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        <issuerName>PEERLESS SYSTEMS CORP</issuerName>
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            <rptOwnerName>Bandera Partners LLC</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>50 BROAD STREET, SUITE 1820</rptOwnerStreet1>
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            <rptOwnerCity>NEW YORK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
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    <reportingOwner>
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            <rptOwnerName>Bandera Master Fund LP</rptOwnerName>
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        <reportingOwnerAddress>
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            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>NEW YORK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
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    <reportingOwner>
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            <rptOwnerName>Bylinsky Gregory</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>50 BROAD STREET, SUITE 1820</rptOwnerStreet1>
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    <reportingOwner>
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            <rptOwnerName>Gramm Jefferson</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerCity>NEW YORK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
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    <reportingOwner>
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            <rptOwnerName>Shpiz Andrew</rptOwnerName>
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        <reportingOwnerAddress>
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                <value>2020-06-23</value>
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                    <value>10000</value>
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                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F3"/>
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                <value>2020-06-23</value>
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                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
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                    <value>See footnotes</value>
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                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F3"/>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">This report is filed jointly by Bandera Partners LLC (&quot;Bandera Partners&quot;), Bandera Master Fund L.P. (&quot;Bandera Master Fund&quot;),
 Gregory Bylinsky, Jefferson Gramm and Andrew Shpiz.  Mr. Bylinsky and Mr. Gramm were nominated by the Issuer for election to
 the Issuer's board of directors at the Issuer's 2009 annual meeting of stockholders pursuant to the Nomination Agreement,
 dated May 14, 2009, by and among the Issuer, on the one hand, and Bandera Partners, Bandera Master Fund, Bandera Partners
 Management LLC, Mr. Bylinsky and Mr. Gramm, on the other hand, and Mr. Bylinsky and Mr. Gramm were reelected as directors at
 the Issuer's 2010 annual meeting of stockholders. Bandera Master Fund may be deemed a &quot;director by deputization&quot; of the
 Issuer by virtue of the fact that Mr. Bylinsky and Mr. Gramm serve as directors of the Issuer as nominees of Bandera Master
 Fund. (continued in footnote 2)</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Mr. Bylinsky and Mr. Gramm will hold any stock, stock options, restricted stock or stock units or other rights to purchase or
 receive stock issued to them as compensation for their services as directors of the Issuer (the &quot;Master Fund Securities&quot;) as
 nominees, and for the benefit, of Bandera Master Fund. (continued in footnote 3)</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Bandera Partners is the investment manager of Bandera Master Fund and may be deemed to have beneficial ownership of the
 Master Fund Securities and other shares of common stock of the Issuer directly owned by Bandera Master Fund (collectively
 with the Master Fund Securities, the &quot;Master Fund Shares&quot;) by virtue of the sole and exclusive authority granted to Bandera
 Partners by Bandera Master Fund to vote and dispose of the Master Fund Shares.  Mr. Bylinsky, Mr. Gramm and Mr. Shpiz may
 also be deemed to have beneficial ownership of the Master Fund Shares in their capacities as Managing Partners, Managing
 Directors and Portfolio Managers of Bandera Partners.  Each of Bandera Partners, Mr. Bylinsky, Mr. Gramm and Mr. Shpiz
 disclaims beneficial ownership of the Master Fund Shares except to the extent of its or his pecuniary interest therein
 pursuant to Rule 16a-1(a)(2).</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">10,000 shares of restricted stock were received in connection with Mr. Bylinsky's reelection as a director of the Issuer on
 June 23, 2010.  5,000 of these shares will vest on the earlier of June 23, 2011 and the date of the Issuer's 2011 annual
 meeting of stockholders, and the remaining 5,000 shares will vest on the earlier of June 23, 2012 and the date of the
 Issuer's 2012 annual meeting of stockholders.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">10,000 shares of restricted stock were received in connection with Mr. Gramm's reelection as a director of the Issuer on June
 23, 2010.  5,000 of these shares will vest on the earlier of June 23, 2011 and the date of the Issuer's 2011 annual meeting
 of stockholders, and the remaining 5,000 shares will vest on the earlier of June 23, 2012 and the date of the Issuer's 2012
 annual meeting of stockholders.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F6">Twenty-five percent (25%) of the shares subject to such options shall vest and become exercisable on June 23, 2011 (the
 completion of one year of service measured from the grant date). The balance of the shares subject to such options shall
 vest and become exercisable in a series of thirty-six (36) successive equal monthly installments upon completion of each
 additional month of service until all of the options are vested.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F7">Options to acquire 10,000 shares of Common Stock were received in connection with Mr. Bylinsky's reelection as a director of
 the Issuer on June 23, 2010.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F8">Options to acquire 10,000 shares of Common Stock were received in connection with Mr. Gramm's reelection as a director of the
 Issuer on June 23, 2010.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Gregory Bylinsky - Managing Director, On behalf of Bandera Partners LLC</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2010-06-25</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Gregory Bylinsky - On behalf of Bandera Master Fund L.P., as Managing Director of its General Partner,  Bandera Partners Management LLC</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2010-06-25</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Gregory Bylinsky</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2010-06-25</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Jefferson Gramm</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2010-06-25</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Andrew Shpiz</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2010-06-25</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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