SEC FORM 3 SEC Form 3
FORM 3 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

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*
Sanders Ronald M.

(Last) (First) (Middle)
C/O COLONY NORTHSTAR, INC.
515 S. FLOWER STREET, 44TH FLOOR

(Street)
LOS ANGELES CA 90071

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
01/10/2017
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Colony NorthStar, Inc. [ CLNS ]
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Director 10% Owner
X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
Chief Legal Officer
5. 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 Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Class A Common Stock 313,969(1) D
Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
OP Units (2) (2) Class A Common Stock 212,553(1) (2) I See footnote(3)
Explanation of Responses:
1. Amounts subject to immaterial adjustments due to rounding and/or fractional shares.
2. The OP Units are redeemable for shares of Class A Common Stock or cash at the discretion of the Issuer. The OP Units do not have expiration dates.
3. These units are held by limited liability companies controlled by Thomas J. Barrack, Jr. The amount represents the portion of the units allocated to the reporting person with respect to which, subject to certain vesting and other conditions, the reporting person has the right to require from time to time the redemption thereof and distribution to the reporting person of the Class A Common Stock or cash received upon such redemption.
Remarks:
/s/ David A. Palame, Attorney-in-Fact 01/20/2017
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

        Know all by these presents that the undersigned, effective as of January
10, 2017, hereby constitutes and appoints each of Darren J. Tangen, Ronald M.
Sanders and David A. Palame, signing singly, and with full power of
substitution, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

        (1) as necessary, prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the
undersigned's behalf, and submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
(the "SEC") a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other documents
necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned
to make electronic filings with the SEC of reports required by Section 16(a) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or any rule or regulation of the SEC;

        (2) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
capacity as an officer and/or director of Colony NorthStar, Inc. (the
"Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder, and any other forms or reports
the undersigned may be required to file in connection with the undersigned's
ownership, acquisition, or disposition of securities of the Company;

        (3) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4,
or 5, or other form or report, and timely file such form with the SEC and any
stock exchange or similar authority; and

        (4) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to,
and in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned.

        The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power
and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights
and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of
substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the
rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934.

        This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of the day and year first above written.

                                        /s/ Ronald M. Sanders
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                                        Name:  Ronald M. Sanders