SEC FORM 3 SEC Form 3
FORM 3 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

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*
Valamehr Bahram

(Last) (First) (Middle)
C/O FATE THERAPEUTICS, INC.
3535 GENERAL ATOMICS COURT, SUITE 200

(Street)
SAN DIEGO CA 92121

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
07/31/2018
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
FATE THERAPEUTICS INC [ FATE ]
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Director 10% Owner
X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
Chief Development Officer
5. 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 Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock(1) 27,958 D
Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Stock Option (right to buy) (2) 07/17/2028 Common Stock 150,000 11.03 D
Stock Option (right to buy) (3) 01/15/2028 Common Stock 214,800 6.55 D
Stock Option (right to buy) (4) 01/03/2027 Common Stock 120,000 2.73 D
Stock Option (right to buy) (5) 01/07/2026 Common Stock 88,080 2.9 D
Stock Option (right to buy) (6) 01/05/2025 Common Stock 10,704 4.84 D
Stock Option (right to buy) (7) 01/09/2024 Common Stock 8,500 6.62 D
Stock Option (right to buy) (7) 08/11/2023 Common Stock 1,536 7.87 D
Stock Option (right to buy) (7) 01/13/2023 Common Stock 423 1.37 D
Stock Option (right to buy) (7) 03/11/2021 Common Stock 3,076 1.69 D
Stock Option (right to buy) (7) 02/10/2020 Common Stock 1,153 1.69 D
Explanation of Responses:
1. Award of Restricted Stock Units, where 10,458 of the underlying shares are vested and 17,500 of the underlying shares vest on October 12, 2019. This grant is subject to an accelerated vesting upon a change of control of the Issuer and in the event of termination of employment under certain circumstances following a change of control of the Issuer.
2. The shares subject to this option shall vest and become exercisable in 48 equal monthly installments beginning on August 18, 2018 such that this option is fully exercisable on July 18, 2022.
3. The shares subject to this option shall vest and become exercisable in 48 equal monthly installments beginning on February 16, 2018 such that this option is fully exercisable on January 16, 2022.
4. The shares subject to this option shall vest and become exercisable in 48 equal monthly installments beginning on February 4, 2017 such that this option is fully exercisable on January 4, 2021.
5. The shares subject to this option shall vest and become exercisable in 48 equal monthly installments beginning on February 8, 2016 such that this option is fully exercisable on January 8, 2020.
6. The shares subject to this option shall vest and become exercisable in 48 equal monthly installments beginning on February 5, 2015 such that this option is fully exercisable on January 5, 2019.
7. This option is fully vested.
Remarks:
Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney
/s/ Cindy R. Tahl, as Attorney-in-Fact 08/07/2018
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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Exhibit 24

LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
      The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Cindy R. Tahl and J. Scott
Wolchko with full power of substitution, the undersigned's true and lawful
attorney-in-fact to:
	(1)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity
as an officer and/or director of Fate Therapeutics, Inc. (the "Company"), from
time to time the following U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC")
forms: (i) Form ID, including any attached documents, to effect the assignment
of codes to the undersigned to be used in the transmission of information to the
SEC using the EDGAR System; (ii) Form 3, Initial Statement of Beneficial
Ownership of Securities, including any attached documents; (iii) Form 4,
Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership of Securities, including any
attached documents; (iv) Form 5, Annual Statement of Beneficial Ownership of
Securities in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, and the rules thereunder, including any attached documents;
(v) Schedule 13D and (vi) amendments of each thereof, in accordance with the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules thereunder, including
any attached documents;
	(2)	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which
may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5,
Schedule 13D or any amendment(s) thereto, and timely file such form(s) with the
SEC and any securities exchange, national association or similar authority; and
	(3)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to,
in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
attorney-in-fact's discretion.
      The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact, acting
singly, full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing
whatsoever requisite, necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of any of
the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as
the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of
substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the
rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 or Regulation 13D-G of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.  The undersigned hereby agrees
to indemnify the attorney in fact and the Company from and against any demand,
damage, loss, cost or expense arising from any false or misleading information
provided by the undersigned to the attorney-in fact.
      This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file such forms with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.
      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to
be executed as of July 20, 2018.
/s/ Bahram Valamehr
Bahram Valamehr