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*
| C/O AKERO THERAPEUTICS, INC., |
| 601 GATEWAY BOULEVARD, SUITE 350 |
(Street)
| SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO |
CA |
94080 |
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2. Date of Event Requiring Statement
(Month/Day/Year)
01/10/2023
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3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Akero Therapeutics, Inc.
[ AKRO ]
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4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
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Director |
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10% Owner |
| X |
Officer (give title below) |
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Other (specify below) |
| See Remarks |
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed
(Month/Day/Year)
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6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
| X |
Form filed by One Reporting Person |
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Form filed by More than One Reporting Person |
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| Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned |
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| 1. Title of Security (Instr.
4)
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2.
Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr.
4)
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3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr.
5)
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4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr.
5)
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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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| 1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr.
4)
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2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year) |
3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr.
4)
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4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security
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5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr.
5)
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6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr.
5)
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| Date Exercisable |
Expiration Date |
Title |
Amount or Number of Shares |
| Explanation of Responses: |
| Remarks: |
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| No securities are beneficially owned. |
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/s/ Jonathan Young, attorney-in-fact |
01/11/2023 |
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** 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
5
(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. |
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints each of Andrew Cheng, Jonathan Young and Gabriela Morales-Rivera,
signing singly, 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 Akero Therapeutics, Inc.
(the "Company"), (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 United States Securities and
Exchange Commission using the EDGAR System, (ii) Forms 3, 4 and 5,
(iii) Schedule 13D, (iv) Schedule 13G and (v) amendments of each
thereof, in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules thereunder;
(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. Schedule 13G or any
amendments thereto and timely file such form with the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange 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 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 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
foregoing attorneys-in-fact. This Power of Attorney may be filed with the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission as a confirming statement of
the authority granted herein. This Power of Attorney supersedes any prior power
of attorney in connection with the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or
director of the Company. This Power of Attorney shall expire as to any
individual attorney-in-fact if such attorney-in-fact ceases to be employed bythe
Company or Goodwin Procter LLP, as applicable.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to
be executed as of January 5, 2023.
/s/ Patrick Lamy
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Name: Patrick Lamy
