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            <rptOwnerName>Heier Jeffrey S.</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerState>MA</rptOwnerState>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">On January 2, 2026, the reporting person was granted restricted stock units (&quot;RSUs&quot;) under the 2021 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended, of Ocular Therapeutix, Inc. (the &quot;Corporation&quot;). Each RSU represents a right to receive one share of the Corporation's common stock. Subject to the reporting person's continued service to the Corporation, the RSUs will vest over three years, with 1/3 of the shares underlying the RSUs vesting on the one-year anniversary of the date of grant and an additional 1/3 of the shares underlying the RSUs vesting at the end of each successive one-year period thereafter.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Includes 1,373 shares of common stock acquired under the Corporation's Amended and Restated 2014 Employee Stock Purchase Plan on December 31, 2025.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Subject to the reporting person's continued service to the Corporation, the shares underlying this option vest over four years, vesting 1/48 monthly beginning on the one-month anniversary of the date of grant.</footnote>
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    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Todd Anderman, Attorney-in-Fact for Jeffrey S. Heier</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2026-01-06</signatureDate>
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