form8k.htm
 


UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 


FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 14, 2013
 

Quest Diagnostics Incorporated
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 

 
 Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)


001-12215
16-1387862
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
   
Three Giralda Farms
 
Madison, NJ
07940
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)

(973) 520-2700
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 
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Item 8.01. Other Events.
 
On March 14, 2013, Quest Diagnostics Incorporated (the Company) issued a press release announcing the Company’s Chief Financial Officer Transition Plan.  A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.
 
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
                      
  (d)  Exhibit   Description
     99.1  
Press release of Quest Diagnostics Incorporated, dated March 14, 2013, announcing the Company’s Chief Financial Officer Transition Plan.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

March 14, 2013
 
  QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INCORPORATED  
       
 
By:
/s/ William J. O’Shaughnessy, Jr.  
    Name: William J. O’Shaughnessy, Jr.   
    Title:   Assistant General Counsel and Secretary