Charles R Kaye Form 4 AVALARA / CHARLES R KAYE 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^*

WARBURG PINCUS & CO.

(Last) (First) (Middle)

450 LEXINGTON AVENUE

(Street)

NEW YORK NY 10017

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
AVALARA, INC. [ AVLR ]

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

Director	X	10% Owner
Officer (give title below)		Other (specify below)

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
02/19/2019

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

	Form filed by One Reporting Person
X	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	02/19/2019		S		4,465,000	D	$49.03	8,797,002	I	See Footnotes(1)(2)(3)
Common Stock	02/19/2019		S		235,000	D	$49.03	462,987	I	See Footnotes(1)(2)(4)

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

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

WARBURG PINCUS & CO.

(Last) (First) (Middle)

450 LEXINGTON AVENUE

(Street)

NEW YORK NY 10017

(City) (State) (Zip)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

KAYE CHARLES R

(Last) (First) (Middle)

C/O WARBURG PINCUS LLC

450 LEXINGTON AVENUE

(Street)

NEW YORK NY 10017

(City) (State) (Zip)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Landy Joseph P.

(Last) (First) (Middle)

C/O WARBURG PINCUS LLC

450 LEXINGTON AVENUE

(Street)

NEW YORK NY 10017

(City) (State) (Zip)

Explanation of Responses:

1. Warburg Pincus Private Equity XI, L.P. ("WPXI") holds shares through its subsidiary, WPXI Finance, LP ("WPXIF"). Warburg Pincus XI Partners, L.P. ("WPXI Partners") also holds shares and together with WPXI is referred to as the "WPXI Funds." WPXI GP, L.P. ("WPXIF GP") is the managing general partner of WPXIF. WPXI is the general partner of WPXIF GP. Warburg Pincus XI, L.P. ("WP XI GP") is the general partner of each of WPXI and WPXI Partners. WP Global LLC ("WP Global") is the general partner of WP XI GP. Warburg Pincus Partners II, L.P. ("WPP II") is the managing member of WP Global. Warburg Pincus Partners GP LLC ("WPP GP LLC") is the general partner of WPP II. Warburg Pincus & Co. ("WP") is the managing member of WPP GP LLC. Warburg Pincus LLC ("WP LLC") is the manager of the WPXI Funds.

2. (Continued from Footnote 1) Charles R. Kaye and Joseph P. Landy are each Managing General Partners of WP and Managing Members and Co-Chief Executive Officers of WP LLC and may be deemed to control the Warburg Pincus entities. Messrs. Kaye and Landy disclaim beneficial ownership of all shares held by the WPXI Funds entities. Mr. Sadrian, a director of the Issuer, is a Partner of WP and a Member and Managing Director of WP LLC.

3. Shares held by WPXI through its subsidiary WPXIF. Each of WPXIF GP, WPXI Partners, WP XI GP, WP Global, WPP II, WPP GP LLC, WP and WP LLC, and Messrs. Kaye, Landy and Sadrian disclaim beneficial ownership of such securities, except to the extent of its or his pecuniary interest therein, if any.

4. Shares held directly by WPXI Partners. Each of WPXI, WPXIF, WPXIF GP, WP XI GP, WP Global, WPP II, WPP GP LLC, WP, WP LLC, and Messrs. Kaye, Landy and Sadrian disclaim beneficial ownership of such securities, except to the extent of its or his pecuniary interest therein, if any.

Remarks:

Form 2 of 2. Two reports are filed that relate to the same transactions. See Form 1 of 2 for additional reporting owners. Exhibit 99.1 list of reporting owners and signature page filed herewith.

	WARBURG PINCUS & Co. by Robert B. Knauss, Partner, /s/ Robert B. Knauss	02/21/2019
	See Exhibit 99.1 for signatures of other Reporting Owners	02/21/2019
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