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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on </font><a name="Cover"></a><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">March </font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">23</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">, 202</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">2</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">UNITED STATES</font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">FORM S</font><font style="display: inline;">&#8209;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">8</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;background-color: #FFFFFF;">63</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;background-color: #FFFFFF;">1</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;background-color: #FFFFFF;">0 Town Square, Suite 400</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;background-color: #FFFFFF;">Alpharetta, GA 30005</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;">ALIMERA SCIENCES, INC. 2010 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">(Full title of the </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">p</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">lan)</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;background-color: #FFFFFF;">Richard S. Eiswirth, Jr.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;background-color: #FFFFFF;">63</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;background-color: #FFFFFF;">1</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;background-color: #FFFFFF;">0 Town Square, Suite 400</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;background-color: #FFFFFF;">Alpharetta, GA 30005</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;">(678)&nbsp;990-5740</font>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;">Charles D. Vaughn</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;">Nelson Mullins Riley &amp; Scarborough LLP</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;">63</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;">1</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;">0 Town Square, Suite 400</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;">201 17</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:100%">th</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;"> Street NW</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;">Alpharetta, GA 30005</font></p>
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			<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:9pt;">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of &#x201C;large accelerated filer,&#x201D; &#x201C;accelerated filer,&#x201D; &#x201C;smaller reporting company,&#x201D; and &#x201C;emerging growth company&#x201D; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.</font>
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						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:9pt;">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act</font></p>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;">INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE OF CONTENTS OF </font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;">REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">This Registration Statement is being filed for the purpose of increasing the number of securities of the same class as other securities for which Registration Statements of the Registrant on Form S-8 relating to the same employee benefit plans are effective. This Registration Statement is being filed for the purpose of increasing the number of securities of the same class as other securities for which Registration Statements of the Registrant on Form S-8 relating to the same employee benefit plan are effective. </font>
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			<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">Except as set forth below, p</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">ursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, this Registration Statement hereby incorporates by reference the contents of</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">the Registration Statements on Form S-8 relating to the Alimera Sciences, Inc. 2010 Employee Stock Purchase Plan filed with the SEC </font><a name="_Hlk83051927"></a><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">on May 14, 2010 (File No. 333-166822), March 25, 2011 (File No. 333-173095), April 4, 2012 (File No. 333-180567), March 28, 2013 (File No. 333-187600), March 7, 2014 (File No. 333-194381), January 20, 2015 (File No. 333-201606), January 19, 2016 (File No. 333-209035), January 6, 2017 (File No. 333-215451), January 11, 2018, as amended by Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 on January 12, 2018 (File No. 333-222508), January 16, 2019 (File No. 333-229280), </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">November 2, 202</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">0</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;"> (File No. 333-249811)</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">and October 29, 2021 (File No. 333-260617)</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;">PART II</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font>
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			<font style="text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt; padding-right:6pt;"><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;">Item 8.</font></font><font style="text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt; padding-right:4pt;text-align:left"><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;">Exhibits.</font></font>
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			<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">The exhibits to this Registration Statement are listed below:</font>
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						<a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1267602/000126760220000029/exhibit31_12311910-k.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit"><font style="display: inline;">Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Registrant, as amended on various dates (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant&#x2019;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019, as filed March 2, 2020, and incorporated herein by reference)</font></a></p>
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						<a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1267602/000126760220000029/exhibit32_12311910-k.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit"><font style="display: inline;">Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant, as amended (filed as Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant&#x2019;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019, as filed March 2, 2020, and incorporated herein by reference)</font></a></p>
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						<a href="alim-20220323xex5_1.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit"><font style="display: inline;">Opinion and consent of Nelson Mullins Riley &amp; Scarborough LLP</font></a></p>
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						<a href="alim-20220323xex5_1.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit"><font style="display: inline;">Consent of Nelson Mullins Riley &amp; Scarborough LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)</font></a></p>
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						<a href="#Power_of_Attorney"><font style="display: inline;">Power of Attorney</font><font style="display: inline;"> (included on the signature page of this Registration Statement)</font></a></p>
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						<a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1267602/000095012310032434/g20643a4exv10w10.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit"><font style="display: inline;">2010 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (filed as Exhibit 10.10 to Amendment No. 4 to the Registrant&#x2019;s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (SEC File No. 333-162782), as filed April 6, 2010, and incorporated herein by reference)</font></a></p>
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						<a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1267602/000126760215000018/exhibit107a.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit"><font style="display: inline;">Amendment No. 1 to 2010 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (filed as Exhibit 10.7.A to the Registrant&#x2019;s Annual Report on Form 10-K, as filed March 13, 2015, and incorporated herein by reference)</font></a></p>
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						<a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1267602/000126760220000116/alim-20201102xex99_3.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit"><font style="display: inline;">Amendment No. 2 to 2010 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (filed as Exhibit 99.3 to the Registrant&#x2019;s Registration Statement on Form S-8, as filed November 2, 2020, and incorporated herein by reference)</font></a></p>
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			<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">r</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">egistrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Alpharetta, State of Georgia on this </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">23rd</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">day of </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">March, 2022</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">.</font>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;">ALIMERA SCIENCES, INC.</font></p>
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		<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12pt;line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;;font-size: 10pt"><font style="font-weight:bold;color:#000000;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;height:100%;text-indent:0pt;">POWER OF ATTORNEY</font><a name="Power_of_Attorney"></a>
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			<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">The undersigned officers and directors of Alimera Sciences, Inc., a Delaware corporation, do hereby constitute and appoint Richard S. Eiswirth, Jr.</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">,</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;"> J. Philip Jones, </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">and Christopher S. Visick, </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">and </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">any</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;"> of them, the lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power and authority to do any and all acts and things and to execute any and all instruments which said attorneys and agents, and </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">any</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;"> of them, determine may be necessary or advisable or required to enable said corporation to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any rules or regulations or requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with this Registration Statement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing power and authority, the powers granted include the power and authority to sign the names of the undersigned officers and directors in the capacities indicated below to this Registration Statement, to any and all amendments, both pre-effective and post-effective, and supplements to this Registration Statement, and to any and all instruments or documents filed as part of or in conjunction with this Registration Statement or amendments or supplements thereof, and each of the undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that said attorneys and agents, or either one of them, shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This Power of Attorney may be signed in several counterparts.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;">IN WITNESS WHEREOF</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">, each of the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of the date indicated.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.</font>
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						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;text-decoration:underline;">/s/ Richard S. Eiswirth, Jr.</font></p>
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 2pt;line-height:120%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">Richard S. Eiswirth, Jr.</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">March </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">23</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">, 2022</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;text-decoration:underline;">/s/ J. Philip Jones</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;text-decoration:underline;">/s/ C. Daniel Myers</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">C. Daniel Myers</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;text-decoration:underline;">/s/ James R. Largent</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">James R. Largent</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">March </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">23</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">, 2022</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;text-decoration:underline;">/s/ Brian K. Halak</font></p>
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 2pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">Brian K. Halak, Ph.D.</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;text-decoration:underline;">/s/ Garheng Kong</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">Garheng Kong, M.D., Ph.D.</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;text-decoration:underline;">/s/ Erin Parsons</font></p>
					<p style="margin:2pt 0pt 0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">Erin Parsons</font></p>
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s-8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
March
23
, 202
2
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
___________________
﻿
FORM S
‑
8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
___________________
﻿
ALIMERA SCIENCES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
﻿
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
20-0028718
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
﻿
63
1
0 Town Square, Suite 400
Alpharetta, GA 30005
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
___________________
﻿
ALIMERA SCIENCES, INC. 2010 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
(Full title of the
p
lan)
___________________
﻿
Richard S. Eiswirth, Jr.
President and Chief Executive Officer
63
1
0 Town Square, Suite 400
Alpharetta, GA 30005
(Name and address of agent for service)
(678) 990-5740
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
﻿
Copies to:
﻿
﻿
Charles D. Vaughn
Michael K. Bradshaw, Jr.
Christopher S. Visick
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
Vice President and General Counsel
Atlantic Station, Suite 1700
63
1
0 Town Square, Suite 400
201 17
th
Street NW
Alpharetta, GA 30005
Atlanta, GA 30363
(678) 990-5740
(404) 322-6000
﻿
___________________
﻿
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company," and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
﻿
Large accelerated filer
☐
Accelerated filer
☐
Non-accelerated filer
☒
Smaller reporting company
☒
﻿
Emerging Growth Company
☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act
☐
﻿
﻿
INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE OF CONTENTS OF
REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8
This Registration Statement is being filed for the purpose of increasing the number of securities of the same class as other securities for which Registration Statements of the Registrant on Form S-8 relating to the same employee benefit plans are effective. This Registration Statement is being filed for the purpose of increasing the number of securities of the same class as other securities for which Registration Statements of the Registrant on Form S-8 relating to the same employee benefit plan are effective.
Except as set forth below, p
ursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, this Registration Statement hereby incorporates by reference the contents of
the Registration Statements on Form S-8 relating to the Alimera Sciences, Inc. 2010 Employee Stock Purchase Plan filed with the SEC
on May 14, 2010 (File No. 333-166822), March 25, 2011 (File No. 333-173095), April 4, 2012 (File No. 333-180567), March 28, 2013 (File No. 333-187600), March 7, 2014 (File No. 333-194381), January 20, 2015 (File No. 333-201606), January 19, 2016 (File No. 333-209035), January 6, 2017 (File No. 333-215451), January 11, 2018, as amended by Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 on January 12, 2018 (File No. 333-222508), January 16, 2019 (File No. 333-229280),
November 2, 202
0
(File No. 333-249811)
and October 29, 2021 (File No. 333-260617)
.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 8.
Exhibits.
The exhibits to this Registration Statement are listed below:
﻿
﻿
Exhibit Number
Exhibit
Description
4.1
Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Registrant, as amended on various dates (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019, as filed March 2, 2020, and incorporated herein by reference)
4.2
Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant, as amended (filed as Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019, as filed March 2, 2020, and incorporated herein by reference)
5.1
Opinion and consent of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
23.1
Consent of Grant Thornton LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
23.2
Consent of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Power of Attorney
(included on the signature page of this Registration Statement)
99.
1
2010 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (filed as Exhibit 10.10 to Amendment No. 4 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (SEC File No. 333-162782), as filed April 6, 2010, and incorporated herein by reference)
99.
2
Amendment No. 1 to 2010 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (filed as Exhibit 10.7.A to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K, as filed March 13, 2015, and incorporated herein by reference)
99.
3
Amendment No. 2 to 2010 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (filed as Exhibit 99.3 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-8, as filed November 2, 2020, and incorporated herein by reference)
107.1
Filing Fee Table
﻿
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the
r
egistrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Alpharetta, State of Georgia on this
23rd
day of
March, 2022
.
﻿
﻿
ALIMERA SCIENCES, INC.
﻿
﻿
By:
/s/ Richard S. Eiswirth, Jr.
﻿
Richard S. Eiswirth, Jr.
﻿
President and Chief Executive Officer
﻿
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned officers and directors of Alimera Sciences, Inc., a Delaware corporation, do hereby constitute and appoint Richard S. Eiswirth, Jr.
,
J. Philip Jones,
and Christopher S. Visick,
and
any
of them, the lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power and authority to do any and all acts and things and to execute any and all instruments which said attorneys and agents, and
any
of them, determine may be necessary or advisable or required to enable said corporation to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any rules or regulations or requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with this Registration Statement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing power and authority, the powers granted include the power and authority to sign the names of the undersigned officers and directors in the capacities indicated below to this Registration Statement, to any and all amendments, both pre-effective and post-effective, and supplements to this Registration Statement, and to any and all instruments or documents filed as part of or in conjunction with this Registration Statement or amendments or supplements thereof, and each of the undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that said attorneys and agents, or either one of them, shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This Power of Attorney may be signed in several counterparts.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF
, each of the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of the date indicated.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
﻿
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Richard S. Eiswirth, Jr.
Richard S. Eiswirth, Jr.
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)
March
23
, 2022
/s/ J. Philip Jones
J. Philip Jones
Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
March
23
, 2022
/s/ C. Daniel Myers
C. Daniel Myers
Chairman of the Board of Directors
March
23
, 2022
/s/ James R. Largent
James R. Largent
Lead Independent Director
March
23
, 2022
/s/ Brian K. Halak
Brian K. Halak, Ph.D.
Director
March
23
, 2022
/s/ Garheng Kong
Garheng Kong, M.D., Ph.D.
Director
March
23
, 2022
/s/ Erin Parsons
Erin Parsons
Director
March
23
, 2022
/s/ Peter J. Pizzo, III
Peter J. Pizzo, III
Director
March
23
, 2022
/s/ John Snisarenko
John Snisarenko
Director
March
23
, 2022
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