Form 8-K 15 May 2014 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 15, 2014
(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 2014 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the "Annual Meeting") of Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (the "Company") was held on May 14, 2014. As of March 17, 2014, the date of record for determining the Company's stockholders entitled to vote on the proposals presented at the Annual Meeting, there were 85,017,972 shares of the Company's common stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. The holders of 73,739,860 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 April 4, 2014. 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 2015 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
65,305,788

2,186,388

538,122

5,709,562

Kerrii B. Anderson
67,360,172

297,922

372,204

5,709,562

Jean-Luc Bélingard
67,088,747

630,528

311,023

5,709,562

D. Gary Gilliland, M.D., Ph.D.
67,654,191

65,304

310,803

5,709,562

Garheng Kong, M.D., Ph.D.
66,899,729

819,391

311,178

5,709,562

Robert E. Mittelstaedt, Jr.
65,230,480

2,487,289

312,529

5,709,562

Peter M. Neupert
66,998,890

719,925

311,483

5,709,562

Adam H. Schechter
67,468,962

250,568

310,768

5,709,562

R. Sanders Williams, M.D.
67,471,726

249,362

309,210

5,709,562


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
65,174,606

2,174,726

680,966

5,709,562







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, 2014.
Votes For
Votes Against
Abstentions
Broker Non-Votes
72,896,345

519,447

324,068

 





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 15, 2014