SEC Form 5

FORM 5		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 ANNUAL STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0362 Estimated average burden hours per response: 1.0
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Aaron Sammy (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O G-III APPAREL GROUP, LTD. 512 SEVENTH AVENUE (Street) NEW YORK NY 10018 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol G III APPAREL GROUP LTD /DE/ [ GIII ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) Vice Chairman and President
	3. Statement for Issuer's Fiscal Year Ended (Month/Day/Year) 01/31/2017
	4. 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 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 at end of Issuer's Fiscal Year (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock, Par Value $.01 Per Share	01/27/2016		A4	122,566(1)	A	$0	596,033	D

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 Securities Underlying Derivative Security (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: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
					(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

1. The above-named person will be entitled to receive these shares of our common stock only if the performance conditions in clauses (a) and (b) set forth below are satisfied: (a) (i) the amount of our consolidated earnings before interest and financing charges, net, and income tax expense ("EBIT") for the fiscal year ending January 31, 2019, subject to certain adjustments for non-recurring items, is at least 25% greater than EBIT for the fiscal year ending January 31, 2017, subject to certain adjustments for non-recurring items and excluding the results of the Donna Karan business for such fiscal year ("Adjusted Fiscal 2017 EBIT") or (ii) if the performance condition in clause (a)(i) is not satisfied, our EBIT for the fiscal year ending January 31, 2020, subject to certain adjustments for non-recurring items, is at least 50% greater than Adjusted Fiscal 2017 EBIT; and (b) the average closing price per share of our common stock on the Nasdaq Global Select Market over a twenty consecutive trading day period (i) during the period beginning on the date of grant and on or prior to January 31, 2019 is at least $30.30 (which is 20% above the closing price on the date of the Compensation Committee meeting, January 27, 2017 (the "Reference Date") or (ii) if the stock price performance period in clause (b)(i) is not satisfied, during the period beginning subsequent to January 31, 2019 and ending on or prior to January 31, 2020 is at least $31.5625 (which is 25% above the closing price on the Reference Date) (clauses (a) and (b) together, the "Performance Conditions"). In addition, the right to receive shares of common stock pursuant to the above-described restricted stock unit grants will become vested as to 50% of the shares on each of January 27, 2019 and January 27, 2020 (the "Time Vesting Condition"). A grantee must remain employed by us or otherwise perform service for us in order to receive shares of our common stock pursuant to the above-described restricted stock unit grants after both Performance Conditions have been satisfied. If both Performance Conditions are not satisfied within the above-described time periods, we will not issue any shares of common stock pursuant to the restricted stock unit grants. If both Performance Conditions are satisfied at any time during the above-referenced time periods, we will issue shares of common stock in respect of all annual installment periods of the Time Vesting Condition for which shares have not previously been issued.

	/s/ Sammy Aaron	02/23/2017
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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