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*
Trojanowski Justin

(Last) (First) (Middle)
C/O TEMPEST THERAPEUTICS, INC.
7000 SHORELINE COURT, SUITE 275

(Street)
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
09/30/2022
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Tempest Therapeutics, Inc. [ TPST ]
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Director 10% Owner
X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
Corporate Controller
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
Employee Stock Option (right to buy) (1) 06/26/2032 Common Stock 5,000 2.29 D
Employee Stock Option (right to buy) (2) 06/30/2032 Common Stock 10,000 2.29 D
Explanation of Responses:
1. One-fourth (1/4) of the shares underlying the option will vest on June 27, 2023 and the remainder will vest in 36 equal monthly installments thereafter, subject to the Reporting Person's continuous service through each vesting date.
2. One-fourth (1/4) of the shares underlying the option will vest on July 1, 2023 and the remainder will vest in 36 equal monthly installments thereafter, subject to the Reporting Person's continuous service through each vesting date.
Remarks:
Exhibit List - Exhibit 24 -Power of Attorney
/s/ Jason Minio, Attorney-in-Fact 10/04/2022
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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POWER OF ATTORNEY

    Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints Stephen Brady and Nicholas Maestas of Tempest Therapeutics, Inc. and
Laura Berezin, Jaime Chase, Michael Mencher, Nguyen X. Nguyen and Jason Minio of
Cooley LLP, or any of them signing singly, with full power of substitution, 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 an officer, director or beneficial owner of more than 10% of a
registered class of securities of Tempest Therapeutics, Inc. (the "Company"),
Forms 3, 4 and 5 (including any amendments thereto) in accordance with Section
l6(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act")
and the rules thereunder and a Form ID, Uniform Application for Access Codes to
File on EDGAR;

    (2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
that may be necessary or desirable to execute such Forms 3, 4 or 5 or Form ID
(including any amendments thereto) and timely file such forms with the United
States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar
authority; and

    (3) take any other action of any nature whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit, 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 each such 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 acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in
serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, are 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
earliest to occur of (a) 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, (b) revocation by the undersigned in a signed
writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact or (c) as to any
attorney-in-fact individually, until such attorney-in-fact is no longer employed
by the Company or Cooley LLP.

    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 19th day of September, 2022.

/s/ Justin Trojanowski
Justin Trojanowski