Edgar Filing: Manning & Napier, Inc.

Ownership Submission

FORM 4

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 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.

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

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

C/O MANNING & NAPIER, 290 WOODCLIFF DRIVE

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
04/29/2016

(Street)

FAIRPORT, NY 14450

4. If Amendment, Date 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

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

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	04/30/2016		M		25,559	A	⁽¹⁾	30,559	D
Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01	05/02/2016		F		9,284	D	$ 8.55	21,275	D

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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 Underlying Securities
(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 of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)

Code

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Restricted Stock Units

⁽¹⁾

04/30/2016

25,559

⁽²⁾

Class A Common Stock

25,559

$ 0

Class A Units ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾

$ 7.64

04/29/2016

415,289

⁽⁵⁾

Class A Common Stock, $0.01 par value

415,289

$ 7.64

114,664

M&N Group Holdings, LLC

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Coons Jeffrey S. C/O MANNING & NAPIER 290 WOODCLIFF DRIVE FAIRPORT, NY 14450			President

Signatures

/s/ Sarah C. Turner, attorney-in-fact		05/03/2016
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Restricted stock units convert to common stock on a one-for-one basis.
(2)	On April 30, 2013, the reporting person was granted 25,559 restricted stock units, which vested on April 30, 2016.
(3)	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 100% of the issued and outstanding Class B units of Group Holdings, which represents approximately 27.27% of the voting and economic rights of Group Holdings, are owned by William Manning; (b) Class A units of Group Holdings representing approximately 84.69% of the issued and outstanding Class A units of Group Holdings, which represents approximately 61.59% of the voting and economic rights of Group Holdings, are owned by MNA Advisors, Inc. ("Advisors"); and (c) Class A units of Group Holdings representing approximately 15.31% of the issued and outstanding Class A units of Group Holdings, which represents approximately 11.14% of the voting and economic rights of Group Holdings, are owned by Manning & Napier Associates, LLC.
(4)	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 Advisors. 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 that certain Exchange Agreement, entered into as of November 23, 2011, by and among the Issuer, Group Holdings, Manning & Napier Capital Company, LLC and other parties thereto (filed as Exhibit 10.3 to the Issuer's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011 (File No. 001-35355)).
(5)	Class A units of Group are subject to an annual exchange process that includes certain aggregate limits set forth in the Advisors Shareholder Agreement.

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