X0306 4 2012-12-06 0 0001005201 DEPOMED INC DEPO 0001367754 Gosling Matthew M 7999 GATEWAY BOULEVARD, SUITE 300 NEWARK CA 94560 0 1 0 0 Senior VP, General Counsel Common Stock 2012-12-06 4 S 0 2615 5.8003 D 17578 D Represents shares sold for payment of payroll tax withholdings in connection with vesting of restricted stock. The sales reported in this Form 4 were sold pursuant to a rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by the reporting person in September 2012. Amount does not include any unvested restricted stock previously reported on Form 4 by the reporting person. /s/ Matthew M. Gosling 2012-12-06