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 and COO
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
05/31/2016
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 05/31/2016 M 9,500(2) A $8.86 102,967(3)(4) D
Common Stock 05/31/2016 S 9,500(6) D $26.82(7) 93,467(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
Employee Stock Options (right to buy) $8.86(5) 05/31/2016 M 9,500(2) 04/06/2015 04/06/2020 Common Stock 9,500 $0 64,544(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. Stock Options exercised.
3. Includes 71,834 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. Sale of Common Stock in connection with broker assisted cashless exercise of options.
7. This transaction was executed in multiple trades at prices ranging from $26.67 to $26.98. The price reported above reflects the weighted average sale price. The reporting person hereby undertakes to provide upon request to the SEC staff, the issuer or a security holder of the issuer full information regarding the number of shares and prices at which the transaction was effected.
/s/ Richard A. Ehst 06/01/2016
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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