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 *
Maag Peter
  2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
CareDx, Inc. [CDNA]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
__X__ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
See Remarks
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
C/O CAREDX, INC., 3260 BAYSHORE BOULEVARD
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
11/21/2018
(Street)

BRISBANE, CA 94005
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 11/21/2018   M   50,000 A $ 0.548 439,747 D  
Common Stock 11/21/2018   M   37,636 A $ 6.49 477,383 D  
Common Stock 11/21/2018   M   23,158 A $ 5.49 500,541 D  
Common Stock               1,000 I As UTMA custodian for minor child (1)
Common Stock               1,000 I As UTMA custodian for minor child (1)

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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
Stock Option (Right to Buy) $ 0.548 11/21/2018   M     50,000 11/01/2012(2) 10/17/2022 Common Stock 50,000 $ 0 0 D  
Stock Option (Right to Buy) $ 6.49 11/21/2018   M     37,636   (3) 03/06/2025 Common Stock 37,636 $ 0 42,364 D  
Stock Option (Right to Buy) $ 5.49 11/21/2018   M     23,158   (4)(5) 11/09/2024 Common Stock 23,158 $ 0 46,316 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
Maag Peter
C/O CAREDX, INC.
3260 BAYSHORE BOULEVARD
BRISBANE, CA 94005
  X     See Remarks  

Signatures

 /s/ Peter Maag   11/21/2018
**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) Shares are held of record by the Reporting Person as custodian for a minor child under the Uniform Transfer to Minors Act. The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of these shares, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that the Reporting Person is the beneficial owner of these securities for purposes of Section 16 or for any other purpose.
(2) 2/48ths of the shares subject to this option vested and became exercisable on the Date Exercisable set forth in column 6 and each month thereafter until October 1, 2013. 1/36th of the remaining shares vested and became exercisable each month thereafter.
(3) 1/4th of the shares subject to this option vested on January 21, 2016 and 1/48th of the shares subject to this option vest monthly thereafter.
(4) The shares subject to this option vest in three equal installments based upon the Issuer's achievement of certain performance goals as follows: (i) one third of the shares subject to the option vest upon the Issuer's determination, which has been reviewed by the Issuer's independent registered public accounting firm, that the Issuer has achieved $10 million of total cumulative sales of Allosure, its proprietary next-generation sequencing-based test to detect donor-derived, cell-free DNA after transplantation, commencing after November 8, 2017, (ii) one third of the shares subject to the option vest upon the Issuer's determination, which has been reviewed by the Issuer's independent registered public accounting firm, that the Issuer has achieved quarterly revenues of at least $18.75 million for two consecutive fiscal quarters commencing after November 8, 2017
(5) (Continued from Footnote 4) and (iii) one third of the shares subject to the option vested upon the closing sales price of the Issuer's common stock being at or above $5.00 per share, as quoted by NASDAQ, for 10 consecutive trading days after November 8, 2017.
 
Remarks:
President and Chief Executive Officer

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