DUBLIN, Ohio, Nov. 8, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Cardinal Health
(NYSE: CAH) today announced that the board of directors approved a
regular quarterly dividend of $0.4624
per share, payable Jan. 15, 2018, to
shareholders of record on Jan. 2,
2018.
In addition, the company released preliminary results of
shareholder voting at its annual meeting of shareholders. Based on
preliminary voting results, shareholders re-elected all 11 members
to the board of directors, ratified Ernst & Young as the
company's independent, registered public accounting firm, and, on
an advisory basis, approved the compensation of the company's named
executive officers and selected an annual vote on the frequency of
future advisory votes to approve executive compensation. One
shareholder proposal failed to pass.
On Monday, Nov. 6, Cardinal Health
announced that it named Mike
Kaufmann, its current chief financial officer, to serve as
the company's next chief executive officer and join the board of
directors, effective Jan. 1, 2018.
Kaufmann will succeed George
Barrett, Cardinal Health's chairman and chief executive
officer since 2009, who will continue to serve as executive
chairman of the board of directors through the annual meeting of
shareholders in November 2018. At
that time, Gregory Kenny, Cardinal
Health's lead independent director, will assume the role of
non-executive chairman.
Results of the shareholder meeting will be posted on the
company's Investor Relations page at http://ir.cardinalhealth.com
in the coming days.
About Cardinal Health
Cardinal Health, Inc. is a
global, integrated healthcare services and products company,
providing customized solutions for hospitals, healthcare systems,
pharmacies, ambulatory surgery centers, clinical laboratories and
physician offices worldwide. The company provides clinically proven
medical products and pharmaceuticals and cost-effective solutions
that enhance supply chain efficiency from hospital to home.
Cardinal Health connects patients, providers, payers, pharmacists
and manufacturers for integrated care coordination and better
patient management. Because Cardinal Health helps ensure
pharmacists and the consumers they serve have access to medications
they need while working to help prevent prescription drug
diversion, the company and its education partners created
Generation Rx, a national program to help prevent the misuse of
prescription medications. Backed by nearly 100 years of experience,
with approximately 50,000 employees in nearly 60 countries,
Cardinal Health ranks #15 on the Fortune 500. For more
information, visit cardinalhealth.com, follow @CardinalHealth on
Twitter and connect on LinkedIn at linkedin.com/
company/cardinal-health.
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