DGX 011014(2) 8-K



SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549


FORM 8-K
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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 10, 2014
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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.

(b)
On January 10, 2014, William F. Buehler informed Quest Diagnostics Incorporated of his decision to not seek re-election to the Company’s Board of Directors at the Company’s Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held May 21, 2014, and to retire from the Board effective as of the date of the Annual Meeting, when his current term as a director expires.


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 15, 2014


QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INCORPORATED



By:    /s/ William J. O’Shaughnessy, Jr.
William J. O’Shaughnessy, Jr.
Deputy General Counsel and Secretary