Todd Alan Brooks Form 4 ZaZa Energy / TODD ALAN BROOKS 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^*

BROOKS TODD ALAN

(Last) (First) (Middle)

1301 MCKINNEY STREET

SUITE 2850

(Street)

HOUSTON TX 77010

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
ZaZa Energy Corp [ ZAZA ]

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

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

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
03/16/2015

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

	Form filed by One Reporting Person
X	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)	03/16/2015		F		7,389	D	$1.5572	980,746	D
Common Stock								5,000	I	See Footnote(2)
Common Stock								2,082,020	I	See Footnote(3)

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

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

BROOKS TODD ALAN

(Last) (First) (Middle)

1301 MCKINNEY STREET

SUITE 2850

(Street)

HOUSTON TX 77010

(City) (State) (Zip)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

BLACKSTONE OIL & GAS, LLC

(Last) (First) (Middle)

1301 MCKINNEY STREET

SUITE 2800

(Street)

HOUSTON TX 77010

(City) (State) (Zip)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

TODD ALAN BROOKS NON EXEMPT TRUST

(Last) (First) (Middle)

1301 MCKINNEY STREET

SUITE 2800

(Street)

HOUSTON TX 77010

(City) (State) (Zip)

Explanation of Responses:

1. Pursuant to the grant agreement with respect to the award of shares of common stock, the disposition represents shares used to satisfy the Company's tax withholding obligations.

2. Todd Alan Brooks is the general partner of FT Trading & Management, LP, the direct owner of 5,000 shares as of the date of this Form 4.

3. Todd Alan Brooks is the Trustee of the Todd Alan Brooks Non Exempt trust, which is the sole member of Blackstone Oil & Gas, LLC. Blackstone Oil & Gas, LLC is the direct owner of 2,082,020 shares of Common Stock of ZaZa Energy Corporation as of the date of this Form 4.

Remarks:

	/s/ Todd Alan Brooks	03/16/2015
	/s/ Todd Alan Brooks, President of Blackstone Oil & Gas, LLC	03/16/2015
	/s/ Todd Alan Brooks, Trustee of the Todd Alan Brooks Non Exempt Trust	03/16/2015
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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