Ownership Submission
FORM 3
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF 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 *
  ADVENT INTERNATIONAL CORP/MA
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
08/07/2014
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
lululemon athletica inc. [LULU]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
75 STATE STREET, 29TH FLOOR, 
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director __X__ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
(Street)

BOSTON, MA 02109
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 Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)
2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)
3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)
4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Common Stock 20,105,279 (1) (2) (3)
I (1) (2) (3)
See Notes (1) (2) (3)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)
2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)
3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)
4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)
6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
ADVENT INTERNATIONAL CORP/MA
75 STATE STREET, 29TH FLOOR
BOSTON, MA 02109
    X    
Advent International GPE VII Limited Partnership
C/O ADVENT INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
75 STATE STREET, 29TH FLOOR
BOSTON, MA 02109
    X    
Advent International GPE VII, LLC
C/O ADVENT INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
75 STATE STREET, 29TH FLOOR
BOSTON, MA 02109
    X    
Advent International GPE VII-A Limited Partnership
C/O ADVENT INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
75 STATE STREET, 29TH FLOOR
BOSTON, MA 02109
    X    
Advent International GPE VII-B Limited Partnership
C/O ADVENT INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
75 STATE STREET, 29TH FLOOR
BOSTON, MA 02109
    X    
Advent International GPE VII-C Limited Partnership
C/O ADVENT INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
75 STATE STREET, 29TH FLOOR
BOSTON, MA 02109
    X    
Advent International GPE VII-D Limited Partnership
C/O ADVENT INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
75 STATE STREET, 29TH FLOOR
BOSTON, MA 02109
    X    
Advent International GPE VII-E Limited Partnership
C/O ADVENT INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
75 STATE STREET, 29TH FLOOR
BOSTON, MA 02109
    X    
Advent International GPE VII-F Limited Partnership
C/O ADVENT INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
75 STATE STREET, 29TH FLOOR
BOSTON, MA 02109
    X    
Advent International GPE VII-G Limited Partnership
C/O ADVENT INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
75 STATE STREET, 29TH FLOOR
BOSTON, MA 02109
    X    

Signatures

See Exhibit 99.1 08/18/2014
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(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) Advent Puma Acquisition Limited ("APAL") will directly own 20,105,279 shares of Common Stock of the Issuer following the consummation of the purchase contemplated by the Stock Purchase Agreement, dated August 7, 2014, entered into with Dennis J. Wilson and certain of his affiliates. Upon consummation of such purchase, the Advent Funds (as defined below) will jointly own APAL. APAL, together with Advent International Corporation ("AIC") and the Advent Funds are referred to herein as the "Reporting Persons." The shares directly owned by APAL may be deemed indirectly owned by the other Reporting Persons; however, each Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities except to the extent of its respective pecuniary interest therein, if any, 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.
(2) AIC is the Manager of Advent International GPE VII, LLC ("AIGPE VII LLC") which in turn is the General Partner of the following entities (together with AIGPE VII LLC, the "Advent VII Funds"): Advent Partners GPE VII Limited Partnership; Advent Partners GPE VII Cayman Limited Partnership; Advent Partners GPE VII-A Limited Partnership; Advent Partners GPE VII-A Cayman Limited Partnership; Advent Partners GPE VII-B Cayman Limited Partnership; Advent Partners GPE VII 2014 Limited Partnership; Advent Partners GPE VII 2014 Cayman Limited Partnership; Advent Partners GPE VII-A 2014 Limited Partnership; Advent Partners GPE VII-A 2014 Cayman Limited Partnership; GPE VII GP (Delaware) Limited Partnership ("GPEVII GP (Del)"); and GPE VII GP Limited Partnership ("GPEVII GP").
(3) GPEVII GP (Del) is the General Partner of the following entities (together, the "Advent Del Funds"): Advent International GPE VII Limited Partnership; Advent International GPE VII-B Limited Partnership; Advent International GPE VII-C Limited Partnership; Advent International GPE VII-D Limited Partnership; Advent International GPE VII-F Limited Partnership; and Advent International GPE VII-G Limited Partnership. GPEVII GP is the General Partner of the following entities (the "GPE VII GP Funds" and together with the Advent VII Funds and the Advent Del Funds, the "Advent Funds"): Advent International GPE VII-A Limited Partnership; Advent International GPE VII-E Limited Partnership; and Advent International GPE VII-H Limited Partnership.
 
Remarks:
This Form 3 is the first of three Form 3's being filed relating to the same event.  The Form 3 has been split into three filings because there are more than 20 Reporting Persons in total, and the SEC's EDGAR filing system limits a single Form 3 to a maximum of 10.  Each Form 3 will be filed by Designated Filer Advent International Corporation.

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