Cardinal Health has announced on Thursday that the board of directors approved a regular quarterly dividend of $0.4489 per share, payable Jan. 15, 2017, to shareholders of record on Jan. 3, 2017.
In addition, the company today released the preliminary results of shareholder voting at its annual meeting of shareholders. Shareholders elected all 11 members of the board of directors standing for election; ratified Ernst & Young as the company’s independent registered public accounting firm; approved the company’s amended long-term incentive plan; and, approved, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of certain executive officers.