December 17, 2003

LabCorp(R) Announces Stock Repurchase Program

BURLINGTON, N.C., Dec 17, 2003 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via Comtex/ -- Laboratory Corporation of America(R) Holdings (LabCorp(R)) (NYSE: LH) today announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock repurchase program under which LabCorp may purchase up to an aggregate of $250,000,000 of its