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^*

BOAS ANDREW M

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

C/O CARL MARKS MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC

900 THIRD AVENUE, 33RD FLOOR

(Street)

NEW YORK

10022-4775

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
XERIUM TECHNOLOGIES INC [ XRM ]

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)
08/29/2012

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 $0.001 per share	08/29/2012		P		100,300⁽³⁾⁽⁴⁾	A	$4.25	2,047,282⁽³⁾⁽⁴⁾⁽⁵⁾	I⁽³⁾⁽⁴⁾⁽⁵⁾	See Footnotes⁽³⁾⁽⁴⁾⁽⁵⁾
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share	08/30/2012		P		4,600⁽³⁾⁽⁴⁾	A	$4.2442⁽¹⁾	2,051,882⁽³⁾⁽⁴⁾⁽⁵⁾	I⁽³⁾⁽⁴⁾⁽⁵⁾	See Footnotes⁽³⁾⁽⁴⁾⁽⁵⁾
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share	08/31/2012		P		12,570⁽³⁾⁽⁴⁾	A	$4.3322⁽²⁾	2,064,452⁽³⁾⁽⁴⁾⁽⁵⁾	I⁽³⁾⁽⁴⁾⁽⁵⁾	See Footnotes⁽³⁾⁽⁴⁾⁽⁵⁾

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)

Explanation of Responses:

1. The purchase price of the shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share ("Common Stock"), of Xerium Technologies, Inc. (the "Company"), reported in Column 4 of this report is a weighted-average price. The shares of Common Stock purchased on August 30, 2012, were purchased in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $4.22 to $4.25, inclusive. Andrew M. Boas (the "Reporting Person") undertakes to provide to the Company, any security holder of the Company, or the Staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), upon request, full and complete information regarding the number of shares of Common Stock purchased at each separate price within the range set forth in this Footnote (1).

2. The purchase price of the shares of Common Stock reported in Column 4 of this report is a weighted-average price. The shares of Common Stock purchased on August 31, 2012, were purchased in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $4.25 to $4.36, inclusive. The Reporting Person undertakes to provide to the Company, any security holder of the Company, or the Staff of the SEC, upon request, full and complete information regarding the number of shares of Common Stock purchased at each separate price within the range set forth in this Footnote (2).

3. The Reporting Person is one of three individual managing members of Carl Marks Management Company, LLC ("CMMC"), a Delaware limited liability company and registered investment adviser, which is the investment adviser to (i) Carl Marks Strategic Investments, L.P. ("CMSI"), a Delaware limited partnership and private investment partnership, and (ii) Carl Marks Strategic Opportunities Fund, L.P. ("CMSO"), a Delaware limited partnership and private investment partnership. The Reporting Person is also one of three individual managing members of (x) CMSI GP, LLC ("CMSI GP"), a Delaware limited liability company and the general partner of CMSI, and (y) Carl Marks GP, LLC ("CMSO GP"), a Delaware limited liability company and the general partner of CMSO.

4. Of the shares of Common Stock purchased on August 29, 2012, 23,728 shares were purchased by CMSI and 76,572 shares were purchased by CMSO. Of the shares of Common Stock purchased on August 30, 2012, 1,088 shares were purchased by CMSI and 3,512 shares were purchased by CMSO. Of the shares of Common Stock purchased on August 31, 2012, 2,974 shares were purchased by CMSI and 9,596 shares were purchased by CMSO. Following the transactions reported herein, CMSI holds 626,544 shares of Common Stock and CMSO holds 1,437,908 shares of Common Stock.

5. Shares of the Company held by CMSI and CMSO may be deemed to be beneficially owned (i) indirectly by CMMC, as the investment adviser to CMSI and CMSO; (ii) indirectly by CMSI GP, as the general partner of CMSI, and CMSO GP, as the general partner of CMSO, respectively; and (iii) indirectly, on a shared basis, by the Reporting Person and the two other individual managing members of CMMC, the investment adviser to CMSI and CMSO, who share the power to direct the vote or disposition of such securities. CMMC and the three individual managing members of CMMC have previously filed statements pursuant to Sections 13 and 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, with respect to the Company's securities which they may be deemed to beneficially own. The Reporting Person's beneficial ownership of the Company's securities is limited to his indirect interest (if any) in the shares of Common Stock held by CMSI and CMSO, limited to his pecuniary interest in CMSI and CMSO (if any).

Remarks:

	/s/ Andrew M. Boas	08/31/2012
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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