SEC FORM 4 SEC Form 4
FORM 4 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
 
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Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Richard Robert E.

(Last) (First) (Middle)
480 ARSENAL WAY

(Street)
WATERTOWN MA 02472

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Lyra Therapeutics, Inc. [ LYRA ]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Director 10% Owner
X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
SVP, Technical Operations
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
02/12/2022
4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4) 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) 9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) 10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Stock Option $4.78 02/12/2022 A 35,000 (1) 02/11/2032 Common Stock 35,000 $0.00 35,000 D
Explanation of Responses:
1. This option vests and becomes exercisable in 48 equal monthly installments occurring on the completion of each successive month of the Reporting Person's service to the Issuer following February 12, 2022.
Remarks:
Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney
/s/ Jason Cavalier, Attorney-in-Fact for Robert Richard, Ph.D. 02/15/2022
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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                                                                   EXHIBIT 24

                                 POWER OF ATTORNEY

        With respect to holdings of and transactions in securities issued by
Lyra Therapeutics, Inc. (the "Company"), the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints the individuals named on Schedule A attached hereto and as may be
amended from time to time, or any of them signing singly, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, to act as the undersigned's true and lawful
attorney-in-fact to:

        1.  execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, Schedules 13D and 13G
            in accordance with Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of
            1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and the rules thereunder,
            and Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16 of the Exchange
            Act and the rules thereunder;

        2.  do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
            undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and
            execute any such Schedule 13D or 13G or Form 3, 4, or 5, complete
            and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file
            such schedule or form with the SEC and any stock exchange or
            similar authority; and

        3.  take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
            foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of
            benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the
            undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by
            such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this
            Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such
            terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
            attorney-in-fact's discretion.

        The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power
and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights
and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorneys-in-fact substitute or
substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of
Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.

        The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in
serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming,
nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to
comply with Section 13 and Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

        This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Schedule 13D and 13G and Forms 3, 4,
and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in
securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in
a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney
to be executed as of this 24th day of June, 2020.


                                   /s/ Robert E. Richard, Ph.D.
                                   ----------------------------
                                   Robert E. Richard, Ph.D.


                                Schedule A

        Individuals Appointed as Attorney-in-Fact with Full Power of
Substitution and Resubstitution

Maria Palasis, Ph.D.
Jason Cavalier