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*
(Street)
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2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Transcept Pharmaceuticals Inc [ TSPT ] |
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
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3. Date of Earliest Transaction
(Month/Day/Year) 01/30/2009 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed
(Month/Day/Year) |
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
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Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | ||||||||||
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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 | 01/30/2009 | A | 26,647 | A | (1) | 28,647 | D | |||
Common Stock | 01/30/2009 | A | 57,457 | A | (1) | 63,457 | I | See footnote(2) |
Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) | |||||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||
Employee stock option (right to buy) | $0.8844 | 01/30/2009 | A | 159,320 | (3) | 03/15/2016 | Common Stock | 159,320 | (4) | 159,320 | D | ||||
Employee stock option (right to buy) | $1.7688 | 01/30/2009 | A | 164,129 | (5) | 04/04/2017 | Common Stock | 164,129 | (4) | 164,129 | D | ||||
Common Stock Warrant | $8.1364 | 01/30/2009 | A | 1,098 | (6) | 10/25/2012 | Common Stock | 1,098 | (7) | 1,098 | D |
Explanation of Responses: |
1. Pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger by and among Novacea, Inc. ("Novacea"), Pivot Acquisition, Inc. and Transcept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ("Transcept"), dated as of August 29, 2008 (the "Merger Agreement"), each share of Transcept common stock converted into 0.141340 shares of Novacea common stock at the effective time of the merger. After completion of the merger, Novacea was renamed Transcept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and began to trade under the stock symbol TSPT. |
2. Shares held directly by the Reporting Person's spouse. |
3. One-fourth of the shares subject to the option vested on November 23, 2006 and one forty-eighth of the shares shall vest monthly thereafter. |
4. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, each outstanding and unexercised option to purchase shares of Transcept common stock outstanding and unexercised was assumed by Novacea and became an option to purchase that number of shares of Novacea common stock equal to the number of shares of Transcept common stock subject to the option multiplied by 0.141340. |
5. The option vests in forty-eight equal monthly installments beginning on March 26, 2007. |
6. The warrant is immediately exercisable. |
7. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, each outstanding warrant to purchase shares of Transcept preferred stock or common stock outstanding was assumed by Novacea and became a warrant to purchase that number of shares of Novacea common stock equal to the number of shares of Transcept common stock, or the number of shares of Transcept common stock issuable upon conversion of Transcept preferred stock, issuable upon exercise of the Transcept warrant multiplied by 0.141340. |
/s/ Marilyn E. Wortzman, by power of attorney | 02/02/2009 | |
** Signature of Reporting Person | Date | |
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. | ||
* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4 (b)(v). | ||
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