Johnson Marianne Boyd Form 4 WESTERN ALLIANCE BANCORPORATION / 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)

C/O WESTERN ALLIANCE BANCORPORATION

ONE E. WASHINGTON STREET, STE 1400

(Street)

PHOENIX AZ 85004

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
WESTERN ALLIANCE BANCORPORATION [ WAL ]

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)
02/02/2017

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	02/02/2017		G	V	13,436(1)	D	$0	13,436(2)	I	Ingeburg C. Boyd Living Trust
Common Stock	02/02/2017		G	V	13,436(3)	D	$0	0	I	Ingeburg C. Boyd Living Trust
Common Stock								7,295	D
Common Stock								197,051(2)	I	The Marianne E. Boyd Trust, dated January 9, 2007
Common Stock								172,796	I	BG-05 Limited Partnership
Common Stock								35,486	I	Marianne Boyd Johnson Subtrust of the Boyd 2005 Irrevocable Trust dated April 14, 2005
Common Stock								35,485	I	William R. Boyd Subtrust of The Boyd 2005 Irrevocable Trust dated April 15, 2005
Common Stock								35,485	I	Samuel J. Boyd Subtrust of the Boyd 2005 Irrevocable Trust dated April 14, 2005
Common Stock								19,913	I	Sean William Johnson Inheritance Trust

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. On February 2, 2017, the Ingeburg C. Boyd Living Trust was settled. Pursuant to the terms of the settlement, 13,436 shares were transferred to the Samuel J. Boyd Gaming Properties Trust (the "SJBGP Trust").The Reporting Person is neither the trustee nor the beneficiary of the SJBGP Trust and disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares transferred to and held by the SJBGP Trust, and this report should not be deemed an admission that the Reporting Person is the beneficial owner of the SJBGP Trust's shares for purposes of Section 16 or for any other purpose.

2. On February 2, 2017, the Ingeburg C. Boyd Living Trust was settled. Pursuant to the terms of the settlement, 13,437 shares were transferred to the Marianne E. Boyd Trust dated January 9, 2007.

3. On February 2, 2017, the Ingeburg C. Boyd Living Trust was settled. Pursuant to the terms of the settlement, 13,436 shares were transferred to the William R. Boyd Trust (the "WRB Trust").The Reporting Person is neither the trustee nor the beneficiary of the WRB Trust and disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares transferred to and held by the WRB Trust, and this report should not be deemed an admission that the Reporting Person is the beneficial owner of the WRB Trust's shares for purposes of Section 16 or for any other purpose.

Remarks:

	/s/ Dale Gibbons (Attorney-in-fact)	02/06/2017
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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