Daniel Warren Pugh Form 4 GSE SYSTEMS / Daniel Warren Pugh 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^*

Pugh Daniel Warren

(Last) (First) (Middle)

C/O GSE SYSTEMS, INC.

6940 COLUMBIA GATEWAY DR STE 470

(Street)

COLUMBIA MD 21046

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
GSE SYSTEMS INC [ GVP ]

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

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
Chief Legal and Risk Officer

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
04/05/2023

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
Performance Rights	(1)	04/05/2023		A		38,250		(1)	01/01/2027	Common Stock	38,250	$0	38,250	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Each performance right (PR) is a contingent right to receive one share of Issuer Common Stock. PRs vest upon satisfaction of both a Service Condition (SC) and a Stock Price Performance Condition (SPPC). The SC is satisfied for sixteen dates (3/31/23, 6/30/23, 9/30/23, 12/31/23, 3/31/24, 6/30/24, 9/30/24, 12/31/24, 3/31/25, 6/30/25, 9/30/25, 12/31/25, 3/31/26, 6/30/26, 9/30/26, and 12/31/26) if the Issuer has continuously employed the reporting person through that SC date. 2,390 PRs will be eligible to vest on the first 15 SC dates if the SPPC also has been met, and 2,400 PRs will be eligible to vest on the final SC date if the SPPC also has been met. The SPPC requires the Volume Weighted Average Price of the Issuer's Common Stock as quoted on NASDAQ to be at least $1.50 measured over a 5 consecutive trading day period. If the SPPC is not met, then PRs eligible to vest due to satisfaction of a SC shall aggregate and vest upon any later satisfaction of the SPPC.

	/s/ Pugh Daniel Warren	04/07/2023
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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