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ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001016353-15-000007
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20150507
FILED AS OF DATE: 20150508
DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20150508
ISSUER:
COMPANY DATA:
COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ACUCELA INC.
CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001400482
STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS [2834]
IRS NUMBER: 020592619
FISCAL YEAR END: 1231
BUSINESS ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 1301 SECOND AVE.
STREET 2: SUITE 4200
CITY: SEATTLE
STATE: WA
ZIP: 98101
BUSINESS PHONE: 206-805-8300
MAIL ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 1301 SECOND AVE.
STREET 2: SUITE 4200
CITY: SEATTLE
STATE: WA
ZIP: 98101
FORMER COMPANY:
FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Acucela Inc
DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20070523
REPORTING-OWNER:
OWNER DATA:
COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: DANSE EDWARD H
CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001016353
FILING VALUES:
FORM TYPE: 4
SEC ACT: 1934 Act
SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-55133
FILM NUMBER: 15848493
MAIL ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 2525 DUPONT DRIVE
CITY: IRVINE
STATE: CA
ZIP: 92715
4
1
wf-form4_143112670991069.xml
FORM 4
X0306
4
2015-05-07
0
0001400482
ACUCELA INC.
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0001016353
DANSE EDWARD H
C/O ACUCELA INC.
1301 2ND AVE., SUITE 4200
SEATTLE
WA
98101
0
1
0
0
Chief Business Officer
Stock Option (right to buy)
5.48
2015-05-07
4
A
0
240323
0
A
2025-05-01
Common Stock
240323.0
240323
D
The exercise price of the stock options is the closing price of the Issuer's common stock on May 7, 2015, which is the first trading day of the Issuer's common stock on the Tokyo Stock Exchange following the May 1, 2015 grant date.
The options were deemed to be acquired by the Reporting Person upon the date the exercise price became fixed.
Twenty-five percent (25%) of the shares subject to the option vest on 5/1/2016, and the remaining 75% of the shares subject to the option vest on a monthly basis over the following three years, with 100% vested and exercisable on 5/1/2019, subject to the optionee's provision of service to the Issuer on each such vesting date.
The issuer's common stock trades on the Tokyo Stock Exchange under the symbol referenced in the issuer's registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-192000).
/s/ John Gebhart as attorney-in-fact for Edward Danse
2015-05-08