Sterling Bancorp Form 4 / William E. Whiston ownership change

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^*

Whiston William E.

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

TWO BLUE HILL PLAZA

SECOND FLOOR

(Street)

PEARL RIVER

10965

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
STERLING BANCORP [ STL ]

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

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

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
01/31/2022

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)
Common Stock	01/31/2022		D		3,433⁽¹⁾	D	⁽²⁾⁽³⁾	0	D
Common Stock	01/31/2022		D		28,437.8⁽⁴⁾	D	⁽⁵⁾	0	I	Held Jointly with Spouse

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)

Explanation of Responses:

1. Consists of 3,433 restricted stock awards of the Issuer (the "Issuer RSAs").

2. Disposed of pursuant to the Merger Agreement between Issuer and Webster Financial Corporation ("Webster"), dated April 18, 2021 (the "Merger Agreement"), for total stock consideration of 1,589 shares of new Webster common stock. Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, at the effective time of the merger between Issuer and Webster (the "Effective Time"), each share of Issuer common stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time was converted into the right to receive 0.4630 shares of Webster common stock. All fractional share holdings were paid in cash. The Merger closed on January 31, 2022. On January 31, 2022, the closing price of the Issuer was $26.29, and the closing price of Webster was $56.81.

3. Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, at the Effective Time, the Issuer RSAs vested and were cancelled and converted into the number of shares of Webster common stock equal to the product of (A) the number of shares of Issuer common stock subject to such Issuer RSAs immediately prior to the Effective Time, multiplied by (B) the Exchange Ratio, with any fractional shares paid in cash.

4. This amount includes 331.53 shares of Issuer stock acquired under a Dividend Reinvestment Plan for which the Reporting Owner was enrolled during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 that would have been subject to reporting on a Form 5.

5. Disposed of pursuant to the Merger Agreement, for total stock consideration of 13,166 shares of new Webster common stock, as further described above.

Remarks:

	/s/ William E. Whiston	02/02/2022
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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Sterling Bancorp (STL) Form 4STERLING BANCORP / William E. Whiston ownership change