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* AKKARAJU SRINIVAS (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O ATYR PHARMA, INC. 3545 JOHN HOPKINS COURT, SUITE #250 (Street) SAN DIEGO CA 92121 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol aTYR PHARMA INC [ LIFE ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner Officer (give title below) X Other (specify below) Former 10% Owner
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 05/12/2015
	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
Common Stock	05/12/2015		C		1,546,126	A	(1)	1,546,126(2)	I	By Sofinnova Venture Partners IX, L.P.(3)
Common Stock	05/12/2015		P		320,000	A	$14	1,866,126	I	By Sofinnova Venture Partners IX, L.P.(3)

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
Series E Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock	(1)	05/12/2015		C			14,968,722	(1)	(1)	Common Stock	1,546,126(2)	$0.00	0	I	By Sofinnova Venture Partners IX, L.P.(3)

Explanation of Responses:

1. The aggregate number of shares of Issuer's Preferred Stock held by the Reporting Person converted into Common Stock immediately prior to the closing of the Issuer's initial public offering and has no expiration date. These shares converted into Common Stock on a 1-for-9.6814 basis.

2. Reflects a 1-for 9.6814 stock conversion of the Issuer's Preferred Stock into Common Stock which became effective immediately prior to the closing of the Issuer's initial public offering.

3. The shares are owned by Sofinnova Venture Partners IX, L.P. ("SVP IX"). Sofinnova Management IX, L.L.C. ("SM IX") is the general partner of SVP IX. Dr. James I. Healy, Michael F. Powell, Ph.D., Dr. Srinivas Akkaraju, and Dr. Anand Mehra are managing members of SM IX and exercise shared voting and investment power with respect to the shares owned by SVP IX. Each of the reporting persons disclaims beneficial ownership of such securities, except to the extent of his, her or its proportionate pecuniary interest therein.

Remarks:

	/s/ Nancy Krueger, as Attorney-in-Fact	05/14/2015
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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