SEC Form 4 · accession 0001025953-15-000146

NOVATION COMPANIES, INC. · NOVC

Statement of changes in beneficial ownership, as filed. Original on EDGAR ↗

Reporting owner

Jeffrey E. Eberwein

Director

Period of report

Oct 6, 2015

Accepted (ET)

Oct 8, 2015 · 3:13 pm EDT

Rule 10b5-1 plan

unknown — predates the checkbox

Issuer CIK

0001025953

Table I — non-derivative securities

Security	Date	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Owned after	D/I	Nature of ownership
Common Stock^F2,F3	Oct 6, 2015	P	22,500	$0.294	A	2,540,338	I	By Lone Star Value Investors, LP
Common Stock^F2,F4	Oct 6, 2015	P	2,500	$0.294	A	210,763	I	By Separately Managed Account
Common Stock^F5,F3	Oct 7, 2015	P	22,500	$0.289	A	2,562,838	I	By Lone Star Value Investors, LP
Common Stock^F5,F4	Oct 7, 2015	P	2,500	$0.289	A	213,263	I	By Separately Managed Account
Common Stock^F6	holding	—	—		—	192,308	D

Table II — derivative securities

No Table II lines on this filing.

Explanation of responses

F1The purchases of shares reported on this Form 4 were effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan entered into by Lone Star Value Management, LLC on behalf of Lone Star Value Investors, LP and similarly managed funds and accounts on May 13, 2015.
F2Shares were purchased in a single transaction at $0.294.
F3Shares owned directly by Lone Star Value Investors, LP ("Lone Star Value Investors"). Mr. Eberwein, solely by virtue of his position as the manager of Lone Star Value Investors GP, LLC, the general partner of Lone Star Value Investors, and as the sole member of Lone Star Value Management, LLC ("Lone Star Value Management"), the investment manager of Lone Star Value Investors, may be deemed to beneficially own the shares owned directly by Lone Star Value Investors for purposes of Section 16. Mr. Eberwein expressly disclaims beneficial ownership of such shares except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.
F4Shares held in an account separately managed by Lone Star Value Management (the "Separately Managed Account I"). Lone Star Value Management, as the investment manager of the Separately Managed Account I, may be deemed to beneficially own the shares of Common Stock held in the Separately Managed Account I; and Jeffrey Eberwein, as the sole member of Lone Star Value Management may be deemed to beneficially own the shares of Common Stock held in the Separately Managed Account I for purposes of Section 16. Mr. Eberwein expressly disclaims beneficial ownership of such shares except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein. The reporting person undertakes to provide the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, the underlying identity of the separately managed account.
F5Shares were purchased in a single transaction at $0.289.
F6Represents restricted stock awarded under the Novation Companies, Inc. 2015 Incentive Stock Plan. These restricted stock awards shall vest on August 10, 2016.