Ownership Submission
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, 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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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
Clemmens Robert T
   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
NewStar Financial, Inc. [NEWS] 		5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
Chief Credit Officer
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
C/O NEWSTAR FINANCIAL, INC., 500 BOYLSTON STREET, SUITE 1600		 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
03/18/2009
(Street)

BOSTON, MA 02116		 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

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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 Option (Right to Buy) $ 17 03/18/2009   D     93,822   (1) 12/13/2016 Common Stock 93,822 (2) 0 D  
Stock Option (Right to Buy) $ 2.76 03/18/2009   A   150,000     (3) 03/18/2016 Common Stock 150,000 $ 0 150,000 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
Clemmens Robert T
C/O NEWSTAR FINANCIAL, INC.
500 BOYLSTON STREET, SUITE 1600
BOSTON, MA 02116		       Chief Credit Officer  

Signatures

 /s/ Daniel K. Crowley as attorney-in-fact for Robert T. Clemmens   03/20/2009
**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) The option provided for 60% vesting on December 13, 2006 and 10% vesting on each anniversary of December 13, 2006 thereafter.
(2) On March 18, 2009, the issuer cancelled, pursuant to the issuer's option exchange program, an option granted to the reporting person on December 13, 2006, and in exchange, the issuer granted a replacement option for 150,000 shares to the reporting person. The new option has an exercise price of $2.76, which is equal to the closing price of the underlying stock on the grant date.
(3) The option will vest and become exercisable in three substantially equal annual installments on March 18, 2010, 2011 and 2012.

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