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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 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): February 23, 2010
QUIDEL CORPORATION
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)
         
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
  0-10961
(Commission
File Number)
  94-2573850
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
     
10165 McKellar Court    
San Diego, California   92121
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:           (858) 552-1100
Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
     (e) On February 23, 2010, the Board of Directors of Quidel Corporation (the “Company”) approved an increase in the annual base salary for Douglas C. Bryant, the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer; and, on February 26, 2010, the Compensation Committee approved an increase in the annual base salaries for each of the Company’s other executive officers, with all such annual base salary increases effective as of March 1, 2010 (collectively and as set forth on Exhibit 10.1 hereto, the “2010 Annual Base Salaries”). The 2010 Annual Base Salaries are set forth on Exhibit 10.1 hereto and are incorporated by reference herein.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
     (d) Exhibits.
     The following exhibit is filed with this current report on Form 8-K:
     
Exhibit Number   Description of Exhibit
10.1
  2010 Annual Base Salaries for the Company’s Executive Officers, effective as of March 1, 2010.

 


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SIGNATURES
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
          Date: March 1, 2010
         
  QUIDEL CORPORATION
 
 
  By:   Robert J. Bujarski    
    Name:  Robert J. Bujarski   
    Its:  Senior Vice President, Business Development and General Counsel   

 


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EXHIBIT INDEX
     
Exhibit Number   Description of Exhibit
10.1
  2010 Annual Base Salaries for the Company’s Executive Officers, effective as of March 1, 2010.
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