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* SEIDENBERG BETH C (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O VERA THERAPEUTICS, INC. 170 HARBOR WAY, 3RD FLOOR (Street) SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Vera Therapeutics, Inc. [ VERA ]	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) 05/18/2021
	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
Class A Common Stock	05/18/2021		C		423,642	A	(1)	423,642	I	See footnote(2)
Class A Common Stock	05/18/2021		C		100,526	A	(3)	524,168	I	See footnote(4)
Class A Common Stock	05/18/2021		C		818,984	A	(5)	1,343,152	I	See footnote(6)

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
Series A Preferred Stock	(1)	05/18/2021		C			423,642	(1)	(1)	Class A Common Stock	423,642	$0.00	0	I	See footnote(7)
Series B Preferred Stock	(3)	05/18/2021		C			100,526	(3)	(3)	Class A Common Stock	100,526	$0.00	0	I	See footnote(8)
Series C Preferred Stock	(5)	05/18/2021		C			818,984	(5)	(5)	Class A Common Stock	818,984	$0.00	0	I	See footnote(9)

Explanation of Responses:

1. The Series A Preferred Stock automatically converted into Class A Common Stock on a 11.5869:1 basis (on an adjusted basis, after giving effect to the reverse stock split of the Class A Common Stock effected by the Issuer on May 7, 2021) and had no expiration date.

2. Consists of 409,620 shares of Class A Common Stock held by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers XVI, LLC ("KPCB XVI") and 14,022 shares of Class A Common Stock held by KPCB XVI Founders Fund, LLC ("XVI Founders"). All shares are held for convenience in the name of "KPCB Holdings, Inc., as nominee". The managing member of KPCB XVI is KPCB XVI Associates, LLC ("XVI Associates"). L. John Doerr, Beth Seidenberg, Randy Komisar, Theodore E. Schlein and Wen Hsieh, the managing members of KPCB XVI Associates, exercise shared voting and dispositive control over the shares held by KPCB XVI. Such managing members disclaim beneficial ownership of all shares held by KPCB XVI except to the extent of their pecuniary interest therein.

3. The Series B Preferred Stock automatically converted into Class A Common Stock on a 11.5869:1 basis (on an adjusted basis, after giving effect to the reverse stock split of the Class A Common Stock effected by the Issuer on May 7, 2021) and had no expiration date.

4. Consists of 506,819 shares of Class A Common Stock held by KPCB XVI and 17,349 shares of Class A Common Stock held by XVI Founders. All shares are held for convenience in the name of "KPCB Holdings, Inc., as nominee". The managing member of KPCB XVI is XVI Associates. L. John Doerr, Beth Seidenberg, Randy Komisar, Theodore E. Schlein and Wen Hsieh, the managing members of KPCB XVI Associates, exercise shared voting and dispositive control over the shares held by KPCB XVI. Such managing members disclaim beneficial ownership of all shares held by KPCB XVI except to the extent of their pecuniary interest therein.

5. The Series C Preferred Stock automatically converted into Class A Common Stock on a 11.5869:1 basis (on an adjusted basis, after giving effect to the reverse stock split of the Class A Common Stock effected by the Issuer on May 7, 2021) and had no expiration date.

6. Consists of 1,298,695 shares of Class A Common Stock held by KPCB XVI and 44,457 shares of Class A Common Stock held by XVI Founders. All shares are held for convenience in the name of "KPCB Holdings, Inc., as nominee". The managing member of KPCB XVI is XVI Associates. L. John Doerr, Beth Seidenberg, Randy Komisar, Theodore E. Schlein and Wen Hsieh, the managing members of KPCB XVI Associates, exercise shared voting and dispositive control over the shares held by KPCB XVI. Such managing members disclaim beneficial ownership of all shares held by KPCB XVI except to the extent of their pecuniary interest therein.

7. Consisted of 409,620 shares of Class A Common Stock that was automatically converted from the Issuer's Series A Preferred Stock held by KPCB XVI and 14,022 shares of Class A Common Stock that was automatically converted from the Issuer's Series A Preferred Stock held by XVI Founders.

8. Consisted of 97,199 shares of Class A Common Stock that was automatically converted from the Issuer's Series B Preferred Stock held by KPCB XVI and 3,327 shares of Class A Common Stock that was automatically converted from the Issuer's Series B Preferred Stock held by XVI Founders.

9. Consisted of 791,876 shares of Class A Common Stock that was automatically converted from the Issuer's Series C Preferred Stock held by KPCB XVI and 27,108 shares of Class A Common Stock that was automatically converted from the Issuer's Series C Preferred Stock held by XVI Founders.

Remarks:

	/s/ Joseph R. Young, Attorney-in-Fact	05/18/2021
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