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): May 6, 2022

QUIDEL CORPORATION

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)

Delaware

0-10961

94-2573850

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

9975 Summers Ridge Road, San Diego, California 92121

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(858) 552-1100

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class

Trading

Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange

on which registered

Common Stock, $0.001 Par Value

QDEL

The Nasdaq Stock Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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Item 8.01 Other Events.

As previously disclosed, on December 22, 2021, Quidel Corporation (the “Company”) entered into a Business Combination Agreement (the “BCA”) by and among the Company, Ortho Clinical Diagnostics Holdings plc (“Ortho”), Coronado Topco, Inc. (“Topco”), Orca Holdco, Inc. (“U.S. Holdco Sub”) and Laguna Merger Sub, Inc. (“U.S. Merger Sub”), each a wholly owned subsidiary of Topco, and Orca Holdco 2, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of U.S. Holdco Sub, which provides for a business combination of the Company and Ortho under Topco, a new holding company (the “Combinations”). Pursuant to the BCA, the Combinations are expected to be implemented by way of (i) a scheme of arrangement to be undertaken by Ortho under Part 26 of the UK Companies Act 2006 (the “Ortho Scheme”), pursuant to which each issued and outstanding share of Ortho will be acquired by a nominee of Topco, such that Ortho will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Topco, and (ii) a merger of U.S. Merger Sub with and into the Company immediately following consummation of the Ortho Scheme, with the Company surviving the merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Topco. A definitive joint proxy statement/prospectus was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by Topco on April 11, 2022, in connection with, among other things, the BCA (the “Registration Statement”).

Certain Litigation

As previously disclosed in the Registration Statement, a lawsuit was filed by and purportedly on behalf of an alleged Company stockholder: Lahey v. Quidel Corporation, et al., No. 1:22-cv-02071 on March 14, 2022 in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (the “Lahey Action”). An additional lawsuit was filed by and purportedly on behalf of an alleged Company stockholder: Pryor v. Quidel Corporation, et al., No 1:22-cv-03404 on April 27, 2022 in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (the “Pryor Action”).

The Lahey Action and Pryor Action name as defendants the Company and the members of the Company’s board of directors. The Lahey Action and Pryor Action allege, among other things, that the Registration Statement omits certain information regarding projections of Ortho, the Company and Topco, the analyses performed by the financial advisors of the Company and Ortho, and potential conflicts of interest involving a financial advisor and the Company’s officers and directors. The Lahey Action and Pryor Action seek, among other things, injunctive relief to prevent the Combinations from closing, damages if the Combinations close, declaratory relief in the form of an updated Registration Statement, and attorneys’ fees. The Company believes these claims are entirely without merit and that the Registration Statement does not omit any material information about the Combinations.

While the Company believes that the disclosures set forth in the Registration Statement comply fully with all applicable laws and denies the allegations in the pending actions described above, in order to moot plaintiffs’ disclosure claims, avoid nuisance and possible expense and business delays, and provide additional information to its stockholders, the Company has determined voluntarily to supplement certain disclosures in Registration Statement related to plaintiffs’ claims with the supplemental disclosures set forth below (the “Supplemental Disclosures”). Nothing in the Supplemental Disclosures shall be deemed an admission of the legal merit, necessity or materiality under applicable laws of any of the disclosures set forth herein. To the contrary, the Company specifically denies all allegations in the various litigation matters that any additional disclosure was or is required or material.

SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES

This supplemental information should be read in conjunction with the Registration Statement, including the balance of the sections entitled “Ortho Unaudited Forward-Looking Financial Information,” “Quidel Unaudited Forward-Looking Financial Information,” “Unaudited Pro Forma Synergy Estimates for Topco,” and “Discounted Cash Flow Analysis.” Defined terms used but not defined in the below disclosures have the meanings set forth in the Registration Statement. Without admitting in any way that the disclosures below are material or otherwise required by law, the Company makes the following amended and supplemental disclosures.

The section of the Registration Statement beginning on page 252 entitled: “Discounted Cash Flow Analysis” is amended and supplemented as follows:

The fourth paragraph on page 253 is amended to add the following sentence at the end thereof:

Perella Weinberg noted that, assuming a perpetuity growth rate of 2.5% and a 7.5% discount rate, the present value of the terminal value of Ortho was approximately $7,748 million and approximately $7,639 million based on the Ortho Forecasts and the Quidel Management Projections for Ortho, respectively.

The fourth paragraph on page 254 is amended to add the following sentence at the end thereof:

Perella Weinberg noted that, assuming a perpetuity growth rate of 2.5% and a 7.5% discount rate, the present value of the terminal value of Quidel was approximately $7,120 million, approximately $6,031 million and approximately $2,659 million based on the Quidel Management Projections for Quidel (Case 1), the Quidel Management Projections for Quidel (Case 2) and the Consensus Estimates, respectively.

The section of the Registration Statement beginning on page 262 entitled: “Quidel Management Projections for Quidel” is amended and supplemented as follows:

Footnote two on page 263 is amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

(2) Unlevered Free Cash Flow is calculated as EBITDA less the following estimates of taxes and capital expenditures, and adjusted for the following estimates of changes in net working capital.


	2021E			2022E			2023E			2024E			2025E			2026E			Terminal 2026E
Case I Projections of Quidel
Taxes		(140	)		(78	)		(103	)		(149	)		(197	)		(191	)		(135	)
Capital Expenditures		(266	)		(150	)		(100	)		(100	)		(100	)		(80	)		(80	)
Change in Net Working Capital		109			85			33			(27	)		(32	)		19			6
Case 2 Projections of Quidel
Taxes		(140	)		(78	)		(83	)		(112	)		(150	)		(150	)		(116	)
Capital Expenditures		(266	)		(150	)		(100	)		(100	)		(100	)		(80	)		(80	)
Change in Net Working Capital		109			85			56			(8	)		(16	)		3			1

The section of the Registration Statement beginning on page 264 entitled: “Ortho Management Projections for Ortho” is amended and supplemented as follows:

Footnote three on page 265 is amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

(3) Unlevered Free Cash Flow was calculated by J.P. Morgan, for purposes of its discounted cash flow analysis and based on estimates provided by Ortho management, as future cash flows generated by an asset without including in such calculation any debt servicing costs. Specifically, unlevered free cash flow for this purpose represents Adjusted EBITDA less the following estimates of public company addbacks, taxes, capital expenditures, increases in net working capital and reagent rental instruments:


	2022E		2023E		2024E		2025E		2026E
Public Company Addbacks		44		19		10		10		10
Taxes		44		58		71		84		105
Capital Expenditures		60		60		60		60		60
Increases in Net Working Capital		16		10		10		10		10
Reagent Rental Instruments		135		140		140		140		140

For purposes of its discounted cash flow analyses and based on estimates provided by Ortho management, Perella Weinberg calculated Unlevered Free Cash Flow of Ortho for this purpose as EBITDA less taxes, plus depreciation and amortization, and less capital expenditures and increases in net working capital, resulting in Unlevered Free Cash Flow of approximately $313 million, $284 million, $337 million, $382 million, $425 million, $476 million and $523 million for 2021E, 2022E, 2023E, 2024E, 2025E, 2026E and the terminal year, respectively.

The second paragraph on page 266 is amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

As of January 3, 2021, Ortho’s net operating losses were approximately $830 million in the United States. In connection with commercial diligence, Ortho management provided to Quidel its initial estimates of the ability to utilize Ortho’s net operating losses over the projection period, which amounts were calculated as a tax benefit equal to $49 million in 2022, $53 million in 2023, $61 million in 2024, less than $1 million in 2025, and $0 thereafter. Perella Weinberg utilized these initial estimates for purposes of its financial analyses. After further internal review, Ortho management updated its estimates for purposes of the Ortho Management Projections for Ortho, calculating such tax benefit as the amount equal to, $16 million in 2022, $36 million in 2023, $50 million in 2024, $56 million in 2025 and $29 million in 2026. The updated estimates of tax benefits, which were not provided to Quidel or Perella Weinberg, were utilized by J.P. Morgan for purposes of its financial analyses.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Dated: May 6, 2022


QUIDEL CORPORATION

By:		/s/ Randall J. Steward
Name:		Randall J. Steward
Its:		Chief Financial Officer

Quidel Corporation filed SEC Form 8-K: Other Events