Gomez POA.txt
JORGE M. GOMEZ
LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR
SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS
I hereby make, constitute and appoint each of Jessica L. Mayer, John M.
Adams, Jr., James E. Barnett, Elaine S. Natsis, and Laura C. Vaughn, each acting
individually, as the undersigned’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power
and authority as hereinafter described on behalf of and in the name, place and stead
of the undersigned to:
(1) prepare, execute, acknowledge, deliver and file Forms 3, 4, and 5 (including any
amendments thereto) with respect to the securities of Cardinal Health, Inc., an Ohio
corporation (the “Company”), with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission (the “SEC”), any national securities exchanges and the Company, as
considered necessary or advisable under Section 16(a) of the United States
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder, as amended from time to time (the “Exchange Act”);
(2) prepare and execute in the undersigned’s name and on the undersigned’s behalf,
and to submit to the SEC a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other
documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the
undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of reports required by Section
16(a) of the Exchange Act or any rule or regulation of the SEC;
(3) prepare, execute, acknowledge, deliver and file Form 144s (including any
amendments or supplements thereto) with respect to the sale of securities of the
Company by the undersigned, with the SEC, any national securities exchanges and the
Company, as considered necessary or advisable under Rule 144 of the Securities Act
of 1933 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as amended from time
to time;
(4) seek or obtain, as the undersigned’s representative and on the undersigned’s
behalf, information on transactions in the Company’s securities from any third
party, including brokers, employee benefit plan administrators and trustees, and the
undersigned hereby authorizes any such person to release any such information to the
attorney-in-fact and approves and ratifies any such release of information; and
(5) perform any and all other acts which in the discretion of such attorney-in-fact
are necessary or desirable for and on behalf of the undersigned in connection with
the foregoing.
The undersigned acknowledges that:
(1) this Limited Power of Attorney authorizes, but does not require, each such
attorney-in-fact to act in his discretion on information provided to such
attorney-in-fact without independent verification of such information;
(2) any documents prepared and/or executed by each such attorney-in-fact on behalf
of the undersigned pursuant to this Limited Power of Attorney will be in such form
and will contain such information and disclosure as such attorney-in-fact, in his
discretion, deems necessary or desirable;
(3) neither the company nor such attorney-in-fact assumes (i) any liability for the
undersigned’s responsibility to comply with the requirement of the Exchange Act,
(ii) any liability of the undersigned for any failure to comply with such
requirements, or (iii) any obligation or liability of the undersigned for profit
disgorgement under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act; and
(4) this Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from responsibility for
compliance with the undersigned’s obligations under the Exchange Act, including
without limitation, the reporting requirements under Section 16 of the Exchange Act.
The undersigned hereby gives and grants each of the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and
thing whatsoever required, necessary or appropriate to be done in connection with
the undersigned and the undersigned also hereby ratifies all that each such
attorney-in-fact shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Limited
Power of Attorney.
This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until revoked by
the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to each such attorney-in-fact.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Limited Power of
Attorney to be executed as of this 18th day of December, 2017.
/s/ Jorge M. Gomez___
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