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*
GARDINER SANDRA A.

(Last) (First) (Middle)
NEKTAR THERAPEUTICS
455 MISSION BAY BLVD S

(Street)
SAN FRANCISCO CA 94158

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
04/17/2023
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
NEKTAR THERAPEUTICS [ NKTR ]
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Director 10% Owner
X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
Chief Financial 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)
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
Explanation of Responses:
Remarks:
No securities are beneficially owned. Ex-24 Power of Attorney
No securities are beneficially owned.
Mark A. Wilson, Attorney-in-Fact 04/25/2023
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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POWER OF ATTORNEY


	Know all by these presents, that the undersigned's hereby authorizes Mark A.
Wilson, Chief Legal Officer of Nektar Therapeutics, as well as any officer of
Nektar Therapeutics (the "Company") to execute for and on behalf of the
undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an executive officer of the
Company, Forms 3, 4 and 5, and any amendments thereto, and cause such Forms(s)
to be filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant
to Section 16(a) of the Securities Act of 1934, relating to the undersigned's
beneficial ownership of securities in the Company. 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, 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 Securities
Exchange Act of 1934.


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
undersigned's holdings of, and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.


	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 24th day of April, 2023.




                                         /s/ Sandra A. Gardiner
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                                         Sandra A. Gardiner
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