<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001171843-16-013465.txt : 20161202
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20161202180532
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001171843-16-013465
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20161201
FILED AS OF DATE:		20161202
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20161202

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001582313
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS [2834]
		IRS NUMBER:				980661854
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			A1
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		200 - 3650 GILMORE WAY
		CITY:			BURNABY
		STATE:			A1
		ZIP:			V5G 48W
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(604) 484-3300

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		200 - 3650 GILMORE WAY
		CITY:			BURNABY
		STATE:			A1
		ZIP:			V5G 48W

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			AZAB MOHAMMAD
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001309653

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-36687
		FILM NUMBER:		162032301

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O SUPERGEN, INC.
		STREET 2:		4140 DUBLIN BLVD., SUITE 200
		CITY:			DUBLIN
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94568
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        <footnote id="F1">The exercise price was converted to U.S. dollars from $3.74 CAD using the closing rate of exchange on the Bank of Canada on the date of grant. The actual exercise price is the Canadian dollar amount regardless of the exchange rate on the day of exercise.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Pursuant to the terms of a Lock-up Agreement executed by the Reporting Person in favor of the underwriters of the Company's Public Offering in September 2016 (the &quot;Lock-up&quot;), the Company withheld the number of shares set forth above pursuant to a net settlement permitted under the terms of the Lock-up.  No shares were sold by the Reporting Person in connection with the exercise and the common shares issued as a result of the exercise are subject to the terms of the Lock-up.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Represents the closing price of the Company's common shares in U.S. dollars on November 30, 2016, which was converted to a Canadian dollar amount for purposes of net settlement calculations.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">The shares subject to the option fully vested on December 31, 2009.</footnote>
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        <signatureName>/s/ Joanne Smartt, Attorney-in-fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2016-12-02</signatureDate>
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