Edgar Filing: INTERCEPT PHARMACEUTICALS INC

Ownership Submission

FORM 4

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ^*

Pruzanski Mark

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
INTERCEPT PHARMACEUTICALS INC [ICPT]

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

__X__ Director	_____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below)	_____ Other (specify below)
CEO & President

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

C/O INTERCEPT PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., 450 W. 15TH STREET, SUITE 505

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
01/01/2016

(Street)

NEW YORK, NY 10011

4. If Amendment, Date 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

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

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	01/01/2016		M		4,868 ⁽³⁾	A	⁽²⁾	531,682	D
Common Stock	01/04/2016		S⁽¹⁾		2,001	D	$ 145.9037	529,681	D
Common Stock	01/04/2016		S⁽¹⁾		125	D	$ 145.9037	529,556	D

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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 Underlying Securities
(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 of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)

Code

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Restricted Stock Units

⁽²⁾

01/01/2016

4,868

⁽³⁾

Common Stock

4,868

$ 0

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Pruzanski Mark C/O INTERCEPT PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. 450 W. 15TH STREET, SUITE 505 NEW YORK, NY 10011	X		CEO & President

Signatures

/s/ Bryan Yoon, as attorney-in-fact		01/05/2016
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	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).
(1)	Each employee of the Issuer who has received restricted stock awards has agreed to a mandatory sale of a sufficient number of shares of common stock to cover his or her withholding tax amounts upon the vesting of such restricted stock awards. The sales denoted here were made pursuant to such agreement to cover withholding tax obligations of the employee.
(2)	Conversion of restricted stock units ("RSUs") to shares of common stock on a one-to-one basis.
(3)	On November 16, 2012, the reporting person was granted 77,884 RSUs. The RSUs reported as having been disposed and the corresponding shares reported as having been acquired, representing 6.25% of the shares underlying the RSUs, vested on January 1, 2016, subject to the terms and conditions of the award and the Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2012 Equity Incentive Plan (the "2012 Plan"). All of the shares underlying the RSUs are fully vested as of January 1, 2016.

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