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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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
Park Howard
  2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Ladder Capital Corp [LADR]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
__X__ Director _____ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
C/O GI GP III LLC, 188 THE EMBARCADERO, SUITE 700
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
03/09/2017
(Street)

SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94105
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)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Class A Common Stock 03/09/2017   C   922,168 A (1) 3,143,988 I See Footnotes (1) (2) (5) (6)
Class A Common Stock 03/13/2017   S   922,168 D $ 14.05 2,221,820 I See Footnotes (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)
Class A Common Stock 03/13/2017   S   166,918 D $ 14.05 2,054,902 I See Footnotes (3) (4) (5) (6) (8)
Class A Common Stock 03/13/2017   S   23,971 D $ 14.05 2,030,931 I See Footnotes (3) (4) (5) (6) (9)

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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 V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Units and Class B Common Stock $ 0 03/09/2017   C     922,168   (1)   (1) Class A Common Stock 922,168 (1) 9,811,259 I See Footnotes (1) (2) (5) (6) (7)

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
Park Howard
C/O GI GP III LLC
188 THE EMBARCADERO, SUITE 700
SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94105
  X      

Signatures

 /s/ Jenny McGinnis, attorney in fact   03/13/2017
**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) In connection with the March 2017 Offering (as defined herein), on March 9, 2017, GI Ladder Holdco, LLC ("Ladder Holdco") exchanged 922,168 shares of Class B Common Stock (the "Class B Common Stock") of Ladder Capital Corp. ("LCC") and Series REIT and Series TRS of Ladder Capital Finance Holdings LLLP (the "Units") into 922,168 shares of Class A Common Stock (the "Class A Common Stock") of LCC (the "Exchange"). No cash or other consideration was exchanged in connection with the Exchange. The exchange right has no expiration date.
(2) Includes 279,008 shares of Class A Common Stock held by GI Partners Fund III-A L.P. ("GI III-A") and 1,942,812 shares of Class A Common Stock held by GI Partners Fund III-B L.P. ("GI III-B"), in each case following the Exchange.
(3) On March 7, 2017, LCC, certain pre-IPO stockholders (the "Selling Stockholders"), including Ladder HoldCo, GI III-A and GI III-B, and UBS Securities LLC ("UBS") entered into an Underwriting Agreement, pursuant to which UBS agreed to purchase (the "March 2017 Offering") 3,000,000 shares of LCC's Class A common stock from the Selling Stockholders, including Ladder HoldCo, GI III-A and GI III-B. The March 2017 Offering closed on March 13, 2017.
(4) (Continued from Footnote 3) In connection therewith, GI III-A sold 23,971 shares of Class A Common Stock, GI III-B sold 166,918 shares of Class A Common Stock and Ladder Holdco sold 922,168 shares of Class A Common Stock to UBS on March 13, 2017.
(5) GI Partners Fund III L.P. ("GI III") owns Ladder Holdco. GI GP III L.P. ("GI GP LP") is the general partner of GI III, GI III-A, and GI III-B. GI Holdings III L.P. ("GI Holdings") is the limited partner of GI III, GI III-A, and GI III-B. GI GP III LLC ("GI GP LLC") is the general partner of each of GI GP LP and GI Holdings. Mr. Park is a member of the general partner of GI International L.P. ("GI Partners"), which is an affiliated entity of Ladder Holdco, GI III, GI III-A, GI III-B, GI GP LP, GI Holdings, and GI GP LLC.
(6) Mr. Park directly (whether through ownership or position) or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, may be deemed for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, to be the indirect beneficial owner of the shares of Class A Common Stock and the shares of Units and Class B Common Stock reported herein. Mr. Park disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares reported herein except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that he is the beneficial owner of such securities for purposes of Section 16 or for any other purpose.
(7) Following the March 2017 Offering, Ladder Holdco holds 9,811,259 Units and shares of Class B Common Stock and no other securities of LCC.
(8) Following the March 2017 Offering, GI III-A holds 255,037 shares of Class A Common Stock and no other securities of LCC.
(9) Following the March 2017 Offering, GI III-B holds 1,775,894 shares of Class A Common Stock and no other securities of LCC.

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