DGX 12.31.2012 8-K


UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 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): January 23, 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)
 
(I.R.S. 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 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition

On January 23, 2013 Quest Diagnostics Incorporated (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing, among other things, its results for the quarter ended December 31, 2012. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference herein.     

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
d.
Exhibit
 
 
 
 
 
99.1
Press release of Quest Diagnostics Incorporated dated January 23, 2013, announcing, among other things, its results for the quarter ended December 31, 2012.




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.

January 23, 2013

QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INCORPORATED

By: /s/ Robert A. Hagemann
Robert A. Hagemann
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer