Limestone Bancorp (LMST) Form 4 LIMESTONE BANCORP / Kevin James Kooman 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^*

Kooman Kevin James

(Last) (First) (Middle)

2500 EASTPOINT PKWY

(Street)

LOUISVILLE KY 40223

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
LIMESTONE BANCORP, INC. [ LMST ]

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

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

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
06/01/2022

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	06/01/2022		A(1)(3)		1,253	A	$0	336,551	I	By Limited Partnership(3)

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
Non-Voting Common Stock	(2)							(2)	(2)	Common Stock	1,000,000		1,000,000	I	By Limited Partnership(3)

Explanation of Responses:

1. Grant of Restricted Stock pursuant to the Limestone Bancorp, Inc., 2018 Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan. Generally, the restrictions as to transferability of the shares granted will lapse on December 31 of the calendar year in which the award occurs.

2. Non-voting common shares contain an automatic conversion feature as follows: Each issued and outstanding Non-Voting Common Share shall automatically be converted into one (1) Common Share (the "Conversion Rate") upon the transfer of such Non-Voting Common Share (or any security convertible to or exercisable for such Non-Voting Common Share) in (a) a widespread public distribution, including pursuant to a registration statement filed with and declared effective by the SEC or pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act, (b) a transfer in which no transferee (or group of associated transferees) would receive more than 2% of any class of Voting Securities or (c) a transfer to a transferee that controls more than 50% of the Voting Securities without any transfer from the transferor. The foregoing automatic conversion may occur as to some or all of the Non-Voting Common Shares held by any holder.

3. Shares owned by Patriot Financial Partners III, L.P., Patriot Financial Manager, L.P., and/or Patriot Financial Advisors, L.P.. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.

	/s/ Phil W. Barnhouse, Attorney in Fact for Kevin J. Kooman	06/02/2022
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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