Paul W Taylor Form 4 Guaranty Bancorp / PAUL W TAYLOR 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^*

TAYLOR PAUL W

(Last) (First) (Middle)

1331 17TH STREET, STE. 200

(Street)

DENVER CO 80202

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Guaranty Bancorp [ GBNK ]

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

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

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
12/31/2018

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
Voting Common Stock	12/31/2018		F		5,668(3)	D	$20.75	92,935	D
Voting Common Stock	01/01/2019		M		57,249(1)	A	$0	150,184	D
Voting Common Stock	01/01/2019		D		150,184	D	(2)	0	D

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. On January 1, 2019 (the "Effective Date"), pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Reorganization dated as of May 22, 2018, by and between Independent Bank Group, Inc. ("Independent") and Guaranty Bancorp ("Guaranty"), Guaranty merged with and into Independent (the "Merger"). In connection with the Merger shares of performance-based restricted stock previously granted to the reporting person under the Guaranty Bancorp Amended and Restated 2005 Stock Incentive Plan and the Guaranty Bancorp 2015 Long-Term Incentive Plan vested on the Effective Date.

2. In connection with the Merger each outstanding share of Guaranty common stock, subject to certain limited exceptions, was converted into the right to receive 0.45 of a share of Independent common stock, with cash payable in lieu of a fractional share in an amount equal to the fraction of a share of Independent common stock which the holder would otherwise be entitled to receive multiplied by $51.92. In connection with the Merger, the reporting person has the right to receive, in exchange for all of the shares of Guaranty common stock reported in Table I, an aggregate of 67,579 shares of Independent common stock, with cash payable in lieu of a fractional share of Independent common stock, subject to any required tax withholding under applicable law. On December 31, 2018, the last trading day preceding the Effective Date, the closing price of Independent common stock was $45.77 per share.

3. Withholding of shares of voting common stock to satisfy tax withholding obligations in connection with the vesting of previously awarded shares of restricted stock.

	/s/ Paul W. Taylor	01/03/2019
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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