Yocca Frank Form 4 BioXcel Therapeutics / Frank Yocca 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^*

Yocca Frank

(Last) (First) (Middle)

C/O BIOXCEL THERAPEUTICS, INC.

555 LONG WHARF DRIVE, 12TH FLOOR

(Street)

NEW HAVEN CT 06511

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
BioXcel Therapeutics, Inc. [ BTAI ]

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

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

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
12/14/2024

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	12/14/2024		M		521	A	(1)	28,799	D
Common Stock	12/15/2024		M		562	A	(1)	29,361	D
Common Stock	12/16/2024		S(2)		205	D	$0.3551	29,156	D
Common Stock	12/16/2024		S(2)		225	D	$0.3512	28,931	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)	12/14/2024		M			521	(3)	(3)	Common Stock	521	$0	2,606	D
Restricted Stock Units	(1)	12/15/2024		M			562	(4)	(4)	Common Stock	562	$0	5,064	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Each Restricted Stock Unit ("RSU") represents a contingent right to receive one share of the Issuer's Common Stock.

2. The sales reported in this Form 4 were effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted on December 14, 2023.

3. On March 14, 2022, the Reporting Person was granted 8,337 RSUs, vesting as to 25% of the total number of RSUs on the first anniversary of March 14, 2022 and as to 6.25% of the total number of RSUs at the end of each successive three-month period thereafter, subject to the Reporting Person's continuous employment with the Issuer through the relevant vesting dates.

4. On March 15, 2023, the Reporting Person was granted 9,000 RSUs, vesting as to 25% of the total number of RSUs on the first anniversary of March 15, 2023 and as to 6.25% of the total number of RSUs at the end of each successive three-month period thereafter, subject to the Reporting Person's continuous employment with the Issuer through the relevant vesting dates.

	/s/ Richard Steinhart, as Attorney-in-Fact for Frank Yocca, Ph.D.	12/17/2024
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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