Keith Westby Form 4 Ophthotech / Keith Westby 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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Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Westby Keith

(Last) (First) (Middle)

C/O OPHTHOTECH CORPORATION

ONE PENN PLAZA, 35TH FLOOR

(Street)

NEW YORK NY 10119

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Ophthotech Corp. [ OPHT ]

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

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
SVP & COO

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
01/04/2018

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	01/04/2018		M		700	A	(1)	25,300	D
Common Stock	01/05/2018		S		317(2)	D	$3.17(3)	24,983	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
Restricted Stock Units	(1)	01/04/2018		M			700	(4)	01/03/2026	Common Stock	700	$0.00	1,400	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Restricted stock units converted into common stock on a one-for-one basis upon vesting of the units.

2. Represents shares automatically sold pursuant to the prespecified terms of the applicable Restricted Stock Unit Agreement to satisfy the reporting person's minimum statutory withholding obligations with respect to the income recognized by the reporting person upon the vesting of the restricted stock units on January 4, 2018.

3. These shares were disposed of in multiple transactions on January 5, 2018 at actual sales prices ranging from $3.16 to $3.19 per share. The price reported reflects the weighted average sale price for the transactions. The reporting person undertakes to provide upon request by the staff of the Securities Exchange Commission, the issuer or a security holder of the issuer, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price.

4. On January 4, 2016, the reporting person was granted an award of 2,800 restricted stock units, which vests with respect to 25% of the shares subject to the award on each of the first, second, third and fourth anniversaries of the grant date, subject to continued employment with the issuer and the other terms and conditions under the issuer's 2013 Stock Incentive Plan.

	/s/ David F. Carroll, as Attorney-in-Fact for Keith Westby	01/05/2018
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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