SEC Form 5

FORM 5		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 ANNUAL 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	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0362 Estimated average burden hours per response: 1.0
	Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Altman Roger C (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) X Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) Executive Chairman and Co-CEO
	3. Statement for Issuer's Fiscal Year Ended (Month/Day/Year) 12/31/2009
	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 at end of Issuer's Fiscal Year (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				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)
					(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Partnership units of Evercore LP(1)	(1)	11/20/2009		G(2)		28,600(2)	(1)	(1)	Shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share	28,600	(1)	1,131,321	D
Partnership units of Evercore LP(1)	(1)						(1)	(1)	Shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share	1,140,649		1,140,649	I	Shares held in trust(3)

Explanation of Responses:

1. Evercore LP partnership units are, subject to certain restrictions in the Evercore LP partnership agreement, exchangeable on a one-to-one basis for shares of Evercore Partners Inc. Class A common stock, subject to customary conversion rate adjustments for stock dividends and reclassifications.

2. Mr. Altman has made a bona fide gift of these Evercore LP partnership units to the New York-Presbyterian Fund, Inc., an unaffiliated, not-for-profit institution.

3. These Evercore LP units are held in trust for the benefit of Mr. Altman's family. Mr. Altman disclaims beneficial ownership of these partnership units, and the filing of this report is not an admission that Mr. Altman is the beneficial owner of these partnership units for the purposes of Section 16 or any other purpose.

	/s/ Adam B. Frankel, as Attorney-in-fact	02/09/2010
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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