UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 13, 2025

Cardinal Health, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Ohio

1-11373

31-0958666

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

7000 Cardinal Place, Dublin, Ohio 43017

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(614) 757-5000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class

Trading
Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange

on which registered

Common shares (without par value)

CAH

New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

ITEM 8.01

Other Events.

On August 13, 2025, Cardinal Health, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, BofA Securities, Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters named therein, for the sale by the Company of $600,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 4.500% Notes due 2030 and $400,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 5.150% Notes due 2035. The offering was made pursuant to the Company’s effective registration statement on Form S-3ASR (Registration Statement No. 333-289513) previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A copy of the Underwriting Agreement is filed as Exhibit 1.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference. The foregoing summary of the Underwriting Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to full text of the Underwriting Agreement.

ITEM 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.


Exhibit Number.		Description

1.1		Underwriting Agreement, dated as of August 13, 2025, among Cardinal Health, Inc. and Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, BofA Securities, Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters named therein.

104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

CARDINAL HEALTH, INC.

Date: August 14, 2025

/s/ Aaron E. Alt

Aaron E. Alt

Chief Financial Officer

CARDINAL HEALTH INC 8-K