Benedict Osorio Form 4 Provention Bio / Benedict Osorio 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^*

Osorio Benedict

(Last) (First) (Middle)

C/O PROVENTION BIO, INC.

55 BROAD STREET, 2ND FLOOR

(Street)

RED BANK NJ 07701

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Provention Bio, Inc. [ PRVB ]

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

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

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
12/08/2022

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

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
Stock Option (right to buy)	$12.89	12/08/2022		A		18,000(1)		12/08/2022	08/17/2030	Common Stock, par value $0.0001	18,000	$0(2)	79,000(3)	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. As previously reported on a Form 3 filed on December 23, 2021, on August 17, 2020 the Reporting Person was granted a stock option for 100,000 shares of Common Stock, 40,000 of which option shares vest in four equal annual installments commencing on August 17, 2021 and 60,000 of which option shares vest upon completion of certain performance milestones. This amount represents the vesting of 18,000 of the 60,000 performance option shares on December 8, 2022 upon the satisfaction of certain performance milestones. This Form 4 is being filed solely to report the vesting of such previously reported 18,000 option shares.

2. The stock options were granted pursuant to the Issuer's Amended and Restated 2017 Equity Incentive Plan.

3. Represents the 40,000 time-based option shares referred to in footnote (1), 18,000 vested performance option shares referred to in footnote (1) plus 12,000 option shares which previously vested upon the satisfaction of certain performance milestones plus 9,000 vested performance option shares that vested on May 17, 2022.

	/s/ Thierry Chauche, as attorney-in-fact	12/09/2022
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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