SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* BDT CAPITAL PARTNERS, LLC (Last) (First) (Middle) 401 NORTH MICHIGAN AVENUE SUITE 3100 (Street) CHICAGO IL 60611 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Colfax CORP [ CFX ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 08/28/2014
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) Form filed by One Reporting Person X Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

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	08/28/2014		J(1)		2,819,549	D	$0	13,434,855(2)	I	See Footnotes 3 and 4.(3)(4)

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 Securities Underlying Derivative Security (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: 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

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* BDT CAPITAL PARTNERS, LLC (Last) (First) (Middle) 401 NORTH MICHIGAN AVENUE SUITE 3100 (Street) CHICAGO IL 60611 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer X Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* BDTCP GP I, LLC (Last) (First) (Middle) 401 NORTH MICHIGAN AVENUE SUITE 3100 (Street) CHICAGO IL 60611 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer X Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* BDT CF ACQUISITION VEHICLE, LLC (Last) (First) (Middle) 401 NORTH MICHIGAN AVENUE SUITE 3100 (Street) CHICAGO IL 60611 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer X Director 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* BDTP GP, LLC (Last) (First) (Middle) 401 NORTH MICHIGAN AVENUE SUITE 3100 (Street) CHICAGO IL 60611 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer X Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Trott Byron D (Last) (First) (Middle) 401 NORTH MICHIGAN AVENUE SUITE 3100 (Street) CHICAGO IL 60611 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer X Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

Explanation of Responses:

1. This Form 4 is filed solely to report the distribution (the "Distribution") by BDT CF Acquisition Vehicle, LLC (the "Investor") to its members of 50% the shares of Common Stock (the "Common Stock") of Colfax Corporation (the "Company") acquired by the Investor upon the conversion of all of the Investor's 13,877,552 shares of Series A Perpetual Convertible Preferred Stock of the Company into 12,173,291 shares of Common Stock on February 12, 2014. The Distribution was required pursuant to the terms of the Investor's Operating Agreement. 3,267,096 of the shares of Common Stock were distributed to investment funds managed by BDTCP GP I, LLC ("BDTCP GP"), and 134,264 of the shares of Common Stock were distributed to an employee investment vehicle (the "BDT Investment Vehicle") controlled by BDTP GP, LLC ("BDTP"). 2,685,285 of the shares of Common Stock were distributed to the Investor's other members.

2. Does not include the 301,890 shares of Common Stock owned by the BDT Investment Vehicle following the Distribution, as described in Footnote 4.

3. This Form 4 is jointly filed by (i) BDT Capital Partners, LLC ("BDT CP"), (ii) BDTCP GP, (iii) the Investor, (iv) Byron D. Trott, and (v) BDTP. Mr. Trott is the sole member of BDTP, which is the managing member of BDT CP. BDT CP is the manager of BDTCP GP, which is the manager of the Investor. Following the Distribution, the Investor beneficially owns 6,088,857 shares of Common Stock, and certain investment funds controlled by BDTCP GP beneficially own, in the aggregate, 7,345,998 shares of Common Stock. Each of Mr. Trott, BDTP, BDT CP and BDTCP GP, by virtue of his or its direct or indirect control of the Investor and the BDT Investment Funds, may be deemed to beneficially own the securities held by the Investor and the BDT Investment Funds.

4. Following the Distribution, the BDT Investment Vehicle owns 301,890 shares of Common Stock. Each of BDTP and Mr. Trott, by virtue of its or his direct or indirect control of the BDT Investment Vehicle, may be deemed to beneficially own the securities held by the BDT Investment Vehicle. Each of the Reporting Persons disclaims beneficial ownership of the reported securities except to the extent of his or its pecuniary interests therein. This Form 4 shall not be deemed to be an admission that any reporting Person hereunder is the beneficial owner of any of the reported securities for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or for any other purpose.

	/s/ Byron D. Trott (on behalf of himself and each other reporting person hereunder)	08/29/2014
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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