QDEL Amendment No. 4 Form 8-k


 

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): August 6, 2015
 
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.)
 
 
 
12544 High Bluff Drive, Suite 200
San Diego, California
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
92130
(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 1.01
ENTRY INTO A MATERIAL DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT
On August 6, 2015, Quidel Corporation (the “Company”) entered into Amendment No. 4 to its Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of August 10, 2012, as amended by that certain Amendment No. 1 to Credit Agreement dated as of January 30, 2013, as amended by that certain Amendment No. 2 to Credit Agreement dated as of December 1, 2014, and as amended by that certain Amendment No. 3 to Credit Agreement dated as of June 3, 2015 (as amended, the “Credit Agreement”).  Amendment No. 4 removed the annual limitation on the Company’s basket to make “permitted stock repurchases” and made other technical amendments to the Credit Agreement.  The aggregate limitation on the Company’s basket for permitted stock repurchases during the term of the Credit Agreement remains unchanged. 
The foregoing description is qualified in its entirety by reference to Amendment No. 4, a copy of which is filed as an exhibit to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference herein.
ITEM 9.01
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
The following exhibit is filed with the current report on Form 8-K:
Number
Description of Exhibit
10.1
Amendment No. 4 to Credit Agreement





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: August 12, 2015
 
 
 
QUIDEL CORPORATION
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Randall J. Steward
 
Name:
Randall J. Steward
 
Its:
CFO





EXHIBIT INDEX
Number
Description of Exhibit
10.1
Amendment No. 4 to Credit Agreement