| 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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| Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b). | |||||||||||||||||
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
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2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
NORTHSTAR REALTY FINANCE CORP. [ NRF ] |
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
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3. Date of Earliest Transaction
(Month/Day/Year) 04/02/2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed
(Month/Day/Year) |
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
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| Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | ||||||||||
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| 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 | 02/26/2015 | G | V | 304,073 | D | $0 | 0 | I | By The David T. Hamamoto GRAT I-2013(4) | |
| Common Stock | 04/02/2015 | S(1) | 400,000 | D | $18.2215(2) | 381,145(3) | D | |||
| Common Stock | 250,000 | I | By The David T. Hamamoto GRAT I-2014-NRF | |||||||
| Common Stock | 6,523 | I | By DTH Investment Holdings LLC | |||||||
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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) | |||||||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||
| Explanation of Responses: |
| 1. The sales reported were effected pursuant to a 10b5-1 sales plan (the "10b5-1 Plan") previously adopted by the reporting person on December 23, 2014. No shares remain available for sale under the 10b5-1 Plan. |
| 2. Represents a weighted average price per share. These shares were sold in multiple transactions ranging from $18.12 to $18.36, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide upon request by the staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. (the "Company") or a security holder of the Company, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range set forth in this footnote. |
| 3. Excludes: (i) 1,033,425 LTIP Units; and (ii) 696,078 shares of common stock (or LTIP Units, to the extent available) of the Company to be issued to the extent performance conditions are met on restricted stock units ("RSUs"). "LTIP Units" are units of limited partnership interest structured as profits interests in NorthStar Realty Finance Limited Partnership ("NRFLP"), the operating partnership of the Company. Conditioned on minimum allocations to the capital accounts of the LTIP Unit for federal income tax purposes, each LTIP Unit may be converted, at the election of the holder, into one OP Unit in NRFLP, which may then be redeemed for cash equal to the then fair market value of one share of common stock or, at the option of the Company, one share of the Company's common stock. |
| 4. The reporting person previously held 378,787 shares of common stock in a grantor retained annuity trust. Upon termination of the trust on February 26, 2015, 304,073 shares of common stock were transferred to trusts for the benefit of the reporting person's adult children who do not share his household. The remaining 74,714 shares were distributed to the reporting person and are reported in this Form 4 as directly owned. |
| /s/ Ronald J. Lieberman, as Attorney-in-Fact for David T. Hamamoto | 04/03/2015 | |
| ** Signature of Reporting Person | Date | |
| Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. | ||
| * 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). | ||
| Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. | ||
| Persons who respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number. | ||
