Sec Form 4 Filing - WL ROSS & CO LLC @ BankUnited, Inc. - 2013-03-20

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FORM 4
Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
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, 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
WL ROSS & CO LLC
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
BankUnited, Inc. [ BKU]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director X __ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
(Last) (First) (Middle)
1166 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (MM/DD/YY)
03/20/2013
(Street)
NEW YORK, NY10036
4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YY)
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 (MM/DD/YY) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (MM/DD/YY) 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, par value $0.01 per share 03/20/2013 S( 1 ) 721,500 D $ 24.745 8,189,631 ( 2 ) ( 3 ) ( 4 ) ( 5 ) ( 6 ) I See Footnotes
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 (MM/DD/YY) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (MM/DD/YY) 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
(MM/DD/YY)
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
Reporting Owners
Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
WL ROSS & CO LLC
1166 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS
NEW YORK, NY10036
X
Signatures
/s/ Rajinder P. Singh, as Attorney-in-Fact 03/22/2013
Signature of Reporting Person Date
Explanation of Responses:
( 1 )Reflects the sale of BankUnited, Inc.'s common stock, par value $0.01 per share ("Common Stock"), consisting of 654,165 shares sold by WLR Recovery Fund IV, L.P., 2,627 shares sold by WLR IV Parallel ESC, L.P. and 64,708 shares sold by WLR/GS Master Co-Investment, L.P. on March 20, 2013 pursuant to the underwriters' full exercise of their option to purchase additional shares of common stock in connection with a secondary offering of BankUnited, Inc.
( 2 )Each of the reporting persons disclaims beneficial ownership of any securities except to the extent of its pecuniary interest therein.
( 3 )WLR Recovery Fund IV, L.P. ("Fund IV") owns 7,425,314 shares of Common Stock of the issuer. Wilbur L. Ross, Jr. is the president and chief executive officer of WL Ross & Co. LLC and the managing member of El Vedado, LLC. El Vedado, LLC is the general partner of WL Ross Group, L.P., which in turn is the managing member of WLR Recovery Associates IV LLC. WLR Recovery Associates IV LLC is the general partner of Fund IV. WL Ross & Co. LLC serves as the investment manager to Fund IV. Accordingly, each of WL Ross & Co. LLC, Wilbur L. Ross, Jr., El Vedado, LLC, WL Ross Group, L.P. and WLR Recovery Associates IV LLC may be deemed to be a beneficial owner of some or all the shares of Common Stock owned by Fund IV.
( 4 )WLR IV Parallel ESC, L.P. (the "Parallel Fund") owns 29,821 shares of Common Stock of the issuer. Wilbur L. Ross, Jr. is the managing member of El Vedado, LLC and the chairman and president of Invesco Private Capital, Inc. El Vedado, LLC is the general partner of WL Ross Group, L.P., which in turn is the managing member of WLR Recovery Associates IV LLC. Invesco Private Capital, Inc. is the managing member of INVESCO WLR IV Associates LLC, which in turn is the general partner of the Parallel Fund. INVESCO WLR IV Associates LLC and WLR Recovery Associates IV LLC have entered into a parallel investment agreement pursuant to which WLR Recovery Associates IV LLC has been appointed as representative and attorney of the Parallel Fund to, among other things, exercise all rights, powers and privileges with respect to the Common Stock owned by the Parallel Fund and to take whatever action, including voting such Common Stock, as WLR Recovery Associates IV LLC (continued in footnote 5).
( 5 )(continued from footnote 4) in its discretion deems fit. Accordingly, each of Wilbur L. Ross, Jr., El Vedado, LLC, WL Ross Group, L.P., WLR Recovery Associates IV LLC, Invesco Private Capital, Inc. and INVESCO WLR IV Associates LLC may be deemed to be a beneficial owner of some or all the shares of Common Stock owned by the Parallel Fund.
( 6 )WLR/GS Master Co-Investment L.P. (the "Co-Invest Fund") owns 734,496 shares of Common Stock of the issuer. Wilbur L. Ross, Jr. is the president and chief executive officer of WL Ross & Co. LLC and the managing member of El Vedado, LLC. El Vedado, LLC is the general partner of WL Ross Group, L.P., which in turn is the managing member of WLR Master Co-Investment GP, LLC. WLR Master Co-Investment GP, LLC is the general partner of the Co-Invest Fund. WL Ross & Co. LLC serves as the investment manager to the Co-Invest Fund. Accordingly, each of WL Ross & Co. LLC, Wilbur L. Ross, Jr., El Vedado, LLC, WL Ross Group, L.P. and WLR Master Co-Investment GP, LLC may be deemed to be a beneficial owner of some or all the shares of Common Stock owned by the Co-Invest Fund.

Remarks:
Due to technical limitations in the number of reporting persons that can be included in a Section 16 filing, this Form 4 is being filed in two separate filings. Please see exhibit 99.1 (Joint Filer Information) attached hereto. This is filing no. 2 of 2. Filing no. 2 is made solely for the purpose of including WL Ross & Co. LLC as a reporting person in this Form 4.

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