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Exhibit 4.01
COMMON STOCK
INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE [CARDINAL LOGO]
STATE OF OHIO CARDINAL -------------------
------------------ HEALTH, INC. SHARES
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| | SEE REVERSE FOR
| | CERTAIN DEFINITIONS
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| NUMBER | THIS CERTIFICATE IS TRANSFERABLE CUSIP 14149Y 10 8
| --------- | IN ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI
| | AND NEW YORK, NEW YORK
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| | THIS CERTIFIES THAT
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| | SPECIMEN
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| | is the owner of
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| | fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares, without par value, of
| | Cardinal Health, Inc., transferable only on the books of the corporation by the holder of this certificate
| | in person or by duly authorized attorney upon surrender of this certificate properly endorsed. This
| | certificate is not valid unless countersigned and registered by the Transfer Agent and Registrar.
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Dated:
/s/ Robert D. Walter
COUNTERSIGNED AND REGISTERED CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
BOATMEN'S TRUST COMPANY
/s/ George H. Bennett, Jr. [GRAPHIC OF THE GLOBE
BY TRANSFER AGENT SECRETARY AND THE STATUE OF LIBERTY]
AND REGISTRAR
AUTHORIZED SIGNATURE
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Cardinal Health, Inc. will mail to each shareholder without charge
within five days of receipt of written request therefor a copy of the express
terms, if any, of the shares represented by this certificate and of the other
class or classes and series of shares, if any, which the corporation is
authorized to issue.
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this
certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full
according to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM - as tenants in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT -___________________Custodian ______________
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties (Cust) (Minor)
JT TEN - as joint tenants with right of under Uniform Gifts to Minors
survivorship and not as tenants Act________________________________________
in common (State)
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
For value received, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s)
unto
PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY
OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF
ASSIGNEE
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(PLEASE PRINT OR TYPE ASSIGNEE'S NAME AND ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE)
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of the shares represented by this certificate, and hereby irrevocably
constitute(s) and appoints(s)
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attorney, with full power of substitution, to transfer the shares on the books
of the corporation.
Dated_______________________ ___________________________________________
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NOTICE: THE SIGNATURE TO THIS ASSIGNMENT
MUST CORRESPOND WITH THE NAME AS WRITTEN
UPON THE FACE OF THE CERTIFICATE IN EVERY
PARTICULAR, WITHOUT ALTERATION OR
ENLARGEMENT OR ANY CHANGE WHATEVER.