William Alena Form 4 Meet / William Alena 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^*

Alena William

(Last) (First) (Middle)

100 UNION SQUARE DRIVE

(Street)

NEW HOPE PA 18938

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Meet Group, Inc. [ MEET ]

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

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

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
05/07/2017

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(1)	05/07/2017		F		3,547	D	$6.09	66,473	D
Common Stock(2)	05/09/2017		A		28,306	A	$0	94,779	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
Stock Option (Right to Buy)(3)	$5.18	05/09/2017		A		72,570		(3)	05/09/2027	Common Stock	72,570	$0	72,570	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Net issuance of shares to the issuer by the reporting person to cover the reporting person's tax withholding obligations in connection with the vesting of 11,000 shares of restricted stock.

2. Mr. Alena received a restricted stock award of 28,306 shares of the Company's common stock. One-third of the restrictions on the restricted stock will lapse on each of the first, second and third anniversaries of the grant date, subject to Mr. Alena's continuing employment with the Company.

3. One-third of the options vest on the first anniversary of the grant date and the remaining two-thirds vest in substantially equal installments on a monthly basis over the following two years, subject to Mr. Alena's continuing employment with the Company.

	/s/ William Alena	05/09/2017
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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