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* Altman Louis Michael (Last) (First) (Middle) 275 WEST FEDERAL STREET (Street) YOUNGSTOWN OH 44503 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol UNITED COMMUNITY FINANCIAL CORP [ UCFC ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 02/09/2017
	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 Shares	02/09/2017		J(1)		54,316	A	$0.00	61,285	D(2)
Common Shares	02/09/2017		J(1)		3,248	A	$0.00	3,396	I	By Irrevocable Trust Agreement of Louis M. Altman(3)

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. Pro-rata distribution by AF Capital Holdings, LLC ("AF Capital") to its members upon conversion of each issued and oustanding share of Ohio Legacy Corp. ("OLC") common stock into a right to receive 2.736 shares of United Community Financial Corp. (the "Issuer") common stock, pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger by and between the Issuer, The Home Savings and Loan Company of Youngstown, Ohio, OLC, and Premier Bank & Trust, dated as of September 8, 2016 (the "Merger Agreement"), at the effective time of the merger, subject to proration and allocation requirements in the Merger Agreement.

2. The shares of Issuer common stock were initially distributed to Louis M. Altman, LLC before being distributed to the reporting person, as sole member of Louis M. Altman, LLC.

3. The reporting person's spouse is trustee of the trust. The reporting person disclaims ownership of these securities, and the filing of this Form 4 is not an admission that the reporting person is the beneficial owner of these securities for the purposes of Section 16 or for any other purpose.

Remarks:

	/s/ Jude J. Nohra, POA for Louis M. Altman	02/13/2017
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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