13D Filing: Cannell Capital and Liberty Tax Inc (TAX)

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CUSIP No. 53128T102 Page 3 of 8 pages

   Cannell Capital LLC acts as the investment adviser to to Tonga, Tristan,
Tristan Offshore, and the investor sub-advisor for Cuttyhunk.
Mr. J. Carlo Cannell is the sole managing member of Cannell Capital LLC.
The Reporting Person possesses the sole power to vote and to direct
the disposition of the Shares held by the Investment Vehicles.

Item 1.   Security and Issuer
The title of the class of equity securities to which this Schedule 13D relates is
the Common Stock par value $0.01 per share of Liberty Tax, Inc.,
a Delaware corporation. The address of the principal executive offices of the
Company is 1716 Corporate Landing Parkway, Virginia Beach, VA 23454.
Item 2.   Identity and Background
a)

The name of the Reporting Person is J. Carlo Cannell (the “Reporting Person”).

The Reporting Person is the sole managing member of Cannell Capital LLC, an
investment sub-advisor for the Cuttyhunk Master Portfolio and investment adviser to the following entities:

Tonga Partners, L.P.

Tristan Partners, L.P.

Tristan Offshore Fund, Ltd.

Set forth in the attached Annex “A” and incorporated herein by reference is a
listing of the directors, general partners, managing members and controlling
persons of the Reporting Person and the Investment Vehicles (collectively,
the “Covered Persons”), and sets forth the principal occupation,
citizenship and principal place of business of each Covered Person.

b)

The principal business address of the Reporting Person is:

245 Meriwether Circle

Alta, WY 83414

c)

The principal business of the Reporting Person is the performance of
investment management and advisory services. The principal business of the
Investment Vehicles is investment in securities.

d)

Neither the Reporting Person, nor to the best of its knowledge, any of the
Investment Vehicles, has, in the last five years, been convicted in a criminal
proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors).

e)

Neither the Reporting Person, nor to the best of its knowledge, any of the Investment
Vehicles, has, during the last five years, been a party to a civil proceeding of
a judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction and as a result of
such proceeding was or is subject to a judgement, decree or final order
enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities subject
to, federal or state securities laws or finding any violations with respect to
such laws.

f)

The place of organization of the Reporting Person is as follows:

The citizenship of each Covered Person is set forth on the attached Annex A
and incorporated herein by reference.

Mr. J. Carlo Cannell is the Managing Member of Cannell Capital LLC, a Wyoming
limited liability company.

Item 3.   Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration

The securities to which this statement relates were acquired by the Reporting
Person using the working capital of each Investment Vehicle as follows:

The Cuttyhunk Master Portfolio: $1,225,240

Tonga Partners, L.P.: $4,359,519

Tristan Partners, L.P.: $4,819,512

Tristan Offshore Fund, Ltd.: $2,436,523

The Investment Vehicles have invested an aggregate amount of approximately $12,840,794 in the Shares.

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