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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 * Nicholson John   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol NEKTAR THERAPEUTICS [NKTR] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) SVP & Chief Operating Officer (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O NEKTAR THERAPEUTICS, 455 MISSION BAY BOULEVARD SOUTH 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 07/14/2016 (Street) SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94158 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 (1) 07/14/2016(2)   A   26,000 A $ 0 103,630 D

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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

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Stock Option (3)

$ 16.31

07/14/2016(4)

A

87,500

(5)

12/08/2022

Common Stock

87,500

$ 0

87,500

D

Stock Option (6)

$ 15.55

07/14/2016(7)

A

22,000

(5)

12/14/2023

Common Stock

22,000

$ 0

22,000

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Nicholson John C/O NEKTAR THERAPEUTICS 455 MISSION BAY BOULEVARD SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94158			SVP & Chief Operating Officer

Signatures

Gil M. Labrucherie		07/18/2016
**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)	Represents restricted stock units ("RSU"), convertible on a one-for-one basis into shares of Common Stock of the Company. These RSUs, at the time of their grant on December 15, 2015, were subject to both performance-based and time-based vesting requirements. On July 14, 2016, the performance-based condition vesting was satisfied. The time-based vesting is on a quarterly pro-rata basis over a period of three (3) years from the date of grant.
(2)	These restricted stock units ("RSU") were granted on December 15, 2015 and the performance-based vesting requirement for these RSUs was satisfied on July 14, 2016 due to the successful acceptance of the Marketing Authorization Application by the European Medicines Agency for ONZEALD (NKTR-102).
(3)	These options, at the time of their grant were subject to both performance-based and time-based vesting requirements. On July 14, 2016, the performance-based condition vesting was satisfied. The time-based vesting is on a monthly pro-rata basis over a period of four years from the grant date (December 9, 2014).
(4)	These stock options were granted on December 9, 2014. The performance-based vesting requirement for these stock options was satisfied on July 14, 2016 due to the acceptance of the Marketing Authorization Application by the European Medicines Agency for ONZEALD (NKTR-102).
(5)	This stock option vests on a monthly pro-rata basis over a period of four years from the grant date.
(6)	These options, at the time of their grant were subject to both performance-based and time-based vesting requirements. On July 14, 2016, the performance-based condition vesting was satisfied. The time-based vesting is on a monthly pro-rata basis over a period of four years from the grant date (December 15, 2015).
(7)	These stock options were granted on December 15, 2015. The performance-based vesting requirement for these stock options was satisfied on July 14, 2016 due to the acceptance of the Marketing Authorization Application by the European Medicines Agency for ONZEALD (NKTR-102).

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