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*
Ehst Richard A

(Last) (First) (Middle)
1015 PENN AVENUE, SUITE 103

(Street)
WYOMISSING PA 19610

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Customers Bancorp, Inc. [ CUBI ]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Director 10% Owner
X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
President & COO
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
08/26/2015
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 01/27/2016 F(2) 234 D $25.7 85,603(3)(4) 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
Stock Options (right to buy) $23.36 08/26/2020 08/26/2025 Common Stock 46,395 46,395(6) D
Employee Stock Options (right to buy) $15.23(5) 05/21/2018 05/21/2023 Common Stock 101,956 101,956(1)(4) D
Employee Stock Options (right to buy) $8.86(5) 04/06/2015 04/06/2020 Common Stock 74,044 74,044(1)(4) D
Employee Stock Options (right to buy) $9.55(5) 07/14/2015 07/14/2020 Common Stock 1,925 1,925(1)(4) D
Employee Stock Options (right to buy) $10.91(5) 12/28/2015 12/28/2020 Common Stock 12,279 12,279(1)(4) D
Employee Stock Options (right to buy) $10.91(5) 01/31/2016 01/31/2021 Common Stock 12,616 12,616(1)(4) D
Employee Stock Options (right to buy) $10.91(5) 02/28/2016 02/28/2021 Common Stock 5,531 5,531(1)(4) D
Employee Stock Options (right to buy) $10.91(5) 03/07/2016 03/07/2021 Common Stock 4,428 4,428(1)(4) D
Employee Stock Options (right to buy) $12(5) 09/17/2016 09/17/2021 Common Stock 10,296 10,296(1)(4) D
Employee Stock Options (right to buy) $12(5) 09/30/2016 09/30/2021 Common Stock 16,250 16,250(1)(4) D
Employee Stock Options (right to buy) $12.73(5) 09/20/2017 09/20/2022 Common Stock 117,345 117,345(1)(4) D
Explanation of Responses:
1. Under the terms of the Customers Bancorp, Inc. 2010 Stock Option Plan, these Stock Options will vest and become exercisable on the fifth anniversary of date of grant, subject to a 50% increase in the trading price of the company's voting common stock on the NASDAQ Global Select Market (or other national stock market or securities quotation system).
2. Shares withheld for taxes upon vesting of previously issued restricted stock.
3. Includes 63,390 shares of common stock previously reported in Table I separately as Restricted Stock Units.
4. On May 15, 2014, Customers Bancorp, Inc. declared a 10% stock dividend payable to all holders of record of common stock on May 27, 2014 (the "Stock Dividend"). As a result, the reporting person received additional shares of common stock as of June 30, 2014.
5. Exercise price adjusted to account for Stock Dividend.
6. Under the terms of the Customers Bancorp, Inc. 2010 Stock Option Plan, these Stock Options will vest and become exercisable on the fifth anniversary of the date of grant, subject to either (i) total shareholder returns over the vesting period of at least 50%, or (ii) compound annual growth in diluted EPS for the company of at least 10% over the vesting period.
Remarks:
/s/ Richard Ehst by Glenn A. Yeager under Power of Attorney 01/29/2016
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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