Gates Cathleen Schreiner Form 4 ELLIE MAE / GATES CATHLEEN SCHREINER 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^*

SCHREINER GATES CATHLEEN

(Last) (First) (Middle)

C/O ELLIE MAE, INC.

4420 ROSEWOOD DRIVE, SUITE 500

(Street)

PLEASANTON CA 94588

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
ELLIE MAE INC [ ELLI ]

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

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
EVP, Sales & Marketing

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
01/03/2017

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	01/03/2017(1)		M		4,459	A	$55.3	32,653	D
Common Stock	01/03/2017(1)		S		4,459	D	$84.4245	28,194	D
Common Stock	01/03/2017(1)		M		6,174	A	$25.3	34,368	D
Common Stock	01/03/2017		S		6,174	D	$84.4245	28,194	D
Common Stock	01/03/2017(1)		M		2,386	A	$24.39	30,580	D
Common Stock	01/03/2017		S		2,386	D	$84.4245	28,194	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
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$24.39	01/03/2017(1)		M			2,386	(2)	05/03/2023	Common Stock	2,386	(3)	1,193	D
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$25.3	01/03/2017(1)		M			6,174	(2)	05/06/2024	Common Stock	6,174	(3)	3,386	D
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$55.3	01/03/2017(1)		M			4,459	(2)	03/23/2025	Common Stock	4,459	(3)	5,736	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. The exercise of these stock options was completed pursuant to the reporting person's Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

2. 25% of the stock option shares vest on one year anniversary of grant date, 1/48th of the total shares vest monthly thereafter.

3. The reported transaction is a grant of a derivative security, in which we have left column 8 blank, and have reported the exercise or conversion price of the derivative security in column 2.

	By: /s/ LeeAnn Linck, Attorney-in-Fact For: Cathleen Schreiner Gates	01/05/2017
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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