SEC FORM 4

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

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Leavell Christopher Michael

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

1 FIRST AMERICAN WAY

(Street)

SANTA ANA

92707

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
First American Financial Corp [ FAF ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
	COO of Subsidiary

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
03/22/2013

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)
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Common Stock	03/22/2013		F		2,849⁽¹⁾	D	$24.4	208,174	D⁽²⁾⁽³⁾⁽⁴⁾⁽⁵⁾⁽⁶⁾⁽⁷⁾⁽⁸⁾
Common Stock								1,073.481	I	by 401(k) Plan Trust⁽⁹⁾

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)
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)	Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)		10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)⁽⁸⁾	$19.96							01/13/2007	01/13/2016⁽¹⁰⁾	Common Stock	9,842		9,842	D
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)⁽⁸⁾	$19.96							01/13/2007	01/13/2016⁽¹⁰⁾	Common Stock	13,448		13,448	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Payment of tax liability by withholding securities incident to the vesting of restricted stock units.

2. Includes 6,266 unvested restricted stock units ("RSUs") acquired in a pro rata distribution by The First American Corporation ("FAC") on account of an original grant of 12,209 FAC RSUs, of which 10,133 were unvested at the time of the distribution and shares acquired through automatic dividend reinvestment. The vesting schedule of the FAC RSUs, vesting in five equal annual increments commencing 3/20/10, the first anniversary of the grant, has been carried over to the issuer RSUs.

3. Includes 10,346 unvested RSUs acquired in a pro rata distribution by FAC on account of an original grant of 10,464 FAC RSUs, of which 10,527 were unvested at the time of the distribution and shares acquired through automatic dividend reinvestment. The vesting schedule of the FAC RSUs, vesting in five equal annual increments commencing 3/22/11, the first anniversary of the grant, has been carried over to the issuer RSUs.

4. Includes 74,698 unvested RSUs acquired pursuant to a grant of performance based RSUs on account of an original grant of 70,921 RSUs and shares acquired through automatic dividend reinvestment, which vest in three equal annual increments commencing on 6/1/13, the third anniversary of the grant, pursuant to the Form of RSU Award Agreement filed as Exhibit 10(i) to the issuer's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2010.

5. Includes 11,589 unvested RSUs acquired pursuant to an original grant of 22,274 RSUs and shares acquired through automatic dividend reinvestment, vesting in four equal annual increments commencing 3/21/12, the first anniversary of the grant.

6. Includes 21,816 unvested RSUs acquired pursuant to an original grant of 28,441 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.

7. Includes 54,370 unvested RSUs, acquired pursuant to an original grant of 54,113 RSUs and shares acquired through automatic dividend reinvestment, vesting in four equal annual increments commencing 3/4/14, the first anniversary of the grant.

8. Pursuant to a domestic relations agreement, a portion of the reporting person's shares, options and certain RSUs are held by the reporting person for the benefit of his ex-wife, who will receive either shares or the cash proceeds generated from the sale of applicable shares, after any applicable vesting and/or exercise.

9. 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).

10. The vesting schedule of the original FAC option, vesting in five equal annual increments commencing 1/13/07, the first anniversary of the grant, has been carried over to the issuer options.

	/s/ Greg L. Smith, Attorney-in-Fact for Christopher M. Leavell	03/25/2013
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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