AURA Aura Biosciences Inc

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* de los Pinos Elisabet (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O AURA BIOSCIENCES, INC. 80 GUEST STREET (Street) BOSTON MA 01235 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Aura Biosciences, Inc. [ AURA ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) See Remarks
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 09/27/2024
	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	09/27/2024		M(1)		5,474	A	$5.76	329,847	D
Common Stock								131,412	I	By EdIP Revocable Trust(2)

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
Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$5.76	09/27/2024		M(1)			5,474	(3)	10/01/2024	Common Stock	5,474	$0.00	0	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. On September 27, 2024, the Reporting Person exercised long held stock options to purchase 5,474 shares of the Issuer's common stock, as they were set to expire on October 1, 2024.

2. The shares are held by the Elisabet de los Pinos Revocable Trust U/D/T dated April 8, 2016, of which the Reporting Person is a trustee.

3. This option is fully vested.

Remarks:

President and Chief Executive Officer; Exhibit 24.1 - Power of Attorney

	/s/ Conor Kilroy, as Attorney-in-Fact	10/01/2024
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

Know all by these present, that I, the undersigned director and/or officer of Aura Biosciences, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), hereby constitute and appoint each of Conor Kilroy and Amy Elazzouzi as my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agent, with full power to act, together or each without the other, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities:

 

 

 

 

 

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(a) of the Exchange Act or the Securities Act. The Company will use all reasonable efforts to apprise the undersigned of applicable filing requirements for purposes of Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act or the Securities Act.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings 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. This Power of Attorney revokes and replaces any prior Power of Attorney executed by the undersigned with respect to the ownership, acquisition or disposition of securities of the Company.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this September 30, 2024.

 

 

/s/ Elisabet de los Pinos
Signature
Elisabet de los Pinos
Print Name

 

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POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

Know all by these present, that I, the undersigned director and/or officer of Aura Biosciences, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), hereby constitute and appoint each of Conor Kilroy and Amy Elazzouzi as my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agent, with full power to act, together or each without the other, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities:

 

 

 

 

 

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(a) of the Exchange Act or the Securities Act. The Company will use all reasonable efforts to apprise the undersigned of applicable filing requirements for purposes of Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act or the Securities Act.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings 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. This Power of Attorney revokes and replaces any prior Power of Attorney executed by the undersigned with respect to the ownership, acquisition or disposition of securities of the Company.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this September 30, 2024.

 

 

/s/ Elisabet de los Pinos
Signature
Elisabet de los Pinos
Print Name

 

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