $— — $— $12,840 $(21,722) $(8,882) Capitalization of amounts due to Parent pursuant to 2015 Debt Conversion of Presbia Holdings — — — — 23,473 — 23,473 Stock-based compensation (including allocation from the Parent) — — — — 313 — 313 Issuance of Euro shares related to formation of Presbia PLC — — 40,000 54 — — 54 Net loss — — — — — (15,664) (15,664)Balance, December 31, 2014 — $— 40,000 $54 $36,626 $(37,386) $(706) Capitalization of amounts due to Parent pursuant to 2015 Debt Conversion of Presbia Holdings — — — — 1,559 — 1,559 Initial public offering, net of issuance costs 13,333,334 13 — — 36,831 — 36,844 Stock-based compensation (including allocation from the Parent) — — — — 2,306 — 2,306 Cancellation of deferred shares pursuant to distribution of Parent's assets — — (6) — — — — Issuance of restricted shares 22,143 — — — — — — Bonus payments by Parent on behalf of Presbia PLC — — — — 183 — 183 Net loss — — — — — (18,161) (18,161)Balance, December 31, 2015 13,355,477 $13 39,994 $54 $77,505 $(55,547) $22,025 The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Consolidated Financial Statements 71 PRESBIA PLCConsolidated Statements of Cash Flows(in thousands) Year Ended 2015 2014 Cash flow from operating activities: Net loss $(18,161) $(15,664)Adjustments to reconcile net loss to cash used in operating activities: Depreciation and Amortization 173 138 Inventory provisions 169 61 Loss on disposal of fixed assets 12 — Write-off of deferred offering costs — 3,369 Stock-based compensation (including allocation from Presbia Holdings) 2,306 313 Non-cash interest expense on funding from the Parent 1 2,288 Non-cash operating expenses allocated from the Parent 183 183 Changes in operating assets and liabilities: Accounts receivable (91) (5)Inventory (222) (239)Prepaid expenses and other current assets (120) 23 Other assets 9 (9)Accounts payable and other current liabilities 44 136 Income taxes payable 16 8 Deferred rent (15) 4 Due to related parties 43 (120)Net cash used in operating activities (15,653) (9,514)Cash flow from investing activities: Website development costs — (46)Purchase of property and equipment (196) (133)Net cash used in investing activities (196) (179)Cash flow from financing activities: Proceeds from issuance of ordinary shares upon initial public offering, net of underwriting costs 38,750 — Deferred offering costs (2,431) (2,151)Capitalization of Presbia PLC — 54 Funding from the Parent 1,141 11,344 Net cash provided by financing activities 37,460 9,247 Net increase(decrease) in cash 21,611 (446)Cash balance at beginning of period 138 584 Cash balance at end of period $21,749 $138 Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information: Cash paid for income taxes $3 $6 Supplemental disclosures of non-cash investing and financing activities: Deferred offering costs included in accounts payable and other current liabilities $— $1,365 Allocated operating expenses funded by the Presbia Holdings $— $183 Capitalization of amounts due to Parent per 2014 and 2015 Debt Conversions $1,559 $23,473 The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Consolidated Financial Statements72 PRESBIA PLCNotes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (1) Basis of Presentation and Description of the BusinessPresbia PLC (the “Company” or “Presbia PLC”), an Irish public limited company, was formed on February 6, 2014 through the issuance of 40,000 shares for40,000 Euro (approximately $54,000) for the purpose of consummating an initial public offering (“IPO”) of its ordinary shares. Presbia PLC’s ultimate controllingshareholder, Presbia Holdings (the “Parent”), was organized in the Cayman Islands in 2007 as an exempted company with limited liability. On October 21, 2013,the Parent completed a restructuring (the “2013 Restructuring”) which involved the formation on September 13, 2013 of an interim holding company, PresbiaIreland, Limited, and the contribution by the Parent of 100% of its direct and indirect ownership interests in its business, assets and subsidiaries to Presbia Ireland,Limited.On November 30, 2014, Presbia Holdings converted all the remaining indebtedness owed to Presbia Holdings by certain subsidiaries of Presbia Ireland, Limited atthat time to equity (“2014 Debt Conversion”). In the 2014 Debt Conversion, approximately $23.5 million of outstanding intercompany debt owed to PresbiaHoldings was converted to equity of Presbia Ireland, Limited. On January 14, 2015, Presbia Holdings converted all the remaining indebtedness owed to PresbiaHoldings by a subsidiary of Presbia Ireland, Limited at that time to equity (the “2015 Debt Conversion”) in the amount of approximately $1.6 million.On January 14, 2015, the Parent contributed all the share capital in issue in Presbia Ireland, Limited to Presbia PLC (the “2015 Capital Contribution”) in exchangefor 9,166,667 ordinary shares of Presbia PLC. The aggregate 9,166,667 ordinary shares of Presbia PLC have been reflected as issued and outstanding as of theearliest date of the periods presented for purposes of computation of basic and diluted net loss per share.On February 3, 2015, Presbia PLC completed its initial public offering (“IPO”) of 4,166,667 of its ordinary shares at a price to the public of $10.00 per ordinaryshare and commenced trading on The NASDAQ Global Market under the symbol LENS. The Parent acquired 500,000 ordinary shares from the public offering.The net proceeds from the IPO consisted of aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $41.7 million less underwriting discounts and commissions ofapproximately $2.9 million and other issuance costs of approximately $2.0 million resulting in net proceeds of approximately $36.8 million.On August 3, 2015, Presbia Holdings completed the distribution of its holdings of 9,666,667 ordinary shares of Presbia PLC to its ordinary shareholders for thepurpose of dissolving Presbia Holdings on November 25, 2015 and ceasing to be the Parent of Presbia PLC.The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been derived from the historical cost basis of the assets and liabilities, financial condition and cash flowsof Presbia PLC, Presbia Ireland, Limited, organized in Ireland, Presbia Investments organized in the Cayman Islands and Presbia USA, Inc., and OPL, LLC.Presbia USA, Inc. and OPL, LLC are both entities organized in the United States, and include Presbia USA, Inc.’s subsidiaries, Visitome, Inc. and PresbiBio, LLC,both organized in the United States, and OPL, LLC’s direct and indirect subsidiaries, PIP Holdings, C.V and Presbia Cooperatief U.A., both organized in theNetherlands, and PresbiOptical LLC, organized in the United States (collectively, including Presbia PLC, the “Company”). The accompanying consolidatedfinancial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. The Company’s fiscal yearends on December 31. The entities presented in the consolidated financial statements have been under common control during the periods presented. Allintercompany accounts have been eliminated in consolidation. All amounts are shown in U.S. dollars.The Company, which began to be formed on June 29, 2007, has developed and is marketing a surgical solution to the age-related vision condition known aspresbyopia. The Company’s primary objectives have been twofold: (1) achieve commercial success in those parts of the world where the Company’s surgicalprocedure has been approved by regulatory agencies and (2) successfully apply to the United States Food and Drug Administration (the “FDA”) for theauthorization to market and manufacture the surgical procedure in the United States. Other than the FDA clinical trials that begun in 2014 and will continue to atleast 2018, this procedure is currently not authorized by the FDA and may not be manufactured, sold, distributed or surgically performed on any individual in theUnited States. The Company’s principal revenue generating activity is the sale of the Company’s microlens to approved ophthalmologist physicians who, in turn,perform the surgical procedure on their patient base. Presbia is authorized to sell, market and perform this procedure in 40 countries through its wholly-ownedDutch subsidiary, Presbia Cooperatief U.A. Activities to-date have consisted primarily of research and development and expansion of its commercial activities inselected markets outside the United States73 Stock-based compensation expenses recognized by the Parent that were incurred to benefit the Company have been allocated to the Company (see Note 9). Thefinancial information in these statements may not include all of the expenses that would have been incurred had the Company been a separate, stand-alone publiclytraded entity.LiquidityThe Company has incurred significant operating losses since inception and has relied on funding from its Parent to fund our operations prior to its initial publicoffering concluded on February 3, 2015. At December 31, 2015, the Company has an accumulated deficit of $55.5 million. As the Company continues to incurlosses, its transition to profitability will depend on the successful development, approval and commercialization of its product and on the achievement of sufficientrevenues to support its cost structure. The Company may never achieve profitability, and unless and until it does, it will need to continue to raise additional capital.Management expects that existing cash as of December 31, 2015 of $21.7 million will be sufficient to fund the Company’s operations through December 31, 2016. (2) Summary of Significant Accounting PoliciesUse of EstimatesThe preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires that managementmakes estimates and assumptions that are included in the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. The actual results may differ from thoseestimates.Segment InformationIn accordance with Accounting Standard Codification (“ASC”) 280-10-50, Segment Reporting, operating segments are identified as components of an enterpriseabout which separate discrete financial information is available for evaluation by the chief operating decision-maker in making decisions regarding resourceallocation and assessing performance. Since 2013, the Company has viewed and managed its operations and business as one segment through its wholly-ownedDutch subsidiary, Presbia Cooperatief U.A. and its wholly-owned Irish entity, Presbia Ireland, Limited, operating primarily in South Korea, Australia, theNetherlands, Ireland and Canada.Foreign CurrencyThe functional currency of subsidiaries outside the United States of America is the U.S. Dollar. Transactions in foreign currencies during the year are re-measuredat rates of exchange on the dates of the transactions. Gains and losses related to re-measurement of items arising through operating activities are accounted for inthe statement of operations and comprehensive loss and included in general and administrative expense. Aggregate foreign exchange losses were $6,000 and$19,000 for the years ended December 31, 2015, and 2014, respectively.Concentrations of Credit RiskCash is generally deposited in demand deposit accounts that, from time to time, may exceed insurable limits. The Company has not experienced any losses from itsdeposits of cash.Fair Value of Financial InstrumentsThe carrying values of certain of the Company’s financial instruments, such as prepaid expenses, accounts payable and accrued expenses, approximate fair valuedue to their short maturities. Amounts payable to related parties, including the payable due to the Parent, which has no fixed maturity or expiration date, do nothave readily determinable fair values.CashThe Company considers highly liquid investments with original maturities less than 90 days to be cash equivalents. As of December 31, 2015 and 2014, theCompany had no such short-term investment instruments and maintained its cash in bank demand deposit accounts.74 InventoryThe Company accounts for inventory at the lower of market or cost. Inventory is stated at weighted average cost, which is determined by applying the currentaverage cost to the ending inventory. Inventory consists of lenses and lens inserters and other accessories used by physicians in the surgical process associated withthe lenses. The Company maintains serialized records of all lenses, including the five-year expiration date of each lens, after which the lens cannot be sold. TheCompany considers the expiration dates of lenses, in addition to comparing the carrying amount of inventory to expected demand, and will write-down inventoryfor amounts determined to be excess or obsolete.Property and EquipmentProperty and equipment are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation and amortization. Depreciation of property and equipment is computed using the straight-line method over their estimated useful lives of three to ten years. Leasehold improvements are amortized over the lesser of the useful life of the asset or theremaining term of the lease. Repairs and maintenance of property and equipment are expensed as incurred. Upon retirement or sale, the original cost andaccumulated depreciation are removed and any gain or loss is recognized in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss.Impairment of Long-Lived AssetsThe Company reviews the recoverability of long-lived and finite-lived intangible assets when circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of assets might notbe recoverable. This evaluation is based on various analyses, including undiscounted cash flow projections. In the event undiscounted cash flow projectionsindicate impairment, the Company would record an impairment based on the fair value of the assets at the date of the impairment.Intangible AssetsIn 2009, the Parent acquired Visitome, Inc. by issuing capital stock valued at $50,000. The Parent assigned a fair value of $50,000 to the net assets acquired whichincluded a finite-lived intangible asset of $24,000, property and equipment of $11,000 and goodwill of $15,000. The intangible asset was fully amortized throughAugust 2014 on a straight-line basis over its estimated useful life of five years. The Company amortized $0 and $3,200 in 2015 and 2014, respectively.Costs incurred to develop software for the Company’s website are capitalized and amortized over the estimated useful life of the software and are included inintangible assets. Costs related to design or maintenance of website development is expensed as incurred. For the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, theCompany capitalized $0 and $46,000, respectively, associated with website development. Amortization expense of $14,000, and $0 was recorded in 2015 and 2014,respectively.Comprehensive LossComprehensive income or loss is defined as a change in equity of a company attributable to all transactions excluding those transactions resulting from investmentwith owners and distributions to owners. There were no differences between net loss and comprehensive loss in the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014.Revenue RecognitionThe Company recognizes revenue when there is persuasive evidence that an arrangement exists with the customer, selling prices are fixed or determinable, title orrisk of loss has passed, and collection is reasonably assured. Revenue is recognized upon shipment and payments are either received in advance, or net 30 days. Inthe years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014 there were six and four customers, respectively, that represented 100% of total sales recognized for each year. As ofDecember 31, 2015, the Company was not authorized to manufacture or sell any of its products or services within the United States and, as a result, all of theCompany’ revenues are derived from foreign customers.Laser Center RevenuesThe Company recognized revenues of $109,000, and $153,000 from laser centers during the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively. The Companyrecognizes revenue from these laser centers based upon an analysis of the terms of each customer arrangement and upon determination that persuasive evidence ofan arrangement exists, selling prices are fixed or determinable, title or risk of loss has passed, and collection is reasonably assured.75 Distributor RevenuesDuring the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, approximately $44,000, and $4,000 of revenue were recognized from distributor arrangements. Thedistributor arrangements include certain perfunctory acceptance provisions and a one-year warranty, from the date of shipment, that products are free from defectsin material workmanship. Under such provisions customers may reject shipments via written notifications ranging from 14-45 days or exchange defective productunder warranty for the same non-defective product. The Company has not had any significant rejected shipments or warranty claims.In 2013 the Company changed its commercialization strategy from exclusively using distributors to also targeting refractive laser centers equipped withfemtosecond lasers, except in countries that require the use of distributors or sales representatives.Clinical TrialsIn February 2015, the Company received approval from the FDA to commence enrollment of the second stage of its U.S. staged pivotal clinical trial of itsMicrolens involving the implantation of presbyopic patients. Enrollment for the second stage was completed in September 2015. The first staged-enrollmentcommenced during the first quarter of 2014, and during these trials, the Company incurred costs for patient recruiting, acquisition of clinical test equipment to beused in the trials, outside experts to read and interpret the results of the studies, third party costs to monitor the investigational sites and perform data collectionactivities and surgeon and patient fees in connection with the surgical procedures and follow-up visits. The Company’s policy with respect to the recognition ofthese costs is to record such costs as research and development expense in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss in the period in whichthe services are provided. The Company will evaluate the purchases of clinical test equipment, on a case by case basis, to determine if there exists an alternative usefor the equipment following the clinical trials. In the event that the Company determines that there is no alternative use for the test equipment, that cost will beexpensed as part of research and development expense.Stock-Based CompensationThe compensation cost of stock-based awards granted to employees is measured at grant date, based on the estimated fair value of the award. The Companyestimates the fair value of stock options using a Black-Scholes option pricing model. Compensation expense for options granted to non-employees is determined asthe fair value of consideration received or the fair value of the equity instruments issued, whichever is more reliably measured. Stock-based compensation costs areexpensed on a straight-line basis (net of estimated forfeitures) over the service period. The fair value of awards granted to non-employees is remeasured each perioduntil the related service is complete or there exists a significant disincentive not to perform the required services. Stock-based compensation costs are reflected inthe accompanying statements of operations and comprehensive loss based upon the underlying employees’ roles within the Company.Deferred Offering CostsGenerally, costs incurred such as legal, accounting and other professional fees including printing costs in the course of preparing for an IPO are deferred on thebalance sheet as deferred offering costs, which are eventually reclassified when the IPO is concluded as a reduction of the proceeds of the IPO as part of additionalpaid in capital. In the event the IPO is delayed or postponed for a period longer than 90 days or the Company determines that it no longer expects to conclude theIPO for any reason, the deferred offering costs are expensed as general and administrative expense on the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensiveloss in the period in which the delay occurs or the period in which management determines that the public offering is postponed, delayed indefinitely or cancelled.In the second and third quarters of 2014, approximately $3.4 million of such IPO costs was expensed as general and administrative expense due to a postponementof the Company’s IPO that exceeded 90 days. During September 2014, the Company resumed preparations for the IPO and incurred approximately $0.8 millionbetween the resumption date and December 31, 2014, and recognized this amount as part of other assets on the balance sheet as of December 31, 2014.Income TaxesFor the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, the Company was generally not subject to income taxes, as income or loss was either passed-through andincluded in the income tax returns of the Company’s shareholders or otherwise not subject to tax under local statute or rulings. As described in Note 1, the Parentcompleted a restructuring on October 21, 2013. As a result, some of the entities are no longer pass-through entities or were restructured as taxable entities.Provisions for federal, foreign, state, and local income taxes are calculated on pre-tax income based on current tax law and include the cumulative effect of anychanges in tax rates from those used previously in determining deferred tax assets and liabilities. Deferred income tax assets and liabilities are recorded for theexpected future tax consequences of temporary differences between the financial statement carrying amounts and the income tax basis76 of assets and liabilities. A valuation allowance is recorded to reduce net deferr ed income tax assets to amounts that are more likely than not to be realized.Advertising CostsThe Company incurs direct response advertising expense outside the United States in order to create awareness of the Company’s Microlens solution to presbyopia.The Company’s policy with respect to direct response advertising is to defer costs related to media and setup costs and amortize those costs to the statement ofoperations in the period in which the related revenue is recognized. Due to the early stages of market development and the uncertainty around the impact ofadvertising campaigns to-date, the Company expensed approximately $79,000, and $244,000 as part of sales and marketing expense in the consolidated statementsof operations for the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively.Risks and UncertaintiesThe Company’s product requires the approval of the FDA and regulatory agencies in the countries where the Company operates or expects to establish operationsin the future. There is no assurance that the Company’s products will receive or maintain the necessary approvals to begin or continue operations. If the approvalsare denied, delayed or withdrawn, there may be a material adverse impact on the Company’s results of operations and related cash flows.Recently Issued Accounting StandardsIn February 2016, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842). This update requires lessees to recognize at the leasecommencement date a lease liability, which is the lessee’s obligation to make lease payments arising from a lease, measured on a discounted basis, and a right-of-use assets, which is an asset that represents the lessee’s right to use, or control the use of, a specified asset for the lease term. Lessees will no longer be providedwith a source of off-balance sheet financing. This update is effective for financial statements issued for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2018 (whichis January 1, 2019 for us), including interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted. Lessees and lessors must apply a modified retrospectivetransition approach for leases existing at, or entered into after, the beginning of the earliest comparative period presented in the financial statements. The modifiedretrospective approach would not require any transition accounting for leases that expired before the earliest comparative period presented. Applying a fullretrospective transition approach is not allowed. We do not anticipate that the adoption of this ASU will have a material impact on our consolidated financialstatements.In November 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-17, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Balance Sheet Classification of Deferred Taxes . This update requires thatdeferred tax liabilities and assets be classified as non-current in a classified statement of financial position. This ASU is effective for financial statements issued forannual periods beginning after December 15, 2016 (which is January 1, 2017 for us), and interim periods within those annual periods. Earlier application ispermitted as of the beginning of an interim or annual reporting period. We do not anticipate that the adoption of this update will have a material impact on ourconsolidated financial statements.In July 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-11, Inventory (Topic 330): Simplifying the Measurement of Inventory . This update requires inventory to bemeasured at the lower of cost and net realizable value. Net realizable value is the estimated selling prices in the ordinary course of business, less reasonablypredictable costs of completion, disposal, and transportation. This ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2016 (which is January 1, 2017for us), including interim periods within those fiscal years. This update should be applied prospectively with earlier application permitted. We do not expect that theadoption of this ASU will have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.In January 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-01, Income Statement-Extraordinary and Unusual Items (Topic 225). This ASU updated the accounting guidancerelated to extraordinary and unusual items by eliminating the concept of extraordinary items. In addition, disclosure guidance for items that are unusual in nature oroccur infrequently will be retained and will be expanded to include items that are both unusual in nature and infrequently occurring. This update is effective forfiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2015 (which is January 1, 2016 for us). Early adoption is permitted. We donot anticipate that the adoption of this update will have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.The FASB issued ASU 2014-15 on August 27, 2014, providing guidance on determining when and how to disclose going-concern uncertainties in the financialstatements. The new standard requires management to perform interim and annual assessments of an entity’s ability to continue as a going concern within one yearof the date the financial statements are issued. An entity must provide certain disclosures if “conditions or events raise substantial doubt about the entity’s ability tocontinue as a going concern.” The ASU applies to all entities and is effective for annual periods ending after December 15, 2016, and interim periods thereafter,with early77 adoption permitted. We are currently evaluat ing the impact that the adoption of this guidance will have on our consolidated financial statements.In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606) . This update outlines a new, single comprehensive modelfor entities to use in accounting for revenue arising from contracts with customers and supersedes most current revenue recognition guidance, including industry-specific guidance. This new revenue recognition model provides a five-step analysis in determining when and how revenue is recognized. The new model willrequire revenue recognition to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration a company expects toreceive in exchange for those goods or services. In August 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-14, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606):Deferral of the Effective Date , which deferred the effective date of ASU 2014-09 by one year. ASU 2014-09 is now effective for annual reporting periodsbeginning after December 15, 2017 (which is January 1, 2018 for us), including interim periods within that reporting period. Early adoption is permitted only as ofannual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016, including interim reporting periods within that reporting period. Entities have the option of usingeither a full retrospective or a modified approach to adopting the guidance. We have not yet selected a transition approach and we are currently assessing theimpact on our consolidated financial statements from the adoption of this new accounting guidance. (3) InventoryThe Company maintains a serial number tracking system that measures shelf life such that no lens that has aged beyond four years shall be delivered to a customer.During the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, inventory write-downs reflecting excess quantities on hand were recognized in the amount of $169,000 and$61,000, respectively, based on the age of the lens inventory, inserters, accessories and the refractive mix of the inventory. Finished goods inventory consists of thefollowing (in thousands): December 31, 2015 2014 Lenses $294 $371 Accessories 136 7 Inventory $430 $378 (4) Property and EquipmentProperty and equipment consists of the following (in thousands): December 31, 2015 2014 Office equipment and computers $74 $51 Leasehold improvements 142 132 Production equipment and facilities 752 682 Software 58 7 Construction In Process 1 — Furniture and vehicles 167 155 1,194 1,027 Less: accumulated depreciation (419) (280)Property and equipment, net $775 $747 Depreciation and amortization expense related to property and equipment for the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014 was $159,000 and $135,000,respectively. (5) Other AssetsOther assets consists of the following (in thousands): December 31, 2015 2014 Prepaid rent and other assets $63 $47 Deferred costs related to the initial public offering — 839 $63 $886 78 (6) Other Current LiabilitiesOther current liabilities consists of the following as of the dates set forth below (in thousands): December 31, 2015 2014 Costs related to the initial public offering $— $327 Accrued professional fees 33 20 Accrued payroll related and bonuses 307 114 Accrued utilities and outside services 90 137 Accrued other expense 61 56 Income Tax Payable 44 28 Deferred Tax Liability 34 9 $569 $691 (7) Loss per Share Basic net loss per ordinary share is calculated by dividing net loss allocated to ordinary shareholders by the weighted average number of ordinary sharesoutstanding during the reporting period. Diluted net loss allocated to ordinary shareholders per share is calculated based on the weighted average number ofordinary shares and dilutive potential ordinary shares outstanding during the period. Dilutive potential ordinary shares consist of the shares issuable upon theexercise of options and upon the vesting of restricted shares under the treasury stock method. In net loss periods, basic and diluted net loss per share are identicalsince the effect of potential ordinary shares is anti-dilutive and therefore excluded. Basic and diluted net loss per share were calculated as follows (in thousands, except share and per share data): December 31, 2015 2014 Net Loss $(18,161) $(15,664)Net income allocated to participating securities — — Net loss allocated to common shareholders $(18,161) $(15,664)Weighted average shares outstanding - basic and diluted 12,945,968 9,166,667 Basic and diluted net loss per share $(1.40) $(1.71) The aggregate 9,166,667 ordinary shares of the Company prior to the initial public offering have been reflected as issued and outstanding at December 31, 2014 forpurposes of computation of basic and diluted loss per share. Antidilutive securities, which consist of options and restricted shares that are not included in the dilutednet loss per share calculation, consisted of an aggregate of 1,044,743 and zero weighted average shares for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014,respectively. (8) Shareholders’ Equity (Deficit)Deferred Ordinary SharesCapital related to Presbia PLC at December 31, 2014 consisted of ordinary shares (“Euro Ordinary Shares”) of $54,000, €1.00 par value, 40,000 authorized andissued with effective date of formation of February 6, 2014 (paid-in on January 10, 2014 with $1.35: €1.00). On January 14, 2015 the Company amended itsmemorandum and articles of association, resulting in the re-designation of the 40,000 Euro Ordinary Shares as deferred ordinary shares (“Deferred OrdinaryShares”). In August 2015, the Company cancelled 6 Deferred Ordinary Shares pursuant to the distribution of assets held by Presbia Holdings to its ordinaryshareholders.The rights and preferences of the Deferred Ordinary Shares are as follows: (i) subject to the right of the Company to set record dates for the purposes ofdetermining the identity of shareholders entitled to notice of and/or to vote at a general meeting, the right to attend and speak at any general meeting of theCompany and to exercise one vote per Euro Ordinary Share held at any general meeting of the Company; (ii) the right to participate pro rata in all dividendsdeclared by the Company; and (iii) the right, in the event of the Company’s winding up, to participate pro rata in the total assets of the Company. The rightsattaching to the Euro Ordinary Shares may be subject to the terms of issue of any series or class of preferred shares allotted by the Company’s board of directorsfrom time to time in accordance with articles of association. 79 (9) Stock OptionsStock-Based Compensation PlansOn January 14, 2015, the Company approved a compensation incentive plan (the “Presbia Incentive Plan”). The Presbia Incentive Plan permits the Company togrant awards of options, restricted shares, share appreciation rights, restricted stock units, performance shares, performance share units, dividend equivalent rightsin respect of awards and other share-based and cash-based awards, including long-term and annual cash incentive awards. A total of 1,800,000 ordinary shares areauthorized for issuance under the Presbia Incentive Plan of which approximately 693,000 were available on December 31, 2015 for future grants and awards. Theexercise price of each grant shall be determined by the Board of Directors (or a committee thereof) at the grant date in accordance with the terms of the PresbiaIncentive Plan, which generally vests awards 20% annually over a five-year period and expire no later than 10 year from the grant date. The Presbia Incentive Planterminates on January 14, 2025, unless terminated earlier by the board of directors. Awards under the Presbia Incentive Plan may be granted to employees,directors, consultants and other persons who perform services for the Company or a subsidiary of the Company.As of December 31, 2014, the Company did not have any active or inactive stock-based compensation plans; however, during the year ended December 31, 2010and in October 2013, the Parent granted options to purchase its ordinary shares and granted awards of restricted ordinary shares, to both employees and non-employees of the Company and stock-based compensation related to such awards has been recognized as expense in the accompanying financial statements asdescribed further below.Equity Issued by Presbia PLC in 2015OptionsThe following table sets forth the Company’s option activity for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015: Number ofPresbia PLCShares WeightedAverageExercise PricePer Share AggregateIntrinsic Value Balance, January 1, 2015 and 2014 - $- — Granted 1,110,500 $9.71 — Exercised - $- — Forfeited/cancelled (25,917) $8.98 — Balance, December 31, 2015 1,084,583 $9.73 — Vested and expected to vest, December 31, 2015 1,001,134 $9.73 — Exercisable, December 31, 2015 90,000 $10.00 — Employee OptionsThe Company utilizes the Black-Scholes valuation model for estimating the fair value of share-based compensation representing 1,032,500 options granted toemployees and non-employee directors during 2015 with the following assumptions: Year Ended December31, 2015 Stock price per share $4.39 - $10.00 Term 5.5 - 6.5 Yrs. Volatility 69.8% - 84.6% Dividends — Risk-free rate 1.3% - 2.0% The stock price per share is the range of closing stock prices for the Company’s ordinary shares associated with the award grant dates. The term is the expectedterm of the option utilizing the simplified method because of the Company’s limited history of option exercise activity and its options meeting the criteria of the“plain vanilla” options as defined by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Also, due to its limited stock price volatility history, the Company uses a peergroup average under ASC 718 consistent with the expected term of the option in effect at the time of the grant. The risk-free rate is based on the U.S. Treasuryyield consistent with the expected term of the option at the time of the grant.80 The weighted average grant date fair value of the employee options granted during 2015 was $6.74 per share. For th ose options granted to employees, stock-basedcompensation expense is based upon the fair value of the option as of the grant-date and attributed to future reporting periods on a straight-line basis over thevesting period, or the requisite service period. A 5% forfeiture rate assumption was applied, which reduces the amount of expense recognized each periodanticipating that a portion of all options will, more likely than not, be cancelled prior to the dates of its vesting periods. The forfeiture rate is s ubject to review andmay be adjusted based upon experience.Non-Employee OptionsThe Company utilizes the Black-Scholes valuation model for estimating the fair value of share-based compensation representing 78,000 options granted to non-employees and consultants during 2015 with the following assumptions: Year Ended December31, 2015 Stock price per share $5.26 Expected term 9.2 - 9.9 Yrs. Volatility 75.8% - 78.8% Dividends — Risk-free rate 2.3% In contrast to the determination of the value of options granted to employees and non-employee directors, which are determined based upon the grant-dateassumptions and applying the Black-Scholes model, the fair value for non-employee options and the related stock-based compensation expense are remeasuredeach financial reporting period based upon the assumptions applicable on the dates in which the financial statements are prepared. Because the performance criteriaof these grants is based solely upon a requisite service period, and are subject to forfeiture if the service conditions are not met, stock-based compensation expenseis determined by a straight-line attribution of the remeasured expense (mark-to-market) over the requisite service period subject to a forfeiture rate of 5%.Restricted SharesDuring 2015, the Company granted 29,559 restricted ordinary shares to newly-appointed independent board members effective with their appointment date joiningthe board. These grants vest in five equal, annual installments commencing one-year after the date of the grant. The weighted average grant date fair value wasdetermined by referring to the closing price of the Company’s ordinary shares on the dates of the grants. During 2015, one director resigned from the board andjoined the Company’s Medical Advisory Board and, as such, the board fully vested 1,854 shares on an accelerated basis and 7,416 were cancelled.As of December 31, 2015, there were 20,289 unvested restricted shares with a weighted average grant date fair value of $7.89 per share. During 2015, TheCompany recorded compensation expense related to restricted shares of $38,400. The following table sets forth the Company’s restricted share activity for thefiscal year ended December 31, 2015: UnvestedNumber ofShares WeightedAverage FairValue per Share Balance, December 31, 2014 - Granted 29,559 $8.12 Vested (1,854) $8.63 Forfeited/cancelled (7,416) $8.63 Unvested, December 31, 2015 20,289 $7.89 Vested and expected to vest, December 31, 2015 19,935 $7.83 Vested, December 31, 2015 1,854 $8.63 81 Stock-Based Compensation ExpenseDuring 2015, the Company recognized stock-based compensation expense for equity awards as follows (in thousands): Year EndedDecember 31, 2015 Research and development $223 General and administrative 1,762 Sales and marketing 165 $2,150 Unrecognized Share-Based CompensationAs of December 31, 2015, there was $4.6 million of unrecognized option expense related to employees and non-employees which is expected to be recognized bythe Company over the weighted average remaining vesting period of 3.7 years. For restricted share expense, unrecognized compensation expense is estimated to be$124,000 and to be recognized over the weighted average vesting period of 4.4 years.Equity Issued by Presbia HoldingsNon-Employee Stock-Based CompensationStock-based compensation expense related to stock options granted to non-employees is recognized as the stock options are earned. It was concluded that the fairvalue of the stock options is more reliably measurable than the fair value of the services received. The fair value of non-employee stock options are calculated ateach reporting date, using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model, until the award vests or there is a substantial disincentive for the non-employee not to performthe required services. For a discussion of the valuation methods and assumptions utilized for the remeasurement of non-employee awards during the years endedDecember 31, and 2014, see “Valuation of Parent’s Ordinary Shares” below.The following table sets forth the required inputs to determine the fair values for the non-employee Parent-related stock options: Year Ended December 31, 2015 2014 Stock price per share $— $0.40 Term — 8.8 yrs. Volatility — 77%Dividends — — Risk-free rate — 2.1% Employee Stock AwardsDuring 2010 and in October 2013, the Parent granted stock options for shares of its common stock and restricted shares to employees, consultants, medicaladvisory members and board members in exchange for future services. Since the stock-based compensation expenses that were recognized by the Parent wereincurred to benefit the Company, these expenses have been allocated to the Company. The options expire 10 years from the date of the grant and have vestingperiods of five years with 20% vesting in each of the five years.Compensation cost for employee stock-based awards is based on the estimated grant date fair value and is recognized over the service period of the applicableaward on a straight-line basis. At the time of the option grant date, the Black-Scholes option pricing model was used to determine the fair value of employee stockoptions. To apply the Black-Scholes option pricing model, the grant-date fair value of the underlying common stock price or value of the shares is adjusted basedon the assumptions regarding the volatility of the common stock prices or share values, the expected term of the option and the risk-free interest rate correspondingto a time period equivalent to the expected term of the option. Volatility was based on the stock volatility of comparable public companies within the sameindustry.82 Restricted SharesIn October 2013, the Parent granted 1,000,000 restricted ordinary shares to its then president, Zohar Loshitzer and 250,000 each to two board members at a fairvalue of $0.30 per restricted share, and in the case of the two board members, the vesting period was 20% per year over a five year period. With respect to the1,000,000 restricted share award to Mr. Loshitzer, the shares would vest over (i) the earlier of a three year vesting period in equal annual installments beginningone year following the date of grant or (ii) the date at the end of any lock-up period as determined by the then contemplated initial public offering. Furthermore, inthe case of president, the vesting of the shares was guaranteed regardless of Mr. Loshitzer’s future employment status with the Parent, or with any of itssubsidiaries, unless such employment was terminated for cause. Accordingly, with respect to the Mr. Loshitzer’s grant, stock-based compensation expense in 2013was fully recorded for $300,000. At December 31, 2014, the aggregate unvested restricted ordinary shares for the two board members was 400,000. In May 2015, the Parent accelerated the future vesting dates of all options and restricted shares in anticipation of the distribution of its assets to its ordinaryshareholders, and, accordingly, the remaining unvested 400,000 restricted shares became fully vested. Incremental stock-based compensation expense ofapproximately $104,000 was recognized in the second quarter of fiscal 2015 based upon the 400,000 shares and a fair value of the Parent’s ordinary shares of $0.26as of the date of modification. No incremental expense for the unvested shares held by the president was recorded.Stock-Based Compensation Expense-Presbia HoldingsThe employee, non-employee and restricted stock stock-based compensation expense was allocated to the Company from its Parent in the accompanyingstatements of operations and comprehensive loss for all the periods presented as follows (in thousands): Year Ended December 31, 2015 2014 Research and development $28 $213 General and administrative 117 81 Sales and marketing 11 19 $156 $313 The following table sets forth the Parent’s stock option activity for the year ended December 31, 2015: Number ofParent's Shares WeightedAverage ExercisePrice Per Share AggregateIntrinsic Value Balance, January 1, 2015 4,835,000 $0.11 Granted — $— Exercised (3,860,000) $0.08 $656 Forfeited/cancelled (975,000) $0.24 Balance, December 31, 2015 - $- Intrinsic value is measured using the estimated fair value at the date of grant, or as of December 31 (for outstanding options), less the applicable exercise price. In May and June 2015, all vested and unvested outstanding stock options issued by the Parent were deemed to be fully vested by May 15, 2015 and were subject toexpiration, unless exercised by the option holder, by June 15, 2015, for the purpose of distributing the 9,666,667 ordinary shares of Presbia PLC acquired byPresbia Holdings in connection with the 2014 and 2015 Reorganizations and the initial public offering to its ordinary shareholders. On August 3, 2015, thedistribution of such shares was completed to its shareholders and Presbia Holdings was dissolved in November 2015. As a result of the acceleration of the vestingdates of these options, incremental stock-based compensation expense was recognized in the amount of approximately $21,000.Unrecognized Stock-Based Compensation Expense-Presbia HoldingsAs of December 31, 2015, all outstanding stock options and restricted share issued by Presbia Holdings were either exercised and exchanged for shares in PresbiaPLC or were expired. 83 Valuation of the Parent’s Ordinary SharesValuation at December 31, 2015. No valuation of the Parent’s Ordinary Shares was required at December 31, 2015 because the entity was dissolved in November2015.Valuation at December 31, 2014. The valuation method at December 31, 2014 utilized probability—weighted income and market approaches, in which it assignedan 10% weight to the outcome of the income approach of $1.06 per share and 90% weight to the outcome of the market approach of $0.33 per share to reach aconcluded value of $0.40 per share of the ordinary shares of the Parent. The income approach considers future cash flows on a discounted basis (DCF) as oneindicator of current value while the market approach considers recent transactions in recent initial public offerings of similar equities including the Company’santicipated IPO such as for those enterprises in early stages of development, in the biopharmaceutical or medical device industries.The income approach consisted of a base case scenario, which was assigned a 70% probability of success, in which the U.S. FDA clinical trials are concluded in2017 and revenues commenced in the U.S. in March 2018. The income approach also assigned additional probabilities of 25% and 5% to a delayed case whereentry into the U.S. market is delayed by one year to March 2019 and a pessimistic case where FDA approval is not achieved and there is no entry into the U.S.market, respectively. In each scenario, the DCF was discounted by applying a 27.5% discount rate to free cash flows generated in each of a ten-year projectionperiod and a terminal value that represents future cash flows past 2023, the last year in the ten year projection. The weighted-average enterprise value was furtherdiscounted by 22% to account for the lack of marketability of the Parent’s ordinary shares to arrive at a concluded value of $0.40 per share. The discount rate of27.5% applied in the DCF model is based on the Company’s stage of development. The lack of marketability discount of 22% was determined by applying aprotective put option analysis reflecting the expected timing of a liquidity event of the Parent’s ordinary shares.The market approach considers recent initial public offerings in ophthalmology and general biotech markets. The initial public offering analysis consisted of inputsprovided by the Company’s lead underwriter which considered a range of pre-IPO equity valuation ranging from $90 million to $140 million. This method providesa range of equity values as of an initial public offering date. The range of enterprise values, when attributed to the ordinary shares of the Parent, indicated anaverage of $0.42 per share. The same lack of marketability discount of 22% was applied to indicate a value per ordinary share of $0.33. (10) Related Party TransactionsThe following table sets forth the amounts due to related parties reflected in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets (in thousands): Year Ended December 31, 2015 2014 Payable to related parties-current: Management services provided by related parties $55 $12 Total $55 $12 Payable due to the Parent-noncurrent: Principal amounts due to the Parent $— $417 Accrued interest due to the Parent $— $— Total $— $417 Mr. Ressler is a member of the Company’s Board of Directors and had served as the Chairman of the Board of the Parent since the Parent’s formation in 2007 andalong with immediate family members had a controlling interest in a partnership that controlled the Parent, prior to its dissolution in November 2015. As ofDecember 31, 2014 net principal amounts due to the Parent amounted to $0.4 million. Prior to November 25, 2014, interest on outstanding balances due to theParent were accrued at a rate of 15% per annum, compounded daily totaling approximately $2.2 million for the twelve months ended December, 31, 2014. Thefunding debt had no fixed maturity or expiration date and is classified as a noncurrent liability in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet at December 31,2014.On November 30, 2014, Presbia Holdings converted all the remaining indebtedness owed to Presbia Holdings by certain subsidiaries of Presbia Ireland, Limited atthat time to equity (“2014 Debt Conversion”). In the 2014 Debt Conversion, approximately $23.5 million of outstanding intercompany debt owed to PresbiaHoldings was converted to equity of such subsidiaries. During the period84 from December 1, 2014 to January 14, 2015, covering the period immediately prior to the completion of the initial p ublic offering on February 3, 2015, aggregatefunding from the Parent to Presbia PLC totaled approximately $1,558,000, of which $417,000 was classified as payable due to Parent on the consolidated balancesheet as of December 31, 2014.Also on November 30, 2014, the Company’s subsidiaries entered into an Interest Rate Agreement (the “Interest Rate Agreement”) with its Parent. Pursuant to theterms of the agreement, the parties agreed that any future borrowings from the Parent shall accrue at a rate, to be adjusted each calendar month, equal to the thenapplicable monthly federal rate of interest for short-term loans, as defined in Section 1274 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and such interest should accruedaily on the basis of a 365 day year until such amount is repaid in full or such amount has been contributed to capital by the Parent to the Company’s subsidiaries.The agreement provides that any future borrowings shall have no fixed maturity.In January 2015, we effected the 2015 Debt Conversion described under “Part I, Item I, Business—Corporate History and Information.” In the 2015 DebtConversion, approximately $1.6 million, representing the balance of outstanding intercompany debt owed to Presbia Holdings by a subsidiary of Presbia Ireland,Limited at that time, was converted to equity of such subsidiary.In addition, in January 2015, Presbia Holdings contributed all of the shares in issue of Presbia Ireland, Limited to Presbia PLC, an Irish incorporated public limitedcompany, in exchange for 9,166,667 ordinary shares of Presbia PLC.Presbia Holdings purchased an aggregate of 500,000 ordinary shares in our initial public offering in February 2015.In May 13, 2015, the board of directors of Presbia Holdings approved the liquidation of Presbia Holdings, which liquidation was subsequently approved by theshareholders of Presbia Holdings on May 13, 2015. In connection with the Liquidation, on August 3, 2015, Presbia Holdings distributed, by way of a dividend inspecie, the 9,666,667 ordinary shares of the Company that it held as of that date to its equity holders, pro rata based on each such equity holder’s equity ownershipin Presbia Holdings.In July 2015, Presbia Holdings incurred and paid bonus payments of approximately $183,000 on behalf of Presbia PLC in connection with the Liquidation.Since 2011, Orchard Capital Corporation (“Orchard”), which is wholly-owned by Mr. Ressler, has provided financial analysis and bookkeeping, accounting, legal,compliance and directorial services to the Company pursuant to a Services Agreement. During the years ended December 31, 2015, and 2014, the Companyrecognized general and administrative expense of $139,000, and $18,000, respectively, for services invoiced by Orchard. As of December 31, 2015 and 2014,amounts due to Orchard for management and accounting services amounted to $2,000 and $23,000, respectively.Commencing during the second quarter of 2013, the Company has received human resources management services, payroll services, IT support and riskmanagement services from CIM Group, an entity in which Mr. Ressler has a controlling interest. The Company has incurred charges of $185,000 and $152,000payable to CIM Group for such services for the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively. As of December 31, 2015 and 2014, amounts due to CIMGroup for human resources, payroll, information technology and legal services amounted to $53,000 and $12,000, respectively. (11) Operating Segments and Geographic InformationThe Company operates in one operating segment, the restoration of clear vision caused by presbyopia. The Company provides the refractive lens for patientsurgeries and accessories for procedures performed exclusively outside the United States. Revenue originating in the United States is limited to intercompanytransactions that do not result in any revenue generating activities to any individual or physician in the United States, and these amounts are eliminated uponconsolidation. The operating losses in the United States result primarily from research and development and general and administrative costs while the operatinglosses in the foreign operations result primarily from sales and marketing costs and an allocation of general and administrative costs to foreign operations.Revenues from external customers to individual countries are allocated based on the location of the customer. For the periods presented, there was no more thanone customer in each individual country.85 The following table sets forth the Company’s revenues generated from e xternal customers located in foreign countries and long-lived assets by area (in thousands): Year Ended December 31, Revenues 2015 2014 Australia $2 $- Brazil - - Canada 9 4 Ireland 67 149 Italy - 4 Japan - 4 South Korea 44 - The Netherlands 29 - UK 2 - Total $153 $161 Year Ended December 31, Long-lived Assets 2015 2014 U.S. 736 716 Foreign 39 31 Total $775 $747 In the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014 there were six and four customers, respectively, that represented 100% of total sales recognized for each year. Asof December 31, 2015, the Company was not authorized to manufacture or sell any of its products or services within the United States and, as a result, all of theCompany’ revenues are derived from foreign customers. With respect to suppliers for the microlens, the Company has a five-year supplier agreement that will expire in January 2017 with a lens manufacturer in Israelfrom which the Company receives 100% of its lens supply for use in commercial activities outside the United States. The Company also has its own manufacturingfacility in Irvine, California that we believe can be scaled to meet excessive lens demand or a disruption of supply sourced from outside the United States. (12) Commitments and ContingenciesFacility LeasesIn May 2012, the Company entered into a five-year non-cancelable lease for office and manufacturing space in Irvine, California that expires in May 2017, a 26-month sublease of office space in the same California location that commenced in June 2014 and will expire in July 2016, a one-year lease (which is now month tomonth) in Dublin, Ireland that commenced on December 1, 2013, and a 30-month lease in Amsterdam, the Netherlands that commenced on January 1, 2016. Rentexpense for the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014 was $209,000 and $234,000, respectively. The following table shows the annual base rental cost over theterm of the leases (in thousands). Years Ended December 31, ObligationsUnder FacilityLeases 2016 178 2017 63 2018 7 2019 — 2020 — 2021 and Thereafter — Total $248 86 ContingenciesFrom time to time, the Company may be subject to legal proceedings and claims arising in the ordinary course of business. Management does not believe that theoutcome of any of these matters will have a material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial operations. (13) Income TaxesThe provision for income taxes consists of the following (in thousands): Year Ended December 31, 2015 2014 Current provision: Federal $— $— State 3 2 Foreign 16 8 Total current $19 $10 Deferred provision Federal (306) (90)State — — Foreign (1,574) (886)Total deferred (1,880) (976)Valuation allowance 1,880 976 Total deferred — — Total income tax provision $19 $10 A reconciliation of the federal statutory rate to the effective rate is as follows: Year Ended December 31, 2015 2014 Expected income tax benefit at federal statutory rate 35% 35%State tax provision, net of federal benefit 0% 0%Foreign rate differential (25%) (24%)Pass-through entities 0% 0%Change in valuation allowance (10%) (6%)Nondeductible expenses 0% (5%)Other 0% 0%Income tax provision (0.0%) (0.1%) The components of the Company’s deferred tax assets are summarized as follows (in thousands): Year Ended 2015 2014 Deferred tax assets: Net operating loss carryforwards $3,072 $1,201 Accrued expenses 27 44 Stock based compensation 241 186 Deferred tax assets 3,340 1,431 Valuation allowance (3,247) (1,366)Net deferred tax assets 93 65 Deferred tax liabilities: Depreciation (93) (65)Total deferred tax liabilities (93) (65)Net deferred tax asset $— $— 87 The valuation allowance has been established to offset the Company’s net deferred tax assets, as realization of such assets is not considered to be more likely thannot due to the Company’s history of losses and uncertainties regarding the Company’s abilit y to generate future taxable income sufficient to realize the benefit ofthese deferred tax assets.The Company has U.S. Federal net operating loss (“NOL”) carryforwards of approximately $1,618,000 and $729,000 for December 31, 2015 and 2014,respectively, subject to potential limitations pursuant to Internal Revenue Code section 382 as discussed below. The federal NOL carryforwards will begin to expirein 2033, unless previously utilized. The Company has NOL carryforwards in Ireland of $20.2 million and $7.6 million for December 31, 2015 and 2014,respectively, which can be carried forward indefinitely.Pursuant to Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”), annual use of the Company’s NOL carryforwards may be limited in the event a cumulativechange in ownership of 50% of certain shareholders occurs within a three-year period. An ownership change may limit the amount of NOL carryforwards that canbe utilized annually to offset future taxable income and tax. In general, an “ownership change” as defined by Section 382 of the Code results from a transaction orseries of transactions over a three-year period resulting in an ownership change of more than 50 percentage points of the outstanding stock of a company by certainshareholders.Presbia Coopratief U.A. is a Dutch Company that has received an advance ruling with the Tax and Customs Administration that is in effect from January 1, 2012 toDecember 31, 2015.As of December 31, 2015 and 2014, the Company did not have any unrecognized tax benefits. The Company does not anticipate a significant increase in theunrecognized tax benefits over the next 12 months. The Company’s policy is to recognize interest expense and penalties related to income tax matters as acomponent of the income tax provision. As of December 31, 2015 and 2014, the Company did not have any tax related accrued interest and penalties on its balancesheet or on its statement of operations.Due to net operating loss carryovers, the U.S. federal and state returns are open to examination by the Internal Revenue Service and state jurisdictions for years2008 through 2015. The foreign income tax returns are open to examination for the years 2012 through 2015.The Company recognizes tax benefits associated with the exercise of stock options directly to stockholders’ equity only when realized. A windfall tax benefitoccurs when the actual tax benefit realized upon an employee’s disposition of a share based award exceeds the deferred tax asset, if any, associated with the award.At December 31, 2015 and 2014, deferred tax assets did not include $39,000 of excess tax benefits from stock based compensation. (14) Quarterly Financial Data (unaudited)The following tables present the unaudited financial data for each of the interim periods in 2015 and 2014: Quarter Ended (unaudited) 3/31/2015 6/30/2015 9/30/2015 12/31/2015 Revenues $73 $42 $10 $28 Cost of goods sold 47 14 34 68 Operating expenses: Research and development (a) 1,776 2,502 2,333 1,324 Sales and marketing 519 834 760 593 General and administrative 2,319 2,007 1,762 1,391 Operating loss (4,588) (5,315) (4,879) (3,348)Interest expense — — — - Other expense — — 12 — Loss before income tax provision (4,588) (5,315) (4,891) (3,348)Income tax provision 5 4 9 1 Net loss $(4,593) $(5,319) $(4,900) $(3,349) Net loss per share-basic and diluted $(0.39) $(0.40) $(0.37) $(0.25)Weighted average shares basic and diluted 11,759,260 13,333,334 13,334,503 13,335,188 88 Quarter Ended (unaudited) 3/31/2014 6/30/2014 9/30/2014 12/31/2014 Revenues $26 $61 $38 $36 Cost of goods sold 6 33 6 16 Operating expenses: Research and development (a) 732 1,675 1,016 820 Sales and marketing 249 394 463 546 General and administrative (b) 1,376 4,272 881 1,048 Operating loss (2,337) (6,313) (2,328) (2,394)Interest expense 433 584 719 552 Other expense — (6) — — Loss before income tax provision (2,770) (6,891) (3,047) (2,946)Income tax provision 2 3 5 — Net loss $(2,772) $(6,894) $(3,052) $(2,946) Net loss per share-basic and diluted $(0.30) $(0.75) $(0.33) $(0.32)Weighted average shares basic and diluted 9,166,667 9,166,667 9,166,667 9,166,667 (a)Includes costs related to U.S clinical trials.(b)Includes $3.4 million write-off of deferred offering costs in the second quarter of 2014. 89 (15) Subsequent Events Effective January 19, 2016, Dr. Gerald Farrell joined the Presbia PLC board of directors and will serve as an independent member of the Audit Committee. Inconnection with joining the board of directors, Dr. Farrell was awarded 15,968 restricted stock (RSA’s) at a January 19, 2016 closing price of $5.01. Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure.On June 4, 2015, upon the recommendation of the Audit Committee the Company decided to engage Squar Milner LLP as the Company’s independent registeredpublic accounting firm with respect to the Company’s U.S. financial statements for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015, which engagement became effectiveon June 8, 2015. On June 4, 2015, Deloitte & Touche LLP (“Deloitte”) was dismissed as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, effective immediately.The audit report of Deloitte on the Company’s financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014 (“Fiscal 2014”) did not contain any adverseopinion or disclaimer of opinion, nor was such report qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principles, except the audit report for Fiscal2014 contained an explanatory paragraph relating to allocations of expenses from Presbia Holdings, the Company’s controlling shareholder, and arrangements withrelated parties.During Fiscal 2014, and during the period from January 1, 2015 through June 4, 2015, the Company had: (i) no disagreements with Deloitte of the typecontemplated by Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope orprocedure, which, if not resolved to Deloitte’s satisfaction, would have caused it to make reference to the subject matter of any such disagreement in connectionwith its reports for such years and interim periods; and (ii) no reportable events within the meaning of Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K.During Fiscal 2014, and during the period from January 1, 2015 through June 8, 2015, neither the Company nor anyone on its behalf consulted Squar Milner LLPregarding either (i) the application of accounting principles to a specified transaction, either completed or proposed, or the type of audit opinion that might berendered on the Company’s consolidated financial statements or (ii) any matter that was the subject of a “disagreement” or “reportable event” (within the meaningof Items 304(a)(1)(iv) and 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K, respectively), except that Squar Milner LLP assisted in the preparation of the Company’s income taxprovision in connection with the Company preparing its financial statements for Fiscal 2014.Item 9A. Controls and Procedures .Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures.Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Accounting Officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controlsand procedures (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) as of the end of the periodcovered by this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provideonly reasonable assurance of achieving their objectives and management necessarily applies its judgment in evaluating the cost benefit relationship of possiblecontrols and procedures. Based on such evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Accounting Officer have concluded that, as of the end of the periodcovered by this report, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective.Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial ReportingOur management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) and Rule 15d-15(f)of the Exchange Act. Our internal control over financial reporting is designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and thepreparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Our internal control over financial reportingincludes those policies and procedures that: (i)pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of our assets; (ii)provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generallyaccepted accounting principles, and that our receipts and expenditures are being made only in accordance with authorizations of our managementand directors; and (iii)provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of our assets that could havea material effect on the financial statements.90 The effectiveness of any system of internal control over financial reporting, including ours, is subject to inherent limitations, including the exercise ofjudgment in designi ng, implementing, operating, and evaluating the controls and procedures, and the inability to eliminate misconduct completely. Accordingly,any system of internal control over financial reporting, including ours, no matter how well designed and operated, c an only provide reasonable, not absolute,assurances. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes inconditions or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate. Our management assessed the effectiveness of our internal control overfinancial reporting as of December 31, 2015. In making this assessment, our management used the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponso ring Organizationsof the Treadway Commission (COSO) in Internal Control-Integrated Framework (2013) . Based on our assessment using those criteria, our management, includingthe Company’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer, has con cluded that our internal control over financial reporting was effective as ofDecember 31, 2015 Changes in Internal Control Over Financial ReportingThere was no change in our internal control over financial reporting identified in connection with the evaluation required by Rule 13a-15(d) and 15d-15(d) of theExchange Act that occurred during the quarter ended December 31, 2015 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internalcontrol over financial reporting.Item 9B. Other Information .None. 91 Part IIIItem 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance.The following table sets forth information regarding our executive officers and directors as of March 1, 2016. NAME AGE POSITION(S)Ralph “Randy” Thurman (1)(3)(4) 66 Executive Chairman of the BoardTodd Cooper (1) 51 Chief Executive Officer, President and DirectorZohar Loshitzer 58 Chief Business Development Officer and DirectorVladimir Feingold 66 Chief Technology Officer, Executive Vice President and DirectorRichard Fogarty 65 Chief Accounting Officer, Vice President, Finance and SecretaryGerald Farrell (2) 56 DirectorGerd U. Auffarth (2)(3)(4) 51 DirectorRichard Ressler (3)(4) 57 DirectorRobert J. Cresci (2)(3)(4) 72 Director (1)Member of our executive committee.(2)Member of our audit committee.(3)Member of our nominating and corporate governance committee.(4)Member of our compensation committee.Ralph “Randy” Thurman has served as a director of Presbia PLC since February 2014. He was previously a director of Presbia Holdings from October 2013 untilits liquidation in 2015. From October 2014 through January 2015, Mr. Thurman served as the Chief Executive Officer of Presbia PLC. He commenced serving asthe Executive Chairman of Presbia PLC in January 2015. Mr. Thurman has served as a consulting advisor in private equity since 2008. Mr. Thurman currentlyserves as Senior Advisor to BC Partners, a private equity firm. Mr. Thurman served as an Operating Executive and Partner at AEA Investments LP (“AEAInvestments”), a private equity firm, from October 2012 through March 2014, and during that period, was the Executive Chairman of Cogent HMG, a portfoliocompany of AEA Investments engaged in healthcare technology. Before joining AEA Investments, Mr. Thurman was a Senior Advisor at New Mountain Capital,LLC, a private and public equity investment firm, since May 2008. From July 2008 to October 2011, Mr. Thurman served as a director of CardioNet, Inc., apublicly-traded global medical technology company focused on diagnosing and monitoring cardiac arrhythmias, where he also served as Executive Chairman fromJuly 2008 to January 2009, as President and Chief Executive Officer from February 2009 to June 2010, and as Chairman from June 2009 until his resignation fromthe board of directors in October 2011. From 2001 to 2007, he was a Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of VIASYS Healthcare Inc., a privately-heldhealthcare technology company. Mr. Thurman served as a director of Enzon, Inc., a biotechnology company, from 1993 to 2001 and served as Chairman from 1996to 2001. From 1997 to 2001, Mr. Thurman served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Strategic Reserves LLC, a privately-held company providingfunding and strategic direction to healthcare technology companies. Prior to that, he served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Corning Life Sciences,Inc., a manufacturer of laboratory products for life sciences research (1993 to 1997), and previously was President of Rhone-Poulenc Rorer Pharmaceuticals, Inc., aglobal pharmaceutical company (1984 to 1993). Mr. Thurman currently serves on the board of directors of Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc. From November2013 to February 2014, Mr. Thurman served as a director of Orthofix International N.V. and was Vice Chairman of Arno Therapeutics from June 2013 to February2015. Mr. Thurman received a B.S. in economics from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and an M.A. in management from Webster University and is a graduate of theU.S. Air Force Air Command and Staff College.Mr. Thurman has been chosen to serve on our Board due to his experience and expertise as an investor in medical device and healthcare companies.Todd Cooper has served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Presbia PLC and as a director of Presbia PLC since January 2015. From July 2011 toNovember 2014, Mr. Cooper served as the Chief Executive Officer of NVISION, which operates a network of ophthalmological surgical centers. From October2008 to June 2010, Mr. Cooper served as the Vice President of Marketing and the General Manager of Henry Schein Medical, a division of Henry Schein, Inc., aglobal provider of health care products and services to office-based practitioners. Prior to that, Mr. Cooper served as: the Senior Vice President, Global Sales andMarketing of Discus, a global manufacturer of dental products (2003 to 2008); a Senior Vice President of IMG Holdings, a boutique management consulting firm(1997-2003); the Director of Marketing at The Franklin Mint, a consumer products company (1995 to 1997); and the Senior Marketing Manager at Canadian TireCorporation, Limited, a retailer which sells a wide range of automotive, sports, leisure, and home products (1993 to 1995). Mr. Cooper received a B.A. from theUniversity of Alberta in 1994.Mr. Cooper has been chosen to serve on our Board due to his extensive management experience in ophthalmological and other medical device companies and hisprior chief executive officer experience.92 Zohar Loshitzer has served as a director of Presbia PLC since February 2014. He served as a director of Presbia Holdings from May 2007 until its liquidation in2015. He served as the Chief Executive Officer of Presbia PLC from February 2014 to October 2014, served as the President of Presbia PLC from February 2014 toJanuary 2015, served as Chief Business Development Officer from January 2015 to September 2015. Since January 2005, Mr. Loshitzer has served as a p rincipalat Orchard Capital, where he supports the portfolio companies of Orchard Capital by designing operational efficiencies and cost reductions, and he has served sinceAugust 2000 as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Universal Telecom Servi ces, Inc., a provider of telecommunications services and solutions toemerging markets. He has served as Executive Vice President of Corporate Strategy of j2 Global since June 2001 and from July 1997 through June 2001 he servedas the Chief Information Off icer at j2 Global. Mr. Loshitzer was the founder and President of MTP Consulting, Inc., a business consulting firm, from January 2011to August 2013, and he was the founder and President of Imali, Inc., another business consulting firm, from January 2007 t o December 2010. Since 1995, he hasbeen a Managing Director at Orchard Telecom, a provider of telecommunications products. He previously served as a consultant to MAI Systems Corporation, aprovider of information technology solutions, and as a General Ma nager and Managing Director at Life Alert Emergency Response, Inc., a provider of securityservices for the elderly, which Mr. Loshitzer co-founded. He was a director of the publicly-traded OCATA Therapeutics (formerly Advanced Cell Technology Inc.)from D ecember 2011 to February 2016, when the company was sold to a Japanese private company. He was also a director of publicly-traded EnvironmentalSolutions Worldwide, Inc. from January 2011 to December 2015. He graduated from Tel Aviv University with a degre e in Electronics Engineering.Mr. Loshitzer has been chosen to serve on our Board as a result of his finance and business management knowledge and experience and his investment experiencein start-ups and early stage financings.Vladimir Feingold has served as the Chief Technology Officer, the Chief Technology Officer of Presbia PLC since February 2014 and an Executive Vice Presidentof Presbia PLC since June 2014, and he commenced serving as a director of Presbia PLC in January 2015. He served as a director of Presbia Holdings fromSeptember 2009 until its liquidation in 2015. He has more than 30 years’ experience as an executive in the medical technology field and in research anddevelopment. Beginning in September 2001, he was the Chief Executive Officer of Visitome, Inc. and Biovision AG until Biovision AG was liquidated inbankruptcy in Switzerland in 2008 and the operations of Visitome were merged into Presbia in 2009. Previously, Mr. Feingold served as President and Chairman ofStaar Surgical AG, Switzerland (1994-1999) and held positions of increasing responsibility with its parent, Staar Surgical Co., a U.S. public company (1991-1999).From 1995 to 2000, Mr. Feingold was also a director of Canon-Staar, Japan, and from 1984 to 2001, Mr. Feingold was managing director and chairman of theboard of Bionica Pty Ltd., Australia, a company which produced and distributed an ambulatory medication delivery system, and marketed ophthalmic products.From 1975 to 1984, Mr. Feingold held various research, engineering and manufacturing executive positions at Telectronics Pty. Ltd., Australia. At that time,Telectronics manufactured miniature advance cardiac pacemakers. Mr. Feingold received his B.E. (Mechanical) and B.Sc. (Computer Science and Mathematics)from the University of Sydney, Australia.Mr. Feingold has been chosen to serve on our Board as a result of his scientific background, his familiarity with presbyopia and his understanding of our industry.Richard T. Fogarty has served as the Secretary of Presbia PLC since formation, the Chief Accounting Officer of Presbia PLC since February 2014 and the VicePresident, Finance of Presbia PLC since June 2014. He served as the Chief Accounting Officer of Presbia Holdings from August 2013 until its liquidation in 2015.From February 2010 to August 2013, Mr. Fogarty was Vice President, Finance and Administration and Chief Financial Officer for Plainfield Precision, Inc., aprovider of contract manufacturing services to the automotive and medical device industries. Mr. Fogarty held corporate controller and corporate finance positionsin publicly-held companies Collectors Universe, Inc., which provides authentication and grading services for high-value collectibles, from March 2006 to February2010, and Impco Technologies, Inc. (now Fuel Systems Solutions, Inc.), which designs, manufactures and supplies alternative fuel products and systems, fromNovember 2002 to March 2006. Mr. Fogarty holds an M.B.A. from Fairleigh Dickinson University and a B.S. degree from Union College. Mr. Fogarty is aCertified Management Accountant. On February 8, 2016 Mr. Fogarty announced his intention to resign as Chief Accounting Officer, effective March 31, 2016. Weare in discussions with Mr. Fogarty regarding continuing with the company for a longer transition period. Dr. Gerald Farrell has served as a director of Presbia PLC since January 2016. Dr. Farrell has been involved in the pharmaceutical industry for more than 25 years,and worked for Eli Lilly Company Limited in Ireland and the United Kingdom for the majority of his successful career. Dr. Farrell’s tenure at Eli Lilly includedpositions of Managing Director, leading the commercial sales and marketing in Ireland, Director Strategy, Commercial and Business in the UK accountable forlong-term strategic planning and business operations as well as other positions related to compliance, production, sales, and planning. Dr. Farrell earned a Ph.D.Plant Biotechnology from University College, Cork, and a BSc Honors – Plant Science and Higher Diploma Education with Honors from University College,Galway. Dr. Farrell serves on the Board for UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School, serves as a director, and previously served as president, for IrishPharmaceutical Healthcare Association, and serves as a council member for the Dublin Chamber of Commerce. Previously, from 2003 until 2014, Dr. Farrellserved as a director of Eli Lilly and Company (Ireland) Ltd.93 Dr. Farrell was chosen to serve on our Board as a result of his deep experience and leadership in the pharmaceutical industry devel oped over the course of an over25-year career with Eli Lilly. Prof. Dr. Gerd U. Auffarth has served as a director of Presbia PLC since August 2015 and Dr. Auffarth has also served as the Director and Chairman of theDepartment of Ophthalmology at the Ruprecht-Karls-University of Heidelberg, Germany since April 2011. Since August 2006, Dr. Auffarth has been the Directorof the International Vision Correction Research Centre, a research center focusing on cataract and refractive surgery, laboratory studies, and ocular pharmacology.Since June 2012 he has been the Director of The David J Apple International Laboratory for Ophthalmic Pathology, which provides analyses on ophthalmicdevices. Since August 2006 he has served as the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of' Steinbeis Technology Transfer Research Company IVCRC, which carriesout research with companies, including start-up companies, in the ophthalmic medical device business in cooperation with the University Eye Clinic of Heidelberg.Since March 2012, he has served as the President of the German Society for Intraocular Lens Implantation and Refractive Surgery, and he has served on the boardof this society since March 1999. Since September 2012, he has served as a member of the board of the German Ophthalmological Society (DOG), and sinceSeptember 2005, he has served as an emeritus member of the board of the European Society for Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ESCRS). He received an M.D.degree from the RWTH Aachen Medical School, Aachen University of Technology, Germany, and a Professorship in Ophthalmology and Ocular Pathology of theRuprecht-Karls-University of Heidelberg, Germany.Dr. Auffarth was chosen to serve on our Board due to his expertise in ophthalmic matters.Richard S. Ressler has served as a director of Presbia PLC since January 2015. Mr. Ressler served as an officer and director of Presbia Holdings from May 2007until its liquidation in 2015. Mr. Ressler served on the board of Presbia Holdings pursuant to a services agreement between our company and Orchard CapitalCorporation (“Orchard Capital”). Mr. Ressler is the founder, owner and President of Orchard Capital, a firm that provides consulting and advisory services tocompanies (including Presbia) in which Orchard Capital or its affiliates invest. He has been President of Orchard Capital since 1994. Mr. Ressler has beenChairman of the Board of Directors of j2 Global, Inc. (“j2 Global”), a publicly-traded provider of services through the internet, since 1997, and served as j2Global’s Chief Executive Officer from 1997 to 2000, serving in each of these capacities pursuant to a consulting agreement between j2 Global and Orchard Capital.Since March 2014, Mr. Ressler has been Chairman of the Board of Directors of CIM Commercial Trust Corporation, a publicly-traded real estate investment trust.Through an agreement with Orchard Capital, Mr. Ressler serves in various senior capacities with, among other companies, CIM Group, L.P. (together with itsaffiliates, “CIM Group”), a real estate investment and management company co-founded by Mr. Ressler, and Orchard First Source Asset Management (togetherwith its affiliates, “OFSAM”), an investment adviser focusing on middle market debt investments co-founded by Mr. Ressler. CIM Investment Advisors LLC, anaffiliate of CIM Group, and OFSAM and its wholly owned subsidiary, OFS Capital Management, LLC, are all registered with the U.S. Securities and ExchangeCommission as registered investment advisers. Mr. Ressler also serves as a board member for various private companies in which Orchard Capital or its affiliatesinvest. Mr. Ressler holds a B.A. from Brown University and J.D. and M.B.A. degrees from Columbia University.Mr. Ressler has been chosen to serve on our Board as a result of his extensive experience with, and knowledge of, business management and finance.Robert J. Cresci has served as a director of Presbia PLC since March 2015. Robert J. Cresci has been a managing director of Pecks Management Partners Ltd., aninvestment management firm, since 1990. Mr. Cresci currently serves on the boards of j2 Global, Inc., Luminex Corporation, OFS Capital Corporation, CIMCommercial Trust Corporation. Mr. Cresci previously served on the board of Continucare Corporation until 2011 and the board of Sepracor, Inc. until 2009. Byvirtue of his time with Pecks Management Partners and the other business entities mentioned, Mr. Cresci brings to our board of directors his broad expertise andexperience in accounting issues, and public company matters. Mr. Cresci holds an undergraduate degree in Engineering from the United States Military Academyat West Point and holds a M.B.A. in Finance from the Columbia University Graduate School of Business.Mr. Cresci was chosen to serve on our Board as a result of his broad experience in accounting and investment management developed during his tenure at PecksManagement Partners and his previous experience serving on the boards of other public companies. Each of our executive officers and directors also serves as an executive officer and/or director of our Presbia USA, Inc. subsidiary. Certain of our executive officersand directors are also officers and/or directors of other subsidiaries of our company.There are no family relationships among any of our directors or executive officers.94 Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting ComplianceSection 16(a) of the Exchange Act requires persons who own more than ten percent of a registered class of our equity securities and our directors and executiveofficers to file with the SEC initial reports of ownership and reports in changes in ownership of any Presbia PLC equity securities. To our knowledge, based solelyon a review of the copies of such reports furnished to us, and written representations that no other reports were required during the fiscal year ended December 31,2015, all reports required to be filed under Section 16(a) were filed on a timely basis.Code of Business Conduct and EthicsWe have adopted a code of business conduct and ethics that applies to all of our employees, officers and Board members, including those officers responsible forfinancial reporting. Our code of business conduct and ethics is available on our website (http://www.presbia.com). We expect that any amendments to the code, orany waivers of its requirements, will be disclosed on our website.Board Composition and CommitteesRichard Ressler and his affiliates control a majority of our issued and outstanding ordinary shares. As a result, we are a “controlled company” within the meaningof NASDAQ listing rules, and thus, we are exempt from the following NASDAQ requirements: ·the requirement that a majority of our Board consist of independent directors; ·the requirement that director nominees be selected, or recommended for the Board’s selection, either by independent directors constituting a majorityof the Board’s independent directors in a vote in which only independent directors participate, or by a nominating committee comprised solely ofindependent directors; and ·the requirement that we have a compensation committee that is composed entirely of independent directors with a written charter addressing thecommittee’s purposes and responsibilities.We rely on these exemptions. As a result, we do not have a majority of independent directors and we do not have a compensation committee or nominating andcorporate governance committee consisting entirely of independent directors. Accordingly, our investors do not have the same protections afforded to shareholdersof companies that are subject to all of NASDAQ’s corporate governance requirements.Executive Committee . The executive committee of our Board shall consist of two directors, which directors shall be Mr. Cooper and Mr. Thurman, provided thatMr. Cooper and Mr. Thurman shall have the right to designate another member of our Board to serve on the executive committee for any meeting for which eitherof Mr. Cooper or Mr. Thurman is unavailable. The chairman of the executive committee shall be the individual appointed by the committee members as thechairman at the commencement of each meeting of the committee. The executive committee is authorized to exercise all functions of our Board in the intervalsbetween meetings of our Board to the extent permitted by law.Audit Committee . The audit committee of our Board consists of Drs. Farrell and Auffarth and Mr. Cresci, and Mr. Cresci serves as the chairman of this committee.The audit committee assists our Board in its oversight responsibilities relating to the integrity of our financial statements, the qualifications, independence,compensation and performance of our independent auditors, our systems of internal accounting and financial controls, the performance of our internal auditfunction, the compliance of our company with legal and regulatory requirements and compliance with our company’s Code of Business Conduct and Ethics.Our audit committee members must satisfy both NASDAQ and SEC independence criteria. Under the NASDAQ listing rules, a director will only qualify as an“independent director” if (i) the director is not disqualified under certain objective tests established by the NASDAQ listing rules and (ii) in the opinion of theissuer’s board of directors, that person does not have a relationship that would interfere with the exercise of independent judgment in carrying out theresponsibilities of a director. To be considered independent for purposes of the SEC’s rules, a member of an audit committee of a listed company may not, otherthan in his or her capacity as a member of the audit committee, the board of directors, or any other board committee: (1) accept, directly or indirectly, anyconsulting, advisory, or other compensatory fee from the listed company or any of its subsidiaries or (2) be an affiliated person of the listed company or any of itssubsidiaries.Our Board has determined that all members of the audit committee meet both the SEC and the NASDAQ definitions of an independent director with respect to theirservice on our audit committee. In making this determination, our Board considered the relationships that Drs. Farrell and Auffarth and Mr. Cresci have with ourcompany and all other facts and circumstances our Board95 deemed relevant in determining their independence. Our Board has determined that Mr. Cresci qualifies as an “audi t committee financial expert” under SEC rulesand regulations.Compensation Committee . The compensation committee of our Board consists of Dr. Auffarth and Messrs. Ressler, Cresci and Thurman, and Mr. Thurman servesas the chairman of this committee. The primary purpose of the compensation committee of our Board is to (i) facilitate our Board’s discharge of its responsibilitiesrelating to the evaluation and compensation of our executives, (ii) oversee the administration of our compensation plans, including the Presbia Incentive Plan,(iii) review and determine Board member compensation and (iv) prepare any report on executive compensation required by the rules and regulations of the SECand the listing rules of NASDAQ.Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee . The nominating and corporate governance committee of our Board consists of Dr. Auffarth and Messrs.Thurman, Cresci and Ressler, and Mr. Thurman serves as the chairman of this committee. The primary purpose of our nominating and corporate governancecommittee is to (i) review the qualifications of, and recommend to our Board, proposed nominees for election to our Board, consistent with criteria approved by ourBoard, (ii) select, or recommend that our Board select, the director nominees for the next annual meeting of shareholders, (iii) develop, evaluate and recommend toour Board corporate governance practices applicable to our company and (iv) lead our Board in its annual review of the Board and management.Our Board has adopted written charters under which the audit committee, compensation committee and nominating and corporate governance committee operate. Acopy of each of these charters, which satisfy the applicable standards and rules of the SEC and NASDAQ, is available on our website (http://www.presbia.com).Board DiversityOur nominating and corporate governance committee is responsible for reviewing with the Board, on an annual basis, the appropriate characteristics, skills andexperience required for the Board as a whole and its individual members. In evaluating the suitability of individual candidates (both new candidates and currentmembers), the nominating and corporate governance committee, in recommending candidates for election, and the Board, in approving (and, in the case ofvacancies, appointing) such candidates, will take into account many factors, including the following: ·diversity of personal and professional background, perspective and experience; ·personal and professional integrity, ethics and values; ·experience in corporate management, operations or finance, such as serving as an officer or former officer of a publicly-traded company, and ageneral understanding of marketing, finance and other elements relevant to the success of a publicly-traded company in today’s businessenvironment; ·experience relevant to our industry and with relevant social policy concerns; ·experience as a board member or executive officer of another publicly-traded company; ·relevant academic expertise or other proficiency in an area of our operations; ·practical and mature business judgment, including ability to make independent analytical inquiries; ·promotion of a diversity of business or career experience relevant to the success of our company; and ·any other relevant qualifications, attributes or skills.Our Board intends to evaluate each individual in the context of the Board as a whole, with the objective of assembling a group that can best maximize the successof the business and represent shareholder interests through the exercise of sound judgment using its diversity of experience in these various areas. Item 11. Executive Compensation.This section discusses the material components of the executive compensation program for our named executive officers who are identified in the SummaryCompensation Table below. This discussion may contain forward-looking statements that are based on our current plans, considerations, expectations anddeterminations regarding future compensation programs. Actual compensation programs that we adopt following the completion of this offering may differmaterially from the currently planned programs summarized in this discussion.96 Summary Compensation TableThe following table shows the compensation awarded to or earned by our principal executive officer, and all individuals who served as principal executive officerat any time during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015, our two other most highly compensated executive officers who were serving as executive officers as ofDecember 31, 2015 and up to two additional individuals for whom disclosure would have been provided but for the fact that the individual was not serving as anexecutive officer as of December 31, 2015. The persons listed in the following table are referred to herein as the “named executive officers.” SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE NAME AND PRINCIPLEPOSITION YEAR SALARY($) BONUS($) STOCKAWARDS($) OPTIONAWARDS($) NON-EQUITYINCENTIVEPLANCOMPENSA-TION($) NON-QUALI-FIEDDEFERREDCOMPENSA-TIONEARNINGS($) ALL OTHERCOMPENSA-TION ($) TOTAL($) Todd Cooper 2015(1) 390,342 — — 3,294,000 (4) — — — 3,684,342 Chief Executive Officer andPresident Ralph Thurman 2015(2) 124,617 — — 1,612,750 (5) — — — 1,737,367 Chief Executive Officer (October2014 - Jan 2015) 2014 120,000 — — — — — — 120,000 Vladimir Feingold 2015 306,000 29,975 — 732,000 (6) — — — 1,067,975 Chief Technology 2014 300,000 — — — — — — 300,000 Officer Zohar Loshitzer 2015(3) 242,707 22,250 — 732,000 (7) — — — 996,957 Chief Executive Officer andPresident (2013 - October 2014) 2014 300,000 — — — — — — 300,000 President (October 2014 - January2015) Chief Business Development Officer(January 2015 - September 2015) Richard Fogarty 2015 204,933 4,926 — 63,450 (8) — — — 273,309 Chief Accounting Officer 2014 184,375 — — — — — — 184,375 (1)In January 2015, Mr. Cooper joined Presbia PLC as its Chief Executive Officer and President.(2)In January 2015, Mr. Thurman assumed role of Executive Chairman.(3)In January 2015, Mr. Loshitzer assumed role of Chief Business Development Officer until his resignation effective September 30, 2015. Following his resignation, Mr. Loshitzercontinued to serve as a member of our board and entered into a consulting agreement pursuant to which he receives $5,000 per month for his services. See the Director CompensationTable for additional information.(4)Mr. Cooper was awarded options to purchase 450,000 ordinary shares of Presbia PLC in January 2015. The amount reported represents the aggregate grant date fair value calculated inaccordance with FASB ASC 718. Information concerning the assumptions used to calculate these amounts is set forth in note 9 of audited consolidated financial statements presentedelsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.(5)Mr. Thurman was awarded options to purchase 250,000 ordinary shares of Presbia PLC in January 2015. The amount reported represents the aggregate grant date fair value calculated inaccordance with FASB ASC 718. Information concerning the assumptions used to calculate these amounts is set forth in note 9 of audited consolidated financial statements presentedelsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.(6)Mr. Feingold was awarded options to purchase 100,000 ordinary shares of Presbia PLC in January 2015. The amount reported represents the aggregate grant date fair value calculated inaccordance with FASB ASC 718. Information concerning the assumptions used to calculate these amounts is set forth in note 9 of audited consolidated financial statements presentedelsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.(7)Mr. Loshitzer was awarded options to purchase 100,000 ordinary shares of Presbia PLC in January 2015. The amount reported represents the aggregate grant date fair value calculated inaccordance with FASB ASC 718. Information concerning the assumptions used to calculate these amounts is set forth in note 9 of audited consolidated financial statements presentedelsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.(8)Mr. Fogarty was awarded options to purchase 10,000 ordinary shares of Presbia PLC in March 2015. The amount reported represents the aggregate grant date fair value calculated inaccordance with FASB ASC 718. Information concerning the assumptions used to calculate these amounts is set forth in note 9 of audited consolidated financial statements presentedelsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. On February 8, 2016, Mr.97 Fogarty announced his intention to resign from the Company effective March 31, 2016. We are in discussions with Mr. Fogarty regarding continuing with the Company for a longertransition period. Mr. Loshitzer served as our Chief Executive Officer throughout 2013 and until October 2014, when he was succeeded by Mr. Thurman, who currently serves as ourExecutive Chairman. When Mr. Thurman accepted the position of Chief Executive Officer, it was with the understanding that we would conduct an active search toidentify a suitable successor with executive experience in the medical device industry. As a result of that search, in January 2015, our Board named Todd Cooper asour new Chief Executive Officer and President. Effective upon Mr. Cooper’s appointment, Mr. Thurman was named our Executive Chairman and Mr. Loshitzerwas named our Chief Business Development Officer.Cash Bonus ProgramOur Board has established for 2015, and expects to continue in subsequent years, a cash bonus program for our employees. Pursuant to this program, employeeswill be eligible to receive an annual cash target bonus based on a specified percentage of the employee’s salary, which bonus will be earned upon the achievementof certain specified individual and corporate milestones.Equity AwardsPresbia PLCNo equity awards were granted by Presbia PLC to our named executive officers during the year ended December 31, 2014. At December 31, 2014, none of ournamed executive officers held any options to purchase our ordinary shares or held any other share awards in respect of our ordinary shares. In connection with ourinitial public offering, in January and March 2015, we granted options to our named executive officers as follows: ·to Ralph Thurman, options to purchase 250,000 ordinary shares; ·to Zohar Loshitzer, options to purchase 100,000 ordinary shares; ·to Vladimir Feingold, options to purchase 100,000 ordinary shares; ·to Todd Cooper, options to purchase 450,000 ordinary shares; and ·to Richard Fogarty, in March 2015, options to purchase 10,000 ordinary shares.All such options were granted pursuant to the Presbia Incentive Plan at an exercise price of $10.00 per share, with the exception of Mr. Fogarty’s options, that wereissued at $8.63 per share, and expire ten years from the grant date. With the exception of Mr. Thurman’s options, such options vest in five equal annual installmentscommencing one year after the grant date. Mr. Thurman’s options vested with respect to one third of the underlying ordinary shares on the grant date and will vestwith respect to one third of the underlying ordinary shares on each of the next two anniversaries of that date. None of such options is exercisable while the recipientis an employee, officer or director of our company, unless our Board, in its sole discretion, waives such restriction after determining that such exercise shall nottrigger a Rule 9 mandatory takeover under the Irish Takeover Rules by the recipient or any other officer, employee, director or shareholder of our company.We expect from time to time to make equity grants under the Presbia Incentive Plan to our employees to align the interests of our employees with our company.Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal-EndThe following table sets forth information regarding holdings by our named executive officers, as of December 31, 2015, of unexercised stock options granted byPresbia PLC and outstanding restricted stock awards granted by Presbia PLC.98 OPTIONS AWARDS (1) STOCK AWARDS NAME NUMBER OFORDINARYSHARESUNDERLYINGUNEXERCISEDOPTIONS(EXERCISABLE) NUMBER OFORDINARYSHARESUNDERLYINGUNEXERCISEDOPTIONS(UNEXERCIS-ABLE) OPTIONEXERCISEPRICE OPTIONEXPIRATIONDATE NUMBER OFRESTRICTEDSHARESTHAT HAVENOTVESTED DECEMBER 31,2014 MARKETVALUE OFRESTRICTEDSHARES THATHAVE NOTVESTED Todd Cooper — 450,000 (1) $10.00 1/28/25 $- $- Ralph Thurman 83,333 (2) 166,667 (2) $10.00 1/28/25 — — Vladimir Feingold — 100,000 (1) $10.00 1/28/25 — — Zohar Loshitzer — 100,000 (1) $10.00 1/28/25 — — Richard Fogarty — 10,000 (3) $8.63 3/16/25 — — (1)Such shares will vest in five equal annual installments commencing on January 28, 2016.(2)One-third of total options vested immediately on January 28, 2015.(3)Shares will vest in equal annual installments commencing on March 16, 2016. Presbia Holdings During May 2015, the board of Presbia Holdings announced that all holders of outstanding stock options to acquire the ordinary shares of Presbia Holdings wouldhave the option to exercise fully all such stock options by June 15, 2015 or, on that date, the option awards would automatically expire. Also, as of the same date,all holders of unvested restricted stock awards would acquire title to those shares. The action of the board was in contemplation of the liquidation of PresbiaHoldings and the distribution of the 9,666,667 ordinary shares of Presbia PLC to its ordinary shareholders following the exercising and expiration of all equityawards as of June 15, 2015. On August 3, 2015, 1,600,965 ordinary shares of the 9,666,667 shares of Presbia PLC held by Presbia Holdings were distributed to thenamed executive officers of Presbia PLC as follows: ·to Vladimir Feingold, 1,308,532 ordinary shares of Presbia PLC ·to Zohar Loshitzer, 284,147 ordinary shares of Presbia PLC ·to Ralph Thurman, 8,286 ordinary shares of Presbia PLCRetirement BenefitsWe do not maintain, and during 2015 and 2014 did not maintain, any tax-qualified or non-qualified plans that provide for the payment of retirement benefits orbenefits paid primarily following retirement to any of our named executive officers.Agreements with Named Executive OfficersEach of our named executive officers is an employee at will. Other than as described below, we are not party to employment agreements with any of our namedexecutive officers.We entered into a letter agreement, which includes a severance arrangement, with Mr. Cooper, our President and Chief Executive Officer. The agreement providesthat Mr. Cooper’s annual base salary shall be $400,000, with a target annual bonus of 50% of base pay based on agreed to objectives of our Board. Also, pursuantto this letter agreement, in connection with our initial public offering, we issued to Mr. Cooper an option to purchase 450,000 of our ordinary shares at an exerciseprice of $10.00 per share. In addition, if Mr. Cooper is terminated without cause or if he resigns because his base salary is unilaterally reduced or his title isdiminished, he will be entitled to six months base pay, six months of reimbursement of certain medical benefits and vesting of stock options that would otherwisevest during that six-month period.Presbia Incentive PlanIn January 2015, prior to the consummation of our initial public offering, we adopted a stock plan, which we refer to as the Presbia Incentive Plan. Unless soonerterminated by the Board, the Presbia Incentive Plan will expire 10 years after its adoption.The Presbia Incentive Plan permits us to grant awards of stock options, restricted shares, stock appreciation rights, restricted share units, performance shares,performance share units, dividend equivalent rights in respect of awards and other share-based and cash-99 based awards, including annual and long-term cash incentive awards. Awards under the Presbia Incentive Plan may be granted to employees, directors, consultantsand other persons who perform services for our company or a subsidiary of our company.A total of 1,800,000 of our ordinary shares are authorized for issuance under the Presbia Incentive Plan. For purposes of calculating the number of shares availableunder the Presbia Incentive Plan, shares covered by forfeited, terminated, or cancelled awards are available for future awards under the Presbia Incentive Plan, asare shares that are surrendered or withheld from any award to satisfy tax withholding obligations or the exercise price of an award or that are tendered by an awardrecipient to pay the exercise price of any awards. Such shares may be authorized but unissued shares or authorized and issued shares held in our treasury oracquired by our company for purposes of the Presbia Incentive Plan.The Presbia Incentive Plan is administered by the Board’s compensation committee. The compensation committee has the authority to: ·determine which individuals shall be granted awards and the provisions of award agreements; ·interpret the Presbia Incentive Plan and award agreements; ·prescribe, amend and rescind rules and regulations, if any, relating to the Presbia Incentive Plan; ·make all determinations necessary or advisable for the administration of the Presbia Incentive Plan; and ·correct any defect, supply any omission and reconcile any inconsistency in the Presbia Incentive Plan or any award agreement.Payments to our company upon the grant, exercise or payment of an award may be made in such form as our compensation committee determines, including cash,ordinary shares, net share exercise, other securities, other awards or other property.Options granted pursuant to the Presbia Incentive Plan will have an exercise price that is not less than 100% of the fair market value of the shares subject to theoption on the date of grant and a term of not more than 10 years from the date of grant. In general, unless an award agreement specifies otherwise, options willbecome exercisable with respect to 20% of the shares subject thereto on each of the first five anniversaries of the date of grant. However, each option will becomefully exercisable upon a “change in control” of our company (as defined in the Presbia Incentive Plan), unless the Board determines that the optionee has beenoffered substantially identical replacement options and a comparable position at the acquiring company. In general, upon an optionee’s termination of employment,any then exercisable options held by the optionee may be exercised for a period of three months following such termination (one year in the case of death), but inno event beyond the stated expiration date of such options; provided that all options shall immediately terminate upon termination of an optionee’s employment forcause.Restricted shares granted pursuant to the Presbia Incentive Plan may not be sold, assigned or otherwise transferred during the restricted period determined by ourcompensation committee at grant. Except as otherwise determined by our compensation committee, upon a recipient’s termination of employment prior to theexpiration of the applicable restricted period, all shares for which the restricted period has not lapsed shall be forfeited and reacquired by us at no cost (or for nilconsideration). Our compensation committee may accelerate the vesting of all or any restricted shares at any time on such terms as it shall determine by cancellingthe outstanding restrictions to which such shares are subject prior to the expiration of the restricted period of such shares. In addition, all restricted shares willbecome fully vested, and the restrictions to which shares are subject shall lapse, upon a “change in control” of our company (as defined in the Presbia IncentivePlan) unless the Board determines that the recipient has been offered substantially identical replacement restricted shares and a comparable position at the acquiringcompany. During the restricted period, the recipient shall possess all incidents of ownership of the restricted shares, including the right to receive dividends on andvote such shares; provided that, unless otherwise set forth in an award agreement, any cash or share dividends with respect to restricted shares shall be withheld byus for the recipient’s account and shall be subject to the same restrictions as the corresponding restricted shares to which such dividends relate.Share appreciation rights granted pursuant to the Presbia Incentive Plan will confer the right to receive, for each ordinary share with respect to which the shareappreciation right is exercised, an amount equal to (i) the excess of the fair market value of an ordinary share on the date of exercise over (ii) the base price of theshare appreciation right. The base price of share appreciation rights will not be less than 100% of the fair market value of the ordinary shares subject to the shareappreciation right on the date of grant. Share appreciation rights will become exercisable at such time or times as our compensation committee shall determine.Payment upon exercise of a share appreciation right may be made in cash or in our ordinary shares or both, as determined by our compensation committee.Restricted share units granted pursuant to the Presbia Incentive Plan will be subject to such terms as the compensation committee may determine. At the time ofgrant, our compensation committee will specify the date or dates on which restricted share units will vest and the conditions to vesting and will specify the date onwhich ordinary shares will be transferred to a recipient in respect of vested100 restricted share units (which date may be later than the vesting date or dat es of such award). Except as otherwise determined by our compensation committee, upona recipient’s termination of employment, restricted share units that have not vested shall be forfeited and cancelled (or reacquired by us for nil consideration). Ourcom pensation committee may at any time accelerate the vesting dates of all or any restricted share units or waive or amend any conditions of such awards.Our compensation committee may grant performance shares in the form of actual ordinary shares or performance share units having a value equal to an identicalnumber of ordinary shares, in such amounts and subject to such terms as the compensation committee may determine. The performance conditions and the lengthof the performance period applicable to performance shares and performance share unit awards shall be determined by our compensation committee. In addition,our compensation committee shall determine whether performance share units will be paid in cash, ordinary shares or a combination of both.Our compensation committee may award other types of share-based or cash-based awards under the Presbia Incentive Plan in such amounts and subject to suchterms and conditions as our compensation committee may determine. Such awards may entail the transfer of actual ordinary shares or payment in cash or otherwiseof amounts based on the value of our ordinary shares or the payment of cash pursuant to annual and long-term incentive awards approved by our compensationcommittee that may or may not be based on the value of our ordinary shares.The Board may amend the Presbia Incentive Plan at any time, but no amendment may materially alter or adversely impair rights and obligations under previouslygranted awards without consent. Amendments to the Presbia Incentive Plan require shareholder approval to the extent required by applicable laws, regulations orrules.This description is not complete. For more information, we refer you to the full text of the Presbia Incentive Plan, which we filed as an exhibit to the 2014 AnnualReport on Form 10-K.Securities Laws and U.S. Federal Income Taxes.The Presbia Incentive Plan is designed to comply with various U.S. federal securities and tax laws as follows: ·Securities Laws. The Presbia Incentive Plan is intended to conform to all provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and any and allregulations and rules promulgated by the SEC thereunder, including without limitation, Rule 16b-3. The Presbia Incentive Plan will be administered,and options will be granted and may be exercised, only in such a manner as to conform to such laws, rules and regulations. ·Section 162(m) of the Code. In general, under Section 162(m) of the Code, income tax deductions of publicly held corporations may be limited to theextent total compensation for certain executive officers exceeds $1,000,000 in any taxable year of the corporation. However, under Section 162(m),the deduction limit does not apply to certain “performance-based compensation” established by an independent compensation committee that isadequately disclosed to and approved by shareholders. Under a Section 162(m) transition rule for compensation plans of corporations that areprivately held and that become publicly held in an initial public offering, the Presbia Incentive Plan will not be subject to Section 162(m) until aspecified transition date, which is the earliest of: ·the date on which the Presbia Incentive Plan is materially modified; ·the date on which all of the ordinary shares reserved for issuance and other compensation allocated under the Presbia Incentive Planare issued; ·the date on which the Presbia Incentive Plan expires; or ·the date of the first meeting of our shareholders at which members of our Board are to be elected that occurs after the close of thethird calendar year following the calendar year in which our initial public offering occurred.Prior to the transition date, the deduction limitation under Section 162(m) of the Code will not apply to compensation received pursuant to rights or awards grantedunder the Presbia Incentive Plan.After the transition date, rights or awards granted under the Presbia Incentive Plan, other than compensation received pursuant to options and stock appreciationrights or the vesting of restricted shares granted prior to the transition date, will not qualify as “performance-based compensation” for purposes of Section 162(m),unless such rights or awards are granted or vest upon pre-established objective performance goals, the material terms of which are disclosed to and approved by ourshareholders.101 Director CompensationFor information regarding the compensation that we paid to our named executive officers who serve on the Board of Presbia PLC, Messrs. Thurman, Cooper,Loshitzer and Feingold, see “—Summary Compensation Table.”At present, non-employee directors of Presbia PLC are compensated as follows: (i) an annual board cash fee of $60,000; (ii) a cash fee of $2,500 for each board orcommittee meeting attended in person in Ireland; and (iii) reimbursement for out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with attending Board and committeemeetings. In addition, we intend to grant new directors a one-time restricted share award valued at $80,000 in connection with their appointment to our Board,which shares will vest ratably over a five year vesting period, and we intend to grant our non-employee directors an annual restricted share award valued at $40,000for their continued service on our Board, which shares will vest ratably over a five year vesting period. Effective October 1, 2015 the Board approved a one-yearconsulting agreement with Mr. Loshitzer which provides for a monthly payment of $5,000 in exchange for his services as a board member and any other services asrequested by the company.Director Equity AwardsPresbia PLCIn connection with our initial public offering, in January 2015, we granted options to our non-employee directors as follows: ·to Richard Ressler, options to purchase 10,000 ordinary shares; and ·to Mark Blumenkranz, options to purchase 10,000 ordinary shares.All such options were granted pursuant to the Presbia Incentive Plan at an exercise price of $10.00 per share and expire ten years from the grant date. Such optionsvested with respect to one third of the underlying ordinary shares on the grant date and will vest with respect to one third of the underlying ordinary shares on eachof the next two anniversaries of that date. None of such options shall be exercisable while the recipient is an employee, officer or director of our company, unlessour Board, in its sole discretion, waives such restriction after determining that such exercise shall not trigger a Rule 9 mandatory takeover offer under the IrishTakeover Rules by the recipient or any other officer, employee, director or shareholder of our company.On March 16, 2015, we granted 9,270 restricted ordinary shares to each of Robert J. Cresci and Mark Blumenkranz. The restricted shares will vest in five equal,annual installments commencing one year after the date of grant. On August 3, 2015, we granted 11,019 restricted ordinary shares to Dr. Gerd Auffarth and on January 19, 2016 we granted 15,968 restricted ordinary shares to Dr.Gerald Farrell. Effective August 3, 2015, Dr. Blumenkranz resigned from the board and joined our Medical Advisory Board. Also, on August 3, 2015, the boardapproved the accelerated vesting of 20% of the 9,270 restricted ordinary shares granted on March 16, 2015, or 1,854 ordinary shares, to Dr. Blumenkranz. Director Compensation TableThe following table summarizes the annual compensation for our non- employee directors during the year ended December 31, 2015. NAME FeesEarned orPaid inCash($) StockAwards($)(1) OptionAwards($)(2) Non-EquityIncentive PlanCompensation($) Change inPensionValue andNonqualifiedDeferredCompensationEarnings All OtherCompensation($) Total($) Gerd U. Auffarth $25,000 $80,000 $— $— $— $— $105,000 Mark Blumenkranz(3) 22,500 80,000 — — — 13,460 115,960 Robert J. Cresci 50,000 80,000 — — — — 130,000 Richard Ressler — — 64,510 (4) — — — 64,510 Zohar Loshitzer(5) 15,000 — 732,000 (6) — — — 747,000 102 (1) This column reflects grant date fair value assigned to restricted stock awards (RSA's) on the basis of closing price of Company's ordinary shares on the dateof the award. Such restricted shares will vest in five equal installments commencing on the first anniversary of the grant date.(2 ) Amounts in the Option Award column reflect grant date fair value of options granted determined in accordance with ASC 718. Information concerning theassumptions used to calculate this value is set forth in Note 9 to the consolidated financial statements presented elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form10-K.(3) Dr. Blumenkranz resigned as a director on August 1, 2015 and immediately joined the Company's Medical Advisory Board. Upon resigning from the board,Dr. Blumenkranz received an accelerated vesting of 20% of the restricted shares and 80% were cancelled. All other compensation of $13,460 relates to thefair value of the accelerated shares based upon the closing price of the Company’s ordinary shares of $7.26 effective August 3, 2015.(4) One-third of Mr. Ressler's options vested immediately upon grant and the remaining two-third's will vest in equal installments on the one and two-yearanniversary dates following the date of grant, respectively.(5)Mr. Loshitzer entered into a consultancy agreement with the Company effective October 1, 2015 following his resignation from the Company as its ChiefBusiness Development Officer. Under the consultancy agreement, the Company will compensate Mr. Loshitzer $5,000 per month for his services.(6) Mr. Loshitzer's option award will vest in five equal annual installments beginning on the one-year anniversary of the date of grant. Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters.The following table sets forth certain information as of March 22, 2016 with respect to the beneficial ownership of our ordinary shares by: ·each of our named executive officers and directors; ·all of our executive officers and directors as a group; and ·each person or group of affiliated persons who is known by us to beneficially own more than 5% of our outstanding shares.The amounts and percentages of shares beneficially owned are reported on the basis of regulations of the SEC governing the determination of beneficial ownershipof securities. Under the SEC’s rules, a person is deemed to be a beneficial owner of a security if that person has or shares voting power, which includes the powerto vote or to direct the voting of such security, or investment power, which includes the power to dispose of or to direct the disposition of such security. Unlessotherwise indicated below, each beneficial owner named in the table below has sole voting and sole investment power with respect to all shares beneficially owned,subject to community property laws where applicable.Unless otherwise indicated, the address of each person listed below is c/o Presbia PLC, 120/121 Baggot Street Lower, Dublin 2 Ireland. ORDINARY SHARESBENEFICIALLY OWNED NAME OF BENEFICIAL OWNER NUMBER PERCENT 5% Holders FMR, LLC 1,945,747 (1) 14.6% 245 Summer Street, Boston, MA 02210 Directors and Officers Todd Cooper 97,500 (2) * Zohar Loshitzer 291,516 (3) 2.2%Vladimir Feingold 1,328,532 (4) 9.9%Richard Ressler 7,841,508 (5) 58.6%Gerd Auffarth 11,019 (6) * Ralph Thurman 187,896 (7) 1.4%Richard Fogarty 4,000 (8) * Robert Cresci 19,270 (9) * Gerald Farrell 16,568 (10) * Executive officers and directors as a group (9 persons) 9,797,809 (11) 71.7% *Less than one percent.103 (1)Based solely on information set forth in a Schedule 13G/A filed with the SEC on February 12, 2016 by FMR LLC ("FMR") reporting that FMR: (i)beneficially owned 1,945,747 shares; (ii) had the sole power to dispose or direct the disposition of 1,945,747 shares; and (iii) had the sole power to vote orto direct the vote of 365,844 shares . In addition, the Schedule 13G/A shows that the following person s or entities beneficially own certain of the sharesreported: Abigail P. Johnson and Fidelity Growth Company Fund. The Schedule 13G/A also shows that Abigail P. Johns is a Director, the Vi ce Chairman,Chief Executive Officer and President of FMR. Members of the Johnson family, including Abigail P. Johnson, are the predominant owners, directly orthrough trusts, of Series B voting common shares of FMR, representing 49% of the voting power of FMR. The Johnson family group and all other Series Bshareholders have entered into a shareholders' voting agreement under which all Series B voting common shares will be voted in accordance with themajority vote of Series B voting common shares. Accordi ngly, through their ownership of voting common shares and the execution of the shareholders'voting agreement, members of the Johnson family may be deemed, under the Investment Company Act of 1940, to form a controlling group with respect toFMR. Neither F MR nor Abigail P. Johnson has the sole power to vote or direct the voting of the shares owned directly by the various investment companiesregistered under the Investment Company Act (the "Fidelity Funds"), advised by Fidelity Management & Research Company , a wholly-owned subsidiaryof FMR, which power resides with the Fidelity Funds' Board of Trustees. Fidelity Management & Research Company carries out the voting of the sharesunder written guidelines established by the Fidelity Funds' Board of Trustees. ( 2)Includes 90,000 ordinary shares covered by options vested on January 28, 2016. Excludes 360,000 options, none of which are exercisable within 60 days ofMarch 22, 2016.(3)Includes 20,000 ordinary shares covered by options vested on January 28, 2016. Excludes 80,000 options, none of which are exercisable within 60 days ofMarch 22, 2016.(4)Includes 20,000 ordinary shares covered by options vested on January 28, 2016. Excludes 80,000 options, none of which are exercisable within 60 days ofMarch 22, 2016.(5)Includes 6,667 ordinary shares covered by options vested on January 28, 2016. Excludes 3,333 options, none of which are exercisable within 60 days ofMarch 22, 2016.(6)Includes 11,019 restricted shares held by Dr. Auffarth granted on August 3, 2015.(7)Includes 166,667 ordinary shares covered by options vested on January 28, 2016. Excludes 83,333 options, none of which are exercisable within 60 days ofMarch 22, 2016.(8)Includes 2,000 ordinary shares covered by options vested on March 16, 2016. Excludes 8,000 options, none of which are exercisable within 60 days ofMarch 22, 2016. On February 8, 2016, Mr. Fogarty announced that he expects to resign from the Company effective March 31, 2016. We are in discussionswith Mr. Fogarty regarding continuing with the Company for a longer transition period.(9)Includes 9,270 restricted shares held by Mr. Cresci granted on March 16, 2015.(10)Includes 15,968 restricted shares held by Dr. Farrell granted on January 19, 2016.(11)Includes 305,333 ordinary shares covered by options of which 303,333 vested on January 28, 2016 and 2,000 vested on March 16. 2016. Excludes 614,667options, none of which are exercisable within 60 days of March 22, 2016. Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions and Director Independence .The following is a description of transactions since January 1, 2015 to which we have been a party, in which the amount involved exceeds $120,000, and in whichany of our directors, executive officers or holders of more than 5% of our share capital, or an affiliate or immediate family member thereof, had or will have adirect or indirect material interest.Transactions with Presbia HoldingsFrom 2009 through our initial public offering, Presbia Holdings funded our operations with cash and payments of operating expenses on our behalf. The aggregateprincipal amount due Presbia Holdings in connection with such funding as of December 31, 2014 was $0.4 million. Such funding accrued interest at a rate of15% per annum, compounding daily, through November 30, 2014. From December 1, 2014 to the 2015 Capital Contribution in January 2015, such funding accruedinterest at a rate equal to the then applicable monthly federal rate of interest for short-term loans, adjusted monthly, compounding daily. All of such funding debtwas converted to equity prior to the consummation of our initial public offering, as described below.As part of the Reorganization Transactions, in October 2013, we effected the 2013 Restructuring described under “Part I, Item I, Business—Corporate History andInformation.” To effect the 2013 Restructuring, we entered into certain agreements with Presbia Holdings. Pursuant to those agreements and other intercompanyagreements, Presbia Ireland, Limited, our interim holding company, acquired, directly or indirectly, 100% of our business, assets and subsidiaries from PresbiaHoldings. At the time of the 2013 Restructuring, Presbia Ireland, Limited was wholly-owned by Presbia Holdings and certain intercompany debt was owed toPresbia Holdings by certain of its other subsidiaries. As part of the 2013 Restructuring, Presbia Holdings converted approximately $12 million of outstandingintercompany debt owed to Presbia Holdings into equity of certain of such subsidiaries.104 In November 2014, we effected the 2014 Debt Conversion described under “Part I, Item I, Business—Corporate History and Information.” In the 2014 DebtConversion, approximately $23.5 million, representing the balance of outstanding intercompany debt owed to Presbia Ho ldings by certain subsidiaries of PresbiaIreland, Limited at that time, was converted to equity of such subsidiaries.In January 2015, we effected the 2015 Debt Conversion described under “Part I, Item I, Business—Corporate History and Information.” In the 2015 DebtConversion, approximately $1.6 million, representing the balance of outstanding intercompany debt owed to Presbia Holdings by a subsidiary of Presbia Ireland,Limited at that time, was converted to equity of such subsidiary.In addition, in January 2015, Presbia Holdings contributed all of the shares in issue of Presbia Ireland, Limited to Presbia PLC, an Irish incorporated public limitedcompany, in exchange for 9,166,667 ordinary shares of Presbia PLC.Presbia Holdings purchased an aggregate of 500,000 ordinary shares in our initial public offering in February 2015.On May 13, 2015, the board of directors of Presbia Holdings approved the liquidation of Presbia Holdings, which liquidation was subsequently approved by theshareholders of Presbia Holdings on May 13, 2015. In connection with the Liquidation, on August 3, 2015, Presbia Holdings distributed, by way of a dividend inspecie, the 9,666,667 ordinary shares of the Company that it held as of that date to its equity holders, pro rata based on each such equity holder’s equity ownershipin Presbia Holdings. Certain of the Company’s current and former executive officers and directors, including Ralph Thurman, Executive Chairman of the Board,Zohar Loshitzer, a director and former Chief Business Development Officer, Vladimir Feingold, Chief Technology Officer, Executive Vice President and adirector, John Jacob Vander Zanden, former Chief Commercial Officer, Mark Blumenkranz, a former director, and Richard Ressler, a director who directly and/orindirectly controlled Presbia Holdings, and certain of their affiliated entities, owned equity in Presbia Holdings and received a pro rata portion of the sharesdistributed in connection with the liquidation based on their equity ownership of Presbia Holdings. Following the distribution of the shares in the liquidation,Richard Ressler, directly and/or indirectly, continued to beneficially own a majority of the voting power of our issued and outstanding ordinary shares . Forinformation regarding the relationship of Richard Ressler (one of our directors and the beneficial owner of the majority of ordinary shares of our company) withPresbia Holdings, see “Part III, Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance.”Transactions with Orchard Capital and its AffiliatesOrchard Capital has provided financial analysis and bookkeeping, accounting, legal, compliance and directorial services to Presbia since January 2011 pursuant to aServices Agreement. Such agreement will remain in effect until terminated by either party thereto upon 30 days’ notice. Orchard Capital invoices us quarterly forsuch services at cost. During the year ended December 31, 2015, we recognized general and administrative expenses of $139,000 for services invoiced by OrchardCapital. As of December 31, 2015, $2,000 was due to Orchard Capital for management and accounting services.Also, commencing during the second quarter of 2013, we have received human resources management services, payroll services, IT support and risk managementservices from CIM Group. We have incurred charges of $185,000 payable to CIM Group for such services for the year ended December 31, 2015. As ofDecember 31, 2015, amounts due to CIM Group for human resources, payroll, information technology and legal services amounted to $53,000.For information regarding the relationship of Richard Ressler (one of our directors and the beneficial owner of the majority of the ordinary shares of our company)with Orchard Capital and CIM Group, see “Part III, Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance.”Registration Rights AgreementPresbia Holdings, our former controlling shareholder, and certain of its transferees, had rights to cause our company to register their ordinary shares, including anyordinary shares that Presbia Holdings transfers to its equity owners, under the Securities Act. In August 2015, in connection with the dissolution of PresbiaHoldings, Presbia Holdings transferred all rights under the Registration Rights Agreement to Richard Ressler, one of our board members, and his affiliates. Theserights are provided under the terms of a registration rights agreement between us and Presbia Holdings and includes demand registration rights and piggybackregistration rights. These registration rights are assignable, subject to certain conditions, including that the assignee be bound by the terms and conditions of theregistration rights agreement. To the extent permitted by applicable law, we will pay, or if not permitted by applicable law, we will cause one of our non-Irishsubsidiaries to pay, all registration expenses in connection with registrations under this agreement.Demand registration rightsUnder the terms of the registration rights agreement, at any time beyond six months after the consummation of our initial public offering, we are required, upon thewritten request of the holders of the shares that are entitled to rights under the registration rights105 agreement, to use our best efforts to register all or a portion of these share s for public resale. We are not required to effect a registration pursuant to this provisionof the registration rights agreement (i) if the shares requested to be registered do not represent (a) at least 10% of the shares that are entitled to registration rightsunder the agreement or (b) an anticipated aggregate public offering price of at least $10 million; or (ii) during the period starting with the date 30 days prior to ourgood faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date 180 days fol lowing the effective date of, any company-initiated registration under the SecuritiesAct. If such a registration is to be an underwritten offering, then the holders’ registration rights are conditioned upon the holders’ participation in that underwriting.We may defer the filing of a registration statement once during any 12-month period for a period of not more than ninety days, if we provide written notice statingthat in the good faith judgment of our Board, a disadvantageous condition exists, including the existence of certain material transactions or financings, theunavailability of any required financial statements, or the possession by our company of any material information which would not be in the best interests of ourcompany to disclose.Piggyback registration rightsIn addition, the holders are entitled to piggyback registration rights. If we register any of our securities for our own account, the holders of these shares are entitledto include their shares in the registration. If such registration is to be an underwritten offering, then the holders’ registration rights are conditioned on such holders’participation in that underwriting.Director and Executive Officer CompensationSee “Item 11. Executive Compensation” for information regarding compensation of our directors and executive officers.Indemnification Agreements and Directors’ and Officers’ Liability InsuranceWe have entered into indemnification agreements with each of our directors and executive officers. Also, our Presbia USA, Inc. subsidiary has entered into anindemnification agreement with each of our executive officers and directors (each of our executive officers and directors is also an officer and/or director of ourPresbia USA, Inc. subsidiary). These agreements, among other things, require us to indemnify an indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law,including indemnification of expenses such as attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines and settlement amounts incurred by the indemnitee in any action or proceeding,including any action or proceeding by us or in our right, arising out of the person’s services as a director or executive officer. We also maintain directors’ andofficers’ liability insurance for our directors and officers.Policies and Procedures for Related Party TransactionsOur Board has adopted a written related person transaction policy to set forth the policies and procedures for the review and approval or ratification of relatedperson transactions. This policy covers, with certain exceptions, any transaction, arrangement or relationship, or any series of similar transactions, arrangements orrelationships in which we were or are to be a participant, where the amount involved exceeds $120,000 and a related person had, has or will have a direct or indirectmaterial interest, including, without limitation, purchases of goods or services by or from the related person or entities in which the related person has a materialinterest, indebtedness, guarantees of indebtedness and employment by us of a related person.As provided by our audit committee charter, our audit committee is responsible for reviewing and approving in advance the related party transactions covered byour company’s related transaction policies and procedures. 106 Item 14. Principal Accou ntant Fees and Services.The following table presents fees for professional services provided by Deloitte & Touche LLP for the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, and SquarMilner LLP for the year ended December 31, 2015 (amounts in thousands): Year Ended December 31, Deloitte & Touche LLP 2015 2014 Audit fees $48 $403 Audit-related fees 0 622 Tax fees 247 268 All other fees — — Total $295 $1,293 Year Ended December 31, Squar Milner LLP 2015 2014 Audit fees $97 $- Audit-related fees — — Tax fees — — All other fees 5 — Total $102 $— Audit fees. Audit fees consist of the aggregate fees billed for professional services rendered for (i) the audit of our annual financial statements and(ii) accounting consultations.Audit-Related Fees. Audit related fees consist of fees billed for professional services rendered for the filing of our Registration Statement on Form S-1related to our initial public offering.Tax Fees. Tax fees consisted of professional services rendered for tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning. The services for the fees disclosed under thiscategory include tax return preparation and technical tax advice.All Other Fees. No other fees were incurred in 2014. For fiscal 2015, all other fees consisted of $5,000 in professional fees rendered in connection withGerman employment regulations.Consistent with SEC policies regarding auditor independence and the audit committee’s charter, the audit committee has responsibility for engaging, settingcompensation for and reviewing the performance of the independent registered public accounting firm.Prior to our initial public offering in February 2015, we had not constituted an audit committee of the board of directors. However, the board of directors as a wholeapproved all of the professional services provided by Deloitte & Touche LLP for the year ended December 31, 2014. For the year ended December 31, 2015, the Audit Committee was responsible for appointing, setting compensation and overseeing the work of the independentauditors. The Audit Committee has established a policy regarding pre-approval of all auditing services and the terms thereof and non-audit services (other than non-audit services prohibited under Section 10A(g) of the Exchange Act or the applicable rules of the SEC or the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board) to beprovided to us by the independent auditor. However, the pre-approval requirement may be waived with respect to the provision of non-audit services for us if the“de minimus” provisions of Section 10A(i)(1)(B) of the Exchange Act are satisfied. The Audit Committee has considered whether the provision of other fees as described above is compatible with maintaining Squar Milner’s independence and hasdetermined that such services for fiscal year 2015 were compatible. All such services were approved by the Audit Committee pursuant to Rule 2-01 ofRegulation S-X under the Exchange Act to the extent that rule was applicable. The Audit Committee is responsible for reviewing and discussing the audited financial statements with management, discussing with the independent registeredpublic accountants the matters required in Auditing Standards No. 16, receiving written disclosures from the independent registered public accountants required bythe applicable requirements of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board regarding the independent registered public accountants’ communications with theAudit Committee concerning independence and discussing with the independent107 Part IVItem 15. Exhibits an d Financial Statement Schedules .(a)(1) Financial Statements . The financial statements filed as part of this report are listed on the Index to the Consolidated Financial Statements in “Part II, Item 8Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.”(a)(2) Financial Statement Schedules . The following financial statement schedule as of December 31, 2014 is filed as part of this Form 10-K:Schedule II — Consolidated Valuation and Qualifying AccountsAll other schedules have been omitted because they are not applicable or not required, or the information is included in the Consolidated Financial Statements orNotes thereto.(a)(3) Exhibits required by Item 601 of Regulation S-K . The information required by this Section (a)(3) of Item 15 is set forth on the exhibit index that followsthe signatures page of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. 108 Schedule II – Consolidated Valuation and Qualifying Accounts Balance atBeginning ofPeriod AdditionalAllowance Adjustments Balance atEnd ofPeriod Deferred Income Tax Asset Valuation Allowance Year ended December 31, 2014 262 1,045 68 1,375 109 SIGNAT URESPursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf bythe undersigned, thereunto duly authorized. Date: March 25, 2016PRESBIA PLC By:/s/ Todd Cooper Todd Cooper President and Chief Executive OfficerPower of AttorneyKNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Todd Cooper and Richard Fogarty,jointly and severally, his attorneys-in-fact, each with the power of substitution, for him in any and all capacities, to sign any amendments to this Annual Report onForm 10-K, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, herebyratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and inthe capacities and on the dates indicated: Name Title Date /s/ Todd CooperTodd CooperPresident, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)March 25, 2016 /s/ Richard FogartyRichard FogartyChief Accounting Officer, Vice President, Finance and Secretary(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)March 25, 2016 /s/ Ralph ThurmanRalph ThurmanDirectorMarch 25, 2016 /s/ Vladimir FeingoldVladimir FeingoldDirectorMarch 25, 2016 /s/ Zohar LoshitzerZohar LoshitzerDirectorMarch 25, 2016 /s/ Richard ResslerRichard ResslerDirectorMarch 25, 2016 /s/ Robert CresciRobert CresciDirectorMarch 25, 2016 /s/ Gerd U. AuffarthGerd U. AuffarthDirectorMarch 25, 2016 /s/ Gerald FarrellGerald FarrellDirectorMarch 25, 2016 110 EXHIBIT INDEX Exhibit No. Description of Exhibit 3.1 (1) Memorandum and Articles of Association of Presbia PLC 10.1 (1) Share Exchange Deed between the Registrant and Presbia Holdings, dated January 14, 2015 10.2 (5) Registration Rights Agreement between the Registrant and Presbia Holdings 10.3# (1) Presbia Incentive Plan 10.4# (2) Form of Stock Option Agreement (to be issued under the Presbia Incentive Plan) 10.5# (2) Form of Restricted Stock Agreement (to be issued under the Presbia Incentive Plan) 10.6# (2) Presbia Holdings Stock Plan 10.7# (2) Amendment No. 1 to Presbia Holdings Stock Plan 10.8# (2) Restricted Stock Grant Notice and Restricted Stock Award Agreement between Presbia Holdings and Zohar Loshitzer 10.9 (2) Lease, dated April 23, 2012, between PresbiBio LLC and Image Holdings, Inc. 10.10 (3) Sublease, dated May 6, 2014, by and between Trustwave Holdings, Inc. and PresbiBio, LLC 10.11 (3) First Amendment to Sublease, dated July 16, 2014, by and between Trustwave Holdings, Inc. and PresbiBio, LLC 10.12 (3) Form of Indemnification Agreement between Presbia USA, Inc. and its officers and directors 10.13 (3) Form of Indemnification Agreement between Presbia PLC and its directors 10.14 (3) Form of Indemnification Agreement between Presbia PLC and its executive officers 10.15 (3) Services Agreement, dated as of January 1, 2011, between PresbiBio, LLC and Orchard Capital Corporation 10.16# (4) Offer Letter with Todd Cooper 10.17 (6) Consulting Agreement, by and between Presbia PLC and Zohar Loshitzer, dated October 1, 2015 16.1 (7) Letter of Deloitte, dated June 9, 2015, to SEC 21.1+ 23.1+ Subsidiaries of the Registrant Consent of Deloitte & Touche, LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. 23.2+ Consent of Squar Milner LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. 24.1+ Power of Attorney (included on the signature page) 31.1+ Certification of Chief Executive Officer of Presbia PLC pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 31.2+ Certification of Chief Accounting Officer of Presbia PLC pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 32.1+ Certifications of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Accounting Officer of Presbia PLC pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant toSection 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. (furnished herewith) 101.INS+ XBRL Instance 101.SCH+ XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema 101.CAL+ XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation 101.DEF+ XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition 101.LAB+ XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label 111 Exhibit No. Description of Exhibit101.PRE+ XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation #Indicates management contract or compensatory plan.+Indicates filed herewith.(1)Previously filed as an exhibit to the registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-194713) filed with the Securities and ExchangeCommission on January 23, 2015 and incorporated herein by reference.(2)Previously filed as an exhibit to the registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-194713) filed with the Securities and ExchangeCommission on October 9, 2014 and incorporated herein by reference.(3)Previously filed as an exhibit to the registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-194713) filed with the Securities and ExchangeCommission on January 12, 2015 and incorporated herein by reference.(4)Previously filed as an exhibit to the registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-194713) filed with the Securities and ExchangeCommission on January 15, 2015 and incorporated herein by reference.(5)Previously filed as an exhibit to the registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014, filed with theSecurities and Exchange Commission on March 31, 2015 and incorporated herein by reference.(6)Previously filed as an exhibit to the registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission onOctober 2, 2015 and incorporated herein by reference.(7)Previously filed as an exhibit to the registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission onJune 9, 2015 and incorporated herein by reference. 112 Exhibit 21.1Subsidiaries of Presbia PLC Presbia Ireland, Limited – Ireland Presbia USA, Inc. – Delaware (U.S.) Visitome, Inc. – California (U.S.) PresbiBio, LLC – California (U.S.) OPL, LLC – Delaware (U.S.) PresbiOptical, LLC – Delaware (U.S.) PIP Holdings C.V. – The Netherlands Presbia Coöperatief U.A. – The Netherlands Presbia Investments – Cayman Islands Exhibit 23.1CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM We consent to the incorporation by reference in Registration Statement No. 333-201758 on Form S-8 of our report dated March 31, 2015, relating to theconsolidated financial statements and financial statement schedule of Presbia PLC, an Irish public limited company, (the “Company”) (which report expresses anunqualified opinion and includes an explanatory paragraph relating to allocations of expenses from Presbia Holdings, the Company’s ultimate controllingshareholder, and arrangements with related parties) appearing in this Annual Report on Form 10-K of Presbia PLC for the year ended December 31, 2014. /s/ Deloitte & Touche LLPLos Angeles, CaliforniaMarch 25, 2016 Exhibit 23 .2 CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM We consent to the incorporation by reference in Registration Statement (No . 333 - 201758) on Form S-8 of Presbia PLC of our report dated March 25, 2016,relating to our audit of the consolidated financial statements which appears in this Annual Report on Form 10-K of Presbia PLC for the year ended December 31 ,2015. /s/ SQUAR MILNER LLP San Diego CaliforniaMarch 25, 2016 Exhibit 31.1PRESBIA PLCCERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERI, Todd Cooper, certify that:1. I have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-K of Presbia PLC;2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statementsmade, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financialcondition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;4. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange ActRules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have: (a)Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensurethat material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities,particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; (b)Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision,to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes inaccordance with generally accepted accounting principles; ( c )Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectivenessof the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and ( d )Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscalquarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect,the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’sauditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions): (a)All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likelyto adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and (b)Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control overfinancial reporting. Date: March 25, 2016By:/s/ Todd Cooper Todd Cooper Chief Executive Officer Exhibit 31.2PRESBIA PLCCERTIFICATION OF CHIEF ACCOUNTING OFFICERI, Richard Fogarty, certify that:1. I have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-K of Presbia PLC;2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statementsmade, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financialcondition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;4. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange ActRules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have: (a)Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensurethat material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities,particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; (b)Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision,to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes inaccordance with generally accepted accounting principles; ( c )Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectivenessof the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and ( d )Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscalquarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect,the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’sauditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions): (a)All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likelyto adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and (b)Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control overfinancial reporting. Date: March 25, 2016By:/s/ Richard Fogarty Richard Fogarty Chief Accounting Officer Exhibit 32.1CERTIFICATIONS OFCHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND CHIEF ACCOUNTING OFFICEROF PRESBIA PLCPURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THESARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002In connection with the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Presbia PLC (the “Company”) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015, as filed with theSecurities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), Todd Cooper, as Chief Executive Officer of the Company, and Richard Fogarty, as ChiefAccounting Officer of the Company, each hereby certifies, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of2002, that, to the best of his knowledge, based upon a review of the Report: (1)The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and (2)The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company. /s/ Todd CooperName: Todd CooperTitle: Chief Executive OfficerDate: March 25, 2016 /s/ Richard FogartyName: Richard FogartyTitle: Chief Accounting OfficerDate: March 25, 2016
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