Cardinal Health 2011 Annual Report Download - page 35

with various export control and trade embargo laws and regulations, which may require licenses or other
a
ut
h
or
i
zat
i
ons
f
or transact
i
ons w
i
t
hi
n some countr
i
es or w
i
t
h
some counterpart
i
es. A
l
so, we must a
bid
e
b
yUn
i
te
d
States and forei
g
n customs laws and re
g
ulations
.
S
imilarly, we are subject to laws and regulations concerning the conduct of our foreign operations, including
t
h
eUn
i
te
d
States Fore
i
gn Corrupt Pract
i
ces Act,
f
ore
i
gn ant
i
-
b
r
ib
ery
l
aws an
dl
aws perta
i
n
i
ng to t
h
e accuracy o
f
internal books and records. These laws
g
enerall
y
prohibit companies and their intermediaries from offerin
g
,
promising or making payments to non-United States government officials for the purpose of obtaining o
r
reta
i
n
i
ng
b
us
i
ness
.
O
ther In
f
ormat
i
o
n
O
ur distribution businesses are generally not required by our customers to maintain particular inventor
y
l
eve
l
sot
h
er t
h
an as nee
d
e
d
to meet serv
i
ce
l
eve
l
requ
i
rements. Certa
i
n supp
l
y contracts w
i
t
h
Un
i
te
d
States
g
overnment entities require us to maintain sufficient inventor
y
to meet emer
g
enc
y
demands, but we do not
believe those requirements materially affect inventory levels.
O
ur customer return po
li
c
i
es genera
ll
y requ
i
re t
h
at t
h
e pro
d
uct
b
ep
h
ys
i
ca
ll
y returne
d
,su
bj
ect to restoc
ki
ng
f
ees. We onl
y
allow customers to return products that can be added back to inventor
y
and resold at full value, o
r
that can be returned to vendors for credit. We offer market payment terms to our customers.
R
evenue and Lon
g
-L
i
ved Assets by
G
eo
g
raph
i
c Are
a
S
ee Note 16 of the “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements” for revenue and lon
g
-lived assets b
y
g
eographic area
.
A
va
i
lable In
f
ormat
i
on and Exchan
g
e
C
ert
ifi
cat
i
ons
O
ur Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterl
y
Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K, and
a
mendments to those reports are available free of charge on our website (www.cardinalhealth.com), under the
“Investors—F
i
nanc
i
a
l
s/SEC
fili
ngs” capt
i
on, as soon as reasona
bl
y pract
i
ca
bl
ea
f
ter we e
l
ectron
i
ca
ll
y
fil
et
h
em
with, or furnish them to, the Securities and Exchan
g
e Commission (the “SEC”).
You may read and copy any materials we file with the SEC at the SEC’s Public Reference Room at 100
F
Street, NE, Washington, DC 20549. You may obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room
b
y
callin
g
the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. The SEC also maintains a website (www.sec.
g
ov) where
y
ou can searc
h
f
or annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy and information statements, and other information regarding us
a
n
d
ot
h
er pu
bli
c compan
i
es
.
I
t
e
m 1A: Risk F
a
ctor
s
T
he risks described below could materially and adversely affect our results of operations, financial
con
di
t
i
on,
li
qu
idi
ty an
d
cas
hfl
ows. T
h
ese are not t
h
eon
l
yr
i
s
k
swe
f
ace. Our
b
us
i
nesses a
l
so cou
ld b
ea
ff
ecte
db
y
risks that we are not presentl
y
aware of or that we currentl
y
consider immaterial to our operations.
W
e could suffer the adverse effects of competitive pressures.
A
s
d
escr
ib
e
di
n greater
d
eta
il i
nt
h
e
di
scuss
i
on o
f
our
b
us
i
ness
i
n Item 1 a
b
ove, we operate
i
n mar
k
ets t
h
a
t
a
re hi
g
hl
y
competitive. Because of competition, our businesses face continued pricin
g
pressure from ou
r
customers and suppliers. If we are unable to offset margin reductions caused by these pricing pressures throug
h
steps suc
h
as en
h
ance
d
cost contro
l
measures, our resu
l
ts o
f
operat
i
ons an
dfi
nanc
i
a
l
con
di
t
i
on cou
ld b
e
a
dversel
y
affected
.
I
n addition, in recent years, the healthcare industry has continued to consolidate. Further consolidatio
n
a
mong our customers an
d
supp
li
ers (
i
nc
l
u
di
ng
b
ran
d
e
d
p
h
armaceut
i
ca
l
manu
f
acturers) cou
ld
g
i
ve t
h
e resu
l
t
i
ng
enterprises
g
reater bar
g
ainin
g
power, which ma
y
adversel
y
impact our results of operations.
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