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Form UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 144
SEC USE ONLY
DOCUMENT SEQUENCE NO.
CUSIP NUMBER
WORK LOCATION

NOTICE OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES
PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
ATTENTION:
Transmit for filing 3 copies of this form concurrently with either placing an order with a broker to execute sale
or executing a sale directly with a market maker.
1 (a) NAME OF ISSUER (Please type or print)
CTS Corporation
(b) IRS IDENT. NO.
35-0225010
(c) S.E.C. FILE NO.
001-04639
 
 
1 (d) ADDRESS OF ISSUER STREET CITY STATE ZIP CODE
(e) TELEPHONE NO.
4925 Indiana Avenue, Lisle, IL 60532
630
577-8800
2 (a) NAME OF PERSON FOR WHOSE ACCOUNT THE SECURITIES ARE TO BE SOLD
Kieran O'Sullivan
 
(b) RELATIONSHIP TO ISSUER
Officer
(c) ADDRESS STREET CITY STATE ZIP CODE
1355 Kurtis Lane, Lake Forest, IL 60045

INSTRUCTION: The person filing this notice should contact the issuer to obtain the I.R.S. Identification Number and the S.E.C
. File Number.
3 (a)
(b)
SEC USE ONLY
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)
Title of the
Class of
Securities
To Be Sold
Name and Address of Each Broker Through Whom the
Securities are to be Offered or Each Market Maker
who is Acquiring the Securities

Broker-Dealer
File Number
Number of Shares
or Other Units
To Be Sold
(See instr. 3(c))
Aggregate
Market
Value
(See instr. 3(d))
Number of Shares
or Other Units
Outstanding
(See instr. 3(e))
Approximate
Date of Sale
(See instr. 3(f))
(MO. DAY YR.)
Name of Each
Securities
Exchange
(See instr. 3(g))
Common Stock, without par value
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. 211 Main Street San Francisco, CA 94105
 
Up to 30,000 (*)
1,045,000
33,087,281
August 27, 2018 (*) or thereafter
New York Stock Exchange
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. (a) Name of issuer
3. (a) Title of the class of securities to be sold
(b) Issuer’s I.R.S. Identification Number
(b) Name and address of each broker through whom the securities are intended to be sold
(c) Issuer’s S.E.C. file number, if any
(c) Number of shares or other units to be sold (if debt securities, give the aggregate face amount)
(d) Issuer’s address, including zip code
(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) Issuer’s telephone number, including area code
(e) Number of shares or other units of the class outstanding, or if debt securities the face amount thereof outstanding, as shown by the most recent report or statement published by the issuer
2. (a) Name of person for whose account the securities are to be sold
(f) Approximate date on which the securities are to be sold
   (b) Such person’s relationship to the issuer (e.g., officer, director, 10%   
   stockholder, or member of immediate family of any of the foregoing)
(g) Name of each securities exchange, if any, on which the securities are intended to be sold
(c) Such person’s address, including zip code
 

Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not
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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 therefore:
Title of
the Class
Date you Acquired
Nature of Acquisition Transactions
Name of Person from Whom Acquired   
(If gift, also give date donor acquired)
Amount of Securities Acquired
Date of Payment
Nature of Payment
Common Stock, without par value
January 1, 2015
Executive Compensation
CTS Corporation
21,695
January 1, 2015
Executive Compensation
Common Stock, without par value
February 16, 2016
Executive Compensation
CTS Corporation
8,305
February 16, 2016
Executive Compensation
 
 
 
INSTRUCTIONS: 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.
 
 
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.

Name and Address of Seller

Title of Securities Sold

Date of Sale
Amount of
Securities Sold
Gross Proceeds
 
 
 
 
 
REMARKS:

(*) Shares to be sold pursuant to a 10B5-1 Plan subject to price thresholds.    

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 all other persons included
in that definition. In addition, information shall be given 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 be 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 has not been publicly disclosed. If such person has adopted a written trading plan or given trading instructions to satisfy Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act, by signing the form and indicating the date that the plan was adopted or the instruction given, that person makes such representation as of the plan adoption or instruction date.

8/27/2018
 
/s/ Kieran O'Sullivan
DATE OF NOTICE
 
(SIGNATURE)
8/27/2018
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.
   DATE OF PLAN ADOPTION OR GIVING OF INSTRUCTION, IF RELYING ON RULE 10B5-1



ATTENTION: Intentional misstatements or omission of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations (See 18 U.S.C. 1001)
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