Mark R Rendulic Form 4 FIRST NIAGARA FINANCIAL / Mark R Rendulic 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^*

Rendulic Mark R

(Last) (First) (Middle)

726 EXCHANGE STREET

SUITE 618

(Street)

BUFFALO NY 14210

(City) (State) (Zip)

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)

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
EVP, Retail Banking

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)

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	08/01/2016		D		130,908	D	(1)	0	D
Series B Nonconvertible Preferred Stock	08/01/2016		D		1,000	D	(2)	0	D
Common Stock	08/01/2016		D		10,349	D	(3)	0	I	By 401k
Common Stock	08/01/2016		D		897	D	(3)	0	I	By ESOP

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
Non-qualified Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$13.79	08/01/2016		D			19,536	(4)	01/24/2021	Common Stock	19,536	(4)	0	D
Non-qualified Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$8.86	08/01/2016		D			17,550	(5)	03/28/2023	Common Stock	17,550	(5)	0	D
Non-qualified Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$9.27	08/01/2016		D			30,924	(6)	03/28/2024	Common Stock	30,924	(6)	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. 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. As a result of the Merger, the reporting person no longer beneficially owns directly or indirectly any shares of issuer common stock.

2. Disposed of pursuant to the Merger Agreement. Pursuant to the Merger, each issued and outstanding share of issuer Series B Nonconvertible Preferred Stock was converted into one share of a newly issued series of Fixed-to-Floating Rate Perpetual Noncumulative Preferred Stock, Series C of KeyCorp. As a result of the Merger, the reporting person no longer beneficially owns directly any shares of issuer preferred stock.

3. Disposed of pursuant to 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 indirectly any shares of issuer common stock.

4. This option, which provided for vesting in three equal annual installments beginning January 24, 2012, was assumed by KeyCorp in the Merger and replaced with an option to purchase 17,191 shares of KeyCorp common stock for $15.68 per share.

5. This option, which provided for vesting in three equal annual installments beginning March 28, 2014, was assumed by KeyCorp in the Merger and replaced with an option to purchase 15,444 shares of KeyCorp common stock for $10.07 per share.

6. This option, which provided for vesting in three equal annual installments beginning March 28, 2015, was assumed by KeyCorp in the Merger and replaced with an option to purchase 27,213 shares of KeyCorp common stock for $10.54 per share.

Remarks:

	Kristy Berner, power of attorney for Mark R. Rendulic	08/02/2016
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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