SEC FORM 4

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

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Perelman Robert

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

C/O LADDER CAPITAL CORP

345 PARK AVENUE, 8TH FLOOR

(Street)

NEW YORK

10154

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

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 of Asset Management

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

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)
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Class A Common Stock	02/11/2014		A		36,765⁽¹⁾	A	$0	36,765⁽¹⁾	D

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)
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)	Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)		10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Units and Class B common stock⁽²⁾	⁽³⁾	02/11/2014		J⁽²⁾⁽³⁾		36,727		⁽³⁾⁽⁴⁾	⁽³⁾⁽⁴⁾	Class A common stock	36,727	⁽³⁾	36,727	D

Explanation of Responses:

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. Perelman will vest in three equal installments on December 31 of each of 2014, 2015 and 2016. The time-vesting restricted stock granted to Mr. Perelman 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. Perelman's election, at any time after its issuance. This conversion right has no expiration date.

	/s/ Michelle Wallach as Attorney-in-Fact for Robert Perelman	02/13/2014
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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