SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES 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* WADORS PATRICIA L (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O LINKEDIN CORPORATION 2029 STIERLIN COURT (Street) MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 02/11/2016	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol LINKEDIN CORP [ LNKD ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) SVP Global Talent Organization	5. 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 Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Class A Common Stock	25,782(1)	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	(2)	02/14/2023	Class A Common Stock	13,852	$161.34	D
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	(3)	02/28/2024	Class A Common Stock	6,862	$204.04	D
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	(4)	02/27/2025	Class A Common Stock	9,935	$267.2	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. The reported shares are represented by grants of restricted stock units ("RSUs"). The RSU grants vest six and one-quarter percent (6.25%) on each Company Vest Date until each grant is vested. "Company Vest Dates" are defined as February 15, May 15, August 15 and November 15 of each year (to the extent that any of the Company Vest Dates fall on a weekend or Company holiday, that Company Vest Date will be the first business day following the relevant Company Vest Date).

2. Twenty-five percent (25%) of the shares subject to the Option vested on the first anniversary of the Vesting Commencement Date (February 14, 2014), and the remaining seventy-five percent (75%) of the shares subject to the Option vest monthly over the next thirty-six (36) months.

3. Shares subject to the Option vest in forty-eight (48) equal monthly installments beginning on February 28, 2014.

4. Shares subject to the Option vest in forty-eight (48) equal monthly installments beginning on March 1, 2015.

Remarks:

	/s/ Lora Danielle Blum, Attorney-in-Fact	02/12/2016
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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