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 *
WITT LAURA
   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
ROSETTA STONE INC [RST] 		5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
__X__ Director __X__ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
400 E. PRATT STREET, SUITE 910		 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
04/21/2009
(Street)

BALTIMORE, MD 21202		 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 04/21/2009   C   6,800,508 A $ 0 7,556,120 I By limited partnership (1)
Common Stock 04/21/2009   S   2,456,502 D $ 16.74 5,099,618 I By limited partnership (2) (3)

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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
Series A-1 Preferred (4) 04/21/2009   C     261,558   (4)   (4) Common Stock 6,800,508 $ 0 0 I See Footnote (1)

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
WITT LAURA
400 E. PRATT STREET
SUITE 910
BALTIMORE, MD 21202		   X   X    

Signatures

 Michael Wu, by power of attorney   04/22/2009
**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 at common stock acquired upon conversion of preferred stock include (i) 6,017,752 shares by ABS Capital Partners IV, LP, (ii) 201,474 shares by ABS Capital Partners IV-A, LP (iii) 345,618 shares by ABS Capital Partners Offshore LP, and (iv) 235,664 shares by ABS Capital Partners Special Offshore, LP. ABS Partners IV, LLC is the general partner of each such entity and has voting and dispositive power over these shares. Ms. Witt is a managing member of ABS Partners IV, LLC and may be deemed to share voting or dispositive power over such shares. Ms. Witt disclaims beneficial ownership of such shares, except to the extent of any pecuniary interest therein.
(2) Shares sold include (i) 2,173,753 shares of common stock owned by ABS Capital Partners IV, L.P., (ii) 72,777 shares of common stock owned by ABS Capital Partners IV-A, LP., (iii) 124,845 shares of common stock owned by ABS Capital Partners IV Offshore, L.P., and (iv) 85,127 shares of common stock owned by ABS Capital Partners IV Special Offshore, L.P. ABS Partners IV, LLC is the general partner of each such entity and has voting and dispositive power over these shares. Ms. Witt is a managing member of ABS Partners IV, LLC and may be deemed to share voting or dispositive power over such shares. Ms. Witt disclaims beneficial ownership of such shares, except to the extent of any pecuniary interest therein.
(3) Shares at common stock held after sale include (i) 4,512,641 shares by ABS Capital Partners IV, LP, (ii) 151,083 shares by ABS Capital Partners IV-A, LP, (iii) 259,175 shares by ABS Capital Partners Offshore, LP, and (iv) 176,719 shares by ABS Capital Partners Special Offshore, LP. ABS Partners IV, LLC is the general partner of each such entity and has voting and dispositive power over these shares. Ms. Witt is a managing member of ABS Partners IV, LLC and may be deemed to share voting or dispositive power over such shares. Ms. Witt disclaims beneficial ownership of such shares, except to the extent of any pecuniary interest therein.
(4) The Series A-1 Preferred Stock automatically converted into common stock upon the closing of the initial public offering of the issuer for no additional consideration.

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