Edgar Filing: Evercore Partners 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 ^*

Wezdenko David E

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)
Chief Financial Officer

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

C/O EVERCORE PARTNERS INC., 55 EAST 52ND STREET, 43RD FLOOR

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
05/23/2007

(Street)

NEW YORK, NY 10055

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)
Shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share	05/23/2007		C		29,560	A	⁽¹⁾	34,560 ⁽²⁾	D
Shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share	05/23/2007		S⁽³⁾		29,560	D	$ 27.9513	5,000 ⁽²⁾	D
Shares of Class B common stock, par value $0.01 per share								1	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

Partnership units of Evercore LP

⁽⁴⁾

05/23/2007

29,560

⁽⁴⁾

Shares of Class A common stock par value $0.01 per share

29,560

⁽¹⁾

201,903

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Wezdenko David E C/O EVERCORE PARTNERS INC. 55 EAST 52ND STREET, 43RD FLOOR NEW YORK, NY 10055			Chief Financial Officer

Signatures

/s/ Adam B. Frankel, as Attornery-in-fact		07/03/2007
^**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)	Shares of Class A common stock were acquired upon exchange of Evercore LP partnership units, in accordance with the Evercore LP partnership agreement.
(2)	5,000 shares of this Class A common stock are restricted stock units.
(3)	Sale by Mr. Wezdenko pursuant to an underwritten public offering.
(4)	Evercore LP partnership units are, subject to certain restrictions in the Evercore LP 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.

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