Edgar Filing: Pzena Investment Management, 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 ^*

Pzena Richard Stanton

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Pzena Investment Management, Inc. [PZN]

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

__X__ Director	_____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below)	_____ Other (specify below)
Chairman, CEO and Co-CIO

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

C/O PZENA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, INC., 320 PARK AVENUE, 8TH FLOOR

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
12/18/2015

(Street)

NEW YORK, NY 10022

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 B Common Stock, par value $0.000001 ⁽¹⁾	12/18/2015	⁽³⁾	A		255,111	A	⁽³⁾	18,082,732	D
Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01								106	D
Class B Common Stock, par value $0.000001 ⁽¹⁾								42,399	I	By spouse
Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01								4,100	I	By spouse
Class B Common Stock, par value $0.000001 ⁽¹⁾								6,258,600	I	By trust

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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

Delayed Exchange Class B Units ⁽³⁾

⁽³⁾

12/18/2015

255,111

⁽³⁾

Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01

255,111

⁽³⁾

18,082,732 ⁽⁴⁾

Class B Units ⁽²⁾

⁽²⁾

Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01

18,082,732 ⁽⁴⁾

Class B Units ⁽²⁾

⁽²⁾

Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01

42,399

By spouse

Class B Units ⁽²⁾

⁽²⁾

Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01

6,258,600

By trust

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Pzena Richard Stanton C/O PZENA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, INC. 320 PARK AVENUE, 8TH FLOOR NEW YORK, NY 10022	X		Chairman, CEO and Co-CIO

Signatures

/s/ Joan F. Berger, as attorney-in-fact for Richard S. Pzena		12/22/2015
^**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)	Each holder of a Class B Unit of Pzena Investment Management, LLC (the "Operating Company") is also issued one share of Pzena Investment Management, Inc.'s (the "Issuer") Class B common stock, par value $0.000001 per share, in exchange for the par value thereof. Holders of Class B common stock are not entitled to participate in any dividends or other distributions made by the Issuer to holders of its capital stock, except for the right to receive the par value thereof upon the Issuer's liquidation or dissolution.
(2)	Represents units of the Operating Company that were reclassified as "Class B Units" of the Operating Company on a one-for-one basis in connection with the amendment and restatement of the Operating Company's operating agreement as of October 30, 2007 ("the Amended Pzena LLC Agreement"), among the Issuer, as the Managing Member of the Operating Company and the holder of certain units of the Operating Company, and the holders of such reclassified units of the Operating Company. Pursuant to the Amended Pzena LLC Agreement, each Class B Unit is exchangeable for a share of Class A common stock of the Issuer subject to the timing and volume limitations set forth in the Amended Pzena LLC Agreement.
(3)	On December 18, 2015, the Reporting Person was granted 255,111 Delayed Exchange Class B Units of the Operating Company and an equivalent number of shares of Class B Common Stock, par value $0.000001 per share. These Class B units vest immediately upon the date of grant and have the right to receive dividend payments, however, they are not eligible for exchange pursuant to the Exchange Rights of Class B Members (Exhibit B to the Amended Pzena LLC Agreement) until seven years after the grant date, at which time they will be 100% exchangeable for shares of the Issuer's Class A common stock (subject to the timing set forth in the Exchange Rights Agreement). These Class B units do not carry any rights associated with the Issuer and Operating Company's Tax Receivable Agreement.
(4)	This number includes 255,111 of Delayed Exchange Class B Units and 17,827,621 Class B Units.

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