Form 8-K 9 May Item 5.07
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 8, 2013
(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 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the "Annual Meeting") of Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (the "Company") was held on May 8, 2013. As of March 11, 2013, the date of record for determining the Company's stockholders entitled to vote on the proposals presented at the Annual Meeting, there were 92,966,522 shares of the Company's common stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. The holders of 82,752,145 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 28, 2013. 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 2014 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
73,961,506

2,245,079

986,760

5,558,800

Kerrii B. Anderson
73,716,524

2,546,491

930,330

5,558,800

Jean-Luc Bélingard
72,126,034

4,138,455

928,856

5,558,800

Wendy E. Lane
73,178,037

3,086,613

928,695

5,558,800

Robert E. Mittelstaedt, Jr.
72,871,216

3,393,062

929,067

5,558,800

Peter M. Neupert
76,101,751

286,019

805,575

5,558,800

Arthur H. Rubenstein, MBBCh
75,653,704

610,020

929,621

5,558,800

Adam H. Schechter
76,122,010

266,070

805,265

5,558,800

M. Keith Weikel, Ph.D.
73,581,664

2,682,037

929,644

5,558,800

R. Sanders Williams, M.D.
75,991,626

270,849

930,870

5,558,800


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
71,194,897

4,983,405

1,015,043

5,558,800





Proposal 3.
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, 2013.
Votes For
Votes Against
Abstentions
Broker Non-Votes
81,475,536

401,749

874,860

 



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 8, 2013