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): July 24, 2006

 

Commission file number 001-12215

 

Quest Diagnostics Incorporated

1290 Wall Street West

Lyndhurst, NJ 07071

(201) 393-5000

 

Delaware

(State of Incorporation)

 

16-1387862

(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

 

 


 

 

Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition

 

The following information is furnished pursuant to Item 2.02, “Results of Operations and Financial Condition.” On July 24, 2006, Quest Diagnostics Incorporated issued a press release announcing, among other things, its results for the quarter and six months ended June 30, 2006. 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

 

 

c. Exhibit  
     
  99.1 Press release of Quest Diagnostics Incorporated dated July 24, 2006, announcing, among other things, its results for the quarter and six months ended June 30, 2006.

 

 


 

 

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.

 

 

  July 24, 2006  
     
  QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INCORPORATED  
       
  By: /s/  Robert A. Hagemann  
    Robert A. Hagemann
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer