SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* MERKADEAU STUART L (Last) (First) (Middle) 7005 SOUTHFRONT ROAD (Street) LIVERMORE CA 94551 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol FORMFACTOR INC [ FORM ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) SR VP GENERAL COUNSEL
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 02/21/2012
	4. If Amendment, Date of 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

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	02/21/2012		M		2,500(1)	A	$0	34,846	D
Common Stock	02/21/2012		F		1,047(2)	D	$5.24	33,799(3)	D

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 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: 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
Restricted Stock Units	$0	02/21/2012		M			2,500	(4)	(5)	Common Stock	2,500	$0	35,800	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Represents vested shares of common stock issued pursuant to the fourth and final conversion of one-fourth of the restricted stock units granted on February 20, 2008.

2. Represents vested shares of common stock withheld by Issuer to satisfy certain tax withholding obligations associated with the conversion of the restricted stock units.

3. On January 31, 2012, Mr. Merkadeau acquired 2,920 shares from FormFactor through the Employee Stock Purchase Plan. The amount of shares beneficially owned by Mr. Merkadeau includes the acquisition of such shares.

4. The Restricted Stock Units vest and are exercisable in four equal annual installments on each February 20 of 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 or the first market trading day during an open trading window under the Issuer's insider trading policy thereafter if the applicable vesting date is not on a market trading day during an open trading window.

5. If the reporting person's employment is terminated for any reason before an applicable Vesting Date, all restricted stock units that have not yet vested shall be forfeited without consideration, except as provided in the change of control severance agreement and any other agreements regarding award vesting and exercisability between the reporting person and Issuer, which agreements or form agreements are filed with the SEC.

Remarks:

THE CONFIRMING STATEMENT GRANTING THE ATTORNEY-IN-FACT THE AUTHORITY TO EXECUTE AND FILE THIS FORM 4 HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY FILED WITH THE U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION.

	By: \s\ Henry I. Feir, Attorney-in-Fact For: Stuart L. Merkadeau	02/22/2012
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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