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Filing Details

Accession Number:: 0001127602-12-023572
Form Type:: 4
Zero Holdings:: No
Publication Time:: 2012-08-02 17:07:06
Reporting Period:: 2012-07-31

Filing Date:: 2012-08-02
Accepted Time:: 2012-08-02 16:07:06
SEC Url:: Form 4 Filing

Issuer

Cik	Name	Symbol	Sector (SIC)	IRS No
1022079	Quest Diagnostics Inc	DGX	Services-Medical Laboratories (8071)	161387862

Insiders

Cik	Name	Reported Address	Insider Title	Director	Officer	Large Shareholder	Other
1222679	E Michael Prevoznik	C/O Quest Diagnostics Incorporated 3 Giralda Farms Madison NJ 07940	Svp & General Counsel	No	Yes	No	No

Reported Non-Derivative Transactions

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Sec. Name	Acquisiton - Disposition	Date	Amount	Price	Remaning Holdings	Equity Swap Involved	Form Type	Code	Nature of Ownership
Common Stock	Acquisiton	2012-07-31	28,814	$24.76	65,435	No	4	M	Direct
Common Stock	Disposition	2012-07-31	28,814	$58.59	36,621	No	4	S	Direct
Common Stock	Acquisiton	2012-07-31	11,408	$24.76	48,029	No	4	M	Direct
Common Stock	Acquisiton	2012-08-01	31,778	$24.76	79,807	No	4	M	Direct
Common Stock	Acquisiton	2012-08-01	54,667	$52.24	134,474	No	4	M	Direct
Common Stock	Disposition	2012-08-01	86,445	$58.68	48,111	No	4	S	Direct

Equity Swap Involved	Form Type	Code	Nature of Ownership
No	4	M	Direct
No	4	S	Direct
No	4	M	Direct
No	4	M	Direct
No	4	M	Direct
No	4	S	Direct

Reported Derivative Transactions

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Sec. Name	Sec. Type	Acquisiton - Disposition	Date	Amount	Price	Amount - 2	Price - 2
Common Stock	Stock Options (Right to Buy)	Disposition	2012-07-31	28,814	$0.00	28,814	$24.76
Common Stock	Stock Options (Right to Buy)	Disposition	2012-07-31	11,408	$0.00	11,408	$24.76
Common Stock	Stock Options (Right to Buy)	Disposition	2012-08-01	31,778	$0.00	31,778	$24.76
Common Stock	Stock Options (Right to Buy)	Disposition	2012-08-01	54,667	$0.00	54,667	$52.24

Remaning Holdings	Expiration Date	Equity Swap Involved	Transaction Form Type	Transaction Code	Nature of Ownership
43,186	2013-02-13	No	4	M	Direct
31,778	2013-02-13	No	4	M	Direct
0	2013-02-13	No	4	M	Direct
0	2013-02-15	No	4	M	Direct

Reported Non-Derivative Holdings

Sec. Name	Remaning Holdings	Nature of Ownership	Explanation
Common Stock	4,393	Indirect	401k/SDCP

Footnotes

This transaction was executed in multiple trades at prices ranging from $58.40 to $58.77. 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.
This transaction was executed in multiple trades at prices ranging from $58.25 to $59.03. 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 approximately 30 shares acquired via dividend reinvestment since the date of the last filing on Form 4 pursuant to a dividend reinvestment plan, sponsored by a broker-dealer, that essentially mirrors a dividend reinvestment plan sponsored by the registrant.
The amount includes exempt purchases made under the Company's stock purchase plansince the date of the last filing on Form 4.
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.
The options vested in three installments beginning with the first on February 13, 2004, the second on February 13, 2005 and the final on February 13, 2006.
The options vested in three installments beginning with the first on February 15, 2007, the second on February 15, 2008 and the final on February 15, 2009.