SEC Form 4
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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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Hesslein Robert W.

(Last) (First) (Middle)
C/O VOYAGER THERAPEUTICS, INC.
75 SIDNEY STREET

(Street)
CAMBRIDGE MA 02139

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Voyager Therapeutics, Inc. [ VYGR ]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Director 10% Owner
X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
Senior VP & General Counsel
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
02/16/2021
4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
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 02/16/2021 A 34,000(1) A $0 83,348 D
Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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
Stock Option (Right to Buy) $7.33 02/16/2021 A 68,000 (2) 02/16/2031 Common Stock 68,000 $0 68,000 D
Explanation of Responses:
1. Consists of shares of common stock issuable under an aggregate of 34,000 restricted stock units ("RSUs") awarded to the Reporting Person pursuant to the Voyager Therapeutics, Inc. 2015 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (the "Plan"). Each RSU represents the right to receive one share of common stock upon vesting. The vesting commencement date of the RSU award is the grant date, February 16, 2021. The RSU award vests over three years, with 1/3rd of the shares of common stock underlying the RSU award vesting on the one-year anniversary of such vesting commencement date and an additional 1/3rd of the shares of common stock underlying the RSU award vesting at the end of each successive one-year period thereafter, subject to the Reporting Person's continued service.
2. This stock option was issued pursuant to the Plan. The vesting commencement date of the option is the grant date, February 16, 2021. The option vests over four years, with 1/48th of the shares of common stock underlying the option vesting upon the one-month anniversary of such vesting commencement date and an additional 1/48th of the shares of common stock underlying the option vesting at the end of each successive one-month period thereafter, subject to the Reporting Person's continued service.
/s/ Allison Dorval, as Attorney-in-Fact for Robert W. Hesslein 02/18/2021
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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