Adverum Biotechnologies (ADVM) Form 4 Adverum Biotechnologies / Mehdi Gasmi 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^*

Gasmi Mehdi

(Last) (First) (Middle)

C/O ADVERUM BIOTECHNOLOGIES, INC.

1035 O'BRIEN DRIVE

(Street)

MENLO PARK CA 94025

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Adverum Biotechnologies, Inc. [ ADVM ]

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

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
Chief Science & Tech Officer

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
06/15/2018

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	06/15/2018		A		88,496(1)	A	$0.00	387,031(2)	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

Explanation of Responses:

1. Represents Restricted Stock Units ("RSUs"). The Reporting Person is entitled to receive one (1) share of Common Stock of the Issuer for each one (1) RSU upon the vesting thereof. Such RSUs vest with respect to 100% of the shares on June 15, 2022, subject acceleration upon the achievement of company performance milestones and to the Reporting Person's continued service with the Issuer on the applicable vesting date.

2. Includes the following shares acquired through the Issuer's 2014 Employee Stock Purchase Plan: 3,000 shares on May 19, 2017, 3,000 shares on November 20, 2017 and 3,000 shares May 18, 2018.

Remarks:

	Mehdi Gasmi, by /s/ Jennifer Cheng, Attorney-in-Fact	06/18/2018
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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