X0306 4 2013-02-25 0 0000353569 QUIDEL CORP /DE/ QDEL 0001518730 SMITS MARK W 10165 MCKELLAR COURT SAN DIEGO CA 92121 0 1 0 0 SVP-Commercial Operations Non-Qualified Stock Option 22.21 2013-02-25 4 A 0 33142 0.00 A 2023-02-25 Common Stock 33142 33142 D Restricted Stock Units 2013-02-25 4 A 0 1575 0.00 A Common Stock 1575 1575 D 16,571 shares will vest on the second anniversary date of the grant date, February 25, 2015. 8,285 shares will vest on the third anniversary date of the grant date, February 25, 2016. 8.286 shares will vest on the fourth anniversary date of the grant date, February 25, 2017. Each restricted stock unit represents the right to receive one share of Quidel Corporation common stock. 787 shares will vest on the second anniversary date of the grant date, February 25, 2015. 394 shares will vest on the third anniversary date of the grant date, February 25, 2016. 394 shares will vest on the fourth anniversary date of the grant date, February 25, 2017. Robert J. Bujarski, attorney-in-fact for Mark W. Smits 2013-02-27