Form 4 - Statement of changes in beneficial ownership of securities

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* Rickard Kathleen A. (Last) (First) (Middle) 3 MORE LONDON RIVERSIDE (Street) LONDON X0 SE1 2RE (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Verona Pharma plc [ VRNA ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) Chief Medical Officer
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 02/01/2025
	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
Ordinary Shares(1)	02/01/2025		A		50,000(2)	A	$0	2,721,480	D
Ordinary Shares(1)	02/03/2025		F(3)		33,240(3)	D	$7.1625(4)	2,688,240(5)	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

Explanation of Responses:

1. Reported securities are represented by American Depositary Shares ("ADSs"), each of which represents eight (8) Ordinary Shares of the Issuer.

2. Represents an award of Ordinary Shares upon vesting of Performance Restricted Share Units in connection with the Issuer's first commercial sale of ensifentrine.

3. Represents the number of Ordinary Shares withheld to satisfy the tax withholding obligation in connection with the vesting of certain previously reported Restricted Share Units.

4. The price reported represents the closing price of the Issuer's ADSs on the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC on January 31, 2025 divided by eight (8).

5. Consists of (i) 722,488 Ordinary Shares underlying Restricted Share Units, each of which represents a contingent right to receive one (1) Ordinary Share of the Issuer (which are represented by 90,311 ADSs); and (ii) 1,965,752 Ordinary Shares underlying 245,719 ADSs.

	/s/ Andrew Fisher, Attorney-in-fact for Kathleen A. Rickard	02/04/2025
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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