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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 4
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
[_] Check this box if no longer subject of Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5
obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
(Print or Type Responses)
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Nohra Guy
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
One Embarcadero Center, Suite 4050
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(Street)
San Francisco, California 94111
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(City) (State) (Zip)
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2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
deCODE genetics, Inc. ("DCGN")
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3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (Voluntary)
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4. Statement for Month/Year
July, 2000
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
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6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
[XX] Director [_] 10% Owner
[_] Officer (give title below) [_] Other (specify below)
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7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check applicable line)
[XX] Form filed by one Reporting Person
[_] Form filed by more than one Reporting Person
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Table I -- NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF,
OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
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6.
4. 5. Owner-
Securities Acquired (A) or Amount of ship
3. Disposed of (D) Securities Form: 7.
Transaction (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Beneficially Direct Nature of
2. Code ------------------------------- Owned at End (D) or Indirect
1. Transaction (Instr. 8) (A) of Month Indirect Beneficial
Title of Security Date ------------ Amount or Price (Instr. 3 (I) Ownership
(Instr. 3) (month/day/year) Code V (D) and 4) (Instr.4) (Instr. 4)
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Common Stock 7/21/00 C 2,030,846 A 2,030,846 I(1) Alta
California
Partners,
L.P.
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Common Stock 7/21/00 C 54,236 A 54,236 I(1) Alta
Embarcadero
Partners,
L.P.
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly.
* If the Form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction
4(b)(v).
POTENTIAL PERSONS WHO ARE TO RESPOND TO THE COLLECTION OF
INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS FORM ARE NOT REQUIRED TO RESPOND
UNLESS THE FORM DISPLAYS A CURRENTLY VALID OMB CONTROL NUMBER.
(Over)
SEC 1474 (3-99)
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FORM 4 (CONTINUED)
Table II -- DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
(e.g., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES)
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10.
9. Owner-
Number ship
of Form
2. Deriv- of
Conver- 5. 7. ative Deriv- 11.
sion Number of Title and Amount Secur- ative Nature
or Derivative 6. of Underlying 8. ities Secur- of
Exer- 4. Securities Date Securities Price Bene- ity: In-
cise 3. Trans- Acquired (A) Exercisable and (Instr. 3 and 4) of ficially Direct direct
Price Trans- action or Disposed Expiration Date ---------------- Deriv- Owned (D) or Bene-
1. of action Code of(D) (Month/Day/Year) Amount ative at End In- ficial
Title of Deriv- Date (Instr. (Instr. 3, ---------------- or Secur- of direct Owner-
Derivate ative (Month/ 8) 4, and 5) Date Expira- Number ity Month (I) ship
Security Secur- Day/ ------ ------------ Exer- tion of (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr.
(Instr. 3) ity Year) Code V (A) (D) cisable Date Title Shares 5) 4) 4) 4)
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Alta
California
Series A Common Partners,
Preferred 7/21/00 C 2,030,846 Immed Stock 2,030,846 -0- I(1) L.P.
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Alta
Embarcadero
Series A Common Partners,
Preferred 7/21/00 C 54,236 Immed Stock 54,236 -0- I(1) L.C.
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Alta
California
Common Partners,
Warrant(2) 10/30/97 8/26/05 Stock 244,416 $1.00 244,416 I(1) L.P.
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Alta
Embarcadero
Common Partners,
Warrant(2) 10/30/97 8/26/05 Stock 5,584 $1.00 5,584 I(1) L.C.
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) The reporting person is a member of Alta Embarcadero Partners, L.L.C. and
general partner of Alta California Management Partners, L.P., which is a
general partner of Alta California Partners, L.P. The reporting person
disclaims beneficial ownership of the reported securities except to the
extent of his pecuniary interest therein.
(2) Upon closing of Issuer's public offering on July 21, 2000, the warrants
exercisable for Series A Preferred Stock became exercisable for Common
Stock.
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal
Criminal Violations.
See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed.
If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.
Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained
in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently
valid OMB Number.
/s/ Guy Nohra 8/8/00
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date
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