SEC FORM 4/A 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*
Mestre Eduardo G

(Last) (First) (Middle)
C/O EVERCORE PARTNERS INC.
55 EAST 52ND STREET 38TH FLOOR

(Street)
NEW YORK NY 10055

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Evercore Partners Inc. [ EVR ]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Director 10% Owner
X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
Vice Chairman
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
04/01/2008
4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
04/03/2008
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)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
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)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Partnership units of Evercore LP(1) (1) 04/01/2008 A 26,633(2) (3) (3) Shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share(3) 26,633 (1) 1,058,721 D
Partnership units of Evercore LP(1) (1) 04/01/2008 A 1,991(2) (3) (3) Shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share(3) 1,991 (1) 79,144 I Partnership units held by trust(4)
Explanation of Responses:
1. Represents a re-allocation pursuant to the terms of the Evercore LP ("ELP") partnership agreement, as amended ("Agreement"), of unvested ELP limited partnership units that were forfeited on March 13, 2008, and not an increase in the total number of ELP partnership units. ELP partnership units are, subject to certain vesting, transfer and other restrictions as set forth in the Agreement, exchangeable on a one-for-one basis for shares of Evercore Partners Inc. Class A common stock, subject to customary conversion rate adjustments for stock splits, stock dividends and reclassifications.
2. This report is being filed to correct the number of ELP limited partnership units previously reported.
3. ELP limited partnership units are, subject to certain restrictions in the ELP partnership agreement, exchangeable on a one-for-one basis for shares of Evercore Partners Inc. Class A common stock, subject to customary conversion rate adjustments for stock splits, stock dividends and reclassifications.
4. These ELP limited partnership units are held by a grantor retained annuity trust of which Mr. Mestre is the investment trustee.
/s/ Adam B. Frankel, as Attorney-in-fact 04/04/2008
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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