Incyte (INCY) Form 4 INCYTE / Herve Hoppenot 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^*

Hoppenot Herve

(Last) (First) (Middle)

1801 AUGUSTINE CUT-OFF

(Street)

WILMINGTON DE 19803

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
INCYTE CORP [ INCY ]

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

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

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
02/14/2024

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	02/14/2024		A		41,577(1)	A	$0	502,333(2)(3)(4)	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

Explanation of Responses:

1. Represents shares of common stock underlying performance shares earned upon the achievement of performance criteria determined to be satisfied on February 14, 2024. The earned shares will vest on the third anniversary of the July 2, 2021 grant date, subject to the Reporting Persons continued service with the Issuer. Each performance share represents the right to receive one or more shares of common stock based on, and subject to, the achievement of specified financial and development performance criteria determined by the Issuers Compensation Committee in January 2021 as set forth in the Performance Share Award Agreement. The number of shares of common stock that the Reporting Person is entitled to receive over the three year performance period ranges from 0% to 150% of the number of performance shares awarded.

2. This includes an aggregate of 175,262 shares of common stock issuable pursuant to previously reported RSUs and earned performance shares that have not vested.

3. On June 15, 2018, the reporting person contributed 103,033 shares to a grantor retained annuity trust (GRAT). On June 17, 2019, 20,407 shares were distributed by the GRAT to the reporting person in accordance with the terms of the GRAT and continue to be reported in this Form 4 as directly owned. In addition, on June 2, 2020 an additional 16,392 shares were distributed by the GRAT to the reporting person in accordance with the terms of the GRAT and continue to be reported in this Form 4 as directly owned. On June 22, 2021 an additional 19,033 shares were distributed by the GRAT to the reporting person in accordance with the terms of the GRAT and continue to be reported in this Form 4 as directly owned.

4. On June 29, 2022 an additional 21,301 shares were distributed by the GRAT to the reporting person in accordance with the terms of the GRAT and continue to be reported in this Form 4 as directly owned. On November 17 , 2023 the remaining 25,900 shares were distributed by the GRAT to the reporting person in accordance with the terms of the GRAT and will be reported in this Form 4 as directly owned.

Remarks:

	/s/ Elizabeth Feeney, Attorney-In-Fact	02/16/2024
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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