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* Slagel Dean (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O ESPERANTE NV, SIRIUSDREEF 22 (Street) HOOFDDORP P7 2132 WT (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Cara Therapeutics, Inc. [ CARA ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 12/31/2015
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year) 01/05/2016	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 Stock	12/31/2015		S(1)		12,776	D	$17(2)	1,345,562	I	By Esperante Holding NV(3)
Common Stock	01/05/2016		S(1)		31,224	D	$17.01(4)	1,314,338	I	By Esperante Holding NV(3)

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

Explanation of Responses:

1. These sales were effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by Esperante Holding NV on December 17, 2015 (See Footnote 3 herein).

2. The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $17.00 - $17.08, inclusive. The Reporting Person undertakes to provide to the Issuer, any security holder of the Issuer, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the ranges set forth in footnote (2) to this Form 4.

3. These shares are owned by Esperante Holding NV. The Reporting Person is a director of the Issuer and the Managing Director of Esperante BV, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Esperante Holding NV. The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.

4. The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $17.00 - $17.14, inclusive. The Reporting Person undertakes to provide to the Issuer, any security holder of the Issuer, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the ranges set forth in footnote (4) to this Form 4.

Remarks:

This Amendment to Form 4 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 5, 2016 (the "Original Filing") is being filed to correct the statements in the Original Filing that the shares of Common Stock were sold by Esperante BV. The shares of Common Stock were instead sold by Esperante Holding NV, a parent holding company of Esperante BV. The transfer of the shares of Common Stock previously held by Esperante BV to Esperante Holding NV was a change in the form of ownership without changing the Reporting Person's pecuniary interest and therefore not reportable.

	/s/Darren DeStefano, Attorney-in-Fact	01/12/2016
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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