FORM 3 |
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES 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*
(Street)
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2. Date of Event Requiring Statement
(Month/Day/Year) 03/04/2015 |
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
TEKMIRA PHARMACEUTICALS Corp [ TKMR ] |
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4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed
(Month/Day/Year) |
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6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
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Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned | |||
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1. Title of Security (Instr. 4) | 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) | 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) | 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) |
Common shares, no par value ("Common Shares") | 16,013,540(1) | I | See footnote(1) |
Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) | |||||||
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1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) | 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) | 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4) | 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security | 5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) | 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) | ||
Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares |
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
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Explanation of Responses: |
1. QVT Financial LP, its general partner, QVT Financial GP LLC, QVT Fund V LP and QVT Associates GP LLC, the general partner of QVT Fund V LP (collectively, "QVT"), may be deemed to have investment and voting control over the 16,013,540 shares of Common Shares held by Roivant Sciences Ltd. ("Roivant") by virtue of the fact that Keith Manchester, the Head of Life Sciences and a Portfolio Manager at QVT Financial LP, serves as one of three directors of Roivant. The filing of this statement shall not be deemed an admission that QVT or Dr. Manchester is the beneficial owner of the securities reported herein for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise. Each of QVT and Dr. Manchester expressly disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities reported herein except to the extent of its or his pecuniary interest therein. |
Remarks: |
QVT may be deemed to be a director by virtue of the fact that Dr. Manchester, on behalf of Roivant, currently serves on the board of directors of the Issuer. Dr. Manchester also holds 54,915 stock options awarded to him, which he holds for the benefit of certain funds under management of QVT Financial LP. |
/s/ Tracy Fu | 03/16/2015 | |
** Signature of Reporting Person | Date | |
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. | ||
* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5 (b)(v). | ||
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). | ||
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. | ||
Persons who respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number. |