X0202 4 2004-08-16 0000890465 NPS PHARMACEUTICALS INC NPSP 0000939186 JACKSON HUNTER 420 CHIPETA WAY SALT LAKE CITY UT 84108 1 1 0 0 President, CEO and Chairman Common Stock 2004-08-16 2004-08-16 4 P 0 30 17.11 A 32 I Custodial Account for Child This transaction resulted from a purchase of the issuer's common stock by a member of the reporting person's family. Upon discovery of the transaction, the reporting person alerted the issuer to the transaction, and disgorged the full amount of the short swing profit, calculated in accordance with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Kevin J. Ontiveros 2004-08-17