Edgar Filing: MAP Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Ownership Submission

FORM 4

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

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 ^*

PERSEUS BIOTECH FUND PARTNERS LLC

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
MAP Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [MAPP]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

_____ Director	__X__ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below)	_____ Other (specify below)

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

2099 PENNSYLVANIA AVE NW, SUITE 900

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
02/11/2010

(Street)

WASHINGTON, DC 20006

4. If Amendment, Date 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

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

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	02/11/2010		J		1,204,698	D	⁽²⁾	2,871,471	I	See Footnotes ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾

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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. 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 Underlying Securities
(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 of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)

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

Code

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
PERSEUS BIOTECH FUND PARTNERS LLC 2099 PENNSYLVANIA AVE NW SUITE 900 WASHINGTON, DC 20006		X

Signatures

/s/ Kenneth M. Socha (3)		02/16/2010
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	All of the securities reported herein are held for the account of Perseus-Soros BioPharmaceutical Fund, LP ("Perseus-Soros"), Perseus-Soros Partners, LLC ("Perseus-Soros Partners"), the general partner of Perseus-Soros, Perseus Biotech Fund Partners, LLC ("Perseus Biotech Fund Partners") and Biotech Management Partners, LLC ("Biotech Management Partners"). Perseus BioTech Fund Partners is a managing member of Perseus-Soros Partners and Biotech Management Partners.
(2)	On February 11, 2010, Perseus-Soros distributed 1,250,000 shares of the Issuer's Common Stock pro rata to its partners for no consideration and certain partners of Perseus-Soros have made subsequent pro rata distributions to their respective partners or members for no consideration (collectively, the "Distributions"). As a result of the Distributions, Perseus-Soros Partners now holds 5,293 shares of the Issuer's Common Stock, Perseus Biotech Fund Partners now holds 16,076 shares of the Issuer's Common Stock, Biotech Management Partners, LLC now holds 23,933 shares of the Issuer's Common Stock and Perseus-Soros now holds 2,826,169 shares of the Issuer's Common Stock.
Remarks: (3) Kenneth M. Socha is signing in his capacity as attorney-in-fact for Mr. Frank Pearl, the managing member of Perseuspur, the managing member of Perseus BioTech Fund Partners.

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