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
X	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* Baty Stanley L (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O EMERITUS CORPORATION 3131 ELLIOTT AVE., STE 500 (Street) SEATTLE WA 98121 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol EMERITUS CORP\WA\ [ ESC ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner Officer (give title below) X Other (specify below) Member of 10% 13d group
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 07/31/2014
	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	07/31/2014		D(1)(2)		93,173	D	(1)	0	D
Common Stock	07/31/2014		D(1)		661,525	D	(1)	0	I	By B.F., Limited Partnership(3)
Common Stock	07/31/2014		D(1)		1,657,504	D	(1)	0	I	By Baty 2014 GRAT(4)
Common Stock	07/31/2014		D(1)		23,024	D	(1)	0	I	By Trust FBO Bennett Baty(5)
Common Stock	07/31/2014		D(1)		23,024	D	(1)	0	I	By Trust FBO Calder Baty(5)
Common Stock	07/31/2014		D(1)		23,024	D	(1)	0	I	By Trust FBO Lauren Baty(5)

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. Disposed of pursuant to the agreement and plan of merger dated as of February 20, 2014, by and among the issuer, Brookdale Senior Living Inc. ("Brookdale") and Broadway Merger Sub Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Brookdale, pursuant to which the outstanding shares of the issuer's common stock were converted into the right to receive 0.95 of a share of Brookdale common stock (net of any required withholding taxes with respect to restricted stock holdings). Any resulting fractional share was converted into the right to receive an amount of cash equal to (x) such fraction multiplied by (y) the product of (i) $35.5265, the value of Brookdale common stock at its volume-weighted average price over the 10 trading days immediately preceding the completion of the merger, and (ii) 0.95.

2. Amount includes 3,541 shares of restricted stock whose acquisition was previously reported in Table I that became fully vested immediately prior to the effective time of the merger.

3. These securities are held in the name of B.F., Limited Partnership, a Washington limited partnership, of which the reporting person is a 22.41% limited partner. The securities reported represent the reporting person's proportionate interest in the total amount of such securities owned by B.F., Limited Partnership. The reporting person is a Vice President of Columbia-Pacific Group, Inc., a Washington corporation, which is the general partner of B.F., Limited Partnership.

4. The reporting person is a co-trustee of the Baty 2014 Grantor Retained Annuity Trust ("GRAT").

5. Represents the proportionate ownership interest in securities held by B.F., Limited Partnership attributable to the 0.78% limited partnership interest in B.F., Limited Partnership held by such trust. The reporting person is a Vice President of Columbia-Pacific Group, Inc., a Washington corporation, which is the general partner of B.F., Limited Partnership. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that the reporting person is the beneficial owner of such securities for purposes of Section 16 or for any other purpose.

Remarks:

	/s/ Stanley L. Baty	08/04/2014
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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