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*
BILLINGS SHERRI

(Last) (First) (Middle)
FIRST FEDERAL BANCSHARES OF ARKANSAS INC
PO BOX 550

(Street)
HARRISON AR 72602

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
FIRST FEDERAL BANCSHARES OF ARKANSAS INC [ FFBH ]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Director 10% Owner
X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
EVP Chief Financial Officer
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
06/21/2011
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 06/21/2011 X(1) 390(2) A $3 1,070(3) I Spouse's IRA
Common Stock 06/21/2011 X(1) 11,235(2) A $3 14,980(3) D
Common Stock 06/21/2011 X(1) 18,900(2) A $3 27,181(3)(4) I ESOP/401K
Common Stock 06/21/2011 X(1) 600(2) A $3 800(3) I By Child(5)
Common Stock 3,000(3) I Spouse Trust
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
Subscription Rights (right to buy) $3 06/21/2011 X 130 05/11/2011 06/21/2011 Common Stock 390 $0 0 I Spouse's IRA
Subscription Rights (right to buy) $3 06/21/2011 X 3,745 05/11/2011 06/21/2011 Common Stock 11,235 $0 0 D
Subscription Rights (right to buy) $3 06/14/2011 06/21/2011 X 6,300 05/11/2011 06/21/2011 Common Stock 18,900 $0 0 I ESOP/401K
Subscription Rights (Right to buy) $3 06/21/2011 X 200 05/11/2011 06/21/2011 Common Stock 600 $0 0 I By Child
Explanation of Responses:
1. Shares were purchased by exercising non-transferable subscription rights (Rights) of First Federal Bancshares of Arkansas, Inc. (Company) pursuant to the rights offering (Rights Offering) commenced on 5/11/11. Shareholders (S/H) who held shares of the Company's common stock as of 3/23/11 (Record Date) received 1 Right for each share of common stock, as adjusted to take into account the 1-for-5 reverse stock split effected on 5/3/11 (Reverse Split), owned on the Record Date. Each Right entitled S/H to purchase 3 shares of common stock at a subscription price of $3 per share. In addition, if a S/H timely & fully exercised its Rights with respect to all of the Rights it held & other Rights holders did not exercise their Rights in full, such S/H had an oversubscription privilege to subscribe for a portion of shares of common stock offered in the Rights Offering, subject to availability & allocation, that were not purchased by other Rights holders (Oversubscription Privilege).
2. Acquisition does not reflect any shares subscribed for pursuant to the Oversubscription Privilege. If additional shares not purchased by other Rights holders are purchased by, or attributable to, the reporting person pursuant to the Oversubscription Privilege, such additional shares will be promptly reported in an amendment to this beneficial ownership report.
3. All shares have been adjusted to reflect the Reverse Split.
4. Includes 824 shares acquired under the Companys 401(k) plan since the date of the reporting persons last beneficial ownership report.
5. The reporting person no longer has a reportable beneficial interest in 200 shares of the Common Stock owned by one of her children that were previously reported in the reporting persons beneficial ownership reports.
/s/ Sherri Billings 06/23/2011
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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