SEC Form 4 · accession 0001209191-16-090352

NUVASIVE INC · NUVA

Statement of changes in beneficial ownership, as filed. Original on EDGAR ↗

Reporting owner

Officer — President and COO

Period of report

Jan 5, 2016

Accepted (ET)

Jan 7, 2016 · 4:11 pm EST

Rule 10b5-1 plan

unknown — predates the checkbox

Issuer CIK

0001142596

Table I — non-derivative securities

Security	Date	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Owned after	D/I
Common Stock^F1	Jan 5, 2016	M	64,028	$38.94	A	95,674	D
Common Stock^F2,F1	Jan 5, 2016	F	53,305	$53.44	D	42,369	D
Common Stock^F3,F4,F1	Jan 6, 2016	S	9,223	$53.88	D	33,146	D
Common Stock^F3,F5,F1	Jan 6, 2016	S	1,500	$54.94	D	31,646	D

Security	Conv. / exercise price	Date	Code	Shares	A/D	Exercisable	Expires	Underlying	Underlying shares	Owned after	D/I
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)^F6	$38.94	Jan 5, 2016	M	64,028	D	—	Jan 4, 2018	Common Stock	64,028	0	D

F1Shares directly held by the Reporting Person. The Reporting Person also holds conditional rights to receive shares pursuant to previously disclosed Company equity awards.
F2Payment of exercise price and tax liability by Issuer's withholding of shares incident to the respective option exercise.
F3Sales effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 Trading Plan adopted by the Reporting Person, which is intended to comply with Rule 10b5-1.
F4Weighted average sales price from sales transactions ranging from $53.33 to $54.28. Upon request by the Commission staff, the Issuer or a security holder of the Issuer, the Reporting Person will undertake to provide full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price.
F5Weighted average sales price from sales transactions ranging from $54.31 to $55.08. Upon request by the Commission staff, the Issuer or a security holder of the Issuer, the Reporting Person will undertake to provide full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price.
F6The option, representing a right to purchase a total of 146,108 shares, was granted on January 4, 2008 and is fully vested.