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Cardinal Health Chairman Highlights Growth at Shareholders' Meeting

DUBLIN, Ohio, Nov. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- The board of directors of (NYSE: CAH) today declared the company's 69th consecutive regular quarterly dividend. The dividend of $0.025 per common share is payable January 15, 2002 to shareholders of record on January 1, 2002.

"We have a tradition at Cardinal Health to consistently deliver excellent value to shareholders, customers and employees," Robert D. Walter, chairman and chief executive officer, told shareholders at the company's annual meeting today.

"Our outstanding financial performance reflects the company's focus on growth and operational excellence in everything we do," Walter said. "Last year, we achieved balanced growth across all of our business segments. We completed several meaningful acquisitions and we extended numerous long-term relationships with providers and manufacturers. These achievements demonstrate our ability to compete and win. We expect to continue down this successful path that drives continued excellent shareholder value over the long term."

In other business, shareholders re-elected five board members to three- year terms and voted to approve an amendment to the company's Code of Regulations to allow electronic or other methods of notifying shareholders and directors of meetings. Shareholders also defeated a proposal regarding the use of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) in medical supplies, which received less than four percent of the votes cast.

At the meeting, shareholders re-elected board members William E. Bindley, George H. Conrades, Robert L. Gerbig, Richard C. Notebaert and Melburn G. Whitmire.

• Bindley is chairman of Priority Healthcare Corp., a specialty pharmacy and biotech pharmaceutical distributor.
• Conrades is chairman and chief executive officer of Akamai Technologies, Inc., a provider of global Internet services.
• Gerbig is the retired chairman and chief executive officer of Gerbig, Snell/Weisheimer and Associates, Inc., an advertising agency.
• Notebaert is president and chief executive officer of Tellabs, Inc., a telecommunication systems company.
• Whitmire is retired vice chairman of Cardinal Health.

Walter also discussed with shareholders Cardinal's record-setting strong results for its fiscal 2002 first quarter, which ended September 30, 2001. "We reported another strong quarter, posting records in four key financial measures - revenues, earnings and returns on sales and committed capital."

Cardinal Health, Inc. ( http://www.cardinal.com ) is a leading provider of products and services supporting the health-care industry. Cardinal 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. The company employs more than 49,000 people on five continents and produces annual revenues of more than $40 billion.

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 and exhibits to those reports, and include (but are not limited to) the costs, difficulties, and uncertainties related to the integration of acquired businesses, the loss of one or more key customer or supplier relationships, changes in the distribution outsourcing patterns for health-care products and/or services, the costs and other effects of governmental regulation and legal and administrative proceedings, and general economic conditions. Cardinal undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements.

SOURCE Cardinal Health, Inc.

CONTACT: Investors, Stephen T. Fischbach, +1-614-757-7067, or Media, Lisa Kim, +1-614-757-3530, both of Cardinal Health, Inc./