UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 |
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. | SEC 1473 (7-02) | ||
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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 of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) |
6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) |
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Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares |
Reporting Owner Name / Address | Relationships | |||
Director | 10% Owner | Officer | Other | |
LABORATORY CORP OF AMERICA HOLDINGS 358 SOUTH MAIN STREET BURLINGTON, NC 27215 |
 |  X |  |  |
/s/ F. Samuel Eberts III | 10/03/2014 | |
**Signature of Reporting Person | Date |
* | If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v). |
** | Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). |
(1) | The Reporting Person is filing this Form 3 solely due to entering into certain Voting Agreements by and among the Reporting Person and certain stockholders of LipoScience, Inc. (the "Voting Agreements"), pursuant to which the Reporting Person was granted an irrevocable proxy to vote 2,709,300 shares of the Issuer's common stock held by such stockholders (the "Issuer Common Stock"). The Voting Agreements were entered into in connection with the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated September 24, 2014, among the Reporting Person, Bear Acquisition Corp. and the Issuer (the "Merger Agreement"). The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares of the Issuer Common Stock for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the filing of this Form 3 shall not be an admission that the Reporting Person is the beneficial owner for such purposes. |
(2) | For additional information regarding the Voting Agreements and the Merger Agreement, see the Schedule 13D filed by the Reporting Person with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on October 3, 2014. |