| Company: | Cardinal Health, Inc. |
| Ticker Symbol: | NYSE: CAH |
| Class Period: | October 24, 2000 to June 30, 2004 |
| Date Filed: | Jul-02-04 |
| Lead Plaintiff Deadline: | Aug-31-04 |
| Court: | Southern District, OH |
| Allegations: |
A lawsuit seeking class action status has been filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio on behalf of all persons who purchased the publicly traded securities of Cardinal Health, Inc. (NYSE: CAH) between October 24, 2000 and June 30, 2004 inclusive (the "Class Period"). Also included are all those who acquired Cardinal's shares through its acquisitions of Alaris Medical, Intercare, Medicap, Syncor, Boron Lepore, InGel, Ni-Med, SP Pharmaceuticals, or International Processing Corp. Present and former employees who purchased stock through Cardinal's Retirement Savings Plans are also included.
The Complaint alleges that Cardinal, and certain of its officers and directors issued materially false statements concerning the Company's financial condition. Specifically, defendants failed to disclose: (i) that Cardinal manipulated various aspects of its accounting practices to continuously portray profitability to market; (ii) that Cardinal held inventory for an average of two months, and reaped exorbitant profits from price inflation; (iii) Cardinal improperly accounted for the $22 million recovered from Vitamin makers accused of overcharging Cardinal by booking such recoveries as revenue when the antitrust cases had not been resolved; and (iv) that Cardinal's pharmaceutical distribution business improperly classified revenues by reporting the revenues as either operating revenue or revenues form bulk deliveries to consumer warehouses when revenues were not derived from such.
On June 30, 2004, Cardinal announced expected earnings per share for fiscal 2004 which were below prior guidance. Separately, the company announced that on June 21, as part of the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) formal investigation disclosed by the company on May 14, it received an SEC subpoena. On this news, Cardinal fell $17.19 per share or 24.54% on July 1, 2004 to close at $52.86 per share.
If you acquired the securities of the defendants during the Class Period you may, no later than the Lead Plaintiff Deadline shown above, request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff through counsel of your choice. You may also choose to remain an absent class member. A lead plaintiff must meet certain requirements.
The Complaint alleges that Cardinal, and certain of its officers and directors issued materially false statements concerning the Company's financial condition. Specifically, defendants failed to disclose: (i) that Cardinal manipulated various aspects of its accounting practices to continuously portray profitability to market; (ii) that Cardinal held inventory for an average of two months, and reaped exorbitant profits from price inflation; (iii) Cardinal improperly accounted for the $22 million recovered from Vitamin makers accused of overcharging Cardinal by booking such recoveries as revenue when the antitrust cases had not been resolved; and (iv) that Cardinal's pharmaceutical distribution business improperly classified revenues by reporting the revenues as either operating revenue or revenues form bulk deliveries to consumer warehouses when revenues were not derived from such.
On June 30, 2004, Cardinal announced expected earnings per share for fiscal 2004 which were below prior guidance. Separately, the company announced that on June 21, as part of the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) formal investigation disclosed by the company on May 14, it received an SEC subpoena. On this news, Cardinal fell $17.19 per share or 24.54% on July 1, 2004 to close at $52.86 per share.
If you acquired the securities of the defendants during the Class Period you may, no later than the Lead Plaintiff Deadline shown above, request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff through counsel of your choice. You may also choose to remain an absent class member. A lead plaintiff must meet certain requirements.
If you feel you qualify for damages or remedies that might be awarded in this class action please fill in our form on the right to submit your complaint.
If your injustice does not match the complaint described above, please use this form to register your complaint. Thank you.
