Certara (CERT) Form 4 Certara / Robert Aspbury 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^*

Aspbury Robert

(Last) (First) (Middle)

C/O CERTARA, INC.

100 OVERLOOK CENTER, SUITE 101

(Street)

PRINCETON NJ 08540

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Certara, Inc. [ CERT ]

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

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

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
04/01/2022

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	04/01/2022		F		2,870(1)	D	$21.48	276,099(2)	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	(3)	04/01/2022		A		25,939		(4)	04/01/2025	Common Stock	25,939	$0	25,939	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Represents restricted stock units ("RSU") withheld to satisfy tax withholding obligations in connection with the vesting and settlement of 6,105 RSUs, previously granted to the reporting person on April 1, 2021. The remaining two-thirds of the RSUs are scheduled to vest and settle in two equal installments on April 1, 2023 and April 1, 2024.

2. The total reported in Column 5 includes 258,394 shares of common stock and 17,705 RSUs, each of which was previously reported in Table 1 of Form 4. Does not include 25,939 newly-awarded RSUs, which are reported in Table II.

3. Each RSU is granted under the Certara, Inc. 2020 Incentive Plan and represents a right to receive one share of common stock or the cash equivalent thereof. The reporting person has reported prior awards of RSUs in Table 1 of Form 4.

4. The RSUs will vest and settle in three equal installments on April 1, 2023, April 1, 2024 and April 1, 2025.

	/s/ Richard M. Traynor, Attorney-in Fact for Robert Aspbury	04/05/2022
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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