John Yogi Spence Form 3 XAI Octagon Floating Rate & Alternative Income Term Trust / John Yogi Spence ownership change

SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

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^*

Spence John Yogi

(Last) (First) (Middle)

321 N. CLARK STREET

(Street)

CHICAGO IL 60054

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
09/27/2017

3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
XAI Octagon Floating Rate & Alternative Income Term Trust [ XFLT ]

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

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
CFO & Treasurer

5. 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 Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Shares of Beneficial Interest	443,950	D
Common Shares of Beneficial Interest	10,205	I	XA Investments LLC(1)

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

1. Common Shares acquired by XA Investments LLC ("XAI"), the Trust's investment manager, to provide the Trust with required seed capital. Mr. Spence may be deemed to indirectly beneficially own Common Shares owned by XAI, by virtue of his control of XAI.

	/s/ John Yogi Spence	09/27/2017
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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