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*
MINOGUE MICHAEL R
(Last) (First) (Middle)
C/O ABIOMED, INC.,
22 CHERRY HILL DRIVE
(Street)
DANVERS MA 01923
(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
ABIOMED INC [ ABMD ] 		5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
X Director 10% Owner
X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
President, CEO, Chairman
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
04/11/2011
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 par value 04/11/2011 M 69,500 A $9.05 256,591 D
Common Stock, $.01 par value 04/11/2011 S(8) 69,500 D $16.0443(9) 187,091 D
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
Stock Option (right to buy)(1) $9.05 04/05/2005(4) 04/05/2014 Common Stock 5,108 0 D
Stock Option (right to buy)(3) $9.05 04/05/2005(4) 04/05/2014 Common Stock 30,504 0 D
Stock Option (right to buy)(2) $9.05 04/11/2011 M 69,500 04/05/2005(4) 04/05/2014 Common Stock 69,500 $0 116,883 D
Stock Option (right to buy)(2) $9.36 06/08/2006(4) 06/08/2015 Common Stock 100,000 100,000 D
Stock Option (right to buy)(2) $13.57 06/01/2007(4) 06/01/2016 Common Stock 260,000 260,000 D
Stock Option (right to buy)(2) $11.27 05/30/2008(4) 05/30/2017 Common Stock 85,000 85,000 D
Stock Option (right to buy)(2) $13.8 05/23/2009(4) 05/23/2018 Common Stock 43,333 43,333 D
Stock Option (right to buy)(6) $18.63 06/15/2009(5) 08/13/2018 Common Stock 93,750 93,750 D
Stock Option (right to buy)(5) $5.86 05/28/2010(4) 05/28/2019 Common Stock 148,000 148,000 D
Stock Option (right to buy)(5) $5.86 03/31/2010(7) 05/28/2019 Common Stock 130,500 130,500 D
Stock Option (right to buy)(5) $10.03 06/03/2011(4) 06/03/2020 Common Stock 105,000 105,000 D
Explanation of Responses:
1. Grant to reporting person of option to buy shares of Common Stock under the ABIOMED, Inc. 1998 Equity Incentive Plan.
2. Grant to reporting person of option to buy shares of Common Stock under the ABIOMED, Inc. 2000 Stock Incentive Plan.
3. Grant to reporting person of inducement option to buy shares of Common Stock under NASDAQ Marketplace Rule 4350. These options were granted outside of the Company's established stock option plans.
4. These options become exercisable in annual 25% increments, commencing on the date shown in Table II, Column 6.
5. Grant to reporting person of option to buy the number of shares of Common Stock set forth in Table II, Column 7, under the ABIOMED, Inc. 2008 Stock Incentive Plan.
6. These options become exercisable based on the achievement of certain performance milestones.
7. These options become exerciseable upon the achievement of a certain performance milestone, based on the results of Abiomed's fiscal year ended March 31, 2010.
8. The sale of common stock reported in this Form 4 was effected pursuant to a 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by the Reporting Person on 11/25/2009.
9. This price represents the weighted average sale price of multiple transactions on the reported date at prices that ranged between $16.00 and $16.20. Detailed information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price will be provided upon request by the Commission staff, the Issuer, or a security holder of the Issuer.
/s/ Stephen McEvoy (by power of attorney) 04/12/2011
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