0001127602-12-025969.txt : 20120907 0001127602-12-025969.hdr.sgml : 20120907 20120907163035 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001127602-12-025969 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20120906 FILED AS OF DATE: 20120907 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20120907 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001022079 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-MEDICAL LABORATORIES [8071] IRS NUMBER: 161387862 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3 GIRALDA FARMS CITY: MADISON STATE: NJ ZIP: 07940 BUSINESS PHONE: 9735202700 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3 GIRALDA FARMS CITY: MADISON STATE: NJ ZIP: 07940 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: CORNING CLINICAL LABORATORIES INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19960903 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ZIEGLER JOHN B CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001222674 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-12215 FILM NUMBER: 121080376 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3 GIRALDA FARMS CITY: MADISON STATE: NJ ZIP: 07940 4 1 form4.xml PRIMARY DOCUMENT X0306 4 2012-09-06 0001022079 QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INC DGX 0001222674 ZIEGLER JOHN B C/O QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INCORPORATED 3 GIRALDA FARMS MADISON NJ 07940 1 Common Stock 2012-09-06 4 M 0 10000 55.40 A 27854 D Common Stock 2012-09-06 4 S 0 10000 62.3192 D 17854 D Stock Options (Right to Buy) 55.40 2012-09-06 4 M 0 10000 0 D 2013-05-04 Common Stock 10000 0 D The exercise and sale reported were effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 sales plan. This transaction was executed in multiple trades at prices ranging from $62.2800 to $62.4200. The price reported above reflects the weighted average sale price. The reporting person hereby undertakes to provide upon request to the SEC staff, the issuer or a security holder of the issuer full information regarding the number of shares and prices at which the transaction was effected. The options vested in three equal annual installments beginning with the first on May 4, 2007, the second on May 4, 2008 and the final on May 4,2009. /s/ William J. O'Shaughnessy, Jr., Attorney in Fact for John B. Ziegler 2012-09-06