Edgar Filing: Akebia Therapeutics, 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 ^*

Hadas Nicole R.

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Akebia Therapeutics, Inc. [AKBA]

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

_____ Director	_____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below)	_____ Other (specify below)
SVP, General Counsel, Sec.

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

C/O AKEBIA THERAPEUTICS, INC., 245 FIRST STREET, SUITE 1100

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
07/01/2015

(Street)

CAMBRIDGE, MA 02142

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)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock ⁽¹⁾	07/02/2015		S		1,484 ⁽²⁾	D	$ 9.5421 ⁽³⁾	66,744 ⁽⁴⁾	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

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Hadas Nicole R. C/O AKEBIA THERAPEUTICS, INC. 245 FIRST STREET, SUITE 1100 CAMBRIDGE, MA 02142			SVP, General Counsel, Sec.

Signatures

John P. Butler, Attorney-in-Fact for Nicole R. Hadas		07/06/2015
^**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)	72,623 shares of restricted stock (as adjusted from 41,499 shares prior to the 1.75-for-1 stock split effected on March 6, 2014) were awarded on December 23, 2013. Twenty-five percent of the shares vested on December 2, 2014. The remaining shares vest in equal quarterly installments over the following three years until fully vested.
(2)	Shares sold by reporting person pursuant to a 10b5-1 plan to pay taxes in connection with the vesting of restricted stock pursuant to the December 23, 2013 award described in footnote 1.
(3)	The price reported in this Column 4 is a weighted average price. The shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $9.50 to $9.65, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide Issuer, any security holder of Issuer, or the staff of the Securities Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each price within the range set forth in this footnote.
(4)	The total amount of beneficial securities owned includes 1,213 shares of stock purchased on June 30, 2015 at $8.74 per share in connection with the Issuer's Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

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