UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report: December 1, 2003
Commission file number: 0-16946
LabOne, Inc.
10101 Renner Blvd.
Lenexa, Kansas 66219
(913) 888-1770
Incorporated in Missouri
I.R.S. Employer Identification Number: 43-1039532
Item 9. Regulation FD Disclosure
LabOne Signs Definitive Agreement with the Health Alliance to Acquire
Alliance Lab and to Provide Laboratory Testing Services
LabOne, Inc. (Nasdaq: LABS), announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Alliance Laboratory Services from the Health Alliance, Cincinnati. The transaction will also include a long-term commitment by the Health Alliance to obtain medical testing from LabOne. The Health Alliance will retain ownership of its six hospital-based immediate response laboratories, under the management of LabOne. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. The companies anticipate a closing by early January 2004, subject to the satisfactions of all conditions within the agreement.
Signature
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
LabOne, Inc.
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Date: December 1, 2003 |
By /s/ John W. McCarty |