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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001022079-24-000133"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DGX"
cik: "0001022079"
company_name: "QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INC"
filed_at: "2024-05-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T10:17:31.407568+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Quest Diagnostics shareholders approve officer exculpation, elect directors at annual meeting

## Summary
- Officer exculpation amendment approved with 80.2M for, 13.0M against; effective May 20, 2024.
- All nine director nominees elected; vote totals ranged from 85.3M (Gary Pfeiffer) to 92.8M (Tracey Doi).
- Advisory say-on-pay approved with 82.5M for, 10.6M against, 0.4M abstain.
- Ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers as auditor for 2024 approved with 96.5M for, 5.6M against.
- Shareholder proposal on climate risk/science-based targets not approved; 39.1M for, 53.7M against.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001022079-24-000133
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DGX
- cik: 0001022079
- company_name: QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INC
- filed_at: 2024-05-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1022079/000102207924000133/0001022079-24-000133-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1022079/000102207924000133/dgx-20240516.htm

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