Kythera Biopharmaceuticals (KYTH) Form 4/A KYTHERA BIOPHARMACEUTICALS / John W Smither 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^*

Smither John W

(Last) (First) (Middle)

C/O KYTHERA BIOPHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

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)

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

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
04/29/2015

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
04/30/2015

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	04/29/2015		A(1)		5,409	A	$0	5,409(2)	D
Common Stock	04/30/2015		S(3)		2,041	D	$45.49(4)	3,368(2)	D
Common Stock								12,216(2)	I	See Footnote(5)

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 January 22, 2014, the Reporting Person was granted 5,409 restricted stock units (RSUs), with 100% of the RSUs to vest upon approval of the Issuer's New Drug Application (NDA) by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The NDA was approved on April 29, 2015. The Reporting Person received one (1) share of Common Stock for each one (1) RSU upon vesting.

2. The purpose of this amendment is to report correctly the number of securities beneficially owned by the Reporting Person following the transactions reported in the original Form 4 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 30, 2015. The Reporting Person's indirect ownership of 12,216 shares was incorrectly reported as direct ownership on the original Form 4, and the subsequent Form 4 filed by the Reporting Person on June 30, 2015. Except as otherwise noted in this Form 4/A, all other information disclosed in the Reporting Person's original Form 4 was accurately reported.

3. Sale of shares to satisfy tax withholding obligations in connection with the vesting of the RSUs.

4. The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average sale price. The shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $45.05 to $45.79, 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.

5. Shares held by the 1994 Smither Family Trust dated March 1, 1994 as amended March 23, 2006, John W. Smither and Noretha V. Smither, Trustees (the "1994 Smither Family Trust").

	/s/ Keith Klein, as Attorney-in-Fact for John W. Smither	09/22/2015
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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