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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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
Gunther Blaine C.
  2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
People's Utah Bancorp [PUB]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
__X__ Director _____ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
C/O PEOPLE?S UTAH BANCORP, 1 EAST MAIN STREET
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
07/01/2016
(Street)

AMERICAN FORK, UT 84003
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
Common Shares 03/30/2017   G(1)   122,774 A $ 0 122,774 I Gunther Investments, L.C.
Common Shares 03/30/2017   G(1)   792,088 D $ 0 0 I Blaine Gunther Investments L.C.
Common Shares 03/30/2017   M(2)   3,604 A $ 11.1 69,920 I The Blaine C. Gunther Trust
Common Shares 03/30/2017   M(2)   4,329 A $ 16.53 78,365 I The Blaine C. Gunther Trust
Common Shares 03/30/2017   M(2)   4,116 A $ 17 74,036 I The Blaine C. Gunther Trust

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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 V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Share Option (right to buy) $ 11.1 03/30/2017   M     3,604 07/01/2015 07/01/2019 Common Shares 3,604 $ 0 0 D  
Share Option (right to buy) $ 17 03/30/2017   M     4,116 07/01/2016 07/01/2020 Common Shares 4,116 $ 0 0 D  
Share Option (right to buy) $ 16.53 03/30/2017   M(3)     4,329 03/19/2017 07/01/2022 Common Shares 4,329 $ 0 0 D  
Share Option (right to buy) $ 16.53 07/01/2016   A   4,329   07/01/2017 07/01/2022 Common Shares 4,329 $ 0 0 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
Gunther Blaine C.
C/O PEOPLE?S UTAH BANCORP
1 EAST MAIN STREET
AMERICAN FORK, UT 84003
  X      

Signatures

 /s/ Wolfgang T. N. Muelleck, Attorney-in-fact   04/03/2017
**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 792,088 common shares held by Blaine Gunther Investments LC were transferred to Gunther Investments, L.C., an entity in which Blaine Gunther and his spouse are members but do not have the ability to exercise any control. As a result, Mr. Gunther is only the beneficial owner of 122,774 common shares held through Gunther Investments, L.C.
(2) The common shares received upon exercise of the options by Blaine C. Gunther were transferred to The Blaine C. Gunther Trust. An additional 66,316 common shares were transferred from the Gunther Family Trust to The Blaine C. Gunther Trust.
(3) The Board of Directors approved early vesting of these shares to March 19, 2017.

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