John Simard Form 4 XBiotech / JOHN SIMARD 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^*

SIMARD JOHN

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

8201 EAST RIVERSIDE DRIVE

BUILDING 4, SUITE 100

(Street)

AUSTIN

78744

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
XBiotech Inc. [ XBIT ]

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

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

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
05/24/2017

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)
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Common Stock	05/24/2017		M		240,000	A	$0.9317⁽¹⁾	6,393,267	D
Common Stock	05/24/2017		F⁽²⁾		116,207	D	$8.17	6,277,060	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)
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)	Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)		10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Stock Option	$0.9317⁽¹⁾	05/24/2017		M			240,000	06/15/2008	06/15/2017	Common Stock	240,000	$0.00	0	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Options granted on June 15, 2007 with a strike price of $1.25 CAD, which was converted to $0.9317 USD using an exchange rate of 0.7454.

2. Due to the options expiring on June 15, 2017, Mr. Simard agreed to exercise these options through the "net exercise" method on May 24, 2017. Mr. Simard received 123,793 shares of common stock on a net exercise to purchase 240,000 shares of common stock. Mr. Simard forfeited 116,207 shares of common stock underlying the option in payment of the exercise price and associated taxes, using the closing stock price on May 24, 2017 of $8.17.

Remarks:

	/s/ Ashley Otero under Power of Attorney for John Simard	05/25/2017
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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John Simard Form 4XBiotech / JOHN SIMARD ownership change