Ferre Maria Luisa Form 4 POPULAR / Maria Luisa Ferre 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

OMB APPROVAL

OMB Number:	3235-0287
Estimated average burden
hours per response:	0.5

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^*

Ferre Maria Luisa

(Last) (First) (Middle)

P.O. BOX 11924

(Street)

SAN JUAN PR 00922-1924

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
POPULAR INC [ BPOP ]

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)
10/30/2015

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 Par Value $0.01 per share	10/30/2015		S		2,500	D	$30	305,607(1)	I	FRG, Inc.(2)
Common Stock Par Value $0.01 per share	11/02/2015		S		305,607	D	$29.73(3)	0	I	FRG, Inc.(2)
8.25% Non-Cumulative Monthly Income Preferred Stock Series B								4,175	I	by husband
Common Stock Par Value $0.01 per share								27,173	D
Common Stock Par Value $0.01 per share								296,164(1)	I	GFR MEDIA, LLC(4)
Common Stock Par Value $0.01 per share								43,739(1)	I	The Luis A. Ferre Foundation, Inc.(5)
Common Stock Par Value $0.01 per share								297	I	Ranfe, Inc.(6)

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. The amount of outstanding shares owned has been reduced by one share to reflect the correct number of shares held.

2. FRG, Inc. is 100% owned by the Ferre Rangel Family. Ms. Ferre is shareholder, CEO, President & Director of FRG, Inc.

3. This price is a weighted average price. These shares were sold on multiple transactions ranging from $29.55 to $30.06 inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide to the Corporation, any security holder of the Corporation, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the ranges set forth in this footnote.

4. GFR Media, LLC (formerly El Dia Inc) is 100% owned by FRG, Inc.

5. Ms. Ferre is the President and a Trustee of The Luis A. Ferre Foundation, Inc.

6. Ranfe Inc. is 100% owned by the Ferre Rangel siblings.

Remarks:

	Marie Reyes-Rodriguez, Attorney-in-fact	11/03/2015
	** 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.