SEC FORM 4

SEC FORM 4 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

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

RATH HENRY C.

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

C/O SURFACE ONCOLOGY, INC.

50 HAMPSHIRE STREET, 8TH FLOOR

(Street)

CAMBRIDGE

02139

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Surface Oncology, Inc. [ SURF ]

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

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
Chief Business Officer

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
09/08/2023

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)
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	09/08/2023		D⁽¹⁾		44,971⁽²⁾	D	⁽³⁾	0	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)
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)	Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)		10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$0.69	09/08/2023		D⁽¹⁾			150,000	⁽⁴⁾	⁽⁴⁾	Common Stock	150,000	$0.00	0	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. This Form 4 reports securities disposed of pursuant to the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of June 15, 2023 (the "Merger Agreement"), by and among the Issuer, Coherus BioSciences, Inc. ("Coherus"), Crimson Merger Sub I, Inc., a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of Coherus ("Merger Sub I"), and Crimson Merger Sub II, LLC, a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of Coherus ("Merger Sub II"), pursuant to which Merger Sub I merged with and into the Issuer effective as of September 8, 2023 (the "Effective Time"), with Surface surviving such merger as a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of Coherus (the "First Merger"), and, as part of the same overall transaction, promptly after the First Merger, the surviving corporation of the First Merger merged with and into Merger Sub II, with Merger Sub II surviving such merger.

2. Includes 12,647 shares previously acquired under the Issuer's Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

3. At the Effective Time, each issued and outstanding share of common stock of the Issuer was cancelled and converted into the right to receive (i) 0.1960 (the "Exchange Ratio") shares of common stock of Coherus and (ii) one contingent value right (each, a "CVR") representing a contractual right to receive contingent future conditional payments pursuant to the terms of a Contingent Value Rights Agreement by and between Coherus and Computershare Inc.

4. At the Effective Time, each option to purchase shares of the Issuer's Common Stock that was outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time that had an exercise price per share equal to or less than $1.0354 (any such option, an "In-the-Money Option") was cancelled and converted into the right to receive (i) 0.1960 shares of common stock of Coherus and (ii) a number of CVRs equal to the number of shares of Surface common stock underlying such In-the-Money Option.

Remarks:

	/s/ Jessica Fees, as Attorney-in-Fact	09/08/2023
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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SEC Form 4: Rath Henry C. returned 44,971 shares to the company, closing all direct ownership in the company