X0202 4 2007-10-04 0 0000884497 MEDQUIST INC MEDQ.PK 0001250093 SIMMONS N JOHN 1000 BISHOPS GATE BOULEVARD SUITE 300 MOUNT LAUREL NJ 08054 1 0 0 0 Common Stock 2007-10-04 4 A 0 11160 11.20 A 11160 D Pursuant to the terms of the MedQuist Inc. Non-Employee Director Deferred Compensation Plan ("Plan"), each share of Common Stock will not be transferable to the director until the earlier of the director's cessation of service as a director and a change in control (as that term is defined in the Plan). N. John Simmons, Jr. 2007-10-08