SEC FORM 4 SEC Form 4
FORM 4 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

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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Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
TARNOW MICHAEL M

(Last) (First) (Middle)
C/O XENON PHARMACEUTICALS INC
200 - 3650 GILMORE WAY

(Street)
BURNABY A1 V5G 4W8

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc. [ XENE ]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
X Director 10% Owner
Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
06/02/2016
4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4) 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) 9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) 10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Stock Option (Right to Buy) $7.38 06/02/2016 A 3,500 (1) 06/01/2026 Common Shares 3,500 $0.00 3,500 D
Stock Option (Right to Buy) $7.38 06/02/2016 A 1,250 (2) 06/01/2026 Common Shares 1,250 $0.00 1,250 D
Explanation of Responses:
1. One-third of the total shares subject to the Option shall vest on the one year anniversary of the grant date, one-third of the total shares subject to the Option shall vest on the two year anniversary of the grant date, and the balance of the total shares subject to the Option shall vest on the three year anniversary of the grant date.
2. Options shall vest 100% on the one year anniversary of the grant date.
/s/ Joanne Smartt, Attorney-in-fact 06/03/2016
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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Exhibit 24.1

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

The undersigned, as a Section 16 reporting person of Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc. (the “Company”), hereby constitutes and appoints each of the responsible attorneys and paralegals of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional Corporation, and each of Emmanuelle Vallee, Sherry Aulin, Joanne Smartt and Huda Shami of the Company, the undersigned’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

 

1.complete and execute Forms ID, 3,4 and 5 and other forms and all amendments thereto as such attorney-in-fact shall in his or her discretion determine to be required or advisable pursuant to Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (as amended) and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, or any successor laws and regulations, as a consequence of the undersigned’s ownership, acquisition or disposition of securities of the Company; and

 

2.do all acts necessary in order to file such forms with the Securities and Exchange Commission, any securities exchange or national association, the Company and such other person or agency as the attorney-in-fact shall deem appropriate.

 

The undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. 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 until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms ID, 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned’s holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the Company and the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 3rd day of December, 2015.

 

 

 

  Signature: /s/ Michael Tarnow
    Michael Tarnow