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Laboratory Corp of America Holdings – ‘10-Q’ for 3/31/20 – ‘JSON’

On:  Friday, 5/8/20, at 5:10pm ET   ·   For:  3/31/20   ·   Accession #:  920148-20-29   ·   File #:  1-11353

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 5/08/20  Lab Corp of America Holdings      10-Q        3/31/20   78:73M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

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 2: EX-10.1     Material Contract                                   HTML    354K 
 3: EX-10.2     Material Contract                                   HTML    454K 
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40: R1          Cover Page                                          HTML     76K 
71: R2          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)   HTML    119K 
58: R3          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)   HTML     28K 
                (Parentheticals)                                                 
20: R4          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations     HTML     87K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
39: R5          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     60K 
                Earnings (Unaudited)                                             
69: R6          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in     HTML     58K 
                Shareholders' Equity (Unaudited)                                 
57: R7          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML    111K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
18: R8          Basis of Financial Statement Presentation           HTML     56K 
41: R9          Earnings Per Share                                  HTML     51K 
14: R10         Restructuring and Other Special Charges             HTML     68K 
35: R11         Goodwill and Intangible Assets                      HTML     83K 
65: R12         Debt                                                HTML     69K 
55: R13         Preferred Stock and Common Shareholders' Equity     HTML     68K 
13: R14         Income Taxes                                        HTML     29K 
34: R15         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     71K 
64: R16         Pension and Postretirement Plans                    HTML     46K 
54: R17         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML     90K 
12: R18         Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities       HTML    113K 
36: R19         Supplemental Cash Flow Information                  HTML     48K 
77: R20         Business Acquisitions                               HTML     94K 
50: R21         BUSINESS SEGMENT INFORMATION Business Segment       HTML     51K 
                information (Notes)                                              
27: R22         BASIS OF FINANCIAL STATEMENT PRESENTATION Use of    HTML     28K 
                Estimates (Policies)                                             
33: R23         BASIS OF FINANCIAL STATEMENT PRESENTATION New       HTML     27K 
                Accounting Pronouncements (Policies)                             
76: R24         BASIS OF FINANCIAL STATEMENT PRESENTATION Novel     HTML     27K 
                Coronavirus (COVID-19) Financial Statement Impact                
                (Policies)                                                       
49: R25         BASIS OF FINANCIAL STATEMENT PRESENTATION Recently  HTML     26K 
                Adopted Accounting Standards (Policies)                          
26: R26         Earnings Per Share (Tables)                         HTML     51K 
32: R27         RESTRUCTURING AND OTHER SPECIAL CHARGES             HTML     64K 
                Restructuring and Other Special Charges Detail                   
                (Tables)                                                         
78: R28         Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Tables)             HTML     74K 
48: R29         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML     89K 
51: R30         Supplemental Cash Flow Information (Tables)         HTML     48K 
62: R31         BUSINESS ACQUISITIONS Business Acquisitions Tables  HTML    102K 
                (Tables)                                                         
37: R32         Business Segment Information (Tables)               HTML     49K 
15: R33         Revenue (Tables)                                    HTML    329K 
52: R34         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML     35K 
63: R35         Basis of Financial Statement Presentation           HTML    138K 
                (Details)                                                        
38: R36         Earnings Per Share (Reconciliation of Basic         HTML     53K 
                Earnings Per Share to Diluted Earnings Per Share)                
                (Details)                                                        
16: R37         Earnings Per Share (Potential common shares not     HTML     25K 
                included in computation of diluted earnings per                  
                share) (Details)                                                 
53: R38         Restructuring and Other Special Charges (Details)   HTML     81K 
61: R39         Restructuring Reserves (Details)                    HTML     62K 
44: R40         Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Changes in          HTML     96K 
                Carrying Amount of Goodwill) (Details)                           
74: R41         Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Components of       HTML     47K 
                identifiable intangible assets) (Details)                        
28: R42         Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Details)            HTML     52K 
22: R43         Debt (Short-term borrowings and current portion of  HTML     48K 
                long-term debt) (Table) (Details)                                
46: R44         Debt (Long-term debt) (Details)                     HTML     91K 
75: R45         Debt (Senior Notes) (Details)                       HTML     68K 
29: R46         Debt (Credit Facilities) (Details)                  HTML    111K 
23: R47         Preferred Stock and Common Shareholders' Equity     HTML     76K 
                (Details)                                                        
47: R48         Preferred Stock and Common Shareholders' Equity     HTML     73K 
                PREFERRED STOCK AND COMMON SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY -                
                Accumulated Other Comprehensive Earnings (Details)               
73: R49         Income Taxes (Details)                              HTML     31K 
68: R50         Commitments and Contingencies (Details)             HTML     25K 
60: R51         Pension and Postretirement Plans (Details)          HTML     95K 
19: R52         Pension and Postretirement Plans Defined            HTML     36K 
                Contribution Plans (Details)                                     
43: R53         Fair Value Measurements (Details)                   HTML     63K 
66: R54         Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities       HTML     78K 
                (Details)                                                        
59: R55         Supplemental Cash Flow Information (Details)        HTML     39K 
17: R56         Business Acquisitions (Details)                     HTML    170K 
42: R57         Business Acquisitions Business Acquisitions in the  HTML     52K 
                Aggregate (Details)                                              
70: R58         Business Acquisitions Dispositions (Details)        HTML     65K 
56: R59         BUSINESS SEGMENT INFORMATION Business Segment       HTML     62K 
                Information (Details)                                            
25: R60         REVENUE Disaggregated Revenue Table (Details)       HTML    170K 
31: R61         Subsequent Event (Details)                          HTML     40K 
72: R62         Leases (Details)                                    HTML     29K 
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