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*
Guirakhoo Farshad

(Last) (First) (Middle)
C/O VAXXINITY, INC
1717 MAIN ST, STE 3388

(Street)
DALLAS TX 75201

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
11/10/2021
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Vaxxinity, Inc. [ VAXX ]
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Director 10% Owner
X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
Chief Scientific 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)
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) (1) 03/01/2031 Class A common stock 126,730 0.5681 D
Explanation of Responses:
1. Represents 126,730 time-vesting options. These options are subject to a four year time-based vesting schedule, with 25% vested on 6/5/2021 and the remainder vesting in equal installments each month during the remainder of the vesting period.
Remarks:
Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney
/s/ Rene Paula, attorney-in-fact for Farshad Guirakhoo 11/10/2021
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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                                                               EXECUTION VERSION

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

      Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints Rene Paula as 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 a reporting person pursuant to Section 16 of the Securities
      Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and the rules
      thereunder of Vaxxinity, Inc. (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4 and 5, including
      any amendments thereto, in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Exchange
      Act;

      (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, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto and
      timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange
      Commission and the applicable stock exchange 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 the discretion of such attorney-
      in-fact.

      The undersigned hereby grants to such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to act separately and 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 the substitute or substitutes of such attorney-in-fact,
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 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 Exchange 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 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 this October 22, 2021.

                                        /s/ Farshad Guirakhoo
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                                        Name:
                                               Farshad Guirakhoo

                                        10/22/2021