HCI (HCI) Form 4 HCI / Andrew L. Graham 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^*

Graham Andrew L.

(Last) (First) (Middle)

5300 W. CYPRESS STREET

SUITE 100

(Street)

TAMPA FL 33607

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
HCI Group, Inc. [ HCI ]

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

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
GC/Corporate Secretary

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
01/15/2018

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
Common Stock								2,825	I	By Andrew L. Graham IRA
Common Stock	01/15/2018		F		205(1)	D(1)	$34.52	0	D
Common Stock								2,164(2)	D
Common Stock								21,034	D
Common Stock								2,329(3)	D
Common Stock								2,500(4)	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. 205 shares were surrendered to cover the minimum federal income tax liability associated with the January 15, 2018 vesting of the last tranche of 625 restricted shares of this grant originally awarded February 28, 2014.

2. Restricted stock grant of 2,500 shares effective 5/20/2015: Restriction period will lapse and the restricted shares will vest as follows: 625 shares on each of May 20, 2016, May 20, 2017, May 20, 2018, and May 20, 2019. These shares were granted by the company pursuant to the company's 2012 Omnibus Incentive Plan and under the terms and conditions of a restricted stock agreement dated 5/20/2015. The number of shares reported in column 5 includes 1,250 unvested shares pursuant to this 5/20/2015 restricted stock grant.

3. Restricted stock grant of 2,500 shares effective 6/06/2016: Restriction period will lapse and the restricted shares will vest as follows: 625 shares on each of May 20, 2017, May 20, 2018, May 20, 2019, and May 20, 2020. These shares were granted by the company pursuant to the company's 2012 Omnibus Incentive Plan and under the terms and conditions of a restricted stock agreement dated 6/06/2016. The number of shares reported in column 5 includes 1,875 unvested shares pursuant to this 6/06/16 restricted stock grant.

4. Restricted stock grant of 2,500 shares effective 6/06/2017: Restriction period will lapse and the restricted shares will vest as follows: 625 shares on each of May 20, 2018, May 20, 2019, May 20, 2020, and May 20, 2021. These shares were granted by the company pursuant to the company's 2012 Omnibus Incentive Plan and under the terms and conditions of a restricted stock agreement dated 6/06/2017.

Remarks:

	/s/ Andrew L. Graham	01/17/2018
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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