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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
 
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) December 21, 2009
 
QUIDEL CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
         
Delaware   0-10961   94-2573850
         
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
  (Commission File
Number)
  (IRS Employer
Identification No.)
     
10165 McKellar Court, San Diego CA   92121
     
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)
(858) 552-1100
 
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
 
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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ITEM 1.01   Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
     As disclosed in prior filings, Quidel Corporation (the “Company”) leases its 78,000 square foot San Diego facility pursuant to a sale and leaseback transaction entered into in 1999.
     On December 21, 2009, the Company entered into a Second Amendment to Single Tenant Absolute Net Lease (the “Second Amendment”). Under the Second Amendment, the initial lease term was extended from December 19, 2014 to December 31, 2019. In addition, the Company will have three options for three additional periods of five years each following the initial expiration of the lease on December 31, 2019. The rental payment terms did not change as a result of the Second Amendment. A copy of the Second Amendment is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference herein.
ITEM 9.01   FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
  (d)   Exhibits
         
  10.1    
Second Amendment to Single Tenant Absolute Net Lease
SIGNATURES
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Dated: December 29, 2009
         
  QUIDEL CORPORATION
 
 
  /s/ John M. Radak    
  By: John M. Radak   
  Its: Chief Financial Officer