SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES 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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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Mercer Patrick (Last) (First) (Middle) 1212 TERRA BELLA AVENUE (Street) MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 08/26/2019	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol IRIDEX CORP [ IRIX ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) COO	5. 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 Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock	10,000(1)	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Employee Stock Option (Right to buy)	(2)	09/18/2028	Common Stock	30,000	6	D
Employee Stock Option (Right to buy)	(3)	06/06/2029	Common Stock	40,000	5.04	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Each share is represented by a restricted stock unit (RSU). Each RSU represents a contingent right to receive one share of the Issuer's Common Stock upon settlement. The RSUs vest as to one-fourth of the shares on October 30, 2019 and as to one forty-eighth of the shares each month thereafter, subject to the Reporting Person continuing as a service provider through each such date.

2. One-fourth of the shares subject to the option shall vest on September 18, 2019 and one forty-eighth of the shares subject to the option shall vest each month thereafter, subject to the Reporting Person continuing as a service provider through each such date.

3. One forty-eighth of the shares subject to the option vested on July 6, 2019 and one forty-eighth of the shares subject to the option vest each month thereafter, subject to the Reporting Person continuing as a service provider through each such date.

Remarks:

	/s/ Nilo De Castro, Attorney-in-Fact for Patrick Mercer	09/04/2019
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR
SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS


	The undersigned, as a Section 16 reporting person of IRIDEX Corporation (the
"Company"), hereby constitutes and appoints Nilo De Castro and Romeo Dizon, the
undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact to:  complete and execute Forms
3, 4 and 5 and other forms and all amendments thereto as such attorneys-in-fact
shall in his or her discretion determine to be required or advisable pursuant to
Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (as amended) and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder, or any successor laws and regulations, as a
consequence of the undersigned's ownership, acquisition or disposition of
securities of the Company; and do all acts necessary in order to file such forms
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, any securities exchange or national
association, the Company and such other person or agency as the attorney-in-fact
shall deem appropriate.

         The undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.  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 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (as amended).

         This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file 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
Company and the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this day, August 22, 2019.




                                         /s/ Patrick Mercer
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                                         Patrick Mercer
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