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*
SOUTHWELL DAVID P

(Last) (First) (Middle)
C/O ROCKET PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
430 EAST 29TH STREET, SUITE 1040

(Street)
NEW YORK NY 10016

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
ROCKET PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. [ RCKT ]
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)
03/29/2018
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 04/02/2018 M 21,875 A (1) 38,535 D
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) $18.75 03/29/2018 A 40,000 (2) 03/29/2028 Common Stock 40,000 $0.00 40,000 D
Restricted Stock Units (2) 04/02/2018 M 21,875 (3) (3) Common Stock 21,875 (1) 65,625 D
Explanation of Responses:
1. Each restricted stock unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of RCKT common stock.
2. This option represents a right to purchase a total of 40,000 shares of the Issuer's Common Stock, 13,336 of which will become fully vested and exercisable on March 29, 2019, with the remaining 26,664 shares vesting in equal monthly installments over the following two years.
3. The restricted stock units were issued pursuant to the Rocket Pharmaceuticals Inc. 2014 Stock Option and Incentive Plan. The restricted stock units vest in equal annual installments over 4 years from the January 23, 2017 date of grant, subject to continued service through such dates.
Remarks:
Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney
/s/ Alice Lee, as attorney-in-fact for David P. Southwell 04/02/2018
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


      Know all by these presents that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints Ryan A. Murr and Alice Lee as 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, passwords, and
          passphrases 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)   execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
          capacity as a director of Rocket Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the
          "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the
          Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

    (3)   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

    (4)   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 the attorney-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 also ratifies hereby any action previously taken by
the attorney-in-fact that would have been authorized by this power of attorney
if it has been in effect at the time such action was taken.  The undersigned
acknowledges that the foregoing attorney-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at
the request of the undersigned, is not assuming, nor is the Company assuming,
any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

      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 of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorney-in-fact.

		IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to
be executed as of April 2, 2018.




                                            /s/ David P. Southwell
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                                          Name:  David P. Southwell





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