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*
De Groot Eleanor

(Last) (First) (Middle)
C/O ALAUNOS THERAPEUTICS, INC.
8030 EL RIO ST.

(Street)
HOUSTON TX 77054

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Alaunos Therapeutics, Inc. [ TCRT ]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Director 10% Owner
X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
EVP, Operations
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
03/30/2022
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
Employee Stock Option (right to buy) $0.66 03/30/2022 A 350,000 (1) 03/29/2032 Common Stock 350,000 $0.00 350,000 D
Explanation of Responses:
1. One-sixteenth of the shares underlying the option vest in equal quarterly installments commencing three months after January 1, 2022, subject to the Reporting Person's continued service through each such date.
Remarks:
Exhibit List - Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney
/s/ Melinda Lackey, Attorney-in-Fact 04/01/2022
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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                                Power of Attorney

    Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby makes,
constitutes and appoints each of Melinda Lackey and Michael Wong, or either of
them acting singly, and with full power of substitution and re-substitution,
the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact (each of such persons and
their substitutes being referred to herein as the "Attorney-in-Fact"), with
full power to act for the undersigned and in the undersigned's name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to:

    1.  Prepare, execute, and submit to the Securities and Exchange Commission
        ("SEC") a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other
        documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords
        enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of
        reports required or considered by the Attorney-in-Fact to be advisable
        under Section 13 or Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
        (the "Exchange Act") or any rule or regulation of the SEC;

    2.  Prepare, execute and submit to the SEC, Ziopharm Oncology, Inc.
        (including any successor or assign, the "Company"), and/or any national
        securities exchange on which the Company's securities are listed any
        and all reports (including any amendments thereto) the undersigned is
        required to file with the SEC, or which the Attorney-in-Fact considers
        it advisable to file with the SEC, under Section 13 or Section 16 of
        the Exchange Act or any rule or regulation thereunder, or under Rule
        144 under the Securities Act of 1933 ("Rule 144"), with respect to the
        any security of the Company, including Forms 3, 4 and 5, Schedules 13D
        and 13G, and Forms 144; and

    3.  Obtain, as the undersigned's representative and on the undersigned's
        behalf, information regarding transactions in the Company's equity
        securities from any third party, including the Company and any brokers,
        dealers, employee benefit plan administrators and trustees, and the
        undersigned hereby authorizes any such third party to release any such
        information to the Attorney-in-Fact.

    The undersigned acknowledges that:

        a)  This Power of Attorney authorizes, but does not require, the
            Attorney-in-Fact to act in his or her discretion on information
            provided to such Attorney-in-Fact without independent verification
            of such information;

        b)  Any documents prepared or executed by the Attorney-in-Fact on
            behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney will
            be in such form and will contain such information as the Attorney-
            in-Fact, in his or her discretion, deems necessary or desirable;

        c)  Neither the Company nor the Attorney-in-Fact assumes any liability
            for the undersigned's responsibility to comply with the
            requirements of Section 13 or Section 16 of the Exchange Act or
            Rule 144, any liability of the undersigned for any failure to
            comply with such requirements, or any liability of the undersigned
            for disgorgement of profits under Section 16(b) of the Exchange
            Act; and

        d)  This Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from
            responsibility for compliance with the undersigned's obligations
            under Section 13 or Section 16 of the Exchange Act, including,
            without limitation, the reporting requirements under Section 13 or
            Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

    The undersigned hereby grants to the Attorney-in-Fact full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite, necessary
or advisable to be done in connection with the foregoing, as fully, to all
intents and purposes, as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that the Attorney-in-Fact, or his or her
substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by authority
of this Power of Attorney.

    This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 4 or 5 or Schedules 13D or 13G
or Forms 144 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in
securities of the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a
signed writing delivered to the Attorney-in-Fact. This Power of Attorney
revokes all previous powers of attorney with respect to the subject matter of
this Power of Attorney.

    The signature may be delivered via facsimile, electronic mail (including
any electronic signature covered by the U.S. federal ESIGN Act of 2000, Uniform
Electronic Transactions Act, the Electronic Signatures and Records Act or other
applicable law, e.g., www.docusign.com) or other transmission method and any
signature so delivered shall be deemed to have been duly and validly delivered
and be valid and effective for all purposes.

    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
as of January 10, 2022.

                                   Eleanor de Groot

                                   /s/ Eleanor de Groot
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                                   Signature