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): February 4, 2011

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Quest Diagnostics Incorporated
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
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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	07940
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

 

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

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Item 5.02.	Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
To the extent required by Item 5.02 of Form 8-K, the information contained in Item 8.01 of this Current Report is hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 5.02.
Item 8.01	Other Events
On February 4, 2011, Quest Diagnostics Incorporated (the “Company”) waived the applicability of certain provisions of the stockholders’ agreement, dated as of August 16, 1999, as amended, between the Company and a subsidiary of GlaxoSmithKline plc (“GSK”). The provisions would have resulted in the deemed resignation of Mr. John Ziegler, a director of the Company designated by GSK, upon GSK’s sale of all of its holdings of the Company’s common stock on February 4, 2011 (the “GSK Share Sale”). As a result of such waiver, Mr. Ziegler will not be deemed to have resigned upon consummation of the GSK Share Sale and will continue to serve as a director of the Company.

 

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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.

 

 

	February 9, 2011
	QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INCORPORATED
	By:	/s/ William J. O’Shaughnessy, Jr.
		Name: William J. O’Shaughnessy, Jr.
		Title: Assistant General Counsel and Secretary

 

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