Baker Bros. Advisors Lp - Jun 29, 2021 Form 4 Insider Report for Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. (KNSA)

Role
Director
Signature
By: Baker Bros. Advisors LP, Name: Scott L. Lessing, Title: President /s/ Scott L. Lessing
Stock symbol
KNSA
Transactions as of
Jun 29, 2021
Transactions value $
$0
Form type
4
Date filed
7/1/2021, 04:08 PM
Previous filing
Jun 30, 2021
Next filing
Jul 2, 2021

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 KNSA Non-Qualified Share Option (right to buy) Award $0 +66.5K $0.00 66.5K Jun 29, 2021 Class A Common Shares 66.5K $14.33 See Footnotes F1, F2, F3, F4
* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Explanation of Responses:

Id Content
F1 33,237 non-qualified share options ("Share Options") exercisable solely into Class A common shares ("Class A Common Shares") of Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. (the "Issuer") each granted to Felix J. Baker, a managing member of Baker Bros. Advisors (GP) LLC (the "Adviser GP") and Dr. Stephen R. Biggar, a full time employee of Baker Bros. Advisors LP (the "Adviser") on June 29, 2021, pursuant to the Issuer's 2018 Incentive Award Plan. The Share Options with a strike price of $14.33 vest in 12 equal monthly installments and expire 10 years from the date of grant. Felix J. Baker and Dr. Biggar serve on the board of directors of the Issuer (the "Board") as representatives of 667, L.P. ("667") and Baker Brothers Life Sciences, L.P. ("Life Sciences", and together with 667, the "Funds").
F2 Pursuant to the policies of the Adviser, Felix J. Baker and Dr. Biggar do not have a right to any of the Issuer's securities issued as part of their service on the Board and the Funds are entitled to an indirect proportionate pecuniary interest in the securities. The Funds each own an indirect proportionate pecuniary interest in the Share Options. Solely as a result of their ownership interest in (i) the general partners of the Funds and (ii) the Funds, Felix J. Baker and Julian C. Baker may be deemed to have an indirect pecuniary interest in the Share Options and any Class A Common Shares resulting from the exercise of Share Options (i.e. no direct pecuniary interest).
F3 The Adviser serves as the investment adviser to the Funds. In connection with the services provided by the Adviser, the Adviser receives an asset-based management fee that does not confer any pecuniary interest in the securities held by the Funds. The Adviser GP is the Adviser's sole general partner. Julian C. Baker and Felix J. Baker are managing members of the Adviser GP. The Adviser has complete and unlimited discretion and authority with respect to the investment and voting power of the securities held by the Funds. The general partners of the Funds relinquished to the Adviser all discretion and authority with respect to the investment and voting power of the securities held by the Funds. The Adviser has voting and dispositive power over the Share Options and any Class A Common Shares received as a result of the exercise of Share Options.
F4 Julian C. Baker, Felix J. Baker, the Adviser GP and the Adviser disclaim beneficial ownership of the securities held directly by the Funds except to the extent of their pecuniary interest therein, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that any of Julian C. Baker, Felix J. Baker, the Adviser GP or the Adviser is a beneficial owner of such securities for purposes of Section 16 or any other purpose.

Remarks:

Felix J. Baker, a managing member of Baker Bros. Advisors (GP) LLC and Dr. Stephen R. Biggar, a full-time employee of Baker Bros. Advisors LP are directors of Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. (the "Issuer"). By virtue of their representation on the board of directors of the Issuer, for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the reporting persons are deemed directors by deputization of the Issuer.