UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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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): June 3, 2005
Quest Diagnostics Incorporated
1290 Wall Street West
Lyndhurst, NJ 07071
(201) 393-5000
001-12215
(Commission file number)
Delaware
(State of Incorporation)
16-1387862
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
Item 8.01 Other Events
Quest Diagnostics Incorporated received a subpoena from the U.S.
Attorney's office for the District of New Jersey. The subpoena seeks the
production of business and financial records regarding capitation and risk
sharing arrangements with government and private payers for the years 1993
through 1999. Quest Diagnostics is cooperating with the government's
investigation.
Signatures
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.
June 3, 2005
QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INCORPORATED
By: /s/ Sirisha Gummaregula
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Sirisha Gummaregula
Assistant General Counsel and
Corporate Secretary