SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES 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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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* GILLIS STEVEN (Last) (First) (Middle) 8755 W. HIGGINS ROAD, SUITE 1025 (Street) CHICAGO IL 60631 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 05/17/2016	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol PHASERX, INC. [ PZRX ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)	5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year) 05/17/2016
			6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) Form filed by One Reporting Person X Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock	2,534,281(1)(2)	I	By ARCH Venture Fund VII, L.P.(3)(4)

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* GILLIS STEVEN (Last) (First) (Middle) 8755 W. HIGGINS ROAD, SUITE 1025 (Street) CHICAGO IL 60631 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer X Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Arch Venture Fund VII LP (Last) (First) (Middle) 8755 W HIGGINS SUITE 1025 (Street) CHICAGO IL 60631 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* ARCH Venture Partners VII, L.P. (Last) (First) (Middle) 8755 W. HIGGINS ROAD SUITE 1025 (Street) CHICAGO IL 60631 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* ARCH Venture Partners VII, LLC (Last) (First) (Middle) 8755 W. HIGGINS ROAD SUITE 1025 (Street) CHICAGO IL 60631 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* NELSEN ROBERT (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O ARCH VENTURE FUND VII 8755 W. HIGGINS ROAD, SUITE 1025 (Street) CHICAGO IL 60631 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* BYBEE CLINTON (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O ARCH VENTURE FUND VII 8755 W. HIGGINS ROAD, SUITE 1025 (Street) CHICAGO IL 60631 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* CRANDELL KEITH (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O ARCH VENTURE FUND VII 8755 W. HIGGINS ROAD, SUITE 1025 (Street) CHICAGO IL 60631 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

Explanation of Responses:

1. Reflects a 1-for-10.656096 reverse stock split effected on May 17, 2016.

2. These shares were reported on the reporting person's original Form 3 as 2,480,670 shares of common stock. These shares have been (i) decreased to reflect the withholding of shares due to cashless exercise of warrants and (ii) increased to reflect an adjustment in the applicable conversion price of certain convertible promissory notes to correct an error in the previously applied conversion price, each of which occurred prior to the reporting person's obligation to file a Form 3.

3. Securities held of record by ARCH Venture Fund VII, L.P. ("ARCH VII"). The sole general partner of ARCH VII is ARCH Venture Partners VII, L.P. ("ARCH Partners VII"), which may be deemed to have shared voting and investment power over the shares held by ARCH VII. The sole general partner of ARCH Partners VII is ARCH Venture Partners VII, LLC ("ARCH VII LLC"), which may be deemed to have shared voting and investment power over the shares held by ARCH VII. ARCH Partners VII and ARCH VII LLC disclaim beneficial ownership of such shares, except to the extent of any pecuniary interest therein.

4. The managing directors of ARCH VII LLC are Keith Crandell, Clinton Bybee and Robert Nelsen and they may be deemed to have shared voting and investment power over the shares held by ARCH VII. Dr. Steve Gillis owns an interest in ARCH Partners VII, but does not have dispositive or voting power. Messrs. Crandell, Bybee and Nelsen and Dr. Gillis disclaim beneficial ownership of such shares, except to the extent of any pecuniary interest therein.

	/s/ Mark McDonnell, as Attorney-in-Fact for Keith Crandell, Managing Director of the general partner of the general partner of ARCH Venture Fund VII, L.P.	05/23/2016
	/s/ Mark McDonnell , as Attorney-in-Fact for Keith Crandell, Managing Director of the general partner of ARCH Venture Partners VII, L.P.	05/23/2016
	/s/ Mark McDonnell , as Attorney-in-Fact for Keith Crandell, Managing Director of ARCH Venture Partners VII, LLC	05/23/2016
	/s/ Steve Gillis	05/23/2016
	/s/ Mark McDonnell , as Attorney-in-Fact for Keith Crandell	05/23/2016
	/s/ Mark McDonnell , as Attorney-in-Fact for Clinton Bybee	05/23/2016
	/s/ Mark McDonnell , as Attorney-in-Fact for Robert Nelsen	05/23/2016
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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