SEC FORM 4 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
 
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Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
PARSHALL B LYNNE

(Last) (First) (Middle)
280 EAST GRAND AVENUE

(Street)
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
CYTOKINETICS INC [ CYTK ]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
X Director 10% Owner
Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
05/18/2017
4. 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 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
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
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy) $14.25 05/18/2017 A 20,000 06/18/2017(1) 05/18/2027 Common Stock 20,000 $0.0 20,000 D
Explanation of Responses:
1. This option shall vest and become exercisable in 12 equal monthly installments and shall become fully vested on May 18, 2018.
By: Peter S. Roddy For: B. Lynne Parshall 05/22/2017
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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POWER OF ATTORNEY

       The undersigned, as a Section 16 reporting person of
Cytokinetics, Incorporated (the Company), hereby constitutes and
appoints Robert I. Blum and Peter S. Roddy, and each of them, the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to

1.	complete and execute Forms 3, 4 and 5 and other forms and
all amendments thereto as such attorney-in-fact shall in
his or her discretion determine to be required or
advisable pursuant to Section 16 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (as amended) and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder, or any successor laws
and regulations, as a consequence of the undersigneds
ownership, acquisition or disposition of securities of
the Company; and

2.	do all acts necessary in order to file such forms with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, any securities
exchange or national association, the Company and such
other person or agency as the attorney-in-fact shall deem
appropriate.

       The undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents shall do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-
in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of
the undersigneds responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (as amended).

       This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect
until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and
5 with respect to the undersigneds holdings of and transactions in
securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the
undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the Company and the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

       IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of
Attorney to be executed as of this 18 day of May, 2017.


Signature:	/s/ B. Lynne Parshall

Print Name:	B. Lynne Parshall