UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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SCHEDULE 14A
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VITAL THERAPIES, INC.
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important notice of availability of Proxy materials for the Stockholder meeting of Vital Therapies, Inc. to Be held on November 17, 2015 at 8:00 a.m. the offices of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional Corporation located at one market Plaza, Spear tower, 1 market Street, Suite 3300, San Francisco, California 94105 company number account number Control number this communication presents only an overview of the more complete proxy materials that are available to you on the internet. We encourage you to access and review all of the important information contained in the proxy materials before voting if you want to receive a paper or e-mail copy of the proxy materials you must request one. There is no charge to you for requesting a copy to facilitate timely delivery please make the request as instructed below before 11/6/15. Please visit http://www.astproxyportal.com/ast/18939, where the following materials are available for view: Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders Proxy Statement Form of Electronic Proxy Card Annual Report on Form 10-K to request material: telephone: 888-Proxy-na (888-776-9962) 718-921-8562 (for international callers) e-mail: info@amstock.com website: http://www.amstock.com/proxyservices/requestmaterials.asp to Vote: onLine: To access your online proxy card, please visit www.voteproxy.com and follow the on-screen instructions or scan the QR code with your smartphone. You may enter your voting instructions at www.voteproxy.com up until 11:59 PM Eastern Time the day before the cut-off or meeting date. In Person: You may vote your shares in person by attending the Annual Meeting. telephone: To vote by telephone, please visit www.voteproxy.com to view the materials and to obtain the toll free number to call. mail: You may request a card by following the instructions above. 1. To elect the following Class I Director Nominees Nominees: Terence E. Winters, Ph.D. Philip M. Croxford Randolph C. Steer, M.D., Ph.D. 2. To ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC as Vital Therapies’ independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015. In their discretion, the proxies are authorized to vote upon such other business as may properly come before the annual meeting or any adjournments or postponements thereof. the board of directors recommends a Vote “For” all the nominees listed in Proposal 1 and “For” proposal 2. Directions to the 2015 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Vital Therapies, Inc. are available in the proxy statement, which can be viewed at http://www.astproxyportal.com/ast/18939. Please note that you cannot use this notice to vote by mail.