SEC Form 4 · accession 0001209191-16-094259

Kite Pharma, Inc. · KITE

Statement of changes in beneficial ownership, as filed. Original on EDGAR ↗

Reporting owner

Cynthia M Butitta

Officer — COO and CFO

Period of report

Jan 27, 2016

Accepted (ET)

Jan 29, 2016 · 6:15 pm EST

Rule 10b5-1 plan

unknown — predates the checkbox

Issuer CIK

0001510580

Table I — non-derivative securities

Security	Date	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Owned after	D/I
Common Stock	Jan 27, 2016	M	8,100	$1.35	A	102,107	D
Common Stock^F2	Jan 27, 2016	S	2,500	$50.42	D	99,607	D
Common Stock^F3	Jan 27, 2016	S	2,700	$51.34	D	96,907	D
Common Stock^F4	Jan 27, 2016	S	2,800	$52.91	D	94,107	D
Common Stock	Jan 27, 2016	S	100	$53.12	D	94,007	D

Table II — derivative securities

Security	Conv. / exercise price	Date	Code	Shares	A/D	Exercisable	Expires	Underlying	Underlying shares	Owned after	D/I
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)^F5	$1.35	Jan 27, 2016	M	8,100	D	—	Mar 25, 2024	Common Stock	8,100	327,294	D

Explanation of responses

F1The sales reported in this Form 4 were effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by the reporting person on March 27, 2015.
F2The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $50.00 to $50.92, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide to the Issuer, any security holder of the Issuer, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range set forth above.
F3The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $51.00 to $51.94, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide to the Issuer, any security holder of the Issuer, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range set forth above.
F4The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $52.07 to $53.06, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide to the Issuer, any security holder of the Issuer, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range set forth above.
F5108,839 of the 435,394 shares originally subject to the stock option vested and became exercisable on December 15, 2014, and 9,071 shares vest monthly thereafter.