QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INC

The management of the Company, including its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Management assessed the effectiveness of the Company's internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2024 based on criteria for effective internal control over financial reporting described in“Internal Control - Integrated Framework (2013)” issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. Based on this assessment, management has determined that the Company's internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2024 is effective.

The Company's internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Internal control over financial reporting includes policies and procedures that: (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the Company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, and that receipts and expenditures of the Company are being made only in accordance with authorization of management and directors of the Company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of assets that could have a material effect on the consolidated financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

On August 23, 2024, the Company completed its acquisition of LifeLabs, Inc. and the partnership interests of BPC Lab Finance LP (collectively, "LifeLabs"). While the Company has extended its oversight and monitoring processes that support internal control over financial reporting, as well as its disclosure controls and procedures, the Company continues to integrate the acquired operations of LifeLabs. As such the Company has excluded LifeLabs from its evaluation of internal control over financial reporting. This exclusion is in accordance with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s guidance that a recently acquired business may be omitted from the assessment scope for up to one year from the date of acquisition. LifeLabs had total assets that represented approximately 3% of the Company’s consolidated total assets as of December 31, 2024, and total revenues that represented approximately 2% of the Company’s consolidated revenues for the year ended December 31, 2024.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, the independent registered public accounting firm that audited the financial statements included in this annual report, audited the Company's internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2024 and issued their audit report on the Company's internal control over financial reporting included herein.