Edgar Filing: LEVIN JOHN A

Ownership Submission

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, 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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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ^*

Â LEVIN CAPITAL STRATEGIES, L.P.

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
10/14/2016

3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
FLUIDIGM CORP [FLDM]

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

595 MADISON AVENUE,Â 17TH FLOOR

4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

_____ Director	__X__ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below)	__X__ Other (specify below)
Passive Investor

5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
10/24/2016

(Street)

NEW YORK,Â NYÂ 10022

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
___ Form filed by One Reporting Person
_X_ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

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)
Common Stock ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾	51,068	I	By: Levin Capital Trilogy Master Fund, Ltd. ⁽⁴⁾
Common Stock ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾	22,453	I	By: Levcap Alternative Fund, L.P. ⁽⁵⁾
Common Stock ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾	9,252	I	By: Safinia Partners, L.P. ⁽⁶⁾

Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.			SEC 1473 (7-02)
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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 of Derivative Security: 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

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
LEVIN CAPITAL STRATEGIES, L.P. 595 MADISON AVENUE 17TH FLOOR NEW YORK,Â NYÂ 10022	Â	Â X	Â	Passive Investor
Levin Capital Strategies GP, LLC 595 MADISON AVENUE 17TH FLOOR NEW YORK,Â NYÂ 10022	Â	Â X	Â	Passive Investor
Levin Capital Trilogy Master Fund, Ltd. 595 MADISON AVENUE 17TH FLOOR NEW YORK,Â NYÂ 10022	Â	Â X	Â	Passive Investor
LCS, LLC 595 MADISON AVENUE 17TH FLOOR NEW YORK,Â NYÂ 10022	Â	Â X	Â	Passive Investor
Levcap Alternative Fund, L.P. 595 MADISON AVENUE 17TH FLOOR NEW YORK,Â NYÂ 10022	Â	Â	Â	Passive Investor
LCS Event Partners, LLC 595 MADISON AVENUE 17TH FLOOR NEW YORK,Â NYÂ 10022	Â	Â X	Â	Passive Investor
Safinia Partners, L.P. 595 MADISON AVENUE 17TH FLOOR NEW YORK,Â NYÂ 10022	Â	Â X	Â	Passive Investor
LCS L/S, LLC 595 MADISON AVENUE 17TH FLOOR NEW YORK,Â NYÂ 10022	Â	Â X	Â	Passive Investor
LEVIN JOHN A 595 MADISON AVENUE 17TH FLOOR NEW YORK,Â NYÂ 10022	Â	Â X	Â	Passive Investor

Signatures

Levin Capital Strategies, L.P.; By: /s/ John A. Levin, Chief Executive Officer		10/26/2016
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
Levin Capital Strategies GP, LLC; By: John A. Levin 2005 GRAT Separation Trust; By: /s/ Elisabeth Levin, Trustee		10/26/2016
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
Levin Capital Trilogy Master Fund, Ltd.; By: LCS, LLC; By: /s/ John A. Levin, Managing Member		10/26/2016
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
LCS, LLC; By: /s/ John A. Levin, Managing Member		10/26/2016
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
Levcap Alternative Fund, L.P.; By: LCS Event Partners, LLC; By: /s/ John A. Levin, Managing Member		10/26/2016
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
LCS Event Partners, LLC; By: /s/ John A. Levin, Managing Member		10/26/2016
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
Safinia Partners, L.P.; By: LCS L/S, LLC; By: /s/ John A. Levin, Managing Member		10/26/2016
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
LCS L/S, LLC; By: John A. Levin, Managing Member		10/26/2016
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
/s/ John A. Levin		10/26/2016
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(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)	This Amendment to the Form 3 filed on October 24, 2016 is being filed solely to add the name and address of John A. Levin to Box 1.
(2)	This Form 3 is filed jointly by Levin Capital Strategies, L.P. ("LCS"), Levin Capital Strategies GP, LLC ("LCS GP"), Levin Capital Trilogy Master Fund, Ltd. ("Trilogy"), LCS, LLC ("LCSL"), Levcap Alternative Fund, L.P. ("Levcap"), LCS Event Partners, LLC ("LCSEP"), Safinia Partners, L.P. ("Safinia"), LCS L/S, LLC ("LCSLS"), and John A. Levin (collectively, the "Reporting Persons").
(3)	The Reporting Persons are passive investors in the Issuer and are voluntarily filing this Form 3 as a result of acquiring over 20% of the Issuer's outstanding shares of Common Stock. The Reporting Persons have not acquired the shares with a purpose or effect of changing or influencing control of the Issuer. Pursuant to Rule 16a-1(a)(4) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), this filing shall not be construed as an admission that the Reporting Persons are, for purposes of Section 16 of the Exchange Act or otherwise, the beneficial owners of any of the securities reported herein under Section 16 or otherwise. Each of the Reporting Persons specifically disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities reported herein that are not directly owned by such Reporting Person, except to the extent of their pecuniary interest therein.
(4)	Shares owned directly by Trilogy. LCSL, as the general partner of the domestic feeder fund which owns a controlling interest in Trilogy, may be deemed to share voting and dispositive power over the shares owned directly by Trilogy. LCS, as the investment advisor of Trilogy, may be deemed to share voting and dispositive power over the shares owned directly by Trilogy. Mr. Levin, as the Chief Executive Officer of LCS, may be deemed to share voting and dispositive power over the shares owned directly by Trilogy.
(5)	Shares owned directly by Levcap. LCSEP, as the general partner of Levcap, may be deemed to share voting and dispositive power over the shares owned directly by Levcap. LCS, as the investment advisor of Levcap, may be deemed to share voting and dispositive power over the shares owned directly by Levcap. Mr. Levin, as the Chief Executive Officer of LCS, may be deemed to share voting and dispositive power over the shares owned directly by Levcap.
(6)	Shares owned directly by Safinia. LCSLS, as the general partner of Safinia, may be deemed to share voting and dispositive power over the shares owned directly by Safinia. LCS, as the investment advisor of Safinia, may be deemed to share voting and dispositive power over the shares owned directly by Safinia. Mr. Levin, as the Chief Executive Officer of LCS, may be deemed to share voting and dispositive power over the shares owned directly by Safinia.
Â Remarks: AsÂ theÂ investmentÂ managerÂ toÂ certainÂ managedÂ accountsÂ (theÂ "ManagedÂ Accounts"),Â LCSÂ mayÂ beÂ deemedÂ toÂ shareÂ dispositiveÂ overÂ 6,136,241Â sharesÂ heldÂ inÂ theÂ ManagedÂ AccountsÂ andÂ mayÂ beÂ deemedÂ toÂ shareÂ votingÂ powerÂ overÂ onlyÂ 4,296,969Â ofÂ suchÂ shares.Â AsÂ theÂ sub-investmentÂ advisorÂ toÂ TransamericaÂ LargeÂ CapÂ ValueÂ FundÂ ("Transamerica"),Â LCSÂ mayÂ beÂ deemedÂ toÂ shareÂ votingÂ andÂ dispositiveÂ powerÂ overÂ 1,098,376Â sharesÂ heldÂ byÂ Transamerica.Â LCSÂ receivesÂ anÂ asset-basedÂ managementÂ feeÂ forÂ servingÂ asÂ investmentÂ managerÂ toÂ theÂ ManagedÂ Accounts,Â exceptÂ thatÂ withÂ respectÂ toÂ 50,711Â sharesÂ heldÂ inÂ ManagedÂ Accounts,Â LCSÂ receivesÂ aÂ performance-basedÂ incentiveÂ fee.Â TheÂ performance-basedÂ incentiveÂ feeÂ LCSÂ receivesÂ forÂ suchÂ ManagedÂ AccountsÂ doesÂ notÂ constituteÂ aÂ reportableÂ pecuniaryÂ interestÂ underÂ SectionÂ 16a-1(a)(2)Â ofÂ theÂ ExchangeÂ Act,Â asÂ suchÂ feeÂ isÂ basedÂ onÂ theÂ performanceÂ ofÂ theÂ overallÂ account,Â overÂ aÂ periodÂ ofÂ oneÂ yearÂ orÂ moreÂ andÂ theÂ sharesÂ ofÂ theÂ IssuerÂ heldÂ inÂ suchÂ accountsÂ constituteÂ noÂ moreÂ thanÂ 10%Â ofÂ theÂ marketÂ valueÂ thereof.Â LCSÂ receivesÂ anÂ asset-basedÂ managementÂ feeÂ forÂ servingÂ asÂ sub-investmentÂ advisorÂ toÂ Transamerica.Â Accordingly,Â LCSÂ doesÂ notÂ haveÂ aÂ reportableÂ pecuniaryÂ interestÂ inÂ theÂ sharesÂ heldÂ byÂ TransamericaÂ orÂ theÂ sharesÂ heldÂ inÂ theÂ ManagedÂ Accounts.Â InÂ addition,Â noneÂ ofÂ LCSÂ GP,Â Trilogy,Â LCSL,Â Levcap,Â LCSEP,Â Safinia,Â LCSLSÂ andÂ Mr.Â LevinÂ haveÂ aÂ reportableÂ pecuniaryÂ interestÂ inÂ theÂ sharesÂ heldÂ byÂ TransamericaÂ orÂ theÂ sharesÂ heldÂ inÂ theÂ ManagedÂ Accounts.

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