| FORM 3 | UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES 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*
(Street)
| 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 01/01/2019 | 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Nightstar Therapeutics plc [ NITE ] | |||||||||||||
| 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
| 5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year) 01/02/2019 | ||||||||||||||
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
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| Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned | |||
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| 1. Title of Security (Instr. 4) | 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) | 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) | 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) |
| Ordinary Shares | 13,203,922(1) | D(2) | |
| Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) | |||||||
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| 1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) | 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) | 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4) | 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security | 5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) | 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) | ||
| Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares | ||||
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
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| Explanation of Responses: |
| 1. Consists of 11,203,922 ordinary shares and 2,000,000 American Depository Share ("ADS") held directly by Syncona Portfolio Limited. Each ADS represents one ordinary share, nominal value 0.01 GBP per share, of the Issuer. |
| 2. The shares are owned directly by Syncona Portfolio Limited ("Syncona Portfolio") and indirectly by Syncona Holdings Limited ("Syncona Holdings") and Syncona Limited ("Syncona Limited"). Syncona Portfolio is a wholly owned subsidiary of Syncona Holdings, and Syncona Holdings is a wholly controlled subsidiary of Syncona Limited ("Syncona Limited"), a publicly-listed company. Investment and voting decisions with respect to these shares are made by Syncona Portfolio, acting upon the recommendation of an investment committee of Syncona Investment Management Limited, also a subsidiary of Syncona Holdings. Each of these entities disclaims beneficial ownership except to the extent of its pecuniary interest therein, if any. |
| Remarks: |
| This Form 3/A amends the Form 3 filed on January 2, 2019 for the sole purpose of including Syncona Investment Management Limited as an additional reporting person. |
| Syncona Portfolio Limited, By: Nick Moss, Director, /s/ Nick Moss | 02/13/2019 | |
| Syncona Holdings Limited, By: Nick Moss, Director, /s/ Nick Moss | 02/13/2019 | |
| Syncona Investment Management Limited, By: Martin Murphy, Director, /s/ Martin Murphy | 02/13/2019 | |
| Syncona Limited, By: Nick Moss, Director, /s/ Nick Moss | 02/13/2019 | |
| ** Signature of Reporting Person | Date | |
| Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. | ||
| * If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5 (b)(v). | ||
| ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). | ||
| Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. | ||
| Persons who respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number. | ||
