James Daniel Westcott Form 4 LEGACY RESERVES / James Daniel Westcott 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^*

Westcott James Daniel

(Last) (First) (Middle)

303 W. WALL, SUITE 1800

(Street)

MIDLAND TX 79701

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
LEGACY RESERVES LP [ LGCY ]

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

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
EVP and CFO

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
02/18/2017

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
Units representing limited partner interests	02/18/2017		M		20,216	A	$0.00(1)	102,165(2)	D
Units representing limited partner interests	02/18/2017		F		7,611	D	$2.2(3)	94,554(2)	D

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
Phantom Units	(1)	02/18/2017		M			20,216	(4)(5)	(4)(5)	Units	20,216	$0.00	181,843(6)	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Each phantom unit represents the economic equivalent of a unit representing a limited partner interest in Legacy Reserves LP.

2. Includes 60,000 restricted units scheduled to vest on September 24, 2017.

3. Reflects the closing price of the units on February 17, 2017.

4. Phantom units granted on or after March 3, 2014 vest on February 18th in the third year after grant and are payable in units.

5. Pursuant to the achievement of certain objective, performance-based criteria, none of the phantom units eligible to vest for the year ended December 31, 2016, granted on March 3, 2014, vested and therefore 15,402 phantom units were forfeited. With respect to the subjective phantom unit grants, 20,216 phantom units vested.

6. Includes the remaining 99,234 phantom units and 82,609 phantom units from the phantom units granted on February 24, 2015 and June 22, 2016, respectively.

Remarks:

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Legacy Reserves GP, LLC, the general partner of Legacy Reserves LP.

	/s/ James Daniel Westcott	02/22/2017
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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