Fluidigm Announces Proposed Public Offering of Common Stock

Fluidigm Corporation

, a supplier of microfluidic systems for growth markets in the life science and agricultural biotechnology industries, today announced that it intends to offer shares of its common stock in an underwritten public offering. Fluidigm plans to use the net proceeds from this offering for research and development, commercialization of its products, working capital and other general corporate purposes. Piper Jaffray & Co. and Cowen and Company, LLC are acting as the joint book-running managers for the offering.