<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001209191-20-003503.txt : 20200115
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001209191-20-003503
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20200113
FILED AS OF DATE:		20200115
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20200115

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Nelson Kimberly K.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001489097

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-34702
		FILM NUMBER:		20529003

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2800 MOUNT RIDGE ROAD
		CITY:			ROSEVILLE
		STATE:			MN
		ZIP:			55113

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SPS COMMERCE INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001092699
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-PREPACKAGED SOFTWARE [7372]
		IRS NUMBER:				411593154
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		333 SOUTH SEVENTH STREET
		STREET 2:		SUITE 1000
		CITY:			MINNEAPOLIS
		STATE:			MN
		ZIP:			55402
		BUSINESS PHONE:		612-435-9400

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		333 SOUTH SEVENTH STREET
		STREET 2:		SUITE 1000
		CITY:			MINNEAPOLIS
		STATE:			MN
		ZIP:			55402
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        <footnote id="F1">Stock option exercise and sales effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by the reporting person on August 20, 2019.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">On July 25, 2019, the Issuer announced that its board of directors declared a two-for-one stock split of the Common Stock of the Issuer, effected in the form of a 100 percent stock dividend as of the record date on August 8, 2019. The stock split dividend was distributed on August 22, 2019, and at that time the reporting person received 50,987 shares of Common Stock of the Issuer. At the same time, pursuant to anti-dilution provisions of the Issuer's 2010 Equity Incentive Plan, an option for 14,322 shares of Common Stock held by the reporting person on August 22, 2019 became an option for 28,644 shares of Common Stock.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">This option was previously reported as an option for 14,322 shares of Common stock at an exercise price of $16.64 per share, but was adjusted to reflect the stock dividend declared by the Issuer on July 25, 2019.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Reflects the weighted average price of 28,644 shares of Common Stock of the Issuer sold by the reporting person in multiple transactions on January 13, 2020 with sales prices ranging from $57.02 to $57.50 per share. The reporting person undertakes to provide upon request by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission staff, the issuer, or a security holder of the issuer, full information regarding the number of shares purchased or sold at each separate price.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">These shares are held in the reporting person's account in the SPS Commerce, Inc. 401(k) plan as of January 13, 2020.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F6">Fully vested.</footnote>
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        <signatureName>/s/ Jonathan R. Zimmerman, attorney-in-fact for Kimberly K. Nelson</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2020-01-15</signatureDate>
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