SEC Form 4 · accession 0001179110-15-012885

ALERE INC. · ALR

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

Reporting owner

Officer — VP, Chief Accounting Officer

Period of report

Aug 31, 2015

Accepted (ET)

Sep 2, 2015 · 4:52 pm EDT

Rule 10b5-1 plan

unknown — predates the checkbox

Issuer CIK

0001145460

Table I — non-derivative securities

Security	Date	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Owned after	D/I	Nature of ownership
Common Stock	Jun 9, 2015	G	304	$0.00	D	2,948	D
Common Stock	Jun 30, 2015	J	243	$31.841	A	3,191	D
Common Stock^F1	Aug 31, 2015	M	3,333	—	A	6,524	D
Common Stock	Aug 31, 2015	F	1,083	$51.97	D	5,441	D
Common Stock^F4	holding	—	—		—	462	I	See Footnote

Security	Conv. / exercise price	Date	Code	Shares	A/D	Exercisable	Expires	Underlying	Underlying shares	Owned after	D/I
Restricted Stock Units^F1,F2	—	Aug 31, 2015	M	3,333	D	—	—	Common Stock	3,333	6,667	D

F1Each restricted stock unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of Alere common stock.
F2On August 31, 2014, the reporting person was granted 10,000 restricted stock units, which vest as follows: 3,333 on the first anniversary of the grant date (8/31/15); 3,333 on the second anniversary of the grant date (8/31/16); and 3,334 on the third anniversary of the grant date (8/31/17).
F3These securities were acquired under the Alere Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan. These transactions, which are exempt from Section 16(b) by virtue of Rule 16-3(c), are being voluntarily reported.
F4These securities are owned by the 2012 Flakne Family Trust, for which the reporting person & her spouse are the trustees.