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	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Patel Samir Rashmikant (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O AKARI THERAPEUTICS, PLC 22 BOSTON WHARF ROAD FL 7 (Street) BOSTON MA 02210 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Akari Therapeutics Plc [ AKTX ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 11/14/2024
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) 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
Ordinary Shares, par value $0.0001 per share(1)	11/14/2024		A(2)		1,404,622,000(2)(3)	A	(2)	4,816,117,500	I	PranaBio Investments LLC
Ordinary Shares, par value $0.0001 per share(1)								91,396,000	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

Explanation of Responses:

1. The Ordinary Shares may be represented by American Depositary Shares ("ADSs"), each of which currently represents 2,000 Ordinary Shares.

2. This Form 4 reports securities transacted pursuant to the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of March 4, 2024, as amended, by and among the Issuer, Peak Bio Inc. ("Peak Bio"), and Pegasus Merger Sub, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Issuer ("Merger Sub"), pursuant to which Merger Sub merged with and into Peak Bio effective as of November 14, 2024, with Peak Bio surviving as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Issuer (the "Merger"). At the effective time of the Merger (the "Effective Time"), each issued and outstanding share of common stock of Peak Bio (each, a "Peak Share") was cancelled and converted into the right to receive 0.2935 (the "Exchange Ratio") ADSs.

3. Represents the number of Ordinary Shares acquired by the Reporting Person from the exchange of Peak Shares held by the Reporting Person at the Effective Time in accordance with the Exchange Ratio.

	/s/ Wendy F. DiCicco, as Attorney-in-Fact	11/18/2024
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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