0001123292-18-000916.txt : 20180809 0001123292-18-000916.hdr.sgml : 20180809 20180809182541 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001123292-18-000916 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20180809 FILED AS OF DATE: 20180809 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20180809 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Smith Ernest S. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001747769 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-38624 FILM NUMBER: 181006652 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1895 MOUNT HOPE AVENUE CITY: ROCHESTER STATE: NY ZIP: 14620 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: VACCINEX, INC. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001205922 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS [2834] IRS NUMBER: 161603202 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1895 MOUNT HOPE AVE CITY: ROCHESTER STATE: NY ZIP: 14620 BUSINESS PHONE: 585-271-2700 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1895 MOUNT HOPE AVE CITY: ROCHESTER STATE: NY ZIP: 14620 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: VACCINEX INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20021114 3 1 edgar.xml PRIMARY DOCUMENT X0206 3 2018-08-09 0 0001205922 VACCINEX, INC. VCNX 0001747769 Smith Ernest S. C/O VACCINEX, INC. 1895 MOUNT HOPE AVENUE ROCHESTER NY 14620 0 1 0 0 SVP, Research & CSO Common Stock 16000 D Stock option (right to buy) 7.10 2025-12-22 Common Stock 40729 D Stock option (right to buy) 7.10 2025-12-23 Common Stock 5110 D Exercisable in full as of the date of this report. This option has vested with respect to 3,066 shares and the remainder vests in two equal annual installments beginning on December 23, 2018. Exhibit List: Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney /s/ Scott E. Royer, Attorney-in-Fact 2018-08-09 EX-24 2 smithpoa.htm
VACCINEX, INC.

SECTION 16
POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Maurice Zauderer, Scott E. Royer and Raymond E. Watkins, each for so long as he is an officer of Vaccinex, Inc. (the "Company"), the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1)
execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of the Company, Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules thereunder;

(2)
do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5 and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

(3)
take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 26 day of July, 2018.
 
 
/s/ Ernest S. Smith_______________
Ernest S. Smith