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* JOHNSON JAMES A (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O ATHIRA PHARMA, INC. 4000 MASON ROAD, SUITE 300 (Street) SEATTLE WA 98195 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 09/17/2020	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Athira Pharma, Inc. [ ATHA ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)	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)

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)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Stock Option (Right to Buy)(1)	(2)	09/16/2030	Common Stock	27,742	17	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Reflects a 7.9302-for-1 reverse stock split of the outstanding shares of the Issuer effected September 11, 2020.

2. One-thirty-sixth of the shares subject to the option will vest on September 26, 2020 and one-thirty-sixth of the shares subject to the option will vest each month thereafter.

Remarks:

	Glenna Mileson, Attorney in fact for James A. Johnson	09/17/2020
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned, as a Section 16 reporting person of Athira Pharma, Inc. (the
Company), hereby constitutes and appoints Glenna Mileson, Barbara Mery and each
of the responsible attorneys and paralegals of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati,
Professional Corporation, the undersigneds true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

1.	complete and execute Forms ID, 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 ID, 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 	August 28, 2020



Signature: /s/ James A. Johnson
	James A. Johnson