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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, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Anderson Ritchie L.   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Malibu Boats, Inc. [MBUU] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Chief Operating Officer (Last) (First) (Middle) 5075 KIMBERLY WAY 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 11/29/2017 (Street) LOUDON,, TN 37774 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 Class A Common Stock 11/29/2017   C(1)(2)   15,000 A $ 0 38,345 (3) D   Class A Common Stock 11/29/2017   S   15,000 D $ 31.15 23,345 (3) D

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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

Units of Malibu Boats Holdings, LLC

(1)

11/29/2017

C(2)

15,000 (2)

(1)

(1)

Class A Common Stock

15,000

$ 0

9,912

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Anderson Ritchie L. 5075 KIMBERLY WAY LOUDON,, TN 37774			Chief Operating Officer

Signatures

RITCHIE L. ANDERSON, /s/ Wayne Wilson as attorney in fact		12/01/2017
**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)	Pursuant to the terms of exchange agreements (the "Exchange Agreement") between Malibu Boats, Inc. (the "Issuer") and holders of limited liability company interests of Malibu Boats Holdings, LLC (the "LLC Units"), a holder of LLC Units has the right to exchange LLC Units for shares of the Issuer's Class A Common Stock on a one-for-one basis, subject to customary conversion rate adjustments for stock splits, stock dividends and reclassifications, or at the Issuer's option, other than in the event of a change in control, for a cash payment equal to the market value of the LLC Units. The LLC Units have no expiration date.
(2)	The reporting person exchanged LLC Units for the equivalent number of shares of the Issuer's Class A Common Stock in accordance with the terms of the Exchange Agreement.
(3)	Includes 536 restricted stock units vesting on November 6, 2018, 2,607 restricted stock units vesting in two substantially equal annual installments beginning on November 6, 2018, 3,750 shares of restricted stock vesting in three equal annual installments beginning on November 4, 2018 and 5,500 shares of restricted stock vesting in four substantially equal annual installments beginning on November 6, 2018. The restricted stock units represent the contingent right to receive an equivalent number of shares of the Issuer's Class A Common Stock.

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