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 *
Hastings Jeff
  2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
SAExploration Holdings, Inc. [SAEX]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
__X__ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
Chairman and CEO
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
4860 25TH STREET SE
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
09/26/2018
(Street)

CALGARY, A0 T2B 3M2
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

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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
6.00% Senior Secured Convertible Notes due 2023 (1) (2) 09/26/2018   A   1,000,000   09/26/2018 09/22/2023(1)(2) Common Stock (1) (2) (1) (2) 1,000,000 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
Hastings Jeff
4860 25TH STREET SE
CALGARY, A0 T2B 3M2
  X     Chairman and CEO  

Signatures

 /s/ Jeff Hastings   09/28/2018
**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 6.00% Senior Secured Convertible Notes due 2023 (the "Convertible Notes") were issued by SAExploration Holdings, Inc. (the "Company") to the reporting person on September 26, 2018. The reporting person purchased $1,000,000 in principal amount of Convertible Notes. The Convertible Notes are convertible into shares of the Company's common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the "Common Stock"), at an initial rate of 173.91304 shares of Common Stock per $1,000 principal amount of Convertible Notes. The rate of conversion is subject to adjustments customary for securities of this type. The reporting person may convert at any time from the date of issuance to the close of business on the second business day immediately preceding the maturity date of September 26, 2023; however, conversion of the Convertible Notes is subject to the Company's right to select to settle its conversion obligation in cash or in shares of Common Stock.
(2) (continued from footnote 1) Furthermore, the reporting person's conversion of the Convertible Notes is subject to the Company's fulfilment of its covenant in the Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of September 26, 2018, by and among the Company, the guarantors thereto and the purchasers thereto, including the reporting person, whereby the Company must use its commercially reasonable efforts to solicit the written consent of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Common Stock to increase the total number of authorized shares of the Company's Common Stock to permit the conversion in full of the Convertible Notes.

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