---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-272707"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "QDEL"
cik: "0001906324"
company_name: "QuidelOrtho Corp"
filed_at: "2026-06-16T20:31:57+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-16T20:34:06.488828+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# QuidelOrtho stockholders elect all 10 director nominees at 2026 annual meeting

## Summary
- All 10 director nominees elected; votes for ranged from 56.0M to 56.8M.
- Advisory say-on-pay passed with 55.7M for, 1.5M against, and 22.2K abstentions.
- Ratification of KPMG as auditor for FY2026 approved with 64.2M for, 97.4K against.
- Broker non-votes of 7.1M on director election and say-on-pay proposals.
- Meeting held June 16, 2026; all proposals described in April 27 proxy statement.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-272707
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: QDEL
- cik: 0001906324
- company_name: QuidelOrtho Corp
- filed_at: 2026-06-16T20:31:57+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1906324/000119312526272707/0001193125-26-272707-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1906324/000119312526272707/d113744d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  QuidelOrtho Corp shareholders approved Advisory vote on executive compensation at the 2026-06-16 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-16
  source text: The Company's stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company's named executive officers by the votes set forth in the table below:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1906324/000119312526272707/0001193125-26-272707-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  QuidelOrtho Corp shareholders approved Election of ten director nominees at the 2026-06-16 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-16
  source text: The Company's stockholders elected the ten director nominees to the Company's Board of Directors by the votes set forth in the table below:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1906324/000119312526272707/0001193125-26-272707-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  QuidelOrtho Corp shareholders approved Ratification of KPMG LLP as independent auditor for fiscal year 2026 at the 2026-06-16 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-16
  source text: The Company's stockholders ratified the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the Company's 2026 fiscal year by the votes set forth in the table below:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1906324/000119312526272707/0001193125-26-272707-index.htm

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