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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Kopczynski Casey C.   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol AERIE PHARMACEUTICALS INC [AERI] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Chief Scientific Officer (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O AERIE PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., 135 U.S. HIGHWAY 206, SUITE 15 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 10/30/2013 (Street) BEDMINSTER, NJ 07921 4. If Amendment, Date 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 (City) (State) (Zip) 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 Common Stock 10/30/2013   C(1)   18,651 A (1) 161,891 D

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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 Underlying Securities (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 of Derivative Security: 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

Warrant (right to buy)

$ 5 (2)

10/30/2013

C(2)

3,000

(2)

08/27/2020

Common Stock

3,000

$ 0

3,000

D

Series A-4 Preferred Stock

(1)

10/30/2013

C(1)

18,651

(1)

(1)

Common Stock

18,651

$ 0

0

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Kopczynski Casey C. C/O AERIE PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. 135 U.S. HIGHWAY 206, SUITE 15 BEDMINSTER, NJ 07921			Chief Scientific Officer

Signatures

/s/ Richard J. Rubino, Attorney-in-Fact for Casey C. Kopczynski		11/01/2013
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Upon the closing of the issuer's initial public offering pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-1 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, 93,256 shares of Series A-4 Preferred Stock were automatically converted into 18,651 shares of Common Stock, which reflects a 1-for-5 reverse stock split of the issuer's Common Stock effected on October 8, 2013. Prior to the conversion, the shares of Series A-4 Preferred Stock had no expiration date.
(2)	Upon the closing of the issuer's initial public offering pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-1 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a warrant to purchase 15,000 shares of Series A-4 Preferred Stock with an exercise price of $1.00 per share was automatically converted into this warrant to purchase 3,000 shares of Common Stock with an exercise price of $5.00 per share, which reflects a 1-for-5 reverse stock split of the issuer's Common Stock effected on October 8, 2013. This warrant is immediately exercisable.

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