DISCUSIÓN Y ANÁLISIS DE LA ADMINISTRACIÓN DE LABORATORY CORP OF AMERICA HOLDINGS SOBRE LA CONDICIÓN FINANCIERA Y RESULTADOS DE LAS OPERACIONES (formulario 10-Q)

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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
The Company has made on this report, and occasionally could in any other case make in
its public filings, press releases, and discussions by Company administration,
forward-looking statements in regards to the Company's operations, efficiency, and
monetary situation, in addition to its strategic aims. Some of those
forward-looking statements relate to future occasions and expectations and will be
recognized by means of forward-looking phrases equivalent to "believes", "expects",
"could", "will", "ought to", "seeks", "roughly", "intends", "plans",
"estimates", or "anticipates" or the detrimental of these phrases or different comparable
terminology. Such forward-looking statements converse solely as of the time they're
made and are topic to varied dangers and uncertainties and the Company claims
the safety afforded by the protected harbor for forward-looking statements
contained within the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual
outcomes may differ materially from these presently anticipated resulting from a quantity
of things along with these mentioned elsewhere herein, together with within the
"Summary of Material Risks" and "Risk Factors" part of the Annual Report on
Form 10-Okay, and within the Company's different public filings, press releases, and
discussions with Company administration, together with:

1.  modifications in authorities and third-party payer laws, reimbursement, or
protection insurance policies or different future reforms within the U.S. healthcare system (or in
the interpretation of present laws), new insurance coverage or cost methods,
together with state, regional or non-public insurance coverage cooperatives (e.g., well being
insurance coverage exchanges) affecting governmental and third-party protection or
reimbursement for business laboratory testing, together with the impression of the
U.S. Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 (PAMA);

2. daños monetarios significativos, multas, sanciones, evaluaciones, reembolsos, daños a la reputación de la Compañía, gastos de cumplimiento no anticipados y/o exclusión o inhabilitación o inhabilitación para participar en programas gubernamentales, entre otras consecuencias adversas, que surjan de la aplicación de leyes contra el fraude y el abuso y otras leyes aplicables a la Compañía en jurisdicciones en las que la Compañía realiza negocios;


3.  vital fines, penalties, prices, unanticipated compliance expenditures
and/or harm to the Company's status arising from the failure to conform
with relevant privateness and safety legal guidelines and laws, together with the U.S.
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, the U.S. Health
Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act, the European
Union's General Data Protection Regulation and comparable legal guidelines and laws in
jurisdictions wherein the Company conducts enterprise;

4.  loss or suspension of a license or imposition of fines or penalties underneath,
or future modifications in, or interpretations of relevant licensing legal guidelines or
laws concerning the operation of medical laboratories and the supply of
medical laboratory check outcomes, together with, however not restricted to, the U.S.
Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act of 1967 and the U.S. Clinical Laboratory
Improvement Amendments of 1988 and comparable legal guidelines and laws in jurisdictions
wherein the Company conducts enterprise;

5. sanciones o pérdida de la licencia derivadas del incumplimiento de las leyes y reglamentos de seguridad ocupacional y del lugar de trabajo aplicables, incluidos los
Administración de Salud y Seguridad Ocupacional de EE. UU. requisitos, la A NOSOTROS
Ley de seguridad y prevención de pinchazos con agujas, y leyes y reglamentos similares en las jurisdicciones en las que la Compañía realiza negocios;


6.  fines, unanticipated compliance expenditures, suspension of producing,
enforcement actions, harm to the Company's status, injunctions, or
prison prosecution arising from failure to take care of compliance with present
good manufacturing follow laws and comparable necessities of assorted
regulatory businesses in jurisdictions wherein the Company conducts enterprise;

7.  sanctions or different cures, together with fines, unanticipated compliance
expenditures, enforcement actions, injunctions or prison prosecution arising
from failure to adjust to the Animal Welfare Act or relevant nationwide, state
and native legal guidelines and laws in jurisdictions wherein the Company conducts
enterprise;

8. cambios en las pautas o recomendaciones de pruebas por parte de agencias gubernamentales, sociedades de especialidades médicas y otros organismos autorizados que afecten la utilización de pruebas de laboratorio;


9.  modifications in relevant authorities laws or insurance policies affecting the
approval, availability of, and the promoting and advertising of diagnostic checks,
drug growth, or the conduct of drug growth and medical system and
diagnostic research and trials, together with laws and insurance policies of the U.S.
Food and Drug Administration, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Medicine
and Healthcare merchandise Regulatory Agency within the United Kingdom (U.Okay.), the
National Medical Products Administration in China, the Pharmaceutical and
Medical Devices Agency in Japan, the European Medicines Agency, the European
Union and comparable laws and insurance policies of businesses in different jurisdictions in
which the Company conducts enterprise;
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10. cambios en las regulaciones gubernamentales o reembolsos relacionados con las industrias farmacéutica, biotecnológica y de dispositivos médicos y de diagnóstico, cambios en el reembolso de productos farmacéuticos o reducción del gasto en investigación y desarrollo por parte de clientes farmacéuticos, biotecnológicos y de dispositivos médicos y de diagnóstico;

11. responsabilidades que resulten del incumplimiento de los requisitos de gobierno corporativo;


12.  elevated competitors, together with value competitors, potential discount in
charges in response to cost transparency initiatives and consumerism, aggressive
bidding and/or modifications or reductions to charge schedules, and competitors from
corporations that don't adjust to current legal guidelines or laws or in any other case
disregard compliance requirements within the business;

13.    modifications in payer combine or cost construction or course of, together with insurance coverage
service participation in medical insurance exchanges, a rise in capitated
reimbursement mechanisms, the impression of clearinghouses on the claims
reimbursement course of, the impression of a shift to consumer-driven well being plans or
plans carrying an elevated degree of member cost-sharing, and opposed modifications in
payer reimbursement or payer protection insurance policies (carried out instantly or via
a third-party utilization administration group) associated to particular
diagnostic checks, classes of testing or testing methodologies;

14. incapacidad para retener o atraer negocios de MCO como resultado de cambios en los modelos comerciales, incluidos los enfoques de crimson o basados ​​en el riesgo, la gestión de redes de laboratorios subcontratadas o las empresas de gestión de utilización, u otros cambios en la estrategia o los modelos comerciales por parte de las MCO;


15.  failure to acquire and retain new prospects, an unfavorable change within the
mixture of testing or different providers ordered, or a discount in checks ordered,
specimens submitted, or providers requested by current prospects, and reductions
and delays in funds from Dx and DD prospects;

16. consolidación y convergencia de clientes, competidores y proveedores, lo que podría causar cambios importantes en la contratación interna, la utilización, la fijación de precios, el reembolso y el acceso a la cadena de suministro;

17. falta de desarrollo e implementación efectivos de nuevos sistemas, modificaciones de sistemas o mejoras requeridas en respuesta a las necesidades cambiantes del mercado y del negocio;

18. clientes que eligen externalizar servicios que son o podrían ser comprados de la Compañía;

19. incapacidad para identificar, cerrar con éxito e integrar y/o administrar de manera efectiva adquisiciones de nuevos negocios o incapacidad para mantener clientes y/o empleados clave como resultado de la incertidumbre que rodea la integración de adquisiciones;


20.  lack of ability to attain the anticipated advantages and synergies of newly-acquired
companies, together with resulting from objects not found within the due diligence course of,
and the impression on the Company's money place, ranges of indebtedness and inventory
value;

21. rescisión, pérdida, demora, reducción del alcance o aumento de los costos de los contratos, incluidos los contratos grandes y los contratos múltiples;

22. responsabilidad derivada de errores u omisiones en la realización de servicios de prueba, servicios de investigación por contrato u otros arreglos contractuales;


23.  modifications or disruption within the provision or transportation of providers or
provides offered by third events; or their termination for failure to comply with
the Company's efficiency requirements and necessities;

24. daño o interrupción de las instalaciones de la Compañía;


25.  harm to the Company's status, lack of enterprise, or different hurt from
elevated laws and restrictions on the import of analysis animals,
limitations of provide of analysis animals, and acts of animal rights activists,
or potential hurt and/or legal responsibility arising from animal analysis actions;

26. resultados adversos en materia de litigios;


27.  lack of ability to draw and retain skilled and certified personnel or the
lack of vital personnel on account of sickness, elevated competitors for
expertise, wage development, or different market components;

28.  failure to develop or purchase licenses for brand new or improved applied sciences,
equivalent to point-of-care testing, cell well being applied sciences, and digital
pathology, or potential use of recent applied sciences by prospects and/or shoppers to
carry out their very own checks;

29. costos sustanciales derivados de la imposibilidad de comercializar pruebas o tecnologías recién licenciadas o de obtener la cobertura adecuada o el reembolso de dichas pruebas;

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30.  failure to acquire, keep, and implement mental property rights for
safety of the Company's services and defend towards challenges
to these rights;

31.  scope, validity, and enforceability of patents and different proprietary rights
held by third events that will impression the Company's means to develop, carry out,
or market the Company's services or products or function its enterprise;

32.  enterprise interruption, receivables impairment, delays in money assortment
impacting days gross sales excellent, provide chain disruptions or stock
obsolescence, will increase in materials price or different working prices, inflationary
will increase, or different impacts on the enterprise resulting from pure disasters, together with
opposed climate, fires and earthquakes; geopolitical occasions, together with terrorism
and struggle; public well being crises and illness epidemics and pandemics; modifications in
the worldwide financial system; and different occasions outdoors of the Company's management;

33. interrupción o retiro del mercado de productos de prueba existentes;


34.  a failure within the Company's info know-how methods, together with with
respect to testing turnaround time and billing processes, or the failure of the
Company or its third-party suppliers and distributors to take care of the safety of
enterprise info or methods or to guard towards cybersecurity assaults such
as denial of service assaults, malware, ransomware, and laptop viruses, or
delays or failures within the growth and implementation of the Company's
automation platforms, any of which may end in a detrimental impact on the
Company's efficiency of providers, a lack of enterprise or elevated prices,
damages to the Company's status, vital litigation publicity, an
lack of ability to fulfill required monetary reporting deadlines, or the failure to fulfill
future regulatory or buyer info know-how, knowledge safety and
connectivity necessities;

35.  enterprise interruption, elevated prices, and different opposed results on the
Company's operations as a result of unionization of staff, union strikes, work
stoppages, basic labor unrest or failure to adjust to labor or employment
legal guidelines;

36. falta de mantenimiento de los niveles de ventas de días pendientes de la Compañía, cobros en efectivo (a la luz de niveles crecientes de responsabilidad del paciente), rentabilidad y/o reembolso que surge de cambios desfavorables en las políticas de pago de terceros, retrasos en los pagos introducidos por la gestión de utilización de terceros organizaciones y niveles crecientes de responsabilidad de pago del paciente;


37.  impression on the Company's revenues, money collections and the supply of
credit score for basic liquidity or different financing wants arising from a big
deterioration within the financial system or monetary markets or within the Company's credit score
rankings by Standard & Poor's and/or Moody's;

38. falta de mantenimiento de la estructura de capital esperada para la Compañía, incluida la falta de mantenimiento de la calificación de grado de inversión de la Compañía o convenios de índice de apalancamiento bajo su línea de crédito renovable;

39. cambios en el reembolso por parte de gobiernos extranjeros y fluctuaciones de moneda extranjera;

40. incapacidad para obtener cierta información de facturación de los médicos, lo que genera mayores costos y complejidad, una interrupción temporal en los recibos y reducciones continuas en reembolsos e ingresos;


41.  bills and dangers related to worldwide operations, together with, however
not restricted to, compliance with the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the U.Okay.
Bribery Act, different relevant anti-corruption legal guidelines and laws, commerce
sanction legal guidelines and laws, and financial, political, authorized and different
operational dangers related to international jurisdictions;

42. no lograr las eficiencias y los ahorros esperados en relación con las iniciativas de mejora de los procesos comerciales de la Compañía;

43. cambios en las leyes y reglamentos tributarios o cambios en su interpretación;

44. condiciones económicas globales y cambios gubernamentales y regulatorios; y


45.  results, length, and severity of the continuing COVID-19 pandemic, together with
the impression on operations, personnel, provides, liquidity, and collections, as
nicely because the impression of previous or future actions or omissions by the Company or
governments in response to the COVID-19 pandemic together with, however not restricted to,
evolving authorities vaccine and testing mandates and insurance policies, and harm to the
Company's status or lack of enterprise ensuing from the notion of the
Company's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, together with the supply and
accuracy and timeliness of supply of any checks that the Company develops,
collaborates on or supplies for the detection of COVID-19, and the supply
and timeliness of its drug growth providers; and

46.   dangers related to the impression, timing, anticipated advantages and prices, or
phrases of the deliberate spin-off of the Company's Clinical Development enterprise,
which incorporates the elements of its DD section centered on offering Phase I-IV
medical trial administration, market entry and know-how options to
pharmaceutical and biotechnology organizations, together with however not restricted to (i)
uncertainties as to the completion and timing of the transaction; (ii) the
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failure to acquire acceptable assurances concerning the tax-free nature of the
spin-off; (iii) the receipt of regulatory approvals; (iv) the impact of the
announcement or pendency of the transaction on the Company's enterprise
relationships, working outcomes, and enterprise typically; (v) sudden points
that come up within the continued planning for the transaction; (vi) the failure to
have the Form 10 registration assertion that shall be filed with the SEC declared
efficient on a well timed foundation, or in any respect; (vii) dangers that the proposed
transaction disrupts present plans and operations of Labcorp or Clinical
Development; (viii) potential difficulties attracting or retaining Company or
Clinical Development staff on account of the spin-off announcement,
pendency or completion of the spin-off; (ix) dangers associated to diverting
administration's consideration from the Company and Clinical Development's ongoing
enterprise operations; (x) the flexibility of the Company to efficiently separate
Clinical Development operations from the Company's ongoing operations; (xi)
market receptiveness to impact transactions within the capital markets; and (xii)
market response to the announcement and planning for the transaction.

Salvo que lo exija la ley aplicable, la Compañía no asume ninguna obligación de actualizar o revisar públicamente ninguna declaración prospectiva, ya sea como resultado de nueva información, eventos futuros u otros. Dadas estas incertidumbres, no se debe confiar indebidamente en ninguna declaración prospectiva.

GENERAL (dólares en millones, excepto datos por acción)


Revenues for the six months ended June 30, 2022, have been $7,596.5, a lower of
5.1% from $8,002.2 through the six months ended June 30, 2021. The lower was
resulting from decrease natural income of 4.9% and unfavorable international forex
translation of 0.7%, partially offset by acquisitions web of divestitures of
0.6%. The 4.9% decline in natural income features a 7.4% lower in COVID-19
PCR and antibody testing (COVID-19 Testing), partially offset by a 2.5% enhance
within the Company's natural Base Business. Base Business contains the Company's
enterprise operations apart from COVID-19 Testing.

The Company defines natural development as the rise in income excluding the
year-over-year impression of acquisitions, divestitures, and forex. Acquisition
and divestiture impression is taken into account for a twelve month interval following the
shut of every transaction.

Propuesta de escisión del negocio de desarrollo clínico


On July 28, 2022, the Company introduced that its board of administrators approved
the Company to pursue a spin-off of its wholly owned Clinical Development
enterprise, which incorporates the elements of its DD section centered on offering Phase
I-IV medical trials, market entry and know-how options to pharmaceutical
and biotechnology organizations. The deliberate spin-off would end in two
impartial, publicly traded corporations. The spin-off is meant to be a
tax-free transaction to the Company and its stockholders for U.S. federal earnings
tax functions and is predicted to be effected via a dividend of the Clinical
Development enterprise' shares to the Company's shareholders. The Company
anticipates that, in keeping with any relevant authorized and tax necessities,
there shall be ongoing transitional and business preparations to supply for a
seamless supply of providers to the shoppers and different stakeholders of the
impartial corporations following the spin-off. The Company is concentrating on
completion of the spin-off within the second half of 2023, topic to the
satisfaction sure customary circumstances, together with receipt of ultimate approval
by the Company's board of administrators, receipt of acceptable assurances concerning
the tax-free nature of the transaction, and the effectiveness of any required
filings with the SEC. There will be no assurances concerning the last word timing
of the transaction or that the spin-off shall be accomplished.


RESULTADOS DE OPERACIONES (millones de dólares)


Three months ended June 30, 2022, in contrast with three months ended June 30, 2021

Revenues
                                               Three Months Ended June 30,
                                                   2022                  2021          Change
  Dx                                     $      2,255.4               $ 2,365.5        (4.7)  %
  DD                                            1,451.9                 1,495.2        (2.9)  %
  Intercompany eliminations and different             (10.4)                  (20.0)      (48.0)  %
  Total                                  $      3,696.9               $ 3,840.7        (3.7  %)


Total revenues for the three months ended June 30, 2022, have been $3,696.9, a
lower of three.7% over $3,840.7 within the second quarter of 2021. The lower was
resulting from decrease natural income of three.4% and unfavorable international forex
translation of 1.1%, partially offset by acquisitions web of divestitures of
0.8%. The 3.4% lower in natural income was pushed by a 4.8% lower in
COVID-19 Testing, partially offset by a 1.4% enhance within the Company's natural
Base Business.

Dx revenues for the three months ended June 30, 2022, have been $2,255.4, a lower
of 4.7% over $2,365.5 within the second quarter of 2021. The lower was primarily
resulting from a lower in natural income of 5.7%, partially offset by acquisitions
of
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1,2%. La disminución de 5,7% en los ingresos orgánicos se debió a una disminución de 7,8% en Pruebas de COVID-19, parcialmente compensada por un aumento de 2,1% en el Negocio Base. El crecimiento del Negocio Base whole en comparación con el Negocio Base en el año anterior fue del 3,9%.


Dx whole quantity (measured by requisitions) for the three months ended June 30,
2022, decreased by 2.7% as natural quantity decreased by 3.1% and acquisition
quantity contributed 0.4%. Organic quantity was impacted by an 5.6% lower in
COVID-19 Testing, partially offset by a 2.6% enhance in Base Business.
Price/combine decreased by 2.0% resulting from a lower in COVID-19 Testing of two.2% and a
decline in natural Base Business of 0.4%, partially offset by acquisitions of
0.8%. Base Business quantity was up 3.4% in comparison with the Base Business final yr,
whereas value/combine was up 0.5%.

DD revenues for the three months ended June 30, 2022, have been $1,451.9, a lower
of two.9% over $1,495.2 within the second quarter of 2021. The lower was resulting from
unfavorable international forex translation of two.6% and decrease COVID-19 Testing of
0.6%, partially offset by acquisitions web of divestitures of 0.2% and natural
Base Business development of 0.1%. Organic Base Business development was impacted by
diminished COVID-19 associated work, the battle in Ukraine, and decrease pass-throughs.

Cost of Revenues
                                            Three Months Ended June 30,
                                            2022                      2021         Change
Cost of revenues                      $     2,574.2               $ 2,575.9        (0.1) %
Cost of revenues as a % of revenues            69.6   %                67.1 

%



Cost of revenues decreased 0.1% through the three months ended June 30, 2022, as
in contrast with the corresponding interval in 2021. Cost of revenues as a share
of revenues through the three months ended June 30, 2022, elevated to 69.6% as
in comparison with 67.1% within the corresponding interval in 2021. This enhance in price of
revenues as a p.c of revenues was primarily resulting from a discount in COVID-19
Testing revenues, greater personnel bills, and different inflationary prices,
partially offset by natural Base Business development and LaunchPad financial savings.

Gastos de venta, generales y administrativos

                                                               Three Months 

Terminado 30 de Junio,

                                                                2022                  2021                 Change
Selling, basic and administrative bills              $       486.0           $    458.7                    6.0  %

Gastos de venta, generales y administrativos como % de los ingresos

                                                           13.1   %             11.9  %


Selling, basic and administrative bills as a share of revenues have been
13.1% and 11.9% through the three months ended June 30, 2022, and 2021,
respectively. The enhance is primarily resulting from a discount in COVID-19 Testing
revenues, and better personnel bills, partially offset by LaunchPad financial savings.

Amortización de Intangibles y Otros Activos

                                                             Three Months Ended June 30,
                                                               2022                  2021                 Change
Dx                                                      $          31.8          $     28.4                    11.8  %
DD                                                                 34.6                64.0                   (45.8) %

Amortización whole de intangibles y otros activos $ 66,4

      $     92.4                   (28.1) %


The lower in amortization of intangibles and different property primarily displays
the completion of the accelerated amortization associated to the Covance commerce identify
on account of a rebranding initiative that resulted in $28.0 of expense within the
three months ended June 30, 2021, offset by further amortization for property
acquired subsequent to June 30, 2021.

Reestructuraciones y Otros Cargos

                                           Three Months Ended June 30,
                                                 2022                    2021       Change
Restructuring and different expenses   $           44.4                      $ 

9,6 362,4 %



During the three months ended June 30, 2022, the Company recorded web
restructuring and different expenses of $44.4: $17.7 inside Dx, $21.4 inside DD, and
$5.3 allotted to basic company. The expenses have been comprised of $24.1 associated
to severance and different personnel prices and $19.4 in facility closures, lease
terminations, and basic integration actions. The expenses have been adjusted by
the reversal of a beforehand established legal responsibility of $0.9 in severance prices.

During the three months ended June 30, 2021, the Company recorded web
restructuring and different expenses of $9.6: $6.0 inside Dx and $3.6 inside DD. The
expenses have been comprised of $6.1 associated to severance and different personnel prices
and $3.5 in facility closures, lease terminations, and basic integration
actions. The expenses have been adjusted by a rise of $0.1 of beforehand
established severance liabilities and the reversal of a beforehand established
legal responsibility of $0.1 in unused facility-related prices.

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Interest Expense
                          Three Months Ended June 30,
                               2022                   2021        Change
Interest expense   $        (42.5)                  $ (78.3)      (45.7) %


The lower in curiosity expense for the three months ended June 30, 2022, as
in contrast with the corresponding interval in 2021, is primarily as a result of prices of
redeeming the three.20% and three.75% senior notes, issuing new senior notes in 2021,
decrease excellent debt, and a decrease common price of debt in 2022.

Equity Method Income
                                    Three Months Ended June 30,
                                          2022                    2021       Change
Equity technique earnings, web   $          1.4                       $ 8.0       (83.0) %


 Equity technique earnings represents the Company's possession share in three way partnership
partnerships together with fairness investments in different corporations within the well being care
business. The lower in earnings for the three months ended June 30, 2022, as
in contrast with the corresponding interval in 2021, was primarily as a result of
decreased profitability of the Company's joint ventures in 2022.

Other, web
                     Three Months Ended June 30,
                           2022                    2021        Change
Other, web   $          (10.4)                   $ 14.1       (173.1) %


 The change in Other, web for the three months ended June 30, 2022, as in contrast
to the three months ended June 30, 2021, is primarily resulting from funding losses
of $6.2 for the three months ended June 30, 2022 in comparison with funding positive factors of
$22.1 for the corresponding interval of 2021. In addition, international forex
transaction losses of $4.4 have been acknowledged for the three months ended June 30,
2022 as in comparison with losses of $1.7 for the corresponding interval of 2021.

Ingreso por gastos de impuesto

                                                         Three Months Ended 

30 de Junio,

                                                          2022                  2021                 Change
Income tax expense                                  $       117.5           $    182.6                   (35.6) %

Gasto por impuesto a las ganancias como % de las ganancias antes de impuestos a las ganancias

                                                        24.7   %       

28,1 %



For the three months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, the efficient earnings tax price
was 24.7% and 28.1%, respectively. The present yr efficient tax price was
favorably impacted by the Company's international earnings inclusion. The prior yr
efficient tax price was favorably impacted by stock-based compensation
preparations and was partially offset by the deferred revaluation associated to a
U.Okay. price change.

Operating Income by Segment
                                          Three Months Ended June 30,
                                         2022                         2021        Change
      Dx working earnings          $       455.5                   $ 603.6        (24.5) %
      Dx working margin                   20.2   %                  25.5  %      (5.3) %
      DD working earnings                  150.9                     147.3          2.4  %
      DD working margin                   10.4   %                   9.9  %       0.5  %
      General company bills           (80.5)                    (46.8)        71.9  %
      Total working earnings       $       525.9                   $ 704.1        (25.3) %


Dx working earnings was $455.5 for the three months ended June 30, 2022, a
lower of $148.1 over working earnings of $603.6 within the corresponding interval
of 2021, and Dx working margin decreased 530 foundation factors year-over-year. The
lower in adjusted working earnings and adjusted working margin was
primarily resulting from a discount in COVID-19 Testing, greater personnel expense, and
different inflationary prices, partially offset by natural Base Business development and
LaunchPad financial savings.

DD working earnings was $150.9 for the three months ended June 30, 2022, a
enhance of $3.5 over working earnings of $147.3 within the corresponding interval of
2021. The enhance was primarily resulting from much less amortization expense in 2022 as a
results of the completion of the accelerated amortization associated to the Covance
commerce identify, natural Base Business development, and LaunchPad financial savings, partially
offset by decrease COVID-19 Testing, a discount in COVID-19 associated work, the
interruption of some medical trial exercise as a result of battle in Ukraine, and
different inflationary prices.
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General company bills are comprised primarily of administrative providers
equivalent to government administration, human assets, authorized, finance, company
affairs, and knowledge know-how. Corporate bills have been $80.5 for the three
months ended June 30, 2022, a rise of $33.7 over company bills of
$46.8 within the corresponding interval of 2021, primarily resulting from greater personnel
prices, bonus allocation, analysis and growth prices, and different prices.

La Compañía sigue en camino de entregar aproximadamente $350.0 de ahorros netos de su iniciativa LaunchPad de tres años para fines de 2024.


Six months ended June 30, 2022, in contrast with six months ended June 30, 2021

Revenues
                                                Six Months Ended June 30,
                                                   2022                 2021         Change
   Dx                                     $      4,709.5             $ 5,123.3        (8.1) %
   DD                                            2,911.2               2,933.4        (0.8) %
   Intercompany eliminations and different             (24.2)                (54.5)      (55.6) %
   Total                                  $      7,596.5             $ 8,002.2        (5.1) %


The lower in revenues for the six months ended June 30, 2022, as in contrast
with the corresponding interval in 2021 was 5.1%. The lower was resulting from decrease
natural income of 4.9% and unfavorable international forex translation of 0.7%,
partially offset by acquisitions web of divestitures of 0.6%. The 4.9% lower
in natural income features a 7.4% lower from COVID-19 Testing and a 2.5%
enhance within the Company's natural Base Business.

Dx revenues for the primary half of the yr have been $4,709.5, a lower of 8.1%
in comparison with revenues of $5,123.3 through the six months ended June 30, 2021. The
lower was primarily resulting from decrease natural income of 8.8% and unfavorable
international forex translation of 0.1%, partially offset by acquisitions of 0.8%.
The 8.8% lower in natural income was resulting from an 11.5% lower in COVID-19
Testing, partially offset by a 2.7% enhance within the Base Business.

El volumen whole, medido por las solicitudes, disminuyó un 3,9 %, ya que el volumen orgánico disminuyó un 4,2 % y el volumen de adquisiciones contribuyó con un 0,3 %. Las pruebas de COVID-19 redujeron el crecimiento del volumen orgánico en un 7,1 %. El precio/mezcla disminuyó un 4,2 % debido a una menor prueba de COVID-19 de un 4,4 %, un menor negocio base orgánico de un 0,2 % y una conversión de moneda extranjera desfavorable de un 0,1 %, parcialmente compensado por adquisiciones de un 0,5 %.


DD revenues for the six months ended June 30, 2022 have been $2,911.2, an lower of
0.8% over revenues of $2,933.4 through the six months ended June 30, 2021. The
lower in revenues was primarily resulting from unfavorable international forex
translation of 1.9%, decrease COVID-19 Testing carried out via its Central
Laboratories enterprise of 1.2%, partially offset by a rise in natural Base
Business income of two.2% and acquisitions web of divestitures of 0.2%.

Cost of Revenues
                                            Six Months Ended June 30,
                                            2022                   2021         Change
Cost of revenues                      $    5,240.9             $ 5,138.4         2.0  %
Cost of revenues as a % of revenues           69.0   %              64.2  %


Cost of revenues elevated 2.0% through the six months ended June 30, 2022, as
in contrast with the corresponding interval in 2021. Cost of revenues as a share
of revenues through the six months ended June 30, 2022, elevated to 69.0% as
in comparison with 64.2% within the corresponding interval in 2021. This enhance in price of
revenues as a p.c of revenues was primarily resulting from a discount in COVID-19
Testing revenues, greater personnel bills, and different inflationary prices,
partially offset by natural Base Business development and LaunchPad financial savings.

Gastos de venta, generales y administrativos

                                                               Six Months 

Terminado 30 de Junio,

                                                                2022                 2021                 Change
Selling, basic and administrative bills              $      950.1           $    888.5                    6.9  %

Gastos de venta, generales y administrativos como % de los ingresos

                                                          12.5   %             11.1  %


Selling, basic and administrative bills as a share of revenues have been
12.5% and 11.1% through the six months ended June 30, 2022, and 2021,
respectively. The enhance is primarily resulting from a discount in COVID-19 Testing
revenues, and better personnel bills, partially offset by LaunchPad financial savings.



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Amortización de Intangibles y Otros Activos

                                                             Six Months Ended June 30,
                                                              2022                 2021                 Change
Dx                                                      $        66.7          $     56.5                    18.0  %
DD                                                               66.8               128.0                   (47.8) %

Amortización whole de intangibles y otros activos $ 133.5

    $    184.5                   (27.6) %


The lower in amortization of intangibles and different property primarily displays
the completion of the accelerated amortization associated to the Covance commerce identify
on account of a rebranding initiative that resulted in $57.2 of expense within the
six months ended June 30, 2021, offset by further amortization for property
acquired subsequent to June 30, 2021.

Buena voluntad y otros deterioros de activos


                                                              Six Months 

Terminado 30 de Junio,

                                                              2022                    2021                  Change
Goodwill and different asset impairments                  $             1.2          $          -               100.0%


The Company recorded impairment expenses of $1.2 in different property in Ukraine and
Russia through the six months ended June 30, 2022. There have been no goodwill and
different asset impairments for the six months ended June 30, 2021.

Reestructuraciones y Otros Cargos Especiales

                                          Six Months Ended June 30,
                                              2022                   2021   

Cambio

Restructuring and different expenses   $         57.0                   $ 28.8   

98,0 %



During the six months ended June 30, 2022, the Company recorded web
restructuring and different expenses of $57.0: $20.3 inside Dx, $31.4 inside DD, and
$5.3 allotted to basic company. The expenses have been comprised of $29.5 associated
to severance and different personnel prices and $27.1 in facility closures, lease
terminations, and basic integration actions. The expenses have been adjusted by
a rise of $0.5 of beforehand established severance liabilities and the
reversal of beforehand established legal responsibility of $0.1 in unused facility-related
prices.

During the six months ended June 30, 2021, the Company recorded web
restructuring and different particular expenses of $28.8: $13.5 inside Dx and $15.3
inside DD. The expenses have been comprised of $10.2 associated to severance and different
personnel prices and $18.7 in facility closures, lease terminations, and basic
integration initiatives. The expenses have been adjusted by a rise of $0.1 of
beforehand established severance liabilities and the reversal of beforehand
established legal responsibility of $0.2 in unused facility-related prices.

Interest Expense
                         Six Months Ended June 30,
                             2022                 2021        Change
Interest expense   $      (84.7)               $ (126.8)      (33.2) %


The lower in curiosity expense for the six months ended June 30, 2022, as
in contrast with the corresponding interval in 2021, is primarily as a result of prices of
redeeming the three.20% and three.75% notes, issuing the brand new senior notes in 2021, decrease
excellent debt and a decrease common price of debt in 2022.

Equity Method Income
                                    Six Months Ended June 30,
                                        2022                   2021       Change
Equity technique earnings, web   $         4.8                    $ 12.5       (61.7) %


 Equity technique earnings represents the Company's possession share in three way partnership
partnerships together with fairness investments in different corporations within the well being care
business. The lower in earnings for the six months ended June 30, 2022, as
in contrast with the corresponding interval in 2021, was primarily as a result of
decreased profitability of the Company's joint ventures in 2022.

Other, web
                    Six Months Ended June 30,
                         2022                  2021        Change
Other, web   $        (20.5)                 $ 19.6       (204.2) %


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 The change in Other, web for the six months ended June 30, 2022, as in comparison with
the six months ended June 30, 2021, is primarily resulting from funding losses of
$14.2 in comparison with $30.5 of funding positive factors within the corresponding interval of 2021.
In addition, international forex transaction losses of $7.0 have been acknowledged for the
six months ended June 30, 2022, and losses of $2.8 have been acknowledged within the
corresponding interval of 2021.

Ingreso por gastos de impuesto

                                                         Six Months Ended 

30 de Junio,

                                                          2022                 2021                 Change
Income tax expense                                  $      265.5           $    434.3                   (38.9) %

Gasto por impuesto a las ganancias como % de las ganancias antes de impuestos a las ganancias

                                                       23.8   %        

26,0 %



For the six months ended June 30, 2022, and 2021, the efficient earnings tax price
was 23.8% and 26.0%, respectively. The present yr efficient tax price was
favorably impacted by the Company's international earnings inclusion. The prior yr
efficient tax price was favorably impacted by stock-based compensation
preparations and was partially offset by the deferred revaluation associated to a
U.Okay. price change.

Operating Income by Segment
                                           Six Months Ended June 30,
                                           2022                   2021          Change
        Dx working earnings          $    1,078.8             $ 1,552.7       $ (473.9)
        Dx working margin                  22.9   %              30.3  %        (7.4) %
        DD working earnings                 275.1                 303.7          (28.6)
        DD working margin                   9.4   %              10.4  %        (0.9) %
        General company bills         (140.1)                (94.4)         (45.7)
        Total working earnings       $    1,213.8             $ 1,762.0       $ (548.2)


Dx working earnings was $1,078.8 for the six months ended June 30, 2022, an
lower of $473.9 from working earnings of $1,552.7 within the corresponding interval
of 2021, and Dx working margin decreased 740 foundation factors year-over-year. The
lower in adjusted working earnings and adjusted working margin was
primarily resulting from a discount in COVID-19 Testing, greater personnel expense, and
different inflationary prices, partially offset by natural Base Business development and
LaunchPad financial savings.

DD working earnings was $275.1 for the six months ended June 30, 2022, a
lower of $28.6 from working earnings of $303.7 within the corresponding interval of
2021. The lower was primarily resulting from a discount in COVID-19 Testing, a
discount in COVID-19 associated work, the interruption of some medical trial
exercise as a result of battle in Ukraine, greater personnel expense, and different
inflationary prices. These impacts have been partially offset by much less amortization
expense on account of the completion of the accelerated amortization associated to
the Covance commerce identify, natural Base Business development and LaunchPad financial savings.

General company bills are comprised primarily of administrative providers
equivalent to government administration, human assets, authorized, finance, company
affairs, and knowledge know-how. Corporate bills have been $140.1 for the six
months ended June 30, 2022, a rise of $45.7 over company bills of
$94.4 within the corresponding interval of 2021, primarily resulting from greater personnel
prices, bonus allocation, analysis and growth prices, and different prices.

La Compañía sigue en camino de entregar aproximadamente $350.0 de ahorros netos de su iniciativa LaunchPad de tres años para fines de 2024.

LIQUIDEZ Y RECURSOS DE CAPITAL (dólares y acciones en millones)


The Company's cash-generating means and monetary situation usually have
offered prepared entry to capital markets. The Company's principal supply of
liquidity is working money move, supplemented by proceeds from debt choices.
The Company's senior unsecured revolving credit score facility is additional mentioned in
Note 6 (Debt) to the Company's Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.









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En resumen, los flujos de efectivo de la Compañía fueron los siguientes para los seis meses terminados
30 de junio de 2022y 2021, respectivamente:

Seis meses terminados 30 de Junio,

                                                                         2022                  2021
Net money offered by working actions                          $       928.5          $   1,644.8
Net money used for investing actions                                    (815.6)              (222.8)
Net money used for financing actions                                    (497.4)              (775.5)
Effect of change price modifications on money and money equivalents               (19.4)                (4.1)
Net enhance (lower) in money and money equivalents               $      (403.9)         $     642.4


Cash and Cash Equivalents

Efectivo y equivalentes de efectivo a 30 de junio de 2022y 2021, totalizaron $1,068.8 y
$1,963.2, respectivamente. El efectivo y los equivalentes de efectivo consisten en instrumentos altamente líquidos, tales como depósitos a plazo, papel comercial y otras inversiones del mercado monetario, que tienen vencimientos originales de tres meses o menos.

Flujos de efectivo por actividades operacionales


During the six months ended June 30, 2022, the Company's operations offered
$928.5 of money as in comparison with $1,644.8 throughout the identical interval in 2021. The
$716.3 lower in money offered from operations in 2022 as in contrast with the
corresponding 2021 interval is primarily resulting from decrease money earnings and
unfavorable working capital necessities.

Flujos de efectivo de actividades de inversión


Net money used for investing actions for the six months ended June 30, 2022,
was $815.6 as in comparison with $222.8 for the six months ended June 30, 2021. The
change in money used for investing actions was primarily resulting from a rise in
enterprise acquisitions and better capital expenditures through the six months
ended June 30, 2022. Capital expenditures have been $260.5 and $192.6 for the six
months ended June 30, 2022, and 2021, respectively.

Flujos de efectivo de las actividades de financiación


Net money utilized by financing actions for the six months ended June 30, 2022,
was $497.4 as in comparison with $775.5 for the six months ended June 30, 2021. The
change in money flows from financing actions for the six months ended June 30,
2022, as in comparison with the six months ended June 30, 2021, was primarily resulting from
the reimbursement of the 2019 Term Loan in 2021, the cost of dividends of $66.7
in 2022, and a rise of $31.5 in share repurchases.

At June 30, 2022, the Company had $1,068.8 of money and $1,000.0 of obtainable
borrowings underneath its revolving credit score facility, which doesn't mature till
2026. Under the Company's revolving credit score facility, the Company is topic to
detrimental covenants limiting subsidiary indebtedness and sure different covenants
typical for funding grade-rated debtors and the Company is required to
keep sure leverage ratios. The Company was in compliance with all
covenants underneath the revolving credit score facility at June 30, 2022, and expects that
it'll stay in compliance with its current debt covenants for the subsequent
twelve months.

For the six months ended June 30, 2022, the Company bought 1.7 shares of its
widespread inventory at a complete price of $400.0. As of June 30, 2022, the Company had an
excellent authorization from the board of administrators to buy as much as $1,231.5
extra of the Company's widespread inventory with no expiration date.

For the six months ended June 30, 2022, the Company paid $66.7 in widespread inventory
dividends or $0.72 per share. On July 14, 2022, the Company introduced a money
dividend of $0.72 per share of widespread inventory for the third quarter, or
roughly $66.1 within the mixture. The dividend shall be payable on September
9, 2022, to stockholders of report of all issued and excellent shares of
widespread inventory as of the shut of enterprise on August 18, 2022. The declaration and
cost of any future dividends shall be on the discretion of the Company's board
of administrators.

Credit Ratings

Las calificaciones de deuda de grado de inversión de Moody’s y Standard and Poor’s (S&P) de la Compañía contribuyen a su capacidad para acceder a los mercados de capital.

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