VRNA Verona Pharma Plc

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	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Rickard Kathleen A. (Last) (First) (Middle) 3 MORE LONDON RIVERSIDE (Street) LONDON X0 SE1 2RE (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Verona Pharma plc [ VRNA ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) Chief Medical Officer
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 08/01/2024
	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)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Ordinary Shares(1)	08/01/2024		F(2)		106,232(2)	D	$2.8325(3)	2,515,320(4)	D

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)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

1. Reported securities are represented by American Depositary Shares ("ADSs"), each of which represents eight (8) Ordinary Shares of the Issuer.

2. Represents the number of Ordinary Shares withheld to satisfy the tax withholding obligation in connection with the vesting of certain previously reported Restricted Share Units.

3. The price reported represents the closing price of the Issuer's ADSs on the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC on July 31, 2024 divided by eight (8).

4. Consists of (i) 635,000 Ordinary Shares underlying Restricted Share Units, each of which represents a contingent right to receive one (1) Ordinary Share of the Issuer (which are represented by 79,375 ADSs); and (ii) 1,880,320 Ordinary Shares underlying 235,040 ADSs.

Remarks:

Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney.

	/s/ Andrew Fisher, Attorney-in-Fact for Kathleen A. Rickard	08/05/2024
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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Exhibit 24

SECTION 16 AND FORM 144
POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

With respect to holdings of and transactions in securities issued by Verona Pharma plc (the “Company”), the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints the individuals named on Schedule A attached hereto and as may be amended from time to time, or any of them signing singly, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to act as the undersigned’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

 

1.

execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, Schedules 13D and 13G in accordance with Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and the rules thereunder, and Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16 of the Exchange Act and the rules thereunder, and Notices of Proposed Sale of Securities Pursuant to Rule 144 (“Form 144”), in accordance with the requirements of Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”); and

 

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 Schedule 13D, Schedule 13G, Form 3, Form 4, Form 5, and Form 144, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and to timely file such Schedule 13D, Schedule 13G, Form 3, Form 4, Form 5, and Form 144, as applicable, and any amendment thereto, with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority.

 

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 and resubstitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorneys-in-fact 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 13 and Section 16 of the Exchange Act, or Rule 144 under the Securities Act.

 

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file any Schedule 13D,Schedule 13G, Form 3, Form 4, Form 5, and Form 144 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 this 23^rd day of May, 2024.

 

	/s/ Kathleen Rickard
	Kathleen Rickard

 

 

Schedule A

 

INDIVIDUALS APPOINTED AS ATTORNEY-IN-FACT,

WITH FULL POWER OF SUBSTITUTION AND RESUBSTITUTION

 

1.       Andrew Fisher

2.       Mark Hahn

 

 

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Exhibit 24

SECTION 16 AND FORM 144
POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

With respect to holdings of and transactions in securities issued by Verona Pharma plc (the “Company”), the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints the individuals named on Schedule A attached hereto and as may be amended from time to time, or any of them signing singly, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to act as the undersigned’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

 

1.

execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, Schedules 13D and 13G in accordance with Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and the rules thereunder, and Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16 of the Exchange Act and the rules thereunder, and Notices of Proposed Sale of Securities Pursuant to Rule 144 (“Form 144”), in accordance with the requirements of Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”); and

 

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 Schedule 13D, Schedule 13G, Form 3, Form 4, Form 5, and Form 144, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and to timely file such Schedule 13D, Schedule 13G, Form 3, Form 4, Form 5, and Form 144, as applicable, and any amendment thereto, with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority.

 

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 and resubstitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorneys-in-fact 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 13 and Section 16 of the Exchange Act, or Rule 144 under the Securities Act.

 

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file any Schedule 13D,Schedule 13G, Form 3, Form 4, Form 5, and Form 144 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 this 23^rd day of May, 2024.

 

	/s/ Kathleen Rickard
	Kathleen Rickard

 

 

Schedule A

 

INDIVIDUALS APPOINTED AS ATTORNEY-IN-FACT,

WITH FULL POWER OF SUBSTITUTION AND RESUBSTITUTION

 

1.       Andrew Fisher

2.       Mark Hahn

 

 

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