Exhibit 3
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Know all by these presents that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Ryan A. Murr, Sabera Loughran and Alice Lee as the undersigned’s true and lawfulattorney-in-fact to:
| (1) | prepare, execute in the undersigned’s name and on the undersigned’s behalf, and submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes, passwords, and passphrases enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of reports required by the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or any rule or regulation of the SEC; |
| (2) | execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned’s capacity as a director of Rocket Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company”), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder and Schedules 13D, Schedules 13G and any amendments of each thereof in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder; |
| (3) | 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 Form 3, 4, or 5, Schedule 13D or 13G, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the SEC and any securities exchange or similar authority; and |
| (4) | take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of suchattorney-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 suchattorney-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 suchattorney-in-fact may approve in suchattorney-in-fact’s discretion. |
The undersigned hereby grants to theattorney-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 or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that suchattorney-in-fact, or suchattorney-in-fact’s 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 also ratifies hereby any action previously taken by theattorney-in-fact that would have been authorized by this power of attorney if it has been in effect at the time such action was taken. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoingattorney-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, is not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned’s responsibilities to comply with Section 16 or Regulation13D-G 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 or Schedules 13D or Schedules 13G 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 foregoingattorney-in-fact.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of January 10, 2018.
/s/ Roderick Wong |
| Name: Roderick Wong |
[Signature Page to Rocket Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Power of Attorney]
