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 *
BOAS ANDREW M
  2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
XERIUM TECHNOLOGIES INC [XRM]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director __X__ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
C/O CARL MARKS MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC, 900 THIRD AVENUE, 33RD FLOOR
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
05/16/2012
(Street)

NEW YORK, NY 10022
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 $0.001 per share 05/16/2012   P   97,000 (4) A $ 3.912 (1) 1,914,482 (3) (4) (5) I (3) (4) (5) See Footnotes (3) (4) (5)
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share 05/17/2012   P   32,500 (4) A $ 3.9583 (2) 1,946,982 (3) (4) (5) I (3) (4) (5) See Footnotes (3) (4) (5)

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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
BOAS ANDREW M
C/O CARL MARKS MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC
900 THIRD AVENUE, 33RD FLOOR
NEW YORK, NY 10022
    X    

Signatures

 /s/ Andrew M. Boas   05/18/2012
**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) The purchase price of the shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share ("Common Stock"), of Xerium Technologies, Inc. (the "Company"), reported in Column 4 of this report is a weighted-average price. The shares of Common Stock purchased on May 16, 2012, were purchased in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $3.81 to $4.02, inclusive. Andrew M. Boas (the "Reporting Person") undertakes to provide to the Company, any security holder of the Company, or the Staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), upon request, full and complete information regarding the number of shares of Common Stock purchased at each separate price within the range set forth in this Footnote (1).
(2) The purchase price of the shares of Common Stock reported in Column 4 of this report is a weighted-average price. The shares of Common Stock purchased on May 17, 2012, were purchased in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $3.85 to $4.06, inclusive. The Reporting Person undertakes to provide to the Company, any security holder of the Company, or the Staff of the SEC, upon request, full and complete information regarding the number of shares of Common Stock purchased at each separate price within the range set forth in this Footnote (2).
(3) The Reporting Person is one of three individual managing members of Carl Marks Management Company, LLC ("CMMC"), a Delaware limited liability company and registered investment adviser, which is the investment adviser to (i) Carl Marks Strategic Investments, L.P. ("CMSI"), a Delaware limited partnership and private investment partnership, and (ii) Carl Marks Strategic Opportunities Fund, L.P. ("CMSO"), a Delaware limited partnership and private investment partnership. The Reporting Person is also one of three individual managing members of (x) CMSI GP, LLC ("CMSI GP"), a Delaware limited liability company and the general partner of CMSI, and (y) Carl Marks GP, LLC ("CMSO GP"), a Delaware limited liability company and the general partner of CMSO.
(4) Of the shares of Common Stock purchased on May 16, 2012, 26,316 shares were purchased by CMSI and 70,684 shares were purchased by CMSO. Of the shares of Common Stock purchased on May 17, 2012, 8,817 shares were purchased by CMSI and 23,683 shares were purchased by CMSO. Following the transactions reported herein, CMSI and CMSO were owners of an aggregate of 1,946,982 shares of Common Stock (598,754 of such shares are held by CMSI and 1,348,228 of such shares are held by CMSO).
(5) Shares of the Company held by CMSI and CMSO may be deemed to be beneficially owned (i) indirectly by CMMC, as the investment adviser to CMSI and CMSO; (ii) indirectly by CMSI GP, as the general partner of CMSI, and CMSO GP, as the general partner of CMSO, respectively; and (iii) indirectly, on a shared basis, by the Reporting Person and the two other individual managing members of CMMC, the investment adviser to CMSI and CMSO, who share the power to direct the vote or disposition of such securities. CMMC and the three individual managing members of CMMC have previously filed statements pursuant to Sections 13 and 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, with respect to the Company's securities which they may be deemed to beneficially own. The Reporting Person's beneficial ownership of the Company's securities is limited to his indirect interest (if any) in the shares of Common Stock held by CMSI and CMSO, limited to his pecuniary interest in CMSI and CMSO (if any).

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