Quest Diagnostics Incorporated (NYSE: DGX), the world's leading provider of diagnostic information services, announced today the pricing of a public offering of $500 million aggregate principal amount of its 4.200% senior notes due 2029 under the Quest Diagnostics' shelf registration statement.

Quest Diagnostics expects to receive the net offering proceeds upon closing on March 12, 2019, subject to customary closing conditions. The company intends to use the net proceeds from the offering to repay outstanding indebtedness, which includes the $300 million aggregate principal amount of its senior notes due April 2019, and indebtedness under its secured receivables credit facility, and for general corporate purposes.

About Quest Diagnostics

Quest Diagnostics empowers people to take action to improve health outcomes. Derived from the world's largest database of clinical lab results, our diagnostic insights reveal new avenues to identify and treat disease, inspire healthy behaviors and improve health care management. Quest Diagnostics annually serves one in three adult Americans and half the physicians and hospitals in the United States, and our 46,000 employees understand that, in the right hands and with the right context, our diagnostic insights can inspire actions that transform lives.