Angela Thedinga Form 4 Adverum Biotechnologies / Angela Thedinga 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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Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Thedinga Angela

(Last) (First) (Middle)

C/O ADVERUM BIOTECHNOLOGIES, INC.

800 SAGINAW DRIVE

(Street)

REDWOOD CITY CA 94063

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Adverum Biotechnologies, Inc. [ ADVM ]

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

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

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
08/06/2021

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	08/06/2021		A		150,000(1)(2)	A	$0.00	150,000	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
Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$2.48	08/06/2021		A		120,000		(3)	08/05/2031	Common Stock	120,000	$0.00	120,000	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Reflects the grants of performance stock units, pursuant to which: (a) 1/3 of the shares will vest upon dosing of the first subject in a Phase 2 clinical trial of ADVM-022 in wet age-related macular degeneration; (b) 1/3 of the shares will vest upon dosing of the first subject in a potentially registrational clinical trial of ADVM-022 or another product candidate owned or being developed by Adverum in wet age-related macular degeneration or another indication determined by the Compensation Committee to represent a significant unmet medical need; and (c) 1/3 of the shares will vest upon consummation of a strategic corporate transaction, not constituting a change in control, that is determined by the Compensation Committee to be transformative for Adverum, in each case contingent upon certification by the Compensation Committee of the achievement of such milestone and subject to the Reporting Person's continued service with the Issuer on each such vesting date. See Footnote 2.

2. Non-exclusive examples of a strategic corporate transaction are (i) a collaboration with another company for the development and commercialization of a major asset, (ii) a substantial royalty-based or other structured financing, and (iii) the acquisition or in-license of a significant asset for development and commercialization.

3. The options will vest in equal monthly installments over three years, such that all of the shares subject to the option shall become vested and exercisable as of the third anniversary of the Vesting Commencement Date, subject to the Reporting Person's continued service with the Issuer on each such vesting date.

Remarks:

	Angela Thedinga, by /s/ Ron A. Metzger, Attorney-in-Fact	08/10/2021
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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