Ownership Submission
FORM 3
 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF 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 *
  Tohme Yazid
 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
02/14/2019		 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
FARO TECHNOLOGIES INC [FARO]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
C/O FARO TECHNOLOGIES, INC., 250 TECHNOLOGY PARK		 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
Chief R&D Officer
 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
(Street)

LAKE MARY, FL 32746		 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 Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)		 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Common Stock 3,533 (1)
D
 

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Employee Stock Option (right to buy) 03/02/2019 03/02/2023 Common Stock 2,560 $ 33.05 D  
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)   (2) 03/03/2024 Common Stock 11,612 $ 34.55 D  
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)   (3) 03/20/2025 Common Stock 7,550 $ 61.3 D  
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)   (4) 02/27/2025 Common Stock 1,508 $ 59.97 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
Tohme Yazid
C/O FARO TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
250 TECHNOLOGY PARK
LAKE MARY, FL 32746		       Chief R&D Officer  

Signatures

/s/ Jody S. Gale, attorney-in-fact for Yazid Tohme (power of attorney filed herewith) 02/25/2019
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(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) Issued as restricted stock units ("RSUs"), which represent the contingent right to receive an equivalent number of shares of common stock. 955 RSUs will vest on 3/2/2019, 1,616 RSUs will vest on 3/3/2020 and 962 RSUs will vest on 3/20/2021.
(2) The stock option vests in three equal annual installments beginning March 3, 2018.
(3) The stock option vests in three equal annual installments beginning March 20, 2019.
(4) On February 27, 2015, the reporting person was granted performance-based stock options to purchase shares of common stock, with the number of stock options earned determined based on the extent to which certain performance conditions for each of fiscal years 2015, 2016 and 2017 were met. As determined on February 11, 2016, the reporting person earned stock options to purchase 466 shares of common stock based on fiscal year 2015 performance. As determined on March 3, 2017, the reporting person earned stock options to purchase 555 shares of common stock based on fiscal year 2016 performance. As determined on March 20, 2018, the reporting person earned stock options to purchase 487 shares of common stock based on fiscal year 2017 performance.

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