
Shares of 3D measurement software maker FARO Technologies FARO.O jump 36% to $42.80 in premarket trading
FARO jumps on agreement with industrial tools maker AMETEK AME.N; AME to buy FARO for $44 per share in cash
Offer price represents a 40% premium to FARO's last closing level
Offer values FARO at $920 million on an enterprise basis
AME shares trading marginally higher before the bell
FARO up 24% so far this year, as of last close