| NOMINATING AND
GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE CHARTER
1. Members. The Board of Directors (the “Board”)
of Cardinal Health, Inc. (the "Company") will appoint
a Nominating and Governance Committee (the “Governance Committee”)
of at least three members, consisting entirely of independent directors,
and will designate one member as chairperson. Vacancies on the Governance
Committee shall be filled by election by the Board. For purposes
hereof, an "independent" director is a director who satisfies
the definition of “independent” set forth in the Company’s
Corporate Governance Guidelines.
2. Purpose, Duties and Responsibilities. The purpose of the
Governance Committee is to identify individuals qualified to become
Board members, recommend director candidates to the Board, develop
and recommend to the Board a set of corporate governance principles,
and perform a leadership role in shaping the Company's corporate
governance. The duties and responsibilities of the Governance Committee
are to:
(a) Develop criteria for identifying and evaluating candidates
for the Board. These criteria include, among other things, an
individual's business experience and skills, particularly in fields
related to current or future business directions of the Company,
independence, judgment, integrity, and ability to commit sufficient
time and attention to the activities of the Board, as well as
the absence of any potential conflicts with the Company's interests.
The Governance Committee considers these criteria in the context
of an assessment of the perceived needs of the Board as a whole
and seeks to achieve diversity of occupational and personal backgrounds.
(b) Identify, review the qualifications of, and recruit candidates
for the Board.
(c) Establish a procedure for the consideration of any Board candidates
recommended by the Company's shareholders.
(d) Recommend to the Board candidates for election or reelection
to the Board at each annual shareholders' meeting, which will
include assessing the contributions and independence of individual
incumbent directors.
(e) Recommend to the Board candidates to be elected by the Board
as necessary to fill vacancies and newly created directorships.
(f) Make recommendations to the Board concerning the structure,
composition and functioning of the Board and its committees, including
the reporting channels through which the Board receives information
and the quality and timeliness of the information.
(g) Recommend to the Board candidates for appointment to Board
committees and consider periodically rotating directors among
the committees.
(h) Review and recommend to the Board tenure policies for directors.
(i) Develop and recommend to the Board a set of corporate governance
principles applicable to the Company and review and recommend
changes to these principles, as necessary.
(j) Review directorships in other public companies held by or
offered to directors and senior officers of the Company.
(k) Oversee the evaluation of the Board’s effectiveness
and performance.
(l) Annually evaluate the performance of the Governance Committee
and the adequacy of the Governance Committee's charter.
(m) Perform such other duties and responsibilities as are consistent
with the purpose of the Governance Committee and as the Board
or the Governance Committee deems appropriate.
3. Authority; Outside Advisors. The Governance Committee
has the authority to take any actions it considers appropriate to
fulfill the above duties and responsibilities, including without
limitation the authority to retain such outside counsel, experts,
and other advisors as it determines appropriate to assist it in
the full performance of its functions, including without limitation
sole authority to retain and terminate any search firm used to identify
director candidates, and to approve the search firm's fees and other
retention terms.
4. Meetings; Reporting to Board. The majority of the members
of the Governance Committee constitutes a quorum. The Governance
Committee may act by a majority vote at a meeting of the Committee
or by a writing or writings signed by all of its members without
a meeting. Meetings of the Governance Committee will be held as
often as may be necessary or appropriate at such times and places
as the Governance Committee determines. Such meetings may be held
through any communications equipment if all persons participating
can hear each other.
The Governance Committee shall report regularly to the full Board
with respect to its meetings, and concerning significant developments
in the course of performing the duties and responsibilities set
forth above or as otherwise requested by the Board.
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