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Market Cap:$7.2B
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$4.0B
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Laboratory Corporation of America® Holdings, a S&P 500 company, is a pioneer in commercializing new diagnostic technologies and the first in its industry to embrace genomic testing. With annual revenues of $3.6 billion in 2006, over 25,000 employees nationwide, and more than 220,000 clients, LabCorp offers clinical assays ranging from routine blood analyses to HIV and genomic testing. LabCorp combines its expertise in innovative clinical testing technology with its Centers of Excellence: The Center for Molecular Biology and Pathology, in Research Triangle Park, NC; National Genetics Institute, Inc. in Los Angeles, CA; ViroMed Laboratories, Inc. based in Minneapolis, MN; The Center for Esoteric Testing in Burlington, NC; DIANON Systems, Inc. based in Stratford, CT; US LABS based in Irvine, CA; and Esoterix and its Colorado Coagulation, Endocrine Sciences, and Cytometry Associates laboratories. LabCorp clients include physicians, government agencies, managed care organizations, hospitals, clinical labs, and pharmaceutical companies.

Chief Executive OfficerDavid P. King
Number of Employees 28,000
Contact Information

358 South Main Street

PO Box 2230

Burlington, North Carolina 27215

labcorp.com

(336) 584-5171

NAICS Code Medical Laboratories: 621511

Recent Events

  • Finkelstein Thompson LLP Announces Investigation of Monogram Biosciences, Inc. Merger

    6/24/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story

  • RBC Capital Starts Laboratory Corp. LH at Outperform

    5/29/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story

  • Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings LabCorp LH Announces David P. King Elected Chairman of the...

    5/07/09 - Board Member - Entering - View Story

  • Earnings inch higher for LabCorp

    4/25/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

  • LabCorp Announces Collaboration for Kannapolis-Based Biorepository

    3/11/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story

  • Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings Announces 2008 Fourth Quarter and Full Year Results

    2/12/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

  • Stocks in the Spotlight Tuesday

    1/06/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story

  • LabCorp lowers 2009 outlook

    1/06/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

News & Analysis

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Additional Resources

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Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
David P. King Chief Executive Officer
Bradford Smith Chief Legal Officer, Executive Vice President & Secretary
Don M. Hardison Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer
F. Samuel Eberts III Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, Secretary
Lidia L. Fonseca Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer
Mark E. Brecher Senior Vice President, Chief Medical Officer
Myla Goldman Executive Vice President & Chief Medical Officer
William B. Hayes CFO & Executive Vice President
William Haas Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
Allen W. Troub Executive Vice President
Andrew S. Walton Executive Vice President
Benjamin R. Miller Executive Vice President
Woodrow L. Cook Executive Vice President
Brad Hayes Senior Vice President, Investor Relations
James T. Boyle Jr. Senior Vice President, Managed Care, Occupational Testing
Pamela Sherry Senior Vice President, Investor Relations
Paul R. Billings Vice President & Director, Natl, Genetics & Genomics
Scott Fleming Vice President, Investor Relations
Amy Smith Marketing Manager, Clinical Trials

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio) Position
Andrew G. Wallace Executive Vice President, Strategic Planning, Board of Directors
Kerrii B. Anderson Chairman
Thomas P. Mac Mahon Chairman
Arthur H. Rubenstein Board of Directors
James B. Powell Board of Directors
Jean-Luc Belingard Board of Directors
Keith Weikel Board of Directors
M. Keith Weikel Board of Directors
R Sanders Williams Board of Directors
Robert E. Mittelstaedt Board of Directors
Wendy E. Lane Board of Directors

David P. King (52) has served as a director and Chairman of the Board since being elected on May 6, 2009; prior to that date he served as a director, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company since January 1, 2007. Mr. King served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer from December 2005 to January 2007, as Executive Vice President of Strategic Planning and Corporate Development from January 2004 to December 2005 and as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer from September 2001 to December 2003. Mr. King is a member of the Management Committee of the Company. Prior to joining the Company, he was a partner with Hogan & Hartson LLP in Baltimore, Maryland from 1992 to 2001.

Organization Position Status
Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings Chief Executive Officer Current
Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings President Current
Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings Chairman Current
Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings Board of Directors Current
Personalized Medicine Coalition Board of Directors Current
US Labs President Former
Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings COO & Executive Vice President Former
Labcorp Chief Compliance Officer Former
Labcorp Executive Vice President Former
Labcorp Senior Vice President Former
Hogan & Hartson LLP partner Former
Labcorp General Counsel Former
University of Pennsylvania Law School Jd Degree Former
Princeton University Ab Degree Former
Organization Position Status
Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings Chief Legal Officer, Executive Vice President & Secretary Current
Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings Vice Chairman Current
Roche Former

Don M. Hardison has served as Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer since September 2007. Mr. Hardison is a member of the Management Committee of the Company and is responsible for the day-to-day supervision of all operations and sales of the Company. Prior to this date, Mr. Hardison was President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of EXACT Sciences Corporation, a developer of proprietary DNA-based technologies for use in the detection of cancer, from May 2000 to September 2007. Prior to that, Mr. Hardison held various senior management and sales positions with Siebel Systems, Inc., Quest Diagnostics Inc., SmithKline Beecham Corporation, and Smithkline Corporation.

Organization Position Status
Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer Current
EXACT Sciences Corporation Chief Executive Officer Former
EXACT Sciences Corporation President Former
SmithKline Beecham Corporation Former
Quest Diagnostics Incorporated Former
GlaxoSmithKline Plc Former
EXACT Sciences Corporation Director Former
The University of North Carolina A.B. degree in political science Former

F. Samuel Eberts III has served as Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, Secretary and Chief Compliance Officer since January 1, 2009. Prior to that time he served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel since August 2004. He is a member of the Company s Management Committee. Prior to joining the Company, he was Vice President, Secretary, and General Counsel of Stepan Company. Before joining Stepan Company, he was Assistant General Counsel for Cardinal Health, Inc. from 1998 to 2001 and Assistant General Counsel for Allegiance Healthcare Corporation (Allegiance Healthcare Corporation was purchased by Cardinal Health in 1998). Prior to that time he was Chief Counsel of the Biotech North America division of Baxter International Inc. Lidia L. Fonseca joined the Company in May 2008 as Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer. She is a member of the Company s Management Committee. Prior to joining the Company she served as Executive Vice President of Global Operations and Technology at Synarc Inc. from 2005 to early 2008. Prior to Synarc, Ms. Fonseca worked at Philips Medical Systems from 1997 to 2005 in various roles, including General Manager, eBusiness and CIO for the entire concern. Additionally, Ms. Fonseca served as Vice President, Supply Chain Management in the Nuclear Medicine Division from 2003-2005, managing the various factories to production and materials levels, and equipment installations.

Organization Position Status
Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, Secretary Current
Stepan Company Vice President Former
Stepan Company General Counsel Former
Allegiance Healthcare Corporation Assistant General Counsel Former
Stepan Company Secretary Former
Organization Position Status
Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer Current

Mark E. Brecher joined the Company in March 2009 as Senior Vice President, Chief Medical Officer. Dr. Brecher is a member of the Company s Management Committee. Prior to joining the Company, Dr. Brecher served as Vice Chair of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the McLendon Clinical Laboratories, University of North Carolina Hospitals from July 2006 to February 2009. From July 2003 to July 2006, Dr. Brecher was the Acting Director of the Laboratory Information Systems and the Director of Clinical Pathology. Dr. Brecher is a member of the editorial boards of Transfusion and Blood Therapies in Medicine and is an associate editor of the Journal of Clinical Apheresis. He is the immediate past chair of the Department of Health and Human Services Advisory Committee on Blood Safety and Availability and a past president of the American Society for Apheresis.

Organization Position Status
Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings Senior Vice President, Chief Medical Officer Current
T-R-A-N-S-F-U-S-I-O-N LLC Board of Directors Current
Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings Board of Directors Former
Organization Position Status
Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings Executive Vice President & Chief Medical Officer Current
Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings Executive Vice President, Medical Director Former
Organization Position Status
Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings CFO & Executive Vice President Current
Organization Position Status
US Labs President Current
Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer Current
Organization Position Status
Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings Executive Vice President Current

Andrew S. Walton has served as Executive Vice President, Strategic Planning and Corporate Development since January 2007. Mr. Walton oversees the Company’s strategic planning department as well as the M&A and licensing departments. Additionally, Mr. Walton has operating responsibility for a number of the Company’s esoteric business units: National Genetics Institute, Viro-Med, Endocrine Sciences, and Colorado Coagulation. He is a member of the Management Committee of the Company. Mr. Walton served as Chief Information Officer of the Company from May 2006 to May 2008 and Vice President of Strategic Planning from May 2005 to May 2006. Prior to joining the Company in 2005, Mr. Walton was a partner at Subsidium Health Advisors, a healthcare consultancy, from 2002 to 2005.

Organization Position Status
Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings Executive Vice President, Strategic Planning, Board of Directors Current
Organization Position Status
Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings Executive Vice President Current
Subsidium Health Advisors Partner Former
Organization Position Status
Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings Executive Vice President Current
Organization Position Status
Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings Executive Vice President Current
Organization Position Status
Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings Senior Vice President, Investor Relations Current

James T. Boyle, Jr. has served as Senior Vice President Managed Care since May of 2006. In December of 2008, Mr. Boyle also assumed operating responsibility for the Company s Occupational Testing/Employer Group Services in his current role of Head of Managed Care/OTS. He is a member of the Company s Management Committee. Mr. Boyle previously held the position of Vice President of Managed Care from August 2004 to May, 2006. Prior to that Mr. Boyle was the Director of Litigation and Assistant General Counsel from 1999 to 2004. Prior to joining the Company in 1999, Mr. Boyle was engaged in the private practice of law for more than 15 years, specializing in litigation.

Organization Position Status
Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings Senior Vice President, Managed Care, Occupational Testing Current
Organization Position Status
Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings Senior Vice President, Investor Relations Current
Organization Position Status
Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings Vice President & Director, Natl, Genetics & Genomics Current
Organization Position Status
Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings Vice President, Investor Relations Current
Organization Position Status
Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings Marketing Manager, Clinical Trials Current

Kerrii B. Anderson (51) has served as a director of the Company since May 17, 2006. Ms. Anderson was Chief Executive Officer of Wendy’s International, Inc., a restaurant operating and franchising company from April 2006 until September 2008 when the company was merged with Triarc. Ms. Anderson served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Wendy’s International from 2000 to 2006. Prior to this position, she was Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President of M/I Schottenstein Homes, Inc. from 1987 to 2000. Ms. Anderson serves on the financial committee of Columbus Foundation and Ohio Health. Ms. Anderson was a director of Wendy’s International from 2006 until September 30, 2008.

Organization Position Status
Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings Chairman Current
Triarc Ltd Chief Executive Officer Former

Thomas P. Mac Mahon (62) has served as a director since May 6, 2009; prior to that date, he served as a director and Chairman of the Board since April 28, 1996. On May 6, 2009, Mr. David P. King succeeded Mr. Mac Mahon as Chairman of the Board. Mr. Mac Mahon was President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Executive and Management Committees of the Company from January 1997 until his retirement on December 31, 2006. Mr. Mac Mahon was Senior Vice President of Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. (“Roche”) from 1993 to December 1996 and President of Roche Diagnostics Group and a director and member of the Executive Committee of Roche from 1988 to December 1996. Mr. Mac Mahon is a director, Chairman of the Governance Committee and member of the Compensation Committee of Express Scripts, Inc. Mr. Mac Mahon is also a director, member of the Compensation Committee and Chairman of the Board of PharMerica Corporation and a director of Golden Pond Healthcare, Inc.

Organization Position Status
Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings Chairman Current
PharMerica Corporation Chairman of the Board Current
Golden Pond Healthcare, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Express Scripts, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings Chief Executive Officer Former

Arthur H. Rubenstein, MBBCh (71) has served as a director of the Company since August 1, 2004. Dr. Rubenstein is the Dean of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and Executive Vice President for the University of Pennsylvania Health System. Previously, Dr. Rubenstein was Dean and Gustave L. Levy Distinguished Professor at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York from 1997 to 2001. He has also been a faculty member and chairman of the Department of Medicine at the University of Chicago. He is a distinguished member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Dr. Rubenstein serves as a director of Glycadia and the Association of Academic Health Centers.

Organization Position Status
The University of Pennsylvania Health System Executive Vice President Current
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Dean Current
Association of Academic Health Centers Director Current
Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings Board of Directors Current
Organization Position Status
Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings Board of Directors Current

Jean-Luc Bélingard (60) has served as a director of the Company since April 28, 1995. Mr. Bélingard is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Ipsen SA, a diversified French health care holding company, and has served in that position since 2001. Prior to this position, Mr. Bélingard was Chief Executive Officer from 1999 to 2001 of bioMérieux-Pierre Fabre, a diversified French health care holding company, where his responsibilities included the management of that company’s worldwide pharmaceutical and cosmetic business. Mr. Bélingard is a director of Celera Corporation, a former division of Applera Corporation, Norwalk, Connecticut, a director and member of the Compensation Committee of bioMérieux SA, and a director and member of the Compensation Committee of Nicox (France). Mr. Bélingard was a director of Applera Corporation, Norwalk, Connecticut from 1993 to June 2008.

Organization Position Status
Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings Board of Directors Current
Celera Genomics Director Current
Applera Corporation Director Former

M. Keith Weikel, Ph.D. (71) has served as a director of the Company since July 16, 2003. On December 31, 2006, Dr. Weikel retired as a Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Manor Care, Inc., a health-care provider company, where he began his career in 1984 with Manor HealthCare Corporation, an operating subsidiary of Manor Care, Inc. Dr. Weikel is currently a member of the Federation of American Hospitals and the Alliance for Quality Long Term Care and serves as Director Emeritus for Manor Care, Inc. and as a director for Direct Supply, Inc.

Organization Position Status
Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings Board of Directors Current
Direct Supply, Inc. Director Current

M. Keith Weikel, Ph.D. (71) has served as a director of the Company since July 16, 2003. On December 31, 2006, Dr. Weikel retired as a Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Manor Care, Inc., a health-care provider company, where he began his career in 1984 with Manor HealthCare Corporation, an operating subsidiary of Manor Care, Inc. Dr. Weikel is currently a member of the Federation of American Hospitals and the Alliance for Quality Long Term Care and serves as Director Emeritus for Manor Care, Inc. and as a director for Direct Supply, Inc.

Organization Position Status
Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings Board of Directors Current
Direct Supply, Inc. Director Current
Organization Position Status
Business Leader Magazine Senior Vice Chancellor, Duke University, School of Medicine Current
Dhmri Board of Directors Current
Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings Board of Directors Current
Association of University Cardiologists President Former

Robert E. Mittelstaedt, Jr. (65) has been a director of the Company since November 1996. Mr. Mittelstaedt is Dean and Professor of the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University. Prior to June 30, 2004, he was Vice Dean, Executive Education of The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and director of the Aresty Institute of Executive Education, an executive education program affiliated with The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Mittelstaedt had served with The Wharton School since 1973, with the exception of the period from 1985 to 1989 when he founded, served as President and Chief Executive Officer, and sold Intellego, Inc., a company engaged in practice management, systems development, and service bureau billing operations in the medical industry. Mr. Mittelstaedt serves as a director of W.P. Carey & Co., LLC and also serves as a director and Compensation Committee member of Innovative Solutions & Support, Inc.

Organization Position Status
Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings Board of Directors Current

Wendy E. Lane (57) has been a director of the Company since November 1996. Ms. Lane has been Chairman of Lane Holdings, Inc., an investment firm, since 1992. Prior to forming Lane Holdings, Inc., Ms. Lane was a Principal and a Managing Director of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, an investment banking firm, serving in these and other positions from 1980 to 1992. Ms. Lane is also a director and Audit Committee member of both Willis Group Holdings, Ltd. and UPM-Kymmene Corporation, and a Trustee of the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Team Foundation.

Organization Position Status
Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings Board of Directors Current

Executive News

  • Monogram Biosciences to be sold to LabCorp

    San Francisco Business Times - 6/24/09 - View Story

  • Monogram Biosciences to be sold to LabCorp

    San Francisco Business Times - 6/23/09 - View Story

  • BRIEF: LabCorp to buy Monogram Biosciences

    TradingMarkets - 6/23/09 - View Story

  • LabCorp to acquire biosciences company

    News-Record.com - 6/23/09 - View Story

  • LabCorp To Buy Treatment Optimizer Monogram For $106.7 Million

    Morningstar.com - 6/23/09 - View Story

  • Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (LabCorp) (LH) Enters Definitive Agreement to Acquire Monogram Biosciences (MGRM) for $155 Million

    BioSpace - 6/23/09 - View Story

  • LabCorp Enters Definitive Agreement to Acquire Monogram Biosciences, Inc.

    Forbes.com - 6/23/09 - View Story

  • LabCorp To Buy Monogram Biosciences In $106.7 Mln Cash Deal - Update

    RTTNews.com - 6/23/09 - View Story

  • LabCorp Enters Definitive Agreement to Acquire Monogram

    Business Wire via MSN Money - 6/23/09 - View Story

  • LabCorp acquires Monogram Biosciences

    Biz Journals - 6/23/09 - View Story

  • LabCorp Enters Definitive Agreement to Acquire Monogram Biosciences, Inc.

    Business Wire - 6/23/09 - View Story

  • LabCorp acquires Monogram Biosciences

    The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area - 6/23/09 - View Story

  • LabCorp is Scheduled to Present at the William Blair & Company 29th Annual Growth Stock Conference

    Pharma Live - 6/10/09 - View Story

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     LH $66.71 -0.94 (-1.39% )
Average Volume 1,395,750
Shares Outstanding 108.30M
Market Cap 7.2B
Year High 78.29
Year Low 52.93
Earnings Per Share N/A
P/E Ratio -
Dividend N/A
Yield N/A
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