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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*
Lawley Lori D
(Last) (First) (Middle)
C/O NEWLINK GENETICS CORPORATION
2503 SOUTH LOOP DR.
(Street)
AMES IA 50010
(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
08/01/2018 		3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
NEWLINK GENETICS CORP [ (NLNK) ]
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Director 10% Owner
X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
Principal Accounting Officer
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 1,526 D
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) 04/20/2016(1) 04/19/2025 Common Stock 10,000 52.64 D
Stock Option (Right to Buy) 02/01/2017(1) 01/31/2026 Common Stock 2,000 24.42 D
Stock Option (Right to Buy) 09/09/2016(2) 08/08/2026 Common Stock 5,000 10.78 D
Stock Option (Right to Buy) 02/01/2018(1) 01/31/2027 Common Stock 2,352 12.68 D
Stock Option (Right to Buy) 12/01/2018(1) 11/30/2027 Common Stock 10,000 8.86 D
Stock Option (Right to Buy) 03/01/2019(1) 03/08/2028 Common Stock 2,000 7.85 D
Stock Option (Right to Buy) 09/01/2018(3) 07/31/2028 Common Stock 25,000 3.17 D
Explanation of Responses:
1. Grant to the Reporting Person of a stock option under the 2009 Equity Incentive Plan (the "Plan"). The option vests over a four-year period, with 25% of such option vesting on the one-year anniversary of the vesting commencement date and the remaining 75% of such option vesting in equal monthly installments over the next 36 months, provided that at the relevant vesting dates the Reporting Person's continuous service to the Issuer has not been terminated as defined in or as determined under the Plan. The option expires ten years after the date of grant.
2. Grant to the Reporting Person of a stock option under the Plan. The option vests and becomes exercisable in a series of 36 successive equal monthly installments beginning on September 9, 2016, provided that at the relevant vesting dates the Reporting Person's continuous service to the Issuer has not been terminated as defined in or as determined under the Plan. The option expires ten years after the date of grant.
3. Grant to the Reporting Person of a stock option under the Plan. The option vests and becomes exercisable in a series of 48 successive equal monthly installments beginning on September 1, 2018, provided that at the relevant vesting dates the Reporting Person's continuous service to the Issuer has not been terminated as defined in or as determined under the Plan. The option expires ten years after the date of grant.
Remarks:
/s/ Ryan Trytten, attorney-in-fact 08/03/2018
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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POWER OF ATTORNEY

(For Executing Form ID and Forms 3, 4 and 5)

    Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of James C.T. Linfield, Kassendra Galindo and Kevin Tsai of Cooley LLP, and Charles J. Link, Jr., Carl W. Langren and Ryan D. Trytten of NewLink Genetics Corporation (the "Company"), signing individually, the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in fact and agents to:

    (1)    Prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the undersigned's behalf, and submit to the the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") Form ID and Forms 3, 4 and 5 (including amendments thereto and joint filing agreements in connection therewith) in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") and the rules thereunder in the undersigned's capacity as an officer, director or beneficial owner of more than 10% of a registered class of securities of the Company;

    (2)    Do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned that may be necessary or desirable to prepare and execute any such Form ID and Forms 3, 4 or 5 (including amendments thereto and joint filing agreements in connection therewith) and file such forms with the SEC and any stock exchange, self-regulatory association or any similar authority; and

    (3)    Take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing that, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required of the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by the attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as the attorney-in-fact may approve in the attorney-in-fact's discretion.

    The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney in fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney in fact, or such attorney in fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, and their substitutes, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming (nor is the Company assuming) any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

    This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the earliest to occur of (a) the undersigned is no longer required to file Form ID or Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, (b) revocation by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the Company and the foregoing attorneys-in fact or (c) as to any attorney-in-fact individually, until such attorney-in-fact is no longer employed by the Company or Cooley LLP, as applicable.

    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of the date written below.


Date:  July 19, 2018
                    By: /s/ Lori D. Lawley
                        Lori D. Lawley