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*
Katz Barrett

(Last) (First) (Middle)
C/O VIRIDIAN THERAPEUTICS, INC.
221 CRESCENT STREET, SUITE 401

(Street)
WALTHAM MA 02453

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Viridian Therapeutics, Inc.\DE [ VRDN ]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Director 10% Owner
X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
Chief Medical Officer
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
02/02/2022
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
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) $18.51 02/02/2022 A 110,000 (1) 02/02/2032 Common Stock 110,000 $0.00 110,000 D
Explanation of Responses:
1. The option vests in equal monthly installments through February 2, 2026, subject to the Reporting Person's continued service to Issuer through each vesting date.
Remarks:
Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney
/s/ Lara Meisner, Attorney-in-Fact for Barrett Katz 02/03/2022
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints each of Lara Meisner, Kristian Humer and Ryan A. Murr of Gibson, Dunn &
Crutcher LLP, with full power of substitution, the undersigned's true and lawful
attorney in fact to:

1.  prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the undersigned's behalf,
    and submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), a
    Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or
    appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make
    electronic filings with the SEC of reports required by the Securities
    Exchange Act of 1934 or any rule or regulation of the SEC;

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 such Form ID and
    file such form with the SEC and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

3.  execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity
    as a member, manager, director and/or officer or beneficial owner, Forms 3,
    4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of
    1934 and the rules thereunder;

4.  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, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and
    timely file such form with the SEC and any securities exchange or similar
    authority; and

5.  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 such attorneys-in-fact 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, any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 or any rule or regulation of the SEC. This Power of Attorney shall remain
in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to (a) file
a Form ID, or any amendments or changes thereto, with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the
undersigned, (b) the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5
with respect to the undersigned's holdings or (c) revocation 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 this 3rd day of February, 2022.



                                              /s/ Barrett Katz
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                                              Name: Barrett Katz