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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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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Komeiji John T   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Hawaiian Telcom Holdco, Inc. [HCOM] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) SVP & General Counsel (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O HAWAIIAN TELCOM HOLCO, INC., 1177 BISHOP STREET 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 03/09/2017 (Street) HONOLULU, HI 96813 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 03/09/2017   A   6,006 (1) A $ 0 61,792 D   Common Stock 03/09/2017   A   1,365 (2) A $ 23.3 (2) 63,157 D   Common Stock 03/12/2017   A   1,162 (3) A $ 0 64,319 D   Common Stock 03/12/2017   D   463 (4) D $ 0 63,856 D   Common Stock 03/13/2017   F   2,577 (5) D $ 23.46 (5) 61,279 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

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Komeiji John T C/O HAWAIIAN TELCOM HOLCO, INC. 1177 BISHOP STREET HONOLULU, HI 96813			SVP & General Counsel

Signatures

/s/ Sean Clark, as attorney-in-fact for John T. Komeiji		03/13/2017
**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)	Represent shares of Common Stock issuable upon settlement of the time-based portion of restricted stock units which vest in four equal annual installments with the vesting dates beginning March 12, 2018 and ending March 12, 2021.
(2)	Fully vested shares were issued in lieu of a portion of cash payments made under the Company's Performance Compensation Plan and were issued under the Company's 2010 Equity Incentive Plan. Stock value was determined based on the average of the high and low trading prices on March 8, 2017.
(3)	Represent shares of Common Stock issued upon settlement of the performance -based portion of restricted stock units granted on March 9, 2015 based on the Compensation Committee determination that the 2016 performance targets were met.
(4)	70 shares were forfeited from the 2013 grant for failure to meet 100% of 2016 performance target and 393 shares were forfeited from the 2014 grant for failure to meet 100% of 2016 performance target.
(5)	Shares withheld by the Issuer in payment of the withholding tax liability. The amount of shares withheld is based on the average of the closing prices on March 10, 2017 and March 13, 2017.

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