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	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Novo Holdings A/S (Last) (First) (Middle) TUBORG HAVNEVEJ 19 (Street) HELLERUP G7 2900 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Milestone Pharmaceuticals Inc. [ MIST ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 05/13/2019
	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
COMMON SHARES	05/13/2019		M		1,377,048	A	$0.00	1,377,048	D
COMMON SHARES	05/13/2019		M		964,089	A	$0.00	2,341,137	D
COMMON SHARES	05/13/2019		P		333,333	A	$15	2,674,470	D

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
CLASS C PREFERRED SHARES	(1)	05/13/2019		M			1,377,048	(1)	(1)	COMMON SHARES	1,377,048	$0.00	0	D
CLASS D PREFERRED SHARES	(1)	05/13/2019		M			964,089	(1)	(1)	COMMON SHARES	964,089	$0.00	0	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Each Class C Preferred share and Class D Preferred share automatically converted into one Common share upon the completion of the initial public offering.

Remarks:

Novo Holdings A/S is a Danish limited liability company. The board of directors of Novo Holdings A/S (the "Novo Board") has shared investment and voting control over the securities of the Issuer held by Novo Holdings A/S (the "Shares") and may exercise such control only with the support of a majority of the Novo Board. As such, no individual member of the Novo Board is deemed to hold any beneficial ownership or reportable pecuniary interest in the Shares.

	/s/Peter Haahr, Chief Financial Officer of Novo Holdings A/S	05/14/2019
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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