Edgar Filing: Benefitfocus,Inc.

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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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ^*

GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Benefitfocus,Inc. [BNFT]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

_____ Director	_____ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below)	_____ Other (specify below)

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

200 WEST STREET

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
08/12-04:00/2015

(Street)

NEW YORK, NY 10282

4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
___ Form filed by One Reporting Person
_X_ 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	08/12-04:00/2015		S		2,283,095 ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾	D	$ 35.096	6,242,946 ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾	I	See footnotes ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽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

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 200 WEST STREET NEW YORK, NY 10282
GOLDMAN SACHS & CO 200 WEST STREET NEW YORK, NY 10282
GOLDMAN, SACHS MANAGEMENT GP GMBH 200 WEST STREET NEW YORK, NY 10282
GS Capital Partners VI GmbH & Co KG 200 WEST STREET NEW YORK, NY 10282
GS Capital Partners VI Parallel LP 200 WEST STREET NEW YORK, NY 10282
GSCP VI Offshore Advisors, L.L.C. 200 WEST STREET NEW YORK, NY 10282
GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fund, L.P. 200 WEST STREET NEW YORK, NY 10282
GSCP VI Advisors, L.L.C. 200 WEST STREET NEW YORK, NY 10282
GS Capital Partners VI Fund, L.P. 200 WEST STREET NEW YORK, NY 10282
GS Advisors VI, L.L.C. 200 WEST STREET NEW YORK, NY 10282

Signatures

/s/ Kevin P. Treanor, Attorney-in-fact		08/13-04:00/2015
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
/s/ Kevin P. Treanor, Attorney-in-fact		08/13-04:00/2015
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
/s/ Kevin P. Treanor, Attorney-in-fact		08/13-04:00/2015
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
/s/ Kevin P. Treanor, Attorney-in-fact		08/13-04:00/2015
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
/s/ Kevin P. Treanor, Attorney-in-fact		08/13-04:00/2015
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
/s/ Kevin P. Treanor, Attorney-in-fact		08/13-04:00/2015
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
/s/ Kevin P. Treanor, Attorney-in-fact		08/13-04:00/2015
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
/s/ Kevin P. Treanor, Attorney-in-fact		08/13-04:00/2015
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
/s/ Kevin P. Treanor, Attorney-in-fact		08/13-04:00/2015
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
/s/ Kevin P. Treanor, Attorney-in-fact		08/13-04:00/2015
^**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)	This statement is being filed by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. ("GS Group"), Goldman, Sachs & Co. ("Goldman Sachs"), GS Capital Partners VI Parallel, L.P. ("GS Parallel"), GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fund, L.P. ("GS Offshore"), GS Capital Partners VI Fund, L.P. ("GS Cap Partners VI"), GS Capital Partners VI GmbH & CO. KG ("GS Germany" and, together with GS Parallel, GS Offshore and GS Cap Partners VI, the "Limited Partnerships"), GS Advisors VI, L.L.C. ("GS Advisors VI"), Goldman, Sachs Management GP GmbH ("GS GmbH"), GSCP VI Advisors, L.L.C. ("GSCP VI Advisors") and GSCP VI Offshore Advisors, L.L.C. ("GSCP VI Offshore Advisors" and, together with GS Group, Goldman Sachs, the Limited Partnerships, GS Advisors VI, GS GmbH and GSCP VI Advisors, the "Reporting Persons").
(2)	Pursuant to an underwriting agreement, dated August 6, 2015 (the "Underwriting Agreement"), and in connection with the registered public offering of shares of Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share (the "Common Stock"), of Benefitfocus, Inc., pursuant to the final prospectus dated August 6, 2015, which offering was consummated on August 12, 2015 (the "Offering"), the Limited Partnerships sold an aggregate of 2,000,000 shares of Common Stock, with (i) GS Parallel selling 256,719 shares of Common Stock, (ii) GS Offshore selling 776,520 shares of Common Stock, (iii) GS Cap Partners VI selling 933,581 shares of Common Stock, and (iv) GS Germany selling 33,180 shares of Common Stock. Goldman Sachs was one of the underwriters in the Offering.
(3)	On August 12, 2015, the underwriters exercised their option under the Underwriting Agreement to purchase additional shares of Common Stock from the Limited Partnerships. Pursuant to such option to purchase additional shares of Common Stock, the Limited Partnerships sold an aggregate of 283,095 additional shares of Common Stock, with (i) GS Parallel selling 36,338 additional shares of Common Stock, (ii) GS Offshore selling 109,915 additional shares of Common Stock, (iii) GS Cap Partners VI selling 132,146 additional shares of Common Stock, and (iv) GS Germany selling 4,696 additional shares of Common Stock.
(4)	Goldman Sachs and GS Group may be deemed to beneficially own indirectly, in the aggregate, the 6,242,946 shares of Common Stock beneficially owned directly by the Limited Partnerships because affiliates of Goldman Sachs and GS Group are the general partner, managing limited partner, managing general partner, managing partner, managing member or member of each of the Limited Partnerships. Goldman Sachs is a wholly-owned subsidiary of GS Group. Goldman Sachs is the investment manager of certain of the Limited Partnerships. Goldman Sachs also had an open short position of 360 shares of Common Stock, reflecting a change due to an exempt transaction.
(5)	GS Parallel beneficially owns directly 801,341 shares of Common Stock, which may be deemed to be beneficially owned indirectly by GS Parallel's general partner, GS Advisors VI. GS Offshore beneficially owns directly 2,423,887 shares of Common Stock, which may be deemed to be beneficially owned indirectly by GS Offshore's general partner, GSCP VI Offshore Advisors. GS Cap Partners VI beneficially owns directly 2,914,149 shares of Common Stock, which may be deemed to be beneficially owned indirectly by GS Cap Partners VI's general partner, GSCP VI Advisors. GS Germany beneficially owns directly 103,569 shares of Common Stock, which may be deemed to be beneficially owned indirectly by GS Germany's general partner, GS GmbH.
(6)	The Reporting Persons disclaim beneficial ownership of the securities reported herein except to the extent of their pecuniary interest therein, if any, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that any such Reporting Person is the beneficial owner of, or has any pecuniary interest in, such securities for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or for any other purpose.

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