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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001906324-24-000058"
form_type: "8-K/A"
ticker: "QDEL"
cik: "0001906324"
company_name: "QuidelOrtho Corp"
filed_at: "2024-11-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-29T23:15:47.213055+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# QuidelOrtho appoints Philip McLellan as COO, approves salary increase to $515K

## Summary
- Philip McLellan appointed Chief Operations Officer effective November 15, 2024.
- Base salary raised from $399,769 to $515,000 effective November 18, 2024.
- Increase includes merit adjustment for 2025; Compensation Committee approved terms.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001906324-24-000058
- form_type: 8-K/A
- ticker: QDEL
- cik: 0001906324
- company_name: QuidelOrtho Corp
- filed_at: 2024-11-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1906324/000190632424000058/0001906324-24-000058-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1906324/000190632424000058/qdel-20241107.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001906324-24-000058
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001906324-24-000058.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Philip McLellan was appointed as Chief Operations Officer at QuidelOrtho Corp.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Operations Officer
  source text: the Company appointed Philip McLellan to serve as the Company’s Chief Operations Officer (“COO”), effective November 15, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1906324/000190632424000058/0001906324-24-000058-index.htm

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