X0306
4
2016-12-31
0
0001124140
EXACT SCIENCES CORP
EXAS
0001247296
COWARD D SCOTT
C/O EXACT SCIENCES CORP.
441 CHARMANY DRIVE
MADISON
WI
53719
0
1
0
0
SVP and General Counsel
Common Stock
2016-10-31
5
A
0
E
1558
5.95
A
29242
D
Common Stock
2016-12-31
4
M
0
4687
0.00
A
33929
D
Common Stock
2017-01-03
4
S
0
1535
13.61
D
32394
D
Common Stock
2524
I
Held in 401(K) Account
Restricted Stock Units
2016-12-31
4
M
0
4687
0.00
D
Common Stock
4687
37500
D
Represents shares purchased through Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
Represents shares of common stock received upon vesting of a restricted stock unit award.
Represents shares sold pursuant to a Sell-to-Cover Rule 10b5-1 Plan to pay withholding taxes due in connection with the vesting of certain restricted stock units on December 31, 2016.
Each restricted stock unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of common stock.
Represents a restricted stock unit award granted on January 1, 2015 that partially vested on December 31, 2016. The restricted stock units vest as follows: one-quarter on the first anniversary of the grant date and the balance in equal quarterly installments over the three year period beginning on the one-year anniversary of the grant date.
/s/ D. Scott Coward by Mark R. Busch, attorney-in-fact
2017-01-05