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	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* TAPARO ANTHONY (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O SURGERY PARTNERS, INC. 310 SEVEN SPRINGS WAY, SUITE 500 (Street) BRENTWOOD TN 37027 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Surgery Partners, Inc. [ SGRY ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) President, Atlantic Group
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 03/15/2019
	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	03/15/2019		A		10,200(1)	A	$0	104,300	D
Common Stock	03/15/2019		A		13,040(2)	A	$0	117,340	D
Common Stock	03/16/2019		F		879(3)	D	$13.42	116,461	D
Common Stock	03/17/2019		F		1,154(4)	D	$13.42	115,307	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)	$13.42	03/15/2019		A		148,500		(5)	03/15/2029	Common Stock	148,500	$0	148,500	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Shares issued based on 2018 performance under performance stock unit awards granted to the Reporting Person on March 16, 2018. Shares will vest in two equal annual installments on each of the first two anniversaries of December 31, 2018.

2. Shares will vest in three equal annual installments of each of the first three anniversaries of March 15, 2019.

3. Shares withheld by the Issuer to satisfy the Reporting Person's tax withholding obligations in connection with the vesting on March 16, 2019 of restricted stock.

4. Shares withheld by the Issuer to satisfy the Reporting Person's tax withholding obligations in connection with the vesting on March 17, 2019 of restricted stock.

5. One-third (1/3) of the options will vest in three equal installments on each of December 31, 2020, December 31, 2021, and December 31, 2022, generally contingent upon continued employment through each applicable vesting date (the "time condition"). One-third (1/3) of the options will vest based on satisfaction of the time condition and the achievement of a closing price per share of the Issuer's Common Stock of $25.00. The remaining one-third (1/3) of the options will vest based on satisfaction of the time condition and the achievement of a closing price per share of the Issuer's Common Stock of $35.00.

Remarks:

	/s/ Jennifer Baldock, Attorney-in-Fact	03/19/2019
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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