Hemisphere Media (HMTV) Form 4 HEMISPHERE MEDIA / Vicky Bathija 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^*

Bathija Vicky

(Last) (First) (Middle)

C/O HEMISPHERE MEDIA GROUP, INC.

4000 PONCE DE LEON BLVD., SUITE 650

(Street)

CORAL GABLES FL 33146

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
HEMISPHERE MEDIA GROUP, INC. [ HMTV ]

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

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
EVP CorpDev&Invest.Relations

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
08/07/2017

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
CLASS A COMMON STOCK	08/07/2017		F		2,280(1)	D	$12.7(2)	20,440(3)	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. In accordance with the Hemisphere Media Group, Inc. (the "Company") Amended and Restated 2013 Equity Incentive Plan (the "Plan"), the Reporting Person returned shares of the Company's Class A common stock to the Company for the purpose of paying the Reporting Person's withholding taxes due upon the vesting of restricted shares of Class A common stock previously awarded to the Reporting Person under the Plan. The disposition is exempt in accordance with Rule 16b-3.

2. The fair market value of the Class A common stock at the close of trading on August 7, 2017, the date of vesting, was used to calculate the number of shares deducted to satisfy the Reporting Person's tax withholding obligations.

3. Of these shares, 8,333 shares of Class A common stock are restricted securities and will vest, subject to certain exceptions, on the third anniversary of August 7, 2015.

	/s/ Vicky Bathija	08/08/2017
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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