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*
North Michael Paul
(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 Information Officer
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
01/20/2018
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 01/20/2018 F 446 D $55.59 13,875(1) D
Common Stock 02/20/2018 M 1,875 A $0.00 15,750 D
Common Stock 02/20/2018 M 7,767 A $0.00 23,517 D
Common Stock 02/20/2018 F 786 D $56.87 22,731 D
Common Stock 275(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 Units (3) 02/20/2018 M 1,875 (3) (3) Common Stock 1,875 $0.00 1,875 D
Restricted Stock Units (4) 02/20/2018 M 7,767 (4) (4) Common Stock 7,767 $0.00 0 D
Stock Option (Right to Buy) $32.56 02/20/2018 A 5,625 (5) 06/02/2025 Common Stock 5,625 $0.00 5,625 D
Explanation of Responses:
1. Includes 477 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. The Restricted Stock Units ("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 years 2016 through 2018, respectively, and (ii) additional time-based vesting conditions (2016 Tranche: one-third on each of June 4, 2017, 2018 and 2019; 2017 Tranche: one-third on each of June 4, 2018, 2019 and 2020; and 2018 Tranche: one-third on each of June 4, 2019, 2020 and 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.
4. 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 January 20, 2018, January 20, 2019, January 20, 2020 and January 20, 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.
5. The performance-based vesting conditions of certain Stock Options reported on a Form 3 filed on November 14, 2016 were satisfied based 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. The Stock Options are subject to additional time-based vesting conditions (one-third on each of June 2, 2018, June 2, 2019 and June 2, 2020), assuming the Reporting Person remains continuously employed by the Issuer on such date, subject to certain pro-rated vesting provisions as provided in the award agreement for the Stock Options.
Remarks:
/s/ Jennifer R. Guckert, pursuant to a power of attorney 02/22/2018
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