0001447028-20-000030.txt : 20200219 0001447028-20-000030.hdr.sgml : 20200219 20200219080515 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001447028-20-000030 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20200217 FILED AS OF DATE: 20200219 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20200219 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Sofia Michael J. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001635324 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-34949 FILM NUMBER: 20627451 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O ARBUTUS BIOPHARMA CORP. STREET 2: SUITE 100, 8900 GLENLYON PARKWAY CITY: BURNABY STATE: A1 ZIP: V5J 5J8 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Arbutus Biopharma Corp CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001447028 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS [2834] IRS NUMBER: 980597776 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 100-8900 GLENLYON PARKWAY CITY: BURNABY STATE: A1 ZIP: V5J 5J8 BUSINESS PHONE: 604-419-3200 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 100-8900 GLENLYON PARKWAY CITY: BURNABY STATE: A1 ZIP: V5J 5J8 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: TEKMIRA PHARMACEUTICALS Corp DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20110607 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: TEKMIRA PHARMACEUTICALS CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20081003 4 1 wf-form4_158211749728222.xml FORM 4 X0306 4 2020-02-17 0 0001447028 Arbutus Biopharma Corp ABUS 0001635324 Sofia Michael J. C/O ARBUTUS BIOPHARMA CORPORATION 701 VETERANS CIRCLE WARMINSTER PA 18974 0 1 0 0 Chief Scientific Officer Stock Options 3.35 2020-02-17 4 A 0 250000 0 A 2030-02-17 Common Stock 250000.0 250000 D The stock option will vest and become exercisable 1/48th each month over the four year period. /s/ Dave Kille as attorney-in-fact for Michael J. Sofia 2020-02-19 EX-24 2 poa-sofia.htm POA - SOFIA

POWER OF ATTORNEY

       Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints the David C. Hastings, David Kille and James List of Arbutus Biopharma Corporation (the "Company"), each as 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, the undersigned's application for EDGAR Access with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (Form ID application);

(2) 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 and the rules thereunder;

(3) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to (A) complete and execute any such Forms 3, 4 or 5 (B), complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and (C) timely file such forms with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

(4) 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 attorney-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, is 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.

       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 15th day of August, 2019.


                            /s/ Michael J. Sofia
                            Michael J. Sofia