Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

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STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

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*

Finkle R. Andrew

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Triangle Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (VIRS)

6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s)
to Issuer (Check all applicable)
    Director                                       10% Owner
X Officer (give title below)          Other (specify below)

Executive VP, General Counsel & Secretary     

(Last)      (First)     (Middle)

c/o Triangle Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
4611 University Drive, 4 University Place

3. I.R.S. Identification Number
of Reporting Person,
if an entity (voluntary)

 

4. Statement for
Month/Day/Year
9/20/02

(Street)

Durham, NC 27707

5. If Amendment,
Date of Original
(Month/Day/Year)
 		 7. 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. Trans-
action
Date
(Month/ Day/
Year)

2A. Deemed
Execution
Date,
if any
(Month/Day/
Year)

3. Trans-
action Code
(Instr. 8)

4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 & 5)

5. Amount of
Securities
Beneficially
Owned Follow-
ing Reported Transactions(s)
(Instr. 3 & 4)

6. Owner-
ship 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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

23,657(1)

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. Conver-
sion or
Exercise
Price of Derivative Security

3. Trans-
action Date

(Month/
Day/
Year)

3A. Deemed
Execution
Date,
if any
(Month/
Day/
Year)

4. Trans-
action
Code

(Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)

(Instr. 3, 4 & 5)

6. Date Exercisable
and Expiration
Date
(Month/Day/
Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 & 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)

9. Number of
Derivative
Securities
Beneficially
Owned
Following
Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)

10. Owner-
ship Form
of Deriv-
ative
Security:
Direct (D)
or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)

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

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exer-cisable

Expira-
tion
Date

Title

Amount or Number of
Shares

Stock Options (rights to buy)

$2.63

1/14/02

 

A

V

22,727

 

 (2)

1/13/12

Common Stock

22,727

$1.32

 

 

 

Stock Options (rights to buy)

$5.14

2/27/02

 

A

V

150,000

 

 (3)

2/26/12

Common Stock

150,000

 

 

 

 

Stock Options (rights to buy)

$2.92

8/5/02

 

A

V

100,000

 

 (4)

8/4/12

Common Stock

100,000

 

 

 

Stock Options (rights to buy)

$2.92

9/20/02

 

A

 

150,000

 

 (5)

8/4/12

Common Stock

150,000

 

555,281

D

 

Explanation of Responses:

(1) Includes 7,826 shares of Common Stock acquired in 2002 under Triangle Pharmaceuticals, Inc.'s Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
(2) Options granted pursuant to the Company's Salary Investment Option Grant Program. The options vest in twelve equal installments over each month in 2002.
(3) The options vest and become exercisable as follows: 25% become exercisable after the completion of one year of service measured from the date of grant and the remainder become exercisable in equal monthly installments for thirty-six months thereafter (the "Standard Vesting Schedule"); provided, however: (i) upon the filing (i.e., acceptance for review by the FDA) of an NDA (application for marketing approval in the US) for Coviracil® (emtricitabine) for the treatment of HIV on or before December 31, 2002, 25% of the Options shall automatically accelerate and become fully exercisable as of the date of the acceptance of the NDA for review by the FDA; and (ii) upon the approval of the NDA for Coviracil® (emtricitabine) for the treatment of HIV on or before December 31, 2003, an additional 25% of the Options shall automatically accelerate and become fully exercisable as of the date of marketing approval, if such options had not already become exercisable under the Standard Vesting Schedule.
(4) The options vest and become exercisable as follows: 25% on the first anniversary of the date of grant, and the remaining 75% thereafter in a series of 36 equal monthly installments.
(5) The options vest and become exercisable as follows: 25% on August 5, 2003, and the remaining 75% thereafter in a series of 36 equal monthly installments.
  By: /s/ R. Andrew Finkle
             R. Andrew Finkle
**Signature of Reporting Person		 9/20/02
Date

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