Coherus BioSciences, Inc.

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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^*

FMR LLC

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

245 SUMMER STREET

(Street)

BOSTON

02210

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
10/22/2015

3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Coherus BioSciences, Inc. [ CHRS ]

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

	Director	X	10% Owner
	Officer (give title below)	X	Other (specify below)
See Remark 1

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	109,478⁽¹⁾	I	Beacon Bioventures Fund III Limited Partnership⁽²⁾
Common Stock	400,188⁽¹⁾	I	Impresa Fund III Limited Partnership⁽³⁾
Common Stock	528⁽¹⁾	I	F-Prime Inc.⁽⁴⁾

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)

Explanation of Responses:

1. Table I, Column 2 does not include shares beneficially owned by FMR Co., Inc. and Pyramis Global Advisors Trust Company as a result of acting as investment adviser to various investment companies and accounts as disclosed in Remark 2 below.

2. Beacon Bioventures Advisors Fund III Limited Partnership is the general partner of Beacon Bioventures Fund III Limited Partnership. Beacon Bioventures Advisors Fund III Limited Partnership is solely managed by Impresa Management LLC, its general partner and investment manager. Impresa Management LLC is owned, directly or indirectly, by various shareholders and employees of FMR LLC, including certain members of the family of Edward C. Johnson 3d.

3. Impresa Fund III Limited Partnership is solely managed by Impresa Management LLC, its general partner and investment manager. Impresa Management LLC is owned, directly or indirectly, by various shareholders and employees of FMR LLC, including certain members of the family of Edward C. Johnson 3d.

4. F-Prime Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of FMR LLC.

Remarks:

Remark 1: Edward C. Johnson 3d is a Director and the Chairman of FMR LLC and Abigail P. Johnson is a Director, the Vice Chairman, the Chief Executive Officer and the President of FMR LLC. Members of the family of Edward C. Johnson 3d, including Abigail P. Johnson, are the predominant owners, directly or through trusts, of Series B voting common shares of FMR LLC, representing 49% of the voting power of FMR LLC. The Johnson family group and all other Series B shareholders have entered into a shareholders' voting agreement under which all Series B voting common shares will be voted in accordance with the majority vote of Series B voting common shares. Accordingly, through their ownership of voting common shares and the execution of the shareholders' voting agreement, members of the Johnson family may be deemed, under the Investment Company Act of 1940, to form a controlling group with respect to FMR LLC. The address of Edward C. Johnson 3d and Abigail P. Johnson is c/o FMR LLC, 245 Summer Street, Boston, MA 02110. Remark 2: In addition to the securities shown in Table I, FMR Co., Inc., an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of FMR LLC and an investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, and Pyramis Global Advisors Trust Company, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of FMR LLC and a bank as defined in Section 3(a)(6) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, are the beneficial owners of 3,428,871 shares, or 8.9532%, of Common Stock of Coherus BioSciences, Inc., as a result of acting as investment adviser to various investment companies registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, institutional accounts and other collective investment vehicles. FMR LLC, Edward C. Johnson 3d and Abigail P. Johnson have no pecuniary interest in the 3,428,871 shares of Common Stock.

	Marc R. Bryant, Duly authorized under Powers of Attorney, by and on behalf of FMR LLC and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, Edward C. Johnson 3d and Abigail P. Johnson	10/29/2015
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