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* Novak Rodger (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O CRISPR THERAPEUTICS, INC. 610 MAIN STREET (Street) CAMBRIDGE MA 02139 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol CRISPR Therapeutics AG [ CRSP ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) President
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 07/07/2020
	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
Common Shares	07/07/2020		M		5,586	A	$1.81	653,593	D
Common Shares	07/07/2020		M		19,414	A	$14	673,007	D
Common Shares	07/07/2020		S(1)		25,000	D	$90	648,007	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
Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$1.81	07/07/2020		M			5,586	(2)	09/10/2025	Common Shares	5,586	$0.00	0	D
Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$14	07/07/2020		M			19,414	(3)	10/18/2026	Common Shares	19,414	$0.00	140,826	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. The sale reported in this Form 4 was effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by the reporting person.

2. This option was granted on September 10, 2015 with respect to 268,093 Common Shares with 94,950 shares immediately vested on the grant date and the remaining 173,143 shares vesting in 31 equal monthly installments thereafter.

3. This option was granted on October 18, 2016 with respect to 200,000 Common Shares and originally vested in 48 equal monthly installments beginning October 31, 2016. Pursuant to Dr. Novak's amended and restated employment agreement with the Company, subject to his continued employment, beginning November 30, 2018, the remaining unvested options from this grant vest in equal monthly installments at the rate of 50% of the amounts originally scheduled to vest on any one vesting date, and the original vesting schedule was extended to reflect the amended schedule.

Remarks:

	/s/ Michael Esposito, attorney-in-fact	07/09/2020
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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