CU Bancorp (CUNB) Form 4 CU Bancorp / David I Rainer 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^*

Rainer David I

(Last) (First) (Middle)

C/O CU BANCORP 15821, VENTURA BLVD.

SUITE 100

(Street)

ENCINO CA 91436

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
CU Bancorp [ CUNB ]

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

X	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
Chairman & CEO

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
12/18/2015

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	12/18/2015		F(1)		1,665	D	$25.89	21,435(2)	D
Common Stock								183,276	I	Trustee of the David and Anne Rainer Trust
Common Stock								31,364	I	IRA

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
Restricted Stock Units	(3)							(4)	(4)	Common Stock	40,000		40,000	D
Options to Purchase Common Stock	$16							(5)	09/24/2017	Common Stock	23,333		23,333	D
Options to Purchase Common Stock	$17.5							(5)	02/26/2017	Common Stock	60,000		60,000	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. The Reporting Person is reporting the withholding by CU Bancorp of 1,665 shares of common stock to satisfy the Reporting Person's tax withholding obligations in connection with the vesting of 4,433 shares of restricted stock to the Reporting Person on December 18, 2015, in accordance with the vesting schedule set forth in the restricted stock grant.

2. Includes shares of restricted stock subject to a vesting schedule set forth in the restricted stock grant and subject to forfeiture upon the occurrence of certain events specified in the restricted stock grant.

3. Each restricted stock unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of CUNB stock.

4. The restricted stock units will vest in three(3) installments to which 20,000 shares will vest on March 19, 2017 and 10,000 shares will vest on each March 19, 2018 and 2019. Vested shares will be delivered to the Reporting Person on or before March 15 in the calendar year following the vesting except to the extent that CUNB reasonably anticipates that CUNB's corporate income tax deduction for the payment of shares will be limited or eliminated as a result of the application of Internal Revenue Code Section 162(m). CUNB will defer the payment and delivery of such shares to the earliest date where CUNB reasonably anticipates that such deduction will not be limited or eliminated by application of Internal Revenue Code Section 162(m).

5. As of filing date, the stock option grant is 100% vested and immediately exercisable.

Remarks:

	David I. Rainer, By: Anita Y. Wolman, Attorney-in-Fact	12/28/2015
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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