SEC FORM 4 SEC Form 4
FORM 4 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

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
 
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
GRABE WILLIAM O

(Last) (First) (Middle)
56 TOP GALLANT RD
P.O. BOX 10212

(Street)
STAMFORD CT 06904-2212

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
GARTNER INC [ IT ]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
X Director 10% Owner
Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
01/04/2021
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 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
Common Stock 11/25/2020 G(1) V 75,116 D $0 1,473(2) D
Common Stock 01/04/2021 J(3) 123 A $0 1,596 D
Common Stock 12,906 I 2018 GRAT(4)
Common Stock 35,051 I 2019 GRAT(5)
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)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Common Stock Equivalents (CSE) $0 01/04/2021 A 123 (6) (6) Common Stock 123 $158.07 47,320 D
Common Stock Equivalents (CSE) $0 01/04/2021 J(3) 123 (6) (6) Common Stock 123 $0 47,197 D
Explanation of Responses:
1. These shares were gifted by the reporting person to a grantor retained annuity trust with an independent trustee on November 25, 2020 (the "2020 GRAT"). The reporting person does not have or share investment control over the shares held by the 2020 GRAT.
2. A portion of the shares gifted were previously distributed to the reporting person from the 2018 GRAT and the 2019 GRAT (noted in footnotes 4 and 5 below).
3. This reporting person has elected to receive an immediate distribution of the CSE shares.
4. These shares are held in a grantor retained annuity trust created on November 14, 2018 when the reporting person transferred 31,526 Gartner shares to the trust (the "2018 GRAT"). These shares are held in trust for the benefit of the reporting person and his children. On November 15, 2019, 8,471 shares were distributed from the 2018 GRAT to the reporting person, and on November 16, 2020, 10,149 shares were distributed from the 2018 GRAT to the reporting person. The reporting person is the Trustee of the 2018 GRAT.
5. These shares are held in a grantor retained annuity trust created on November 22, 2019 when the reporting person transferred 49,708 Gartner shares to the trust (the "2019 GRAT"). These shares are held in trust for the benefit of the reporting person and his children. On November 23, 2020, 14,657 shares were distributed from the 2019 GRAT to the reporting person. The reporting person is the Trustee of the 2019 GRAT.
6. These are Common Stock Equivalents ("CSE") received as compensation for service as an outside director of Gartner, Inc. They were granted under the Company's 2014 Long-Term Incentive Plan ("2014 LTIP"). The CSEs convert into Gartner common stock on the date the outside director's continuous status as a director terminates, or as otherwise provided in the 2014 LTIP.
/s/ Kevin Tang for William O. Grabe 01/06/2021
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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