Filed Pursuant to Rule 433
Registration No. 333-130141
$250,000,000
LABORATORY CORPORATION OF AMERICA HOLDINGS
5.625% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2015
FINAL PRICING TERMS
December 9, 2005
| ISSUER: |
Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (Bloomberg Ticker: LH) | |
| AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OFFERED: |
$250,000,000 | |
| EXPECTED RATINGS: |
Baa3/BBB | |
| FORMAT: |
SEC Registered (Global) (No. 333-130141) | |
| MATURITY: |
12/15/2015 | |
| SETTLEMENT: |
12/14/05 (T+3) | |
| PRICE TO PUBLIC: |
$997.13 per $1,000 principal amount; 99.713% of principal amount | |
| SPREAD: |
115 basis points over the ten year treasury | |
| UST SPOT: |
99 28+/32% | |
| COUPON: |
5.625% per year (payable semi-annually) from December 14, 2005 | |
| INTEREST PAYMENT DATES: |
June 15 and December 15, beginning June 15, 2006 | |
| MAKE-WHOLE CALL AT ANY TIME: |
Treasury Rate plus 20 basis points | |
| DENOMINATIONS: |
$1,000 and multiples of $1,000 | |
| YIELD: |
5.663% | |
| BOOKS: |
Banc of America Securities LLC | |
| CO-MANAGERS: |
Lehman Brothers Inc. |
The issuer has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) with the SEC for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement and other documents the issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the issuer and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC Web site at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the issuer, any underwriter or any dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus if you request it by calling toll-free:
| Banc of America Securities LLC |
1-800-294-1322 |