Filing Details

This Amendment No. 6 to Schedule 13G (this “Amendment No. 6”) is being filed with respect to the Common Stock, par value $.001 (“Common Stock”) of Accelerate Diagnostics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”), to amend the Schedule 13G filed on March 18, 2013, as previously amended by Amendment No. 1, filed on February 7, 2014, by Amendment No. 2, filed on January 30, 2015, by Amendment No. 3, filed on February 6, 2017, by Amendment No. 4, filed on February 6, 2018 and by Amendment No. 5, filed on February 6, 2019 (as so amended, the “Schedule 13G”), in accordance with the annual amendment requirements. This Amendment No. 6 is being filed on behalf of Oracle Partners, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“Oracle Partners”), Oracle Ten Fund, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“Oracle Ten Fund”), Oracle Institutional Partners, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“Institutional Partners” and, collectively with Oracle Partners and Oracle Ten Fund, the “Oracle Partnerships”), Oracle Investment Management, Inc. Employees’ Retirement Plan, an employee benefit plan organized in Connecticut (the “Retirement Plan”), Oracle Associates, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and the general partner of the Oracle Partnerships (“Oracle Associates”), Oracle Investment Management, Inc., a Delaware corporation and the investment manager to the Oracle Partnerships and the plan administrator to the Retirement Plan (the “Investment Manager”), The Feinberg Family Foundation, a foundation organized in Connecticut (the “Foundation”), and Larry N. Feinberg, the managing member of Oracle Associates, the sole shareholder, director and president of the Investment Manager and the trustee of the Foundation (each of the foregoing, a “Reporting Person” and collectively, the “Reporting Persons”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meaning ascribed thereto in the Schedule 13G.

Item 4. Ownership:

Item 4 of the Schedule 13G is hereby amended and restated as follows:

  

A. Larry N. Feinberg

(a) Amount beneficially owned: 4,696,652

(b) Percent of class: 8.59%

(c) Number of shares as to which such person has:

(i) Sole power to vote or direct the vote: 150,834

(ii) Shared power to vote or direct the vote: 4,545,818

(iii) Sole power to dispose or direct the disposition: 150,834

(iv) Shared power to dispose or direct the disposition: 4,545,818

B. Oracle Partners

(a) Amount beneficially owned: 3,297,387

(b) Percent of class: 6.03%

(c) Number of shares as to which such person has:

(i) Sole power to vote or direct the vote: 0

(ii) Shared power to vote or direct the vote: 3,297,387

(iii) Sole power to dispose or direct the disposition: 0

(iv) Shared power to dispose or direct the disposition: 3,297,387

C. Institutional Partners

(a) Amount beneficially owned: 459,731

(b) Percent of class: 0.84%

(c) Number of shares as to which such person has:

(i) Sole power to vote or direct the vote: 0

(ii) Shared power to vote or direct the vote: 459,731

(iii) Sole power to dispose or direct the disposition: 0

(iv) Shared power to dispose or direct the disposition: 459,731

D. Oracle Ten Fund

(a) Amount beneficially owned: 673,400

(b) Percent of class: 1.23%

(c) Number of shares as to which such person has:

(i) Sole power to vote or direct the vote: 0

(ii) Shared power to vote or direct the vote: 673,400

(iii) Sole power to dispose or direct the disposition: 0

(iv) Shared power to dispose or direct the disposition: 673,400

E. Retirement Plan

(a) Amount beneficially owned: 93,000

(b) Percent of class: 0.17%

(c) Number of shares as to which such person has:

(i) Sole power to vote or direct the vote: 0

(ii) Shared power to vote or direct the vote: 93,000

(iii) Sole power to dispose or direct the disposition: 0

(iv) Shared power to dispose or direct the disposition: 93,000

F. Foundation

(a) Amount beneficially owned: 22,300

(b) Percent of class: 0.04%

(c) Number of shares as to which such person has:

(i) Sole power to vote or direct the vote: 0

(ii) Shared power to vote or direct the vote: 22,300

(iii) Sole power to dispose or direct the disposition: 0

(iv) Shared power to dispose or direct the disposition: 22,300

G. Oracle Associates

(a) Amount beneficially owned: 4,430,518

(b) Percent of class: 8.11%

(c) Number of shares as to which such person has:

(i) Sole power to vote or direct the vote: 0

(ii) Shared power to vote or direct the vote: 4,430,518

(iii) Sole power to dispose or direct the disposition: 0

(iv) Shared power to dispose or direct the disposition: 4,430,518

H. Investment Manager

(a) Amount beneficially owned: 4,523,518

(b) Percent of class: 8.28%

(c) Number of shares as to which such person has:

(i) Sole power to vote or direct the vote: 0

(ii) Shared power to vote or direct the vote: 4,523,518

(iii) Sole power to dispose or direct the disposition: 0

(iv) Shared power to dispose or direct the disposition: 4,523,518

	ORACLE PARTNERS, L.P.
	By:  ORACLE ASSOCIATES, LLC, its general partner
	By:  /s/ Larry N. Feinberg                                           Larry N. Feinberg, Managing Member
	ORACLE TEN FUND, LP
	By:  ORACLE ASSOCIATES, LLC, its general partner
	By:  /s/ Larry N. Feinberg                                           Larry N. Feinberg, Managing Member
	ORACLE INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERS, LP
	By:  ORACLE ASSOCIATES, LLC, its general partner
	By:  /s/ Larry N. Feinberg                                           Larry N. Feinberg, Managing Member
	ORACLE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, INC. EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT PLAN
	By:  /s/ Larry N. Feinberg                                            Larry N. Feinberg, Trustee