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* STACK DAVID M (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O PACIRA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. 5 SYLVAN WAY, SUITE 300 (Street) PARSIPPANY NJ 07054 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [ PCRX ]	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 Chairman
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 07/24/2017
	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	07/24/2017		M		15,000	A	$1.61	130,279(1)	D
Common Stock								18,596	I	By Stack Schroon Mohawk FLP(2)
Common Stock								1,208	I	By LCK Investment LLC(2)

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)	$1.61	07/24/2017		M			15,000	(3)	09/02/2020	Common Stock	15,000	$0.00	140,960	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Includes 220 shares of common stock acquired under the issuer's employee stock purchase plan in June 2017.

2. Mr. Stack is the general partner of Stack Schroon Mohawk FLP. Mr. Stack and his wife are the owners of LCK Investment LLC.

3. The option vested as to 50% of the option shares on February 2, 2011, 19,378 option shares vested on February 3, 2011, and the remaining option shares vested in successive monthly installments for the subsequent 19 months.

Remarks:

	/s/ Kristen Williams, Attorney-in-Fact	07/26/2017
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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