Edgar Filing: LIGAND PHARMACEUTICALS INC

Ownership Submission

FORM 4

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

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(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ^*

Sabba Stephen L

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
LIGAND PHARMACEUTICALS INC [LGND]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

__X__ Director	_____ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below)	_____ Other (specify below)

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

DORSET MANAGEMENT CORP, 485 UNDERHILL BLVD SUITE 205

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
04/24/2015

(Street)

SYOSSET, NY 11791

4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
10/10/2014

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

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 Stock ⁽¹⁾	04/24/2015		A		925	A	$ 0	26,622	D

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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 Underlying Securities
(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 of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)

Code

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy) ⁽²⁾

$ 89.75

04/24/2015

2,754

⁽²⁾

04/24/2025

Common Stock

2,754

$ 0

2,754

Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy) ⁽³⁾

$ 67.53

⁽³⁾

06/04/2024

Common Stock

3,312

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Sabba Stephen L DORSET MANAGEMENT CORP 485 UNDERHILL BLVD SUITE 205 SYOSSET, NY 11791	X

Signatures

/s/Stephen L. Sabba		04/28/2015
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	These securities, as represented in Column 5, include a grant of 925 restricted shares acquired by a grant of the Board of Directors of the Company at the 2015 Meeting, which shares will vest in full on the earlier of (a) the date of the next annual meeting of the Company stockholders following the grant date or (b) on the first anniversary of the grant date.
(2)	These securities, as represented in Column 5, were acquired by a grant of 2,754 shares by the Board of Directors of the Company at the 2015 Meeting. That grant (a) vests in full on the earlier of (i) the date of the next annual meeting of the Company stockholders following the grant date or (ii) on the first anniversary of the grant date, and (b) will vest immediately (i) upon a change in control or a hostile takeover of the Company or (ii) the death or permanent disability of the grantee if still serving at that time.
(3)	These securities were previously reported on a Form 4 for this Reporting Person filed on June 6, 2014, and are included on this Form 4 only to report that as of June 4, 2015, they will be fully vested and exercisable.
Remarks: In addition to the new awards reflected on this filing, this filing is being made to correct the number of securiites in column 5 of Table I, which reflects shares previously reported on the Form 4 filing made on November 14, 2011.

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