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*
Amello Jason

(Last) (First) (Middle)
C/O AKEBIA THERAPEUTICS, INC.
245 FIRST STREET, SUITE 1100

(Street)
CAMBRIDGE MA 02142

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
03/19/2014
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Akebia Therapeutics, Inc. [ AKBA ]
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Director 10% Owner
X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
SVP, CFO & Treasurer
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) 09/23/2023 Common Stock 142,440 0.47 D
Explanation of Responses:
1. 25% of this option vests on September 23, 2014, with the remainder of the shares vesting in equal monthly installments over the following three years through September 23, 2017.
Remarks:
Exhibit List Exhibit 24 - Limited Power of Attorney
/s/ Nicole R. Hadas, attorney-in-fact 03/19/2014
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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                                                                      Exhibit 24

         LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

               Know all by these present, that the undersigned hereby
constitutes and appoints each of John P. Butler and Nicole R. Hadas, signing
singly, 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 an officer and/or director or
               shareholder of Akebia Therapeutics, Inc. (the "Company"),
               Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the
               Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Act"), and
               the rules thereunder;

         (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 and timely file such form
               with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and
               any 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
               such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

               The undersigned hereby grants to each 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 the acts 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 each of the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such
capacity at the request of the undersigned, is not assuming any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the 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 each of the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of March 11, 2014.

                        By:         /s/ Jason A. Amello
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                        Print Name: Jason A. Amello
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