Brian E. Brown Form 4 ELLIE MAE / BRIAN E. BROWN 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^*

BROWN BRIAN E.

(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 and General Counsel

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
02/15/2018

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	02/15/2018(1)		F		900	D	$89.76	14,238	D
Common Stock	02/16/2018(2)		S		1,540	D	$89.22	12,698	D
Common Stock	02/20/2018(3)		M		541	A	$29.96	13,239	D
Common Stock	02/20/2018(3)		S		541	D	$90.18	12,698	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)	$29.96	02/20/2018(3)		M			541	(4)	02/18/2024	Common Stock	541	(5)	68	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Represents shares of common stock withheld by the Issuer in payment of the withholding tax liability incurred upon the vesting of restricted stock units. The amount of shares withheld is based on the closing price of ELLI on February 15, 2018.

2. The sales reported on this Form 4 were effected pursuant to the reporting person's Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

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

4. Option vests with respect to 25% of the shares subject thereto on February 18, 2015, with 1/48th of the shares vesting monthly thereafter, such that the option will be fully vested and exercisable on February 18, 2018.

5. 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.

	/s/ Brian E. Brown	02/20/2018
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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