<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001567619-21-018224.txt : 20211012
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001567619-21-018224
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20210928
FILED AS OF DATE:		20211012
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20211012

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Taylor Ann Elizabeth
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001885955

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-39926
		FILM NUMBER:		211319943

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O TERNS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
		STREET 2:		1065 EAST HILLSDALE BLVD., SUITE 100
		CITY:			FOSTER CITY
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94404

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Terns Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001831363
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS [2834]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1065 EAST HILLSDALE BLVD., SUITE 100
		CITY:			FOSTER CITY
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94404
		BUSINESS PHONE:		650-525-5535 EXT.101

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1065 EAST HILLSDALE BLVD., SUITE 100
		CITY:			FOSTER CITY
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94404
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    <remarks>Exhibit 24.1 - Power of Attorney</remarks>

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        <signatureName>/s/ Bryan Yoon, as Attorney-in-Fact for Ann Elizabeth Taylor</signatureName>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-variant: small-caps; font-weight: bold;">POWER OF ATTORNEY</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">With respect to holdings of and transactions in securities
        issued by Terns Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the &#8220;<font style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Company</font>&#8221;), the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Bryan Yoon, Senthil Sundaram, Mark Vignola or any of them signing singly, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to act as the undersigned&#8217;s true and lawful
        attorney-in-fact to:</div>
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          <td style="width: 27pt; vertical-align: top; align: right;">1.</td>
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            <div>execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, Schedules 13D and 13G in accordance with Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#8220;<font style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Exchange Act</font>&#8221;), and the rules thereunder, and Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16 of the Exchange Act and the
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          <td style="width: 27pt; vertical-align: top; align: right;">2.</td>
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            <div>do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Schedule 13D or 13G or Form 3,
              4, or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such schedule or form with the SEC and any stock exchange or similar authority; and</div>
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            <div>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&#8217;s discretion.</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">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 and
      resubstitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorneys-in-fact 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.</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are
      not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned&#8217;s responsibilities to comply with Section 13 and Section 16 of the Exchange Act.</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Schedule 13D and 13G
      and Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned&#8217;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.</div>
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      <font style="display: inline-block; text-indent: 0px; font-size: 1px; width: 36pt" id="TRGRRTFtoHTMLTab">&#160;</font>IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 27th day of September, 2021.</div>
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    <div style="margin-left: 288pt;"><font style="font-size: 12pt;"><u>/s/ Ann Taylor</u></font><font style="display: inline-block; text-indent: 0px; font-size: 1px; width: 12pt" id="TRGRRTFtoHTMLTab">&#160;</font></div>
    <div style="margin-left: 288pt; font-size: 12pt;">Ann Taylor</div>
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