CASI Pharmaceuticals (CASI) Form 4 CASI Pharmaceuticals / Wei-Wu He 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^*

He Wei-Wu

(Last) (First) (Middle)

CASI PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

9620 MEDICAL CENTER DRIVE, SUITE 300

(Street)

ROCKVILLE MD 20850

(City) (State) (Zip)

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

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

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

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
09/18/2017

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	09/18/2017		P		173,500	A	$1.75(1)	513,525	D
Common Stock	09/19/2017		P		34,002	A	$1.78(1)	547,527	D
Common Stock								1,871,605	I	See Footnote(2)
Common Stock								441,072	I	See Footnote(3)

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. The reported price is a weighted average purchase price. These shares were purchased in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $1.42 to $1.90 per share on September 18, 2017 and $1.77 to $1.78 per share on September 19, 2017. The Reporting Person undertakes to provide to the issuer, any shareholder of the issuer, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares purchased at each separate price within the range set forth in this footnote.

2. The shares are held indirectly in the name of ETP Global Fund, L.P., a limited partnership of which the Reporting Person is the managing member of the general partner. The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership over any shares held indirectly, except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein and his filing is not an admission that the Reporting Person is the beneficial owner of these shares for the purposes of Section 16 or for any other purposes.

3. The shares are held indirectly in the name of Emerging Technology Partners, LLC, an LLC entity of which the Reporting Person is the managing member. The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership over any shares held indirectly, except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein and his filing is not an admission that the Reporting Person is the beneficial owner of these shares for the purposes of Section 16 or for any other purposes.

	/s/ Cynthia W. Hu, attorney-in-fact for Wei-Wu He	09/20/2017
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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