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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20141105210222
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001144204-14-065435
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20141031
FILED AS OF DATE:		20141105
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20141105

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:			Richards Leon
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001317965

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-36439
		FILM NUMBER:		141198528

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O BALDWIN TECHNOLOGY COMPANY INC
		STREET 2:		12 COMMERCE DRIVE
		CITY:			SHELTON
		STATE:			CT
		ZIP:			06484
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    <periodOfReport>2014-10-31</periodOfReport>

    <noSecuritiesOwned>0</noSecuritiesOwned>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001043961</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>TRANSGENOMIC INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>TBIO</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerCik>0001317965</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Richards Leon</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O TRANSGENOMIC, INC.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>12325 EMMET STREET</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>OMAHA</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NE</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>68164</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Chief Accounting Officer</officerTitle>
            <otherText></otherText>
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    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Stock Option (Right to Buy)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>7.56</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2023-01-01</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>4166</value>
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            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
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        <derivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Stock Option (Right to Buy)</value>
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            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
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            <exerciseDate>
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            <expirationDate>
                <value>2023-05-03</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
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                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>1458</value>
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            <expirationDate>
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            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The option was granted on 1/1/2013 and is exercisable in three equal annual installments. The first installment became exercisable on January 1, 2014, and the next two installments will become exercisable on the second and third anniversary of the date of grant, subject to the reporting person's continued employment with the issuer on each such date.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">The option was granted on 5/3/2013 and is exercisable in three equal annual installments. The first installment became exercisable on May 3, 2014, and the next two installments will become exercisable on the second and third anniversary of the date of grant, subject to the reporting person's continued employment with the issuer on each such date.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">The option was granted on 2/18/2014 and is exercisable as it vests. The option vests over a three-year period in substantially equal installments, with 1/3 of the shares subject to the option vesting on each of the first, second and third anniversary of the date of grant, subject to the reporting person's continued employment with the issuer on each such date.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Leon Richards</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2014-11-05</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right"><B>Exhibit 24</B></P>



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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Know all by these presents, that the undersigned
hereby constitutes and appoints each of Paul Kinnon and Matthew Gage, signing singly, the undersigned&rsquo;s true and lawful attorney-in-fact
and agent to:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, an officer, director and/or holder of 10% or more of a registered class of securities
of Transgenomic, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;), Forms&nbsp;3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section&nbsp;16(a)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules promulgated thereunder;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned that may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute
any such Form&nbsp;3, 4 and 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such forms or amendments
with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority, as required; and</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
take any other action of any nature whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of any such attorney-in-fact,
may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents
executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact&rsquo;s discretion.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">The undersigned hereby grants to each such
attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or proper
to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned
might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that
such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact&rsquo;s substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact,
in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned&rsquo;s
responsibilities to comply with Section&nbsp;16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">This Power of Attorney shall remain in
full force and effect with respect to the undersigned until the earliest to occur of (a) the undersigned is no longer required
to file Forms&nbsp;3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned&rsquo;s holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the
Company, or (b) revocation by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the Company and the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.
This Power of Attorney shall terminate with respect to each of the foregoing attorneys-in-fact at such time as such attorney-in-fact
is no longer employed by the Company or any of its subsidiaries.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has
caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 5th day of&nbsp;November, 2014.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><U>/s/ Leon Richards &#9;</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Signature</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><U>Leon Richards&#9;&#9;</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Print Name</P>



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