0000850261-19-000056.txt : 20191218 0000850261-19-000056.hdr.sgml : 20191218 20191218175153 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000850261-19-000056 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20191216 FILED AS OF DATE: 20191218 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20191218 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Smith Robin L CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001365035 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-36150 FILM NUMBER: 191293592 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O PHASE III MEDICAL, INC. STREET 2: 330 SOUTH SERVICE ROAD, SUITE 120 CITY: MELVILLE STATE: NY ZIP: 11747 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000850261 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS (NO DIAGNOSTIC SUBSTANCES) [2836] IRS NUMBER: 330344842 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4955 DIRECTORS PLACE CITY: SAN DIEGO STATE: CA ZIP: 92121 BUSINESS PHONE: 858-203-4100 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4955 DIRECTORS PLACE CITY: SAN DIEGO STATE: CA ZIP: 92121 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: QUIKBYTE SOFTWARE INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 3 1 wf-form3_157670949668982.xml FORM 3 X0206 3 2019-12-16 0 0000850261 Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc. SRNE 0001365035 Smith Robin L C/O SORRENTO THERAPEUTICS, INC. 4955 DIRECTORS PLACE SAN DIEGO CA 92121 1 0 0 0 Common Stock 20000 D Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney /s/ Robin L. Smith 2019-12-18 EX-24 2 sti-powerofattorneysection.htm R. SMITH POWER OF ATTORNEY

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Henry Ji, Ph.D., Jiong Shao and Deborah Telman, signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent to:

(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, an officer, director and/or holder of 10% or more of a registered class of securities of Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (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 promulgated thereunder;

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

(3) take any other action of any nature whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of any 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 with respect to the undersigned until the earliest to occur of (a) such date that 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, or (b) the revocation by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the Company and the foregoing attorneys-in-fact. This Power of Attorney shall terminate with respect to each of the foregoing attorneys-in-fact at such time as such attorney-in-fact is no longer employed by the Company or any of its subsidiaries.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 16th day of December, 2019.


/s/ Dr. Robin L. Smith
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Dr. Robin L. Smith
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