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            <officerTitle>Chief Executive Officer</officerTitle>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Each restricted stock unit represents the right to receive, following vesting, one share of Common Stock.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">This award will vest in full on August 31, 2019.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Forty percent of the options will vest and become exercisable on August 31, 2020 and the remainder will vest and become exercisable on August 31, 2022. Mr. Cogburn owns 110 units of Ex-Sigma LLC which is the largest holder of Exela Technologies, Inc. (the &quot;Issuer&quot;) stock. Because Mr. Cogburn does not have voting or dispositive power over any of the shares of the Issuer held by Ex-Sigma LLC, Mr. Cogburn does not have beneficial ownership under Rule 13d-3 of any such shares. This report shall not be deemed an admission that Mr. Cogburn 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.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">The Exchangeable Preferred Interests are equity interests in Ex-Sigma LLC, that, subject to certain terms and conditions, are exchangeable into the shares of Common Stock. The Exchangeable Preferred Interests are exchangeable into a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the purchase price of such interests, divided by the lesser of (a) $1.65 and (b) the 5-day volume weighted average price per share for the 5-days preceding the date of such exchange.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>By: /s/ Ron Cogburn</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2019-06-27</signatureDate>
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