Ginn Scott G Form 4 AMEDISYS / Scott G Ginn 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^*

Ginn Scott G

(Last) (First) (Middle)

3854 AMERICAN WAY, SUITE A

(Street)

BATON ROUGE LA 70816

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
AMEDISYS INC [ AMED ]

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

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

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
02/20/2018

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	02/20/2018		M		1,875	A	$0.00	18,291(1)	D
Common Stock	02/20/2018		M		852	A	$0.00	19,143	D
Common Stock								2,564(2)	I	Through 401(k)Plan

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 (Performance-Based Vesting)	(3)	02/20/2018		M			1,875	(3)	(3)	Common Stock	1,875	$0.00	1,875(4)	D
Restricted Stock Unit (Performance-Based Vesting)	(5)	02/20/2018		M			852	(5)	(5)	Common Stock	852	$0.00	0	D
Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$27.35	02/20/2018		A		5,625		(6)	05/01/2025	Common Stock	5,625	$0.00	5,625(7)	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Includes 887 shares held in an employee stock purchase plan account.

2. The information in this report is based on a plan statement dated as of December 31, 2017.

3. Each Restricted Stock Unit ("RSU") represents a contingent right to receive one share of the Issuer's common stock. The RSUs are subject to performance-based vesting and will vest, if at all, based on (i) the certification by the Compensation Committee of the Issuer's Board of Directors of the achievement of identified performance goals for fiscal years 2015 through 2018, respectively, and (ii) additional time-based vesting conditions (2015 Tranche: approximately one-third on each of June 4, 2016, 2017 and 2018; 2016 Tranche: approximately one-third on each of June 4, 2017, 2018 and 2019; 2017 Tranche: approximately one-third on each of June 4, 2018, 2019 and 2020; and 2018 Tranche: one-third on June 4, 2019, and two-thirds on June 4, 2020), assuming the Reporting Person remains continuously employed by the Issuer on each such date, subject to certain pro-rated vesting provisions as provided in the award agreement for the RSUs. The performance criteria for fiscal year 2017 were met.

4. The number of performance-based vesting RSUs listed in Table II, Column 9 represents the maximum number of shares of common stock the Reporting Person would receive based on the satisfaction of all of the remaining pre-determined performance conditions.

5. The RSUs are subject to performance-based vesting and will vest (i) on the certification by the Compensation Committee of the Issuer's Board of Directors of the achievement of identified performance goals for fiscal year 2017, and (ii) additional time-based vesting conditions and will vest in equal, 25% installments on each of July 19, 2018, July 19, 2019, July 19, 2020 and July 19, 2021, assuming the Reporting Person remains continuously employed by the Issuer on each such date, subject to certain pro-rated vesting provisions as provided in the award agreement for the RSUs. The performance criteria for fiscal year 2017 were met.

6. The option is subject to time-based vesting conditions and vests in three equal annual installments on each of the following dates: May 1, 2018; May 1, 2019; and May 1, 2020.

7. On May 1, 2015, the Reporting Person was granted an option to purchase 22,500 shares of common stock. The option vests based on the Issuer's satisfaction of certain performance criteria for each of the fiscal years ending December 31, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 and is subject to additional time-based vesting conditions, with each annual performance tranche vesting in three equal annual installments (other than the 2018 Tranche, which vests in two installments of one third and two-thirds, respectively). The performance criteria for 2017 were met, resulting in vesting of the option as to 5,625 shares (subject to the additional time-based vesting conditions noted in footnote 6 above).

Remarks:

	/s/ Jennifer R. Guckert, pursuant to a power of attorney	02/22/2018
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