Offer Document Posted

RNS Number:5810R
Cardinal Health, Inc.
03 November 2003

                                                                 3 November 2003



NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION IN, INTO OR FROM THE UNITED STATES,
                           AUSTRALIA, CANADA OR JAPAN



                             Recommended Cash Offer

                                       by

                           Credit Suisse First Boston

        on behalf of a wholly owned subsidiary of Cardinal Health, Inc.

                                       for

                            The Intercare Group plc



Cardinal Health, Inc. ("Cardinal Health") announces that the formal offer
document and form of acceptance containing the recommended cash offer for the
entire issued and to be issued share capital of The Intercare Group plc ("
Intercare"), announced on 29 October 2003, made by Credit Suisse First Boston on
behalf of Cardinal Health U.K. 418 Limited (the "Offeror"), a wholly owned
subsidiary of Cardinal Health, was posted on Saturday 1 November 2003.



Forms of Acceptance should be completed and returned in accordance with the
instructions set out in the Offer Document and in the Form of Acceptance, so as
to be received as soon as possible and, in any event, not later than 3.00 p.m.
(London time) on 24 November 2003. Any extensions of the Offer will be publicly
announced by 8.00 a.m. (London time) on the business day following the day on
which the Offer was due to expire.



Terms used in this announcement have the same meanings as in the announcement of
the recommended cash offer for Intercare released on 29 October 2003.



Unless otherwise determined by Cardinal Health, the Offer is not being made,
directly or indirectly, in or into any Restricted Jurisdiction and the Offer
will not be capable of acceptance from or within any Restricted Jurisdiction.
Accordingly, copies of this announcement are not being, and must not be,
directly or indirectly, mailed or otherwise forwarded, distributed or sent in,
into or from any Restricted Jurisdiction and persons receiving this announcement
(including custodians, nominees and trustees) must not mail or otherwise
distribute or send it in, into or from such jurisdictions as doing so may
invalidate any purported acceptance of the Offer.  Notwithstanding the
foregoing, Cardinal Health will retain the right to permit the Offer to be
accepted and any sale of securities pursuant to the Offer to be completed if, in
its sole discretion, it is satisfied that the transaction in question can be
undertaken in compliance with applicable law and regulation.



CSFB, which is regulated by the Financial Services Authority in the United
Kingdom, is acting as financial adviser to the Offeror and Cardinal Health and
no one else in connection with the Offer and will not be responsible to anyone
other than the Offeror and Cardinal Health for providing the protections
afforded to clients of Credit Suisse First Boston, nor for providing advice in
relation to the Offer.



This announcement does not constitute an offer or an invitation to purchase any
securities or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities.


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