Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
LaPinska Deborah L
   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
PGT, Inc. [PGTI] 		5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
Vice President
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
PGT, INC., 1070 TECHNOLOGY DRIVE		 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
12/11/2012
(Street)

NORTH VENICE, FL 34275		 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
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, par value $0.01 per share 12/11/2012   M   26,543 A $ 0.92 43,484 D  
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share 12/11/2012   F   11,144 (1) D $ 4.35 32,340 D  
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share 12/11/2012   S   15,399 D $ 4.35 16,941 D  

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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 Underlying Securities
(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 of Derivative Security: 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
Stock Option (Right to Buy) $ 0.92 12/11/2012   M     26,543   (2) 01/21/2019 Common Stock 26,543 $ 0 0 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
LaPinska Deborah L
PGT, INC.
1070 TECHNOLOGY DRIVE
NORTH VENICE, FL 34275		       Vice President  

Signatures

 /s/ Deborah L. LaPinska   12/13/2012
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Reflects 11,144 shares withheld at market price of $4.35 per share less an exercise price of $0.92 per share to fund the cashless exercise of 26,543 options owned by Mrs. LaPinska and the tax liability associated therewith. Such cashless exercise was in accordance with terms and provisions of the Company's Amended and Restated 2006 Equity Incentive Plan as approved by the Board of Directors.
(2) Exercisable in three equal installments on each of January 21, 2010, January 21, 2011, and January 21, 2012.
 
Remarks:
The transactions reported in the above Table 1 reflect the cashless exercise of stock options. The cashless exercise of the options is reported in two lines. The first line of the cashless exercise transaction is coded M in Column 3 of Table 1 and reports in Column 4 the number of shares issuable upon exercise of the options had cash been paid to exercise the options, together with the exercise price. The line coded F in Column 3 of Table I relates to the same cashless exercise on the preceding line and reports in Column 4 the number of shares deducted from the total number of shares issuable to pay for the cashless exercise of such options. The line coded S in Column 3 of Table I relates to the same cashless exercise on the preceding lines and represents in Column 4 the number of shares sold in an open market transaction. The number of derivative securities owned after the transactions reported in Column 9 of Table II above includes only stock options with the same exercise price and expiration date.

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