Document


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): February 14, 2019
 
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.)
 
 
 
500 Plaza Drive
Secaucus, NJ
 
07094
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip Code)
 
 
 
(973) 520-2700
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
 
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))






Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition

On February 14, 2019 Quest Diagnostics Incorporated issued a press release announcing, among other things, its results for the quarter and full year ended December 31, 2018. 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





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 14, 2019

QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INCORPORATED
 
 
By:
/s/ William J.O'Shaughnessy, Jr.
 
William J. O'Shaughnessy, Jr.
 
Deputy General Counsel and
 
Corporate Secretary