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) 05/04/2012
	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	05/04/2012		M		3,350(1)	A	$0	37,149	D
Common Stock	05/04/2012		M		5,000(2)	A	$0	42,149	D
Common Stock	05/07/2012		S		1,266(3)	D	$6.0913	40,883	D
Common Stock	05/07/2012		S		1,888(3)	D	$6.0913	38,995	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	05/04/2012		M			3,350	(4)	(5)	Common Stock	3,350	$0	32,450	D
Restricted Stock Units	$0	05/04/2012		M			5,000	(6)	(5)	Common Stock	5,000	$0	27,450	D
Restricted Stock Units	$0	05/04/2012		A		20,000		(7)	(8)	Common Stock	20,000	$0	47,450	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Represents vested shares of common stock issued pursuant to the second conversion of one-fourth of the restricted stock units granted on April 29, 2010.

2. Represents vested shares of common stock issued pursuant to the first conversion of one-fourth of the restricted stock units granted on April 29, 2011.

3. Represents vested shares of common stock sold to satisfy certain tax withholding obligations associated with the conversion of the restricted stock units.

4. The Restricted Stock Units vest and are exercisable in four equal annual installments on each April 29 of 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014 (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. The restricted stock units released on May 4, 2012, were settled in shares of common stock, and were immediately cancelled upon settlement.

6. The Restricted Stock Units vest and are exercisable in four equal annual installments on each April 29 of 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015 (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).

7. The Restricted Stock Units vest and are exercisable in three annual installments on each February 10 of 2013, 2014, and 2015 (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).

8. If the reporting person's employment is terminated for any reason before an applicable Vesting Date, all options and/or 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	05/08/2012
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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