Document:

Exhibit 10.4 

 

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

THIS REGISTRATION RIGHTS
AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is entered into as of the 18th day of November, 2019, by and among GreenVision
Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and the undersigned parties listed under Investors
on the signature page hereto (each, an “Investor” and collectively, the “Investors”).

 

WHEREAS, the Investors
and the Company desire to enter into this Agreement to provide the Investors with certain rights relating to the registration under
the United States’ federal securities laws and regulations of the securities held by them as of the date hereof.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements set forth herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt
and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

1. DEFINITIONS.
The following capitalized terms used herein have the following meanings:

 

“Agreement”
means this Agreement, as amended, restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

“Business
Combination” means the acquisition of direct or indirect ownership through a merger, stock exchange, asset acquisition,
stock purchase, recapitalization, reorganization or other similar type of transaction, of one or more businesses or entities.

 

“Commission”
means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any other Federal agency then administering the Securities Act or the Exchange
Act.

 

“Common
Stock” means the common stock, par value $0.00001 per share, of the Company.

 

“Company”
is defined in the preamble to this Agreement.

 

“Demand
Registration” is defined in Section 2.1.1.

 

“Demanding
Holder” is defined in Section 2.1.1.

 

“Exchange
Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated
thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect at the time.

 

“Form S-3”
is defined in Section 2.3.

 

“Founder
Shares” means the 1,437,500 shares of Common Stock of the Company issued to GreenVision Capital Holdings LLC, He
Yu and Jonathan Intrater prior to the Company’s initial public offering.

 

“Indemnified
Party” is defined in Section 4.3.

 

“Indemnifying
Party” is defined in Section 4.3.

  

“Investor”
is defined in the preamble to this Agreement.

 

“Investor
Indemnified Party” is defined in Section 4.1.

 

“Maximum
Number of Shares” is defined in Section 2.1.4.

 

“Notices”
is defined in Section 6.3.

 

“Piggy-Back
Registration” is defined in Section 2.2.1. 

 

“Private
Warrants” means warrants to purchase up to 2,100,000 common stock that the Investors (or their designees or affiliates)
are privately purchasing under an exemption from registration under the Securities Act simultaneously with the consummation of
the Company’s initial public offering, as further described in the Registration Statement.

 

     

     

    

 

“Pro Rata”
is defined in Section 2.1.4.

 

“Register,”
“Registered” and “Registration” mean a registration effected by preparing and
filing a registration statement or similar document in compliance with the requirements of the Securities Act, and the applicable
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and such registration statement becoming effective.

 

“Registrable
Securities” means: (i) the Founder Shares: (ii) the Private Warrants; (iii) the shares of Common Stock underlying
the Private Warrants; (iv) any securities issuable upon conversion of loans from Investors (or their designees or affiliates) to
the Company for the Company’s use as working capital, if any (the “Working Capital Loan Securities”).
Registrable Securities include any warrants, shares of capital stock or other securities of the Company issued as a dividend or
other distribution with respect to or in exchange for or in replacement of such Founder Shares and Working Capital Loan Securities
(and underlying securities). As to any particular Registrable Securities, such securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities
when: (a) a Registration Statement with respect to the sale of such securities shall have become effective under the Securities
Act and such securities shall have been sold, transferred, disposed of or exchanged in accordance with such Registration Statement;
(b) such securities shall have been otherwise transferred, new certificates for them not bearing a legend restricting further transfer
shall have been delivered by the Company, and subsequent public distribution of them shall not require registration under the Securities
Act; (c) such securities shall have ceased to be outstanding, or (d) the Registrable Securities are freely saleable under Rule
144 under the Securities Act without volume limitations.

 

“Registration
Statement” means a registration statement filed by the Company with the Commission in compliance with the Securities
Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder for a public offering and sale of equity securities, or securities or
other obligations exercisable or exchangeable for, or convertible into, equity securities (other than a registration statement
on Form S-4 or Form S-8, or their successors, or any registration statement covering only securities proposed to be issued in exchange
for securities or assets of another entity).

 

“Release
Date” means the date on which the Founder Shares are disbursed from escrow pursuant to Section 3 of that certain
Stock Escrow Agreement dated as of November 18, 2019 by and among the holders of Founder Shares and Continental Stock Transfer
& Trust Company.

 

“Securities
Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder,
all as the same shall be in effect at the time.

 

“Underwriter”
means a securities dealer who purchases any Registrable Securities as principal in an underwritten offering and not as part of
such dealer’s market-making activities.

 

“Units”
means the units of the Company, each comprised of one share of Common Stock and one Warrant to purchase one share of Common Stock.

 

“Warrants”
means the warrants of the Company being offered and sold under the Registration Statement entitling the holder to purchase one
share of Common Stock.

 

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2. REGISTRATION
RIGHTS.

 

2.1 Demand
Registration.

 

2.1.1 Request
for Registration. At any time and from time to time on or after (i) the date that the Company consummates a Business Combination
with respect to the Founder Shares, Private Warrants and Working Capital Loan Securities (or underlying securities) or (ii) three
months prior to the Release Date with respect to all other Registrable Securities, the holders of a majority-in-interest of such
Founder Shares, Private Warrants and Working Capital Loan Securities (or underlying securities), or other Registrable Securities,
as the case may be, the Investors, officers or directors of the Company or their affiliates, or the transferees of the Investors,
may make a written demand for registration under the Securities Act of all or part of their Founder Shares and Private Warrants
or Working Capital Loan Securities (or underlying securities or other Registrable Securities, as the case may be (a “Demand
Registration”). Any demand for a Demand Registration shall specify the number of shares of Registrable Securities
proposed to be sold and the intended method(s) of distribution thereof. The Company will notify all holders of Registrable Securities
of the demand, and each holder of Registrable Securities who wishes to include all or a portion of such holder’s Registrable
Securities in the Demand Registration (each such holder including shares of Registrable Securities in such registration, a “Demanding
Holder”) shall so notify the Company within fifteen (15) days after the receipt by the holder of the notice from
the Company. Upon any such request, the Demanding Holders shall be entitled to have their Registrable Securities included in the
Demand Registration, subject to Section 2.1.4 and the provisos set forth in Section 3.1.1. The Company shall not be obligated to
effect more than an aggregate of two (2) Demand Registrations under this Section 2.1.1 in respect of all Registrable Securities.

 

2.1.2 Effective
Registration. A registration will not count as a Demand Registration until the Registration Statement filed with the Commission
with respect to such Demand Registration has been declared effective and the Company has complied with all of its obligations under
this Agreement with respect thereto; provided, however, that if, after such Registration Statement has been declared effective,
the offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Demand Registration is interfered with by any stop order or injunction of
the Commission or any other governmental agency or court, the Registration Statement with respect to such Demand Registration will
be deemed not to have been declared effective, unless and until, (i) such stop order or injunction is removed, rescinded or otherwise
terminated, and (ii) a majority-in-interest of the Demanding Holders thereafter elect to continue the offering; provided, further,
that the Company shall not be obligated to file a second Registration Statement until a Registration Statement that has been filed
is counted as a Demand Registration or is terminated. 

 

2.1.3 Underwritten
Offering. If a majority-in-interest of the Demanding Holders so elect and such holders so advise the Company as part of their
written demand for a Demand Registration, the offering of such Registrable Securities pursuant to such Demand Registration shall
be in the form of an underwritten offering. In such event, the right of any holder to include its Registrable Securities in such
registration shall be conditioned upon such holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such holder’s
Registrable Securities in the underwriting to the extent provided herein. All Demanding Holders proposing to distribute their Registrable
Securities through such underwriting shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the Underwriter or Underwriters
selected for such underwriting by a majority-in-interest of the holders initiating the Demand Registration.

 

2.1.4 Reduction
of Offering. If the managing Underwriter or Underwriters for a Demand Registration that is to be an underwritten offering advises
the Company and the Demanding Holders in writing that the dollar amount or number of shares of Registrable Securities which the
Demanding Holders desire to sell, taken together with all other shares of Common Stock or other securities which the Company desires
to sell and the shares of Common Stock, if any, as to which registration has been requested pursuant to written contractual piggy-back
registration rights held by other stockholders of the Company who desire to sell, exceeds the maximum dollar amount or maximum
number of shares that can be sold in such offering without adversely affecting the proposed offering price, the timing, the distribution
method, or the probability of success of such offering (such maximum dollar amount or maximum number of shares, as applicable,
the “Maximum Number of Shares”), then the Company shall include in such registration: (i) first, the
Registrable Securities as to which Demand Registration has been requested by the Demanding Holders (pro rata in accordance with
the number of shares that each such Person has requested be included in such registration, regardless of the number of shares held
by each such Person (such proportion is referred to herein as “Pro Rata”)) that can be sold without exceeding
the Maximum Number of Shares; (ii) second, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Shares has not been reached under the foregoing
clause (i), the shares of Common Stock or other securities that the Company desires to sell that can be sold without exceeding
the Maximum Number of Shares; (iii) third, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Shares has not been reached under the foregoing
clauses (i) and (ii), the shares of Common Stock or other securities for the account of other persons that the Company is obligated
to register pursuant to written contractual arrangements with such persons and that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number
of Shares.

 

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2.1.5 Withdrawal.
If a majority-in-interest of the Demanding Holders disapprove of the terms of any underwriting or are not entitled to include all
of their Registrable Securities in any offering, such majority-in-interest of the Demanding Holders may elect to withdraw from
such offering by giving written notice to the Company and the Underwriter or Underwriters of their request to withdraw prior to
the effectiveness of the Registration Statement filed with the Commission with respect to such Demand Registration. If the majority-in-interest
of the Demanding Holders withdraws from a proposed offering relating to a Demand Registration, then such registration shall not
count as a Demand Registration provided for in Section 2.1. 

 

2.2 Piggy-Back
Registration.

 

2.2.1 Piggy-Back
Rights. If at any time on or after the date the Company consummates a Business Combination the Company proposes to file a Registration
Statement under the Securities Act with respect to an offering of equity securities, or securities or other obligations exercisable
or exchangeable for, or convertible into, equity securities, by the Company for its own account or for shareholders of the Company
for their account (or by the Company and by shareholders of the Company including, without limitation, pursuant to Section 2.1),
other than a Registration Statement (i) filed in connection with any employee stock option or other benefit plan, (ii) for an exchange
offer or offering of securities solely to the Company’s existing shareholders, (iii) for an offering of debt that is convertible
into equity securities of the Company or (iv) for a dividend reinvestment plan, then the Company shall (x) give written notice
of such proposed filing to the holders of Registrable Securities as soon as practicable but in no event less than ten (10) days
before the anticipated filing date, which notice shall describe the amount and type of securities to be included in such offering,
the intended method(s) of distribution, and the name of the proposed managing Underwriter or Underwriters, if any, of the offering,
and (y) offer to the holders of Registrable Securities in such notice the opportunity to register the sale of such number of shares
of Registrable Securities as such holders may request in writing within five (5) days following receipt of such notice (a “Piggy-Back
Registration”). The Company shall cause such Registrable Securities to be included in such registration and shall
use its best efforts to cause the managing Underwriter or Underwriters of a proposed underwritten offering to permit the Registrable
Securities requested to be included in a Piggy-Back Registration on the same terms and conditions as any similar securities of
the Company and to permit the sale or other disposition of such Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended method(s)
of distribution thereof. All holders of Registrable Securities proposing to distribute their securities through a Piggy-Back Registration
that involves an Underwriter or Underwriters shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the Underwriter
or Underwriters selected for such Piggy-Back Registration.

 

2.2.2 Reduction
of Offering. If the managing Underwriter or Underwriters for a Piggy-Back Registration that is to be an underwritten offering
advises the Company and the holders of Registrable Securities in writing that the dollar amount or number of shares of Common Stock
which the Company desires to sell, taken together with shares of Common Stock, if any, as to which registration has been demanded
pursuant to separate written contractual arrangements with persons or entities other than the holders of Registrable Securities
hereunder, the Registrable Securities as to which registration has been requested under this Section 2.2, and the shares of Common
Stock, if any, as to which registration has been requested pursuant to the written contractual piggy-back registration rights of
other stockholders of the Company, exceeds the Maximum Number of Shares, then the Company shall include in any such registration:

 

a) If the registration is undertaken
for the Company’s account: (A) the shares of Common Stock or other securities that the Company desires to sell that can be
sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Shares; (B) to the extent that the Maximum Number of Shares has not been reached under
the foregoing clause (A), the shares of Common Stock or other securities, if any, comprised of Registrable Securities, as to which
registration has been requested pursuant to the applicable written contractual piggy-back registration rights of such security
holders, Pro Rata, that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Shares; and (C) to the extent that the Maximum Number
of Shares has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (A) and (B), the shares of Common Stock or other securities for the
account of other persons that the Company is obligated to register pursuant to written contractual piggy-back registration rights
with such persons and that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Shares; and

 

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b) If the registration is a
“demand” registration undertaken at the demand of persons other than either the holders of Registrable Securities,
(A) first, the shares of Common Stock or other securities for the account of the demanding persons that can be sold without exceeding
the Maximum Number of Shares; (B) second, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Shares has not been reached under the foregoing
clause (A), the shares of Common Stock or other securities that the Company desires to sell that can be sold without exceeding
the Maximum Number of Shares; (C) third, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Shares has not been reached under the foregoing
clauses (A) and (B), collectively, the shares of Common Stock or other securities comprised of Registrable Securities, Pro Rata,
as to which registration has been requested pursuant to the terms hereof, that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number
of Shares; and (D) fourth, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Shares has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (A),
(B) and (C), the shares of Common Stock or other securities for the account of other persons that the Company is obligated to register
pursuant to written contractual arrangements with such persons, that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Shares.

 

2.2.3 Withdrawal.
Any holder of Registrable Securities may elect to withdraw such holder’s request for inclusion of Registrable Securities
in any Piggy-Back Registration by giving written notice to the Company of such request to withdraw prior to the effectiveness of
the Registration Statement. The Company (whether on its own determination or as the result of a withdrawal by persons making a
demand pursuant to written contractual obligations) may withdraw a Registration Statement at any time prior to the effectiveness
of such Registration Statement. Notwithstanding any such withdrawal, the Company shall pay all expenses incurred by the holders
of Registrable Securities in connection with such Piggy-Back Registration as provided in Section 3.3. 

 

2.3 Registrations
on Form S-3. The holders of Registrable Securities may at any time and from time to time request in writing that the Company
register the resale of any or all of such Registrable Securities on Form S-3 or any similar short-form registration which may be
available at such time (“Form S-3”); provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to effect
such request through an underwritten offering. Upon receipt of such written request, the Company will promptly give written notice
of the proposed registration to all other holders of Registrable Securities, and, as soon as practicable thereafter, effect the
registration of all or such portion of such holder’s or holders’ Registrable Securities as are specified in such request,
together with all or such portion of the Registrable Securities or other securities of the Company, if any, of any other holder
or holders joining in such request as are specified in a written request given within fifteen (15) days after receipt of such written
notice from the Company; provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to effect any such registration pursuant to
this Section 2.3: (i) if Form S-3 is not available for such offering; or (ii) if the holders of the Registrable Securities, together
with the holders of any other securities of the Company entitled to inclusion in such registration, propose to sell Registrable
Securities and such other securities (if any) at any aggregate price to the public of less than $500,000. Registrations effected
pursuant to this Section 2.3 shall not be counted as Demand Registrations effected pursuant to Section 2.1.

 

3. REGISTRATION
PROCEDURES.

 

3.1 Filings;
Information. Whenever the Company is required to effect the registration of any Registrable Securities pursuant to Section
2, the Company shall use its best efforts to effect the registration and sale of such Registrable Securities in accordance with
the intended method(s) of distribution thereof as expeditiously as practicable, and in connection with any such request:

 

3.1.1 Filing
Registration Statement. The Company shall use its best efforts to, as expeditiously as possible after receipt of a request
for a Demand Registration pursuant to Section 2.1, prepare and file with the Commission a Registration Statement on any form for
which the Company then qualifies or which counsel for the Company shall deem appropriate and which form shall be available for
the sale of all Registrable Securities to be registered thereunder in accordance with the intended method(s) of distribution thereof,
and shall use its best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective and use its best efforts to keep it effective
for the period required by Section 3.1.3; provided, however, that the Company shall have the right to defer any Demand Registration
for up to thirty (30) days, and any Piggy-Back Registration for such period as may be applicable to deferment of any demand registration
to which such Piggy-Back Registration relates, in each case if the Company shall furnish to the holders a certificate signed by
the President or Chairman of the Company stating that, in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, it
would be materially detrimental to the Company and its shareholders for such Registration Statement to be effected at such time;
provided further, however, that the Company shall not have the right to exercise the right set forth in the immediately preceding
proviso more than once in any 365-day period in respect of a Demand Registration hereunder.

 

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3.1.2 Copies.
The Company shall, prior to filing a Registration Statement or prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, furnish without
charge to the holders of Registrable Securities included in such registration, and such holders’ legal counsel, copies of
such Registration Statement as proposed to be filed, each amendment and supplement to such Registration Statement (in each case
including all exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein), the prospectus included in such Registration Statement
(including each preliminary prospectus), and such other documents as the holders of Registrable Securities included in such registration
or legal counsel for any such holders may request in order to facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by
such holders.

 

3.1.3 Amendments
and Supplements. The Company shall prepare and file with the Commission such amendments, including post-effective amendments,
and supplements to such Registration Statement and the prospectus used in connection therewith as may be necessary to keep such
Registration Statement effective and in compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act until all Registrable Securities and
other securities covered by such Registration Statement have been disposed of in accordance with the intended method(s) of distribution
set forth in such Registration Statement or such securities have been withdrawn.

 

3.1.4 Notification.
After the filing of a Registration Statement, the Company shall promptly, and in no event more than two (2) business days after
such filing, notify the holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement of such filing, and shall further
notify such holders promptly and confirm such advice in writing in all events within two (2) business days of the occurrence of
any of the following: (i) when such Registration Statement becomes effective; (ii) when any post-effective amendment to such Registration
Statement becomes effective; (iii) the issuance or threatened issuance by the Commission of any stop order (and the Company shall
take all actions required to prevent the entry of such stop order or to remove it if entered); and (iv) any request by the Commission
for any amendment or supplement to such Registration Statement or any prospectus relating thereto or for additional information
or of the occurrence of an event requiring the preparation of a supplement or amendment to such prospectus so that, as thereafter
delivered to the purchasers of the securities covered by such Registration Statement, such prospectus will not contain an untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading, and promptly make available to the holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement
any such supplement or amendment; except that before filing with the Commission a Registration Statement or prospectus or any amendment
or supplement thereto, including documents incorporated by reference, the Company shall furnish to the holders of Registrable Securities
included in such Registration Statement and to the legal counsel for any such holders, copies of all such documents proposed to
be filed sufficiently in advance of filing to provide such holders and legal counsel with a reasonable opportunity to review such
documents and comment thereon, and the Company shall not file any Registration Statement or prospectus or amendment or supplement
thereto, including documents incorporated by reference, to which such holders or their legal counsel shall object.

 

3.1.5 State
Securities Laws Compliance. The Company shall use its best efforts to (i) register or qualify the Registrable Securities covered
by the Registration Statement under such securities or “blue sky” laws of such jurisdictions in the United States as
the holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement (in light of their intended plan of distribution)
may request and (ii) take such action necessary to cause such Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement to be
registered with or approved by such other governmental authorities as may be necessary by virtue of the business and operations
of the Company and do any and all other acts and things that may be necessary or advisable to enable the holders of Registrable
Securities included in such Registration Statement to consummate the disposition of such Registrable Securities in such jurisdictions;
provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it would
not otherwise be required to qualify but for this paragraph or subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction. 

 

3.1.6 Agreements
for Disposition. The Company shall enter into customary agreements (including, if applicable, an underwriting agreement in
customary form) and take such other actions as are reasonably required in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of such
Registrable Securities. The representations, warranties and covenants of the Company in any underwriting agreement which are made
to or for the benefit of any Underwriters, to the extent applicable, shall also be made to and for the benefit of the holders of
Registrable Securities included in such registration statement. No holder of Registrable Securities included in such registration
statement shall be required to make any representations or warranties in the underwriting agreement except, if applicable, with
respect to such holder’s organization, good standing, authority, title to Registrable Securities, lack of conflict of such
sale with such holder’s material agreements and organizational documents, and with respect to written information relating
to such holder that such holder has furnished in writing expressly for inclusion in such Registration Statement.

 

3.1.7 Cooperation.
The principal executive officer of the Company, the principal financial officer of the Company, the principal accounting officer
of the Company and all other officers and members of the management of the Company shall cooperate fully in any offering of Registrable
Securities hereunder, which cooperation shall include, without limitation, the preparation of the Registration Statement with respect
to such offering and all other offering materials and related documents, and participation in meetings with Underwriters, attorneys,
accountants and potential investors.

 

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3.1.8 Records.
The Company shall make available for inspection by the holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement,
any Underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to such registration statement and any attorney, accountant or other
professional retained by any holder of Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement or any Underwriter, all financial
and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company, as shall be necessary to enable them to exercise
their due diligence responsibility, and cause the Company’s officers, directors and employees to supply all information requested
by any of them in connection with such Registration Statement.

 

3.1.9 Opinions
and Comfort Letters. The Company shall furnish to each holder of Registrable Securities included in any Registration Statement
a signed counterpart, addressed to such holder, of (i) any opinion of counsel to the Company delivered to any Underwriter and (ii)
any comfort letter from the Company’s independent public accountants delivered to any Underwriter. In the event no legal
opinion is delivered to any Underwriter, the Company shall furnish to each holder of Registrable Securities included in such Registration
Statement, at any time that such holder elects to use a prospectus, an opinion of counsel to the Company to the effect that the
Registration Statement containing such prospectus has been declared effective and that no stop order is in effect.

 

3.1.10 Earnings
Statement. The Company shall comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission and the Securities Act, and
make available to its shareholders, as soon as practicable, an earnings statement covering a period of twelve (12) months, which
earnings statement shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 thereunder. 

 

3.1.11 Listing.
The Company shall use its best efforts to cause all Registrable Securities included in any registration to be listed on such exchanges
or otherwise designated for trading in the same manner as similar securities issued by the Company are then listed or designated
or, if no such similar securities are then listed or designated, in a manner satisfactory to the holders of a majority of the Registrable
Securities included in such registration.

 

3.1.12 Road
Show. If the registration involves the registration of Registrable Securities in an Underwritten Offering under Section 2.1.3
above involving gross proceeds in excess of $25,000,000, the Company shall use its reasonable efforts to make available senior
executives of the Company to participate in customary “road show” presentations that may be reasonably requested by
the Underwriter in any underwritten offering.

 

3.2 Obligation
to Suspend Distribution. Upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the happening of any event of the kind described in
Section 3.1.4(iv), or, in the case of a resale registration on Form S-3 pursuant to Section 2.3 hereof, upon any suspension by
the Company, pursuant to a written insider trading compliance program adopted by the Company’s Board of Directors, of the
ability of all “insiders” covered by such program to transact in the Company’s securities because of the existence
of material non-public information, each holder of Registrable Securities included in any registration shall immediately discontinue
disposition of such Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement covering such Registrable Securities until such
holder receives the supplemented or amended prospectus contemplated by Section 3.1.4(iv) or the restriction on the ability of “insiders”
to transact in the Company’s securities is removed, as applicable, and, if so directed by the Company, each such holder will
deliver to the Company all written copies, other than permanent file copies then in such holder’s possession, of the most
recent prospectus covering such Registrable Securities at the time of receipt of such notice.

 

3.3 Registration
Expenses. The Company shall bear all costs and expenses incurred in connection with any Demand Registration pursuant to Section
2.1, any Piggy-Back Registration pursuant to Section 2.2, and any registration on Form S-3 effected pursuant to Section 2.3, and
all expenses incurred in performing or complying with its other obligations under this Agreement, whether or not the Registration
Statement becomes effective, including, without limitation: (i) all registration and filing fees; (ii) fees and expenses of compliance
with securities or “blue sky” laws (including fees and disbursements of counsel in connection with blue sky qualifications
of the Registrable Securities); (iii) printing expenses; (iv) the Company’s internal expenses (including, without limitation,
all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees); (v) the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of
the Registrable Securities as required by Section 3.1.11; (vi) Financial Industry Regulatory Authority fees; (vii) fees and disbursements
of counsel for the Company and fees and expenses for independent certified public accountants retained by the Company (including
the expenses or costs associated with the delivery of any opinions or comfort letters requested pursuant to Section 3.1.9); (viii)
the fees and expenses of any special experts retained by the Company in connection with such registration; and (ix) the fees and
expenses of one legal counsel selected by the holders of a majority-in-interest of the Registrable Securities included in such
registration. The Company shall have no obligation to pay any underwriting discounts or selling commissions attributable to the
Registrable Securities being sold by the holders thereof, which underwriting discounts or selling commissions shall be borne by
such holders. Additionally, in an underwritten offering, all selling shareholders and the Company shall bear the expenses of the
Underwriter pro rata in proportion to the respective amount of shares each is selling in such offering. 

 

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3.4 Information.
The holders of Registrable Securities shall provide such information as may reasonably be requested by the Company, or the managing
Underwriter, if any, in connection with the preparation of any Registration Statement, including amendments and supplements thereto,
in order to effect the registration of any Registrable Securities under the Securities Act pursuant to Section 2 and in connection
with the Company’s obligation to comply with federal and applicable state securities laws. Additionally, each holder of Registrable
Securities confirms and agrees to comply with any and all properties and all prospectus delivery requirements under the Securities
Act and rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

 

4. INDEMNIFICATION
AND CONTRIBUTION.

 

4.1 Indemnification
by the Company. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Investor and each other holder of Registrable Securities,
and each of their respective officers, employees, affiliates, directors, partners, members, attorneys and agents, and each person,
if any, who controls an Investor and each other holder of Registrable Securities (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities
Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) (each, an “Investor Indemnified Party”), from and against any
expenses, losses, judgments, claims, damages or liabilities, whether joint or several, arising out of or based upon any untrue
statement (or allegedly untrue statement) of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement under which the sale of such
Registrable Securities was registered under the Securities Act, any preliminary prospectus, final prospectus or summary prospectus
contained in the Registration Statement, or any amendment or supplement to such Registration Statement, or arising out of or based
upon any omission (or alleged omission) to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading, or any violation by the Company of the Securities Act or any rule or regulation promulgated thereunder
applicable to the Company and relating to action or inaction required of the Company in connection with any such registration;
and the Company shall promptly reimburse the Investor Indemnified Party for any legal and any other expenses reasonably incurred
by such Investor Indemnified Party in connection with investigating and defending any such expense, loss, judgment, claim, damage,
liability or action whether or not any such person is a party to any such claim or action and including any and all legal and other
expenses incurred in giving testimony or furnishing documents in response to a subpoena or otherwise; provided, however, that the
Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such expense, loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of
or is based upon any untrue statement or allegedly untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in such Registration Statement,
preliminary prospectus, final prospectus, or summary prospectus, or any such amendment or supplement, in reliance upon and in conformity
with information furnished to the Company, in writing, by such selling holder expressly for use therein. The Company also shall
indemnify any Underwriter of the Registrable Securities, their officers, affiliates, directors, partners, members and agents and
each person who controls such Underwriter on substantially the same basis as that of the indemnification provided above in this
Section 4.1. 

  

4.2 Indemnification
by Holders of Registrable Securities. Subject to the limitations set forth in Section 4.4.3 hereof, each selling holder of
Registrable Securities will, in the event that any registration is being effected under the Securities Act pursuant to this Agreement
of any Registrable Securities held by such selling holder, indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors and officers
and each Underwriter (if any), and each other selling holder and each other person, if any, who controls another selling holder
or such Underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act, against any losses, claims, judgments, damages or liabilities, whether
joint or several, insofar as such losses, claims, judgments, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of
or are based upon any untrue statement or allegedly untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement
under which the sale of such Registrable Securities was registered under the Securities Act, any preliminary prospectus, final
prospectus or summary prospectus contained in the Registration Statement, or any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement,
or arise out of or are based upon any omission or the alleged omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statement therein not misleading, if the statement or omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity
with information furnished in writing to the Company by such selling holder expressly for use therein, and shall reimburse the
Company, its directors and officers, and each other selling holder or controlling person for any legal or other expenses reasonably
incurred by any of them in connection with investigation or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action. Each selling
holder’s indemnification obligations hereunder shall be several and not joint and shall be limited to the amount of any net
proceeds actually received by such selling holder.

 

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4.3 Conduct
of Indemnification Proceedings. Promptly after receipt by any person of any notice of any loss, claim, damage or liability
or any action in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to Section 4.1 or 4.2, such person (the “Indemnified
Party”) shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against any other person for indemnification hereunder,
notify such other person (the “Indemnifying Party”) in writing of the loss, claim, judgment, damage,
liability or action; provided, however, that the failure by the Indemnified Party to notify the Indemnifying Party shall not relieve
the Indemnifying Party from any liability which the Indemnifying Party may have to such Indemnified Party hereunder, except and
solely to the extent the Indemnifying Party is actually prejudiced by such failure. If the Indemnified Party is seeking indemnification
with respect to any claim or action brought against the Indemnified Party, then the Indemnifying Party shall be entitled to participate
in such claim or action, and, to the extent that it wishes, jointly with all other Indemnifying Parties, to assume control of the
defense thereof with counsel satisfactory to the Indemnified Party. After notice from the Indemnifying Party to the Indemnified
Party of its election to assume control of the defense of such claim or action, the Indemnifying Party shall not be liable to the
Indemnified Party for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by the Indemnified Party in connection with the defense
thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation; provided, however, that in any action in which both the Indemnified Party
and the Indemnifying Party are named as defendants, the Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel (but
no more than one such separate counsel) to represent the Indemnified Party and its controlling persons who may be subject to liability
arising out of any claim in respect of which indemnity may be sought by the Indemnified Party against the Indemnifying Party, with
the fees and expenses of such counsel to be paid by such Indemnifying Party if, based upon the written advice of counsel of such
Indemnified Party, representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing
interests between them. No Indemnifying Party shall, without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party, consent to entry
of judgment or effect any settlement of any claim or pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which the Indemnified Party
is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Party, unless such judgment or
settlement includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Party from all liability arising out of such claim or proceeding. 

 

4.4 Contribution.

 

4.4.1 If the indemnification
provided for in the foregoing Sections 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3 is unavailable to any Indemnified Party in respect of any loss, claim,
damage, liability or action referred to herein, then each such Indemnifying Party, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Party,
shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party as a result of such loss, claim, damage, liability or
action in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Indemnified Parties and the Indemnifying Parties
in connection with the actions or omissions which resulted in such loss, claim, damage, liability or action, as well as any other
relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of any Indemnified Party and any Indemnifying Party shall be determined by
reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged
omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by such Indemnified Party or such Indemnifying Party and the
parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.

  

4.4.2 The parties
hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 4.4 were determined by pro rata allocation
or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately
preceding Section 4.4.1.

 

4.4.3 The amount paid
or payable by an Indemnified Party as a result of any loss, claim, damage, liability or action referred to in the immediately preceding
paragraph shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses incurred by such
Indemnified Party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this
Section 4.4, no holder of Registrable Securities shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the dollar amount of the
net proceeds (after payment of any underwriting fees, discounts, commissions or taxes) actually received by such holder from the
sale of Registrable Securities which gave rise to such contribution obligation. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation
(within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) with respect to any action shall be entitled to contribution in such
action from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.

 

5. UNDERWRITING
AND DISTRIBUTION.

 

5.1 Rule 144.
The Company covenants that it shall file any reports required to be filed by it under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and
shall take such further action as the holders of Registrable Securities may reasonably request, all to the extent required from
time to time to enable such holders to sell Registrable Securities without registration under the Securities Act within the limitation
of the exemptions provided by Rule 144 under the Securities Act, as such Rules may be amended from time to time, or any similar
rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission. 

 

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6. MISCELLANEOUS.

 

6.1 Other Registration
Rights. The Company represents and warrants that no person, other than the holders of the Registrable Securities, has any right
to require the Company to register any shares of the Company’s capital stock for sale or to include shares of the Company’s
capital stock in any registration filed by the Company for the sale of shares of capital stock for its own account or for the account
of any other person.

 

6.2 Assignment;
No Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement and the rights, duties and obligations of the Company hereunder may not be assigned
or delegated by the Company in whole or in part. This Agreement and the rights, duties and obligations of the holders of Registrable
Securities hereunder may be freely assigned or delegated by such holder of Registrable Securities in conjunction with and to the
extent of any transfer of Registrable Securities by any such holder. This Agreement and the provisions hereof shall be binding
upon and shall inure to the benefit of each of the parties, to the permitted assigns of the Investors or holder of Registrable
Securities or of any assignee of the Investors or holder of Registrable Securities. This Agreement is not intended to confer any
rights or benefits on any persons that are not party hereto other than as expressly set forth in Article 4 and this Section 6.2.

 

6.3 Notices.
All notices, demands, requests, consents, approvals or other communications (collectively, “Notices”)
required or permitted to be given hereunder or which are given with respect to this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be
personally served, delivered by reputable air courier service with charges prepaid, or transmitted by hand delivery, telegram,
telex or facsimile, addressed as set forth below, or to such other address as such party shall have specified most recently by
written notice. Notice shall be deemed given on the date of service or transmission if personally served or transmitted by telegram,
telex or facsimile; provided, that if such service or transmission is not on a business day or is after normal business hours,
then such notice shall be deemed given on the next business day. Notice otherwise sent as provided herein shall be deemed given
on the next business day following timely delivery of such notice to a reputable air courier service with an order for next-day
delivery.

 

To the Company:

 

GreenVision Acquisition Corporation

One Penn Plaza, 36th Floor

New York, NY 10019

Attn: Chief Executive Officer

 

with a copy to:

 

Becker & Poliakoff LLP

45 Broadway, 17th Floor

New York, NY 10006

Attn: Brian Daughney, Esq.

 

To an Investor to the address set forth below such
Investor’s name on Exhibit A hereto. 

 

6.4 Severability.
This Agreement shall be deemed severable, and the invalidity or unenforceability of any term or provision hereof shall not affect
the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or of any other term or provision hereof. Furthermore, in lieu of any such invalid
or unenforceable term or provision, the parties hereto intend that there shall be added as a part of this Agreement a provision
as similar in terms to such invalid or unenforceable provision as may be possible that is valid and enforceable.

 

6.5 Counterparts.
This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, and all of which taken together
shall constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of a signed counterpart of this Agreement by facsimile or email/pdf transmission
shall constitute valid and sufficient delivery thereof.

 

6.6 Entire
Agreement. This Agreement (including all agreements entered into pursuant hereto and all certificates and instruments delivered
pursuant hereto and thereto) constitute the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede
all prior and contemporaneous agreements, representations, understandings, negotiations and discussions between the parties, whether
oral or written.

 

6.7 Modifications
and Amendments. No amendment, modification or termination of this Agreement shall be binding upon any party unless executed
in writing by such party.

 

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6.8 Titles
and Headings. Titles and headings of sections of this Agreement are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction
of any provision of this Agreement.

 

6.9 Waivers
and Extensions. Any party to this Agreement may waive any right, breach or default which such party has the right to waive,
provided that such waiver will not be effective against the waiving party unless it is in writing, is signed by such party, and
specifically refers to this Agreement. Waivers may be made in advance or after the right waived has arisen or the breach or default
waived has occurred. Any waiver may be conditional. No waiver of any breach of any agreement or provision herein contained shall
be deemed a waiver of any preceding or succeeding breach thereof nor of any other agreement or provision herein contained. No waiver
or extension of time for performance of any obligations or acts shall be deemed a waiver or extension of the time for performance
of any other obligations or acts.

 

6.10 Remedies
Cumulative. In the event that the Company fails to observe or perform any covenant or agreement to be observed or performed
under this Agreement, the Investor or any other holder of Registrable Securities may proceed to protect and enforce its rights
by suit in equity or action at law, whether for specific performance of any term contained in this Agreement or for an injunction
against the breach of any such term or in aid of the exercise of any power granted in this Agreement or to enforce any other legal
or equitable right, or to take any one or more of such actions, without being required to post a bond. None of the rights, powers
or remedies conferred under this Agreement shall be mutually exclusive, and each such right, power or remedy shall be cumulative
and in addition to any other right, power or remedy, whether conferred by this Agreement or now or hereafter available at law,
in equity, by statute or otherwise. 

 

6.11 Governing
Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, interpreted under, and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State
of New York applicable to agreements made and to be performed within the State of New York, without giving effect to any choice-of-law
provisions thereof that would compel the application of the substantive laws of any other jurisdiction. The Company irrevocably
submits to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of any New York State or United States Federal court sitting in The City of New York,
Borough of Manhattan, over any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement. The Company irrevocably
waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection that they may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any
such suit, action or proceeding brought in such a court and any claim that any such suit, action or proceeding brought in such
a court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.

 

6.12 Waiver
of Trial by Jury. EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES THE
RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, SUIT, COUNTERCLAIM OR OTHER PROCEEDING (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) ARISING
OUT OF, CONNECTED WITH OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY, OR THE ACTIONS OF THE INVESTOR IN THE
NEGOTIATION, ADMINISTRATION, PERFORMANCE OR ENFORCEMENT HEREOF.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF,
the parties have caused this Registration Rights Agreement to be executed and delivered by their duly authorized representatives
as of the date first written above.

 

	 	GreenVision Acquisition Corp.
	 	 	 
	 	By:	/s/ Zhigeng Fu
	 	Name: 	Zhigeng (David) Fu
	 	Title:	Chief Executive Officer
	 	 	 
	 	GreenVision Capital Holdings LLC
	 	 	 
	 	By:	/s/ Zhigeng Fu
	 	Name:	Zhigeng (David) Fu
	 	Title:	Principal
	 	 	 
	 	/s/ Jonathan Intrater
	 	Jonathan Intrater
	 	 	 
	 	/s/ He Yu
	 	He Yu

 

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EXHIBIT A

 

	Name and Address of Investor or Underwriter	 	Shares or Warrants
	 	 	 
	GreenVision Capital Holdings LLC	 	1,377,500 shares of Common Stock 
2,100,000 Private Warrants
	 	 	 
	Jonathan Intrater	 	30,000 shares of Common Stock
	 	 	 
	He Yu	 	30,000 shares of Common Stock

 

 

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AMENDED AND RESTATED QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INCORPORATED 
EXECUTIVE OFFICER SEVERANCE PLAN
1.Purpose.  The purpose of the Quest Diagnostics Incorporated Executive Officer Severance Plan (together with the attached schedules, appendices and exhibits, the “Plan”) is to secure the continued services of the executive officers of the Company and provide these executives with certain termination benefits in the event of a Qualifying Termination (as defined in Section 2) and to ensure their continued dedication to their duties in the event of any threat or occurrence of a Change in Control of the Company (as defined in Section 2).

2.Definitions.  As used in this Plan, the following terms shall have the respective meanings set forth below:

(a)“Annual Performance Bonus” means the annual cash bonus awarded under the Company’s applicable incentive plans, as in effect from time to time (as of the date of adoption of this Plan the “Bonus” within the meaning of Section 5(a) of the Company’s Senior Management Incentive Plan, effective as of May 13, 2003 and under the Company’s Management Incentive Plan such plans referred to herein as the “Company Incentive Plan”).

(b)“Base Salary” means the Participant’s annual rate of base salary as in effect on the Date of Termination, provided, however, that Base Salary for the Termination Period shall mean the Participant’s highest annual rate of base salary during the twelve-month period immediately prior to the Participant’s Date of Termination.

(c)“Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company and, after a Change in Control, the “board of directors” of the surviving corporation.  References herein to the Board include any committee or person to whom the Board has designated its authority.

(d)“Bonus Amount” means the Participant’s target Annual Performance Bonus for the fiscal year in which the Participant’s Date of Termination occurs, provided, however, that if the Participant’s Qualifying Termination is on account of Good Reason pursuant to a reduction in a Participant’s compensation or compensation opportunity under Section 2(k)(ii), “Bonus Amount” shall be the Participant’s target Annual Performance Bonus for the prior fiscal year if higher.

(e)“Cause” means (i) the willful and continued failure of the Participant to perform substantially his duties with the Company (other than any such failure resulting from the Participant’s incapacity due to physical or mental illness or any such failure subsequent to the Participant being delivered a notice of termination without Cause by the Company or delivering a notice of termination for Good Reason to the Company) after a written demand for substantial performance is delivered to the Participant by or on behalf of the Board which specifically identifies the manner in which the Board believes that the Participant has not substantially performed his duties, (ii) the willful engaging by the Participant in illegal conduct or gross misconduct which is demonstrably and materially injurious to the Company or its affiliates, (iii) the engaging by the Participant in conduct or misconduct that materially harms the reputation or financial position of the Company, (iv) the Participant (x) obstructs or impedes, (y) endeavors to influence, obstruct or impede or (z) fails to materially cooperate with, an Investigation, (v) the commission of a felony by the Participant or (vi) the Participant is found liable in any Securities and Exchange Commission or other civil or criminal securities law action.

For purposes of this paragraph (e), no act or failure to act by the Participant shall be considered “willful” unless done or omitted to be done by the Participant in bad faith and without reasonable belief that the Participant’s action or omission was in the best interests of the Company or its affiliates.  Any act, or failure to act, in accordance with authority duly given by the Board, based upon the 

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advice of counsel for the Company (including counsel employed by the Company) shall be conclusively presumed to be done, or omitted to be done, by the Participant in good faith and in the best interests of the Company.
A Participant who is designated on Schedule A (and, after a Change in Control, a Participant who is designated on Schedule B) shall not be considered to have been terminated for Cause unless and until the Company has delivered to the Participant a copy of a resolution duly adopted by three-quarters (3/4) of the entire Board (excluding the Participant from both the numerator and denominator if the Participant is a Board member) at a meeting of the Board called and held for such purpose (after reasonable notice to the Participant and an opportunity for the Participant, together with counsel, to be heard before the Board), finding that in the good faith opinion of the Board an event set forth in clauses (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), or (vi) has occurred and specifying the particulars thereof in detail.
Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, if, following a termination of the Participant’s employment by the Company for Cause based upon the conviction of the Participant for a felony, such conviction is overturned in a final determination on appeal, the Participant shall be entitled to the payments and the economic equivalent of the benefits the Participant would have received if his employment had been terminated by the Company without Cause.
(f)“Change in Control” means the occurrence of any one of the following events:

(i)any person is or becomes a “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d 3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing more than 40% of the total voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities generally eligible to vote for the election of directors (the “Company Voting Securities”), provided, however, that any of the following acquisitions shall not be deemed to be a Change in Control:  (1) by the Company or any subsidiary or affiliate, (2) by any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company or any subsidiary or affiliate, (3) by any underwriter temporarily holding securities pursuant to an offering of such securities, or (4) pursuant to a Non-Qualifying Transaction (as defined in paragraph (ii));

(ii)the consummation of a merger, consolidation, statutory share exchange or similar form of corporate transaction involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates that requires the approval of the Company’s stockholders whether for such transaction or the issuance of securities in the transaction (a “Business Combination”), unless immediately following such Business Combination:

(A)more than 50% of the total voting power of (x) the corporation resulting from such Business Combination (the “Surviving Corporation”), or (y) if applicable, the ultimate parent corporation that directly or indirectly has beneficial ownership of 95% of the voting securities eligible to elect directors of the Surviving Corporation (the “Parent Corporation”), is represented by Company Voting Securities that were outstanding immediately prior to such Business Combination (or, if applicable, is represented by shares into which such Company Voting Securities were converted pursuant to such Business Combination), and such voting power among the holders thereof is in substantially the same proportion as the voting power of such Company Voting Securities among the holders thereof immediately prior to the Business Combination,

(B)no person (other than any employee benefit plan (or any related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Surviving Corporation or the Parent Corporation), is or becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Parent Corporation (or, if there is no Parent Corporation, the Surviving Corporation) representing 40% of the total voting power of the securities then outstanding generally eligible to vote for the election of directors of the Parent Corporation (or the Surviving Corporation), and

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(C)at least a majority of the members of the board of directors of the Parent Corporation (or, if there is no Parent Corporation, the Surviving Corporation) following the consummation of the Business Combination were Incumbent Directors at the time of the Board’s approval of the execution of the initial agreement providing for such Business Combination;

(Any Business Combination which satisfies all of the criteria specified in (A), (B) and (C) above shall be deemed to be a “Non-Qualifying Transaction”);
(iii)individuals who, on the effective date of this Plan, constitute the Board (the “Incumbent Directors”) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board, provided that any person becoming a director subsequent to the effective date of this Plan, whose election or nomination for election was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the Incumbent Directors then on the Board (either by a specific vote or by approval of the proxy statement of the Company in which such person is named as a nominee for director, without written objection to such nomination) shall be an Incumbent director; provided, however, that no individual initially elected or nominated as a director of the Company as a result of an actual or threatened election contest with respect to directors or as a result of any other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of any person other than the Board shall be deemed to be an Incumbent Director; or

(iv)the shareholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company or the consummation of a sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets to an entity that is not an affiliate of the Company (other than pursuant to a Non-Qualifying Transaction).

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Change in Control of the Company shall not be deemed to occur solely because any person acquires beneficial ownership of more than 40% of Company Voting Securities as a result of the acquisition of Company Voting Securities by the Company which reduces the number of Company Voting Securities outstanding; provided, that if after such acquisition by the Company such person becomes the beneficial owner of additional Company Voting Securities that increases the percentage of outstanding Company Voting Securities beneficially owned by such person, a Change in Control of the Company shall then occur.
(g)“Company” means Quest Diagnostics Incorporated, a Delaware corporation.

(h)“Date of Termination” means (i) the effective date on which the Participant’s employment by the Company terminates as specified in a prior written notice by the Company or the Participant, as the case may be, to the other, delivered pursuant to Section 12 or (ii) if the Participant’s employment by the Company terminates by reason of death, the date of death of the Participant.

(i)“Disability” shall have the same meaning ascribed to that term in Section 22(e)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

(j)“Equity Incentive Compensation” means all equity-based compensation (including stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock and performance shares) awarded under the Company’s incentive plan(s), as in effect from time to time (as of the date of adoption of this Plan the Amended and Restated Employee Long-Term Incentive Plan).

(k)“Good Reason” means the occurrence of one or more of the following circumstances, without the Participant’s express written consent, and which circumstance(s) are not remedied by the Company within thirty (30) days of receipt of a written notice from the Participant 

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describing in reasonable detail the Good Reason event that has occurred (which notice must be provided within ninety (90) days of the Participant’s obtaining knowledge of the event):

(i)(A) any material change in the duties, responsibilities or status (including reporting responsibilities) of the Participant that is inconsistent in any material and adverse respect with the Participant’s position(s), duties, responsibilities or authority with the Company immediately prior to such Change in Control (including any material and adverse diminution of such duties or responsibilities); provided, however, that Good Reason shall not be deemed to occur upon a change in duties, responsibilities (other than reporting responsibilities) or status that is solely and directly a result of the Company no longer being a publicly traded entity and does not involve any other event set forth in this Section 2(k) or (B) a material and adverse change in the Participant’s titles or offices (including, if applicable, membership on the Board) with the Company as in effect immediately prior to such Change in Control;

(ii)a material reduction by the Company in the Participant’s aggregate rate of annual base salary, Annual Performance Bonus opportunity and Equity Incentive Compensation target opportunity (including any material and adverse change in the formula for such targets) as in effect immediately prior to such Change in Control;

(iii)the Company’s requiring the Participant to be based at any office or location more than fifty (50) miles from the office where the Participant is located at the time of the Change in Control and as a result causing the Participant’s commute from his residence at the time of the Change in Control to the new location to increase by more than fifty (50) miles;

(iv)the failure of the Company to continue in effect any employee benefit plan, compensation plan, welfare benefit plan or fringe benefit plan in which the Participant is participating immediately prior to such Change in Control or the taking of any action by the Company, in each case which would materially adversely affect the Participant, unless the Participant is permitted to participate in other plans providing the Participant with materially equivalent benefits in the aggregate (at materially equivalent or lower cost with respect to welfare benefit plans); or

(v)the failure of the Company to obtain the assumption of the Company’s obligations hereunder from any successor as contemplated in Section 11(b).

Notwithstanding the foregoing, an isolated, insubstantial and inadvertent action taken in good faith and which is remedied by the Company within thirty (30) days after receipt of notice thereof given by the Participant shall not constitute Good Reason.  The Participant’s right to terminate employment for Good Reason shall not be affected by the Participant’s incapacities due to mental or physical illness and the Participant’s continued employment shall not constitute consent to, or a waiver of rights with respect to, any event or condition constituting Good Reason.  The Participant may terminate his employment for a “Good Reason” event that is not reasonably remedied by the Company provided that the Participant shall have delivered a notice of termination within ninety (90) days after delivery of the notice describing the Good Reason event giving rise to such termination.
(l)“Investigation” means an investigation authorized by the Board, a self-regulatory organization empowered with self-regulatory responsibilities under federal or state laws or a governmental department or agency.

(m)“Participant” means an executive officer of the Company selected, from time to time, by the Board for participation in this Plan and who is designated on Schedule A or B at the applicable time but only if such executive has completed at least one year of continuous employment with the 

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Company and its Subsidiaries at the applicable time (unless such one year employment requirement has been waived in writing by the Board).

(n)“Potential Change in Control” means the execution or entering into of any agreement by the Company the consummation of which can be expected to be a Change in Control.

(o)“Qualifying Termination” means a termination of the Participant’s employment with the Company that occurs on or after January 1, 2008 (i) prior to a Change in Control, by the Company other than for Cause and (ii) after a Change in Control, by the Company other than for Cause or by the Participant for Good Reason.  Termination of the Participant’s employment on account of death, Disability or Retirement shall not be treated as a Qualifying Termination.  Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, the death of the Participant after notice of termination for Good Reason or without Cause has been validly provided shall be deemed to be a Qualifying Termination.

(p)“Retirement” means the Participant’s voluntary termination of employment on or after he or she attains age 60 with five (5) years of service.

(q)“Subsidiary” means any corporation or other entity in which the Company has a direct or indirect ownership interest of 50% or more of the total combined voting power of the then outstanding securities or interests of such corporation or other entity entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (or members of any similar governing body) or in which the Company has the right to receive 50% or more of the distribution of profits or 50% of the assets or liquidation or dissolution.

(r)“Termination Period” means the period of time beginning with a Change in Control and ending two (2) years following such Change in Control.  Notwithstanding anything in this Plan to the contrary, if (i) the Participant’s employment is terminated prior to a Change in Control for reasons that would have constituted a Qualifying Termination if they had occurred following a Change in Control; (ii) the Participant reasonably demonstrates that such termination (or Good Reason event) was at the request of a third party who had indicated an intention or taken steps reasonably calculated to effect a Change in Control; and (iii) a Change in Control involving such third party (or a party competing with such third party to effectuate a Change in Control) does occur within six (6) months from the date of such termination, then for purposes of this Plan, the date immediately prior to the date of such termination of employment or event constituting Good Reason shall be treated as a Change in Control.  For purposes of determining the timing of payments and benefits to the Participant under Section 5, the date of the actual Change in Control shall be treated as the Participant’s Date of Termination under Section 2(h), and for purposes of determining the amount of payments and benefits owed to the Participant under Section 5, the date the Participant’s employment is actually terminated shall be treated as the Participant’s Date of Termination under Section 2(h).

3.Eligibility.  (a)  The Board shall determine in its sole discretion which executives of the Company shall be Participants in this Plan and whether a Participant shall be designated on Schedule A or B.

(b)    The Board may, in its sole discretion, remove any executive from Schedule A and add such executive to Schedule B but may not remove any executive from participation in this Plan entirely; provided, that a Participant who is designated on Schedule A as of immediately prior to a Change in Control may not be removed from such Schedule without his or her prior written consent within the two year period following a Change in Control.

(c)    The Board may delegate its authority to determine which senior executives of the Company shall be Participants in this Plan, to designate the Participants on Schedule A or B and to remove a Participant from Schedule A to the Compensation Committee (or any successor committee) of the Board.

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4.Payments Upon Termination of Employment Prior to a Change in Control.  If the employment of the Participant is terminated pursuant to a Qualifying Termination, then, subject to the Participant’s execution of a Separation Agreement and Release in the form attached to this Plan as Exhibit A (the “Separation Agreement and Release”) which shall be provided to the Participant no later than two (2) days after the Date of Termination and must be executed by the Participant, become effective and not be revoked by the Participant by the fifty-fifth (55th) day following the Date of Termination, the Company shall provide to the Participant:

(a)A cash payment equal to the Participant’s Base Salary multiplied by either (i) 2.00 for a Participant designated on Schedule A or (ii) 1.00 for a Participant designated on Schedule B;

(b)A cash payment equal to the Bonus Amount times (i) 2.00 for a Participant designated on Schedule A or (ii) 1.00 for a Participant designated on Schedule B;

(c)For eighteen (18) months for a Participant designated on Schedule A or (ii) twelve (12) months for a Participant designated on Schedule B, following the Date of Termination, group medical and life insurance coverage to the Participant (and his eligible dependents), under the terms prevailing at the time immediately preceding the Date of Termination; the Company shall continue to provide such coverage on the same terms as provided by the Company to similarly situated executives; provided, that the Company shall cease to provide such coverage if the Participant obtains alternate employment and is eligible for substantially comparable group medical or life insurance coverage with such employer; provided further, that the Participant shall notify the Company within 10 days of securing such alternate employment; provided further, that in the event of the disability of the Participant, group medical coverage shall continue for a longer period consistent with the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986 (“COBRA”) and, provided, further, to the extent that any plan does not permit continuation of the Participant’s or his eligible dependents’ participation throughout such period, the Company shall pay the Participant an amount, on an after-tax basis, equal to the Company’s cost of providing such benefits;

(d)For one (1) year following the Date of Termination, the Participant will be entitled to receive executive outplacement assistance from Lee Hecht Harrison or an equivalent career placement firm at the Company’s expense and in accordance with the Company’s policies for similarly situated executives; and

(e)A cash payment equal to any matching contributions made by the Company on behalf of the Participant to the Company’s 401(k) plan and the Company’s Supplemental Deferred Compensation Plan during the year preceding the Date of Termination.

The cash payments specified in paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (e) of this Section 4 shall be paid no later than the sixtieth (60th) day (or the next following business day if the sixtieth day is not a business day) following the Date of Termination, but may be made earlier provided that the Separation Agreement has been executed by the Participant and the revocation period thereunder has lapsed.  Each such cash payment shall be deemed to be a separate payment for purposes of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”).
5.Payments Upon Termination of Employment After a Change in Control.  If during the Termination Period the employment of the Participant is terminated pursuant to a Qualifying Termination, then, subject to the Participant’s execution of a Separation Agreement and Release which shall be provided to the Participant no later than two (2) days after the Date of Termination and must be executed by the Participant, become effective and not be revoked by the Participant by the fifty-fifth (55th) day following the Date of Termination, the Company shall provide to the Participant:

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(a)A cash payment equal to the result of multiplying the sum of the Participant’s Base Salary plus the Participant’s Bonus Amount by (i) either 3.00 for a Participant designated on Schedule A or (ii) 2.00 for a Participant designated on Schedule B; and

(b)A cash payment equal to the Participant’s target Annual Performance Bonus for the fiscal year in which the Participant’s Date of Termination occurs, multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which shall be the number of days the Participant was employed by the Company during the fiscal year in which the Date of Termination occurred and the denominator of which is 365;

(c)The benefits and payments specified in paragraphs (c), (d) and (e) of Section 4.

(d)The provisions of Appendix A shall apply if a Participant listed on Schedule A or Schedule B is subject to the Excise Tax, as defined in Appendix A.

The cash payments specified in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this Section 5 shall be paid no later than the sixtieth (60th) day (or the next following business day if the sixtieth day is not a business day) following the Date of Termination, but may be made earlier provided that the Separation Agreement has been executed by the Participant and the revocation period thereunder has lapsed.  Each such cash payment shall be deemed to be a separate payment for purposes of Section 409A of the Code.
6.Key Employees.  It is the intent of the Company that no payments or benefits provided under this Plan shall be considered “non-qualified deferred compensation” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code and the Plan shall be interpreted accordingly.  If and to the extent that any payment or benefit is determined by the Company (a) to constitute “non-qualified deferred compensation” subject to Section 409A of the Code, (b) such payment or benefit is provided to a Participant who is a “specified employee” (within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code and as determined pursuant to procedures established by the Company) and (c) such payment or benefit must be delayed for six months from the Participant’s Date of Termination (or an earlier date) in order to comply with Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code and not cause the Participant to incur any additional tax under Section 409A of the Code, then the Company will delay making any such payment or providing such benefit until the expiration of such six month period.  The Company shall set aside those payments that would have been made but for payment delay required by the preceding sentence in a trust that is in compliance with Rev. Proc. 92‐64 which may, but need not be, the trust established under the Company’s Supplemental Deferred Compensation Plan; provided, however, that no payment will be made to the Rabbi Trust if it would be contrary to law or cause the Participant to incur additional tax under Section 409A.

7.Participant’s Obligations.  The Participant agrees that:

(a)Without the consent of the Company, the Participant will not terminate employment with the Company without giving 30 days prior notice to the Company, and during such 30‐day period the Participant will assist the Company, as and to the extent reasonably requested by the Company, to effect an orderly transition of the Participant’s duties and responsibilities with the Company.

(b)In the event that the Participant has received any benefits from the Company under Section 4 of this Agreement, then, during the period of 36 months following the Date of Termination, the Participant, upon request by the Company:

(i)Will consult with one or more of the executive officers concerning the business and affairs of the Company for not to exceed four hours in any month at times and places selected by the Participant as being convenient to him or her, all without compensation other than what is provided for in Section 4 of this Agreement; and

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(ii)Will testify as a witness on behalf of the Company in any legal proceedings involving the Company which arise out of events or circumstances that occurred or existed prior to the Date of Termination (except for any such proceedings relating to this Plan), without compensation other than what is provided for in Section 4 of this Agreement; provided, that all out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Participant in connection with serving as a witness shall be paid by the Company.

The Participant shall not be required to perform the Participant’s obligations under this Section 7 if and so long as the Company is in default with respect to performance of any of its obligations under this Agreement.
8.Withholding Taxes.  The Company may withhold from all payments due to the Participant (or his beneficiary or estate) hereunder all taxes which, by applicable federal, state, local or other law, the Company is required to withhold therefrom.

9.Reimbursement of Expenses.  Following a Change in Control, if any contest or dispute shall arise under this Plan involving termination of a Participant’s employment with the Company or involving the failure or refusal of the Company to perform fully in accordance with the terms hereof, the Company shall reimburse the Participant on a current basis for all reasonable legal fees and related expenses, if any, incurred by the Participant in connection with such contest or dispute (regardless of the result thereof), together with interest in an amount equal to the prime rate as reported in The Wall Street Journal, but in no event higher than the maximum legal rate permissible under applicable law, such interest to accrue thirty (30) days from the date the Company receives the Participant’s statement for such fees and expenses through the date of payment thereof, regardless of whether or not the Participant’s claim is upheld by a court of competent jurisdiction or an arbitration panel; provided, however, that the Participant shall be required to repay immediately any such amounts to the Company to the extent that a court or an arbitration panel issues a final and non-appealable order setting forth the determination that the position taken by the Participant was frivolous or advanced by the Participant in bad faith.

10.No Guarantee of Employment.  Nothing in this Plan shall be deemed to entitle the Participant to continued employment with the Company or its Subsidiaries.

11.Successors; Binding Agreement.  (a)  This Plan shall not be terminated by any Business Combination.  In the event of any Business Combination, the provisions of this Plan shall be binding upon the Surviving Corporation, and such Surviving Corporation shall be treated as the Company hereunder.

(b)    The Company agrees that in connection with any Business Combination, it will cause any successor entity to the Company unconditionally to assume all of the obligations of the Company hereunder.  Failure of the Company to obtain such assumption prior to the effectiveness of any such Business Combination that constitutes a Change in Control, shall be a breach of this Plan and shall constitute Good Reason hereunder and shall entitle the Participant to compensation and other benefits from the Company in the same amount and on the same terms as the Participant would be entitled hereunder if the Participant’s employment were terminated following a Change in Control by reason of a Qualifying Termination.  For purposes of implementing the foregoing, the date on which any such Business Combination becomes effective shall be deemed the date Good Reason occurs, and shall be the Date of Termination if requested by a Participant.

(c)    The benefits provided under this Plan shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Participant’s personal or legal representatives, executors, administrators, successors, heirs, distributees, devisees and legatees.  If the Participant shall die while any amounts would be payable to the Participant hereunder had the Participant continued to live, all such amounts, unless otherwise provided 

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herein, shall be paid in accordance with the terms of this Plan to such person or persons appointed in writing by the Participant to receive such amounts or, if no person is so appointed, to the Participant’s estate.

12.Notice.  (a)  For purposes of this Plan, all notices and other communications required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered or five (5) days after deposit in the United States mail, certified and return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed as follows:

If to the Participant:  the address listed as the Participant’s address in the Company’s personnel files.
If to the Company:  
Quest Diagnostics Incorporated 
1290 Wall Street West 
Lyndhurst, NJ 07071 
Attention:  General Counsel

or to such other address as either party may have furnished to the other in writing in accordance herewith, except that notices of change of address shall be effective only upon receipt.
(b)    A written notice of the Participant’s Date of Termination by the Company or the Participant, as the case may be, to the other, shall (i) indicate the specific termination provision in this Plan relied upon, (ii) to the extent applicable, set forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for termination of the Participant’s employment under the provision so indicated and (iii) specify the date of termination, which date shall be not less than fifteen (15) nor more than sixty (60) days after the giving of such notice; provided, however, that the Company may in its sole discretion accelerate such date to an earlier date or, alternatively, place the Participant on paid leave during such period.  The failure by the Participant or the Company to set forth in such notice any fact or circumstance which contributes to a showing of Good Reason or Cause shall not waive any right of the Participant or the Company hereunder or preclude the Participant or the Company from asserting such fact or circumstance in enforcing the Participant’s or the Company’s rights hereunder.

13.Full Settlement; Resolution of Disputes and Costs.  (a)  The Company’s obligation to make any payments provided for in this Plan and otherwise to perform its obligations hereunder shall be in lieu and in full settlement of all other severance payments to the Participant under any other severance or employment agreement between the Participant and the Company, and any severance plan of the Company.  In no event shall the Participant be obligated to seek other employment or take other action by way of mitigation of the amounts payable to the Participant under any of the provisions of this Plan and, except as provided in the Separation Agreement and Release, such amounts shall not be reduced whether or not the Participant obtains other employment.

(b)    Any dispute or controversy arising under or in connection with this Plan shall be settled exclusively by arbitration in New Jersey by three arbitrators in accordance with the commercial arbitration rules of the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) then in effect.  One arbitrator shall be selected by the Company, the other by the Participant and the third jointly by these arbitrators (or if they are unable to agree within thirty (30) days of the commencement of arbitration the third arbitrator will be appointed by the AAA).  Judgment may be entered on the arbitrators’ award in any court having jurisdiction.  In the event of any such dispute or controversy arising during a Termination Period, the Company shall bear all costs and expenses arising in connection with any arbitration proceeding on the same terms as set forth in Section 9 of this Plan.

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14.Employment with Subsidiaries.  Employment with the Company for purposes of this Plan shall include employment with any Subsidiary.

15.Survival.  The respective obligations and benefits afforded to the Company and the Participant as provided in Sections 4 (to the extent that payments or benefits are owed as a result of a termination of employment that occurs during the term of this Plan) 5, 6, 8(c) and 10 shall survive the termination of this Plan.

16.GOVERNING LAW; VALIDITY.  THE INTERPRETATION, CONSTRUCTION AND PERFORMANCE OF THIS PLAN SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE PRINCIPLE OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS, AND APPLICABLE FEDERAL LAWS.  THE INVALIDITY OR UNENFORCEABILITY OF ANY PROVISION OF THIS PLAN SHALL NOT AFFECT THE VALIDITY OR ENFORCEABILITY OF ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS PLAN, WHICH OTHER PROVISIONS SHALL REMAIN IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT.

17.Amendment and Termination.  The Board may amend or terminate the Plan at any time; provided, however, that (i) Sections 3(b), 4(a) and 4(b) may not be amended in a manner which is materially adverse to any Participant then listed on Schedule A or B without such Participant's written consent, (ii) during the period commencing on a Change in Control and ending on the second anniversary of the Change in Control, the Plan (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Schedules, Appendices and Exhibits) may not be amended or terminated by the Board in any manner which is materially adverse to any Participant then listed on Schedule A or B without such Participant's written consent and (iii) any termination or amendments to the Plan (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Schedules, Appendices and Exhibits) that are materially adverse to the interests of any Participant then listed on Schedule A or B, and that occur during the period of time beginning on a date three (3) months prior to a Potential Change in Control and ending on the termination of the agreement that constituted the Potential Change in Control, shall be void unless consented to in writing by the affected Participant.

18.Interpretation and Administration.  The Plan shall be administered by the Board.  The Board may delegate any of its powers under the Plan to the Compensation Committee of the Board (or any successor committee).  With respect to those Participants who are not subject to Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), the Committee may delegate any of its powers under the Plan to the Chief Executive Officer of the Company.  The Board, the Compensation Committee (or any successor committee) and the Chief Executive Officer (to the extent of the powers delegated to him) shall have the authority in its sole and absolute discretion to:  (i) exercise all of the powers granted to it under this Plan; (ii) construe, interpret and implement this Plan; (iii) prescribe, amend and rescind rules and regulations relating to this Plan, including rules and regulations governing its own operations; (iv) make all determinations necessary or advisable in administering this Plan; (v) correct any defect, supply any omission and reconcile any inconsistency in this Plan; and (vi) amend this Plan to reflect changes in or interpretations of applicable law, rules or regulations.  The determination of the Board on all matters relating to the Plan and any amounts payable thereunder shall be final, binding and conclusive on all parties; provided, however, that following a Change in Control, notwithstanding anything in this Plan to the contrary, any court, tribunal or arbitration panel that adjudicates any dispute, controversy or claim arising between a Participant and the Company, or any of their delegates or successors, in respect of a Participant’s Qualifying Termination, will apply a de novo standard of review to any determinations made by such person and such de novo standard shall apply notwithstanding the grant of full discretion hereunder to any such person or characterization of any such decision by such person as final, binding or conclusive on any party.

19.Claims and Appeals.  Participants may submit claims for benefits by giving notice to the Company pursuant to Section 12 of this Plan.  If a Participant believes that he or she has not received coverage or benefits to which he or she is entitled under the Plan, the Participant may notify the Board in 

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writing of a claim for coverage or benefits.  If the claim for coverage or benefits is denied in whole or in part, the Board shall notify the applicant in writing of such denial within thirty (30) days (which may be extended to sixty (60) days under special circumstances), with such notice setting forth:  (i) the specific reasons for the denial; (ii) the Plan provisions upon which the denial is based; (iii) any additional material or information necessary for the applicant to perfect his or her claim; and (iv) the procedures for requesting a review of the denial.  Upon a denial of a claim by the Board, the Participant may:  (i) request a review of the denial by the Board or, where review authority has been so delegated, by such other person or entity as may be designated by the Board for this purpose; (ii) review any Policy documents relevant to his or her claim; and (iii) submit issues and comments to the Board or its delegate that are relevant to the review.  Any request for review must be made in writing and received by the Board or its delegate within sixty (60) days of the date the applicant received notice of the initial denial, unless special circumstances require an extension of time for processing.  The Board or its delegate will make a written ruling on the applicant’s request for review setting forth the reasons for the decision and the Plan provisions upon which the denial, if appropriate, is based.  This written ruling shall be made within thirty (30) days of the date the Board or its delegate receives the applicant’s request for review unless special circumstances require an extension of time for processing, in which case a decision will be rendered as soon as possible, but not later than sixty (60) days after receipt of the request for review.  All extensions of time permitted by this Section 16 will be permitted at the sole discretion of the Board or its delegate.  If the Board does not provide the Participant with written notice of the denial of his or her appeal, the Participant’s claim shall be deemed denied.

20.Type of Policy.  This Plan is intended to be, and shall be interpreted as an unfunded employee welfare plan under Section 3(1) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”) and Section 2520.104‐24 of the Department of Labor Regulations, maintained primarily for the purpose of providing employee welfare benefits, to the extent that it provides welfare benefits, and under Sections 201, 301 and 401 of ERISA, as a plan that is unfunded and maintained primarily for the purpose of providing deferred compensation, to the extent that it provides such compensation, in each case for a select group of management or highly compensated employees.

21.No Duplication of Benefits.  Except as otherwise expressly provided pursuant to this Plan, this Plan shall be construed and administered in a manner which avoids duplication of compensation and benefits which may be provided under any other plan, program, policy, or other arrangement.  In the event a Participant is covered by any other plan, program, policy, individually negotiated agreement or other arrangement, in effect as of his or her Date of Termination, that may duplicate the payments provided in Sections 4 or 5, as applicable, the Company is specifically empowered to reduce or eliminate the duplicative benefits provided for under the Plan.  In taking such action, the Company will be guided by the principles that (1) such a Participant will otherwise be treated, for the purpose of the Sections specified above, no more or no less favorably than are other Participants who are not covered by such other plan, program, policy, individually negotiated agreement or other arrangement and (2) the provisions of such other plan, program, policy, individually negotiated agreement or other arrangement (including, but not limited to, a special individual pension, a special deferral account and/or a special equity based grant) which are not duplicative of the payments provided in Sections 4 or 5, as applicable, will not be considered in determining elimination and/or reductions in Plan benefits.

22.Nonassignability.  Benefits under the Plan may not be assigned by the Participant.  The terms and conditions of the Plan shall be binding on the successors and assigns of the Company.

23.Effective Date.  The Plan, as amended and restated, shall be effective as of May 10, 2012.

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Schedule A
		
	Stephen H. Rusckowski
	Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer

		
	Michael E. Prevoznik
	Senior Vice President and General Counsel

Sch. A-1

Schedule B
James E. Davis            Executive Vice President, General Diagnostics
Mark J. Guinan            Executive President and Chief Financial Officer
		
	Catherine T. Doherty
	Senior Vice President and Group Executive, Clinical Franchise        Solutions & Marketing

Carrie Eglinton Manner        Senior Vice President, Advanced Diagnostics
Manuel O. Mendez        Senior Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer

Sch. B-1

Appendix A 
Cutback to 280G Safe Harbor Cap in Certain Circumstances -
Schedule A and Schedule B Participants
(a)  Anything in this Plan to the contrary notwithstanding, in the event it shall be determined that (i) any payment, award, benefit or distribution (or any acceleration of any payment, award, benefit or distribution) by the Company (or any of its affiliated entities) or any entity which effectuates a Change in Control (or any of its affiliated entities) to or for the benefit of the Participant (whether pursuant to the terms of this Plan or otherwise) (the “Payments”) would be subject to the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) (such excise tax,  the “Excise Tax”), and (ii) the reduction of the amounts payable to the Participant under this Plan to the maximum amount that could be paid to the Participant without giving rise to the Excise Tax (the “Safe Harbor Cap”) would provide the Participant with a greater after-tax amount than if such amounts were not reduced, then the amounts payable to the Participant under this Plan shall be reduced (but not below zero) to the Safe Harbor Cap.  The reduction of the Payments, if applicable, shall be made by reducing the payments and benefits under the following sections of this Plan in the following order: (i) Section 5(a), (ii) Section 5(b) and (iii) Section 5(c) (in the order set forth in such Section 5(c)).  For purposes of reducing the Payments to the Safe Harbor Cap, only amounts payable under this Plan (and no other Payments) shall be reduced.  If the reduction of the amounts payable hereunder would not result in a greater after tax result to the Participant, no amounts payable under this Plan shall be reduced pursuant to this provision.
(b)  All determinations required to be made under this Appendix A shall be made by a public accounting firm that is retained by the Company as of the date immediately prior to the Change in Control (the “Accounting Firm”) which shall provide detailed supporting calculations both to the Company and the Participant within fifteen (15) business days of the receipt of notice from the Company or the Participant that there has been a Payment, or such earlier time as is requested by the Company (collectively, the “Determination”).  For the avoidance of doubt, the Accounting Firm may use the Option Redetermination Amount (as defined in paragraph (c), below) in determining the reduction of the Payments to the Safe Harbor Cap.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event (i) the Board shall determine prior to the Change in Control that the Accounting Firm is precluded from performing such services under applicable auditor independence rules or (ii) the Audit Committee of the Board determines that it does not want the Accounting Firm to perform such services because of auditor independence concerns or (iii) the Accounting Firm is serving as accountant or auditor for the person(s) effecting the Change in Control, the Board shall appoint another nationally recognized public accounting firm to make the determinations required hereunder (which accounting firm shall then be referred to as the Accounting Firm hereunder).  All fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be borne solely by the Company, and the Company shall enter into any agreement reasonably requested by the Accounting Firm in connection with the performance of the services hereunder.  If the Accounting Firm determines that no Excise Tax is payable by a Participant, it shall furnish the Participant with a written opinion to such effect, and to the effect that failure to report the Excise Tax, if any, on the Participant’s applicable federal income tax return will not result in the imposition of a negligence or similar penalty.  In the event the Accounting Firm determines that the Payments shall be reduced to the Safe Harbor Cap, it shall furnish the Participant with a written opinion to such effect.  The Determination by the Accounting Firm shall be binding upon the Company and the Participant.
(c)  As a result of the uncertainty in the application of Section 4999 of the Code at the time of the Determination, it is possible that Payments will have been made to, or provided for the benefit of, a Participant by the Company, which are in excess of the limitations provided in Paragraph (a) (hereinafter referred to as an “Overpayment”), such Overpayment shall be deemed for all purposes to be a loan to the Participant made on the date the Participant received the Overpayment and the Participant shall repay the Overpayment to the Company on demand, together with interest on the Overpayment at the applicable federal rate (as defined in Section 1274(d) of the Code) from the date of the Participant’s receipt of such Overpayment until the date of such repayment.  As a result of the uncertainty in the application of Section 4999 of the Code at the time of the Determination, it is possible that Payments which will not have been made by the Company should have been made to a Participant (an “Underpayment”), consistent with the calculations required to be made under this Appendix A.  In the event that it 

App.  A-1

is determined (i) by the Accounting Firm, the Company (which shall include the position taken by the Company, or together with its consolidated group, on its federal income tax return) or the IRS or (ii) pursuant to a determination by a court, that an Underpayment has occurred, the Company shall pay an amount equal to such Underpayment to the Participant within ten (10) days of such determination together with interest on such amount at the applicable federal rate from the date such amount would have been paid to the Participant until the date of payment.  The Participant shall cooperate, to the extent his or her expenses are reimbursed by the Company, with any reasonable requests by the Company in connection with any contests or disputes with the IRS in connection with the Excise Tax.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that amounts payable under this Plan were reduced pursuant to Paragraph (a) and the value of stock options is subsequently redetermined  by the Accounting Firm within the context of Treasury Regulation §1.280G-1 Q/A 33 that reduces the value of the Payments attributable to such options (the “Option Redetermination Amount”), the Company shall pay to the Participant (on the first business day of the calendar year following the year the Option Redetermination is made) any cash payments payable under this Plan that were not previously paid solely as a result of Paragraph (a) up to the Safe Harbor Cap, plus interest from the date such amount would have been paid to the participant until the date of payment at the 3 month Treasury Bill rate.

App.  A-2

Exhibit A
FORM OF SEPARATION AGREEMENT AND RELEASE
(HEREIN “AGREEMENT”)
Quest Diagnostics Incorporated (the “Company”) and _______________ (“Executive”) agree as follows:
1.Executive’s employment with the Company will terminate effective [Date].

2.Executive agrees to make himself reasonably available to the Company to respond to requests by the Company for information concerning litigation, regulatory inquiry or investigation, involving facts or events relating to the Company that may be within his knowledge.  Executive will cooperate fully with the Company in connection with any and all future litigation or regulatory proceedings brought by or against the Company to the extent the Company reasonably deems Executive’s cooperation necessary.  Executive will be entitled to reimbursement of reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (not including counsel fees) incurred in connection with fulfilling his obligations under this Section 2.

3.In consideration of Executive’s undertakings herein, the Company will pay an amount equal to $____________ in accordance with Section 4 of the Company’s Executive Severance Plan (the “Severance Plan”), less required deductions (including, but not limited to, federal, state and local tax withholdings) as separation/severance pay (the “Severance Payment”).  The Severance Payment will be paid in accordance with the Severance Plan.  Payment of the Severance Payment is contingent upon the execution of this Agreement by Executive and Executive’s compliance with all terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Severance Plan.  Executive agrees that if this Agreement does not become effective, the Company shall not be required to make any further payments to Executive pursuant to this Agreement or the Severance Plan and shall be entitled to recover all payments already made by it (including interest thereon).

4.Executive understands and agrees that any amounts that Executive owes the Company, including any salary or other overpayments related to Executive’s employment with the Company, will be offset and deducted from Executive’s final paycheck from the Company.  Executive specifically authorizes the Company to offset and deduct any such amounts from his final paycheck.  Executive agrees and acknowledges that, to the extent the amount of Executive’s final paycheck is not sufficient to repay the full amount that Executive owes to the Company, if any, the full remaining amount owed to the Company, if any, will be offset and deducted from the amount of the Severance Payment.  Executive specifically authorizes the Company to offset and deduct any such amounts from his Severance Payment.

5.Executive agrees that, after payment of Executive’s final paycheck on [Date] and the Severance Payment, Executive will have received all compensation and benefits that are due and owing to Executive by the Company, including but not limited to salary, vacation pay, bonus, commissions and incentive/override compensation but excluding any benefits or services provided pursuant to Sections 4(e) and 4(f) of the Severance Plan.

6.Executive represents that he has returned to the Company all property or information, including, without limitation, all reports, files, memos, plans, lists, or other records (whether electronically stored or not) belonging to the Company or its affiliates, including copies, extracts or other documents derived from such property or information.  Executive will immediately forfeit all rights and benefits under this Agreement and the Severance Plan, including, without limitation, the right to receive any Severance Payment if Executive, directly or indirectly, at any time (i) discloses to any third party or entity any trade secrets or other proprietary or confidential information pertaining to the Company or any of its affiliates or uses such secrets or information without the prior written consent of the General Counsel of the Company or (ii) takes any actions or makes or publishes any statements, written or oral, or instigates, assists or participates in the making or publication of any such statements which libel, slander or disparage the Company or any of its past or present directors, officers or employees.  

EX. A-1

Nothing in this Agreement shall prevent or prohibit Executive or the Company from responding to an order, subpoena, other legal process or regulatory inquiry directed to them or from providing information to or making a filing with a governmental or regulatory body.  Executive agrees that upon learning of any order, subpoena or other legal process seeking information that would otherwise be prohibited from disclosure under this Agreement, he will promptly notify the Company, in writing, directed to the Company’s General Counsel.  In the event disclosure is so required, Executive agrees not to oppose any action by the Company to seek or obtain a protective order or other appropriate remedy.

7.Executive agrees that Executive’s Employment and Confidentiality Agreement (the “Employment and Confidentiality Agreement”) shall continue to be in full force and effect, including but not limited to all non-competition and non-solicitation provisions contained therein.

8.Executive hereby represents that he has not filed any action, complaint, charge, grievance or arbitration against the Company or any of its affiliates in connection with any matters relating, directly or indirectly, to his employment, and covenants and agrees not to file any such action, complaint or arbitration or commence any other judicial or arbitral proceedings against the Company or any of its affiliates with respect to events occurring prior to the termination of his employment with the Company or any affiliates thereof.

9.Effective on [Date], the Company will cease all health benefit coverage and other benefit coverage for Executive.

10.GENERAL RELEASE - Effective as of the Effective Date, and in return for the consideration set forth above, Executive agrees not to sue or file any action, claim, or lawsuit against the Company, agrees not to pursue, seek to recover or recover any alleged damages, seek to obtain or obtain any other form of relief or remedy with respect to, and cause the dismissal or withdrawal of, any lawsuit, action, claim, or charge against the Company, and Executive agrees to waive all claims and release and forever discharge the Company, its officers, directors, subsidiaries, affiliates, parents, attorneys, shareholders and employees from any claims, demands, actions, causes of action or liabilities for compensatory damages or any other relief or remedy, and obligations of any kind or nature whatsoever, based on any matter, cause or thing, relating in any way, directly or indirectly, to his employment, from the beginning of time through the Effective Date of this Agreement, whether known or unknown, fixed or contingent, liquidated or unliquidated, and whether arising from tort, statute, or contract, including, but not limited to, any claims arising under or pursuant to the California Fair Employment and Housing Act, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Civil Rights Act of 1871, the Civil Rights Act of 1991, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Rehabilitation Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, the Occupational Safety & Health Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act of 1990, the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (“ADEA”), New York State Labor Law, New York State Human Rights Law, New York Human Rights Law, and any other state, federal, city, county or local statute, rule, regulation, ordinance or order, or the national or local law of any foreign country, any claim for future consideration for employment with the Company, any claims for attorneys’ fees and costs and any employment rights or entitlement law, and any claims for wrongful discharge, intentional infliction of emotional distress, defamation, libel or slander, payment of wages, outrageous behavior, breach of contract or any duty allegedly owed to Executive, discrimination based upon race, color, ethnicity, sex, age, national origin, religion, disability, sexual orientation, or another unlawful criterion or circumstance, and any other theory of recovery.  It is the intention of the parties to make this release as broad and as general as the law permits.

[Executive acknowledges that he is aware of, has read, has had explained to him by his attorneys, understands and expressly waives any and all rights he has or may have under Section 1542 of the California Civil Code, which provides as follows:
“A general release does not extend to claims which the creditor does not know or suspect to exist in his or her favor at the time of executing the release, which if known by him must have materially 

EX. A-2

affected his or her settlement with the debtor.”]     Include bracketed language for California employees.
11.Executive acknowledges that he may later discover facts different from or in addition to those which he knows or believes to be true now, and he agrees that, in such event, this Agreement shall nevertheless remain effective in all respects, notwithstanding such different or additional facts or the discovery of those facts.

12.This Agreement may not be introduced in any legal or administrative proceeding, or other similar forum, except one concerning a breach of this Agreement or the Severance Plan.

13.Executive acknowledges that Executive has made an independent investigation of the facts, and does not rely on any statement or representation of the Company in entering into this Agreement, other than those set forth herein.

14.Executive agrees that, without limiting the Company’s remedies, should he commence, continue, join in, or in any other manner attempt to assert any claim released in connection herewith, or otherwise violate in a material fashion any of the terms of this Agreement, the Company shall not be required to make any further payments to the Executive pursuant to this Agreement or the Severance Plan and shall be entitled to recover all payments already made by it (including interest thereon), in addition to all damages, attorneys’ fees and costs the Company incurs in connection with Executive’s breach of this Agreement.  Executive further agrees that the Company shall be entitled to the repayments and recovery of damages described above without waiver of or prejudice to the release granted by him in connection with this Agreement, and that his violation or breach of any provision of this Agreement shall forever release and discharge the Company from the performance of its obligations arising from the Agreement.

15.Executive has been advised and acknowledges that he has been given forty-five (45) days to sign this Agreement, he has seven (7) days following his signing of this Agreement to revoke and cancel the terms and conditions contained herein, and the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall not become effective or enforceable until the revocation period has expired (the “Effective Date”).

16.Executive acknowledges that Executive has been advised hereby to consult with, and has consulted with, an attorney of his choice prior to signing this Agreement.

17.Executive acknowledges that Executive has fully read this Agreement, understands the contents of this Agreement, and agrees to its terms and conditions of his own free will, knowingly and voluntarily, and without any duress or coercion.

18.Executive understands that this Agreement includes a final general release, and that Executive can make no further claims against the Company or the persons listed in Section 10 of this Agreement relating in any way, directly or indirectly, to his employment.  Executive also understands that this Agreement precludes Executive from recovering any damages or other relief as a result of any lawsuit, grievance, charge or claim brought on Executive’s behalf against the Company or the persons listed in Section 10 of this Agreement.

19.Executive acknowledges that Executive is receiving adequate consideration (that is in addition to what Executive is otherwise entitled to) for signing this Agreement.

20.This Agreement and the Severance Plan constitute the complete understanding between Executive and the Company regarding the subject matter hereof and thereof.  No other promises or agreements regarding the subject matter hereof and thereof will be binding unless signed by Executive and the Company.

EX. A-3

21.Executive and the Company agree that all notices or other communications required or permitted to be given under the terms of this Agreement shall be given in accordance with Section 9 of the Severance Plan.

22.Executive and the Company agree that any disputes relating to any matters covered under the terms of this Agreement shall be resolved in accordance with Section 10 of the Severance Plan.

23.By entering into this Agreement, the Company does not admit and specifically denies any liability, wrongdoing or violation of any law, statute, regulation or policy, and it is expressly understood and agreed that this Agreement is being entered into solely for the purpose of amicably resolving all matters of any kind whatsoever between Executive and the Company.

24.In the event that any provision or portion of this Agreement shall be determined to be invalid or unenforceable for any reason, the remaining provisions or portions of this Agreement shall be unaffected thereby and shall remain in full force and effect to the fullest extent permitted by law.

25.The respective rights and obligations of the parties hereunder shall survive any termination of this Agreement to the extent necessary for the intended preservation of such rights and obligations.

26.Unless expressly specified elsewhere in this Agreement, this Agreement shall be governed by and construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without reference to the principles of conflict of law.

27.This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts.
	
							
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EX. A-4

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