Casey Lynch Form 4 Cortexyme / Casey Lynch 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^*

Lynch Casey

(Last) (First) (Middle)

C/O CORTEXYME, INC.

269 EAST GRAND AVE.

(Street)

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Cortexyme, Inc. [ CRTX ]

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

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

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
11/18/2021

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	11/18/2021		M		60,000	A	$0.46	109,895	D
Common Stock								978,774	I	By the Zachary and Casey Lynch Living Trust dated February 24, 2009(1)
Common Stock								91,911	I	By The Casey C. Lynch 2019 Annuity Trust(2)

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)	$0.46	11/18/2021		M			60,000	(3)	06/01/2027(4)	Common Stock	60,000	$0.00	23,159	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Casey C. Lynch is a trustee of the Zachary and Casey Lynch Living Trust dated February 24, 2009, and shares voting and dispositive power with one other trustee with respect to the shares held of record by the Zachary and Casey Lynch Living Trust dated February 24, 2009.

2. Casey C. Lynch is the trustee of The Casey C. Lynch 2019 Annuity Trust, and holds sole voting and dispositive power with respect to the shares held of record by The Casey C. Lynch 2019 Annuity Trust.

3. The option vested as to 1/48th of the shares on July 13, 2017, and the remaining shares vested in equal monthly installments from August 13, 2017 and ended on June 13, 2021.

4. The expiration date of this option was erroneously reported as 06/0/1/2022 on the Form 3 filed on May 8, 2019.

Remarks:

	/s/ Caryn Gordon McDowell, as Attorney-in-Fact for Casey C. Lynch	11/19/2021
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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