0001209191-19-008679.txt : 20190208 0001209191-19-008679.hdr.sgml : 20190208 20190208173002 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001209191-19-008679 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20190206 FILED AS OF DATE: 20190208 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20190208 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Liu David Y CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001675881 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-37852 FILM NUMBER: 19581145 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O PROTAGONIST THERAPEUTICS, INC. STREET 2: 521 COTTONWOOD DRIVE, SUITE 100 CITY: MILPITAS STATE: CA ZIP: 95035 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Protagonist Therapeutics, Inc CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001377121 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS [2834] IRS NUMBER: 980505495 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 7707 GATEWAY BLVD., SUITE 140 CITY: NEWARK STATE: CA ZIP: 94560-1160 BUSINESS PHONE: (510) 474-0170 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 7707 GATEWAY BLVD., SUITE 140 CITY: NEWARK STATE: CA ZIP: 94560-1160 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Protagonist Therapeutics Inc DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20130605 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Protagonist Inc DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20061002 4 1 doc4.xml FORM 4 SUBMISSION X0306 4 2019-02-06 0 0001377121 Protagonist Therapeutics, Inc PTGX 0001675881 Liu David Y C/O PROTAGONIST THERAPEUTICS, INC. 7707 GATEWAY BLVD., SUITE 140 NEWARK CA 94560-1160 0 1 0 0 Chief Scientific Officer Common Stock 2019-02-06 4 S 0 3821 7.7366 D 37007 D The sales reported on this Form 4 represent shares required to be sold by the Reporting Person to cover tax withholding obligations in connection with the vesting of Restricted Stock Units. These sales are mandated by the Issuer's election under its equity incentive plans to require the satisfaction of tax withholding obligations to be funded by a "sell to cover" transaction and do not represent discretionary trades by the Reporting Person. The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $7.71 to $8.1377, 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. /s/ Niall Murphy, Attorney-in-Fact for David Y. Liu 2019-02-08 EX-24.4_831652 2 poa.txt POA DOCUMENT POWER OF ATTORNEY Know all by these present that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of DINESH V. PATEL, PH.D., NIALL MURPHY, and KENNETH GUERNSEY, signing individually, the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents to: (1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer, director or beneficial owner of more than 10% of a registered class of securities of Protagonist Therapeutics, Inc. (the "Company"), (a) Forms 3, 4 and 5 (including any amendments thereto) in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") and the rules thereunder and a (b) Form ID, Uniform Application for Access Codes to File on EDGAR, including Update Passphrase Confirmation; (2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned that may be necessary or desirable to execute such Forms 3, 4 or 5 or Form ID (including any amendments thereto) and timely file such forms with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and (3) take any other action of any nature whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion. The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. 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 Exchange Act. This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the earliest to occur of (a) the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, (b) revocation by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact or (c) as to any attorney-in-fact individually, until such attorney-in-fact is no longer employed by the Company or Cooley LLP. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of 1/24/2019. /s/ David Liu David Y. Liu