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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): March 15, 2016
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 | 07940 | |
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) | |
(973) 520-2700 | ||
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code) | ||
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Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure
On March 15, 2016, Quest Diagnostics Incorporated issued a press release announcing that it has commenced offers to purchase for cash up to $200,000,000 combined aggregate principal amount of its 6.950% Senior Notes due 2037 and 5.750% Senior Notes due 2040 (the “Tender Offers”). A copy of the press release, dated March 15, 2016, announcing the commencement of the Tender Offers is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference into this Current Report on Form 8-K.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
Exhibit | Description | |
99.1 | Press Release Announcing the Tender Offers, dated March 15, 2016 | |
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.
March 16, 2016
QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INCORPORATED
By: /s/ William J. O'Shaughnessy, Jr.
William J. O'Shaughnessy, Jr.
Deputy General Counsel and Secretary
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