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 (Date of earliest event reported):  April 24, 2018

Level One Bancorp, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

32991 Hamilton Court
Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (248) 737-0300

N/A
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report.)

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b– 2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b–2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company x

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. o

Item 8.01.                              Other Events.

On April 24, 2018, Level One Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that it had completed the sale of 1,150,765 shares of common stock, no par value per share, of the Company (the “Common Stock”), including 180,000 shares of Common Stock sold pursuant to the exercise in full by the underwriters of their option to purchase additional securities, at an initial public offering price of $28.00 per share. The offering was registered pursuant to the Company’s registration statements on Form S-1 (File Nos. 333-223866 and 333-224359). A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01.                              Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)  Exhibits.

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.