content: UNITED STATES
                         SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                               Washington, D.C. 20549
  
                                      FORM 144
  
                        NOTICE OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES
                PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  
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  1(a) NAME OF ISSUER (Please type or print)
  
  Rofin-Sinar Technologies Inc.
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  1(b) IRS IDENT. NO.                    |(c) SEC FILE NO.
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       38-3306461                        |    000-21377
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  1(d) ADDRESS OF ISSUER              STREET
  
  40984 Concept Drive
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  1(d)      CITY                       STATE                  ZIP CODE
  
            Plymouth                 Michigan                   48170
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  1(e) TELEPHONE
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       AREA CODE           |NUMBER
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       734                 | 416-0206
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  2(a) NAME OF PERSON FOR WHOSE ACCOUNT THE SECURITIES ARE TO BE SOLD
  
  Stephen D. Fantone
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  2(b) IRS IDENT. NO.                    (c) RELATIONSHIP TO ISSUER
  
                                             Director
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  2(d) ADDRESS                        STREET
  
  107 Audubon Road, Bldg 3
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  2(d)      CITY                       STATE                  ZIP CODE
  
           Wakefield                     MA                    01880
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  INSTRUCTION: The person filing this notice should contact the issuer to
  obtainthe I.R.S. Identification Number and the SEC File Number.
  
  <PAGE>
  
  
  <TABLE>
  <CAPTION>
                                      SEC USE
  3(a)           (b)                  ONLY     (c)           (d)          (e)                (f)            (g)
  Title of the   Name & Address of    Broker-  Number of     Aggregate    Number of Shares   Approximate    Name of Each
  Class of       Each Broker Through  Dealer   Shares or     Market       or Other Units     Date of Sale   Securities
  Securities     Whom the Securities  File     Other Units   Value        Outstanding       (See instr.     Exchange
  to be Sold     are to be Offered    Number   to be Sold   (See instr.   (See instr. 3(e))  3(f))          (See instr.
                 or Each Market                (See isntr.   3(d)                           (MO. DAY YR.)   3(g))
                 Maker who is                  3(c))
                 Aquiring the
                 Securities
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  <S>            <C>                       <C>      <C>           <C>          <C>                <C>          <C>
  Common           UBS Financial                     5,000        135,250      32,528,300         2/26/13      NASDAQ
  Stock           Services
                  8 Essex Center Drive
                  Peabody, MA 01960
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  INSTRUCTIONS:
  1.(a) Name of issuer
    (b) Issuer's I.R.S. Identification Number
    (c) Issuer'S S.E.C. file number, if any
    (d) Issuer's address, including zip code
    (e) Issuer's telephone number, including area code
  2.(a) Name of person for whose account the securities are to be sold
    (b) Such person's I.R.S. identification number, if such person is an entity
    (c) Such person's relationship to the issuer (e.g., officer, director, 10% stockholder,
        or member of immediate family of any of the foregoing)
    (d) Such person's address, including zip code
  3.(a) Title of the class of securities to be sold
    (b) Name and address of each broker through whom the securities are intended to be sold
    (c) Number of shares or other units to be sold (if debt securities, give the aggregate face amount)
    (d) Aggregate market value of the securities to be sold as of a specified date within 10
        days prior to the filing of this notice
    (e) Number of shares or other units of the class outstanding, or if debit securities the
        face amount thereof outstanding, as shown by the most recent report or statement published by the issuer
    (f) Approximate date on which the securities are to be sold
    (g) Name of each securities exchange, if any, on which the securities are intended to be sold
  
  </TABLE>
  
  
  
  
  <TABLE>
  
                                 TABLE I - SECURITIES TO BE SOLD
  
  Furnish the following information with respect to the acquisition of the securities to be sold and with respect
   to the payment of all or any part of the purchase price or other consideration therefor:
  
  <CAPTION>
                                                 Name of Person
                                                 from Whom Acquired
  Title of   Date You  Nature of                 (If gift, also give date   Amount of             Date of     Nature of
  the Class  Acquired  Acquisition Transaction   donor acquired)            Securities Acquired   Payment     Payment
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  <S>        <C>       <C>                       <C>                        <C>                  <C>         <C>
  Common      10/01/08   Directors Stock Grant      Issuer                      1,000                N/A        N/A
  Common      10/01/09   Directors Stock Grant      Issuer                      1,000                N/A        N/A
  Common      10/01/10   Directors Stock Grant      Issuer                      3,000                N/A        N/A
  
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  INSTRUCTIONS:
  
  1. If the securities were purchased and full payment therefore was not made in cash at the time of purchase, explain
     in the table or in a note thereto the nature of the consideration given. If the consideration consisted of any note
     or other obligation, or if payment was made in installments describe the arrangement and state when the note or
     other obligation was discharged in full or the last installment paid.
  
  2. If within two years after the acquisition of the securities the person for whose account they are to be sold had
     any short positions, put or other option to dispose of securities referred to in paragraph (d)(3) of Rule 144,
     furnish full information with respect thereto.
  </TABLE>
  
  
  
  
  
  <TABLE>
  
                TABLE II - SECURITIES SOLD DURING THE PAST 3 MONTHS
  
  Furnish the following information as to all securities of the issuer sold during the past 3 months by the
  person for whose account the securities are to be sold.
  
  <CAPTION>
  
                                                                                 Amount of     Gross
  Name and Address of Seller         Title of Securities Sold    Date of Sale    Securities    Proceeds
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  <S>                                <C>                         <C>             <C>           <C>
  None
  
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  </TABLE>
  
  
  
  
  REMARKS:
  
  INSTRUCTIONS:
  
  See the definition of "person" in paragraph (a) of Rule 144. Information is
  to be given not only as to the person for whose account the securities are
  to be sold but also as to sales by all persons whose sales are required by
  paragraph (e) of Rule 144 to be aggregated with sales for the account of the
  person filing this notice.
  
  ATTENTION:
  
  The person for whose account the securities to which this notice relates are
  to sold hereby represents by signing this notice that he does not know any
  material adverse information in regard to the current and prospective
  operations of the Issuer of the securities to be sold which have not been
  publicly disclosed.
  
  
     2/25/2013                                     /s/ Stephen Fantone
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        (DATE OF NOTICE)                             (SIGNATURE)
  
  The notice shall be signed by the person for whose account the securities
  are to be sold. At least one copy of the notice shall be manually signed.
  Any copies not manually signed shall bear typed or printed signatures.
  
  ATTENTION: Intentional misstatements or omission of facts constitute Federal
                     Criminal Violations (See 18 U.S.C. 1001).
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text: UNITED STATES
                         SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                               Washington, D.C. 20549
  
                                      FORM 144
  
                        NOTICE OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES
                PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  
  -------------------------------------------------------------------------
  1(a) NAME OF ISSUER (Please type or print)
  
  Rofin-Sinar Technologies Inc.
  -------------------------------------------------------------------------
  1(b) IRS IDENT. NO.                    |(c) SEC FILE NO.
                                         |
       38-3306461                        |    000-21377
  -------------------------------------------------------------------------
  1(d) ADDRESS OF ISSUER              STREET
  
  40984 Concept Drive
  -------------------------------------------------------------------------
  1(d)      CITY                       STATE                  ZIP CODE
  
            Plymouth                 Michigan                   48170
  -------------------------------------------------------------------------
  1(e) TELEPHONE
  -------------------------------------------------------------------------
       AREA CODE           |NUMBER
                           |
       734                 | 416-0206
  -------------------------------------------------------------------------
  2(a) NAME OF PERSON FOR WHOSE ACCOUNT THE SECURITIES ARE TO BE SOLD
  
  Stephen D. Fantone
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  2(b) IRS IDENT. NO.                    (c) RELATIONSHIP TO ISSUER
  
                                             Director
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  2(d) ADDRESS                        STREET
  
  107 Audubon Road, Bldg 3
  -------------------------------------------------------------------------
  2(d)      CITY                       STATE                  ZIP CODE
  
           Wakefield                     MA                    01880
  -------------------------------------------------------------------------
  INSTRUCTION: The person filing this notice should contact the issuer to
  obtainthe I.R.S. Identification Number and the SEC File Number.
  SEC USE
  3(a)           (b)                  ONLY     (c)           (d)          (e)                (f)            (g)
  Title of the   Name & Address of    Broker-  Number of     Aggregate    Number of Shares   Approximate    Name of Each
  Class of       Each Broker Through  Dealer   Shares or     Market       or Other Units     Date of Sale   Securities
  Securities     Whom the Securities  File     Other Units   Value        Outstanding       (See instr.     Exchange
  to be Sold     are to be Offered    Number   to be Sold   (See instr.   (See instr. 3(e))  3(f))          (See instr.
                 or Each Market                (See isntr.   3(d)                           (MO. DAY YR.)   3(g))
                 Maker who is                  3(c))
                 Aquiring the
                 Securities
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Common           UBS Financial                     5,000        135,250      32,528,300         2/26/13      NASDAQ
  Stock           Services
                  8 Essex Center Drive
                  Peabody, MA 01960
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  
  INSTRUCTIONS:
  1.(a) Name of issuer
    (b) Issuer's I.R.S. Identification Number
    (c) Issuer'S S.E.C. file number, if any
    (d) Issuer's address, including zip code
    (e) Issuer's telephone number, including area code
  2.(a) Name of person for whose account the securities are to be sold
    (b) Such person's I.R.S. identification number, if such person is an entity
    (c) Such person's relationship to the issuer (e.g., officer, director, 10% stockholder,
        or member of immediate family of any of the foregoing)
    (d) Such person's address, including zip code
  3.(a) Title of the class of securities to be sold
    (b) Name and address of each broker through whom the securities are intended to be sold
    (c) Number of shares or other units to be sold (if debt securities, give the aggregate face amount)
    (d) Aggregate market value of the securities to be sold as of a specified date within 10
        days prior to the filing of this notice
    (e) Number of shares or other units of the class outstanding, or if debit securities the
        face amount thereof outstanding, as shown by the most recent report or statement published by the issuer
    (f) Approximate date on which the securities are to be sold
    (g) Name of each securities exchange, if any, on which the securities are intended to be sold
  TABLE I - SECURITIES TO BE SOLD
  
  Furnish the following information with respect to the acquisition of the securities to be sold and with respect
   to the payment of all or any part of the purchase price or other consideration therefor:
  Name of Person
                                                 from Whom Acquired
  Title of   Date You  Nature of                 (If gift, also give date   Amount of             Date of     Nature of
  the Class  Acquired  Acquisition Transaction   donor acquired)            Securities Acquired   Payment     Payment
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Common      10/01/08   Directors Stock Grant      Issuer                      1,000                N/A        N/A
  Common      10/01/09   Directors Stock Grant      Issuer                      1,000                N/A        N/A
  Common      10/01/10   Directors Stock Grant      Issuer                      3,000                N/A        N/A
  
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  
  INSTRUCTIONS:
  
  1. If the securities were purchased and full payment therefore was not made in cash at the time of purchase, explain
     in the table or in a note thereto the nature of the consideration given. If the consideration consisted of any note
     or other obligation, or if payment was made in installments describe the arrangement and state when the note or
     other obligation was discharged in full or the last installment paid.
  
  2. If within two years after the acquisition of the securities the person for whose account they are to be sold had
     any short positions, put or other option to dispose of securities referred to in paragraph (d)(3) of Rule 144,
     furnish full information with respect thereto.
  TABLE II - SECURITIES SOLD DURING THE PAST 3 MONTHS
  
  Furnish the following information as to all securities of the issuer sold during the past 3 months by the
  person for whose account the securities are to be sold.
  Amount of     Gross
  Name and Address of Seller         Title of Securities Sold    Date of Sale    Securities    Proceeds
  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  None
  
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  REMARKS:
  
  INSTRUCTIONS:
  
  See the definition of "person" in paragraph (a) of Rule 144. Information is
  to be given not only as to the person for whose account the securities are
  to be sold but also as to sales by all persons whose sales are required by
  paragraph (e) of Rule 144 to be aggregated with sales for the account of the
  person filing this notice.
  
  ATTENTION:
  
  The person for whose account the securities to which this notice relates are
  to sold hereby represents by signing this notice that he does not know any
  material adverse information in regard to the current and prospective
  operations of the Issuer of the securities to be sold which have not been
  publicly disclosed.
  
     2/25/2013                                     /s/ Stephen Fantone
  -----------------------------------     ----------------------------------
        (DATE OF NOTICE)                             (SIGNATURE)
  
  The notice shall be signed by the person for whose account the securities
  are to be sold. At least one copy of the notice shall be manually signed.
  Any copies not manually signed shall bear typed or printed signatures.
  
  ATTENTION: Intentional misstatements or omission of facts constitute Federal
                     Criminal Violations (See 18 U.S.C. 1001).