<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001144204-13-053863.txt : 20131003
<SEC-HEADER>0001144204-13-053863.hdr.sgml : 20131003
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20131003165716
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001144204-13-053863
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20130930
FILED AS OF DATE:		20131003
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20131003

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			TRANSGENOMIC INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001043961
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	LABORATORY ANALYTICAL INSTRUMENTS [3826]
		IRS NUMBER:				911789357
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		12325 EMMET ST
		CITY:			OMAHA
		STATE:			NE
		ZIP:			68164
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4027385480

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		12325 EMMET STREET
		CITY:			OMAHA
		STATE:			NE
		ZIP:			68164

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			COLONNESE MARK P
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001040766

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-30975
		FILM NUMBER:		131134405

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		8995 WESTSIDE PARKWAY
		CITY:			ALPHARETTA
		STATE:			GA
		ZIP:			30004
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    <schemaVersion>X0306</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2013-09-30</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001043961</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>TRANSGENOMIC INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>TBIO</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001040766</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>COLONNESE MARK P</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O TRANSGENOMIC, INC.,</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>12325 EMMET STREET</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>OMAHA</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NE</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>68164</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Chief Financial Officer</officerTitle>
            <otherText></otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Stock Appreciation Rights</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>0.36</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2013-09-30</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <deemedExecutionDate></deemedExecutionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness></transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>690000</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <exerciseDate>
                <value>2014-09-30</value>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2023-09-30</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>690000</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>690000</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeTransaction>
    </derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The stock appreciation rights were granted on 9/30/2013 and are exercisable as they vest. The stock appreciation rights vest over a three-year period, with 34% of the shares subject to the stock appreciation rights vesting on the first anniversary of the grant date and the balance vesting in 24 equal consecutive monthly installments thereafter, subject to the reporting person's continued employment with the issuer on each such date.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Mark P. Colonnese</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2013-10-03</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
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