Eric Karas Form 4 ARS Pharmaceuticals / Eric Karas 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^*

Karas Eric

(Last) (First) (Middle)

C/O ARS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

11682 EL CAMINO REAL, SUITE 120

(Street)

SAN DIEGO CA 92130

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
ARS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [ SPRY ]

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

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

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
11/08/2022

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

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)	$1.5	11/08/2022		A		614,588		(1)	05/24/2032	Common Stock	614,588	(2)	614,588	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. 25% of the shares subject to the option vest on the one year anniversary of the vesting commencement date and the balance of the shares vest in a series of thirty-six (36) successive equal monthly installments measured from the first anniversary of the vesting commencement date.

2. Received in exchange for a stock option to acquire 520,000 shares of common stock of ARS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ("ARS") with the exercise price of $1.77 per share pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization by and among ARS, the Issuer and Sabre Merger Sub, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Issuer ("Merger Sub"), as amended (the "Merger Agreement"). Under the terms of the Merger Agreement, on November 8, 2022, Merger Sub merged with and into ARS (the "Merger"), with ARS surviving the Merger as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Issuer. Upon the closing of the Merger, each outstanding option to purchase shares of ARS common stock was assumed by the Issuer and converted into an option to purchase the Issuer's common stock. Subsequent to the Merger, the name of the Issuer was changed from Silverback Therapeutics, Inc. to ARS Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Remarks:

	/s/ Kathleen Scott, Attorney-in-Fact	11/10/2022
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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