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 *
KLEIN MARK
  2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
NATIONAL HOLDINGS CORP [NHLD.OB]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
__X__ Director __X__ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
Chief Executive Officer
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
C/O NATIONAL HOLDINGS CORP., 120 BROADWAY, 27TH FLOOR
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
01/25/2013
(Street)

NEW YORK, NY 10271
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, par value $0.02 per share 01/25/2013   C   10,000,000 (1) A $ 0.5 10,000,000 I (2) See Footnote (3)
Common Stock, par value $0.02 per share 01/25/2013   C   6,697,140 (1) A $ 0 16,697,140 I (2) See Footnote (3)
Common Stock, par value $0.02 per share 01/25/2013   C   201,041 (4) A $ 0.5 201,041 D  
Common Stock, par value $0.02 per share 01/25/2013   C   106,053 (5) A $ 0 307,094 D  
Common Stock, par value $0.02 per share 01/25/2013   P   1,083,333 A $ 0.3 1,083,333 I (6) See Footnote (7)

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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

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
KLEIN MARK
C/O NATIONAL HOLDINGS CORP.
120 BROADWAY, 27TH FLOOR
NEW YORK, NY 10271
  X   X   Chief Executive Officer  

Signatures

 /s/ Mark Klein   01/29/2013
**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) See Remarks
(2) NSGP directly owns the Common Stock. The Reporting Person is an officer of NSGP and the indirect owner of one of its members.
(3) NSGP has investment and voting power with respect to the Common Stock held by the funds managed by NSGP. The Reporting Person, as an officer and the indirect owner of one of NSGP's members, may be deemed to beneficially own the shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by NSGP. The Reporting Person disclaims any beneficial ownership of the Common Stock to which this report relates for purposes of Section 16, except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.
(4) On January 24, 2013, the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Series C preferred stock, par value $0.02 per share (the "Series C Preferred Stock") approved the Amended and Restated Series C Certificate of Designation. The Amended and Restated Series C Certificate of Designation provides that in the event the Company shall have raised at least $5 million through the sale of Common Stock at a purchase price no less than $0.30 per share in a private placement transaction by March 31, 2013, all outstanding shares of Series C Preferred Stock shall automatically be converted into shares of Common Stock at the then effective conversion price of the Series C Preferred Stock. The Company completed a $8.8 million private placement at $0.30 per share on January 25, 2013 and, as a result, the Series C Preferred Stock was mandatorily converted into shares of Common Stock of the Company.
(5) On January 24, 2013, the Company entered into a Warrant Exchange Agreement with the Reporting Person pursuant to which the Reporting Person exchanged warrants for 106,053 shares of Common Stock.
(6) M Klein & Company LLC ("M Klein & Company") directly owns the Common Stock. The Reporting Person is a managing member and a majority partner of M Klein & Company.
(7) M Klein & Company has investment and voting power with respect to the Common Stock held by M Klein and Company. The Reporting Person, as a managing member and a majority partner of M Klein & Company, may be deemed to beneficially own the shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by NSGP. The Reporting Person disclaims any beneficial ownership of any of the Common Stock to which this report relates for purposes of Section 16, except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.
 
Remarks:
National Holdings Corporation (the "Company") issued 6% Convertible Subordinated Notes (the "Notes") on March 30, 2012 and April 4, 2012 to National Securities Growth Partners LLC ("NSGP").  The Notes were convertible into units of the Company consisting of (i) the Company's Series E preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Series E Preferred Stock"), which were convertible into shares of Common Stock and (ii) warrants (the "Warrants") exercisable for shares of Common Stock.  On January 24, 2013, the Company entered into a Conversion and Exchange Agreement with NSGP pursuant to which, among other things, (a) NSGP
converted all of the Notes (and all accrued and unpaid interest thereon) into shares of Series E Preferred Stock; and (b) NSGP then converted all of its Series E Preferred Stock into 10,000,000 shares of Common Stock. Additionally, on January 24, 2013, the Company entered into a Warrant Exchange Agreement with NSGP pursuant to which NSGP exchanged the Warrants for 6,697,140 shares of Common Stock. All of the transactions described above closed on January 25, 2013.

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