Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(e) At the annual meeting of stockholders of Quidel Corporation (the "Company") held on May 12, 2009, the stockholders approved the amendment and restatement of the Company's 2001 Equity Incentive Plan to, among other matters, increase the number of authorized shares available for issuance under the plan by 1,350,000 shares.

The description of the Amended and Restated 2001 Equity Incentive Plan provided above is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Amended and Restated 2001 Equity Incentive Plan, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated into this Item 5.02 by reference.

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 Amended and Restated 2001 Equity Incentive Plan.

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