Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
KESSINGER WILLIAM C
   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Performant Financial Corp [PFMT] 		5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director __X__ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
C/O PARTHENON CAPITAL PARTNERS, FOUR EMBARCADERO CENTER, SUITE 3610		 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
04/24/2013
(Street)

SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94111		 4. If Amendment, Date 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
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
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, par value $0.0001 per share 04/24/2013   S   5,000,000 D $ 11.49 17,729,424 I See footnote (1)
Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share 04/24/2013   J(2)(3)   35,600 D $ 0 17,690,224 I See footnote (1)
Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share               3,600 (4) D  
Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share 04/24/2013   G V 1,200 D $ 0 2,400 D  
Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share 04/25/2013   G V 2,400 D $ 0 0 D  

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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 Underlying Securities
(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 of Derivative Security: 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

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
KESSINGER WILLIAM C
C/O PARTHENON CAPITAL PARTNERS
FOUR EMBARCADERO CENTER, SUITE 3610
SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94111		     X    

Signatures

 /s/ Carol Anne Huff as Attorney-in-Fact   04/26/2013
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* 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).
(1) The reported shares are owned of record by Parthenon DCS Holdings, LLC ("DCS Holdings"). PCP Managers, LLC is the managing member of PCap II, LLC ("PCap"), which is the managing member of PCap Partners II, LLC ("PCap Partners"), which is the general partner of Parthenon Investors II, L.P. ("Parthenon Investors"), which is the manager of DCS Holdings. Mr. Kessinger is a Managing Member of PCP Managers, LLC and a Managing Director of Parthenon Capital Partners, a private equity firm and affiliate of PCap Partners, and therefore may be deemed to beneficially own the shares owned of record by DCS Holdings. Mr. Kessinger disclaims beneficial ownership of such shares, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that Mr. Kessinger is the beneficial owner of such shares for the purpose of Section 16 or for any other purpose, except, in each case, to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.
(2) Reflects a pro rata distribution of 39,200 shares of common stock of the issuer by DCS Holdings, the record owner of the shares, to Parthenon Investors on April 24, 2013 (the "DCS Holdings Distribution"). Following the DCS Holdings Distribution and on the same day, Parthenon Investors further distributed (on a pro rata basis) all 39,200 shares to PCap Partners (the "Parthenon Investors Distribution"). Following the Parthenon Investors Distribution and on the same day, PCap Partners further distributed (on a pro rata basis) all 39,200 shares to certain of its members, including Mr. Kessinger and PCap (the "PCap Partners Distribution"). (continued in footnote 3)
(3) Following the PCap Partners Distribution and on the same day, PCap further distributed (on a pro rata basis) the 30,000 shares it received from PCap Partners to one of its members (such distribution, collectively with the DCS Holdings Distribution, the Parthenon Investors Distribution and the PCap Partners Distribution, the "Distributions"). The Distributions were made to facilitate charitable contributions of the reported shares by certain indirect holders of interests in DCS Holdings, including Mr. Kessinger.
(4) Represents shares of common stock of the issuer received by Mr. Kessinger pursuant to the Distributions. In previous reports, Mr. Kessinger reported indirect beneficial ownership of these shares, which were previously held of record by DCS Holdings.

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