Cardinal Health Holds Annual Meeting, Releases Preliminary Shareholder Voting Results

Cardinal Health Holds Annual Meeting, Releases Preliminary Shareholder Voting
Results
Board of Directors Declares Regular Quarterly Dividend

DUBLIN, Ohio, Nov. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cardinal Health today released
the preliminary results of shareholder voting at its annual meeting of
shareholders, and the board of directors declared the company's 101st
consecutive regular quarterly dividend.

Based on the preliminary voting results, shareholders elected 10 directors to
the board, ratified Ernst & Young as the company's independent registered
public accounting firm and re-approved the performance criteria under the
company's management incentive plan. Shareholder proposals relating to
performance-based stock options and requiring an independent chairman of the
board did not pass. Final results will be posted on the investor page at
cardinalhealth.com.

Separately, the board of directors declared a regular quarterly dividend of
$0.175 per share, payable on Jan. 15, 2010 to shareholders of record on Jan.
1, 2010. For more than 25 years, Cardinal Health has paid a regular quarterly
dividend. The company had approximately 363 million shares outstanding as of
Oct. 31.

About Cardinal Health
Headquartered in Dublin, Ohio, Cardinal Health, Inc. (NYSE: CAH) is a Fortune
18 health care services company that improves the cost-effectiveness of health
care. As the business behind health care, Cardinal Health helps pharmacies,
hospitals and ambulatory care sites focus on patient care while reducing
costs, improving efficiency and quality, and increasing profitability. As one
of the largest health care companies in the world, Cardinal Health is an
essential link in the health care supply chain, providing pharmaceuticals and
medical products to more than 40,000 locations each day. The company is also a
leading manufacturer of medical and surgical products, including gloves,
surgical apparel and fluid management products. In addition, the company
supports the growing diagnostic industry by supplying medical products to
clinical laboratories and operating the nation's largest network of
radiopharmacies that dispense products to aid in the early diagnosis and
treatment of disease. Cardinal Health employs more than 30,000 people
worldwide. More information about the company may be found at
cardinalhealth.com.

SOURCE Cardinal Health, Inc.

Media: Troy Kirkpatrick, +1-614-757-6225, troy.kirkpatrick@cardinalhealth.com,
or Investors: Sally Curley, +1-614-757-7115, sally.curley@cardinalhealth.com