SEC FORM 4

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^*

Coons Jeffrey S.

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

C/O MANNING & NAPIER, INC.

290 WOODCLIFF DRIVE

(Street)

FAIRPORT

14450

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Manning & Napier, Inc. [ MN ]

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

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
	President

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
11/23/2011

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)
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01	11/23/2011		P		5,000	A	$12	5,000	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)
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)	Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)		10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Class A units⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾⁽³⁾	⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾⁽³⁾	11/23/2011		J		901,536		⁽⁴⁾	⁽⁴⁾	Class A Common Stock, $0.01 par value	901,536	⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾⁽³⁾	901,536	I	M and N Group Holdings, LLC

Explanation of Responses:

1. Represents Class A units of Manning & Napier Group, LLC ("Group") that are owned directly by M&N Group Holdings, LLC ("Group Holdings"). Group Holdings is owned as follows: (a) Class B units of Group Holdings representing approximately 99.7% of the issued and outstanding Class B units of Group Holdings, which represents approximately 23.6% of the voting and economic rights of Group Holdings, are owned by William Manning; (b) Class B units of Group Holdings representing approximately 0.3% of the issued and outstanding Class B units of Group Holdings, which represents approximately 0.1% of the voting and economic rights of Group Holdings, are owned by Richard Goldberg; (c) Class A units of Group Holdings representing approximately 83.9% of the issued and outstanding Class A units of Group Holdings, which represents approximately 64.0% of the voting and economic rights of Group Holdings, are owned by MNA Advisors, Inc. ("Advisors"); (continued in Footnote 2)

2. (d) Class A units of Group Holdings representing approximately 0.04% of the issued and outstanding Class A units of Group Holdings, which represents approximately 2.68% of the voting and economic rights of Group Holdings, are owned by M&N Advisory Advantage Corporation ("AAC"); (e) Class A units of Group Holdings representing less than 0.01% of the issued and outstanding Class A units of Group Holdings, which represents less than 0.01% of the voting and economic rights of Group Holdings, are owned by M&N Alternative Opportunities, Inc. (together with Advisors and AAC, the "Corporations"); and (f) Class A units of Group Holdings representing approximately 12.6% of the issued and outstanding Class A units of Group Holdings, which represents approximately (continued in Footnote 3)

3. 9.6% of the voting and economic rights of Group Holdings, are owned by Manning & Napier Associates, LLC. The number of derivative securities shown is the number of Class A units of Group directly owned by Group Holdings that are attributable to the interests of the Reporting Person as an owner of equity interests of each of the Corporations. Each Class A unit of Group represents the right to receive cash or one share of Class A common stock of the Issuer based on the selling schedule set forth in footnote (4) and in that certain Exchange Agreement, entered into as of November 23, 2011 (the "Exchange Agreement"), by and among the Issuer, Group Holdings, Manning & Napier Capital Company, LLC and the other parties thereto (filed as Exhibit 10.3 to Amendment No. 2 to the Issuer's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-175309)).

4. Pursuant to the Exchange Agreement, Group Holdings, at the Reporting Person's direction, may elect to exchange: (a) up to 5% of the Class A units of Group attributable to the Reporting Person as of November 17, 2012; and (b) the remainder of such Class A units as of November 17, 2013.

Remarks:

*Duly authorized pursuant to Limited Power of Attorney, dated November 23, 2011, by Jeffrey S. Coons appointing Richard B. Yates as his attorney-in-fact, included as an Exhibit to this Form 4.

	/s/ Richard B. Yates, Attorney-in-Fact*	11/28/2011
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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