Richard Eberly Form 4 MERIDIAN BIOSCIENCE / RICHARD EBERLY ownership change

SEC Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

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^*

EBERLY RICHARD

(Last) (First) (Middle)

3471 RIVER HILLS DRIVE

(Street)

CINCINNATI OH 45244

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
MERIDIAN BIOSCIENCE INC [ VIVO ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
EVP,Pres Meridian Life Science

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
11/04/2015

4. If Amendment, Date of 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

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	11/04/2015		A		10,000(1)	A	$0	52,719	D
Common Stock	11/04/2015		A		10,000(2)	A	$0	62,719	D
Common Stock	11/05/2015		D		9,000(3)	D	$0	53,719	D

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 Securities Underlying Derivative Security (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: 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

Explanation of Responses:

1. These restricted stock units are awarded under the 2012 Stock Incentive Plan and vest in full (or 100%) on November 15, 2019.

2. These restricted stock units are awarded under the 2012 Stock Incentive Plan and vest 25% per year over four years, subject to attainment of a specified earnings target for fiscal 2016.

3. These restricted stock units were awarded under the 2012 Stock Incentive Plan and were subject to attainment by the Company of a specified earnings target for fiscal 2015. As the Company did not reach the target, these restricted stock units have been cancelled.

	/s/ Melissa A. Lueke as Attorney-in-Fact for Richard Eberly	11/06/2015
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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