13D Filing: Wynnefield Partners Small Cap Value LP I and Xerium Technologies Inc (XRM)

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CUSIP No. 98416J118

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WCI is the sole investment
manager of Wynnefield Offshore and, accordingly, may be deemed to be the indirect beneficial owner (as that term is defined under
Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of the Common Stock that Wynnefield Offshore beneficially owns. WCI, as the sole investment
manager of Wynnefield Offshore, has the sole power to direct the voting and disposition of the Common Stock that Wynnefield Offshore
beneficially owns. Messrs. Obus and Landes are executive officers of WCI and, accordingly, each may be deemed to be the indirect
beneficial owner (as that term is defined under Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of the Common Stock that WCI may be deemed to
beneficially own. Messrs. Obus and Landes, as executive officers of WCI, share the power to direct the voting and disposition of
the shares of Common Stock that WCI may be deemed to beneficially own.

The Plan is an employee profit sharing
plan. Messrs. Obus and Landes are the co-trustees of the Plan and accordingly, Messrs. Obus and Landes may be deemed to be the
indirect beneficial owner (as that term is defined under Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of the shares of Common Stock that
the Plan may be deemed to beneficially own. Each of Messrs. Obus and Landes, as the trustees of the Plan, shares with the other
the power to direct the voting and disposition of the shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Plan.

Beneficial ownership
of the Common Stock shown on the cover pages of and set forth elsewhere in this Schedule 13D for each member of the Wynnefield
Reporting Persons assumes that they have not formed a group for purposes of Section 13(d)(3) under the Exchange Act, and Rule 13d-5(b)(1)
promulgated thereunder. If the members of the Wynnefield Reporting Persons were deemed to have formed a group for purposes of Section
13(d)(3) and Rule 13d-5(b)(1), the group would be deemed to own beneficially (and may be deemed to have shared voting and dispositive
power over) in the aggregate 1,600,000 shares of Common Stock, constituting approximately 5.92% of the outstanding shares of Common
Stock. The percentage of shares of Common Stock reported as being beneficially owned by the Wynnefield Reporting Persons is based
upon 16,010,059 shares outstanding as of June 30, 2016, set forth in the Issuer’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period
ended December 31, 2016 filed with the Commission on March 1, 2017.

The filing of this
Schedule 13D and any future amendment by the Wynnefield Reporting Persons, and the inclusion of information herein and therein
with respect to WCM, WCI and Messrs. Obus and Landes, shall not be considered an admission that any of such persons, for the purpose
of Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act, are the beneficial owners of any shares in which such persons do not have a pecuniary interest.
Each of WCM, WCI and Messrs. Obus and Landes disclaims any beneficial ownership of the shares covered by this Schedule 13D.

The Wynnefield Reporting
Persons have acquired shares of Common Stock during the last 60 days as follows:

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