| FORM 3 | UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
| 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
01/02/2009 | 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
MDRNA, Inc.
[MRNA]
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4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable) | Director | | 10% Owner | | X | Officer (give title below) | | Other (specify below) | | Chief Scientific Officer |
| 5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
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6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
| X | Form filed by One Reporting Person | | Form filed by More than One Reporting Person |
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| Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned |
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| 1. Title of Security (Instr.
4)
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Amount of Securities Owned (Instr.
4)
| 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr.
5)
| 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr.
5)
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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) |
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| 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 Excercise Price of Derivative Security
| 5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)
| 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
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| Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares |
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| Explanation of Responses: |
| No securities are beneficially owned |
Remarks:
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| /s/Bruce R. York
Attorney in Fact | 01/05/2009 |
| ** Signature of Reporting Person | Date |
| Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. |
| * If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(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).
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see Instruction 6 for procedure. |
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LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR
SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS
The undersigned, as an officer or director of MDRNA, Inc. (the "Company"),
hereby constitutes and appoints Bruce R. York and Ingrid Simms the undersigned's
true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents to complete and execute such Forms
144, Forms 3, 4 and 5 and other forms as such attorneys shall in his or her
discretion determine to be required or advisable pursuant to Rule 144
promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933 (as amended), Section 16 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (as amended) and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder, or any successor laws and regulations, as a consequence
of the undersigned's ownership, acquisition or disposition of securities of the
Company, and to do all acts necessary in order to file such forms with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, any securities exchange or national
association, the Company and such other person or agency as the attorney(s)
shall deem appropriate. The undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that
said attorneys-in-fact and agents shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
This Limited 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 writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.
This Limited Power of Attorney is executed at Redmond, Washington, as of the
date set forth below.
/s/Barry A. Polisky
Signature
Dated: December 29, 2008
Witness:
/s/Judith Jaehning
Signature
Dated: December 29, 2008