1、Annual Report 2000Cardinal HealthGrowth ThroughHealthcare InnovationCardinal Health(NYSE:CAH)provides innovativeproducts and services to tens of thousands of customers in the healthcare industry.Wemaintain market-leading positions in pharma-ceutical formulation,manufacturing,packagingand distributio
2、n;medical-surgical product manufacturing and distribution;and automationand information services by partnering with our customers to address challenges they facein the fast changing healthcare environment.Cardinal is a Fortune 60 company,with annualrevenues of more than$25 billion produced by 42,000
3、 associates on five continents.Some of the information in this report(including information incorporated by reference)includes“forward-looking state-ments”within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.The words“believe,”“expect,”“anticipate,”“project,”and similar express
4、ions,among others,identify“forward-looking statements,”which speak onlyas of the date the statement was made.Such forward-looking statements are subject to risks,uncertainties and otherfactors that could cause actual results to materially differ from those projected,anticipated,or implied.The most s
5、ig-nificant of such risks,uncertainties and other factors are described in Cardinals Forms 10-K,10-Q,and 8-K reportsand exhibits to those reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.Cardinal undertakes no obligation toupdate or revise any forward-looking statements,whether as a result
6、of new information,future events,or otherwise.An overview of Cardinals four business segments.Cardinal Health at a GlanceChairman Robert D.Walter discusses Cardinals financial results and strategic accomplishments in fiscal 2000,and looks to the future.Letter to OurShareholdersFold-out Contents3Chai