Edgar Filing: Hyatt Hotels Corp

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 ^*

LaSalle Trust #51M1

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Hyatt Hotels Corp [H]

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

_____ Director	_____ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below)	__X__ Other (specify below)
See Remarks

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

71 SOUTH WACKER DRIVE, SUITE 4600

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
01/03/2012

(Street)

CHICAGO, IL 60606

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)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price

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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

Class B Common Stock

⁽¹⁾

01/03/2012

57,065 ⁽²⁾

⁽¹⁾

Class A Common Stock

57,065

$ 0

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
LaSalle Trust #51M1 71 SOUTH WACKER DRIVE SUITE 4600 CHICAGO, IL 60606				See Remarks

Signatures

/s/ John Kevin Poorman, solely in his capacity as trustee of LaSalle Trust #51M1		01/03/2012
^**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)	As provided in the Issuer's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, each share of Class B Common Stock is convertible at any time, at the option of the holder, into one share of Class A Common Stock. In addition, each share of Class B Common Stock will convert automatically into one share of Class A Common Stock upon any transfer, whether or not for value, except for certain permitted transfers described in the Issuer's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation.
(2)	On January 3, 2012, the trustee of the Reporting Person distributed 57,065 shares of Class B Common Stock beneficially owned by the Reporting Person, which were contributed to a trust for the benefit of a spouse of a lineal descendant of Nicholas J. Pritzker, deceased. No consideration was paid in connection with the distribution of shares from the Reporting Person or the receipt of shares by the recipient trust. The transfer of shares of Class B Common Stock to the recipient trust constitutes a "permitted transfer" as defined under the Issuer's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation. Contemporaneous with such receipt of shares, the trustee of the recipient trust has executed joinders to, and thereby has become subject to the provisions of, the Amended and Restated Global Hyatt Agreement and the Amended and Restated Agreement Relating to Stock. Accordingly, immediately following the receipt of shares, the shares remain shares of Class B Common Stock.
Remarks: Member of 10% owner group. John Kevin Poorman serves as trustee of the Reporting Person and has investment power over the shares beneficially owned by the Reporting Person. The beneficiary does not have investment power over the shares of Class B Common Stock held by the Reporting Person. In addition, the Reporting Person may be deemed to be a member of a group because the Reporting Person has agreed to certain voting agreements and limitations on transfers of shares of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock. The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities reported herein except to the extent of its pecuniary interest therein.

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