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ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000315066-14-002353
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13G
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1
FILED AS OF DATE: 20140214
DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20140214
SUBJECT COMPANY:
COMPANY DATA:
COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: NEWLINK GENETICS CORP
CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001126234
STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS [2834]
IRS NUMBER: 421491350
FISCAL YEAR END: 1231
FILING VALUES:
FORM TYPE: SC 13G
SEC ACT: 1934 Act
SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-86491
FILM NUMBER: 14610024
BUSINESS ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 2503 SOUTH LOOP DRIVE
STREET 2: SUITE 5100
CITY: AMES
STATE: IA
ZIP: 50010
BUSINESS PHONE: 515-296-5555
MAIL ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 2503 SOUTH LOOP DRIVE
STREET 2: SUITE 5100
CITY: AMES
STATE: IA
ZIP: 50010
FILED BY:
COMPANY DATA:
COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: FMR LLC
CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000315066
STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: UNKNOWN SIC - 0000 [0000]
IRS NUMBER: 061209781
STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE
FISCAL YEAR END: 1231
FILING VALUES:
FORM TYPE: SC 13G
BUSINESS ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 245 SUMMER STREET
CITY: BOSTON
STATE: MA
ZIP: 02210
BUSINESS PHONE: 6175706339
MAIL ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 245 SUMMER STREET
CITY: BOSTON
STATE: MA
ZIP: 02210
FORMER COMPANY:
FORMER CONFORMED NAME: FMR CORP
DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920717
SC 13G
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filing.txt
SCHEDULE 13G
Amendment No. 0
NEWLINK GENETICS CORP
Common Stock
Cusip #651511107
Cusip #651511107
Item 1: Reporting Person - FMR LLC
Item 4: Delaware
Item 5: 0
Item 6: 0
Item 7: 1,341,659
Item 8: 0
Item 9: 1,341,659
Item 11: 5.219%
Item 12: HC
Cusip #651511107
Item 1: Reporting Person - Edward C. Johnson 3d
Item 4: United States of America
Item 5: 0
Item 6: 0
Item 7: 1,341,659
Item 8: 0
Item 9: 1,341,659
Item 11: 5.219%
Item 12: IN
SCHEDULE 13G - TO BE INCLUDED IN
STATEMENTS
FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-1(b) or 13d-2(b)
Item 1(a). Name of Issuer:
NEWLINK GENETICS CORP
Item 1(b). Name of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices:
2503 SOUTH LOOP DRIVE
SUITE 5100
AMES, IA 50010
Item 2(a). Name of Person Filing:
FMR LLC
Item 2(b). Address or Principal Business Office or, if None,
Residence:
245 Summer Street, Boston,
Massachusetts 02210
Item 2(c). Citizenship:
Not applicable
Item 2(d). Title of Class of Securities:
Common Stock
Item 2(e). CUSIP Number:
651511107
Item 3. This statement is filed pursuant to Rule 13d-1(b) or 13d-2(b)
and the person filing, FMR LLC, is a parent holding company
in accordance with Section 240.13d-1(b)(ii)(G). (Note: See
Item 7).
Item 4. Ownership
(a) Amount Beneficially Owned: 1,341,659
(b) Percent of Class: 5.219%
(c) Number of shares as to which such
person has:
(i) sole power to vote or to direct
the vote: 0
(ii) shared power to vote or to
direct the vote: 0
(iii) sole power to dispose or to
direct the disposition of: 1,341,659
(iv) shared power to dispose or to
direct the disposition of: 0
Item 5. Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another
Person.
Various persons have the right to receive or the power to
direct the receipt of dividends from, or the proceeds from the
sale of, the Common Stock of NEWLINK GENETICS CORP.
No one person's interest in the Common Stock of NEWLINK
GENETICS CORP is more than five percent of the total
outstanding Common Stock.
Item 7. Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which
Acquired the Security Being Reported on By the Parent
Holding Company.
See attached Exhibit A.
Item 8. Identification and Classification of Members of
the Group.
Not applicable. See attached Exhibit A.
Item 9. Notice of Dissolution of Group.
Not applicable.
Item 10. Certification.
By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge
and belief, the securities referred to above were acquired in the
ordinary course of business and were not acquired for the
purpose of and do not have the effect of changing or
influencing the control of the issuer of such securities and
were not acquired in connection with or as a participant in any
transaction having such purpose or effect.
Signature
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and
belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement
is true, complete and correct.
February 13, 2014
Date
/s/ Scott C. Goebel
Signature
Scott C. Goebel
Duly authorized under Power of Attorney
effective as of June 1, 2008 by and on behalf of FMR LLC
and its direct and indirect subsidiaries
SCHEDULE 13G - TO BE INCLUDED IN
STATEMENTS
FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-1(b) or 13d-2(b)
Pursuant to the instructions in Item 7 of Schedule 13G,
Fidelity SelectCo, LLC ("SelectCo"), 1225 17th Street, Suite
1100, Denver, Colorado 80202, a wholly-owned subsidiary of
FMR LLC and an investment adviser registered under Section
203 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, is the beneficial
owner of 1,341,659 shares or 5.219% of the Common Stock
outstanding of NEWLINK GENETICS CORP ("the
Company") as a result of acting as investment adviser to
various investment companies registered under Section 8 of
the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "SelectCo Funds").
Edward C. Johnson 3d and FMR LLC, through its
control of SelectCo, and the SelectCo Funds each has sole
power to dispose of the 1,341,659 owned by the SelectCo
Funds.
Members of the family of Edward C. Johnson 3d,
Chairman of FMR LLC, are the predominant owners, directly
or through trusts, of Series B voting common shares of FMR
LLC, representing 49% of the voting power of FMR LLC.
The Johnson family group and all other Series B shareholders
have entered into a shareholders' voting agreement under
which all Series B voting common shares will be voted in
accordance with the majority vote of Series B voting common
shares. Accordingly, through their ownership of voting
common shares and the execution of the shareholders' voting
agreement, members of the Johnson family may be deemed,
under the Investment Company Act of 1940, to form a
controlling group with respect to FMR LLC.
SCHEDULE 13G - TO BE INCLUDED IN
STATEMENTS
FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-1(b) or 13d-2(b)
RULE 13d-1(f)(1) AGREEMENT
The undersigned persons, on February 13, 2014, agree
and consent to the joint filing on their behalf of this Schedule
13G in connection with their beneficial ownership of the
Common Stock of NEWLINK GENETICS CORP at
December 31, 2013.
FMR LLC
By /s/ Scott C. Goebel
Scott C. Goebel
Duly authorized under Power of Attorney effective as
of June 1, 2008, by and on behalf of FMR LLC and its direct
and indirect subsidiaries
Edward C. Johnson 3d
By /s/ Scott C. Goebel
Scott C. Goebel
Duly authorized under Power of Attorney effective as
of June 1, 2008, by and on behalf of Edward C. Johnson 3d