Fluidigm Announces Inducement Grant Under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4)

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Dec. 21, 2017 -- Fluidigm Corporation (NASDAQ:FLDM) today announced that the Compensation Committee of its Board of Directors, which is comprised entirely of independent directors, granted an equity award on December 15, 2017, under Fluidigm's 2017 Inducement Award Plan as a material inducement to one individual entering into employment with Fluidigm. The equity award was approved in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4).

In connection with the individual entering into employment with Fluidigm as a new employee, the individual, who was not previously an employee or director of Fluidigm, received an award of 12,000 restricted stock units (RSUs). An amount equal to 14/48th of the total number of shares of common stock underlying the RSUs will vest on February 20, 2019 and 3/48th of the shares will vest every three months thereafter, subject to continued service by such employee through each applicable vesting date; provided, however, that if a vesting date would otherwise fall on a day when the national stock exchange upon which the shares are listed is not open for trading, vesting will occur on the first trading day thereafter.

About Fluidigm
Fluidigm (NASDAQ:FLDM) develops, manufactures, and markets life science analytical and preparatory systems for markets such as mass cytometry, high-throughput genomics, and single‑cell genomics. We sell to leading academic institutions, clinical research laboratories, and pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and agricultural biotechnology companies worldwide. Our systems are based on proprietary microfluidics and multiparameter mass cytometry technology and are designed to significantly simplify experimental workflow, increase throughput, and reduce costs while providing excellent data quality. Fluidigm products are provided for Research Use Only. Not for use in diagnostic procedures.

We use our website (www.fluidigm.com), corporate Twitter account (@fluidigm), Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/fluidigm), and LinkedIn page (https://www.linkedin.com/company/fluidigm-corporation) as channels of distribution of information about our products, our planned financial and other announcements, our attendance at upcoming investor and industry conferences, and other matters. Such information may be deemed material information, and we may use these channels to comply with our disclosure obligations under Regulation FD. Therefore, investors should monitor our website and our social media accounts in addition to following our press releases, SEC filings, public conference calls, and webcasts.

Fluidigm and the Fluidigm logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Fluidigm Corporation.

Contact:

Mark Spearman
Senior Director, Corporate Communications
Fluidigm Corporation
650 243 6621
[email protected]

Source: Fluidigm Corporation