-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, EIUOh+F8VJUBSEbaPH8NbcJI7U9xSzq/YTVQW/LDQPNhYaN5fYBC76RWPhg3qR47 BAaFGMgT+p0wLc5emeYWmg== 0000029915-00-000015.txt : 20000215 0000029915-00-000015.hdr.sgml : 20000215 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000029915-00-000015 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13G PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20000214 SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CALIPER TECHNOLOGIES CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001014672 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: LABORATORY ANALYTICAL INSTRUMENTS [3826] IRS NUMBER: 330675808 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-58047 FILM NUMBER: 542763 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 605 FAIRCHILD DRIVE STREET 2: STE 405 CITY: MOUNTAIN VIEW STATE: CA ZIP: 94043 BUSINESS PHONE: 6506230700 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 605 FAIRCHILD DRIVE CITY: MOUNTAIN VIEW STATE: CA ZIP: 94043 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: DOW CHEMICAL CO /DE/ CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000029915 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: CHEMICALS & ALLIED PRODUCTS [2800] IRS NUMBER: 381285128 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2030 DOW CENTER CITY: MIDLAND STATE: MI ZIP: 48674-2030 BUSINESS PHONE: 5176361000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2030 DOW CENTER CITY: MIDLAND STATE: MI ZIP: 48674-2030 SC 13G 1 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 SCHEDULE 13G Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 CALIPER TECHNOLOGIES CORP. (Name of Issuer) COMMON STOCK, par value $0.001 per share (Title of Class of Securities) 130876-10-5 (CUSIP Number) December 15, 1999 (Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement) Check the appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which this Schedule is being filed: [ ] Rule 13d-1(b) [ ] Rule 13d-1(c) [x] Rule 13d-1(d) Check the following box if a fee is being paid with this statement: [ ] CUSIP No. 130876-10-5 1. Name of Reporting Person: The Dow Chemical Company I.R.S. Identification No. of the Above Person: 38-1285128 2. Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group: (a) [ ] (b) [ ] 3. SEC Use Only 4. Citizenship or Place of Organization: Delaware Number of 5. Sole Voting Power: 1,041,667 Shares Beneficially 6. Shared Voting Power: 0 Owned by Each Reporting Person 7. Sole Dispositive Power: 1,041,667 With 8. Shared Dispositive Power: 0 9. Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person: 1,041,667 10. Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares: [ ] 11. Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (9): 5.1% 12. Type of Reporting Person: CO Item 1. (a) Name of Issuer: Caliper Technologies Corp. (b) Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices: 605 Fairchild Drive Mountain View, CA 94043-2234 Item 2. (a) Name of Person Filing: The Dow Chemical Company (b) Address of Principal Business Office: 2030 Dow Center,Midland, MI 48674 (c) Citizenship: Delaware (d) Title of class of Securities: Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share (e) CUSIP No.: 130876-10-5 Item 3. Status of Person Filing. Not applicable Item 4. Ownership. (a) Amount beneficially owned: 1,041,667 (b) Percent of class: 5.1% (c) Number of shares as to which the person has: (i) Sole power to vote or to direct the vote: 1,041,667 (ii) Shared power to vote or to direct the vote: -0- (iii) Sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 1,041,667 (iv) Shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: -0- Item 5. Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class. Not applicable Item 6. Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person. Not applicable Item 7. Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security Being Reported or by the Parent Holding Company or Control Person. Not applicable Item 8. Identification and Classification of Members of the Group. Not applicable Item 9. Notice of Dissolution of Group. Not applicable Item 10. Certification Not applicable SIGNATURE After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct. Dated: February 14, 2000 THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY By: /s/ J. PEDRO REINHARD Name: J. Pedro Reinhard Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----