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	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Dunlop A. Sinclair (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O APELLIS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC 6400 WESTWIND WAY, SUITE A (Street) CRESTWOOD KY 40014 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [ APLS ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 12/18/2019
	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)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	12/18/2019		S(1)		25,890	D	$28.55	374,791	I	See Footnote(2)
Common Stock	12/19/2019		S(1)		54,110	D	$28.99	320,681	I	See Footnote(2)
Common Stock	12/19/2019		S(3)		31,000	D	$29.51	249,728	I	See Footnote(4)
Common Stock	12/20/2019		S(3)		25,000	D	$29.53	224,728	I	See Footnote(4)

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)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

1. The reported transaction involved a sale of shares held by Epidarex Capital I, LP ("Epidarex"). The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. On December 18, 2019, the shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $28.17 to $29.11. On December 19, 2019, the shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $28.77 to $29.26. The reporting person undertakes to provide to Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., any security holder of Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the ranges set forth in footnotes (1) and (3) to this Form 4.

2. The securities are held by Epidarex and the reporting person, a general partner of Epidarex, may be deemed to have voting and dispositive power over the shares held by Epidarex. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership over the shares held by Epidarex except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.

3. The reported transaction involved a sale of shares held by MASA Life Science Ventures, LP ("MASA"). The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. On December 19, 2019, the shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $29.30 to $29.80. On December 20, 2019, the shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $29.25 to $29.76.

4. The securities are held by MASA and the reporting person, a managing partner of MASA, may be deemed to have voting and dispositive power over the shares held by MASA. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership over the shares held by MASA except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.

Remarks:

	/s/ David Watson, attorney-in-fact for A. Sinclair Dunlop	12/20/2019
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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