United Fire (UFCS) Form 4 UNITED FIRE / Dee Ann McIntyre ownership change

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^*

McIntyre Dee Ann

(Last) (First) (Middle)

2007 FIRST AVENUE SE

(Street)

CEDAR RAPIDS IA 52406-2804

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
UNITED FIRE GROUP INC [ ufcs ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

Director	X	10% Owner
Officer (give title below)		Other (specify below)

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
12/19/2016

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	12/19/2016		P		7,500	A	$49.99	47,634(1)	D
Common Stock								50,802	I	J. Scott McIntyre Marital Election Trust
Common Stock								499,675(2)(4)	I	Dee Ann McIntyre Irrevocable Trust
Common Stock								2,426,533	I	Dee Ann McIntyre Marital Election Trust
Common Stock								486,863(3)(4)	I	McIntyre Foundation

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

Explanation of Responses:

1. The number of securities directly owned by the Reporting Person following the reported transaction include: 168 certificated shares, 16,500 shares in an individual retirement account, and 23,466 shares held in an a revocable trust for the Reporting Person's benefit (of which 10,966 shares are held in one revocable trust account, and 20,000 shares are held in another revocable trust account).

2. The Reporting Person is a lifetime beneficiary of the Dee Ann McIntyre Irrevocable Trust.

3. The McIntyre Foundation is a private foundation for which the Reporting Person serves as one of three directors.

4. The Reporting Person hereby expressly declares that, pursuant to 17 CFR 13d-4, this filing shall not be construed as an admission that such person is a beneficial owner of any securities covered by this statement.

	Dee Ann McIntyre, by Mark R. Van Heukelom, Attorney-in-Fact	02/14/2017
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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