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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-17-194850
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	DEFR14A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20170606
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20170605
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20170606

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			IRIDEX CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001006045
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ELECTROMEDICAL & ELECTROTHERAPEUTIC APPARATUS [3845]
		IRS NUMBER:				770210467
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1230

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		DEFR14A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-27598
		FILM NUMBER:		17892328

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1212 TERRA BELLA AVE
		CITY:			MOUNTAIN VIEW
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94043
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6509404700

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1212 TERRA BELLA AVENUE
		CITY:			MOUNTAIN VIEW
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94043
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SCHEDULE&nbsp;14A </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Securities Exchange Act of 1934 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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Registrant&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9746;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Filed by a Party other than the
Registrant&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Check the appropriate box: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Preliminary Proxy Statement</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><B>Confidential, for Use of the Commission Only (as permitted by Rule&nbsp;14a-6(e)(2))</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Definitive Proxy Statement</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Definitive Additional Materials</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Soliciting Material Pursuant to &#167;240.14a-11(c) or &#167;240.14a-2</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if other than the Registrant) </B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Title of each class of securities to which transaction applies:</P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>AMENDMENT&nbsp;NO.&nbsp;1&nbsp;TO&nbsp;PROXY&nbsp;STATEMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FOR </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>2017
ANNUAL&nbsp;MEETING&nbsp;OF&nbsp;STOCKHOLDERS </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>TO BE&nbsp;HELD&nbsp;ON&nbsp;JUNE 14, 2017 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This Amendment
No.&nbsp;1 to Schedule 14A (&#147;Amendment No.&nbsp;1&#148;) is being filed to amend the definitive proxy statement of&nbsp;IRIDEX Corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;) for its 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (&#147;Proxy Statement&#148;),
which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April&nbsp;28, 2017 (the &#147;Original Proxy Statement&#148;), in order to supplement Proposal Four in the Original Proxy Statement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This Amendment No.&nbsp;1 includes a supplement to Proposal Four in the Original Proxy Statement, which is a proposal to approve the Company&#146;s amended
and restated 2008 Equity Incentive Plan (&#147;2008 EIP&#148;). Proposal Four included a summary of the terms of the Plan (the &#147;Summary&#148;). As is the nature of summaries, the Summary does not track the 2008 EIP terms word for word and in
the interest of brevity we believe a potential ambiguity may have been created as to what the terms of the 2008 EIP are with respect to the number of shares of Company Common Stock that could be granted with respect to awards of restricted stock,
restricted stock units, performance shares and performance units, during any fiscal year of the Company. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This Amendment No.&nbsp;1 adds supplemental
disclosure to Proposal Four. All other items of the Proxy Statement are unchanged. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SUPPLEMENT TO PROPOSAL FOUR&#151; </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>APPROVAL OF THE AMENDED AND RESTATED 2008 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We included Proposal Four in the Original Proxy Statement to approve the 2008 EIP, as amended and restated to provide for an increase in the
shares of Company Common Stock (&#147;Shares&#148;) reserved for issuance under the 2008 EIP by an additional 650,000 Shares (the &#147;Share Increase&#148;) and an extension of the expiration of the 2008 EIP by an additional four years to
June&nbsp;11, 2022 (&#147;Term Amendment,&#148; and together with the Share Increase, the &#147;Plan Amendments&#148;). Further, we are seeking stockholder approval of the material terms of the 2008 EIP, as amended and restated, for purposes of
being eligible to receive a federal income tax deduction for any compensation paid under the 2008 EIP that constitutes &#147;performance based compensation&#148; within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
(the &#147;Code&#148;). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Proposal Four included a summary of the terms of the 2008 EIP (the &#147;Summary&#148;) that is qualified in its
entirety by reference to the Plan attached as Appendix A to our proxy statement. As is the nature of summaries, the Summary does not track the 2008 EIP terms word for word and in the interest of brevity we believe a potential ambiguity may have been
created as to what the terms of the 2008 EIP are with respect to the number of Shares that could be granted with respect to awards of restricted stock, restricted stock units, performance shares and performance units, during any fiscal year of the
Company. While we do not believe this potential ambiguity is material in any respect as to any stockholder&#146;s decision as to whether to vote for or against Proposal Four, we have decided to clarify the potential ambiguity. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Summary provides that the 2008 EIP administrator determines the number of Shares that are granted pursuant to awards of restricted stock,
restricted stock units, performance units or performance shares, but the 2008 EIP administrator is not able to grant any individual participant a right to purchase or acquire during a fiscal year of the Company more than 150,000 Shares of restricted
stock, 150,000 restricted stock units, or 150,000 performance shares, or more than $1,000,000 in initial value with respect to performance units, except in connection with a participant&#146;s initial employment with us, in which case the
participant could be granted up to an additional 150,000 Shares of restricted stock, 150,000 restricted stock units or, with respect to performance shares intended to qualify as &#147;performance based compensation&#148; within the meaning of
Section 162(m) of the Code, up to an additional 150,000 performance shares. The 2008 EIP, however, provides that these limits apply only to awards that are intended to qualify as &#147;performance-based compensation&#148; within the meaning of
Section 162(m). This means that the 2008 EIP administrator would be permitted to grant awards of restricted stock, restricted stock units, performance shares and performance units that could exceed their respective limits if the awards were not
intended to qualify as &#147;performance-based compensation&#148; under Section 162(m). In addition, the Plan provides that, with respect to performance shares intended to qualify as &#147;performance based compensation&#148; under Section 162m of
the Code, a participant can be granted up to 150,000 performance shares in connection with the participant&#146;s initial service, which may include service as an employee, director or consultant, in addition to the fiscal year limit of 150,000
performance shares. As described in the Summary, the Share limits are subject to adjustment in the event of any dividend or other distribution (whether in the form of cash, Shares, other securities, or other property), recapitalization, stock split,
reverse stock split, reorganization, merger, consolidation, split-up, spin-off, combination, repurchase, or exchange of Shares or other securities of the Company, or other change in the corporate structure of the Company affecting the Shares. </P>

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">It is not our expectation that we would grant awards of restricted stock, restricted stock units,
performance shares or performance units that exceed these limits, whether or not the awards are intended to qualify as &#147;performance based compensation&#148; under Section 162(m) of the Code, but because it is technically possible that we could
do so, we do not want stockholders to be confused by this potential ambiguity. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">To the extent stockholders do not approve Proposal Four as
supplemented above, the 2008 EIP would continue in effect in accordance with its terms prior to being amended and restated. Please see the original Proposal Four in the Original Proxy Statement for details about the 2008 EIP and summary of the
general federal income tax consequences to U.S. taxpayers of awards granted under the 2008 EIP. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Vote Required </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Approval of the amendment and restatement of the 2008 EIP requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares of our Common Stock that are present in
person or proxy and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Board of Directors&#146; Recommendation </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>RECOMMENDS THAT STOCKHOLDERS VOTE &#147;FOR&#148; </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>THE APPROVAL OF THE AMENDED AND RESTATED </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>2008 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN. </B></P>
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