Hale Martin M JR Form 4 FALCONSTOR SOFTWARE / MARTIN M HALE JR 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^*

HALE MARTIN M JR

(Last) (First) (Middle)

17 STATE STREET, SUITE 3230

(Street)

NEW YORK NY 10004

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
FALCONSTOR SOFTWARE INC [ FALC ]

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

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

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
01/21/2016

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	01/21/2016		J		103,200	A	$1.83(1)	929,582	I	See footnotes(2)(3)
Common Stock								20,000	D

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. The shares of common stock (the "Common Stock") of Falconstor Software Inc. (the "Issuer") were issued to HCP-FVA, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("HCP-FVA"), upon conversion of the accrued dividends due and owing to HCP-FVA, in respect of the Series A Preferred Stock of the Issuer (the "Series A Preferred Stock") held by HCP-FVA, for the quarterly period ending December 31, 2015 in accordance with the Certificate of Designations, Preferences and Rights of the Series A Preferred Stock.

2. The shares of Common Stock reported herein are held by Hale Capital Partners, LP, a Delaware limited partnership ("HCP"), and HCP-FVA.

3. Martin Hale, Jr. ("MH") is the Chief Executive Officer of HCP. MH is also (i) the sole owner and managing member of Hale Fund Partners, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("HFP"), the general partner of HCP and (ii) the sole owner and Chief Executive Officer of Hale Fund Management, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("HFM"). HFM is (i) the general partner of Hale Capital Management, LP ("HCM"), the manager of HCP and (ii) the manager of HCP-FVA. Each of MH, HFP, HFM and HCM disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities reported herein, except to the extent of his or its pecuniary interest.

Remarks:

MH serves as a director on the board of directors of the Issuer as a representative of HCP-FVA. Accordingly, HCP, HFP, HFM, HCM and HCP-FVA may be deemed directors by deputization by virtue of the fact that MH currently serves on the board of directors of the Issuer.

	/s/ Martin M. Hale, Jr.	01/25/2016
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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