Filing Details

Accession Number:
0001127602-11-006181
Form Type:
4
Zero Holdings:
No
Publication Time:
2011-02-17 18:00:55
Reporting Period:
2011-02-15
Filing Date:
2011-02-17
Accepted Time:
2011-02-17 18:00:55
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
1410233 Elizabeth Joan Miller C/O Quest Diagnostics Incorporated
3 Giralda Farms
Madison NJ 07940
Svp-Pathology & Hosp. Services No Yes No No
Reported Non-Derivative Transactions
Sec. Name Acquisiton - Disposition Date Amount Price Remaning Holdings Equity Swap Involved Form Type Code Nature of Ownership Explanation
Common Stock Acquisiton 2011-02-15 16,678 $0.00 93,037 No 4 A Direct
Common Stock Disposition 2011-02-15 6,063 $56.82 86,974 No 4 D Direct
Common Stock Acquisiton 2011-02-15 12,259 $0.00 99,233 No 4 A Direct
Common Stock Acquisiton 2011-02-16 26,666 $48.74 125,899 No 4 M Direct
Common Stock Disposition 2011-02-16 26,666 $57.40 99,304 No 4 S Direct
Equity Swap Involved Form Type Code Nature of Ownership Explanation
No 4 A Direct
No 4 D Direct
No 4 A Direct
No 4 M Direct
No 4 S Direct
Reported Derivative Transactions
Sec. Name Sec. Type Acquisiton - Disposition Date Amount Price Amount - 2 Price - 2
Common Stock Stock Options (Right to Buy) Acquisiton 2011-02-15 38,000 $0.00 38,000 $56.82
Common Stock Stock Options (Right to Buy) Disposition 2011-02-16 26,666 $0.00 26,666 $48.74
Remaning Holdings Exercise Date Expiration Date Equity Swap Involved Transaction Form Type Transaction Code Nature of Ownership
38,000 2021-02-15 No 4 A Direct
0 2012-02-22 No 4 M Direct
Reported Non-Derivative Holdings
Sec. Name Remaning Holdings Nature of Ownership Explanation
Common Stock 4,653 Indirect 401(k)/SDCP
Footnotes
  1. The options vested in three installments beginning with the first on February 22, 2006, the second on February 22, 2007 and the final on February 22, 2008.
  2. The option vests in three equal annual installments beginning on the first annual anniversary of the grant date.
  3. Stock issued by Quest Diagnostics Incorporated in settlement of a performance share award dated March 4, 2008, approved in accordance with the requirements of Rule 16b-3(d).
  4. Disposition of common stock to the issuer solely to cover tax withholding obligations arising from the settlement of said performance share award.
  5. Represents an award of restricted share units granted on February 15, 2011.
  6. The amount includes exempt purchases made under the Company's stock purchase plan.
  7. The amount includes approximately 71 shares acquired via dividend reinvestment during 2010 pursuant to a dividend reinvestment plan, sponsored by a broker-dealer, that essentially mirrors a dividend reinvestment plan sponsored by the registrant.
  8. 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 obtained from the plan administrator as of a current date. The number of shares is based on the account balance of the Company stock fund under each Plan (which includes some money market instruments) divided by the market price of the Company stock as of that date.