SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Schroeder Mark S (Last) (First) (Middle) 531 SOUTH SPRING STREET (Street) BURLINGTON NC 27215 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 11/05/2019	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol LABORATORY CORP OF AMERICA HOLDINGS [ LH ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) EVP, President-Diagnostics Lab	5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
			6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock	178.6401	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Non-qualified Stock Options(1)	02/07/2018(2)	02/06/2027	Common Stock	3,400	130.6	D
Non-qualified Stock Options(1)	02/12/2019(2)	02/11/2028	Common Stock	2,700	168.49	D
Non-qualified Stock Options(1)	02/12/2020(2)	02/11/2029	Common Stock	3,500	146.59	D
Restricted Stock Unit	(3)	(3)	Common Stock	297	(4)	D
Restricted Stock Unit	(5)	(5)	Common Stock	467	(4)	D
Restricted Stock Unit	(6)	(6)	Common Stock	850	(4)	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Employee stock option (right to buy) granted pursuant to the Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings 2016 Omnibus Incentive Plan.

2. The option vests in three equal installments beginning on the date reflected in this column.

3. The Restricted Stock Units vest on 2/7/2020.

4. Each Restricted Stock Unit represents the contingent right to receive one share of Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings Common Stock.

5. The Restricted Stock Units vest in two equal installments on 2/12/2020 and 2/12/2021.

6. The Restricted Stock Units vest in three equal annual installments beginning on 2/12/2020.

Remarks:

Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney

	/s/ Sandra D. van der Vaart, Attorney-in-Fact for Mark S. Schroeder	11/07/2019
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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EXHIBIT 24


                                   POWER OF ATTORNEY
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KNOWN ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes
and appoints Sandra D. van der Vaart attorney-in-fact and agent, in
connection with the filing for the undersigned on Form 3, Form 4, and Form 5
under the Securities Act of 1934, as amended, including, without limiting
the generality of the foregoing, to sign the Form 3, Form 4, and Form 5 with
respect to the undersigned's holding of and transactions in securities
issued by Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings, in the name and on
behalf of the undersigned as an officer of Laboratory Corporation of America
Holdings, and any amendments to the Form 3, Form 4, or Form 5 and any
instrument, contract, document or other writing, of or in connection with the
Form 3, Form 4, and Form 5 or amendments thereto, and to file the same, with
all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, including
this power of attorney, with the Securities and Exchange Commission and any
applicable securities exchange or securities self-regulatory body, granting
unto said attorney-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorney-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, or her
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.  This power of attorney shall become effective immediately, and
shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer
required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5, with respect to the undersigned's
holdings of and transactions in securities issued by Laboratory Corporation
of America Holdings, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed
writing delivered to the foregoing attorney-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has signed these presents this 1st day
of November, 2019.



                                   /s/ Mark S. Schroeder
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                                   Mark S. Schroeder