Edgar Filing: Ladder Capital Corp

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 ^*

Harney Thomas

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Ladder Capital Corp [LADR]

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

_____ Director	_____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below)	_____ Other (specify below)
Head-Merchant Banking & Cap Mk

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

C/O LADDER CAPITAL CORP, 345 PARK AVENUE, 8TH FLOOR

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
02/11/2014

(Street)

NEW YORK, NY 10154

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
Class A Common Stock	02/11/2014		A		114,706 ⁽¹⁾	A	$ 0	114,706 ⁽¹⁾	D

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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

Units and Class B common stock ⁽²⁾

⁽³⁾

02/11/2014

J⁽²⁾⁽³⁾

201,355

⁽³⁾⁽⁴⁾

Class A common stock

201,355

⁽³⁾

201,355

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Harney Thomas C/O LADDER CAPITAL CORP 345 PARK AVENUE, 8TH FLOOR NEW YORK, NY 10154			Head-Merchant Banking & Cap Mk

Signatures

/s/ Michelle Wallach as Attorney-in-Fact for Thomas Harney		02/13/2014
^**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)	Fifty percent of each restricted stock award granted in connection with the initial public offering of common stock (the "IPO") of Ladder Capital Corp ("LCC") is subject to specified performance-based vesting criteria, and the remaining fifty percent of each restricted stock award is subject to time-based vesting criteria. The performance-vesting restricted stock granted to Mr. Harney will vest in three equal installments on December 31 of each of 2014, 2015 and 2016. The time-vesting restricted stock granted to Mr. Harney will vest in three equal installments on the first three anniversaries of the date of grant, subject to his continued employment on the applicable vesting dates.
(2)	Includes new LP units in Ladder Capital Finance Holdings LLLP (the "LP Units") and Class B common stock of LCC (the "Class B Common Stock") exchangeable into Class A common stock of LCC (the "Class A Common Stock").
(3)	Pursuant to the Amended and Restated LLLP Agreement entered into in connection with the closing of the IPO, holders of the LP Units and Class B Common Stock issued in connection with the reorganization, which occurred immediately prior to the consummation of the IPO, may, from time to time, exchange LP Units paired with an equal number of shares of Class B Common Stock for shares of Class A Common Stock on a one-for-one basis, subject to customary conversion rate adjustments for stock splits, stock dividends, and reclassifications.
(4)	The LP Units and Class B Common Stock together are convertible, at Mr. Harney's election, at any time after its issuance. This conversion right has no expiration date.

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