Nuvation Bio (NUVB) Form 4 Nuvation Bio / Stacy Markel 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^*

Markel Stacy

(Last) (First) (Middle)

C/O NUVATION BIO INC.

1500 BROADWAY, SUITE 1401

(Street)

NEW YORK NY 10036

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Nuvation Bio Inc. [ NUVB ]

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

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
SVP, Human Resources

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
02/10/2021

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

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)	$4.6	02/10/2021		A(1)		398,935		(2)	10/04/2030	Class A Common Stock	398,935	(3)	398,935	D
Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$1.74	02/10/2021		A(1)		254,810		(4)	01/21/2030	Class A Common Stock	254,810	(5)	254,810	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Received pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of October 20, 2020, by and among Panacea Acquisition Corp. ("Panacea") and Panacea Merger Subsidiary Corp., a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of Panacea ("Merger Sub"), and Nuvation Bio Inc. ("Legacy Nuvation") pursuant to which, as a result of a merger between Legacy Nuvation and Merger Sub, Legacy Nuvation became a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of Panacea, which subsequently changed its name to Nuvation Bio Inc. (the "Issuer").

2. Options vest as to 20% on October 5, 2023, 20% on October 5, 2023 and 60% on October 5, 2025, subject to achievement of performance criteria.

3. Received in exchange for an option to purchase 398,935 shares of Legacy Nuvation Class A Common Stock.

4. Options vest as to 25% on September 30, 2020 and in equal monthly installments thereafter over the following three years.

5. Received in exchange for an option to purchase 254,810 shares of Legacy Nuvation Class A Common Stock.

Remarks:

	Stacy Markel, by /s/ Ron A. Metzger, Attorney-in-Fact	02/12/2021
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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