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SEC FORM 4 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^*

Cogburn Ronald Clark

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

C/O EXELA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.,

2701 E. GRAUWYLER RD.

(Street)

IRVING

75061

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

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
10/22/2019

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)
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (''Common Stock'')⁽¹⁾	02/21/2020		J⁽¹⁾		30,147	A	⁽¹⁾	99,885	D
Common Stock⁽²⁾	02/21/2020		C		226,980	A	⁽²⁾	326,865	D
Common Stock⁽³⁾	02/26/2020		J⁽³⁾		32,430	A	⁽³⁾	359,295	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)
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)	Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)		10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Exchangeable Preferred Interests⁽²⁾	$1.21	10/22/2019		J⁽⁵⁾		355.56		⁽²⁾	⁽²⁾	Common Stock	533,608	⁽⁵⁾	355.56	D
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock⁽¹⁾⁽⁴⁾	$1.2226⁽⁴⁾	02/21/2020		J⁽¹⁾		1,709		⁽⁴⁾	⁽⁴⁾	Common Stock	2,089	⁽¹⁾	1,709	D
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock⁽²⁾⁽⁴⁾	$1.2226⁽⁴⁾	02/21/2020		C		1,950		⁽⁴⁾	⁽⁴⁾	Common Stock	2,384	⁽²⁾	3,659	D
Exchangeable Preferred Interests⁽²⁾	$0.31	02/21/2020		C			16.6	⁽²⁾	⁽²⁾	Common Stock	50,379	⁽²⁾	9.78	D
Exchangeable Preferred Interests⁽²⁾	$1.21	02/21/2020		C			223.78	⁽²⁾	⁽²⁾	Common Stock	176,601	⁽²⁾	131.78	D
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock⁽²⁾⁽⁴⁾	$1.2226⁽⁴⁾	02/26/2020		C		6,835		⁽⁴⁾	⁽⁴⁾	Common Stock	8,356	⁽³⁾	10,494	D
Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$5.98							⁽⁶⁾	08/31/2028	Common Stock	111,000		111,000	D
Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$1.3							⁽⁷⁾	08/26/2029	Common Stock	111,000		111,000	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. See Exhibit 99.1

2. See Exhibit 99.1

3. See Exhibit 99.1

4. See Exhibit 99.1

5. See Exhibit 99.1

6. See Exhibit 99.1

7. See Exhibit 99.1

Remarks:

See Exhibit 99.1.

	By: /s/ Ronald Cogburn	02/25/2020
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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Exhibit 99.1

(1) Ex-Sigma 2 LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Ex-Sigma 2”), delivered 4,823,572 shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Common Stock”) of Exela Technologies, Inc. (“Exela”) and 273,475 shares of Series A Perpetual Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share of Exela (“Preferred Stock”) to the purchasers of shares under the July 25, 2019 Stock Purchase Agreement in satisfaction of the purchase price adjustment contained therein.

(2) On February 21, 2020, Ex-Sigma 2 distributed 66,471,504 shares of Common Stock and 2,935,758 shares of Preferred Stock to Ex-Sigma LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Ex-Sigma”), Ex-Sigma 2’s sole equity owner. Ex-Sigma then distributed such shares pro rata to the holders of its Exchangeable Preferred Interests in accordance with their relative entitlement. The Exchangeable Preferred Interests are equity interests in Ex-Sigma LLC. Ex-Sigma is the sole owner of Ex-Sigma 2 LLC (“ES2”), which is the largest holder of Exela Technologies, Inc. (the “Issuer”) stock. At such time as Ex-Sigma receives a distribution of Common Stock from ES2 (and not prior to such time), the Exchangeable Preferred Interests are exchangeable into a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the purchase price of such Exchangeable Preferred Interests divided by $1.21 for certain classes of the Exchangeable Preferred Interests and $0.31 for certain other classes.

(3) HGM distributed 38,582,425 shares of Common Stock and 1,493,638 shares of Preferred Stock (the “First HGM Distribution”) on the following basis: first in settlement of certain claims members of Ex-Sigma LLC whom HGM reasonably believes are “accredited investors” as such term is defined in Regulation D of the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”); second among the members of HGM pro rata in accordance with their respective entitlements, subject to further adjustments described below; third HGM agreed with certain of its members to exchange the Preferred Stock to be received for Common Stock at the rate of 1.2226 shares of Common Stock per share of Preferred Stock, representing the rate at which the Preferred Stock can be converted to Common Stock on the date of the exchange and fourth HGM negotiated additional adjustments to the distribution with certain of its members. HGM also distributed 1,250,000 shares of Common Stock pursuant to a special allocation in connection with the formation of the Company in 2017 (the “HGM Management Fee Distribution” and together with the First HGM Distribution, the “HGM Distribution”).

(4) 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 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock are convertible at any time. 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.

(5) The Exchangeable Preferred Interests were acquired on October 22, 2019, upon the exchange of a portion of the Reporting Person’s common units in Ex-Sigma LLC (“Ex-Sigma”), net of common units withheld to pay withholding taxes.

(6) Forty percent of the options will vest and become exercisable on August 31, 2020 and the remainder will vest and become exercisable on August 31, 2022.

(7) Forty percent of the options will vest and become exercisable on August 26, 2021 and the remainder will vest and become exercisable on August 26, 2023.