Form 8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 1, 2007

 

EVERCORE PARTNERS INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Delaware   001-32975   20-4748747

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

   (Commission File Number)  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

55 East 52nd Street, 43rd Floor

New York, New York

   10055
 
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

(212) 857-3100

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

NOT APPLICABLE

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On March 1, 2007, Evercore Partners Inc. (the “Company”) paid bonuses for 2006 for certain of the Company’s executive officers as set forth below:

 

Name and Principal Position

    2006 Bonus Payments

Roger C. Altman

Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer

    $ 750,000

Austin M. Beutner

President, Co-Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer

    $ 750,000

Pedro Aspe

Vice Chairman

    $ 97,261

Eduardo Mestre

Vice Chairman

    $ 2,000,000

David E. Wezdenko

Chief Financial Officer

    $ 112,000

Adam B. Frankel

General Counsel

    $ 166,000

The amounts above represent bonus payments for the portion of 2006 that the firm was a publicly traded company.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

  EVERCORE PARTNERS INC.
Date: March 2, 2007   By:  

/s/ Adam B. Frankel

    Adam B. Frankel
  Title:   General Counsel

 

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