de Pesquidoux Hubert – ‘144’ on 11/10/10 re: Tekelec

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Notice of Proposed Sale of Securities   —   Form 144
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UNITED STATES                                                                   
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION                                              
Washington, D.C. 20549                                                          

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FORM 144                                                                        
NOTICE OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES                                           
PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933                           

SEC USE ONLY                                                                    

DOCUMENT SEQUENCE NO.                                                           

CUSIP NUMBER                                                                    

WORK LOCATION                                                                   

NOTICE OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES                                           
PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933                           

ATTENTION:                                                                      
Transmit for filing 3 copies of this form concurrently with either placing      
an order with a broker to execute sale or executing a sale directly             
with a market maker.                                                            

1(a) NAME OF ISSUER (Please type or print)                                      

Tekelec                                                               

(b)  IRS IDENT. NO.                                                             

95-2746131                                                            

(c)  S.E.C. FILE NO.                                                            

000-15135                                                             

1(d) ADDRESS OF ISSUER: 5200 Paramount Parkway Morrisville    NC   27560        

(e) TELEPHONE NUMBER: 919-460-5500                                              

2(a) NAME OF PERSON FOR WHOSE ACCOUNT THE SECURITIES ARE TO BE SOLD             

Hubert de Pesquidoux                                                    

(b) RELATIONSHIP TO ISSUER:  Director                                           

(c) ADDRESS: c/o Tekelec, 5200 Paramount Parkway, Morrisville, NC  27560        

INSTRUCTION:  The person filing this notice should contact the issuer to        
obtain the I.R.S. Identification Number and the S.E.C. File Number.             

3(a)  Title of the Class of Securities To Be Sold                               

Common Stock                                                        

(b)   Name and Address of Each Broker Through Whom the Securities               
  are to be Offered or Each Market Maker who is Acquiring the Securities

E*Trade Financial                                                   
4005 Windward Plaza Drive                                           
Alpharetta, GA  30005                                               

SEC USE ONLY                                                                    

Broker-Dealer File Number:                                                      

(c)  Number of Shares or Other Units To Be Sold: 1,000                          

(d)  Aggregate Market Value:  $13,330.00  (11/09/10)                            

(e)  Number of Shares or Other Units Outstanding: 68,585,311                    

(f)  Approximate Date of Sale: 11/11/2010                                       

(g)  Name of Each Securities Exchange: NASDAQ                                   

INSTRUCTIONS:                                                                   

1.      (a)     Name of issuer                                                  
(b)     Issuer's I.R.S. Identification Number                   
(c)     Issuer's S.E.C. file number, if any                     
(d)     Issuer's address, including zip code                    
(e)     Issuer's telephone number, including area code          

2.      (a)     Name of person for whose account the securities are to be sold  
        (b)   Such person's relationship to the issuer (e.g., officer, director,
10% stockholder, or member of immediate family of any of the foregoing)         
(c)     Such person's address, including zip code               

3.      (a)     Title of the class of securities to be sold                     
   (b)     Name and address of each broker through whom the securities
are intended to be sold                                                         
       (c)     Number of shares or other units to be sold (if debt securities,
give the aggregate face amount)                                                 
   (d)     Aggregate market value of the securities to be sold as of a
specified date within 10 days prior to the filing of this notice                
 (e)     Number of shares or other units of the class outstanding,
or if debt securities the face amount thereof outstanding, as shown by          
the most recent report or statement published by the issuer                     
(f)     Approximate date on which the securities are to be sold 
        (g)    Name of each securities exchange, if any, on which the securities
are intended to be sold                                                         

TABLE I - SECURITIES TO BE SOLD                                                 
Furnish the following information with respect to the acquisition of the        
securities to be sold and with respect to the payment of all or any part        
of the purchase price or other consideration therefor:                          

Title of the Class: Common Stock                                                

Date you Acquired: 05/14/10                                                     

Nature of Acquisition Transaction: Acquired upon vesting of Restricted          
Stock Units  (Remark #1)                                                        

Name of Person from Whom Acquired (if gift, also give date donor acquired):     

Issuer                                                                  

Amount of Securities Acquired: 1,000                                            

Date of Payment: (Remark #2)                                                    

Nature of Payment: (Remark #2)                                                  

INSTRUCTIONS:   If the securities were purchased and full payment therefor      
was not made in cash at the time of purchase, explain in the table or           
in a note thereto the nature of the consideration given.  If the                
consideration consisted of any note or other obligation, or if payment          
was made in installments describe the arrangement and state when the            
note or other obligation was discharged in full or the last installment         
paid.                                                                           

TABLE II - SECURITIES SOLD DURING THE PAST 3 MONTHS                             
Furnish the following information with respect to the acquisition of the        
securities to be sold and with respect to the payment of all or any part        
of the purchase price or other consideration therefor:                          

Name and Address of Seller:                                                     

NONE                                                                        

Title of Securities Sold:                                                       

Date of Sale:                                                                   

Amount of Securities Sold:                                                      

Gross Proceeds:                                                                 

REMARKS:                                                                        
(1)Shares acquired are registered under a Registration Statement on Form S-8.   
(2)Shares acquired upon vesting of Restricted Stock Units awarded to reporting  
person as a director of the issuer and no payment was required by the Seller    
in connection therewith.                                                        

INSTRUCTIONS: See the definition of "person" in paragraph (a) of Rule 144.      
Information is to be given not only as to the person for whose account          
the securities are to be sold but also as to all other persons included         
in that definition.  In addition, information shall be given as to sales        
by all persons whose sales are required by paragraph (e) of Rule 144            
to be aggregated with sales for the account of the person filing this           
notice.                                                                         

ATTENTION:  The person for whose account the securities to which this           
notice relates are to be sold hereby represents by signing this notice          
that he does not know any material adverse information in regard to the         
current and prospective operations of the Issuer of the securities to           
be sold which has not been publicly disclosed.  If each person has              
adopted a written trading plan or given trading instructions to satisfy         
Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act, by singing the form and indicating          
the date that the plan was adopted or the instruction given, that person        
makes such representation as of the plan adoption or instruction date.          

DATE OF NOTICE:  November 10, 2010                                              

/s/ Hubert de Pesquidoux                                                        
____________________                                                            
Hubert de Pesquidoux                                                            
(SIGNATURE)                                                                     

DATE OF PLAN ADOPTION OR GIVING OF INSTRUCTION,                                 
IF RELYING ON RULE 10B5-1: September 2, 2010                                    

The notice shall be signed by the person for whose account the securities       
are to be sold.  At least one copy of the notice shall be manually signed.      
Any copies not manually signed shall bear typed or printed signatures.          

ATTENTION:  Intentional misstatements or omission of facts constitute           
Federal Criminal Violations (See 18 U.S.C. 1001)                                

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Dates Referenced Herein   and   Documents Incorporated by Reference

This ‘144’ Filing		Date		Other Filings
		3/31/11		10-Q,  8-K
Filed on:		11/10/10		4
		9/2/10
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