Collins Michelle L Form 4 PRIVATEBANCORP / MICHELLE L COLLINS ownership change

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^*

COLLINS MICHELLE L

(Last) (First) (Middle)

C/O PRIVATEBANCORP, INC.

120 SOUTH LASALLE

(Street)

CHICAGO IL 60603

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
PRIVATEBANCORP, INC [ PVTB ]

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

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

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
06/23/2017

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)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	06/23/2017		D		4,125	D	(1)	0	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)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Phantom Stock Units	(2)	06/23/2017		D			29.5554	(3)	(3)	Common Stock	29.5554	(4)	0	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Represents 4,125 restricted stock units. Pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger among Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce ("CIBC"), CIBC Holdco Inc. and the issuer, dated June 29, 2016, as amended (the "Merger Agreement"), each share of common stock of the issuer was converted into the right to receive: (i) $27.20 in cash; and (ii) 0.4176 common shares of CIBC. The closing price of CIBC common stock on June 22, 2017, the last trading day prior to the effective time of the merger, was $80.95 per share. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, each restricted stock unit award was cancelled and converted into the right to receive a cash payment of $60.6452.

2. The phantom stock units convert to common stock of the Issuer on a 1-for-1 basis.

3. The phantom stock units are to be settled in common stock of the Issuer upon the date previously elected by the reporting person.

4. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, each phantom stock unit of the issuer was converted into a cash-settled phantom stock unit of CIBC relating to 0.7572 shares of CIBC.

	/s/ Zack Christensen, Attorney-in-Fact	06/27/2017
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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