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)

C/O HALE CAPITAL PARTNERS, LP

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)
02/23/2018

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

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
Warrants(1)	$0.001	02/23/2018		A		41,577,382		02/23/2018	02/23/2028	Common Stock	41,577,382	(1)	41,577,382	I	See Footnotes(3)
Warrants(2)	$0.001	02/23/2018		A		366,990,000		(2)	02/23/2028	Common Stock	366,990,000	(2)	366,990,000	I	See Footnotes(3)

Explanation of Responses:

1. The warrants reported herein were issued by Falconstor Software, Inc. (the "Issuer") to HCP-FVA, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("HCP-FVA"), in consideration for HCP-FVA backstopping that certain private placement of units (the "Financing") contemplated by that certain commitment letter, dated as of November 17, 2017, by and between Hale Capital Partners, LP ("HCP") and the Issuer (the "Commitment").

2. The warrants reported herein were issued by the Issuer to HCP-FVA in connection with its purchase of $3,000,000 of units in the Financing upon the closing of the Commitment. The warrants are exercisable following receipt of stockholder approval to amend the Issuer's Certificate of Incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of its common stock in order to permit the exercise of the warrants.

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 are 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.	02/27/2018
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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