DUBLIN, Ohio, May 7, 2003 – The board of directors of Cardinal Health, Inc. (NYSE: CAH), the leading provider of products and services supporting the health care industry, today approved an increase in the company’s dividend and declared the company’s 75th consecutive regular quarterly dividend. The quarterly dividend was increased from $0.025 to $0.03 per common share, without par value, and is payable on July 15, 2003 to shareholders of record on July 1, 2003. Cardinal Health had approximately 446 million shares outstanding as of April 30, 2003.

About Cardinal Health

Cardinal Health, Inc. (www.cardinal.com) 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 $44 billion. Cardinal Health is ranked #19 on the current Fortune 500 list and was named as one of “The World’s Best” companies by Forbes magazine in 2003.

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