SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
	Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Carlyle Group Inc. (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O THE CARLYLE GROUP INC. 1001 PENNSYLVANIA AVE. NW, SUITE 220S (Street) WASHINGTON DC 20004-2505 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol QuidelOrtho Corp [ QDEL ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 06/12/2024
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
	Rule 10b5-1(c) Transaction Indication Check this box to indicate that a transaction was made pursuant to a contract, instruction or written plan that is intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c). See Instruction 10.

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	06/12/2024		S(1)		18,344	D	$39.9154(2)	12,441,839	I	See footnotes(3)
Common Stock	06/12/2024		S(1)		44,950	D	$40.3379(4)	12,396,889	I	See footnotes(3)
Common Stock	06/12/2024		S(1)		969	D	$41.149(5)	12,395,920	I	See footnotes(3)
Common Stock	06/13/2024		S(1)		11,956	D	$36.8927(6)	12,383,964	I	See footnotes(3)
Common Stock	06/13/2024		S(1)		99,264	D	$37.5186(7)	12,284,700	I	See footnotes(3)
Common Stock	06/13/2024		S(1)		26,314	D	$38.1905(8)	12,258,386	I	See footnotes(3)
Common Stock	06/13/2024		S(1)		6,700	D	$39.2402(9)	12,251,686	I	See footnotes(2)

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Carlyle Group Inc. (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O THE CARLYLE GROUP INC. 1001 PENNSYLVANIA AVE. NW, SUITE 220S (Street) WASHINGTON DC 20004-2505 (City) (State) (Zip)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Carlyle Holdings II GP L.L.C. (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O THE CARLYLE GROUP INC., 1001 PENNSYLVANIA AVE. NW, SUITE 220S (Street) WASHINGTON DC 20004-2505 (City) (State) (Zip)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Carlyle Holdings II L.L.C. (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O THE CARLYLE GROUP INC., 1001 PENNSYLVANIA AVE. NW, SUITE 220S (Street) WASHINGTON DC 20004-2505 (City) (State) (Zip)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* CG Subsidiary Holdings L.L.C. (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O THE CARLYLE GROUP INC., 1001 PENNSYLVANIA AVE. NW, SUITE 220S (Street) WASHINGTON DC 20004-2505 (City) (State) (Zip)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* TC Group Cayman Investment Holdings, L.P. (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O WALKERS CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED, 190 ELGIN AVENUE (Street) GEORGE TOWN, GRAND CAYMAN, E9 KY1-9001 (City) (State) (Zip)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* TC Group Cayman Investment Holdings Sub L.P. (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O WALKERS CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED, 190 ELGIN AVENUE (Street) GEORGE TOWN, GRAND CAYMAN, E9 KY1-9001 (City) (State) (Zip)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* TC Group VI Cayman, L.L.C. (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O THE CARLYLE GROUP INC., 1001 PENNSYLVANIA AVE. NW, SUITE 220S, (Street) WASHINGTON, DC 20004-2505 (City) (State) (Zip)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* TC Group VI Cayman, L.P. (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O WALKERS CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED, 190 ELGIN AVENUE (Street) GEORGE TOWN, GRAND CAYMAN, E9 KY1-9001 (City) (State) (Zip)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Carlyle Partners VI Cayman Holdings, L.P. (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O WALKERS CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED, 190 ELGIN AVENUE (Street) GEORGE TOWN, GRAND CAYMAN, E9 KY1-9001 (City) (State) (Zip)

Explanation of Responses:

1. The sales reported in this Form 4 were effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted on May 12, 2024.

2. The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $39.80 to $39.99. The reporting person undertakes to provide the Issuer, any security holder of the Issuer, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range set forth in this footnote.

3. Reflects ordinary shares held of record by Carlyle Partners VI Cayman Holdings, L.P. (the "Carlyle Investor"). The Carlyle Group Inc., a publicly traded company listed on Nasdaq, is the sole member of Carlyle Holdings II GP L.L.C., which is the managing member of Carlyle Holdings II L.L.C., which, with respect to the securities reported herein, is the managing member of CG Subsidiary Holdings L.L.C., which is the general partner of TC Group Cayman Investment Holdings, L.P., which is the general partner of TC Group Cayman Investment Holdings Sub L.P., which is the sole member of TC Group VI Cayman, L.L.C., which is the general partner of TC Group VI Cayman, L.P., which is the general partner of the Carlyle Investor. Accordingly, each of the foregoing entities may be deemed to share beneficial ownership of the securities held of record by the Carlyle Investor. Each of them disclaims beneficial ownership of such securities.

4. The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $40.00 to $40.9991. The reporting person undertakes to provide the Issuer, any security holder of the Issuer, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range set forth in this footnote.

5. The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $41.00 to $41.18. The reporting person undertakes to provide the Issuer, any security holder of the Issuer, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range set forth in this footnote.

6. The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $36.70 to $36.9995. The reporting person undertakes to provide the Issuer, any security holder of the Issuer, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range set forth in this footnote.

7. The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $37.00 to $37.9999. The reporting person undertakes to provide the Issuer, any security holder of the Issuer, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range set forth in this footnote.

8. The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $38.00 to $38.99. The reporting person undertakes to provide the Issuer, any security holder of the Issuer, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range set forth in this footnote.

9. The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $39.00 to $39.54. The reporting person undertakes to provide the Issuer, any security holder of the Issuer, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range set forth in this footnote.

Remarks:

Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney.

	The Carlyle Group Inc., By: /s/ Anne Frederick, Attorney-in-fact for John C. Redett, Chief Financial Officer	06/14/2024
	Carlyle Holdings II GP L.L.C., By: The Carlyle Group Inc., its sole member, By: /s/ Anne Frederick, Attorney-in-fact for John C. Redett, Chief Financial Officer	06/14/2024
	Carlyle Holdings II L.L.C., By /s/ Anne Frederick, Attorney-in-fact for John C. Redett, Managing Director	06/14/2024
	CG Subsidiary Holdings L.L.C., By: /s/ Anne Frederick, Attorney-in-fact for John C. Redett, Managing Director	06/14/2024
	TC Group Cayman Investment Holdings, L.P., By: CG Subsidiary Holdings L.L.C., its general partner, By: /s/ Anne Frederick, Attorney-in-fact for John C. Redett, Managing Director	06/14/2024
	TC Group Cayman Investment Holdings Sub L.P., By: TC Group Cayman Investment Holdings, L.P., its general partner, By: CG Subsidiary Holdings L.L.C., its general partner, By: /s/ Anne Frederick, Attorney-in-fact for John C. Redett, Managing Director	06/14/2024
	TC Group VI Cayman, L.L.C., By: /s/ Jeremy W. Anderson, Vice President	06/14/2024
	TC Group VI Cayman, L.P., By: TC Group VI Cayman, L.L.C., its general partner, By: /s/ Jeremy W. Anderson, Vice President	06/14/2024
	Carlyle Partners VI Cayman Holdings, L.P., By: TC Group VI Cayman, L.P., its general partner, By: TC Group VI Cayman, L.L.C., its general partner, By: /s/ Jeremy W. Anderson, Vice President	06/14/2024
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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Exhibit 24

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

The undersigned understands that, from time to time, the Carlyle Companies (defined below) are required to prepare, execute, and file certain federal and state securities laws filings.

 

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Jeffrey Ferguson, Jeremy Anderson, Chintan Bhatt, Anne Frederick, Erica Herberg, Anat Holtzman, Andrew Howlett-Bolton, Joshua Lefkowitz, David Lobe, Elizabeth Muscarella, Sanket Patel, Robert Rosen, and Catherine Ziobro, or any of them signing singly, and with full power of substitution, the undersigned’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

 

	(1)	prepare, execute in the name of each Carlyle Company and on behalf of each Carlyle Company, and submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of Forms D (“Form D”) required to be filed in accordance with Rule 503 (“Rule 503”) promulgated with respect to Sections 4(2), 4(6) and 3(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”) and reports required by Sections 13(d) and 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”) or any rule or regulation of the SEC;
	(2)	prepare and execute for and on behalf of each Carlyle Company, in the undersigned’s capacity as a Chairman, authorized person, officer and/or director of each Carlyle Company, federal and state securities laws filings including without limitation Forms D pursuant to Rule 503 and Schedules 13D and 13G and Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Sections 13(d) and 16(a) of the 1934 Act and the rules thereunder;
	(3)	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of each Carlyle Company that may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such federal and state securities laws filings including without limitation Forms D, Schedules 13D and 13G and Forms 3, 4, and 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the SEC and the securities administrators of any state, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam and the United States Virgin Islands or their designees and any stock exchange or similar authority; and
	(4)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact’s discretion.

 

 

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact’s substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted, whether the same needs to be executed, taken or done by him in his capacity as a current or former member, partner, shareholder, director or officer of any company, partnership, corporation, organization, firm, branch or other entity connected with, related to or affiliated with any of the entities constituting the Carlyle Companies or entities that directly or indirectly hold interests in the Carlyle Companies.

 

The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming any of the undersigned’s responsibilities to comply with federal and state securities laws, including without limitation Rule 503 of the 1933 Act or Section 13 and Section 16 of the 1934 Act.

 

This Power of Attorney and all authority conferred hereby shall not be terminated by operation of law, whether by the death or incapacity of the undersigned or by occurrence of any other event. Actions taken by an attorney-in-fact pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be as valid as if any event described in the preceding sentence had not occurred, whether or not the attorney-in-fact shall have received notice of such event. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) in the event that an attorney-in-fact is no longer employed by The Carlyle Group Employee Co., L.L.C. or its affiliates, this Power of Attorney and all authority conferred hereby shall be immediately terminated with respect to such Attorney, and (ii) the undersigned may terminate or revoke this Power of Attorney at any time.

 

For purposes hereof, the “Carlyle Companies” shall consist of: (i) Carlyle Group Management L.L.C., The Carlyle Group Inc., Carlyle Holdings I GP Inc., Carlyle Holdings I GP Sub L.L.C., Carlyle Holdings I L.P., TC Group, L.L.C., Carlyle Holdings II GP L.L.C., Carlyle Holdings II L.L.C., CG Subsidiary Holdings L.L.C., TC Group Investment Holdings Limited Partner L.L.C., TC Group Investment Holdings, L.P., Carlyle Holdings III GP L.P., Carlyle Holdings III GP Sub L.L.C., Carlyle Holdings III L.P., TC Group Cayman L.P., TC Group Sub L.P., TC Group Investment Holdings Sub L.P., TC Group Cayman Investment Holdings, L.P., TC Group Cayman Investment Holdings Sub L.P., TC Group Cayman, L.P., TC Group Cayman Sub L.P., Five Overseas CG Investment L.L.C. and (ii) the subsidiaries and affiliates of the foregoing in clause (i), including without limitation investment funds sponsored directly or indirectly by one or more of the Carlyle Companies.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 1st day of October, 2023.

 

	By:	/s/ John C. Redett
	Name:	John C. Redett
	Title:	Chief Financial Officer