Venkatesan Jay Form 4 ALPINE IMMUNE SCIENCES / Jay Venkatesan 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^*

Venkatesan Jay

(Last) (First) (Middle)

C/O ALPINE IMMUNE SCIENCES, INC.

201 ELLIOTT AVENUE WEST, SUITE 230

(Street)

SEATTLE WA 98119

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
ALPINE IMMUNE SCIENCES, INC. [ ALPN ]

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

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

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
01/18/2019

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	01/18/2019		P(1)		190,875	A	$5.37(1)	3,994,781	I(2)	Alpine ImmunoSciences, L.P.(2)(3)
Common Stock								18,633	I	By Raj Venkatesan as UTMA custodian for Reid Coleman Venkatesan(3)(4)
Common Stock								18,633	I	By Raj Venkatesan as UTMA custodian for Nathaniel Graham Venkatesan(3)(4)
Common Stock								21,739	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
Warrant (right to buy)	$12.74	01/18/2019		P(1)		74,441		01/18/2019	01/18/2024	Common Stock	74,441	(1)	74,441	I(2)	Alpine ImmunoSciences, L.P.(2)(3)

Explanation of Responses:

1. Represents shares acquired in a private placement pursuant to that Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of January 15, 2019, by and among the Issuer and the Purchasers set forth on the signature pages thereto (the "Securities Purchase Agreement"). Pursuant to the terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement, investors purchased common stock units for $5.37 per common stock unit. Each common stock unit consisted of one share of the Company's Common Stock and a warrant to purchase 0.39 shares of the Company's Common Stock.

2. Alpine BioVentures GP, LLC is the general partner of Alpine ImmunoSciences, L.P. Dr. Venkatesan is a Managing Partner of Alpine BioVentures GP, LLC. Dr. Venkatesan is also a limited partner of Alpine ImmunoSciences, L.P. By virtue of such relationships, Dr. Venkatesan may be deemed to have voting and investment power with respect to the shares held by Alpine ImmunoSciences, L.P. and as a result may be deemed to have beneficial ownership of such shares.

3. The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares of common stock reported herein except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein, if any, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that the Reporting Person is the beneficial owner of the shares for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or for any other purpose.

4. These shares are held by Raj Venkatesan as custodian for Reporting Person's sons under the California Uniform Transfers to Minors Act.

Remarks:

	/s/ James Paul Rickey, attorney-in-fact	01/22/2019
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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