| 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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Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b). | ||||||||||||||||
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
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2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. [ ESPR ] |
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
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3. Date of Earliest Transaction
(Month/Day/Year) 03/14/2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed
(Month/Day/Year) |
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
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| Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | ||||||||||
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| 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) | |||
| Code | V | Amount | (A) or (D) | Price | ||||||
| Common Stock | 03/14/2024 | A | 150,000(1) | A | $0 | 277,064 | D | |||
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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) | |||||||||||||||
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| 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) | ||||
| Code | V | (A) | (D) | Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares | ||||||||
| Stock Option (right to buy) | $2.05 | 03/14/2024 | A | 200,000 | (1) | 03/14/2034 | Common Stock | 200,000 | $0 | 200,000 | D | ||||
| Explanation of Responses: |
| 1. Such award will vest over a four (4) year period in equal quarterly installments, the first of which will be on June 15, 2024. |
| Remarks: |
| /s/ Sheldon L. Koenig, by power of attorney | 03/15/2024 | |
| ** Signature of Reporting Person | Date | |
| Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. | ||
| * If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4 (b)(v). | ||
| ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). | ||
| Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. | ||
| Persons who respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number. | ||
LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Sheldon L.
Koenig and Richard B. Bartram, signing singly, and with full
power of substitution, the undersigned's true and lawful
attorney-in-fact to:
(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of Esperion
Therapeutics, Inc. (the "Company"), from time to time the
following U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") forms:
(i) Form ID, including any attached documents, to effect the
assignment of codes to the undersigned to be used in the
transmission of information to the SEC using the EDGAR System;
(ii) Form 3, Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership of
Securities, including any attached documents; (iii) Form 4,
Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership of Securities,
including any attached documents; (iv) Form 5, Annual Statement
of Beneficial Ownership of Securities in accordance with Section
16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the
rules thereunder, including any attached documents; (v) Schedule
13D and (vi) amendments of each thereof, in accordance with the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules
thereunder, including any attached documents;
(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and
execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5, Schedule 13D or any amendment(s)
thereto, and timely file such form(s) with the SEC and any
securities exchange, national association or similar authority;
and
(3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in
connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such
attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of,
or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that
the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such
form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such
attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's
discretion.
The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact,
acting singly, full power and authority to do and perform any and
every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or proper to
be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein
granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned
might or could do if personally present, with full power of
substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute
or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted. 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 or Regulation 13D-G of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended. The undersigned hereby agrees to indemnify the attorney
in fact and the Company from and against any demand, damage,
loss, cost or expense arising from any false or misleading
information provided by the undersigned to the attorney-in fact.
This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect
until the undersigned is no longer required to file such forms
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 foregoing
attorneys-in-fact.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of
Attorney to be executed as of June 28, 2021.
/s/ Joanne M. Foody
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JoAnne M. Foody