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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): May 12, 2009

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)
 
92121
(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):

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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)   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.


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: May 15, 2009

  QUIDEL CORPORATION

 
By:
 
/s/ Robert J. Bujarski
  Name:   Robert J. Bujarski
  Its:   Senior Vice President, General Counsel &
Corporate Secretary


EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit Number
 
Description of Exhibit
  10.1   Amended and Restated 2001 Equity Incentive Plan.



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