Quest Diagnostics Incorporated (NYSE: DGX), the world's leading provider of diagnostic information services, announced today the pricing of a public offering of $550 million aggregate principal amount of its 2.800% senior notes due 2031 under Quest Diagnostics' shelf registration statement.
Quest Diagnostics expects to receive the net offering proceeds upon closing on May 13, 2020, subject to customary closing conditions. The company intends to use the net proceeds from the offering for general corporate purposes, which may include the repayment of indebtedness. The indebtedness the company may repay with the net proceeds of the offering includes the company's $550 million aggregate principal amount of 4.70% senior notes due 2021 and outstanding borrowings under the company's senior unsecured revolving credit facility and secured receivables credit facility.
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 47,000 employees understand that, in the right hands and with the right context, our diagnostic insights can inspire actions that transform lives. www.QuestDiagnostics.com.