Rtw Investments, Lp - May 11, 2021 Form 4 Insider Report for ROCKET PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. (RCKT)

Signature
RTW Investments, LP By: /s/ Alice Lee Attorney-in-fact
Stock symbol
RCKT
Transactions as of
May 11, 2021
Transactions value $
-$29,023,490
Form type
4
Date filed
5/13/2021, 07:49 PM
Previous filing
May 7, 2021
Next filing
May 24, 2021

Transactions Table

Type Sym Class Transaction Value $ Shares Change % * Price $ Shares After Date Ownership Footnotes
transaction RCKT Common Stock Sale -$29M -725K -4.48% $40.03 15.5M May 11, 2021 By RTW F1, F2

Derivative Securities (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

Type Sym Class Transaction Value $ Shares Change % * Price $ Shares After Date Underlying Class Amount Exercise Price Ownership Footnotes
transaction RCKT Equity Swap (Obligation to Buy) 1) Other +1 +0% 1M May 11, 2021 Common Stock 1M $40.03 By RTW F2, F3
* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Explanation of Responses:

Id Content
F1 This Form 4 is being filed in connection with the sale of the Issuer's Common Stock by an investment fund managed by RTW Investments, LP ("RTW") and the equity swap transactions described below entered into by another investment fund managed by RTW, to increase the funds' aggregate economic exposure to the Issuer and rebalance holdings between the funds. As a result of these transactions, the aggregate pecuniary interest of the funds has increased by 275,000 shares.
F2 The securities reported herein may be deemed beneficially owned by each of: (i) RTW, which is deemed the beneficial owner of shares held by RTW Master Fund, Ltd., RTW Innovation Master Fund, Ltd. and RTW Venture Fund Limited, which are investment funds managed by RTW, (ii) Roderick Wong, M.D., who serves as the Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer of RTW and who is a director of the Issuer and Chairman of the Issuer's Board of Directors, and (iii) Naveen Yalamanchi, M.D., who serves as a Partner and Portfolio Manager of RTW and who is a director of the Issuer. Dr. Wong exercises voting and dispositive control over the securities held by RTW and is therefore deemed be the beneficial owner of securities owned or controlled by RTW.
F3 On May 11, 2021, an investment fund managed by RTW entered into an equity swap agreement with a third party. The reported equity swaps were on 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock of the Issuer. Under the equity swap, the fund will be obligated to pay to the third party any depreciation of the reference shares between the trade date and maturity, plus an accruing funding charge, and the third party will be obligated to pay to the fund any appreciation of the reference shares between the trade date and maturity, minus an accruing funding charge. The equity swaps expire on September 16, 2024, subject to extension.