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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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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Hall Kathleen   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol FARO TECHNOLOGIES INC [FARO] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) SVP, Man. Dir. - Americas (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O FARO TECHNOLOGIES, INC., 250 TECHNOLOGY PARK 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 02/11/2016 (Street) LAKE MARY, FL 32746 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 02/11/2016   A   123 (1) A $ 0 493 D   Common Stock 02/11/2016   F   40 D $ 23.92 453 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

Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)

$ 59.97

02/11/2016

A

1,269 (2)

02/11/2016

02/27/2022

Common Stock

1,269

$ 0

1,269

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Hall Kathleen C/O FARO TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 250 TECHNOLOGY PARK LAKE MARY, FL 32746			SVP, Man. Dir. - Americas

Signatures

Jody S. Gale, Attorney-in-Fact for Kathleen J. Hall (power of attorney previously filed)		02/16/2016
**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)	On February 27, 2015, the reporting person was granted performance-based restricted stock units ("RSUs") representing a contingent right to receive 1,465 shares of common stock, with the number of RSUs earned to be 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 123 RSUs based on the Company's fiscal year 2015 performance.
(2)	On February 27, 2015, the reporting person was granted performance-based stock options to purchase 15,038 shares of common stock, with the number of stock options earned to be 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 1,269 shares of common stock based on the Company's fiscal year 2015 performance.

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