SEC Form 4
FORM 4 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
wilson j thomas

(Last) (First) (Middle)
1775 SHERMAN ST, STE 1950

(Street)
DENVER CO 80203

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
MAGELLAN PETROLEUM CORP /DE/ [ MPET ]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
X Director 10% Owner
X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
President and CEO
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
10/31/2014
4. If Amendment, Date of 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
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 10/31/2014 A(1) 30,000 A $0 615,477 D
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 Securities Underlying Derivative Security (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: 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
Employee Stock Option (right to buy) $1.8 10/31/2014 A(2) 400,000 (3) 10/31/2024 Common Stock 400,000 $0 400,000 D
Explanation of Responses:
1. Award of restricted shares that are scheduled to vest, based on continuing employment, on December 31, 2015.
2. In addition to the award of restricted shares reported herein, the reporting person was also awarded operational performance goal options on October 31, 2014 to purchase 600,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $1.80 per share. The vesting and exercisability of such operational performance goal options are subject to certain operational performance goal conditions (other than the passage of time and continued employment) that are not tied to the market price of the issuer's securities, and thus, based on an interpretive position by the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, do not constitute reportable derivative securities for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 until such operational performance goal conditions are satisfied.
3. The target stock price options are scheduled to vest, based on continuing employment, in annual one-third installments over a three-year period ending October 31, 2017. The target stock price options become exercisable if, at the end of any period of 90 trading days (a "Window"), (A) the closing price of one share of the issuer's common stock as reported by NASDAQ (the "Closing Price") on each of the first ten (10) trading days of a Window equals or exceeds $5.00 per share; and (B) the median of the Closing Prices for the issuer's common stock during such Window is equal to or exceeds $5.00 per share.
Remarks:
J. Thomas Wilson 11/04/2014
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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