Enanta Pharmaceuticals (ENTA) Form 4 ENANTA PHARMACEUTICALS / Tim Ocain ownership change

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^*

Ocain Tim

(Last) (First) (Middle)

C/O ENANTA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

500 ARSENAL STREET

(Street)

WATERTOWN MA 02472

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
ENANTA PHARMACEUTICALS INC [ ENTA ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
Senior Vice President

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
02/12/2018

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
Common Stock	02/12/2018		A		2,000(1)	A	$0	3,370	D
Common Stock	02/12/2018		A		4,822(2)	A	$0	8,192	D
Common Stock	02/12/2018		F		2,065(3)	D	$76.845	6,127	D

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

Explanation of Responses:

1. Represents shares of Enanta common stock issued under a performance share unit ("PSU") award granted on December 21, 2015 that vested as a result of the achievement of a clinical development milestone in calendar 2018 as determined by the Compensation Committee of Enanta's Board of Directors, and then settled with the issuance of the shares of Enanta common stock on February 12, 2018.

2. Represents shares of Enanta common stock issued under a relative total stockholder return unit ("rTSRU") award granted to the reporting person on December 21, 2015 that was subject to performance-vesting restrictions based on the relative total stockholder return of Enanta's common stock in relation to the total stockholder return of the component companies in the Nasdaq Biotech Index over a two-year period. The performance level was determined by the Compensation Committee of Enanta's Board of Directors and the rTSRU settled with the issuance of the shares of Enanta common stock on February 12, 2018.

3. Represents the number of shares of common stock automatically forfeited by the reporting person to cover withholding taxes due as a result of settlement of the PSU and rTSRU awards.

Remarks:

	/s/ Nathaniel S. Gardiner as attorney-in-fact	02/13/2018
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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