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ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001127602-12-009315
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20120229
FILED AS OF DATE: 20120302
DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20120302
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: PREVOZNIK MICHAEL E
CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001222679
FILING VALUES:
FORM TYPE: 4
SEC ACT: 1934 Act
SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-12215
FILM NUMBER: 12663571
MAIL ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 3 GIRALDA FARMS
CITY: MADISON
STATE: NJ
ZIP: 07940
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QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INC
DGX
0001222679
PREVOZNIK MICHAEL E
C/O QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INCORPORATED
3 GIRALDA FARMS
MADISON
NJ
07940
1
SVP & General Counsel
Common Stock
2012-02-29
4
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0
11324
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A
47945
D
Common Stock
2012-02-29
4
F
0
4117
58.24
D
43828
D
Common Stock
2012-03-01
4
S
0
7207
57.3964
D
36621
D
Common Stock
4370
I
401k/SDCP
The sale reported was effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 sales plan adopted by the reporting person on February 7, 2011.
Stock issued by Quest Diagnostics Incorporated in settlement of a performance share award dated February 11, 2009, approved in accordance with the requirements of Rule 16b-3(d).
Disposition of common stock to the issuer solely to cover tax withholding obligations arising from the settlement of said performance share award.
This transaction was executed in multiple trades at prices ranging from $57.34 to $57.47. 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 amount includes exempt purchases made under the Company's stock purchase plan.
These underlying shares were acquired on a periodic basis by the trustee of the Company's tax qualified Profit Sharing (401(k) and/or Supplemental Deferred Compensation Plan. The information was obtain from the plan administrator as of a recent date. The number of shares is based on the account balance of the Company stock fund under the plan (which includes some money market instruments) divided by the market price of the Company's stock as of that date.
/s/ William J. O'Shaughnessy, Jr., Attorney in Fact for Michael E. Prevoznik
2012-03-02