Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership (4)

FORM 4 [ X ] Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).	UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response... 0.5
	Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Ledbetter Lonnie Kossuth III	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol State National Companies, Inc. [ SNC ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director                      _____ 10% Owner __ X __ Officer (give title below)      _____ Other (specify below) EVP of Service
(Last)          (First)          (Middle) C/O STATE NATIONAL COMPANIES, INC., 1900 L. DON DODSON DRIVE	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (MM/DD/YYYY) 11/17/2017
(Street) BEDFORD, TX 76021 (City)        (State)        (Zip)	4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YYYY)	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. Trans. Date	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any	3. Trans. 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	11/17/2017		D (1)		16047	D	$21.00   (1)	7188	D
Common Stock	11/17/2017		D		7188	D	$0.00	0	D
Common Stock	11/17/2017		D (1)		1486656   (2)	D	$21.00   (1)	0	I	By Trust

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned ( e.g. , puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivate Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Trans. Date	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any	4. Trans. 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		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 of Derivative Security: 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
Options	$10.00	11/17/2017		D   (3)			284900	(4)	6/25/2024	Common Stock	284900	$11.00   (3)	0	D

Explanation of Responses:
(1)	Disposed of pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger ("merger agreement"), dated as of July 26, 2017, by and among Issuer, Markel Corporation and Markelverick Corporation for a cash payment of the per share price noted.
(2)	Represents 1,486,656 shares of common stock beneficially owned by Lonnie K. Ledbetter III, consisting of the following: (i) 838,536 shares held by the following trusts for which Lonnie K. Ledbetter III serves as sole trustee and over which shares he has sole voting power and shared dispositive power with an independent trustee: (A) 175,884 shares held by the Lonnie K. Ledbetter 2006 Grantor Trust No. 2; (B) 441,768 shares held by the Kendall Kaye Ledbetter 2010 Grantor Trust No. 2; and (C) 220,884 shares held by the Lonnie K. Ledbetter 2010 Grantor Trust No. 2; and (ii) 648,120 shares held by the Bradford Luke Ledbetter 1999 Grantor Trust No. 2 for which he serves as co-trustee with Bradford Luke Ledbetter, with whom he shares voting and dispositive power over such shares.
(3)	In connection with the closing under the merger agreement, each option was cancelled in the merger in exchange for a cash payment of $3,133,900, representing the difference between $21.00 and the exercise price.
(4)	The stock options vested in three equal annual installments beginning 06/25/2015.

Reporting Owners
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Ledbetter Lonnie Kossuth III C/O STATE NATIONAL COMPANIES, INC. 1900 L. DON DODSON DRIVE BEDFORD, TX 76021			EVP of Service

Signatures
/s/ David M. Cleff, as Attorney in Fact for Lonnie Kossuth Ledbetter III		11/17/2017
** Signature of Reporting Person		Date

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