AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON DECEMBER 8, 2005
REGISTRATION NO. 333-118919
 

 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 3
TO
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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LABONE, INC.
 
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
MISSOURI 10101 RENNER BOULEVARD
LENEXA, KANSAS 66219
(913) 888-1770
43-1035932
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(Address, including zip code, and
telephone number, including area
code, of registrant’s principal
executive offices)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification
No.)
  
  
Sirisha Gummaregula
LabOne, Inc.
1290 Wall Street West
Lyndhurst, NJ 07071
(201) 393-5000
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
 
COPY TO:
 
Stephen T. Giove
Sherman & Sterling LLP
599 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York 10022
(212) 848-4000
 

     APPROXIMATE DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF PROPOSED SALE TO THE PUBLIC: From time to time after the effective date of this Registration Statement.

      If the only securities being registered on this Form are to be offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box. £

      If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box. £

      If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. £


      If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. £

      If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule 434, please check the following box. £


      The Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or until this Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Securities and Exchange Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.

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REMOVAL OF SECURITIES FROM REGISTRATION

      Pursuant to its Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-118919), as amended by Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 thereto filed on March 23, 2005 and Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 thereto filed on May 16, 2005 (the “Registration Statement”), LabOne, Inc., a Missouri corporation (“LabOne”), registered for resale $103,500,000 aggregate principal amount of its 3.50% Convertible Senior Notes due 2034 (the “Notes”). In accordance with the undertaking contained in Part II, Item 17(a)(3) of the Registration Statement, LabOne is filing this Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 to the Registration Statement to remove from registration any of the Notes that have not been sold under the Registration Statement as of the date hereof.

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SIGNATURES

      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Company certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Lenexa, State of Kansas, on December 8, 2005.

  LABONE, INC.  
     
   By:  /s/ Sirisha Gummaregula  
  Name:  Sirisha Gummaregula
Title:    Corporate Secretary
 
     
      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on December 8, 2005.
 
  /s/ Surya N. Mohapatra, Ph.D     
  Surya N. Mohapatra, Ph.D.   Chief Executive Officer and Director
     
  /s/ Robert A. Hagemann    
  Robert A. Hagemann   Vice President and Director
     
  /s/ Catherine T. Doherty    
  Catherine T. Doherty   Director

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