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	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Martin John A (Last) (First) (Middle) 200 CRESCENT COURT, SUITE 1330 (Street) DALLAS TX 75201 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Hilltop Holdings Inc. [ HTH ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) Chief Accounting Officer
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 02/21/2017
	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	02/21/2017		S		43,071(1)	D	$28.3506(2)	54,060.058(3)	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. The reporting person's sale of common stock reported herein may be deemed to be matchable under Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, to the extent of 145.058 shares, with the reporting person's previously reported purchase of 145.058 shares of common stock at a price of $28.156 per share on November 25, 2016. The reporting person has agreed to voluntarily disgorge any profits deemed realized from such transactions to Hilltop Holdings Inc.

2. The price reported is a weighted average price. The shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $28.25 to $28.50, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide to Hilltop Holdings Inc., any stockholder of Hilltop Holdings Inc. or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within such range.

3. Includes 1,521 shares of common stock held in an individual retirement account for the benefit of the reporting person.

	/s/ JOHN A. MARTIN	02/22/2017
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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