Vifor (International) Ltd - Oct 20, 2021 Form 3 Insider Report for Cara Therapeutics, Inc. (CARA)

Role
10%+ Owner
Signature
VIFOR (INTERNATIONAL) LTD., By: /s/ Georg Frey, Title: Head Legal Corporate, By: /s/ Markus Frenzen, Title: Group Treasurer
Stock symbol
CARA
Transactions as of
Oct 20, 2021
Transactions value $
$0
Form type
3
Date filed
10/21/2021, 04:30 PM
Previous filing
Oct 13, 2021

Transactions Table

Type Sym Class Transaction Value $ Shares Change % * Price $ Shares After Date Ownership Footnotes
holding CARA Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share 7.4M Oct 20, 2021 See Notes F1, F2, F3
* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Explanation of Responses:

Id Content
F1 In addition to Vifor (International) Ltd., an entity formed under the laws of Switzerland ("Vifor (International)"), this Form 3 is being filed by Vifor Fresenius Medical Care Renal Pharma Ltd., an entity formed under the laws of Switzerland ("VFMCRP"), and Vifor Pharma Ltd., an entity formed under the laws of Switzerland ("Vifor Pharma" and together with Vifor and VFMCRP, the "Reporting Persons"). The business addresses for each of the Reporting Persons are listed above. Each of the Reporting Persons may be deemed to have a pecuniary interest in securities reported by it on this Form 3 (the "Subject Securities").
F2 VFMCRP's beneficial ownership of the common stock referred to herein is being reported solely because VFMCRP may be deemed to beneficially own 6,221,943 shares of Common Stock of Cara Therapeutics, Inc. as a result of its right to acquire such shares upon exercise of an option granted to it by Vifor (International). Vifor Pharma's beneficial ownership of the common stock referred to herein is being reported solely because Vifor Pharma may be deemed to beneficially own 7,396,770 shares of Common Stock of Cara Therapeutics, Inc. as a result of its indirect ownership of 100% of the equity interests of Vifor (International) and 55% of the equity interests of VFMCRP.
F3 Each of the Reporting Persons disclaims any beneficial ownership of any of the Subject Securities, except to the extent of any pecuniary interest therein.