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| FORM 4 | UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
+--------+ Washington, D.C. 20549
[_] Check this box if
no longer subject STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
to Section 16.
Form 4 or Form 5 Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities
obligations may Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the
continue. See Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
Instruction 1(b). Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
(Print or Type Responses)
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Elingburg, Wesley R.
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
c/o Laboratory Corporation of America
430 South Spring Street
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(Street)
Burlington North Carolina 27215
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(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings ("LH")
3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity
(voluntary)
4. Statement for Month/Year
March 2002
5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
___ Director X Officer ___ 10% Owner ___ Other
--- (give title below) (specify below)
Executive Vice President,Chief Financial
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Officer and Treasurer
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7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
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____ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I--Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
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1. Title 2. Trans- 3. Trans- 4. Securities Acquired (A) 5. Amount of 6. Owner- 7. Nature
of action action or Disposed of (D) Securities ship of In-
Security Date Code (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Beneficially Form: direct
(Instr. 3) (Month/ (Instr. 8) Owned at Direct Bene-
Day/ ------------------------------------------------- End of (D) or ficial
Year) Month Indirect Owner-
Code V Amount (A) or Price (Instr. 3 and 4) (I) ship
(D) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4)
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Common Stock(1) 3/15/02 S 5,000 D $ 90.20
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Common Stock(1) 3/15/02 S 5,000 D $ 91.00
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Common Stock(1) 3/15/02 S 5,000 D $ 90.40
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Common Stock(1) 3/15/02 S 5,000 D $ 89.82
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Common Stock(1) 3/15/02 S 7,000 D $ 90.75
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Common Stock(1) 3/14/02 M 7,778 A $ 66.125
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Common Stock(1) 3/14/02 M 4,600 A $ 53.40625
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Common Stock(1) 3/14/02 S 6,178 D $ 90.00
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(1) Transactions indicated were pursuant to a plan in compliance with Rule 10b5-
1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
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Table I--Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
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1. Title 2. Trans- 3. Trans- 4. Securities Acquired (A) 5. Amount of 6. Owner- 7. Nature
of action action or Disposed of (D) Securities ship of In-
Security Date Code (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Beneficially Form: direct
(Instr. 3) (Month/ (Instr. 8) Owned at Direct Bene-
Day/ ----------------------------------------------- End of (D) or ficial
Year) Month Indirect Owner-
Code V Amount (A) or Price (Instr. 3 and 4) (I) ship
(D) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4)
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Common Stock(1) 3/14/02 S 2,000 D $90.03
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Common Stock(1) 3/14/02 S 4,200 D $90.08 109,424.0924 D
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(1) Transactions indicated were pursuant to a plan in compliance with Rule
10b5-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
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Table II--Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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1. Title of Derivative 2. Conver- 3. Trans- 4. Transac- 5. Number of Deriv-
Security (Instr. 3) sion or action tion Code ative Securities
Exercise Date (Instr. 8) Acquired (A) or
Price of (Month/ Disposed of (D)
Deriv- Day/ (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)
ative Year)
Security
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Code V (A) (D)
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Employee
Stock Option $66.125 3/14/02 M 7,778
(1)(2)
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Employee
Stock Option $53.40625 3/14/02 M 4,600
(2)(4)
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6. Date Exer- 7. Title and Amount of 8. Price 9. Number 10. Owner- 11. Na-
cisable and Underlying Securities of of Deriv- ship ture
Expiration (Instr. 3 and 4) Deriv- ative Form of In-
Date ative Secur- of De- direct
(Month/Day/ Secur- ities rivative Bene-
Year) ity Bene- Securities ficial
(Instr. ficially Bene- Owner-
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Date Expira- Amount or at End Owned at (Instr.
Exer- tion Title Number of of End of 4)
cisable Date Shares Month Month
(Instr. 4) (Instr. 4)
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(3) 02/06/11 Common 7,778 62,222 D
Stock
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(5) 08/17/10 Common 4,600 9,200 D
Stock
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) Common stock purchase option granted under the Labortory Corporation of
America Holdings 2000 Stock Incentive Plan.
(2) Transactions indicated were pursuant to a plan in compliance with Rule
10b5-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
(3) Total option to purchase 70,000 shares vests in three approximately equal
installments on February 5, 2002, February 5, 2003 and February 5, 2004.
(4) Common stock purchase option granted under the Laboratory Corporation of
America Holdings 2000 Stock Incentive Plan.
(5) Total option to purchase 13,800 shares vests in three equal installments on
August 17, 2001, August 17, 2002 and August 17, 2003.
/s/ Bradford T. Smith
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**Signature of Reporting Person April 8, 2002
Bradford T. Smith, Attorney-in-Fact for -------------
Date
Wesley R. Elingburg
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly.
* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see
Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal
Criminal Violations
See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
Note File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually
signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure
