SEC Filing – Ventyx Biosciences, Inc.

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SEC FORM 4 SEC Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

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.

ENCINITAS BLVD, SUITE 250

(Street)

ENCINITAS

92024

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Ventyx Biosciences, Inc. [ VTYX ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

X	Director	X	10% Owner
	Officer (give title below)		Other (specify below)

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
04/06/2023

4. 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 Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Common Stock	04/06/2023		J⁽¹⁾		1,747,098⁽²⁾⁽³⁾	D	$0.00	10,077,045	I	See Footnotes⁽⁴⁾⁽⁵⁾⁽⁶⁾⁽⁷⁾⁽⁸⁾

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)		10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Explanation of Responses:

1. The NSV Distributing Funds (as defined below) distributed shares to their limited partners on a pro rata basis, for no consideration and Life & Tech transferred shares to its members, for no consideration.

2. The share distribution total consists of (i) 482,877 shares owned by NSV Master Limited Partnership II, LP, (ii) 441,790 shares owned by NSV 2019 Opportunities Fund, LP, (iii) 379,939 shares owned by NSV 2018 New Horizons Fund, LP, (iv) 66,563 shares owned by NSV Growth Opportunities Fund, LP, (v) 38,241 shares owned by New Science Ventures Fund III, LP, (vi) 33,610 shares owned by NSV 2017 Opportunities Fund, LP, (vii) 23,438 shares owned by NSV 2018 Opportunities Fund, LP, (viii) 18,126 shares owned by NSV 2016 Opportunities Fund, LP, (ix) 12,056 shares owned by New Science Ventures Fund III (Offshore), LP, (x) 4,985 shares owned by NSV 2016 Opportunities Fund (Offshore), LP (collectively, the "NSV Distributing Funds"), and (xi) 330,816 shares owned by Life & Tech.

3. The distributed shares in the previous footnote includes the distribution of 66,163 shares from Life & Tech to NSV Partners III, LP, and 19,180 shares distributed on a pro rata basis to the general partners of the NSV Distributing Funds.

4. Consists of: (i) 5,576,174 shares held by NSV Investments I, LP, (ii) 1,096,827 shares held by NSV Investments III, LP, (iii) 482,875 shares held by NSV Master Limited Partnership II, LP, (iv) 446,650 shares held by NSV 2019 Opportunities Fund, LP, (v) 388,134 shares held by NSV 2018 New Horizons Fund, LP, (vi) 330,816 shares held by Life & Tech, (vii) 599,312 shares held by NSV Partners III, LP, (viii) 434,423 shares held by New Science Ventures, LLC, (ix) 309,635 shares held by NSV Investments II, LP, (x) 188,240 shares held by NSV Partners II, LLC, (xi) 67,066 shares held by NSV Growth Opportunities Fund, LP,

5. (Continued from Footnote 4) (xii) 45,991 shares held by New Science Ventures Fund III, LP, (xiii) 40,422 shares held by NSV 2017 Opportunities Fund, LP, (xiv) 28,186 shares held by NSV 2018 Opportunities Fund, LP, (xv) 21,800 shares held by NSV 2016 Opportunities Fund, LP, (xvi) 14,499 shares held by New Science Ventures Fund III (Offshore), LP, and (xvii) 5,995 shares held by NSV 2016 Opportunities Fund (Offshore), LP, (collectively the "NSV Funds"). The NSV Funds disclaim beneficial ownership over the shares owned by them, except to the extent of their pecuniary interest therein.

6. NSV Partners III, LP, is the general partner of Life & Tech, 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.

7. 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.

8. 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 owned by each entity of which NSV Partners III, LP is general partner. 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 owned by each entity of which NSV Partners II, LLC is general partner. The Reporting Person is the majority member and managing member of NSV Management, LLC, and may be deemed to share voting and dispositive power over the shares held by Life & Tech, for which NSV Management, LLC is the investment advisor. The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership over the shares owned by each of the NSV Funds, except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.

Remarks:

	/s/ Christopher Krueger, as Attorney-in-Fact	04/10/2023
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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