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	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
	Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* SPH Group Holdings LLC (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O STEEL PARTNERS HOLDINGS L.P. 590 MADISON AVENUE, 32ND FLOOR (Street) NEW YORK NY 10022 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Steel Excel Inc. [ SXCL ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 06/18/2012
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) Form filed by One Reporting Person X 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 $0.001(1)	06/18/2012		J(2)(3)		2,027,500	A	$0	6,611,899	D(4)

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

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* SPH Group Holdings LLC (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O STEEL PARTNERS HOLDINGS L.P. 590 MADISON AVENUE, 32ND FLOOR (Street) NEW YORK NY 10022 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* STEEL PARTNERS HOLDINGS L.P. (Last) (First) (Middle) 590 MADISON AVENUE, 32ND FLOOR (Street) NEW YORK NY 10022 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* SPH Group LLC (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O STEEL PARTNERS HOLDINGS L.P. 590 MADISON AVENUE, 32ND FLOOR (Street) NEW YORK NY 10022 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Steel Partners Holdings GP Inc. (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O STEEL PARTNERS HOLDINGS L.P. 590 MADISON AVENUE, 32ND FLOOR (Street) NEW YORK NY 10022 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* BNS HOLDING, INC. (Last) (First) (Middle) 49 STANTON AVENUE (Street) RIVERSIDE RI 02915 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director 10% Owner Officer (give title below) X Other (specify below) See Explanation of Responses

Explanation of Responses:

1. This Form 4 is filed jointly by Steel Partners Holdings L.P. ("Steel Holdings"), SPH Group LLC ("SPHG"), SPH Group Holdings LLC ("SPHG Holdings"), Steel Partners Holdings GP Inc. ("Steel Holdings GP") and BNS Holding, Inc. ("BNS").

2. On May 31, 2012, the Issuer acquired all of the capital stock of Sun Well Services, Inc. ("Sun Well"), the operating subsidiary of BNS, pursuant to a Share Acquisition Agreement, dated as of April 30, 2012, by and among the Issuer, BNS, SWH, Inc. and SPHG Holdings (the "Acquisition Agreement"). In connection with the Acquisition Agreement, BNS received 2,027,500 shares of Common Stock of the Issuer.

3. On June 18, 2012, in accordance with the Acquisition Agreement and a plan of complete liquidation and dissolution of BNS that were approved by the stockholders of BNS, BNS is distributing its remaining assets, consisting primarily of cash and the shares of Common Stock of the Issuer received in connection with the disposition of Sun Well, to its stockholders. In connection therewith, the 2,027,500 shares of Common Stock of the Issuer received by BNS in connection with the sale of Sun Well were distributed to SPHG Holdings. SPHG Holdings owns approximately 85% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock of BNS and had been deemed to beneficially own all shares of Common Stock of the Issuer directly owned by BNS. As a result of such distribution, BNS is no longer subject to the reporting requirements of Section 16 with respect to securities of the Issuer.

4. Shares of Common Stock owned directly by SPHG Holdings, and owned indirectly by SPHG by virtue of it being the sole member of SPHG Holdings, by Steel Holdings by virtue of its ownership of 99% of the membership interests of SPHG, and by Steel Holdings GP by virtue of it being the general partner of Steel Holdings, the managing member of SPHG and the manager of SPHG Holdings.

	By: SPH Group Holdings LLC, By: Steel Partners Holdings GP Inc., Manager, By: /s/ James F. McCabe, Jr., Chief Financial Officer	06/19/2012
	By: Steel Partners Holdings L.P., By: Steel Partners Holdings GP Inc., General Partner, By: /s/ James F. McCabe, Jr., Chief Financial Officer	06/19/2012
	By: SPH Group LLC, By: Steel Partners Holdings GP Inc., Managing Member, By: /s/ James F. McCabe, Jr., Chief Financial Officer	06/19/2012
	By: Steel Partners Holdings GP Inc., By: /s/ James F. McCabe, Jr., Chief Financial Officer	06/19/2012
	By: BNS Holding, Inc., By: /s/ Terry Gibson, President and Chief Executive Officer	06/19/2012
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