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 23, 2021 (February 22, 2021)

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)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.01 Par Value	DGX	New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company o

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. o

Item 5.02

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

(b) and (e)

On February 23, 2021, Quest Diagnostics Incorporated (the “Company”) announced that Manuel O. Mendez, the Company’s Senior Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer, resigned from the Company effective February 22, 2021 to join Quotient Ltd., a diagnostics company headquartered in Eysins, Switzerland.

Mr. Mendez was awarded equity compensation by the Company on February 17, 2021 which he forfeited due to his resignation.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

Exhibit	Description
104*	The cover page from this Current Report on Form 8-K, formatted in Inline XBRL.

* Filed herewith.

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 23, 2021

	QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INCORPORATED

	By:	/s/ William J. O’Shaughnessy, Jr.
		William J. O’Shaughnessy, Jr.
		Deputy General Counsel and Corporate Secretary