| 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)
| 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol FIRST NIAGARA FINANCIAL GROUP INC [ FNFG ] | 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
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| 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 08/01/2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 08/01/2016 | D | 58,013 | D | (1)(2) | 0 | D | |||
| Common Stock | 08/01/2016 | D | 23,771 | D | (3) | 0 | I | SEP | ||
| 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 | ||||||||
| Dividend Equivalent Units (deu) | (4) | 08/01/2016 | D | 3,610.06 | (5) | (6) | Common Stock | 3,610.06 | (5) | 0 | D | ||||
| Explanation of Responses: |
| 1. Disposed of pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger by and among issuer and KeyCorp dated October 30, 2015 (the "Merger Agreement"), pursuant to which issuer was merged with and into KeyCorp, effective August 1, 2016 (the "Merger"). Pursuant to the Merger, each issued and outstanding share of issuer common stock was exchanged for 0.68 shares of KeyCorp common stock and $2.30 of cash. As a result of the Merger, the reporting person no longer beneficially owns directly any shares of issuer common stock. |
| 2. Each unvested issuer restricted stock award was converted into a number of whole shares (rounded down to the nearest whole share) of KeyCorp common stock equal to (i) the amount of issuer common stock underlying such restricted stock award multiplied by (ii) 0.88. Each unvested issuer restricted stock unit award was converted into a KeyCorp restricted stock unit for a number of whole shares (rounded down to the nearest whole share) of KeyCorp common stock equal to (i) the amount of issuer common stock underlying such restricted stock unit award multiplied by (ii) 0.88. |
| 3. Disposed of pursuant to the Merger Agreement, in which issuer was merged with and into KeyCorp, effective August 1, 2016. Pursuant to the Merger, each issued and outstanding share of issuer common stock was exchanged for 0.68 shares of KeyCorp common stock and $2.30 of cash. As a result of the Merger, the reporting person no longer beneficially owns indirectly any shares of issuer common stock. |
| 4. DEUs have no exercise price. |
| 5. Disposed of pursuant to Merger Agreement between issuer and KeyCorp in exchange for 3,176 dividend equivalent units of KeyCorp. |
| 6. DEUs have no expiration date. |
| Remarks: |
| /s/ Kristy Berner, Power of Attorney for Roxanne J. Coady | 08/02/2016 | |
| ** 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). | ||
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