CAH News Release - Cardinal Health Receives SEC Information Request
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contacts:
Media:
Jim Mazzola
614) 757-3690
jim.mazzola@cardinal.com
Investors:
Steve Fischbach
614) 757-7067
stephen.fischbach@cardinal.com
Cardinal Health Receives SEC Information Request
DUBLIN, Ohio, October 9, 2003 Cardinal Health, Inc. (NYSE: CAH) announced today
that it has received a request for information from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with an informal inquiry. The request seeks historical financial and related information, including information pertaining to the accounting treatment of $22 million recovered from vitamin manufacturers who were found to have overcharged the company. The company is highly confident in its accounting and financial disclosure practices, and intends to cooperate fully and provide all information required to satisfy the request.
About Cardinal Health
Cardinal Health, Inc. is the leading provider of products and services supporting the health care industry. Cardinal Health companies develop, manufacture, package and market products for patient care; develop drug-delivery technologies; distribute pharmaceuticals, medical- surgical and laboratory supplies; and offer consulting and other services that improve quality and efficiency in health care. Headquartered in Dublin, Ohio, Cardinal Health employs more than 50,000 people on five continents and produces annual revenues of more than $50 billion. Cardinal Health is ranked #19 on the current Fortune 500 list and was named one of The Worlds Best companies by Forbes magazine in 2002.
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Except for historical information, all other information in this news release consists of forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected, anticipated or implied. The most significant of these uncertainties are described in Cardinal Health's Form 10-K, Form 8-K and Form 10-Q reports (including all amendments to those reports) and exhibits to those reports, and include (but are not limited to) the results or effects of any inquiry by any regulatory authority or any legal and administrative proceedings. Cardinal Health undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement.
