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Results of Operations and Financial Condition, Financial Statements and Exhibits

Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

The information in this report and the exhibit attached hereto are being furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 of Form 8-K and shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, nor shall they be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1934 or the Securities Act of 1933, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference to such filing.

On October 28, 2009, Cepheid issued a press release announcing its financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2009 and certain other information. The press release is attached to this report as Exhibit 99.01.

In the press release and during a conference call and webcast regarding Cepheid's quarterly results, Cepheid supplemented its reported GAAP financial information with non-GAAP measures that do not include employee share-based compensation expense, amortization of purchased intangible assets and restructuring charges. The presentation of this additional information is not meant to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for results prepared in accordance with GAAP. Cepheid's management uses the non-GAAP information internally to evaluate the company's ongoing business, continuing operational performance and cash requirements, and believes these non-GAAP measures are useful to investors as they provide a basis for evaluating the company's cash requirements and additional insight into the underlying operating results and the company's ongoing performance in the ordinary course of its operations.

These non-GAAP measures may be different from non-GAAP measures used by other companies. In addition, these non-GAAP measures are not based on any comprehensive set of accounting rules or principles. Cepheid believes that non-GAAP measures have limitations in that they do not reflect all of the amounts associated with Cepheid's results of operations as determined in accordance with GAAP and that these measures should only be used to evaluate Cepheid's results of operations in conjunction with the corresponding GAAP measures.

As described above, Cepheid excludes the following items from one or more of its non-GAAP measures when applicable:

Employee share-based compensation expense. These expenses consist primarily of expenses for employee stock options and employee restricted stock under SFAS
123(R). Cepheid excludes employee share-based compensation expenses from its non-GAAP measures primarily because they are non-cash expenses that Cepheid does not believe are reflective of ongoing operating results. Further, as Cepheid applies SFAS 123(R), it believes that it is useful to investors to understand the impact of the application of SFAS 123(R) on its results of operations.

Amortization of purchased intangible assets. Cepheid incurs amortization of purchased intangible assets in connection with acquisitions. Cepheid excludes these items because these expenses are not reflective of ongoing operating results in the period incurred. These amounts arise from Cepheid's prior acquisitions and have no direct correlation to the operation of Cepheid's business.

Restructuring expenses. The company excluded expenses associated with its Q109 restructuring from its results for non-GAAP net loss for the nine months of 2009 and also from its outlook for non-GAAP net loss for fiscal 2009. The company excluded these items as it believes such amounts are non-recurring in nature, and do not have a direct impact on the operation of the company's core business.