UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
D.C. 20549
FORM
8-K
CURRENT
REPORT
Pursuant
to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934
Date
of
report (Date of the earliest event
reported)
September
19, 2007
FARO
TECHNOLOGIES,
INC.
(Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
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Florida
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0-20381
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59-3157093
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(State
or Other Jurisdiction
of
Incorporation)
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(Commission
File
Number)
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(IRS
Employer
Identification
No.)
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125
Technology Park, Lake Mary,
Florida
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32746
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(Address
of Principal Executive
Offices)
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(Zip
Code)
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(407)
333-9911
(Registrant’s
Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
(Former
Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
Check
the
appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following
provisions:
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Written
communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17
CFR 230
.425)
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Soliciting
material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14a-12)
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Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17
CFR
240.14d-2(b))
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Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17
CFR
240.13e-4(c))
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Item
8.01 Other
Events
On
September 19, 2007, FARO Technologies, Inc. issued a press release announcing
that the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida entered an
order
denying the Company’s and the individual defendant’s motion to dismiss the
consolidated second amended securities class action complaint, as filed against
the Company and those individuals.
Item
9.01 Financial
Statements and Exhibits
| (d) | Exhibits | ||
| 99.1 | Press Release dated September 19, 2007 |
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Signature
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has
duly
caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunder
duly
authorized.
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FARO Technologies,
Inc.
(Registrant)
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| Date: September 19, 2007 | |
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| /s/ Jay Freeland | ||
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Jay
Freeland
Chief
Executive Officer
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EXHIBIT
INDEX
| Exhibit No. | Description | |
| 99.1 | Press Release dated September 19, 2007 |
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BUSINESS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS EDITORS:
FARO
Announces Court Case Will Move Forward
LAKE
MARY, Fla., Sept. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- FARO Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:
FARO), the world market leader in portable computer-aided measurement arms
and
laser tracker sales, announced today that the U.S. District Court for the Middle
District of Florida has denied FARO's and the individual defendants' motion
to
dismiss the consolidated second amended securities class action complaint,
as
filed against FARO and those individuals.
"The
court stated that it was required to accept as true the allegations of the
complaint, and to construe all reasonable inferences therein in the light most
favorable to the plaintiff. Although we are disappointed with the decision,
we
also realize that the court did not rule upon the merits of the lawsuit, but
simply allowed it to proceed. We continue to believe that the plaintiff's claims
are without merit, and we intend to vigorously defend against them," said Jay
Freeland, the Company's President and Chief Executive Officer.
About
FARO
With
more
than 13,500 installations and 6,500 customers globally, FARO Technologies,
Inc.
designs, develops, and markets portable, computerized measurement devices and
software used to create digital models - or to perform evaluations against
an
existing model - for anything requiring highly detailed 3-D measurements,
including part and assembly inspection, factory planning and asset
documentation, as well as specialized applications ranging from surveying,
recreating accident sites and crime scenes to digitally preserving historical
sites.
FARO's
technology increases productivity by dramatically reducing the amount of on-site
measuring time, and the various industry-specific software packages enable
users
to process and present their results quickly and more effectively.
Principal
products include the world's best-selling portable measurement arm - the
FaroArm; the world's best-selling laser tracker - the FARO Laser Tracker; the
FARO Laser ScanArm; FARO Laser Scanner LS; the FARO Gage, Gage- PLUS and
PowerGAGE; and the CAM2 family of advanced CAD-based measurement and reporting
software. FARO Technologies is ISO-9001 certified and ISO-17025 laboratory
registered. Learn more at www.faro.com
Statements
in this press release that are not historical facts are "forward-looking
statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform
Act
of 1995. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks,
uncertainties or other factors that may cause actual results, performance or
achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future results,
performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking
statements. Factors that might cause such a difference include those set forth
under "Risk Factors" in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the most
recently ended fiscal year and other statements contained in FARO's other
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Forward-looking
statements in this press release represent FARO's judgment as of the date of
this release. FARO undertakes no obligation to update publicly any
forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future
events, or otherwise.
SOURCE
FARO Technologies, Inc.
| -0- | 09/19/2007 | ||
| /CONTACT: Darin Sahler, Global PR Manager of FARO Technologies, Inc., | |||
| +1-407-333-9911, Darin.Sahler@faro.com/ | |||
| /FCMN Contact: darin.sahler@faro.com/ | |||
| /Web site: http://www.faro.com / | |||
| (FARO) | |||
| CO: | FARO Technologies, Inc. | |
| ST: | Florida | |
| IN: | MAC CPR STW | |
| SU: | LAW |