10. Subsequent Events

On February 1, 2022, Kiora Pharmaceuticals, Inc. entered into a 18 month lease agreement commencing on May 1, 2022 for approximately 1,100 square feet located at 332 Encinitas Blvd., Encinitas, California.. The lease costs $38,700 per annum, paid in equal monthly payments.  The purpose of the facility is for general office use for Brian Strem, President and Chief Executive Officer.

On May 3, 2022, the Company filed a Registration Statement on Form S-1 registering a proposed offering of shares of common stock (or common stock equivalent), warrants and shares underlying such warrants.  The Form S-1 has not yet been declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission.  The Company can provide no assurance that it will consummate an offering under the Form S-1.  The foregoing does not constitute an offer of any securities for sale.

On May 13, 2022, Kiora Pharmaceuticals Pty Ltd entered into a 12 month lease agreement commencing May 16, 2022 for approximately 100 square meters located at 11 North Terrace, Adelaide SA 5000 Australia. The lease costs Kiora AUD25,000 per annum, broken into equal monthly payments. The purpose of this facility is to house specific clinical assessment as part of the ABACUS Phase 1b clinical trial for KIO-301.

On May 25, 2022, the Company received a notice from The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) stating that because the Company had not yet filed its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2022, the Company was no longer in compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5250(c)(1). Nasdaq Listing Rule 5250(c)(1) requires listed companies to timely file all required periodic financial reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Notice stated that the Company had 60 calendar days from May 25, 2022, or until July 25, 2022, to regain compliance by filing the late Form 10-Q or to submit to Nasdaq a plan to regain compliance with the Nasdaq Listing Rules. As a result of the filing of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, the Company has regained compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5250(c)(1).

On June 18, 2022, the Company issued an aggregate of 403,461 shares of common stock to former shareholders of Panoptes, which had been held back for a period of eighteen months following the closing of the Panoptes acquisition to satisfy post-closing adjustment and indemnification obligations pursuant to the terms of the Share Purchase Agreement between the Company and the former shareholders of Panoptes.

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