Banatao Diosdado P Form 4 IKANOS COMMUNICATIONS / DIOSDADO P BANATAO ownership change

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

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

BANATAO DIOSDADO P

(Last) (First) (Middle)

C/O TALLWOOD VENTURE CAPITAL

3000 SAND HILL ROAD, BLDG 3, STE 240

(Street)

MENLO PARK CA 94025

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
IKANOS COMMUNICATIONS, INC. [ IKAN ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

X	Director	X	10% Owner
	Officer (give title below)		Other (specify below)

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
05/28/2015

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 Stock	05/28/2015		A		1,750	A	$0	9,013	D
Common Stock								200,000	I	See Footnotes(1)
Common Stock								8,449,449	I	See Footnotes(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)

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
Director Stock Option (right to buy)	$1.84	05/28/2015		A		5,000		(7)	05/28/2022	Common Stock	5,000	$0	5,000	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Tallwood Partners, LLC ("Partners") is the direct owner of the shares reported. The Banatao Living Trust DTD 7/21/99 ("Trust") is the managing partner of Partners. The Reporting Person, as a trustee of the Banatao Living Trust DTD 7/21/99, directly or indirectly, holds 100% of the membership interests in Tallwood Partners, LLC, and holds shared voting and dispositive power over the securities held by this entity, but disclaims such beneficial ownership except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein. The filing of this statement shall not be deemed an admission that, for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or otherwise, the Reporting Person is the beneficial owner of these shares.

2. Tallwood III Annex, L.P. ("Tallwood III Annex") Tallwood III, L.P. ("Tallwood III"), Tallwood III Partners, L.P. ("Tallwood III Partners"), Tallwood III Associates, L.P. ("Tallwood III Associates" and, together with Tallwood III Annex, Tallwood III and Tallwood III Partners, the "Tallwood Funds") directly own 1,818,789, 5,845,193, 740,180 and 45,287 shares of Common Stock of the Company, respectively. (Continued in Footnote 3.)

3. Tallwood III Management, LLC ("Tallwood Management") is the general partner of Tallwood III, Tallwood III Partners, and Tallwood III Associates. Tallwood III Annex Management, LLC ("Tallwood Annex Management") is the general partner of Tallwood III Annex. Tallwood Management may be deemed to share voting and dispositive power with respect to the shares owned by Tallwood III, Tallwood III Partners, and Tallwood III Associates, but disclaim such beneficial ownership except to the extent of its pecuniary interest therein. Tallwood Annex Management may be deemed to share voting and dispositive power with respect to the shares owned by Tallwood III Annex, but disclaim such beneficial ownership except to the extent of its pecuniary interest therein. (Continued in Footnote 4.)

4. The Reporting Person is a managing member of Tallwood Management and Tallwood Annex Management and may be deemed to share voting and dispositive power with respect to the shares owned by the Tallwood Funds, but disclaims such beneficial ownership except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein. The filing of this statement shall not be deemed an admission that, for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or otherwise, that the Reporting Person is the beneficial owner of these shares.

5. The Tallwood Funds are parties to a stockholder agreement with respect to the securities of the Company, and as a result of which each such entity may be deemed to be a member of a group with respect to the securities of the Company owned by such entities. However, each Tallwood Fund disclaims membership in any such group and disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities, except to the extent of its pecuniary interest therein.

6. The filing of this statement shall not be deemed an admission that, for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or otherwise, that the Reporting Person is the beneficial owner of these securities.

7. This grant will vest at the rate of 1/12 each month on the same day of the month as the transaction date.

Remarks:

	/s/ Andrew S. Hughes, by power of attorney	05/29/2015
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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