Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
Coons Jeffrey S.
   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Manning & Napier, Inc. [MN] 		5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
President
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
C/O MANNING & NAPIER, 290 WOODCLIFF DRIVE		 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
03/31/2015
(Street)

FAIRPORT, NY 14450		 4. If Amendment, Date 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
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
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

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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 Underlying Securities
(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
Class A Units (1) (2) $ 0.44 03/31/2015   J     238,928   (3)   (3) Class A Common Stock, $0.01 par value 238,928 $ 0.44 529,953 I M&N Group Holdings, LLC

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
Coons Jeffrey S.
C/O MANNING & NAPIER
290 WOODCLIFF DRIVE
FAIRPORT, NY 14450		       President  

Signatures

 /s/ Sarah C. Turner, Attorney-in-Fact   04/01/2015
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Represents Class A units of Manning & Napier Group, LLC ("Group") that are owned directly by M&N Group Holdings, LLC ("Group Holdings"). Group Holdings is owned as follows: (a) Class B units of Group Holdings representing approximately 100% of the issued and outstanding Class B units of Group Holdings, which represents approximately 26.43% of the voting and economic rights of Group Holdings, are owned by William Manning; (b) Class A units of Group Holdings representing approximately 85.33% of the issued and outstanding Class A units of Group Holdings, which represents approximately 62.77% of the voting and economic rights of Group Holdings, are owned by MNA Advisors, Inc. ("Advisors"); and (c) Class A units of Group Holdings representing approximately 14.67% of the issued and outstanding Class A units of Group Holdings, which represents approximately 10.8% of the voting and economic rights of Group Holdings, are owned by Manning & Napier Associates, LLC.
(2) The number of derivative securities shown is the number of Class A units of Group directly owned by Group Holdings that are attributable to the interests of the Reporting Person as an owner of equity interests of Advisors, which are being repurchased by Advisors. The shares being repurchased represent unvested stock from the performance vesting process at a contractually agreed upon price pursuant to the Amended and Restated Shareholder Agreement dated November 23, 2011 (the "Advisors Shareholder Agreement"). Each Class A unit of Group represents the right to receive cash or one share of Class A common stock of the Issuer.
(3) Class A units of Group are subject to an annual exchange process that includes certain aggregate limits set forth in the Advisors Shareholder Agreement.

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