UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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Form 8-K
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CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event Reported)
March 15, 2018
FLUIDIGM CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
| Delaware | 001-34180 | 77-0513190 |
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
| 7000 Shoreline Court, Suite 100, South San Francisco, California 94080 |
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code) |
(650) 266-6000
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Item 5.02 – Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
Resignation of Principal Accounting Officer
On March 15, 2018, Jennifer Lee, the Vice President, Controller, and Principal Accounting Officer of Fluidigm Corporation (“Fluidigm” or the “Company”), notified the Company of her intention to resign, effective as of March 29, 2018.
Appointment of Principal Accounting Officer
Upon the effectiveness of Ms. Lee’s resignation, Vikram Jog, our Chief Financial Officer, will serve as the Company’s principal accounting officer in addition to continuing as our principal financial officer. Mr. Jog has served as our Chief Financial Officer since February 2008. From April 2005 to February 2008, Mr. Jog served as chief financial officer for XDx, Inc. (now CareDx, Inc.), a molecular diagnostics company. From March 2003 to April 2005, Mr. Jog was a vice president of Applera Corporation, a life science company that is now part of Thermo Fisher Scientific, and vice president of finance for its related businesses, Celera Genomics and Celera Diagnostics. From April 2001 to March 2003, Mr. Jog was vice president of finance for Celera Diagnostics and corporate controller of Applera Corporation. Mr. Jog received a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Delhi University and an M.B.A. from Temple University. Mr. Jog is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
No new compensatory arrangements were entered into with Mr. Jog in connection with his appointment as Principal Accounting Officer.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| FLUIDIGM CORPORATION | |||
| Date: March 19, 2018 | By: | /s/ Nicholas Khadder | |
| Nicholas Khadder | |||
| General Counsel | |||