<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001140361-17-026863.txt : 20170630
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20170630160848
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001140361-17-026863
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20170629
FILED AS OF DATE:		20170630
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20170630

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Customers Bancorp, Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001488813
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022]
		IRS NUMBER:				272290659
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			PA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1015 PENN AVENUE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 103
		CITY:			WYOMISSING
		STATE:			PA
		ZIP:			19610
		BUSINESS PHONE:		484-359-7113

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1015 PENN AVENUE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 103
		CITY:			WYOMISSING
		STATE:			PA
		ZIP:			19610

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	Customers 1st Bancorp, Inc.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20100408

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SIDHU JAY S
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001222371

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-35542
		FILM NUMBER:		17942300

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		505 HAINES AVENUE
		CITY:			WAYCROSS
		STATE:			GA
		ZIP:			31501
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        <footnote id="F1">Under the terms of the Customers Bancorp, Inc. 2010 Stock Option Plan, these Stock Options will vest and become exercisable on the fifth anniversary of date of grant, subject to a 50% increase in the trading price of the company's voting common stock on the NYSE (or other national stock market or securities quotation system).</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Stock Options exercised.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Includes 162,482 Restricted Stock Units.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Includes 2,505 shares acquired pursuant to Customers Bancorp, Inc.'s Employee Stock Purchase Plan.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">Represents a &quot;net exercise&quot; of outstanding Stock Options.  The reporting person received 73,836 shares of common stock on net exercise of Stock Options to purchase 200,000 shares of common stock.  63,038 shares of common stock underlying the Stock Options were withheld in satisfaction of the exercise price and 63,126 shares of common stock underlying the Stock Options were withheld in satisfaction of tax liability, using the closing price at June 28, 2017 of $28.11.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

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        <signatureName>/s/ Jay S. Sidhu</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2017-06-30</signatureDate>
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