Gagliano Vincent J. Form 4 AMERISAFE / Vincent J. Gagliano 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^*

Gagliano Vincent J.

(Last) (First) (Middle)

2301 HIGHWAY 190 WEST

(Street)

DERIDDER LA 70634

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
AMERISAFE INC [ AMSF ]

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

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
EVP - Chief Risk Officer

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
05/18/2018

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, par value $0.01	05/18/2018		A		498(1)	A	$0.00	17,178	D
Common stock, par value $0.01	05/22/2018		S		249(2)	D	$60.15(3)	16,929	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. Shares issued for the 2015-2017 performance period under an award agreement between the Reporting Person and the Company pursuant to the Company's Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan. The awards were determined by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company on May 18, 2018 in accordance with the terms of the Plan and the related award agreement.

2. The shares were sold pursuant to the Reporting Person's 10b5-1 plan for shares of stock awarded for the 2015-2017 performance period in accordance with the terms of the Plan and the related award agreement.

3. Represents the weighted average selling price of the Issuer's common stock. The range of sales prices were between $60.10 and $60.15. The Reporting Person undertakes, upon request, to provide the SEC, the Issuer and any security holder of the Issuer, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price.

Remarks:

	/s/ Kathryn H. Shirley, attorney-in-fact for Vincent J. Gagliano	05/22/2018
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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