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        <issuerName>Function(x) Inc.</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>FNCX</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Held by Sillerman Investment Company III LLC (&quot;SIC III&quot;), of which the Reporting Person is the manager and sole member. These shares were acquired in a transaction exempt from the provisions of Section 16(b) pursuant to Rule 16-b(3) thereunder.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Held by Sillerman Investment Company IV LLC (&quot;SIC IV&quot;), of which the reporting person is the manager and sole member. These shares were acquired in a transaction exempt from the provisions of Section 16(b) pursuant to Rule 16b-3 thereunder.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Held by Sillerman Investment Company VI (&quot;SIC VI&quot;), of which the Reporting Person is the manager and sole member. These shares were acquired in a transaction exempt from the provisions of Section 16(b) pursuant to Rule 16b-3 thereunder.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Warrants previously acquired by SIC III, exercisable at $1.78 per share.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">Warrants previously acquired by SIC III, exercisable at $3.51 per share.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F6">Warrants previously acquired by SIC III, exercisable at $2.98 per share.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F7">Warrants previously acquired by SIC III, exercisable at $3.63 per share.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F8">Warrants previously acquired by the Reporting Person, exercisable at $80.00 per share.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F9">Warrants previously acquired by Sillerman Investment Company II, LLC (&quot;SIC II&quot;), of which the Reporting Person is the manager and sole member, exercisable at $55.20 per share.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F10">Warrants previously acquired by SIC II, exercisable at $80.00 per share.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F11">Restricted stock units in respect of 155,090 shares of Common Stock granted pursuant to the Company's 2011 Executive Incentive Plan.  These restricted stock units vested as to 31,018 shares on May 1, 2015 and an additional 31,018 shares will vest on each of May 1, 2017, May 1, 2018 and May 1, 2019. Each restricted stock unit represents the right to receive, at settlement, one (1) share of common stock.  This transaction represents the settlement of restricted stock units in shares of common stock on their scheduled vesting date.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F12">Debt held by SIC III was exchanged for shares of Series C Preferred Stock.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F13">Debt held by the Reporting Person was exchanged for shares of Series C Preferred Stock.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F14">Debt held by SIC IV was exchanged for shares of Series C Preferred Stock.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F15">Debt held by SIC VI was exchanged for shares of Series C Preferred Stock.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F16">Subject to the existing Exchange Agreement, the Series C Preferred Shares are exchangeable for common shares, the number of which will be based on the pricing at the time of exchange.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F17">The Series C Preferres Shares are exchangeable for common shares pursuant to a pre-existing exchange agreement.  Any exchange is subject to certain conditions but there is no expiration on the time at which such exchange may occur.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Robert F.X. Sillerman</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2016-08-26</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
