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* LILLY ELI & CO (Last) (First) (Middle) LILLY CORPORATE CENTER (Street) INDIANAPOLIS IN 46285 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 11/06/2014	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Coherus BioSciences, Inc. [ CHRS ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)	5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
			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)

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
Series B Preferred Stock	(1)	(2)	Common Stock	2,333,955	$0.00	I	See Footnote(3)
Series C Preferred Stock	(1)	(2)	Common Stock	543,101	$0.00	I	See Footnote(3)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* LILLY ELI & CO (Last) (First) (Middle) LILLY CORPORATE CENTER (Street) INDIANAPOLIS IN 46285 (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* Lilly Ventures Fund I LLC (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O COHERUS BIOSCIENCES, INC. 201 REDWOOD SHORES PARKWAY SUITE 200 (Street) REDWOOD CITY CA 94065 (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. The Series B Preferred Stock and Series C Preferred Stock automatically convert into shares of Issuer's Common Stock on a 1:1 basis immediately prior to the completion of Issuer's initial public offering.

2. The expiration date is not relevant to the conversion of these securities.

3. These shares are owned directly by Lilly Ventures Fund I LLC (the "Fund"). Eli Lilly and Company, as sole Managing Member of the Fund, and pursuant to provisions of the LLC Agreement of the Fund, has voting authority with respect to shares owned by the Fund.

Remarks:

	/s/ Matthew R. Hooper, as Attorney-in-Fact for Eli Lilly & Co., authorization on file	11/06/2014
	/s/ Matthew R. Hooper, as Attorney-in-Fact for Lilly Ventures Fund I LLC, authorization on file	11/06/2014
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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