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 ^*

Harris Brian

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

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

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

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

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

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
02/17/2015

(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	02/17/2015		A		282,576 ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾	A	$ 0	760,853	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

Stock option

$ 18.84

02/17/2015

31,397 ⁽¹⁾

⁽⁴⁾

Class A common stock

31,397

$ 0

31,397

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Harris Brian C/O LADDER CAPITAL CORP 345 PARK AVENUE, 8TH FLOOR NEW YORK, NY 10154	X		Chief Executive Officer

Signatures

/s/ Michelle Wallach, as Attorney-in-Fact for Brian Harris		02/19/2015
^**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)	Represents the Reporting Person's annual incentive award for the year ended December 31, 2014, payable 90% in restricted stock and 10% in stock options.
(2)	Fifty percent of the restricted stock grant is subject to specified performance-based vesting criteria, and the remaining fifty percent is subject to specified time-based vesting criteria. The performance-vesting restricted stock granted to the Reporting Person will vest in three equal installments with respect to Ladder Capital Corp's performance for the years ending December 31, 2015, 2016 and 2017. The time-vesting restricted stock granted to the Reporting Person will vest in three equal installments on the first three anniversaries of the grant date.
(3)	In each case, vesting is subject to the Reporting Person's continued employment on the applicable vesting dates. Notwithstanding (2) above, the Reporting Person's restricted stock grant will become fully vested and unrestricted on February 11, 2017.
(4)	This option grant will vest and become exercisable in three equal installments on each of the first three anniversaries of the grant date, subject to the Reporting Person's continued employment on the applicable vesting dates. Notwithstanding the above, the Reporting Person's options will become fully vested on February 11, 2017.

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