Quest Diagnostics Reports Strong Performance in Third Qu...(.8) (434.9) (Decrease) incre...)

Date:11/4/2009

.8) (434.9) (Decrease) increase in book overdrafts (16.4) 1.4 Purchases of treasury stock (350.0) - Exercise of stock options 46.6 27.9 Excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation arrangements 3.2 2.1 Dividends paid (56.2) (58.4) Distributions to noncontrolling interests (23.0) (23.6) Financing costs paid (0.2) (0.5) ----- ----- Net cash used in financing activities (503.8) (464.5) ------- ------- Net change in cash and cash equivalents (6.9) 119.1 Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period 253.9 167.6 ----- ----- Cash and cash equivalents, end of period $247.0 $286.7 ====== ====== Cash paid during the period for: Interest $118.9 $151.7 Income taxes $283.1 $277.4 Notes to Financial Tables 1) On January 1, 2009, the Company adopted a new accounting standard related to noncontrolling interests in consolidated financial statements, the provisions of which, among other things, require that minority interests be renamed "net income attributable to noncontrolling interests" and that a company present a consolidated net income measure that includes the amount attributable to such noncontrolling interests for all periods presented. The adoption of
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