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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 (Date of earliest event reported): June 4, 2012  (June 3, 2012)
 
MEDTOX SCIENTIFIC, INC.
 (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
         
Delaware
  
1-11394
  
95-3863205
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
  
(Commission File Number)
  
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
     
402 West County Road D, St. Paul, Minnesota
  
55112
(Address of principal executive offices)
  
(Zip Code)
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (651) 636-7466
 
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Item 1.01     Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
 
On June 3, 2012, MEDTOX Scientific, Inc. , a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings, a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), and Mercer Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”).
 
The Merger Agreement provides for the merger of Merger Sub with and into the Company (the “Merger”), with the Company surviving the Merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent. In the Merger, each outstanding share of common stock, par value $0.15 per share, of the Company, other than any dissenting shares, shares held by Parent, Merger Sub, the Company or any of their respective subsidiaries and treasury shares, will be cancelled and converted into the right to receive $27.00 in cash, without interest.
 
The Board of Directors of the Company has unanimously determined that the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated in the Merger Agreement are advisable and fair to, and in the best interests of, the Company and its stockholders, approved the Merger Agreement and resolved to recommend adoption of the Merger Agreement by Company stockholders.
 
The closing of the Merger is subject to customary closing conditions, including adoption of the Merger Agreement by the Company’s stockholders and regulatory approvals. Closing is not subject to any financing condition or a vote of Parent’s stockholders.
 
Under the Merger Agreement, the Company may not solicit competing proposals or, subject to exceptions that permit the Company’s Board of Directors to take actions required by their fiduciary duties, participate in any discussions or negotiations regarding alternative business combination transactions.
 
The Merger Agreement also includes customary termination provisions for both the Company and Parent and provides that, in connection with the termination of the Merger Agreement under specified circumstances, including in connection with the Company accepting an unsolicited acquisition proposal determined by the Board of Directors to be a Superior Proposal (as defined in the Merger Agreement), the Company may be required to pay to Parent a termination fee of $8.2 million.
 
Under certain circumstances, the Merger Agreement also provides for Parent to reimburse the Company for expenses incurred upon termination of the Merger Agreement if the Merger is not completed at December 31, 2012, in an amount not to exceed $750,000.
 
The Merger Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and covenants by the Company, Parent and Merger Sub, including covenants regarding operation of the business of the Company and its subsidiaries prior to the closing.
 
The foregoing summary of the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby do not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the full text of the Merger Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit 2.1, which is incorporated herein by reference.
 
The Merger Agreement has been included to provide investors and security holders with information regarding its terms. It is not intended to provide any other factual information about the Company, Parent, Merger Sub or their respective subsidiaries and affiliates. The Merger Agreement contains representations and warranties by the Company, on the one hand, and by Parent and Merger Sub, on the other hand, made solely for the benefit of the other. The assertions embodied in those representations and warranties are qualified by information in a confidential disclosure schedule delivered in connection with the signing of the Merger Agreement. The disclosure schedule contains information that has been included in the Company’s general prior public disclosures, as well as potential additional non-public information. While the Company does not believe that the disclosure schedule contains information required to be publicly disclosed under the securities laws other than information that has already been so disclosed, the disclosure schedule contains information that modifies, qualifies and creates exceptions to the representations and warranties set forth in the Merger Agreement. Moreover, certain representations and warranties in the Merger Agreement were made as of a specified date, may be subject to a contractual standard of materiality different from what might be viewed as material to shareholders, or may have been used for the purpose of allocating risk between the Company, on the one hand, and Parent and Merger Sub, on the other hand. Accordingly, the representations and warranties in the Merger Agreement should not be relied on by any persons as characterizations of the actual state of facts about the Company, Parent or Merger Sub at the time they were made or otherwise. In addition, information concerning the subject matter of the representations and warranties may change after the date of the Merger Agreement, which subsequent information may or may not be fully reflected in the Company’s public disclosures.
 
 
 
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Additional Information and Where To Find It
 
In connection with the proposed transaction, a proxy statement of the Company and other materials will be filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). The definitive proxy statement will be sent or given to the stockholders of the Company and will contain important information about the proposed transaction and related matters. SECURITY HOLDERS ARE URGED TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT CAREFULLY WHEN IT BECOMES AVAILABLE BECAUSE IT WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE COMPANY AND THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION. The proxy statement and other relevant materials (when they become available), and any other documents filed by the Company with the SEC, may be obtained free of charge at the SEC’s website, at www.sec.gov. In addition, security holders will be able to obtain free copies of the proxy statement from the Company by contacting the Company by mail at MEDTOX Scientific, Inc,  Attn: Investor Relations, 402 West County Road D, St. Paul, MN  55112.
 
 
Forward-Looking Statements
 
This communication includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These forward-looking statements generally can be identified by phrases such as the Company, Parent or management of either company “believes,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “foresees,” “forecasts,” “estimates” or other words or phrases of similar import. Similarly, statements herein that describe the proposed transaction, including its financial impact, and other statements of management’s beliefs, intentions or goals also are forward-looking statements. It is uncertain whether any of the events anticipated by the forward-looking statements will transpire or occur, or if any of them do, what impact they will have on the results of operations and financial condition of the combined companies or the price of the Company or Parent stock. These forward-looking statements involve certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated in such forward-looking statements, including but not limited to the ability of the parties to consummate the proposed transaction and the satisfaction of the conditions precedent to consummation of the proposed transaction, including the ability to secure regulatory approvals at all or in a timely manner; the ability of Parent to successfully integrate the Company’s operations, product lines and technology; the ability of Parent to implement its plans, forecasts and other expectations with respect to the Company’s business after the completion of the transaction and realize additional opportunities for growth and innovation; and the other risks and important factors contained and identified in the Company’s and Parent’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), such as their respective Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Annual Reports on Form 10-K, any of which could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements included in this communication are made only as of the date hereof. Neither the Company nor Parent undertakes any obligation to update the forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances.
 
 
Interests of Participants
 
The Company and its directors and executive officers may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from the Company stockholders in connection with the proposed transaction. Information about the Company’s directors and executive officers is set forth in its proxy statement for its 2012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which was filed with the SEC on April 2, 2012, and its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011, filed on March 8, 2012. These documents are available free of charge at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov, and by mail at MEDTOX Scientific, Inc,  Attn: Investor Relations, 402 West County Road D, St. Paul, MN  55112, or by going to the Company’s Investors page on its corporate website at http:/www.medtox.com. Additional information regarding the interests of participants in the solicitation of proxies in connection with the transaction will be included in the proxy statement that the Company intends to file with the SEC.
 

 
 
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
 
In connection with the Merger Agreement, each of Susan E. Puskas and Bud M. Owens executed a waiver agreement where they waived rights to receive certain payments that would constitute “excess parachute payments” under Section 280G of the Internal Revenue Code.  The waiver agreements are attached hereto as Exhibits 10.1 and 10.2, respectively.
 
 
Item 8.01 Other Events.
 
A copy of the press release, issued by the Company on June 4, 2012, announcing the execution of the Merger Agreement is attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto, and a copy of the press release issued by Parent on June 4, 2012 is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2.
 
 
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
 
(d) Exhibits.
 
Exhibit Number
Description
2.1
Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of June 3, 2012, by and among Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings, Mercer Acquisition Corp. and MEDTOX Scientific, Inc.
Pursuant to Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K, the registrant hereby agrees to supplementally furnish to the SEC upon request any omitted schedule or exhibit to the Merger Agreement.
10.1
280G Waiver Agreement of Susan E. Puskas
10.2
280G Waiver Agreement of Bud M. Owens
99.1
Press release issued  by MEDTOX Scientific, Inc. on June 4, 2012
99.2
Press release issued  by Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings on June 4, 2012

 
 
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SIGNATURES

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 hereunto duly authorized.


MEDTOX Scientific, Inc.




Date:  June 4, 2012                                                                               By:        /s/ Richard J. Braun                           
Name:  Richard J. Braun
Title:    Chief Executive Officer

 
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