Specialized Disclosure Report (sd)

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM SD

SPECIALIZED DISCLOSURE REPORT

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Standard BioTools Inc.

(Exact name of the registrant as specified in its charter)

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Delaware

001-34180

77-0513190

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

    2 Tower Place, Suite 2000, South San Francisco, California                   94080

         (Address of principal executive offices)                         (Zip Code)

Nicholas Khadder
Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary

[phone]

(Name and telephone number, including area code, of the person to contact in connection with this report.)

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Check the appropriate box to indicate the rule pursuant to which this form is being filed:

☒			Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13p-1) for the reporting period from January 1 to December 31, 2021.
☐			Rule 13q-1 under the Securities Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13q-1) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021.

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Section 1 - Conflict Minerals Disclosure

Item 1.01    Conflict Minerals Disclosure and Report

For the reporting period from January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021, Standard BioTools Inc. (the “Company”) evaluated its current products and determined that certain “conflict minerals,” as defined in Section 1, Item 1.01(d)(3) of Form SD, are necessary to the functionality or production of products manufactured by the Company, which are referred to in this Form SD as “necessary conflict minerals.” Accordingly, the Company conducted a reasonable country of origin inquiry to determine whether during 2021 its necessary conflict minerals originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or certain adjoining countries, which are referred to in this Form SD collectively as the “covered countries.” The Company then conducted due diligence designed to conform to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, or OECD, Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas in order to determine whether any of the Company’s necessary conflict minerals originated from any of the covered countries during 2021 and whether these conflict minerals benefited, directly or indirectly, armed groups in any of the covered countries.

Conflict Minerals Disclosure

In accordance with Rule 13p-1 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and this Specialized Disclosure Report on Form SD, the Company is filing a Conflict Minerals Report, which is attached as Exhibit 1.01 hereto. A copy of this Form SD and the Conflict Minerals Report are publicly available at https://investors.fluidigm.com/financial-information/sec-filings.

Information contained on, or that can be accessed through, the Company’s website, does not constitute part of, and is not incorporated by reference into, this Form SD and inclusion of the Company’s website address in this Form SD is an inactive textual reference only.

Item 1.02    Exhibit

In accordance with Rule 13p-1, and this Form SD, the Company is filing its Conflict Minerals Report, which is attached as Exhibit 1.01 to this Form SD.

Section 2    Resource Extraction Issuer Disclosure

Item 2.01    Resource Extraction Issuer Disclosure and Report

Not applicable.

Section 3    Exhibits

Item 3.01    Exhibits

The following exhibit is filed as part of this Form SD.

Exhibit No.						Description
1.01						Standard BioTools Inc. Conflict Minerals Report as required by Items 1.01 and 1.02 of this Form SD.

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SIGNATURES

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 duly authorized undersigned.

STANDARD BIOTOOLS INC.

(Registrant)

By:

/s/ Nicholas Khadder

May 27, 2022

Nicholas Khadder

(Date)

Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary