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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

May 11, 2011
(Date of earliest event reported)

LABORATORY CORPORATION OF
AMERICA HOLDINGS
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Delaware
  
1-11353
  
13-3757370
(State or other jurisdiction of Incorporation)
  
(Commission File Number)
  
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

358 South Main Street,
        
Burlington, North Carolina
  
27215
  
336-229-1127
(Address of principal executive offices)
  
(Zip Code)
  
(Registrant’s telephone number including area code)

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Item 5.07
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
 
The Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (the “Company”) was held on May 11, 2011. As of March 14, 2011, the date of record for determining the Company’s stockholders entitled to vote on the proposals presented at the Annual Meeting, there were 100,185,288 shares of the Company’s common stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. The holders of 85,644,806 shares of the Company’s issued and outstanding common stock were represented in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting, constituting a quorum. The proposals presented at the Annual Meeting are described in detail in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 31, 2011. The vote results detailed below represent final results as certified by the Inspector of Elections.

 
 
 
 
Proposal 1.

The Company’s stockholders elected the following persons, who were listed in the Company’s proxy statement for the Annual Meeting, to the Company’s Board of Directors to hold office for the term expiring at the 2012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until their successors are elected and qualified or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal:

 
Votes For
Votes Against
Abstentions
Broker Non-Votes
David P. King
75,663,224
2,314,701
111,047
7,555,834
Kerrii B. Anderson
77,287,868
693,227
107,877
7,555,834
Jean-Luc Belingard
76,477,428
1,504,595
106,949
7,555,834
N. Anthony Coles, Jr., M.D., M.P.H.
76,937,700
1,044,744
106,528
7,555,834
Wendy E. Lane
76,545,681
1,436,730
106,561
7,555,834
Thomas P. Mac Mahon
76,611,302
1,371,807
105,863
7,555,834
Robert E. Mittelstaedt, Jr.
76,584,136
1,396,698
108,138
7,555,834
Arthur H. Rubenstein, MMBBCh
77,391,857
587,068
110,047
7,555,834
M. Keith Weikel, Ph.D.
77,277,016
703,203
108,753
7,555,834
R. Sanders Williams. M.D.
77,436,949
546,956
105,067
7,555,834
 
Proposal 2.

The Company’s stockholders approved in an advisory (non-binding) vote the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers. The votes regarding this proposal were as follows:

Votes For
Votes Against
Abstentions
Broker Non-Votes
76,608,179
1,281,238
199,555
7,555,834
 
Proposal 3.

The Company’s stockholders voted, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, on the frequency of future advisory stockholder votes on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers. The votes regarding this proposal were as follows:

1 Year
2 Years
3 Years
Abstentions
70,573,807
253,890
7,081,657
179,618

In accordance with the results for Proposal 3, the Company’s Board of Directors has determined that future advisory votes on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers will be held every year. Thus, the next stockholder advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers will be held at the Company’s 2012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
 
Proposal 4.

The Company’s stockholders ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2011. The votes regarding this proposal were as follows:

Votes For
Votes Against
Abstentions
Broker Non-Votes
84,817,866
683,525
143,415
0

 
 
 
 
SIGNATURES


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

LABORATORY CORPORATION OF AMERICA HOLDINGS
Registrant


 
By:
/s/ F. SAMUEL EBERTS III
   
F. Samuel Eberts III
   
Chief Legal Officer and Secretary


May 16, 2011