<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001127602-15-013945.txt : 20150403
<SEC-HEADER>0001127602-15-013945.hdr.sgml : 20150403
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20150403162752
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001127602-15-013945
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20150401
FILED AS OF DATE:		20150403
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20150403

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			INSULET CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001145197
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SURGICAL & MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS & APPARATUS [3841]
		IRS NUMBER:				043523891
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		600 TECHNOLOGY PARK
		STREET 2:		SUITE 200
		CITY:			BILLERICA
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			01821
		BUSINESS PHONE:		978-600-7000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		600 TECHNOLOGY PARK
		STREET 2:		SUITE 200
		CITY:			BILLERICA
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			01821

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			LIAMOS CHARLES T
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001181286

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-33462
		FILM NUMBER:		15751547

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1360 SOUTH LOOP ROAD
		CITY:			ALAMEDA
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94502
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        <footnote id="F1">Includes 8,000 restricted stock units granted on April 1, 2012, which vest on April 1, 2016; 15,000 restricted stock units granted on March 1, 2013, which vest one-half of the total units on March 1, 2016 and one-half of the total units on March 1, 2017; 11,000 performance share units granted on March 1, 2013, which vest on March 1, 2016; and 4,000 restricted stock units granted on June 2, 2014, which vest one-half of the total units on April 30, 2015, one-quarter of the total units on April 30, 2016 and one-quarter of the total units on April 30, 2017.  Vested shares will be delivered to the reporting person as soon as practicable following a vesting date.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Includes an aggregate of 1,166 shares acquired under the Insulet Corporation Amended and Restated 2007 Employee Stock Purchase Plan on the following dates:  357 shares acquired on June 29, 2012; 360 shares acquired on December 31, 2012; 243 shares acquired on June 28, 2013; and 206 shares acquired on December 31, 2013.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">The sales reported in this Form 4 were effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by the reporting person on June 12, 2014.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">This transaction represents the withholding of shares received upon the vesting of restricted stock units to cover the associated tax obligations.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">This option is subject to a four-year vesting period, with 25% of the total award vesting one year after the grant date and the remainder vesting in equal quarterly installments each quarter thereafter for 12 quarters, subject to continued employment.</footnote>
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        <signatureName>/s/ R. Anthony Diehl, attorney in fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2015-04-03</signatureDate>
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