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Laboratory Corp of America Holdings – ‘10-Q’ for 3/31/16 – ‘XML’

On:  Friday, 5/6/16, at 2:28pm ET   ·   For:  3/31/16   ·   Accession #:  920148-16-193   ·   File #:  1-11353

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 5/06/16  Lab Corp of America Holdings      10-Q        3/31/16   70:7.6M

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

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53: R42         Debt (Senior Notes) (Details)                       HTML     93K 
54: R43         Debt (Convertible Subordinated Notes) (Details)     HTML     30K 
55: R44         Debt (Credit Facilities) (Details)                  HTML    113K 
56: R45         Preferred Stock and Common Shareholders' Equity     HTML     52K 
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57: R46         Preferred Stock and Common Shareholders' Equity     HTML     84K 
                PREFERRED STOCK AND COMMON SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY -                
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58: R47         Income Taxes (Details)                              HTML     27K 
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                Contribution Plans (Details)                                     
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