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 ^*

SILVERSTEIN JONATHAN

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
_____ Officer (give title below)	_____ Other (specify below)

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

C/O INTERCEPT PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., 18 DESBROSSES STREET

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
11/09/2013

(Street)

NEW YORK, NY 10013

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 ⁽¹⁾	11/09/2013		M		325 ⁽³⁾	A	⁽²⁾	1,980	D
Common Stock								1,734,934	I	See Footnotes ⁽¹⁾ ⁽⁴⁾

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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 ⁽¹⁾

⁽²⁾

11/09/2013

325 ⁽³⁾

⁽³⁾

Common Stock

325

$ 0

973

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
SILVERSTEIN JONATHAN C/O INTERCEPT PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. 18 DESBROSSES STREET NEW YORK, NY 10013	X

Signatures

/s/ Bryan Yoon, as attorney-in-fact		11/12/2013
^**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)	The reporting person is a member of OrbiMed Advisors LLC ("Advisors") and is obligated to transfer any shares issued under any equity grants made to him by the Issuer to Advisors and certain of its related entities. As such, the reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities reported herein for purposes of Rule 16a-1(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein, if any. This report shall not be deemed an admission that the reporting person is a beneficial owner for the purpose of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, or for any other purpose.
(2)	Conversion of restricted stock units ("RSUs") to shares of common stock on a one-for-one basis.
(3)	On November 16, 2012, the reporting person was granted 2,596 RSUs. The RSUs reported as having been disposed and the corresponding shares reported as having been acquired, representing 12.5% of the shares underlying the RSUs, became vested on November 9, 2013, subject to the terms and conditions of the award and the Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2012 Equity Incentive Plan (the "2012 Plan"). The remainder of the shares underlying the RSUs vest pro rata on every subsequent three-month anniversary of such date through August 9, 2014, subject to the terms and conditions of the award and the 2012 Plan.
(4)	These shares are held of record by OrbiMed Private Investments IV, LP ("OPI IV"). OrbiMed Capital GP IV LLC ("GP IV") is the general partner of OPI IV and Advisors is the managing member of GP IV LLC. Samuel D. Isaly ("Isaly") is the managing member of and owner of a controlling interest in Advisors and may be deemed to have voting and investment power over the shares held by OPI IV. The reporting person is a member of Advisors. Each of GP IV, Advisors, Isaly and the reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities reported herein for purposes of Rule 16a-1(a) under the Exchange Act, except to the extent of its or his pecuniary interest therein, if any. This report shall not be deemed an admission that any such person is a beneficial owner for the purpose of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, or for any other purpose.

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