<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001209191-17-020954.txt : 20170315
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20170315204022
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001209191-17-020954
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20170314
FILED AS OF DATE:		20170315
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20170315

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			DYNAVAX TECHNOLOGIES CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001029142
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS [2834]
		IRS NUMBER:				330728374
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2929 SEVENTH STREET
		STREET 2:		SUITE 100
		CITY:			BERKELEY
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94710
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5108485100

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2929 SEVENTH STREET
		STREET 2:		SUITE 100
		CITY:			BERKELEY
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94710

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Janssen Robert
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001580849

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-34207
		FILM NUMBER:		17692706

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O DYNAVAX TECHNOLOGIES
		STREET 2:		2929 SEVENTH STREET, SUITE 100
		CITY:			BERKELEY
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94710
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Each restricted stock unit represents a right to receive one share of common stock.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">The reporting person is reporting the withholding by Dynavax Technologies Corporation of 2,500 shares of common stock to satisfy the reporting person's federal tax withholding obligations in connection with the delivery of common stock to the reporting person on March 14, 2017.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Represents the conversion upon vesting of restricted stock awards into common stock. The reporting person was granted 10,000 restricted stock units on March 11, 2014 which vested on March 14, 2017. Such restricted stock units were previously reported in Table I on a Form 4 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 13, 2014.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

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    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Robert Janssen, by /s/ Michael Ostrach, Attorney-in Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2017-03-15</signatureDate>
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