SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Krognes Steve E. (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O PLIANT THERAPEUTICS, INC. 260 LITTLEFIELD AVENUE (Street) SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 06/13/2024	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol PLIANT THERAPEUTICS, INC. [ PLRX ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)	5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
			6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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 Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

Remarks:

No securities are beneficially owned.

	/s/ Jennifer Woo, attorney-in-fact	06/17/2024
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY

	The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Jennifer Woo,
Keith Cummings, Johannes (Hans) Hull and Mike Ouimette, signing singly, and
with full power of substitution, the undersigned's true and lawful
attorney-in-fact to:

	(1)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
capacity as officer and/or director of Pliant Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), from time to time the following
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") forms: (i) Form ID,
including any attached documents (such as Update Passphrase Authentication),
to effect the assignment of codes to the undersigned to be used in the
transmission of information to the SEC using the EDGAR System;
(ii) Form 3, Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership of Securities,
including any attached documents; (iii) Form 4, Statement of Changes
in Beneficial Ownership of Securities, including any attached documents;
(iv) Form 5, Annual Statement of Beneficial Ownership of Securities
in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended, and the rules thereunder, including any attached documents;
(v) Schedules 13D and 13G; and (vi) amendments of each thereof, in accordance
with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules thereunder,
including any attached documents;

	(2)	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such
Form 3, 4 or 5, Schedule 13D or 13G, or any amendment(s) thereto
and timely file such form(s) with the SEC and any securities exchange,
national association or similar authority; and

	(3)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to,
in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact
on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney
shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such
attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

	The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact, acting singly,
full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing
whatsoever requisite, necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of any of
the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and
purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present,
with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or
substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this
power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.
The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact,
in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not
assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's
responsibilities to comply with Section 16 or Regulation 13D-G of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.  The undersigned hereby agrees
to indemnify the attorneys-in-fact and the Company from and against
any demand, damage, loss, cost or expense arising from any false or misleading
information provided by the undersigned to the attorneys-in-fact.

	This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until
the undersigned is no longer required to file such forms with respect to
the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by
the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing
delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.  This Power of Attorney
supersedes any prior power of attorney in connection with the undersigned's
capacity as an officer and/or director of the Company.  This Power of Attorney
shall expire as to any individual attorney-in-fact if such attorney-in-fact
ceases to be an employee of, or legal counsel to, the Company.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of May 24, 2024.

							/s/ Steve Krognes
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