Quest Diagnostics Reports Strong Performance in Third Qu...(and 1.9 million shares respectively for ...)

Date:11/4/2009

and 1.9 million shares, respectively, for employee benefit plans. At September 30, 2009, $150 million of share repurchase authorization remained available. 7) The following table summarizes the approximate impact of various items on year-over-year comparisons for certain revenue metrics reported for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009, and is included for informational purposes only: Continuing Operations --------------------- Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended September 30, 2009 September 30, 2009 ------------------ ------------------ Consolidated Revenue Consolidated Revenue Revenue Volume per Revenue Volume per Growth Growth Requisition Growth Growth Requisition Reported: 3.9% - 4.3% 2.9% (0.8)% 4.3% Impact on comparisons to prior year of: Drugs-of-abuse testing (0.8)% (1.7)% 0.9% (0.8)% (1.7)% 0.9% Laboratory management contracts - - - (0.1)% (0.5)% 0.4% Number of business days - - - (0.5)% (0.5)% - Foreign exchange (0.4)% - - (0.6)% - - Hurricanes in 2008 0.5% 0.6% - 0.2% 0.2% - 8) During the third quarter of 2008, the Company and NID reached an agreement in principle with the United States Attorney's Office to settle the previously disclosed federal government investigation of NID, a test kit subsidiary that was voluntarily closed in 2006. As a result of the agreement in principle, during the third quarter of 2008, the Company
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