SEC Form 4 · accession 0001104659-16-159831
Aegerion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. · AEGR
Statement of changes in beneficial ownership, as filed. Original on EDGAR ↗
Reporting owner
Benjamin Harshbarger
Officer — General Counsel and Secretary
Period of report
Nov 29, 2016
Accepted (ET)
Nov 30, 2016 · 7:53 pm EST
Rule 10b5-1 plan
unknown — predates the checkbox
Issuer CIK
0001338042
Table I — non-derivative securities
| Security | Date | Code | Shares | Price | A/D | Owned after | D/I | Nature of ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Common StockF1 | Nov 29, 2016 | D | 1,704 | — | D | 0 | D |
Table II — derivative securities
| Security | Conv. / exercise price | Date | Code | Shares | A/D | Exercisable | Expires | Underlying | Underlying shares | Owned after | D/I |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stock Option (Right to Buy)F2,F3 | $13.39 | Nov 29, 2016 | D | 25,529 | D | May 1, 2016 | May 1, 2022 | Common Stock | 25,529 | 0 | D |
| Stock Option (Right to Buy)F3 | $13.39 | Nov 29, 2016 | D | 15,096 | D | May 1, 2016 | May 1, 2022 | Common Stock | 15,096 | 0 | D |
| Stock Option (Right to Buy)F3,F4 | $39.02 | Nov 29, 2016 | D | 1,817 | D | — | Apr 1, 2023 | Common Stock | 1,817 | 0 | D |
| Stock Option (Right to Buy)F3,F4 | $39.02 | Nov 29, 2016 | D | 10,683 | D | — | Apr 1, 2023 | Common Stock | 10,683 | 0 | D |
| Stock Option (Right to Buy)F3,F5 | $47.11 | Nov 29, 2016 | D | 2,676 | D | — | Apr 1, 2024 | Common Stock | 2,676 | 0 | D |
| Stock Option (Right to Buy)F3,F5 | $47.11 | Nov 29, 2016 | D | 14,324 | D | — | Apr 1, 2024 | Common Stock | 14,324 | 0 | D |
| Stock Option (Right to Buy)F3,F6 | $26.00 | Nov 29, 2016 | D | 1,701 | D | — | Apr 1, 2025 | Common Stock | 1,701 | 0 | D |
| Stock Option (Right to Buy)F3,F6 | $26.00 | Nov 29, 2016 | D | 3,399 | D | — | Apr 1, 2025 | Common Stock | 3,399 | 0 | D |
| Stock Option (Right to Buy)F3,F7 | $13.19 | Nov 29, 2016 | D | 30,000 | D | — | Oct 1, 2025 | Common Stock | 30,000 | 0 | D |
| Restricted Stock UnitsF10,F8,F9 | — | Nov 29, 2016 | D | 3,282 | D | — | — | Common Stock | 3,282 | 0 | D |
| Restricted Stock UnitsF10,F8,F11 | — | Nov 29, 2016 | D | 3,500 | D | — | — | Common Stock | 3,500 | 0 | D |
| Restricted Stock UnitsF10,F8,F12 | — | Nov 29, 2016 | D | 1,733 | D | — | — | Common Stock | 1,733 | 0 | D |
| Restricted Stock UnitsF10,F8,F13 | — | Nov 29, 2016 | D | 2,500 | D | — | — | Common Stock | 2,500 | 0 | D |
| Restricted Stock UnitsF10,F8,F14 | — | Nov 29, 2016 | D | 5,100 | D | — | — | Common Stock | 5,100 | 0 | D |
| Restricted Stock UnitsF10,F8,F15 | — | Nov 29, 2016 | D | 7,300 | D | — | — | Common Stock | 7,300 | 0 | D |
Explanation of responses
- F1Disposed of in exchange for 1,747 common shares of Novelion Therapeutics Inc. ("Novelion") pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger Agreement"), dated as of June 14, 2016, by and among the Issuer, QLT Inc. ("QLT") and Isotope Acquisition Corp. ("Isotope"), pursuant to which Isotope was merged with and into the Issuer, effective November 29, 2016. Following completion of the merger, QLT was renamed "Novelion Therapeutics Inc."
- F10Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, each restricted stock unit with respect to common stock of the Issuer ("Aegerion RSU") that was outstanding as of immediately prior to the effective time of the merger was exchanged for a restricted stock unit ("Novelion RSU") with respect to a number of common shares of Novelion equal to the product obtained by multiplying (i) the total number of shares of common stock of the Issuer subject to the Aegerion RSU immediately prior to the effective time of the merger by (ii) the Exchange Ratio. Each Novelion RSU is subject to the same terms and conditions applicable to the corresponding Aegerion RSU and the agreements evidencing grant of the Aegerion RSUs thereunder, including vesting terms, but excluding any terms that are rendered inoperative solely by reason of the merger.
- F11Subject, with limited exceptions, to the Reporting Person's continued employment with the Issuer, the restricted stock units were to vest and become exercisable as to 100% of the units on May 15, 2017.
- F1233.34% of the grant vested on April 1, 2016. Subject, with limited exceptions, to the Reporting Person's continued employment with the Issuer, an additional 33.33% of the units were to vest on each of April 1, 2017 and April 1, 2018.
- F13Subject, with limited exceptions, to the Reporting Person's continued employment with the Issuer, the restricted stock units were to vest and become exercisable as to 100% of the units on May 15, 2018.
- F14The restricted stock units were to vest in three annual installments, with 33.34% of the units scheduled to vest on May 9, 2017, 33.33% of the units scheduled to vest on May 9, 2018 and 33.33% of the units scheduled to vest on May 9, 2019, subject, with limited exceptions, to the Reporting Person's continued employment with the Issuer.
- F15The restricted stock units were to vest in three annual installments, with 25% of the units scheduled to vest on May 9, 2017, 50% of the units scheduled to vest on May 9, 2018 and 25% of the units scheduled to vest on May 9, 2019, subject, with limited exceptions, to the Reporting Person's continued employment with the Issuer.
- F2The number of options to acquire common stock of the Issuer previously reported in the Reporting Person's Form 3 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 18, 2015 inadvertently included 9,375 options that were exercised prior to the filing of the Form 3. The correct number of options held by the Reporting Person is reported herein.
- F3Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, at the effective time of the merger, each option to acquire common stock of the Issuer that was outstanding and unexercised immediately prior to the effective time of the merger that had an exercise price per share equal to or greater than $1.88 (the product obtained by multiplying (i) the exchange ratio of 1.0256 (the "Exchange Ratio") by (ii) $1.83, the closing price of a common share of QLT on November 28, 2016) was cancelled without any payment or other consideration therefor.
- F425% of the shares of common stock underlying this stock option award vested on April 1, 2014, with the remaining 75% of the shares of common stock underlying this stock option award scheduled to vest thereafter in equal monthly installments through April 1, 2017, subject, with limited exceptions, to the Reporting Person's continued employment with the Issuer.
- F525% of the shares of common stock underlying this stock option award vested on April 1, 2015, with the remaining 75% of the shares of common stock underlying this stock option award scheduled to vest thereafter in equal monthly installments through April 1, 2018, subject, with limited exceptions, to the Reporting Person's continued employment with the Issuer.
- F625% of the shares of common stock underlying this stock option award vested on April 1, 2016, with the remaining 75% of the shares of common stock underlying this stock option award scheduled to vest thereafter in equal monthly installments through April 1, 2019, subject, with limited exceptions, to the Reporting Person's continued employment with the Issuer.
- F725% of the shares of common stock underlying this stock option award vested on October 1, 2016, with the remaining 75% of the shares of common stock underlying this stock option award scheduled to vest thereafter in equal monthly installments through October 1, 2019, subject, with limited exceptions, to the Reporting Person's continued employment with the Issuer.
- F8Each restricted stock unit represented a contingent right to receive one share of common stock.
- F933.34% of the grant vested on September 17, 2016. Subject, with limited exceptions, to the Reporting Person's continued employment with the Issuer, an additional 33.33% of the units were to vest on each of September 17, 2017 and September 17, 2018.