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SEC FORM 3 SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Ho Mark

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

6000 SHORELINE COURT

SUITE 300

(Street)

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO

94080

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
06/24/2019

3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
VERACYTE, INC. [ VCYT ]

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

	Director		10% Owner
	Officer (give title below)	X	Other (specify below)
Principal Accounting Officer

5. If Amendment, Date of 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

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock	21,187⁽¹⁾	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Stock Option (right to buy)	⁽²⁾	09/28/2025	Common Stock	45,000	4.94	D
Stock Option (right to buy)	⁽³⁾	02/28/2026	Common Stock	15,000	6.45	D
Stock Option (right to buy)	⁽⁴⁾	03/02/2027	Common Stock	25,000	9.05	D
Stock Option (right to buy)	⁽⁵⁾	03/01/2028	Common Stock	22,500	5.98	D
Stock Option (right to buy)	⁽⁶⁾	02/27/2029	Common Stock	30,000	20.21	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Includes 2,063 restricted stock units from a grant which was awarded on March 2, 2018 which vested 25% on March 2, 2019 and vests 3/48 on each quarterly anniversary thereafter subject to continuing employment of the Reporting person on each vesting date and 4,000 restricted stock units from an award on February 28, 2019 which vests 25% on February 29, 2020 and 3/48 on each quarterly vesting date thereafter subject to continuing employment of the Reporting person on each vesting date.

2. The option became exercisable as to 25% of the shares on September 29, 2016 and the remaining shares vest at a rate of 1/48th of the total number of shares subject to the award for each month of continuous service thereafter.

3. The option became exercisable as to 25% of the shares on March 1, 2017 and the remaining shares vest at a rate of 1/48th of the total number of shares subject to the award for each month of continuous service thereafter.

4. The option became exercisable as to 25% of the shares on March 3, 2018 and the remaining shares vest at a rate of 1/48th of the total number of shares subject to the award for each month of continuous service thereafter.

5. The option became exercisable as to 25% of the shares on March 2, 2019 and the remaining shares vest at a rate of 1/48th of the total number of shares subject to the award for each month of continuous service thereafter.

6. The option becomes exercisable as to 25% of the shares on February 28, 2020 and the remaining shares vest at a rate of 1/48th of the total number of shares subject to the award for each month of continuous service thereafter.

Remarks:

	/s/ Keith Kennedy as attorney-in-fact	07/01/2019
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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markhoexhibit24

Mark Ho - Exhibit 24 POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Keith Kennedy, Bonnie Anderson and Napoleon Cheng, as long as they are providing services to Veracyte, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), or any of them, as the undersigned’s true and lawful attorney-in- fact to: (1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned’s capacity as a representative of Veracyte, Inc. (the “Company”), any and all Form ID, or Form 3, 4 or 5 reports and any amendments thereto required to be filed by the undersigned in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) and the rules thereunder with respect to transactions in the Company’s securities; (2) 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 Form ID, or Form 3, 4 or 5 report and any amendments thereto and timely file such report with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and (3) 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 his or her discretion. The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, and 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 or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or his or her 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. The undersigned acknowledges that no such attorney-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, is hereby assuming, nor is the Company hereby assuming, any of the undersigned’s responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange Act. This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Form 3, 4 or 5 reports with respect to the undersigned’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. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 25th day of June, 2019. Signature: /s/ Mark Ho Printed Name: Mark Ho