SEC FORM 4

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^*

Dable Habib J

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

128 SIDNEY STREET

(Street)

CAMBRIDGE

02139

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
ACCELERON PHARMA INC [ XLRN ]

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

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

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
07/01/2021

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	07/01/2021		M⁽¹⁾		57,814	A	$35.04	156,264	D
Common Stock	07/01/2021		S⁽¹⁾		11,845	D	$125.15⁽²⁾	144,419	D
Common Stock	07/01/2021		S⁽¹⁾		9,194	D	$125.81⁽³⁾	135,225	D
Common Stock	07/01/2021		S⁽¹⁾		23,160	D	$126.85⁽⁴⁾	112,065	D
Common Stock	07/01/2021		S⁽¹⁾		4,560	D	$127.89⁽⁵⁾	107,505	D
Common Stock	07/01/2021		S⁽¹⁾		9,055	D	$128.82⁽⁶⁾	98,450	D
Common Stock	07/02/2021		M⁽¹⁾		42,186	A	$35.04	140,636	D
Common Stock	07/02/2021		S⁽¹⁾		29,140	D	$126.69⁽⁷⁾	111,496	D
Common Stock	07/02/2021		S⁽¹⁾		11,458	D	$127.51⁽⁸⁾	100,038	D
Common Stock	07/02/2021		S⁽¹⁾		1,588	D	$128.21⁽⁹⁾	98,450	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)
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)
Option to Purchase Common Stock	$35.04	07/01/2021		M⁽¹⁾			57,814	⁽¹⁰⁾	12/01/2026	Common Stock	57,814	$0	292,186	D
Option to Purchase Common Stock	$35.04	07/02/2021		M⁽¹⁾			42,186	⁽¹⁰⁾	12/01/2026	Common Stock	42,186	$0	250,000	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. The reported transaction was effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by the reporting person.

2. The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $124.41 to $125.36 inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide Acceleron Pharma Inc., any security holder of Acceleron Pharma Inc., or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range set forth in this footnote (2) to this Form 4.

3. The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $125.42 to $126.41 inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide Acceleron Pharma Inc., any security holder of Acceleron Pharma Inc., or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range set forth in this footnote (3) to this Form 4.

4. The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $126.42 to $127.40 inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide Acceleron Pharma Inc., any security holder of Acceleron Pharma Inc., or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range set forth in this footnote (4) to this Form 4.

5. The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $127.44 to $128.40 inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide Acceleron Pharma Inc., any security holder of Acceleron Pharma Inc., or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range set forth in this footnote (5) to this Form 4.

6. The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $128.53 to $129.14 inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide Acceleron Pharma Inc., any security holder of Acceleron Pharma Inc., or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range set forth in this footnote (6) to this Form 4.

7. The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $126.10 to $127.09 inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide Acceleron Pharma Inc., any security holder of Acceleron Pharma Inc., or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range set forth in this footnote (7) to this Form 4.

8. The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $127.13 to $128.09 inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide Acceleron Pharma Inc., any security holder of Acceleron Pharma Inc., or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range set forth in this footnote (8) to this Form 4.

9. The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $128.13 to $128.77 inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide Acceleron Pharma Inc., any security holder of Acceleron Pharma Inc., or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range set forth in this footnote (9) to this Form 4.

10. The shares of common stock underlying this stock option award vested as to 25% of the shares on the first anniversary of December 1, 2016 and the remaining shares vested in equal quarterly installments over the following three years thereafter.

	/s/ Adam M. Veness, as attorney-in-fact for Habib J. Dable	07/02/2021
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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SEC Form 4: Dable Habib J exercised 100,000 units of Common Stock at a strike of $35.04 and sold $12,682,942 worth of Common Stock (100,000 units at $126.83)