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 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 *
KATHWARI M FAROOQ
  2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
ETHAN ALLEN INTERIORS INC [ETH]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
__X__ Director __X__ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
Chairman, President & CEO
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
25 LAKE AVENUE EXT.
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
01/24/2018
(Street)

DANBURY, CT 06811
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
Common Stock 01/24/2018   D(1)   16,234 D $ 0 1,963,169 (4) D  
Common Stock 09/21/2018   M(2)   40,000 A $ 0 2,003,169 D  
Common Stock 09/21/2018   S(3)   37,882 D $ 21.51 (5) 1,965,287 D  
Common Stock               343,651 I The Irfan Kathwari Foundation
Common Stock               15,364 I Shares held by spouse

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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
Stock Options (right to buy) $ 15.93 09/21/2018   M     40,000   (2) 11/11/2018 Common Stock 40,000 $ 0 10,000 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
KATHWARI M FAROOQ
25 LAKE AVENUE EXT.
DANBURY, CT 06811
  X   X   Chairman, President & CEO  

Signatures

 /s/ Eric D. Koster, as attorney-in-fact   09/25/2018
**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) These restricted stock units were issued pursuant to the Ethan Allen Interiors Inc. (the "Company") Stock Incentive Plan on July 26, 2017 and were forfeited back to the Company prior to vesting, upon approval of such forfeiture by the Compensation Committee. The forfeiture was inadvertently not timely reported when effected due to administrative oversight.
(2) Represents the exercise of 40,000 stock options, of which 50,000 were granted to the reporting person on November 11, 2008. The stock options vested and became exercisable 25% per year over four years starting one year from the date of grant.
(3) Represents shares of common stock sold in the open market on September 21, 2018, a portion of the proceeds of which was used to pay the exercise price of the stock options.
(4) Represents the number of shares of common stock directly beneficially owned by the reporting person as a result of the last transaction reported pursuant to Section 16(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, before the transactions reported herein that were effected on September 21, 2018.
(5) The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $21.40 to $21.88, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide to the Company any security holder of the Company, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares purchased at each separate price within the range set forth herein.

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