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): January 5, 2009

 

QUIDEL CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

Delaware

 

0-10961

 

94-2573850

(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)

 

(Commission
File Number)

 

(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)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the Registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


 

 

Item 5.02                                          Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers.

 

On January 5, 2009, Quidel Corporation (the “Company”) announced that Caren L. Mason, the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, has notified the Company of her intention to retire from the Company on June 1, 2009.  A copy of the Company’s press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto.

 

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

 

 

 

99.1

 

Press release, dated January 5, 2009.

 

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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: January 5, 2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

QUIDEL CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 /s/ Robert J. Bujarski

 

Name:

Robert J. Bujarski

 

Its:

Senior Vice President, General Counsel and

 

 

Corporate Secretary

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit Number

 

Description of Exhibit

 

 

 

99.1

 

Press release, dated January 5, 2009.

 

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