Sec Form 4 Filing - COLE STEPHEN @ FARO TECHNOLOGIES INC - 2019-05-31

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FORM 4
Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
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, 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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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
COLE STEPHEN
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
FARO TECHNOLOGIES INC [ FARO]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
X __ Director _____ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
(Last) (First) (Middle)
C/O FARO TECHNOLOGIES, INC., 250 TECHNOLOGY PARK
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (MM/DD/YY)
05/31/2019
(Street)
LAKE MARY, FL32746
4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YY)
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 (MM/DD/YY) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (MM/DD/YY) 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 05/31/2019 A 2,267 ( 1 ) A $ 0 8,172 D
Common Stock 490 I See Footnote ( 2 )
Common Stock 7,000 I See Footnote ( 3 )
Common Stock 10,630 I See Footnote ( 4 )
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 (MM/DD/YY) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (MM/DD/YY) 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
(MM/DD/YY)
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
COLE STEPHEN
C/O FARO TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
250 TECHNOLOGY PARK
LAKE MARY, FL32746
X
Signatures
/s/ Jody S. Gale, Attorney-in-Fact for Stephen Cole (power of attorney previously filed) 06/04/2019
Signature of Reporting Person Date
Explanation of Responses:
( 1 )Issued as restricted stock units, which represent the contingent right to receive an equivalent number of shares of common stock of FARO Technologies, Inc. (the "Company"). The restricted stock units vest on the day prior to the date of the 2020 annual meeting of shareholders, subject to the reporting person's continued membership on the Company's Board of Directors as of such date.
( 2 )Held by Shanklin Investments in trust for the reporting person, who holds shares in trust from Snow Powder Ridge Limited, a company owned by the reporting person, his wife and his children.
( 3 )Held by Snow Powder Ridge Limited, a company owned by the reporting person, his wife and his children.
( 4 )Held by Seeonee Inc., a company indirectly owned by two trusts, of which the reporting person and his family members are the beneficiaries. The reporting person has sole investment control with respect to such shares of the Company's common stock.

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