X0203 3 2009-12-11 0 0001043961 TRANSGENOMIC INC TBIO.OB 0001500946 RICHARDS CHAD M 23395 MARQUART WAY PELICAN RAPIDS MN 56572 0 1 0 0 Senior VP, Sales & Marketing Common Stock 24800 D Purchase Option 0.69 2008-11-01 2017-10-07 Common Stock 66667 D Purchase Option 0.69 2009-11-01 2017-10-07 Common Stock 66666 D Purchase Option 0.69 2010-11-01 2017-10-07 Common Stock 66667 D Common Stock, par value $.01 per share of Transgenomic, Inc. /s/ Chad M. Richards 2010-09-07