Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana (HFBL) Form 4/A Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana / JAMES R BARLOW 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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Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

BARLOW JAMES R

(Last) (First) (Middle)

C/O HOME FEDERAL BANK

222 FLORIDA STREET

(Street)

SHREVEPORT LA 71105

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana [ HFBL ]

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

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

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
11/08/2024

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
11/14/2024

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	11/08/2024	11/12/2024	I(1)(2)		248.8201	A	$29.0042(3)	21,388.408(3)	I	By 401(k) Plan
Common Stock								98,662(4)	D
Common Stock								37,050	I	By IRA
Common Stock								1,550	I	By Spouse IRA
Common Stock								25,883.6849	I	By ESOP

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
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$11.86							(6)	11/11/2030	Common Stock	20,000		20,000	D
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$11.5							10/26/2020(5)	10/26/2025	Common Stock	20,000		20,000	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. The reporting person is amending this Form 4 to report a discretionary transaction in accordance with Rule 16b-3(f).

2. Transaction was a discretionary purchase of common stock held by 401(k) plan pursuant to an agreement, whereby the Reporting Person elected to rebalance holdings in 401(k) plan. The Reporting Person did not have control over the purchase.

3. Represents unit price and units of the Issuer's pooled stock fund (the Fund) under the Home Federal Bank Employees' Savings and Profit Sharing Plan and Trust ("401(k) Plan"). The Fund consists of cash and Common Stock in amounts that vary from time to time. The reporting person's units representing the Issuer's Common Stock held in the Fund are based on a per unit price of $27.610627 as of November 13, 2024.

4. Includes 6,000 shares granted pursuant to the 2019 Stock Incentive Plan which reflect the unvested portion of a grant award originally covering 30,000 shares that commenced vesting at a rate of 20% per year on November 11, 2021 and 92,662 shares held jointly with the reporting person's spouse.

5. The options vested at a rate of 20% per year commencing on October 26, 2016 and were fully vested and exercisable as of October 26, 2020.

6. The options are vesting at a rate of 20% per year commencing on November 11, 2021.

Remarks:

*** Also serves as Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Issuer's wholly owned subsidiary, Home Federal Bank.

	/s/ Dawn F. Williams POA for James R. Barlow	12/20/2024
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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