Dennis M Lanfear Form 4 Coherus BioSciences / Dennis M Lanfear 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^*

Lanfear Dennis M

(Last) (First) (Middle)

COHERUS BIOSCIENCES, INC.

201 REDWOOD SHORES PARKWAY, SUITE 200

(Street)

REDWOOD CITY CA 94065

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Coherus BioSciences, Inc. [ CHRS ]

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)
03/18/2015

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, $0.0001 par value	03/18/2015		J(1)		2,206	A	$0.00	1,344,926	I	By Trust(2)
Common Stock, $0.0001 par value	03/18/2015		J(1)		2,084	A	$0.00	71,635	D
Common Stock, $0.0001 par value	03/18/2015		J(1)		13	A	$0.00	86,965	I	By LLC(3)

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. On March 18, 2015, Reporting Person, his Trust and LLC became entitled to receive shares of Issuer's common stock pursuant to an "earn out" provision included in that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger by and among Issuer, Coherus Intermediate Corp., Coherus Acquisition Corp., InteKrin Therapeutics Inc. ("InteKrin") and Fortis Advisors LLC, dated as of January 8, 2014 (the "Merger Agreement"), pursuant to which Issuer acquired all outstanding common stock of InteKrin on January 8, 2014. The Merger Agreement provided that stockholders of InteKrin would receive additional shares of Issuer's common stock, for no additional consideration, upon the first dosing of a patient with INT 131 (the "Milestone"). The Milestone occurred on March 6, 2015, and as a result an earn out payment of an aggregate of 358,384 shares of Issuer's common stock was executed by the escrow agent and transfer agent on March 18, 2015 upon determination that all conditions for such release had been satisfied.

2. These shares are held by the Lanfear Revocable Trust, dated January 27, 2004, as restated, of which Reporting Person is a trustee.

3. These shares are held by Lanfear Capital Advisors, LLC of which Reporting Person is President.

Remarks:

	/s/ Matthew R. Hooper, as Attorney-in-Fact for Dennis M. Lanfear	03/18/2015
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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