SEC FORM 3 SEC Form 3
FORM 3 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
 
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Kreger Bradley Allen

(Last) (First) (Middle)
C/O FLUIDIGM CORPORATION
7000 SHORELINE COURT, SUITE 100

(Street)
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
05/14/2018
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
FLUIDIGM CORP [ FLDM ]
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Director 10% Owner
X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
SVP, Global Operations
5. If Amendment, Date of 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
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Restricted Stock Units (1) (1) Common Stock 50,000 (2) D
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) (3) 05/08/2028 Common Stock 100,000 5.46 D
Explanation of Responses:
1. 12/48th of the total number of shares underlying the Restricted Stock Units granted will vest on May 20, 2019, and 3/48th of the total number of shares underlying the Restricted Stock Units granted will vest every three months thereafter until fully vested, subject to the Reporting Person's continued status as a Service Provider (as defined in the Company's 2017 Inducement Award Plan) through the applicable vest date.
2. Each Restricted Stock Unit represents the contingent right to receive one share of FLDM common stock upon vesting of the unit.
3. 25% of the total number of shares subject to the Option will vest on April 2, 2019 and 1/48th of the total shares subject to the Option will vest and become exercisable each month thereafter over the succeeding 36 months, such that the Option will be fully vested on April 2, 2022, subject to the Reporting Person's continued status as a Service Provider (as defined in the Company's 2017 Inducement Award Plan) through each applicable vest date.
Remarks:
Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney
/s/ Bradley Kreger by Nicholas Khadder, Attorney-in-Fact 05/24/2018
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned, as a Section 16 reporting person of Fluidigm Corporation (the "Company"), hereby constitutes and appoints the officers of the Company and the responsible attorneys and paralegals of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C., and each of them, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:
1.    complete and execute Forms ID, 3, 4 and 5 and other forms and all amendments thereto as such attorney-in-fact shall in his or her discretion determine to be required or advisable pursuant to Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (as amended) and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, or any successor laws and regulations, as a consequence of the undersigned's ownership, acquisition or disposition of securities of the Company; and
2.    do all acts necessary in order to file such forms with the Securities and Exchange Commission, any securities exchange or national association, the Company and such other person or agency as the attorney-in-fact shall deem appropriate.
The undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that said attorney-in-fact and agents shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorney-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (as amended).
This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms ID, 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the Company and the foregoing attorney-in-fact.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 30th day of April, 2018.


Signature:    /s/ Brad Kreger
 Brad Kreger