SUN COMMUNITIES INC — Director's Dealing 2012

Dec 28, 2012

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: SUN COMMUNITIES INC (SUI)
CIK: 0000912593
Period of Report: 2012-12-20

Reporting Person: SHIFFMAN GARY A (Director, Chairman, President, and CEO, 10% Owner)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2012-12-20	Common Stock, $0.01 par value	G	86810	—	Disposed	880122	Direct
2012-12-20	Common Stock, $0.01 par value	G	86810	—	Acquired	86810	Indirect

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2012-12-20	Common Operating Partnership Units	$0	G	40287	Disposed		Common Stock (40287)	Direct
2012-12-20	Common Operating Partnership Units	$0	G	40287	Acquired		Common Stock (40287)	Indirect

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock, $0.01	453841	Indirect

Holdings (Derivative)

Security	Exercise Price	Expiration	Underlying	Shares	Ownership
Common Operating Partnership	$0		Common Stock (141794)	141794	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: For estate planning purposes, the reporting person gifted, for no consideration, these securities to an irrevocable trust for the benefit of his wife and their children. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities held in this trust, and this report should not be deemed an admission that the reporting person is the beneficial owner of the securities held in this trust for purposes of section 16 or for any other purpose.

F2: The Common Operating Partnership Units of Sun Communities Operating Limited Partnership are convertible into common stock at any time on a one-for-one basis and have no expiration date.