SEC Form SC 13D/A filed by Lipella Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Amendment)

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 13D 

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 

(Amendment No. 5)*

If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition which is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this Schedule because of §§240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d-1(g), check the following box. ☐

*The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person’s initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Exchange Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Exchange Act (however, see the Notes).

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(1) Consists of (i) 888,849 shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the issuer (“Common Stock”) purchased by Dr. Jonathan Kaufman (the “Reporting Person”) with personal funds, and (ii) 719,500 shares of Common Stock that may be issued upon exercise of stock options awarded by the issuer (“Issuer’) to the Reporting Person in his capacity as an officer and director of the Issuer, which are vested and exercisable within 60 days of the date of this Amendment No. 5 to Statement on Schedule 13D (this “Amendment No. 5”).

(2) Consists of (i) 888,849 shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Reporting Person, (ii) fully vested options exercisable for 719,500 shares of Common Stock, and (iii) 26,666 unvested options which are exercisable within 60 days of the filing of this Amendment No. 5.

(3) Calculated based on 7,605,636 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of the date of this Amendment No. 5, as verified with the Issuer. The 746,166 shares of Common Stock that the Reporting Person has the right to acquire within 60 days of the filing of this Amendment No. 5 are deemed to be outstanding for purposes of calculating the Reporting Person’s beneficial ownership percentage. 

This Amendment No. 5 amends and supplements the Statement on Schedule 13D, initially filed by the Reporting Person with the SEC on December 29, 2022, as amended by Amendment No. 1 to such Statement on Schedule 13D, filed by the Reporting Person with the SEC on June 21, 2023, as amended by Amendment No. 2 to such Statement on Schedule 13D, filed by the Reporting Person with the SEC on March 6, 2024, as amended by Amendment No. 3 to such Statement on Schedule 13D, filed by the Reporting Person with the SEC on March 15, 2024, and as further amended by Amendment No. 4 to such Statement on Schedule 13D (“Amendment No. 4”), filed by the Reporting Person with the SEC on March 19, 2024 (collectively, the “Schedule 13D”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings attributed to them in the Schedule 13D. Except as otherwise set forth herein, this Amendment No. 5 does not modify any of the information previously reported by the Reporting Person in the Schedule 13D.

The purpose of this Amendment No. 5 is to update the Reporting Person’s beneficial ownership information in the Schedule 13D and to correct inadvertent administrative errors in Amendment No. 4 with respect to the number of stock options held by the Reporting Person that were exercisable within 60 days of the date of filing of Amendment No. 4, resulting in the reporting of higher voting power and beneficial ownership numbers (1,635,015 shares instead of 1,581,682 shares), a higher beneficial ownership percentage (21% instead of 20.5%), higher fully vested stock options (712,833 stock options instead of 659,500 stock options) and higher total stock options beneficially owned (746,166 stock options instead of 692,833 stock options) than should have been reported in rows (7), (9), (11), (13) and footnotes 2 and 3 of the cover page of Amendment No. 4, as applicable, and Items 3, 4 and 5 of Amendment No. 4, as applicable.

Except as specifically amended below, all other provisions of the Schedule 13D remain in effect.

Item 1. Security and Issuer.

The information contained in “Item 1. Security and Issuer.” of the Schedule 13D is not being amended by this Amendment No. 5.

The information contained in “Item 2. Identity and Background.” of the Schedule 13D is not being amended by this Amendment No. 5.

Item 3. Source or Amount of Funds or Other Consideration.

The information contained in “Item 3. Source or Amount of Funds or Other Consideration.” of the Schedule 13D is not being amended by this Amendment No. 5.

Item 4. Purpose of Transaction.

The information contained in rows (7), (8), (9), (10), (11) and (13) of the cover page of this Amendment No. 5 and the corresponding footnotes, and the information set forth in or incorporated by reference in Item 2, Item 3, Item 5 and Item 6 of this Amendment No. 5 is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety into this Item 4.

Except as described above, the information contained in “Item 4. Purpose of Transaction.” of the Schedule 13D is not being amended by this Amendment No. 5.

Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer.

The responses to rows (7) through (13) of the cover page of this Amendment No. 5 and the corresponding footnotes are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety in this Item 5.

(a)       See responses to Items 11 and 13 on the cover page.

(b)      See response to Rows (7), (8), (9) and (10) on the cover page.

(c)       Except as otherwise set forth in the Schedule 13D, the Reporting Person has not, to the best of his knowledge, engaged in any transaction with respect to the Common Stock of the Issuer during the sixty days prior to the date of filing this Amendment No. 5.

Except as described above, the information contained in “Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer.” of the Schedule 13D is not being amended by this Amendment No. 5.

Item 6. Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships with Respect to Securities of the Issuer.

The information contained in “Item 6. Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships with Respect to Securities of the Issuer.” of the Schedule 13D is not being amended by this Amendment No. 5.

Item 7. Material to be filed as Exhibits. 

The information contained in “Item 7. Material to be filed as Exhibits.” of the Schedule 13D is not being amended by this Amendment No. 5.

SIGNATURE

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.