Edgar Filing: FRIEDMAN RICHARD A

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 ^*

FRIEDMAN RICHARD A

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Hyatt Hotels Corp [H]

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

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

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

C/O GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. LLC, 200 WEST STREET

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
08/14-04:00/2017

(Street)

NEW YORK, NY 10282

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)
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	08/14-04:00/2017		C		8,654,050	A	⁽⁴⁾	8,963,025 ⁽³⁾	I	See footnotes ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾
Class A Common Stock	08/14-04:00/2017		S		8,654,050 ⁽²⁾	D	$ 57.58 ⁽²⁾	308,975 ⁽⁵⁾	I	See footnotes ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾

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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

Class B Common Stock

$ 0

08/14-04:00/2017

8,654,050

⁽³⁾⁽⁴⁾

Class A Common Stock

8,654,050

⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾

See footnotes ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
FRIEDMAN RICHARD A C/O GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. LLC 200 WEST STREET NEW YORK, NY 10282

Signatures

/s/ Yvette Kosic, Attorney-in-fact		08/16-04:00/2017
^**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)	The Reporting Person is a managing director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC ("Goldman Sachs"). Goldman Sachs is a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. ("GS Group"). The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities reported herein except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein, if any.
(2)	Pursuant to an underwriting agreement, dated August 8, 2017 (the "Underwriting Agreement"), and in connection with the registered public offering of shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Common Stock"), of Hyatt Hotels Corporation (the "Company"), pursuant to the final prospectus supplement dated August 8, 2017, which offering was consummated on August 14, 2017 (the "Registered Public Offering"), the underwriters purchased shares of Common Stock from GS Sunray I, GS Sunray II and GS Sunray Parallel (the "Selling Stockholders"). The Selling Stockholders sold an aggregate of 8,654,050, shares of Common Stock, consisting of 3,771,608 shares of Common Stock sold by GS Sunray I, 3,771,608 shares of Common Stock sold by GS Sunray II and 1,110,834 shares of Common Stock sold by GS Sunray Parallel.
(3)	On August 14, 2017, 8,654,050 shares of Class B Common Stock beneficially owned directly by the Sunray Entities were converted into 8,654,050 shares of Common Stock.
(4)	Each share of Class B Common Stock is convertible at any time, at the option of the holder, into one share of Class A Common Stock. In addition, each share of Class B Common Stock will convert automatically into one share of Class A Common Stock upon any transfer, except for certain permitted transfers as described in the Company's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation.
(5)	GS Group beneficially owns directly 7,096 shares of Class A Common Stock and may be deemed to beneficially own 32,610 shares of Class A Common Stock that were granted to the Reporting Person in his capacity as a director of the Company pursuant to the Third Amended and Restated Hyatt Hotels Corporation Long-Term Incentive Plan under the Hyatt Hotels Corporation Non-Employee Director Compensation Program (the "Plan"). The Reporting Person has an understanding with GS Group pursuant to which such shares are held for the benefit of GS Group. Goldman Sachs beneficially owns directly and GS Group may be deemed to beneficially own indirectly 269,269 shares of Class A Common Stock and Goldman Sachs also had open short positions of 20,329 shares of Class A Common Stock, reflecting changes due to exempt transactions.

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