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* Nord Matt (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O APOLLO MANAGEMENT, L.P. 9 WEST 57TH STREET, 43RD FLOOR (Street) NEW YORK NY 10019 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 07/12/2017	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Exela Technologies, Inc. [ XELA ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)	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)

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:

Remarks:

Matthew H. Nord is associated with Apollo Management, L.P. ("Apollo Management") and its affiliate, Apollo Management Holdings, L.P. ("Management Holdings"). Affiliates of Apollo Management and Management Holdings serve as managers and general partners of various entities that hold shares of common stock, par value $0.0001, of Exela Technologies, Inc. (the "Issuer"). As such, Apollo Management, Management Holdings and those affiliates may be deemed to beneficially own the shares of common stock of the Issuer held by the entities directly or indirectly managed or advised by the affiliates of Apollo Management or Management Holdings. This report does not include any securities of the Issuer held by any such entities or that may be deemed to be beneficially owned by Apollo Management, Management Holdings or any of their affiliates, and Mr. Nord disclaims beneficial ownership of all such securities. This report shall not be deemed an admission that Mr. Nord is the beneficial owner of, or has any pecuniary interest in, such securities for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or for any other purpose.

No securities are beneficially owned.

	/s/ Matthew H. Nord	07/14/2017
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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