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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001019056-18-000077
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20171229
ITEM INFORMATION:		Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
ITEM INFORMATION:		Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20180105
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20180105

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SIEBERT FINANCIAL CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000065596
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SECURITY BROKERS, DEALERS & FLOTATION COMPANIES [6211]
		IRS NUMBER:				111796714
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NY
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-05703
		FILM NUMBER:		18513123

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		120 WALL STREET
		STREET 2:		25TH FLOOR
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10005
		BUSINESS PHONE:		212-644-2400

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		120 WALL STREET
		STREET 2:		25TH FLOOR
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10005

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	MICHAELS J INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19950221
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">CURRENT REPORT</FONT></P>

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13 or 15(d) of the</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Date of Report
(Date of earliest event reported): December 29, 2017</FONT></P>

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CORP.</B></FONT></P>

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name of registrant as specified in its charter)</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item
2.01 Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">As previously disclosed in a Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on June 28, 2017 (the &ldquo;Original Form 8-K&rdquo;), Siebert Financial Corp. (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;) (NASDAQ: SIEB), Muriel Siebert &amp; Co., Inc. (&ldquo;MSCO&rdquo;), the Company&rsquo;s wholly-owned subsidiary, and StockCross Financial Services, Inc., a registered broker-dealer (&ldquo;StockCross&rdquo;) entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement, dated June 26, 2017 (the &ldquo;Agreement&rdquo;), pursuant to which MSCO would acquire (the &ldquo;Acquisition&rdquo;) certain retail broker-dealer assets of StockCross (the &ldquo;Assets&rdquo;).  StockCross is a self-clearing discount broker dealer that has many business lines that are similar to MSCO&rsquo;s.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">The Acquisition was completed on December 29, 2017 and as consideration for the Assets, the Company issued 5,072,062 shares of its restricted common stock to StockCross.  The shares of restricted common stock issued to StockCross are subject to a two year lock-up period during which StockCross may not sell or transfer the shares except to its shareholders provided that any such shares transferred to StockCross' shareholders shall remain subject to the lock-up restrictions.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">In connection with the Acquisition, MSCO and StockCross entered into a clearing agreement pursuant to which StockCross will act as the clearing broker for MSCO with respect to the accounts transferred from StockCross to MSCO in the Acquisition.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">The Company, MSCO and StockCross are affiliated entities through common indirect ownership.  Kennedy Cabot Acquisition, LLC (&ldquo;KCA&rdquo;), a Nevada limited liability company, is the direct owner of a majority of the issued and outstanding common stock of the Company (approximately 55%) and Gloria E. Gebbia, is the managing member of KCA.  In addition, Gloria E. Gebbia is the direct owner of approximately 10% of the issued and outstanding common stock of the Company and may be deemed to be an indirect owner of the shares held by KCA and of shares of common stock of the Company owned by other members of the Gebbia family equal to approximately 18% of the issued and outstanding stock of the Company.  In addition, Gloria E. Gebbia is a member of the boards of directors of the Company and of StockCross.  Gloria E. Gebbia, along with other members of the Gebbia family, control StockCross.  Gusrae Kaplan Nusbaum PLLC represented all the parties to the Agreement.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">The foregoing description of the Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Agreement, which was filed as Exhibit 2.1 to the Original Form 8-K and which is incorporated herein by reference.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item
3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">The disclosure under Item 2.01 above regarding the issuance of the Company's common stock is incorporated herein under this Item 3.02. The 5,072,062 shares of restricted common stock issued as consideration for the Assets were issued without registration under the Securities Act of 1933 in reliance upon the exemption provided in Section 4(a)(2) and Rule 506(b) thereunder.</FONT></P>


<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Forward-Looking
Statements.</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">This
Current Report on Form 8-K contains forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements typically are identified by use of terms such as &ldquo;may,&rdquo;
&ldquo;project,&rdquo; &ldquo;should,&rdquo; &ldquo;plan,&rdquo; &ldquo;expect,&rdquo; &ldquo;anticipate,&rdquo; &ldquo;believe,&rdquo;
&ldquo;estimate&rdquo; and similar words. Except as required by law, the Company undertakes no obligation to<B> </B>publicly update
or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. The Company&rsquo;s
actual results could differ materially from those contained in forward-looking statements due to a number of factors, including
the statements under &ldquo;Risk Factors&rdquo; found in the Company&rsquo;s Annual Reports on Form 10-K&rsquo;s and its Quarterly
Reports on Form 10-Q&rsquo;s on file with the SEC.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item
9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Financial statements of businesses acquired.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company will file the financial statements required by Item 9.01(a) of Form 8-K by an amendment to this Current Report on Form 8-K no later than 71 days from the date this Current Report on Form 8-K is required to be filed.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pro forma financial information.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company will file the pro forma financial information required by Item 9.01(b) of Form 8-K by an amendment to this Current Report on Form 8-K no later than 71 days from the date this Current Report on Form 8-K is required to be filed.</FONT></P>


<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Exhibits</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">2.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Asset
Purchase Agreement, dated as of June 26, 2017, by and among StockCross Financial Services, Inc., Muriel Siebert &amp; Co., Inc.
and Siebert Financial Corp. (filed as Exhibit 2.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 28, 2017 and incorporated by reference herein)*</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">* Certain schedules, appendices and exhibits to this agreement have been omitted in accordance with Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K. A copy of any omitted schedule and/or exhibit will be furnished supplementally to the Securities and Exchange Commission staff upon request.</FONT></P>


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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Dated: January 5,
2018</FONT></P>

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