Cormorant Private Healthcare Fund II Form 3 BioAtla / Bihua Chen ownership change

SEC Form 3

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^*

Cormorant Asset Management, LP

(Last) (First) (Middle)

200 CLARENDON STREET, 52ND FLOOR

(Street)

BOSTON MA 02116

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
12/15/2020

3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
BioAtla, Inc. [ BCAB ]

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

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

5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

	Form filed by One Reporting Person
X	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
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)

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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
Series D Convertible Preferred Stock	(1)	(1)	Common Stock	1,492,060	(1)	I	See Footnotes(2)(3)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Cormorant Asset Management, LP

(Last) (First) (Middle)

200 CLARENDON STREET, 52ND FLOOR

(Street)

BOSTON MA 02116

(City) (State) (Zip)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Chen Bihua

(Last) (First) (Middle)

C/O CORMORANT ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC

200 CLARENDON STREET, 52ND FLOOR

(Street)

BOSTON MA 02116

(City) (State) (Zip)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Cormorant Global Healthcare Master Fund, LP

(Last) (First) (Middle)

200 CLARENDON STREET, 52ND FLOOR

(Street)

BOSTON MA 02116

(City) (State) (Zip)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Cormorant Private Healthcare Fund II, LP

(Last) (First) (Middle)

200 CLARENDON STREET, 52ND FLOOR

(Street)

BOSTON MA 02116

(City) (State) (Zip)

Explanation of Responses:

1. Shares of Series D Convertible Preferred Stock are convertible at any time at the holder's election, without payment of additional consideration. Such shares have no expiration date but are expected to convert into Common Stock automatically upon the closing of the Issuer's initial public offering.

2. Cormorant Asset Management, LP ("Cormorant") serves as the investment manager of Cormorant Global Healthcare Master Fund, LP (the "Master Fund") and Cormorant Private Healthcare Fund II, LP ("Fund II"). Cormorant Global Healthcare GP, LLC ("GP LLC") and Cormorant Private Healthcare GP II, LLC ("GP II") serve as General Partner of the Master Fund and Fund II, respectively. Bihua Chen serves as manager of Cormorant, GP LLC and GP II. Each of the Reporting Persons disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares reported herein except to the extent of its or her pecuniary interest therein, and the filing of this Form 3 shall not be construed as an admission that any of the Reporting Persons is the beneficial owner of any such shares for purposes of Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or for any other purpose.

3. Shares of Series D Convertible Preferred Stock reported herein represent, on an as-converted basis, (i) 310,945 shares held by the Master Fund and (ii) 1,181,115 shares held by Fund II.

	/s/ CORMORANT GLOBAL HEALTHCARE MASTER FUND, LP, By: Cormorant Global Healthcare GP, LLC, its General Partner, By: Bihua Chen, Managing Member	12/15/2020
	/s/ CORMORANT ASSET MANAGEMENT, LP, By: Cormorant Asset Management GP, LLC, its General Partner By: Bihua Chen, Managing Member	12/15/2020
	/s/ Bihua Chen	12/15/2020
	/s/ CORMORANT PRIVATE HEALTHCARE FUND II, LP By: Cormorant Private Healthcare GP II, LLC, its General Partner By: Bihua Chen, Managing Member	12/15/2020
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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