UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 


FORM 8-K


CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934


Date of Report February 14, 2017
(Date of earliest event reported)


KINGSTONE COMPANIES, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)


Delaware
 
0-1665
 
36-2476480
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
 
(Commission File No.)
 
(IRS Employer Identification Number)

15 Joys Lane, Kingston, NY
    12401
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)


Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (845) 802-7900

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Item 7.01.
Regulation FD Disclosure.

On February 14, 2017, Kingstone Companies, Inc. (the "Company") issued a press release (the "Press Release") announcing that the underwriters of the Company's recently closed public offering exercised in full their purchase option with respect to 442,500 shares of common stock of the Company at a public offering price of $12.00 per share.  The release announced that the Company sold 192,500 shares of its common stock pursuant to the purchase option exercise and selling shareholders sold the remaining 250,000 shares.

A copy of the Press Release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 hereto.

The information in the Press Release is being furnished, not filed, pursuant to this Item 7.01. Accordingly, the information in the Press Release will not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement filed by the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, unless specifically identified therein as being incorporated therein by reference. The furnishing of the information in this Report with respect to the Press Release is not intended to, and does not, constitute a determination or admission by the Company that the information in this Report with respect to the Press Release is material or complete, or that investors should consider this information before making an investment decision with respect to any security of the Company.
 
 
Item 9.01.
Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits:

99.1 Press release, dated February 14, 2017, issued by Kingstone Companies, Inc.
 
 

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
  KINGSTONE COMPANIES, INC.  
       
Dated:  February 14, 2017
By:
/s/ Fred Skolnik  
    Fred Skolnik  
    Assistant Secretary