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* Ferris Stephanie (Last) (First) (Middle) VANTIV, INC. 8500 GOVERNORS HILL DRIVE (Street) CINCINNATI OH 45249 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 04/26/2016	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Vantiv, Inc. [ VNTV ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) Chief Financial 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	20,545	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
Restricted Stock Units 2016	(1)	(1)	Class A Common Stock	1,999	(2)	D
Restricted Stock Units 2015	(3)	(3)	Class A Common Stock	1,415	(2)	D
Restricted Stock Units 2014	(4)	(4)	Class A Common Stock	806	(2)	D
Restricted Stock Units 2013	(5)	(5)	Class A Common Stock	513	(2)	D
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	(6)	02/17/2026	Class A Common Stock	14,367	50.01	D
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	(7)	02/24/2025	Class A Common Stock	12,681	37.1	D
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	(8)	02/18/2024	Class A Common Stock	11,025	31.02	D
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	(9)	02/27/2023	Class A Common Stock	12,676	21.95	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. The restricted stock units vest in four equal (subject to rounding) annual installments beginning February 17, 2017.

2. Each restricted stock unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of Vantiv, Inc. Class A common stock.

3. The reporting person was granted 1,886 restricted stock units on February 24, 2015, of which 471 shares vested on February 24, 2016. The remaining 1,415 restricted stock units vest in three equal (subject to rounding) annual installments beginning February 24, 2017.

4. The reporting person was granted 1,611 restricted stock units on February 18, 2014, of which 805 restricted stock units have vested. The remaining 806 restricted stock units vest in two equal (subject to rounding) annual installments beginning February 18, 2017.

5. The reporting person was granted 2,050 restricted stock units on February 27, 2013, of which 1,538 restricted stock units have vested. The remaining 513 restricted stock units vest on February 27, 2017.

6. The option vests in four equal (subject to rounding) annual installments beginning February 17, 2017.

7. The option became exercisable as to 3,170 shares on February 24, 2016, with the balance vesting in three equal (subject to rounding) annual installments beginning February 24, 2017.

8. The option became exercisable as to 2,756 shares on February 18, 2015 and 2,756 shares on February 18, 2016, with the balance vesting in two equal (subject to rounding) annual installments beginning February 18, 2017.

9. The option became exercisable as to 3,169 shares on each of February 27, 2014, February 27, 2015, and February 27, 2016, with 3,169 shares vesting on February 27, 2017.

Remarks:

	Bryan A. Jacobs, Attorney-in-fact for Stephanie Ferris	04/28/2016
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
       The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Nelson F. Greene, Jared M. Warner, and
Bryan A. Jacobs, signing singly, and with full power of substitution, the undersigned's true and lawful
attorney-in-fact to:
1.    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 Vantiv, 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;
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, complete and
execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission 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, in the best interest of, or legally
required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such
attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be
in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may
approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

       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 this 19th day of April, 2016.

By:   /s/ Stephanie Ferris
        Stephanie Ferris