Jeffrey M Blackburn Form 4 AMAZON COM / Jeffrey M Blackburn 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^*

Blackburn Jeffrey M

(Last) (First) (Middle)

P.O. BOX 81226

(Street)

SEATTLE WA 98108-1226

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
AMAZON COM INC [ AMZN ]

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

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

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
02/15/2016

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, par value $.01 per share	02/15/2016		M		508	A	$0	57,595	D
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share	02/15/2016		M		5,625	A	$0	63,220	D
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share	02/16/2016		S(1)		336	D	$513.9046(2)	62,884	D
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share	02/16/2016		S(1)		925	D	$516.0381(3)	61,959	D
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share	02/16/2016		S(1)		1,043	D	$517.1174(4)	60,916	D
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share	02/16/2016		S(1)		232	D	$518.1448(5)	60,684	D
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share	02/16/2016		S(1)		1,100	D	$519.79(6)	59,584	D
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share	02/16/2016		S(1)		897	D	$520.6436(7)	58,687	D
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share	02/16/2016		S(1)		700	D	$521.6529(8)	57,987	D
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share	02/16/2016		S(1)		800	D	$522.6375(9)	57,187	D
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share	02/16/2016		S(1)		100	D	$524.29	57,087	D
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share								20,000	I	In trust
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share								471.21	I	Held by the reporting person's Amazon.com 401(k) plan account

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
Restricted Stock Unit Award	$0.0(10)	02/15/2016		M			508	05/15/2013(11)	02/15/2018	Common Stock, par value $.01 per share	508	$0	33,902	D
Restricted Stock Unit Award	$0.0(10)	02/15/2016		M			5,625	05/15/2014(12)	02/15/2016	Common Stock, par value $.01 per share	5,625	$0	0	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. This transaction was effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by the reporting person.

2. Represents the weighted average sale price. The highest price at which shares were sold was $514.10 and the lowest price at which shares were sold was $513.61.

3. Represents the weighted average sale price. The highest price at which shares were sold was $516.37 and the lowest price at which shares were sold was $515.61.

4. Represents the weighted average sale price. The highest price at which shares were sold was $517.60 and the lowest price at which shares were sold was $516.62.

5. Represents the weighted average sale price. The highest price at which shares were sold was $518.22 and the lowest price at which shares were sold was $518.05.

6. Represents the weighted average sale price. The highest price at which shares were sold was $520.04 and the lowest price at which shares were sold was $519.06.

7. Represents the weighted average sale price. The highest price at which shares were sold was $521.09 and the lowest price at which shares were sold was $520.10.

8. Represents the weighted average sale price. The highest price at which shares were sold was $522.02 and the lowest price at which shares were sold was $521.19.

9. Represents the weighted average sale price. The highest price at which shares were sold was $523.15 and the lowest price at which shares were sold was $522.30.

10. Converts into Common Stock on a one-for-one basis.

11. This award vests based upon the following vesting schedule and the satisfaction of certain business criteria intended to qualify the award as tax-deductible compensation under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code: 361 shares on each of May 15, 2013, August 15, 2013, and November 15, 2013; 360 shares on February 15, 2014; 1,428 shares on each of May 15, 2014, August 15, 2014, November 15, 2014, and February 15, 2015; 508 shares on each of May 15, 2015, August 15, 2015, November 15, 2015, and February 15, 2016; 4,788 shares on May 15, 2016; 4,787 shares on each of August 15, 2016, November 15, 2016, and February 15, 2017; 3,689 shares on May 15, 2017; and 3,688 shares on each of August 15, 2017, November 15, 2017, and February 15, 2018.

12. This award vests based upon the following vesting schedule and the satisfaction of certain business criteria intended to qualify the award as tax-deductible compensation under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code: 5,625 shares on each of May 15, 2014, August 15, 2014, November 15, 2014, February 15, 2015, May 15, 2015, August 15, 2015, November 15, 2015, and February 15, 2016.

Remarks:

The reporting person undertakes to provide, upon request by the staff of the SEC, the issuer, or a security holder of the issuer, full information regarding the number of shares transacted at each price, with respect to all transactions reported on this Form 4.

	/s/ by Michael D. Deal as attorney-in-fact for Jeffrey M. Blackburn, Senior Vice President	02/17/2016
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