SEC FORM 4 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
 
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Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Pinion John Richard

(Last) (First) (Middle)
C/O ULTRAGENYX PHARMACEUTICAL INC.
60 LEVERONI COURT

(Street)
NOVATO CA 94949

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. [ RARE ]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Director 10% Owner
X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
See Remarks
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
03/01/2017
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 Stock 03/01/2017 A 2,700(1) A $0.00 12,495(2) 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
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) $88.8 03/01/2017 A 18,000 (3) 03/01/2027 Common Stock 18,000 $0.00 18,000 D
Explanation of Responses:
1. Award of Restricted Stock Units ("RSUs") under the Company's 2014 Incentive Plan. The RSUs shall vest with respect to 1/4th of the underlying shares on each anniversary of the grant date, such that the RSUs are fully vested on the fourth anniversary of the grant date.
2. Includes previously reported shares of common stock underlying RSUs granted to the Reporting Person, which are subject to certain vesting conditions.
3. On the first anniversary of the grant date of the option (the "Option Anniversary Date"), 1/4th of the shares initially subject to the option shall vest; thereafter, 1/48th of the shares initially subject to the option shall vest on each month as measured from the Option Anniversary Date.
Remarks:
EVP and Chief Quality Operations Officer; Exhibit List: Exhibit 24 - Limited Power of Attorney
/s/ Ruben A. Garcia, attorney-in-fact 03/01/2017
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS


	Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby makes, constitutes and
appoints each of Shalini Sharp, Karah Parschauer, Ruben Garcia and Ryan Murr
signing singly and each acting individually, as the undersigned's true and
lawful attorney in fact with full power and authority as hereinafter described
to:

(1)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity
as an officer and/or director and/or stockholder of Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical
Inc. (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 (including any amendments thereto) in
accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the
rules thereunder (the "Exchange Act");

(2)	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which
may be necessary or desirable to prepare, complete and execute any such Forms 3,
4, or 5, prepare, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and
deliver and file such form(s) with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "SEC") and any stock exchange or similar authority, including
without limitation the filing of a Form ID or any other application materials to
enable the undersigned to gain or maintain access to the Electronic Data
Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system of the SEC;

(3)	seek or obtain, as the undersigned's representative and on the undersigned's
behalf, information regarding transactions in the Company's securities from any
third party, including brokers, employee benefit plan administrators and
trustees, and the undersigned hereby authorizes any such person to release any
such information to such attorney in fact and approves and ratifies any such
release of information; and

(4)	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 such 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 that such attorney in fact, or such attorney
in fact's substitute or substitutes, 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 the foregoing attorneys in fact, in serving in
such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming nor relieving,
nor is the Company assuming nor relieving, any of the undersigned's
responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange Act.  The undersigned
acknowledges that neither the Company nor the foregoing attorneys in fact assume
(i) any liability for the undersigned's responsibility to comply with the
requirements of the Exchange Act, (ii) any liability of the undersigned for any
failure to comply with such requirements, or (iii) any obligation or liability
of the undersigned for profit disgorgement under Section 16(b) of the Exchange
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 the
foregoing attorneys in fact.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this day of December 8, 2016.





                                         /s/ John R Pinion
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