| 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 |
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| Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b). | |||||||||||||||||
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
| 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol First American Financial Corp [ FAF ] | 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
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| 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 08/20/2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year) | 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
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| Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | ||||||||||
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| 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 | 08/20/2015 | G | V | 950 | D | $0 | 398,811 | D(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6) | ||
| Common Stock | 128.078 | I | By 401(k) Plan Trust(7) | |||||||
| Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) | |||||||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||
| Explanation of Responses: |
| 1. Includes 37,193 unvested Restricted Stock Units ("RSUs") acquired pursuant to an original grant of 99,290 performance based RSUs and shares acquired through automatic dividend reinvestment, which vest in three equal annual increments commencing on 6/3/13, the first business day following the third anniversary of the grant, pursuant to the Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement filed as Exhibit 10(i) to the issuer's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2010. |
| 2. Includes 12,887 unvested RSUs acquired pursuant to an original grant of 47,434 RSUs and shares acquired through automatic dividend reinvestment, vesting in four equal annual increments commencing 3/1/13, the first anniversary of the grant made on 2/29/12. |
| 3. Includes 29,912 unvested RSUs acquired pursuant to an original grant of 56,165 RSUs and shares acquired through automatic dividend reinvestment, vesting in four equal annual increments commencing 3/4/14, the first anniversary of the grant. |
| 4. Includes 29,287 unvested RSUs acquired pursuant to an original grant of 37,404 RSUs and shares acquired through automatic dividend reinvestment, vesting in four equal annual increments commencing 2/27/15, the first anniversary of the grant. |
| 5. Includes 36,958 unvested RSUs acquired pursuant to an original grant of 36,440 RSUs and shares acquired through automatic reinvestment, vesting in four equal annual increments commencing 2/25/16, the first anniversary of the grant. |
| 6. The reporting person's receipt of certain shares underlying vested RSUs associated with various grants and related shares acquired through automatic dividend reinvestment have been deferred. |
| 7. Amount shown consists of shares contributed by issuer as company match, shares purchased for the reporting person's account and shares acquired through automatic reinvestment of dividends paid as reported in most recent account statement in transactions exempt under rules 16a-3(f)(1)(i)(B) and 16b-3(c). |
| /s/ Greg L. Smith, Attorney-in-Fact for Kenneth D. DeGiorgio | 08/21/2015 | |
| ** Signature of Reporting Person | Date | |
| Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. | ||
| * 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). | ||
| Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. | ||
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