Par Chadha Form 4 Exela / PAR CHADHA 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^*

CHADHA PAR

(Last) (First) (Middle)

8550 WEST DESERT INN ROAD, SUITE 102-452

(Street)

LAS VEGAS NV 89117

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Exela Technologies, Inc. [ XELA ]

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

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

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
08/14/2018

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, par value $0.0001 per share ("Common Stock")	08/14/2018		M		38,200	A	(1)	38,200	D
Common Stock								79,209,000	I	See Footnotes(2)(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
Restricted Stock Unit	(1)	08/14/2018		M			12,322	(4)	(4)	Common Stock	12,322	$0	50,524	D
Restricted Stock Unit	(1)	08/14/2018		M			25,878	(5)	(5)	Common Stock	25,878	$0	12,324	D
Restricted Stock Unit	(1)	08/14/2018		A		27,722		(6)	(6)	Common Stock	27,722	$0	40,046	D
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock	(7)							(7)	(7)	Common Stock	3,263,473		2,669,233	I	See Footnotes(2)(3)(7)

Explanation of Responses:

1. Each restricted stock unit represents the right to receive, following vesting, one share of common stock.

2. Ex-Sigma 2 LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, ("Ex-Sigma 2") directly owns 77,912,500 shares of Common Stock and 2,669,233 shares of Preferred Stock of Exela Technologies, Inc. (the "Issuer"). HandsOn Global Management, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("HGM"), directly owns 1,250,000 shares of Common Stock of the Issuer. HandsOn 3, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company ("HOF 3"), directly owns 46,500 shares of Common Stock of the Issuer. Ex-Sigma LLC ("Ex-Sigma") is the sole equityholder of Ex-Sigma 2. HOVS LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("HOVS"), HandsOnFund 4 I LLC, a Nevada limited liability company ("HOF 4"), HOV Capital III, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company ("HOV 3"), each directly own interests in Ex-Sigma. HOVS is a wholly-owned subsidiary of HOV Services Ltd., an Indian limited company ("HOV Services").

3. Adesi 234 LLC, a Nevada limited liability company ("Adesi"), and HOF 2 LLC, a Nevada limited liability company ("HOF 2"), together own a majority of the equity interests of HOV 3. Mr. Par Chadha may be deemed to control HGM , Ex-Sigma 2, Ex-Sigma, HOVS, HOF 4, HOV 3, Adesi, HOF 2 and HOF 3. Mr. Chadha disclaims beneficial ownership of any shares or other securities of the Issuer owned by any of the above entities, except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.

4. On April 2, 2018, the reporting person was granted 36,968 restricted stock units pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Director Compensation Policy and 2018 Stock Incentive Plan. The remainder of this award will vest in two equal installments immediately prior to each of the 2019 and 2020 annual meetings of the stockholders of Exela Technologies, Inc.

5. On April 2, 2018, the reporting person was granted 25,878 restricted stock units pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Director Compensation Policy and 2018 Stock Incentive Plan. This award vested in full and such vested restricted stock units settled for shares of Common Stock.

6. Non-employee director equity compensation pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Director Compensation Policy and 2018 Stock Incentive Plan. This award will vest in full immediately prior to the 2019 annual meeting of the stockholders of Exela Technologies, Inc.

7. Ex Sigma 2 owns 2,669,233 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock. Each share of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock is convertible into the number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Applicable Conversion Rate (as defined in the Issuer's Certificate of Designations, Preferences, Rights and Limitations of Series A Perpetual Convertible Preferred Stock (the "Certificate of Designation")) in effect as of the date of such conversion. The initial Applicable Conversion Rate is 1.2226 shares of Common Stock for each share of Preferred Stock, which rate will increase following the third anniversary of the date of issue, (x) at the election of the holder, or (y) at the election of the Company from and after the time that the weighted average price of the Common Stock equals or exceeds $24 for at least 5 consecutive days on which trading in the Common Stock generally occurs on the Nasdaq Stock Market. The shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock have no expiration date.

	/s/ Par Chadha	08/16/2018
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