SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* King John Bryan (Last) (First) (Middle) 301 COMMERCE STREET SUITE 1600 (Street) FORT WORTH TX 76102 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 03/20/2017	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol LAWSON PRODUCTS INC/NEW/DE/ [ LAWS ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)	5. 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 Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock	1,958,204	I	See footnote(1)

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

1. Includes (I) 1,689,358 shares held by LKCM Private Discipline Master Fund, SPC, on behalf of its wholly owned subsidiary PDLP Lawson, LLC (PDP), (ii) 26,102 shares held by LKCM Micro-Cap Partnership, L.P. (Micro), (iii) 10,128 shares held by LKCM Core Discipline, L.P. (Core) and (iv) 232,616 shares held by LKCM Headwater Investments II, L.P. (HW). LKCM Private Discipline Management, L.P. holds the management shares of PDP, and LKCM Alternative Management, LLC (PDP GP) is its general partner. LKCM Micro-Cap Management, L.P. (Micro GP) is the general partner of Micro. LKCM Core Discipline Management, L.P. (Core GP) is the general partner of Core. LKCM Headwater Investments II GP, L.P. (HW GP) is the general partner of HW. Mr. King is a controlling member of PDP GP, Micro GP, Core GP, and HW GP. Mr. King expressly disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities reported herein, except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.

	J. Bryan King	03/28/2017
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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