SEC FORM 4

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^*

DEYOUNG MARK W

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

1300 WILSON BOULEVARD, SUITE 400

(Street)

ARLINGTON

22209

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS INC [ ATK ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

X	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
	President and CEO

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
05/14/2013

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)
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Common Stock	05/14/2013		A⁽¹⁾		5,563	A	$0	62,366⁽²⁾	D
Common Stock	05/14/2013		F⁽¹⁾		1,813	D	$76.64	60,553⁽²⁾	D
Common Stock	05/14/2013		A⁽³⁾		57	A	$0	60,610⁽²⁾	D
Common Stock	05/14/2013		F⁽³⁾		57	D	$76.64	60,553⁽²⁾	D
Common Stock								1,261⁽⁴⁾	I	By 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)
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)	Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)		10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Deferred Stock Units⁽⁵⁾	⁽⁵⁾	05/14/2013		A		2,327		⁽⁵⁾	⁽⁵⁾	Common Stock	2,327	$0	9,963	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Shares acquired represent payment of a Performance Share Award (PSA) under the 2005 Stock Incentive Plan, and shares disposed represent shares withheld from the PSA to pay withholding taxes.

2. 40,954 of these shares are subject to certain restrictions including possible forfeiture applicable to restricted stock issued under the Issuer's 2005 Stock Incentive Plan.

3. Shares simultaneously acquired and disposed represent shares withheld to pay Medicare taxes in connection with the deferral of a portion of performance shares earned under the PSA as permitted by the Issuer's Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan (NQDCP) (reported in Table II of this Form).

4. Based on a plan statement dated March 31, 2013.

5. The Deferred Stock Units were credited to the reporting person's account under the Issuer's NQDCP in lieu of a payment by the Issuer of performance shares under the Issuer's 2005 Stock Incentive Plan. The number of units credited to the reporting person's account was determined on a 1-for-1 basis equal to the number of shares of common stock that would have been paid, reduced by the number of shares having a value equal to the Issuer's Medicare tax withholding obligation as a result of the deferral of the payment of the shares. The units will be settled 100% in shares of the Issuer's common stock following the reporting person's termination of employment or such other date specified by the reporting person under the terms of the NQDCP.

	/s/Mark W. DeYoung	05/16/2013
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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