Amended Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership (4/a)

FORM 4 [ ] Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).	UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response... 0.5
	Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * DOLAN MICHAEL	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Co [ HMHC ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director                      _____ 10% Owner __ X __ Officer (give title below)      _____ Other (specify below) See remarks.
(Last)          (First)          (Middle) C/O HOUGHTON MIFFLIN HARCOURT CO.,, 222 BERKELEY STREET	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (MM/DD/YYYY) 1/31/2016
(Street) BOSTON, MA 02116 (City)        (State)        (Zip)	4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YYYY) 2/16/2016	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) _ X _ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Trans. Date	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any	3. Trans. 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	1/31/2016		M		694	A	$0.00   (1)	1372   (2)	D
Common Stock	1/31/2016		F		262	D	$17.84	1110	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned ( e.g. , puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivate Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Trans. Date	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any	4. Trans. 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		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (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

Explanation of Responses:
( 1)	694 restricted stock units held by the reporting person vested on January 31, 2016 and were settled in exchange for a like amount of shares of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Company's (the "Company") common stock, subject to the Company's withholding of 262 shares of common stock to satisfy withholding obligations in connection with federal, state, local or other taxes required to be withheld or paid in connection with the settlement of the restricted stock units.
( 2)	This amendment is being filed to reflect the fact that the amount of securities beneficially owned by the reporting person includes 247 shares acquired under the Company's Employee Stock Purchase Plan effective as of December 31, 2015.

Remarks: Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller. The reporting person serves as the Company's Principal Accounting Officer. However, the reporting person is not an "executive officer" for purposes of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended or the rules promulgated thereunder.

Reporting Owners
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
DOLAN MICHAEL C/O HOUGHTON MIFFLIN HARCOURT CO., 222 BERKELEY STREET BOSTON, MA 02116			See remarks.

Signatures
/s/ Michael J. Dolan		7/7/2016
** Signature of Reporting Person		Date

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