Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
FORD BRENDAN A
  2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
CARDINAL HEALTH INC [CAH]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
EVP - Corp. Development
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
7000 CARDINAL PLACE
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
02/03/2005
(Street)

DUBLIN, OH 43017
4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)
5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)
6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Shares 02/03/2005   M(1)   10,125 A $ 14.667 70,120 D  
Common Shares 02/03/2005   S(1)   6,258 D $ 60 63,862 D  
Common Shares               12,982 I By 401(k) Plan
Common Shares               2,386 I By ESPP

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)
6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)
7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)
8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)
9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)
10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Option (right to buy) (2) $ 14.667 02/03/2005   M     10,125 03/06/1998 03/06/2005 Common Shares 10,125 $ 0 0 D  
Option (right to buy) (3) $ 17.74             03/04/1999 03/04/2006 Common Shares 13,500   1 D  
Option (right to buy) (3) $ 27.053             03/03/2000 03/03/2007 Common Shares 10,350   1 D  
Option (right to buy) (3) $ 27.693             08/24/2000 08/24/2007 Common Shares 22,500   1 D  
Option (right to buy) (3) $ 36.307             03/02/2001 03/02/2008 Common Shares 9,255   1 D  
Option (right to buy) (3) $ 43.14             08/11/2001 08/11/2008 Common Shares 7,875   1 D  
Option (right to buy) (3) $ 47.333             03/01/2002 03/01/2009 Common Shares 23,616   1 D  
Option (right to buy) (3) $ 31.167             11/15/2002 11/15/2009 Common Shares 45,722   1 D  
Option (right to buy) (3) $ 66.083             11/20/2003 11/20/2010 Common Shares 34,956   1 D  
Option (right to buy) (3) $ 68.1             11/19/2004 11/19/2011 Common Shares 37,797   1 D  
Option (right to buy) (3) $ 67.9             11/18/2005 11/18/2012 Common Shares 44,183   1 D  
Option (right to buy) (3) $ 67.9             11/18/2005 02/18/2013 Common Shares 4,926   1 D  
Option (right to buy) (3) $ 61.38             11/17/2006 11/17/2013 Common Shares 57,021   1 D  
Option (right to buy) (3) $ 44.15             08/23/2007 08/23/2014 Common Shares 68,000   1 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
FORD BRENDAN A
7000 CARDINAL PLACE
DUBLIN, OH 43017
      EVP - Corp. Development  

Signatures

 Brendan A. Ford   02/03/2005
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) The reporting person was issued a stock option to purchase 10,125 shares by Cardinal Health, Inc. (the "Company" or "CAH") on 03/06/1995, with an expiration date of 03/06/2005. In light of the expiration date, the reporting person established a 10b5-1 plan on November 10, 2004, when he was not aware of material non-public information about the Company, providing for the exercise of all such 10,125 option shares upon the CAH share price reaching $60.00 per share. In addition, pursuant to such 10b5-1 plan, the reporting person sold a total of 6,258 of the shares to pay the option price and taxes. The remaining 3,867 of the exercised shares have not been sold and have been credited to a directly-held account in the name of the reporting person.
(2) Stock option granted pursuant to the Cardinal Health, Inc. Stock Incentive Plan.
(3) Stock option granted pursuant to the Cardinal Health, Inc. Equity Incentive Plan.

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