0000905718-18-000263.txt : 20180220 0000905718-18-000263.hdr.sgml : 20180220 20180220160854 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000905718-18-000263 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20180215 FILED AS OF DATE: 20180220 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20180220 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: EMSTER KURT VON CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001252524 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-36500 FILM NUMBER: 18624649 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 601 GATEWAY BOULEVARD STREET 2: SUITE 350 CITY: SAN FRANCISCO STATE: CA ZIP: 94080 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CymaBay Therapeutics, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001042074 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS [2834] IRS NUMBER: 943103561 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 7999 GATEWAY BLVD STREET 2: SUITE 130 CITY: NEWARK STATE: CA ZIP: 94560 BUSINESS PHONE: 510-293-8800 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 7999 GATEWAY BLVD STREET 2: SUITE 130 CITY: NEWARK STATE: CA ZIP: 94560 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: METABOLEX, INC. DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20090721 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: METABOLEX INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19970710 4 1 cymabaytherafm4_feb15018.xml OWNERSHIP DOCUMENT X0306 4 2018-02-15 0 0001042074 CymaBay Therapeutics, Inc. CBAY 0001252524 EMSTER KURT VON C/O CYMABAY THERAPEUTICS, INC. 7999 GATEWAY BLVD, SUITE 130 NEWARK CA 94560 1 0 0 0 Common Stock 2018-02-15 4 S 0 68712 14.49 D 286770 I See Footnotes Common Stock 90000 D Common Stock 17236 I By the Konrad Hans von Emster III and Elizabeth F. von Emster Revocable Trust dated January 18, 2005 The sales reported in this Form 4 were effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by Abingworth Bioventures VI, LP ("ABV VI") and Abingworth BioEquities Master Fund Limited ("ABE") on September 29, 2017. The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $13.53 to $14.87 per share, inclusive. Kurt von Emster (the "Reporting Person") undertakes to provide to CymaBay Therapeutics, Inc. ("CymaBay"), any security holder of CymaBay, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares purchased at each separate price within the ranges set forth herein. Shares are held by ABV VI and ABE, (ABE together with ABV VI, the "Abingworth Funds"). Abingworth LLP ("Abingworth") is the investment manager of the Abingworth Funds and has been delegated with all investment and dispositive power over the securities held by the Abingworth Funds. The Reporting Person is a member of the investment committee of Abingworth, which approves investment and voting decisions by a majority vote, and no individual member has the sole control or voting power over the shares held by Abingworth. From time to time, the investment committee may delegate investment and voting authority over certain securities held by the Abingworth Funds to employees of Abingworth subject to the supervision and oversight of the investment committee, including any limits on such authority imposed by the investment committee in its discretion and the right of the investment committee to revoke such authority at any time. The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of such shares, except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein, if any. /s/ John Heard, as attorney-in-fact 2018-02-20