Ownership Submission
FORM 3
 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF 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 *
  Steel Partners, Ltd.
 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
10/14/2011		 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
ModusLink Global Solutions Inc [MLNK]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
590 MADISON AVENUE, 32ND FLOOR, 		 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) __X__ Other (specify below)
See Explanation of Responses
 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
(Street)

NEW YORK, NY 10022		 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
___ Form filed by One Reporting Person
_X_ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)		 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Common Stock, par value $0.01 (1) 60,000
D (2)
 

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
Steel Partners, Ltd.
590 MADISON AVENUE, 32ND FLOOR
NEW YORK, NY 10022		       See Explanation of Responses
LICHTENSTEIN WARREN G
C/O STEEL PARTNERS HOLDINGS L.P.
590 MADISON AVENUE, 32ND FLOOR
NEW YORK, NY 10022		       See Explanation of Responses

Signatures

By: Steel Partners, Ltd., By: /s/ Jack L. Howard, President 10/19/2011
**Signature of Reporting Person Date
By: /s/ Sanford Antignas, as Attorney in Fact for Warren G. Lichtenstein 10/19/2011
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(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) This Form 3 is filed jointly by Steel Partners, Ltd. ("SPL") and Warren G. Lichtenstein (collectively, the "Reporting Persons"). The Reporting Persons are members of a Section 13(d) group that owns more than 10% of the Issuer's outstanding Common Stock. Each of the Reporting Persons disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares of Common Stock of the Issuer owned directly by the other members of the Section 13(d) group except to the extent of his or its pecuniary interest therein.
(2) Shares owned directly by SPL. Mr. Lichtenstein is the Chief Executive Officer and sole director of SPL. Accordingly, by virtue of Mr. Lichtenstein's relationship with SPL, Mr. Lichtenstein may be deemed to beneficially own the shares of Common Stock of the Issuer owned directly by SPL. Mr. Lichtenstein disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares of Common Stock of the Issuer owned directly by SPL except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.

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