Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
HCP-FVA, LLC
   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
FALCONSTOR SOFTWARE INC [FALC] 		5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
__X__ Director __X__ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) __X__ Other (specify below)
See Remarks
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
C/O HALE CAPITAL PARTNERS, LP, 17 STATE STREET, SUITE 3230		 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
04/23/2018
(Street)

NEW YORK, NY 10004		 4. If Amendment, Date 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
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
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)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock 04/23/2018   M   13,724,818 (1) A $ 0.001 14,576,172 D  
Common Stock 04/23/2018   M   39,645,783 (2) A $ 0.001 54,221,955 D  

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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 Underlying Securities
(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 of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Warrants (1) $ 0.001 04/23/2018   M     13,859,128 11/17/2017 11/17/2027 Common Stock 13,724,818 $ 0 0 D  
Warrants (2) $ 0.001 04/23/2018   M     40,033,752 02/23/2018 02/23/2028 Common Stock 39,645,783 $ 0 1,543,630 (3) D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
HCP-FVA, LLC
C/O HALE CAPITAL PARTNERS, LP
17 STATE STREET, SUITE 3230
NEW YORK, NY 10004		   X   X   See Remarks

Signatures

 HCP-FVA, LLC, By: Hale Capital Partners, LP, its sole member, By: /s/ Martin Hale, Jr., its CEO   04/25/2018
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) HCP-FVA, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("HCP-FVA"), exercised that certain Warrant, dated November 17, 2017, to purchase 13,859,128 shares of common stock ("Common Stock") of Falconstor Software, Inc. (the "Issuer") on a cashless exercise basis with respect to all 13,859,128 shares issuable upon exercise thereof. As a result of such cashless exercise, HCP-FVA received 13,724,818 shares of Common Stock.
(2) HCP-FVA exercised that certain Warrant, dated February 23, 2018, to purchase 41,577,382 shares of Common Stock on a cashless exercise basis with respect to 40,033,752 shares issuable upon exercise thereof. As a result of such cashless exercise, HCP-FVA received 39,645,783 shares of Common Stock and retained the right to purchase 1,543,630 shares of Common Stock under such Warrant.
(3) As set forth in HCP-FVA's previous filings, HCP-FVA also holds that certain Warrant, dated February 23, 2018, to purchase 366,990,000 shares of Common Stock and shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock of the Issuer that are convertible into 8,781,515 shares of Common Stock.
 
Remarks:
HCP-FVA has the right to designate a director of the Issuer pursuant to the terms of the Certificate of Designation of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock of the Issuer and Martin Hale, Jr. is the board designee of HCP-FVA. Accordingly, HCP-FVA is a director by deputization.

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