Jeffrey W Bird Form 4 PORTOLA PHARMACEUTICALS / JEFFREY W BIRD 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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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

BIRD JEFFREY W

(Last) (First) (Middle)

755 PAGE MILL ROAD, SUITE A-200

(Street)

PALO ALTO CA 94304-1005

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
PORTOLA PHARMACEUTICALS INC [ PTLA ]

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

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

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
05/31/2017

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	06/01/2017		P(1)		8,800	A	$31.8483(1)	45,402	I	By Ltd Partnership (NEST)(2)
Common Stock	05/31/2017		J(3)		147,523	D	$0(3)	810,968	I	By Ltd Partnership (SHV)(4)
Common Stock	06/01/2017		P(5)		110,642	A	$31.8483(5)	921,610	I	By Ltd Partnership (SHV)(4)
Common Stock								3,000	D
Common Stock								59,053	I	By Trust (Trustees)(6)

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. In connection with the Liquidation, the reporting person entered into an agreement with the Limited Partner to repurchase 8,800 Distributed Common Shares from the Limited Partner at a purchase price equal to the average of the mean between the closing bid and ask prices over the ninety (90)-day period ended March 31, 2017.

2. Shares held by a limited partnership of which the reporting person is a trustee of a trust which is the General Partner. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of these shares except as to the reporting person's pecuniary interest therein.

3. On May 31, 2017, a limited partner (the "Limited Partner") of Sutter Hill Ventures, a California Limited Partnership ("SHV") liquidated its interest in SHV in return for its ratable share of the holdings of SHV, resulting in SHV's disposition to the Limited Partner of 147,523 shares (the "Distributed Common Shares") of the Issuer's common stock (the "Liquidation").

4. Shares held by SHV. The reporting person is a managing director and member of the management committee of the general partner of SHV. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership in these shares except as to the reporting person's pecuniary interest therein.

5. In connection with the Liquidation, SHV entered into an agreement with the Limited Partner to repurchase 110,642 Distributed Common Shares from the Limited Partner at a purchase price equal to the average of the mean between the closing bid and ask prices over the ninety (90)-day period ended March 31, 2017.

6. Shares held by a trust of which the reporting person is a trustee. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership in these shares except as to the reporting person's pecuniary interest therein.

	/s/ Robert Yin, by power of attorney	06/01/2017
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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