Johnson Marianne Boyd Form 4 BOYD GAMING / MARIANNE BOYD JOHNSON 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^*

JOHNSON MARIANNE BOYD

(Last) (First) (Middle)

3883 HOWARD HUGHES PARKWAY

NINTH FLOOR

(Street)

LAS VEGAS NV 89169

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
BOYD GAMING CORP [ BYD ]

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

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

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
03/08/2017

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								209,551	D
Common Stock								39,150	I	By Trust *(3)
Common Stock								39,150	I	By Trust *(4)
Common Stock								37,860	I	By Trust *(5)
Common Stock								39,150	I	By Trust *(6)
Common Stock								39,150	I	By Trust *(7)
Common Stock								37,660	I	By Trust *(8)
Common Stock								23,752	I	By Trust *(9)
Common Stock								91,324	I	By Trust *(10)
Common Stock								5,182,040	I	By Limited Partnership *(11)
Common Stock	03/08/2017		J(1)		212,654	D	$0	0	I	By Limited Partnership *
Common Stock								1,989,978(2)	I	By Trust(12)

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

Explanation of Responses:

1. Pro rata distribution of partnership interests upon dissolution of BG-09 Limited Partnership, of which each of the William S. Boyd Gaming Properties Trust ("WSBGPT") and the Marianne Boyd Gaming Properties Trust ("MBGPT") were the general partners.

2. Includes 70,176 shares previously reported as held through the BG-09 Limited Partnership which were distributed to the MBGPT upon dissolution of the partnership. The reporting person is the trustee, settlor and beneficiary of the MBGPT.

3. By Marianne Boyd Johnson as Trustee of the Aysia Lynn Boyd Education Trust Dated 7/1/97.

4. By Marianne Boyd Johnson as Trustee of the Taylor Joseph Boyd Education Trust Dated 7/1/97.

5. By Marianne Boyd Johnson as Trustee of the William Samuel Boyd Education Trust Dated 7/1/97.

6. By Marianne Boyd Johnson as Trustee of the Samuel Joseph Boyd, Jr. Education Trust Dated 7/1/97.

7. By Marianne Boyd Johnson as Trustee of the T'Mir Kathleen Boyd Education Trust Dated 7/1/97.

8. By Marianne Boyd Johnson as Trustee of the Josef William Boyd Education Trust Dated 7/1/97.

9. By Marianne Boyd Johnson as Trustee of the Justin Boyd Education Trust Dated 11/1/99.

10. By the Johnson Children's Trust Dated 6/24/96, Bruno Mark, Trustee.

11. By BG-00 Limited Partnership, of which the Marianne Boyd Gaming Properties Trust, of which the reporting person is the trustee, settlor and beneficiary, is the general partner thereof.

12. By the Marianne E. Boyd Johnson Gaming PropertiesTrust, of which the reporting person is the Trustee, Settlor and Beneficiary, excluding shares held by BG-00 Limited Partnership, which are included in note (11) hereof.

Remarks:

* The reporting person expressly disclaims beneficial ownership of any securities of the Issuer except for those securities that are owned directly by the Reporting Person or to the extent of the Reporting Person's pecuniary interest in a trust or other entity which owns such securities.

	Brian A. Larson, Attorney-in-Fact for Marianne Boyd Johnson	03/15/2017
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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