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Filing Details

Accession Number:: 0000932334-10-000001
Form Type:: 4
Zero Holdings:: No
Publication Time:: 2010-01-07 12:00:00
Reporting Period:: 2010-01-05

Filing Date:: 2010-01-07
Accepted Time:: 2010-01-07 17:49:56
SEC Url:: Form 4 Filing

Issuer

Cik	Name	Symbol	Sector (SIC)	IRS No
819913	Hallmark Financial Services Inc	HALL	Insurance Carriers, Nec (6399)	870447375

Insiders

Cik	Name	Reported Address	Insider Title	Director	Officer	Large Shareholder	Other
932334	P L Partners Newcastle	200 Crescent Court Ste 1400 Dallas TX 75201		No	No	No	Yes
1208889	E Mark Schwarz	200 Crescent Court Ste 1400 Dallas TX 75201	Chairman	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
1251293	Newcastle Capital Group Llc	200 Crescent Court Ste 1400 Dallas TX 75201		No	No	No	Yes
1251296	Newcastle Capital Management Lp	200 Crescent Court Ste 1400 Dallas TX 75201		No	No	No	Yes
1382543	Newcastle Focus Fund Ii Lp	200 Crescent Court Suite 1400 Dallas TX 75201		No	No	No	Yes
1461218	Dsc Services, Inc.	200 Crescent Court Suite 1400 Dallas TX 75201		No	No	No	Yes
1461220	Detroit Stoker Co	1510 E. First St. Monroe MI 48161		No	No	No	Yes
1461757	Newcastle Special Opportunity Fund I, L.p.	200 Crescent Court Suite 1400 Dallas TX 75201		No	No	No	Yes
1461758	Newcastle Special Opportunity Fund Ii, L.p.	200 Crescent Court Suite 1400 Dallas TX 75201		No	No	No	Yes

Reported Non-Derivative Transactions

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Sec. Name	Acquisiton - Disposition	Date	Amount	Price	Remaning Holdings	Equity Swap Involved	Form Type	Code	Nature of Ownership	Explanation
Common Stock	Acquisiton	2010-01-05	179,190	$0.00	8,496,215	No	4	P	Direct

Equity Swap Involved	Form Type	Code	Nature of Ownership	Explanation
No	4	P	Direct

Footnotes

The Reporting Persons are members of a "group" for purposes of Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended and accordingly may be deemed to beneficially own Shares of the Issuer's Common Stock owned in the aggregate by the other members of the Section 13(d) group. The Section 13(d) group consists of Newcastle Partners, L.P. ("NP"), Newcastle Capital Management, L.P. ("NCM"), Newcastle Capital Group, L.L.C. ("NCG"), Newcastle Special Opportunity Fund I, L.P. ("NSOF I"), Newcastle Special Opportunity Fund II, L.P. ("NSOF II"), Newcastle Focus Fund II, L.P. ("NFF"), DSC Services Inc. ("DSC"), the Detroit Stoker Company ("Detroit Stoker") and Mark E. Schwarz ("Schwarz"). Each Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares of the Issuer's Common Stock owned by the other members of the Section 13(d) group except to the extent of its pecuniary interest therein.
NCM is the general partner of each of NP, NSOFI, NSOFII and NFF. NCG is the general partner of NCM, and Schwarz is the managing member of NCG. Accordingly, each of NCM, NCG and Schwarz may be deemed to beneficially own the shares directly owned by any of NP, NSOFI, NSOFII and NFF. In addition, DSC is the parent company of Detroit Stoker, and Schwarz and NCG together own all of the outstanding shares of DSC. Accordingly, each of Schwarz and DSC may be deemed to beneficially own the shares directly owned by Detroit Stoker.
Includes, as of 1/5/09, (1) (a) 51,526 shares of Common Stock and (b) 19,167 options exercisable into shares of Common Stock, held in each case by Schwarz directly, (2) 4,562,669 shares of Common Stock held by NP, (3) a total of 3,274,830 shares of Common Stock held by NSOFI and NSOFII, (4) 2,400 shares of Common Stock held by NFF and (5) 585,623 shares of Common Stock held by Detroit Stoker. In the aggregate, as of 1/5/09, the members of the Section 13(d) group beneficially own 8,496,215 shares of the Issuer's Common Stock
Constitutes a distribution of shares to withdrawing partners of NP as of June December 31, 2009.