Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership (4)

FORM 4 [ X ] Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).	UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response... 0.5
	Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Cobb L. Granger	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol EMERITUS CORPWA [ ESC ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __ X __ Director                      _____ 10% Owner __ X __ Officer (give title below)      _____ Other (specify below) Pres. & CEO
(Last)          (First)          (Middle) C/O EMERITUS CORPORATION, 3131 ELLIOTT AVE., STE 500	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (MM/DD/YYYY) 7/31/2014
(Street) SEATTLE, WA 98121 (City)        (State)        (Zip)	4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YYYY)	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. Trans. Date	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any	3. Trans. 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	7/31/2014		D (1)		631510	D	(1)	0	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned ( e.g. , puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivate Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Trans. Date	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any	4. Trans. 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		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 of Derivative Security: 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
Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$8.03	7/31/2014		D   (2)			40000	11/13/2009   (3)	11/13/2018	Common Stock	40000	(2)	0	D
Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$16.45	7/31/2014		D   (2)			50000	11/17/2010   (3)	11/17/2019	Common Stock	50000	(2)	0	D
Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$18.03	7/31/2014		D   (2)			80000	11/30/2011   (3)	11/30/2020	Common Stock	80000	(2)	0	D
Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$27.40	7/31/2014		D   (2)			500000	9/4/2007   (4)	9/4/2014	Common Stock	500000	(2)	0	D

Explanation of Responses:
( 1)	Disposed of pursuant to the agreement and plan of merger dated as of February 20, 2014 ("Merger Agreement"), by and among the issuer, Brookdale Senior Living Inc. ("Brookdale") and Broadway Merger Sub Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Brookdale, pursuant to which the outstanding shares of the issuer's common stock were converted into the right to receive 0.95 of a share of Brookdale common stock (net of any required withholding taxes with respect to restricted stock holdings).Any resulting fractional share was converted into the right to receive an amount of cash equal to (x) such fraction multiplied by (y) the product of (i) $35.5265, the value of Brookdale common stock at its volume-weighted average price over the 10 trading days immediately preceding the completion of the merger, and (ii) 0.95.Amount includes 228,896 shares of restricted stock whose acquisition was previously reported in Table I that became fully vested immediately prior to the effective time of the merger.
( 2)	Disposed of pursuant to the Merger Agreement, pursuant to which each stock option to acquire the issuer's common stock (whether vested or unvested) was cancelled in exchange for a number of shares of Brookdale common stock (rounded down to the nearest whole share and net of any required withholding taxes) equal to (x) the number of shares of issuer common stock subject to the stock option multiplied by (y) the excess of $33.75 (the implied dollar value of the per share consideration) over the exercise price of the stock option, which amount was then divided by $35.5265 (the volume-weighted average price of Brookdale common stock over the 10 trading days immediately preceding the completion of the merger). The "implied dollar value" of the per share consideration received in the merger was determined by multiplying (i) the value of Brookdale common stock at its volume-weighted average price over the 10 trading days immediately preceding the completion of the merger, by (ii) 0.95.
( 3)	Date at which first vesting occurs is indicated. 1/4 of the total shares originally subject to the option become exercisable at the first vesting date and an additional 1/4 become exercisable on each of the next three anniversaries thereafter, but any unvested portion became fully vested in connection with the merger.
( 4)	Date at which first vesting occurs is indicated. 1/5 of the total shares originally subject to the option become exercisable at the first vesting date and an additional 1/5 become exercisable on each of the next four anniversaries thereafter.

Reporting Owners
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Cobb L. Granger C/O EMERITUS CORPORATION 3131 ELLIOTT AVE., STE 500 SEATTLE, WA 98121	X		Pres. & CEO

Signatures
/s/ Lisa M. Loran, Attorney-in-Fact		8/4/2014
** Signature of Reporting Person		Date

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