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 *
Yale Mark Edward
  2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Washington Prime Group Inc. [WPG]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
EVP, CFO
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
180 EAST BROAD STREET
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
01/15/2015
(Street)

COLUMBUS, OH 43215
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
Common Stock, $.0001 par value 01/15/2015   A(1)   196,328 (2) A (3) 196,328 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 V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Stock Option (Right to Buy) $ 32.75 01/15/2015   A(1)     11,759   (4) 03/08/2015 Common Stock 11,759 (5) 11,759 D  
Stock Option (Right to Buy) $ 32.17 01/15/2015   A(1)     19,599   (6) 05/04/2016 Common Stock 19,599 (5) 19,599 D  
Stock Option (Right to Buy) $ 1.79 01/15/2015   A(1)     6,271   (7) 03/11/2019 Common Stock 6,271 (5) 6,271 D  
Stock Option (Right to Buy) $ 5.76 01/15/2015   A(1)     6,271   (8) 03/04/2020 Common Stock 6,271 (5) 6,271 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
Yale Mark Edward
180 EAST BROAD STREET
COLUMBUS, OH 43215
      EVP, CFO  

Signatures

 /s/ Robert P. Demchak   01/20/2015
**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) Acquisition of securities in connection with the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated September 16, 2014 (the "Merger Agreement"), pursuant to which Glimcher Realty Trust ("Glimcher") merged with and into WPG Subsidiary Holdings I, LLC, an indirect subsidiary of the Issuer (the "Merger").
(2) Includes 170,454 restricted share awards.
(3) Upon consummation of the Merger, each common share of beneficial interest of Glimcher held by the Reporting Person at the effective time of the Merger was converted into 0.1989 shares of Issuer common stock plus $10.40 in cash. Each Glimcher restricted share held by the Reporting Person at the effective time of the Merger was converted into an award of a number of restricted common shares of the Issuer equal to the number of Glimcher restricted shares held multiplied by the sum of (x) 0.1989 of a share of common stock of the Issuer and (y) the quotient of (A) $10.40 divided by (B) the volume weighted average closing price of Issuer common stock on the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") on the last ten trading days immediately prior to the Merger.
(4) The option vested in three equal annual installments commencing on March 9, 2006.
(5) Upon consummation of the Merger, each outstanding stock option of Glimcher was converted into 0.784 of an option of the Issuer.
(6) The option vested in three equal annual installments commencing on May 5, 2007.
(7) The option vested in three equal annual installments commencing on March 12, 2010.
(8) The option vested in three equal annual installments commencing on March 5, 2011.

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