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* Stultz Timothy J (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O NANOMETRICS, INC. 1550 BUCKEYE DRIVE (Street) MILPITAS CA 95035 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol NANOMETRICS INC [ NANO ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 11/27/2017
	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	11/27/2017		M		15,000(1)	A	$0.00	295,651	D
Common Stock	11/27/2017		M		17,666(2)	A	$0.00	313,317	D
Common Stock	11/27/2017		A		2,075(3)	A	$0.00	315,392	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
Performance Stock Units	(4)	11/27/2017		M			22,500	(4)	02/22/2019	Common Stock	22,500	$0.00	22,500	D
Performance Stock Units	(5)	11/27/2017		M			26,500	(5)	02/08/2020	Common Stock	26,500	$0.00	13,250	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Shares are represented by restricted stock units into which performance stock units converted. Each restricted stock unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of NANO common stock. The restricted stock units vest on February 22, 2019.

2. Shares are represented by restricted stock units into which performance stock units converted. Each restricted stock unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of NANO common stock. The restricted stock units vest 50% on February 8, 2019 and 50% on February 8, 2020.

3. Shares are represented by restricted stock units. Each restricted stock unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of NANO common stock. The restricted stock units vest the sooner of May 23, 2018 or the next annual shareholder's meeting.

4. Shares are represented by performance stock units, each of which represents a contingent right to receive one share of NANO common stock. Of these performance stock units, performance stock units covering 22,500 shares converted into restricted stock units to acquire 15,000 shares, which will vest as set forth in note (1) above, and are reflected on Table I. The remaining performance stock units covering 22,500 shares will vest on February 22, 2018, provided that certain price performance targets are met. 2/3rds will vest if target price performance is met, and 100% will vest if maximum price performance is met.

5. Shares are represented by performance stock units, each of which represents a contingent right to receive one share of NANO common stock. Of these performance stock units, performance stock units covering 26,500 shares converted into restricted stock units to acquire 17,666 shares, which will vest as set forth in note (2) above, and are reflected on Table I. The remaining performance stock units covering 13,250 shares will vest on February 8, 2018, provided that certain price performance targets are met. 2/3rds will vest if target price performance is met, and 100% will vest if maximum price performance is met.

Remarks:

	/s/ Janet Taylor, Attorney-in-Fact	11/28/2017
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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