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    <periodOfReport>2018-02-28</periodOfReport>

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        <issuerName>Straight Path Communications Inc.</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>STRP</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>TODD K CHRIS</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O STRAIGHT PATH COMMUNICATIONS INC.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>5300 HICKORY PARK DRIVE, SUITE 218</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>GLEN ALLEN</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>VA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>23059</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle></officerTitle>
            <otherText></otherText>
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                <value>Class B Common Stock, par value $.01 per share</value>
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                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
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                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Consists of fully vested shares of Restricted Stock.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Disposed of pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the &quot;Merger Agreement&quot;), dated as of May 11, 2017, by and among Straight Path Communications Inc. (&quot;Straight Path&quot;), Verizon Communications Inc. (&quot;Verizon&quot;) and Waves Merger Sub I, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Verizon (&quot;Merger Sub&quot;), pursuant to which, among other things, Merger Sub was merged with and into the Company in a merger that became effective on February 28, 2018.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Yonatan Cantor, by Power of Attorney</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2018-02-28</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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