Leonard Keith R Form 4 KYTHERA BIOPHARMACEUTICALS / Keith R Leonard 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^*

Leonard Keith R

(Last) (First) (Middle)

30930 RUSSELL RANCH ROAD

3RD FLOOR

(Street)

WESTLAKE VILLAGE CA 91362

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
KYTHERA BIOPHARMACEUTICALS INC [ KYTH ]

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

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

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
04/01/2015

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	04/01/2015		S(1)		13,148	D	$48.108(7)	861,090	I	See footnote(2)
Common Stock	04/01/2015		S(1)		400	D	$49.148(8)	860,690	I	See footnote(2)
Common Stock								49,649	I	See footnote(3)
Common Stock								49,649	I	See footnote(4)
Common Stock								189	I	See footnote(5)
Common Stock								189	I	See footnote(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. The sale reported on this Form 4 was effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan which expires April 30, 2015.

2. Shares held by Leonard Family Trust, dated August 28, 1996, Keith Richard Leonard, Jr. and Nanette LaRosa Leonard, Trustees.

3. Shares held by Keith Richard Leonard, Jr., Retained Annuity Trust, Dated 12 April, 2010, Keith Richard Leonard, Jr., Trustee.

4. Shares held by Nanette LaRosa Leonard, Retained Annuity Trust, Dated 12 April, 2010, Keith Richard Leonard, Jr., Trustee.

5. Shares held by Keith R. Leonard III. Keith R. Leonard III is the son of the Reporting Person.

6. Shares held by Nina R. Leonard. Nina R. Leonard is the daughter of the Reporting Person.

7. The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average sale price. The shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $47.88 to $48.77, inclusive. The Reporting Person hereby undertakes to provide to the Securities and Exchange Commission staff, the Issuer, or a security holder of the Issuer, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each respective price within the range set forth in this footnote.

8. The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average sale price. The shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $48.81 to $49.51, inclusive. The Reporting Person hereby undertakes to provide to the Securities and Exchange Commission staff, the Issuer, or a security holder of the Issuer, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each respective price within the range set forth in this footnote.

	Keith Klein, as Attorney-in-Fact for Keith R. Leonard	04/02/2015
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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