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
