Sorrento Therapeutics (SRNE) Form 4 Sorrento Therapeutics / Henry Ji 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^*

Ji Henry

(Last) (First) (Middle)

C/O SORRENTO THERAPEUTICS, INC.

9380 JUDICIAL DRIVE

(Street)

SAN DIEGO CA 92121

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc. [ SRNE ]

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

X	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
President and CEO

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
11/08/2016

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	11/08/2016		A		67,931	A	(1)(2)	67,931	I	See Footnote(3)
Common Stock								17,776	D
Common Stock								2,053,162	I	See Footnote(4)

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

Explanation of Responses:

1. Pursuant to a stock purchase agreement by and among the Issuer, Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. ("Scilex"), the stockholders of Scilex party thereto (the "Scilex Stockholders") and SPI Shareholders Representative, LLC, as representative of the Scilex Stockholders (the "Stock Purchase Agreement"), an entity of which the Reporting Person and his spouse are the sole members and managing directors (the "Entity") sold 1,368,681 shares of common stock of Scilex to the Issuer in exchange for 67,931 shares of common stock of the Issuer. The Stock Purchase Agreement, which was entered into on November 8, 2016, placed a value on the Issuer's common stock of $6.33 per share.

2. (Continued from Footnote 1) Of the 67,931 shares issued to the Entity pursuant to the Stock Purchase Agreement, 13,586 are currently being held in escrow and are subject to forfeiture until May 8, 2017 to satisfy claims arising as a result of Scilex's or the Entity's breach of their representations, warranties or covenants contained in the Stock Purchase Agreement.

3. Shares are held by an entity of which the Reporting Person and his spouse are the sole members and managing directors.

4. Shares are held in family trust, of which the Reporting Person is a co-trustee with his wife.

Remarks:

	/s/ Henry Ji	11/09/2016
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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