Edgar Filing: Groupon, 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 ^*

Sullivan James

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Groupon, Inc. [GRPN]

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

_____ Director	_____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below)	_____ Other (specify below)
Chief Product Officer

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

C/O GROUPON, INC., 600 W. CHICAGO AVE., SUITE 400

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
02/14/2017

(Street)

CHICAGO, IL 60654

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)
Common Stock	02/14/2017		A⁽¹⁾		32,370	A	$ 0	362,052	D
Common Stock	02/14/2017		F⁽²⁾		12,165	D	$ 3.78	349,887	D

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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

Restricted Stock Units

⁽³⁾

02/14/2017

521,178

09/15/2017⁽⁴⁾

⁽⁴⁾

Common Stock

521,178

$ 0

521,178

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Sullivan James C/O GROUPON, INC. 600 W. CHICAGO AVE., SUITE 400 CHICAGO, IL 60654			Chief Product Officer

Signatures

/s/ Erin G. Stone, by Power of Attorney		02/15/2017
^**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)	Settlement of non-derivative performance share units for the one-year performance period ending December 31, 2016, granted under the Groupon, Inc. 2011 Incentive Plan and exempt from liability under Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d).
(2)	Shares withheld by the issuer to satisfy the mandatory tax withholding requirement upon vesting of performance share units. This is not an open market sale of securities.
(3)	Each restricted stock unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of Common Stock.
(4)	69,800 of the restricted stock units reported on this line will vest on September 15, 2017; 34,900 of the restricted stock units reported on this line will vest on each of December 15, 2017 and March 15, 2018; 191,030 of the restricted stock units reported on this line will vest in equal installments quarterly beginning on June 15, 2018 and ending on March 15, 2019; and 190,548 of the restricted stock units reported on this line will vest in equal installments quarterly beginning on June 15, 2019 and ending on March 15, 2020; in each case subject to Mr. Sullivan's continued employment with the Company through each vesting date.

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