X0303 4 2009-11-21 0 0001032863 FORCE PROTECTION INC FRPT 0001438831 Mathis Charles Alexander 9801 HIGHWAY 78 BLDG 1 LADSON SC 29456 0 1 0 0 Chief Financial Officer Common Stock 2009-11-21 4 F 0 7248 5.22 D 90669 D Pursuant to the reporting person's restricted stock award granted on November 21, 2008, 21,666 shares vested on November 21, 2009, of which 7,248 shares were forfeited as payment for his tax withholding obligations, including the minimum statutory federal tax withholding rate, the state tax withholding rate and Medicare. /s/ Lenna Ruth Macdonald as Attorney-in-Fact for Charles A. Mathis 2009-11-24