SEC FORM 3 SEC Form 3
FORM 3 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
 
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Subramaniam Somu

(Last) (First) (Middle)
C/O VENTYX BIOSCIENCES, INC.
662 ENCINITAS BLVD, SUITE 250

(Street)
ENCINITAS CA 92024

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
10/20/2021
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Ventyx Biosciences, Inc. [ VTYX ]
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
X Director X 10% Owner
Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Series A Preferred Stock (1) (1) Common Stock 219,315 (1) I See footnote(2)(4)(5)
Series A-1 Preferred Stock (1) (1) Common Stock 16,673,213 (1) I See footnote(3)(4)(5)
Explanation of Responses:
1. All shares of the preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Issuer will automatically be converted on a one-for-one basis to shares of the Issuer's common stock, par value $0.0001 per share ("Common Stock") prior to the closing of the Issuer's initial public offering of its Common Stock.
2. Consists of (i) 191,901 shares held by NSV Investments I, LP and (ii) 27,414 shares held by NSV Growth Opportunities Fund, LP.
3. Consists of (i) 5,681,324 shares held by NSV Investments I, LP, (ii) 2,295,172 shares held by NSV Master Limited Partnership II, LP, (iii) 2,023,609 shares held by NSV 2019 Opportunities Fund, LP, (iv) 1,761,227 shares held by NSV 2018 New Horizons Fund, LP, (v) 1,323,264 shares held by Life & Tech, (vi) 1,179,921 shares held by NSV Investments III, LP, (vii) 998,099 shares held by NSV Investments II, LP, (viii) 434,423 shares held by New Science Ventures, LLC, (ix) 245,120 shares held by NSV Growth Opportunities Fund, LP, (x) 214,296 shares held by New Science Ventures Fund III, LP, (xi) 188,349 shares held by NSV 2017 Opportunities Fund, LP, (xii) 131,339 shares held by NSV 2018 Opportunities Fund, LP, (xiii) 101,582 shares held by NSV 2016 Opportunities Fund, LP, (xiv) 67,554 shares held by New Science Ventures Fund III (Offshore), LP, and (xv) 27,934 shares held by NSV 2016 Opportunities Fund (Offshore), LP, collectively the NSV funds.
4. NSV Partners III, LP, is the general partner of NSV 2018 New Horizons Fund LP, NSV Investments I, LP, NSV 2018 Opportunities Fund, LP, NSV 2019 Opportunities Fund, LP, NSV Growth Opportunities Fund, LP, NSV Investments III, LP, and NSV Investments II, LP. NSV Partners II, LLC, is the general partner of New Science Ventures Fund III, LP, New Science Ventures Fund III (Offshore), LP, NSV 2016 Opportunities Fund, LP, NSV 2016 Opportunities Fund (Offshore), LP, NSV 2017 Opportunities Fund, LP, and NSV Master Limited Partnership II, LP.
5. The Reporting Person is the majority member and managing member of NSV Partners III GP, LLC, and may be deemed to have voting and dispositive power over the shares held by each entity of which NSV Partners III, LP is general partner. The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership over the shares held by each of the NSV funds, except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein. The Reporting Person is the majority member and managing member NSV Partners II, LLC, and may be deemed to have voting and dispositive power over the shares held by each entity of which NSV Partners II, LLC is general partner.
Remarks:
Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney
/s/ Christopher Krueger, as Attorney-in-Fact 10/20/2021
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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                                  POWER OF ATTORNEY

      The undersigned, as a Section 16 reporting person of Ventyx Biosciences,
Inc. (the "Company"), hereby constitutes and appoints Raju Mohan, Christopher
Krueger, Martin D. Auster, Martin Waters, Raymond Multer, and Brandon Shaw the
undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact to:

      1.  complete and execute Forms 3, 4 and 5 and other forms and all
          amendments thereto as such attorneys-in-fact shall in their discretion
          determine to be required or advisable pursuant to Section 16 of the
          Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (as amended) and the rules and
          regulations promulgated thereunder, or any successor laws and
          regulations, as a consequence of the undersigned's ownership,
          acquisition or disposition of securities of the Company; and

      2.  do all acts necessary in order to file such forms with the Securities
          and Exchange Commission, any securities exchange or national
          association, the Company and such other person or agency as the
          attorneys-in-fact shall deem appropriate.

      The undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that said attorneys-in-
fact and agent shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.  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 Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (as amended).

      This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until 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,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
Company and the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to
be executed as of this 20th day of October, 2021.


                                    Signature: /s/ Somasundaram Subramaniam
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                                    Print Name:   Somasundaram Subramaniam
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