Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

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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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
SILVERSTEIN JONATHAN
  2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
INTERCEPT PHARMACEUTICALS INC [ICPT]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
__X__ Director _____ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
C/O INTERCEPT PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., 450 W. 15TH STREET, SUITE 505
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
07/17/2014
(Street)

NEW YORK, NY 10011
4. If Amendment, Date 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
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
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 (1) 07/17/2014   A   285 (1) A (1) 285 (3) D  
Common Stock               1,656,258 (3) I See footnote (4)

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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 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
Option to Purchase Common Stock $ 210.36 07/17/2014   A   348     (2) 07/17/2024 Common Stock 348 $ 0 348 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
SILVERSTEIN JONATHAN
C/O INTERCEPT PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
450 W. 15TH STREET, SUITE 505
NEW YORK, NY 10011
  X      

Signatures

 /s/ Bryan Yoon, as attorney-in-fact   07/21/2014
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Represents shares of restricted stock granted on July 17, 2014. 100% of the shares of restricted stock will vest on July 17, 2015, the one year anniversary of the grant date, subject to the terms and conditions of the award and the Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2012 Equity Incentive Plan (the "2012 Plan"); provided, however, that if the date of the 2015 annual meeting of stockholders is held prior to the one year anniversary date from the grant, the shares of restricted stock shall vest as of the close of business on the day immediately preceding such annual meeting date, subject to the director's continued service on the issuer's board of directors.
(2) 100% of the shares underlying this option (i.e. 348 shares) will vest on July 17, 2015, the one year anniversary of the grant date, subject to the terms and conditions of the award and the 2012 Plan; provided, however, that if the date of the 2015 annual meeting of stockholders is held prior to the one year anniversary date from the grant, the shares underlying the option shall vest as of the close of business on the day immediately preceding such annual meeting date, subject to the director's continued service on the issuer's board of directors.
(3) On June 23, 2014, the reporting person, pursuant to his obligation to OrbiMed Advisors LLC ("Advisors"), transferred to OrbiMed Private Investments IV, LP ("OPI IV") and certain of its related entities 2,629 shares of common stock of the issuer previously received by the reporting person upon the vesting of restricted stock units. The transfer was made without consideration. See Note 4.
(4) These shares are held of record by OPI IV. OrbiMed Capital GP IV LLC ("GP IV") is the general partner of OPI IV and Advisors is the managing member of GP IV. Samuel D. Isaly ("Isaly") is the managing member of and owner of a controlling interest in Advisors and may be deemed to have voting and investment power over the shares held by OPI IV. The reporting person is a member of Advisors. Each of GP IV, Advisors, Isaly and the reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities reported herein for purposes of Rule 16a-1(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), except to the extent of its or his pecuniary interest therein, if any. This report shall not be deemed an admission that any such person is a beneficial owner for the purpose of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, or for any other purpose.

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