SEC Form 4 · accession 0001401708-18-000122
NanoString Technologies Inc · NSTG
Statement of changes in beneficial ownership, as filed. Original on EDGAR ↗
Reporting owners
Clarus Ventures II, LLC
10% Owner
Clarus Ventures II GP, L.P.
10% Owner
Clarus Lifesciences II, L.P.
10% Owner
Period of report
Sep 17, 2018
Accepted (ET)
Sep 19, 2018 · 4:46 pm EDT
Rule 10b5-1 plan
unknown — predates the checkbox
Issuer CIK
0001401708
Table I — non-derivative securities
| Security | Date | Code | Shares | Price | A/D | Owned after | D/I | Nature of ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Common StockF1,F2 | Sep 17, 2018 | X | 162,408 | $8.448 | A | 4,121,848 | D | |
| Common StockF4,F1,F2 | Sep 17, 2018 | S | 85,823 | $15.99 | D | 4,036,025 | D |
Table II — derivative securities
| Security | Conv. / exercise price | Date | Code | Shares | A/D | Exercisable | Expires | Underlying | Underlying shares | Owned after | D/I |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Common Stock Warrant (Right to Buy)F1,F2 | $8.448 | Sep 17, 2018 | X | 162,408 | D | Nov 1, 2011 | Nov 1, 2018 | Common Stock | 162,408 | 0 | D |
Explanation of responses
- F1Clarus Ventures II GP, L.P. (the "GPLP"), as the sole general partner of Clarus Lifesciences II, L.P. ("Clarus"), may be deemed to beneficially own certain of the shares held of record by Clarus. The GPLP disclaims beneficial ownership of all shares held of record by Clarus in which the GPLP does not have an actual pecuniary interest. Clarus Ventures II, LLC (the "GPLLC"), as the sole general partner of the GPLP, may be deemed to beneficially own certain of the shares held of record by Clarus. The GPLLC disclaims beneficial ownership of all shares held of record by Clarus in which it does not have an actual pecuniary interest. Each of Nicholas Galakatos, a member of the board of directors, and Messrs. Henner, Liptak, Simon and Wheeler, as individual Managing Directors of the GPLLC, may be deemed to beneficially own certain of the shares held of record by Clarus.
- F2Each of Messrs. Galakatos, Henner, Liptak, Simon and Wheeler disclaims beneficial ownership of all shares held of record by Clarus in which he does not have an actual pecuniary interest.
- F3On September 17, 2018, the Reporting Person exercised warrants to purchase 162,408 shares of the Company's common stock for $8.448 per share. The Reporting Person paid the exercise price on a cashless basis, resulting in the Company's withholding of 85,823 of the warrant shares to pay the exercise price and issuing to the Reporting Person the remaining 76,585 shares.
- F4Pursuant to the terms of a Lock-up Agreement executed by Nicholas Galakatos, a member of the board of directors, in favor of the underwriters of the Company's public offering in July 2018 (the "Lock-up"), the Company withheld the number of shares set forth above pursuant to a net settlement permitted under the terms of the Lock-up. No shares were sold by the Reporting Person in connection with the exercise and the common shares issued as a result of the exercise are subject to the terms of the Lock-up.