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Cardinal Health Promotes Paul S. Williams To Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer And Secretary

DUBLIN, Ohio, April 24, 2001 - Cardinal Health, Inc. (NYSE: CAH), a leading provider of products and services supporting the health-care industry, announced today it has named Paul S. Williams to the position of executive vice president, chief legal officer and secretary. He will be responsible for managing the company's worldwide legal function and will report directly to Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Robert D. Walter.

Mr. Walter said, "Paul Williams has played a key role in the growth of the corporation for over five years through his involvement in numerous acquisitions and other transactions. He has worked closely with the company's senior management team, and his professional relationships within the legal function have positioned him well to further develop the infrastructure of this critical area."

Mr. Williams, 41, joined Cardinal Health in 1995 as assistant general counsel. He was promoted to senior vice president and deputy general counsel earlier this year. Prior to joining Cardinal Health, Mr. Williams was vice president and general counsel of Information Dimensions, Inc., a computer software company. He earlier served as group counsel for Borden, Inc.'s Dairy and Foodservice divisions and practiced corporate and securities law with the law firm of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease in Columbus, Ohio. A native of Southern California, he began his career as an associate in the Los Angeles office of the law firm, Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher.

Active in civic and business affairs, Mr. Williams currently serves as vice president of the boards of trustees of The Columbus Academy and the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. He is a member of the Central Ohio chapter of the American Corporate Counsel Association and the American Bar Association's Minority In-house Counsel Group. He is a former board member of the Salesian Boys & Girls Club of Columbus, Buckeye Ranch, and the Arthritis Foundation of Central Ohio.

Mr. Williams graduated cum laude from Harvard University with a bachelor's degree in government and received his J.D. degree from Yale Law School.

Mr. Williams replaces Steven Alan Bennett, Cardinal Health's general counsel since 1999, who has decided to leave the corporation to pursue other business opportunities. Mr. Bennett had expanded the company's corporate legal department from six lawyers to over 30 and organized the function into specialty practice groups.

"Steve Bennett laid a fine foundation for the legal department," Mr. Walter said, "and I deeply appreciate his dedication to Cardinal Health during an important period of the company's development. We wish him well in his future endeavors."

Cardinal Health, Inc. (http://www.cardinal.com ) is a 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. The company employs more than 45,000 people on five continents and produces annualized revenues of more than $38 billion.

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