UNITED FIRE GROUP INC — Director's Dealing 2015

Oct 26, 2015

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: UNITED FIRE GROUP INC (UFCS)
CIK: 0000101199
Period of Report: 2015-10-26

Reporting Person: SCHARMER NEAL R (VP/General Counsel/Corp Sec)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2015-10-26	Common Stock	J	5000	$35.23	Acquired	16342	Direct
2015-10-26	Common Stock	J	5000	$38	Disposed	11342	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2015-10-26	Stock Option (right to buy)	$35.23	M	5000	Disposed	2017-02-16	Common Stock (5000.0)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Reporting person exercised options via a 10b5-1 contract during the current blackout period.

F2: The total number of securities beneficially held directly by the Reporting Person (excluding fractionals) following the reported transaction includes: 3,355 shares held by Mr. Scharmer; 1,974 shares of restricted stock issued under the Issuer's Stock Plan which vest, subject to certain conditions, on 02/18/2016; 1,446 shares of restricted stock issued under the Issuer's Stock Plan which vest, subject to certain conditions, on 02/15/2018; and 2,484 shares of restricted stock issued under the Issuer's Stock Plan which vest, subject to certain conditions, on 02/21/2019; and 2,083 shares of restricted stock issued under the Issuer's Stock Plan which vest, subject to certain conditions, on 02/20/2020.

F3: All options currently exercisable.