Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
Mehren Lawrence
  2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Accelerate Diagnostics, Inc [AXDX]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
__X__ Director __X__ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
PRESIDENT AND CEO
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
5661 NORTH CALLE MAYAPAN
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
03/06/2013
(Street)

TUCSON, AZ 85718
4. If Amendment, Date 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
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
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 (1) 03/06/2013   X   7,000,000 A $ 1.03 21,000,000 I Through Abeja Ventures, LLC
Common Stock (2) 03/06/2013   X   6,428,840 A $ 2 27,428,840 I Through Abeja Ventures, LLC
Common Stock (3) 03/06/2013   J   13,428,840 D $ 0 14,000,000 I Through Abeja Ventures, LLC (4)
Common Stock (5) 03/06/2013   J   14,000,000 D $ 0 0 I Through Abeja Ventures, LLC (4)
Common Stock (6) 03/06/2013   J   1,576,792 A $ 0 1,576,792 I Through MAB, LLC (6)

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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 Underlying Securities
(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 of Derivative Security: 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
Warrants (right to buy) $ 1.03 03/06/2013   X     7,000,000 06/26/2012 06/26/2017 Common Stock 7,000,000 $ 0 7,000,000 I Through Abeja Ventures, LLC
Warrants (right to buy) $ 2 03/06/2013   X     6,428,840 06/26/2012 06/26/2017 Common Stock 7,000,000 $ 0 571,160 I Through Abeja Ventures, LLC
Warrants (right to buy) $ 2 03/06/2013   J     571,160 06/26/2012 06/26/2017 Common Stock 7,000,000 $ 0 0 I Through Abeja Ventures, LLC
Warrants (right to buy) $ 2 03/06/2013   J   525,597   06/26/2012 06/26/2017 Common Stock 525,597 $ 0 525,597 I Through MAB, LLC (7)

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
Mehren Lawrence
5661 NORTH CALLE MAYAPAN
TUCSON, AZ 85718
  X   X   PRESIDENT AND CEO  

Signatures

 /s/ Daniel M. Mahoney, attorney-in-fact   03/08/2013
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Shares issued to Abeja Ventures, LLC upon its full exercise of a warrant to purchase 7,000,000 shares of Accelerate Diagnostics, Inc. common stock at an exercise price of $1.03 per share. Shares were issued directly to the members of Abeja Ventures, LLC on a pro rata basis in accordance with their membership interests.
(2) Shares issued to Abeja Ventures, LLC upon its partial exercise of a warrant to purchase 7,000,000 shares of Accelerate Diagnostics, Inc. common stock at an exercise price of $2.00 per share. Shares were issued directly to the members of Abeja Ventures, LLC on a pro rata basis in accordance with their membership interests (with the remaining 571,160 warrant shares being assigned to the members that did not desire to exercise the warrant to the full extent of their membership interest).
(3) Reflects distribution in kind to members of Abeja Ventures, LLC in connection with such entity's exercise of the warrants, as described above in notes (1) and (2).
(4) The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein, and the inclusion of these shares in this report shall not be deemed an admission of beneficial ownership of all of the reported shares for purposes of Section 16 or for any other purpose.
(5) Reflects distribution in kind (of remaining shares) to members of Abeja Ventures, LLC on a pro rata basis in accordance with their membership interests.
(6) Reflects shares acquired by MAB, LLC, a member of Abeja Ventures, LLC, in connection with the warrant exercises and share distributions described in notes (1), (2), (3) and (5) above. The reporting person is the manager of MAB, LLC and in that capacity has sole voting and dispositive power with respect to the shares held by it. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein, and the inclusion of these shares in this report shall not be deemed an admission of beneficial ownership of all of the reported shares for purposes of Section 16 or for any other purpose.
(7) Reflects warrants acquired by MAB, LLC, a member of Abeja Ventures, LLC, in connection with the warrant exercise and partial assignment described in note (2) above.

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