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 *
STARR KEVIN P
   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Sage Therapeutics, Inc. [SAGE] 		5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
__X__ Director __X__ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
C/O THIRD ROCK VENTURES, LLC,, 29 NEWBURY STREET, 3RD FLOOR		 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
08/19/2016
(Street)

BOSTON, MA 02116		 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 08/19/2016   J(1)   1,000,000 D (1) 2,892,916 I See Footnote (2)
Common Stock               138,918 (3) D  

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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

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
STARR KEVIN P
C/O THIRD ROCK VENTURES, LLC,
29 NEWBURY STREET, 3RD FLOOR
BOSTON, MA 02116		   X   X    

Signatures

 /s/ Kevin Gillis, as attorney-in-fact for Kevin Starr   08/19/2016
**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) On August 19, 2016, Third Rock Ventures II, L.P. ("TRV II") distributed, for no consideration, 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock of the Issuer (the "Shares") to its limited partners and to Third Rock Ventures GP II, L.P. ("TRV GP II"), the general partner of TRV II, representing each such partner's pro rata interest in such Shares. On the same date, TRV GP II distributed, for no consideration, the Shares it received in the distribution by TRV II to its partners, representing each such partner's pro rata interest in such Shares. All of the aforementioned distributions were made in accordance with the exemptions afforded by Rules 16a-13 and 16a-9 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
(2) These shares are directly held by TRV II. The general partner of TRV II is TRV GP II. The general partner of TRV GP II is TRV GP II, LLC ("TRV GP II LLC"). The individual managers of TRV GP II LLC are Mark Levin ("Levin"), Kevin Starr ("Starr") and Dr. Robert Tepper ("Tepper"). Each of TRV GP II, TRV GP II LLC, Levin, Starr and Tepper disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares except to the extent of its or his pecuniary interest therein, if any, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that it or he is the beneficial owner of such shares.
(3) Includes 73,691 Shares received in connection with the distribution from TRV GP II described in footnote (1) above.

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