Donna Merriweather Form 4 BEAR STATE FINANCIAL / Donna Merriweather 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^*

Merriweather Donna

(Last) (First) (Middle)

900 S. SHACKLEFORD ROAD

SUITE 605

(Street)

LITTLE ROCK AR 72211

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
BEAR STATE FINANCIAL, INC. [ BSF ]

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

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
EVP-Chief Human Resources Off.

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
06/16/2017

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	06/16/2017		M		1,999	A	(1)	4,797	D
Common Stock	06/16/2017		F		790	D	$9.39	4,007	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
Restricted Stock Units	(1)	06/16/2017		M			1,999	(2)	(2)	Common Stock	1,999	$0	12,591	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Restricted stock units convert into common stock on a one-for-one basis.

2. On June 16, 2014, the reporting person was granted 3,000 restricted stock units (subsequently adjusted to 3,333 restricted stock units following the Company's 1-for-9 stock dividend in December 2014), vesting 60% on the third anniversary of the grant date, with the remainder vesting in two equal installments on the fourth and fifth anniversaries of the grant date. In a prior filing, the reporting person inadvertently reported incorrect vesting dates of June 13, 2017, June 13, 2018 and June 13, 2019 for this award, instead of the actual vesting dates of June 16, 2017, June 16, 2018 and June 16, 2019.

	/s/ Donna Merriweather by Sherri Billings, Attorney-in-Fact	06/20/2017
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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