Sec Form 4 Filing - JOHNSON SABRINA MARTUCCI @ Dare Bioscience, Inc. - 2017-07-19

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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, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person JOHNSON SABRINA MARTUCCI 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Dare Bioscience, Inc. [ DARE] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X __ Director X __ 10% Owner X __ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Chief Executive Officer (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O DARE BIOSCIENCE, INC., 11119 NORTH TORREY PINES ROAD, SUITE 200 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (MM/DD/YY) 07/19/2017 (Street) LA JOLLA, CA92037 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YY) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) __ X __ Form filed by One Reporting Person _____ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip)

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned 1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (MM/DD/YY) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (MM/DD/YY) 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 Stock 07/19/2017 A 962,062 A 962,062 I By The Vincent S. Johnson and Sabrina M. Johnson Family Trust Dated February 4, 2005

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 (MM/DD/YY) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (MM/DD/YY) 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 (MM/DD/YY) 7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (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 of Derivative Security: 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

Reporting Owners Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships Director 10% Owner Officer Other JOHNSON SABRINA MARTUCCI C/O DARE BIOSCIENCE, INC. 11119 NORTH TORREY PINES ROAD, SUITE 200 LA JOLLA, CA92037 X X Chief Executive Officer Signatures /s/ Sebastian E. Lucier, Attorney-in-fact 07/25/2017 Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

( 1 )In exchange for the issuance of shares of common stock and options to purchase shares of common stock of Dare Bioscience, Inc. (the "Corporation"), the Corporation acquired all of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock of Dare Bioscience Operations, Inc. ("Dare Operations") pursuant to the terms of a Stock Purchase Agreement, dated March 19, 2017, by and between the Corporation, Dare Operations and certain equityholders of Dare Operations party thereto, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 8-K on March 20, 2017 (such exchanges and issuances, the "Transaction"). ( 2 )The shares of common stock of the Corporation reported reflect the 10 for 1 reverse stock split effected by the Corporation on July 20, 2017. These shares of common stock of the Corporation were received in connection with the Transaction in exchange for 4,739,295 shares of Dare Operations common stock. On the effective date of the Transaction, the closing price of the common stock of the Corporation, as reported on The Nasdaq Capital Market, was $6.56 per share (on a post-split basis). Each share of common stock of Dare Operations was cancelled and exchanged for the right to receive 0.2029969047 shares of common stock of the Corporation (on a post-split basis).

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