Filing Details

Accession Number:
0001140361-10-019417
Form Type:
4
Zero Holdings:
No
Publication Time:
2010-05-06 13:00:00
Reporting Period:
2010-05-04
Filing Date:
2010-05-06
Accepted Time:
2010-05-06 16:05:12
SEC Url:
Form 4 Filing
Issuer
Cik Name Symbol Sector (SIC) IRS No
1037760 Cepheid CPHD Laboratory Analytical Instruments (3826) 770441625
Insiders
Cik Name Reported Address Insider Title Director Officer Large Shareholder Other
1034467 O Dean Morton C/O Cepheid
904 Caribbean Drive
Sunnyvale CA 94089
Yes No No No
Reported Non-Derivative Transactions
Sec. Name Acquisiton - Disposition Date Amount Price Remaning Holdings Equity Swap Involved Form Type Code Nature of Ownership Explanation
Common Stock Acquisiton 2010-05-04 5,000 $2.82 5,000 No 4 M Direct
Common Stock Disposition 2010-05-04 5,000 $20.37 0 No 4 S Direct
Equity Swap Involved Form Type Code Nature of Ownership Explanation
No 4 M Direct
No 4 S Direct
Reported Derivative Transactions
Sec. Name Sec. Type Acquisiton - Disposition Date Amount Price Amount - 2 Price - 2
Common Stock Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy) Disposition 2010-05-04 5,000 $0.00 5,000 $2.82
Remaning Holdings Exercise Date Expiration Date Equity Swap Involved Transaction Form Type Transaction Code Nature of Ownership
0 2011-07-24 No 4 M Direct
Reported Non-Derivative Holdings
Sec. Name Remaning Holdings Nature of Ownership Explanation
Common Stock 5,000 Indirect By Dean O. Morton 2008 Annuity Trust
Common Stock 5,000 Indirect By Lavon Morton 2008 Annuity Trust
Common Stock 75,500 Indirect By Trust
Common Stock 82,500 Indirect By MDLC Partners
Footnotes
  1. Shares are held by the Dean O. Morton 2008 Annuity Trust U/A DTD 10/07/2008, of which the Reporting Person is a trustee.
  2. Shares are held by the Lavon Morton 2008 Annuity Trust U/A DTD 10/07/2008, of which the Reporting Person is a trustee.
  3. Shares are held by the Dean and Lavon Morton Trust dated 9/20/79, of which the Reporting Person is a trustee.
  4. The reporting Person is a general partner of MDLC Partners, a California limited partnership ("MDLC"). As a general partner, Reporting Person shares voting and investment power of the shares held by MDLC. The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of these shares except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.
  5. The option grant is 100% vested and exercisable.