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Common฀Stock
Quest฀Diagnostics฀Incorporated฀(ticker฀
symbol:฀“DGX”)฀shares฀are฀listed฀on฀the฀
New฀York฀Stock฀Exchange.฀
Quest฀Diagnostics฀is฀a฀component฀of฀
several฀stock฀indices,฀including฀the฀
S&P฀500,฀Dow฀Jones฀Sustainability฀
World฀Index฀and฀other฀social฀฀
responsibility฀indices.
Options฀on฀Quest฀Diagnostics฀shares฀
are฀traded฀on฀the฀Chicago฀Board฀
Options฀Exchange.
Annual฀Meeting
The฀annual฀meeting฀of฀shareholders฀
will฀be฀held฀on฀Tuesday,฀May฀8,฀2007,฀
at฀The฀Waldorf-Astoria,฀301฀Park฀
Avenue,฀New฀York,฀New฀York,฀at฀
10:30฀A.M.฀Eastern฀Time.฀A฀proxy฀
statement฀and฀annual฀report฀were฀
mailed฀to฀shareholders฀of฀record฀as฀of฀
March฀12,฀2007.
Additional฀Information
Corporate฀news฀releases,฀our฀Annual฀
Report,฀Proxy฀Statement,฀Forms฀10-K฀
and฀10-Q฀and฀other฀information฀
about฀the฀company,฀including฀฀
locations฀of฀facilities,฀are฀available฀฀
at฀Quest฀Diagnostics’฀website฀at:฀฀
www.questdiagnostics.com
Address฀all฀inquiries฀to:
Investor฀Relations฀Department฀฀
Quest฀Diagnostics฀Incorporated฀฀
1290฀Wall฀Street฀West฀฀
Lyndhurst,฀New฀Jersey฀07071฀฀
(201)฀393-5030
E-mail:฀฀
investor@questdiagnostics.com
Transfer฀Agent฀and฀Registrar
National฀City฀Bank฀acts฀as฀transfer฀
agent฀and฀registrar฀and฀dividend฀paying฀
agent,฀and฀maintains฀all฀shareholder฀
records฀for฀the฀company.฀If฀you฀have฀
questions฀about฀the฀shares฀of฀Quest฀
Diagnostics฀you฀own,฀wish฀to฀report฀a฀
change฀of฀address฀or฀lost฀stock฀certifi-
cates฀or฀dividend฀checks,฀or฀would฀like฀
to฀enroll฀in฀the฀company’s฀automatic฀
dividend฀reinvestment฀or฀direct฀deposit฀
program,฀please฀contact฀National฀City฀
Bank฀directly:
National฀City฀Bank฀฀
Shareholder฀Services฀฀
P.O.฀Box฀92301฀฀
Cleveland,฀Ohio฀44193-0900฀฀
Phone:฀(800)฀622-6757
E-mail:฀฀
shareholder.inquiries@nationalcity.com
Corporate฀Headquarters
1290฀Wall฀Street฀West฀฀
Lyndhurst,฀New฀Jersey฀07071฀฀
(201)฀393-5000
Corporate฀Governance
Corporate฀governance฀guidelines,฀
the฀code฀of฀business฀ethics฀and฀the฀
charters฀of฀the฀committees฀of฀the฀Board฀
are฀available฀at฀the฀Quest฀Diagnostics฀
website.฀Any฀amendment฀to฀our฀code฀
of฀business฀ethics,฀as฀well฀as฀any฀waivers฀
from฀certain฀provisions฀of฀the฀code฀
relating฀to฀our฀CEO฀and฀senior฀
financial฀officers฀will฀be฀posted฀on฀
our฀website.
Quest฀Diagnostics฀has฀included฀as฀
Exhibit฀31฀to฀its฀Annual฀Report฀on฀
Form฀10-K฀for฀fiscal฀year฀2006฀filed฀
with฀the฀Securities฀and฀Exchange฀
Commission฀certificates฀of฀Quest฀
Diagnostics’฀Chief฀Executive฀Officer฀
and฀Chief฀Financial฀Officer฀certifying฀
the฀quality฀of฀the฀company’s฀public฀dis-
closure.฀Quest฀Diagnostics฀has฀submit-
ted฀to฀the฀New฀York฀Stock฀Exchange฀
(NYSE)฀a฀certificate฀of฀its฀Chief฀
Executive฀Officer฀certifying฀that฀he฀is฀
not฀aware฀of฀any฀violations฀by฀Quest฀
Diagnostics฀of฀the฀NYSE฀corporate฀
governance฀listing฀standards.
Inquiries฀to฀the฀company’s฀senior฀
management฀or฀the฀Board฀of฀Directors฀
may฀be฀sent฀via฀e-mail฀to:
seniormanagement@฀
questdiagnostics.com฀or
LeadIndependentDirector@฀
questdiagnostics.com
Trademarks
Quest฀Diagnostics,฀Quest,฀the฀฀
Sun-Q฀logo฀and฀Nichols฀Institute฀฀
are฀registered฀trademarks฀of฀฀
Quest฀Diagnostics.
Care360,฀InSure,฀Blueprint฀for฀
Wellness฀and฀Leumeta฀are฀trademarks฀
of฀Quest฀Diagnostics.
Neither฀this฀report฀nor฀any฀statement฀
contained฀herein฀is฀furnished฀in฀con-
nection฀with฀any฀offering฀of฀securities฀
or฀for฀the฀purpose฀of฀promoting฀or฀
influencing฀the฀sale฀of฀securities.
©฀2007฀Quest฀Diagnostics฀
Incorporated.฀All฀rights฀reserved.
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