Exhibit 10(n)


                             SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT
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     THIS SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT (this "Agreement") by and among Bergen Brunswig
Corporation,  a New Jersey  corporation  (the  "Company"),  Milan A. Sawdei (the
"Executive")  and,  solely for  purposes of Section 6 hereof,  Cardinal  Health,
Inc., an Ohio corporation ("Cardinal"), is dated as of August 23, 1997.


                                    RECITALS
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     WHEREAS,  the Company has entered into an Agreement  and Plan of Merger (as
the same may be amended from time to time, the "Merger  Agreement")  dated as of
August 23, 1997, with Cardinal and Bruin Merger Corp., a New Jersey  corporation
and wholly owned  subsidiary of Cardinal  ("Subcorp"),  whereby  Subcorp will be
merged as of the Effective  Time (as defined in the Merger  Agreement)  with and
into the Company (the "Merger"),  with the Company as the surviving  corporation
of the Merger (and references  herein to the "Company" refer to the Company both
before and after the Merger); and

     WHEREAS, the Company and the Executive desire to amend certain of the terms
and  conditions  under which the  Executive  will continue to be employed by the
Company.


                                    AGREEMENT
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     NOW,  THEREFORE,  in  consideration  of the foregoing and of the respective
covenants and  agreements of the parties  herein  contained,  the parties hereto
agree as follows:


     1.   The Employment  Agreement between the Executive and the Company dated 
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as of April 21, 1994 (the "Employment Agreement") is hereby amended as set forth
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in this Section 1, effective as of the date of this Agreement.
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          (a) Section 2 of the Employment Agreement is hereby amended to read in
its entirety as follows:

                  Effective  Date and Term. The effective date of this Agreement
                  (the  "Effective  Date") shall be April 21,  1994.  Unless the
                  Executive's  employment  is sooner  terminated  as provided in
                  Section 6, the Company  shall employ the  Executive  until the
                  third  anniversary of the Transaction  Date (as defined below)
                  (such  anniversary,  the "Expiration  Date"). The "Transaction
                  Date"  means the day on which  occurs the  Effective  Time (as
                  defined in the Merger  Agreement  dated as of August 23, 1997,
                  by and among the Company,  Cardinal Health, Inc., ("Cardinal")
                  and Bruin Merger  Corp.  (as the same may be amended from time
                  to time, the "Merger Agreement")). All references in Section 5


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                  of this  Agreement to the Effective  Date are hereby deemed to
                  refer to August 23, 1997.

          (b) Section 3(a) of the Employment Agreement is hereby amended to read
in its entirety as follows:

                  (a) Position. During the term of this Agreement, the Executive
                  shall be  employed  by the  Company,  and shall  perform  such
                  duties and responsibilities of an executive nature, consistent
                  with the Executive's training, education and experience as may
                  be  determined  from  time to time by the  Company's  Board of
                  Directors  (the  "Board" or the "Board of  Directors")  or its
                  lawfully designated representative. In addition, following the
                  Transaction  Date,  the  Executive  shall  be  a  Senior  Vice
                  President and Assistant General Counsel of Cardinal.

          (c) The second sentence of Section 5(a) of the Employment Agreement is
hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows:

                  The Base  Salary as of the  Transaction  Date will be reviewed
                  annually as of each anniversary of the Transaction Date during
                  the  term  of  this  Agreement,  and  shall  be  increased  as
                  necessary  to  cause  the  Base  Salary  to  be  substantially
                  comparable  to the base  salaries of other  executives  of the
                  same  level  of  importance,  responsibility  and  performance
                  within Cardinal (hereinafter, "Peer Company Executives").

          (d) The first sentence of Section 5(b) of the Employment  Agreement is
hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows:

                  On each of the first three  anniversaries  of the  Transaction
                  Date,  the Company  shall pay to the Executive a bonus in such
                  amount as may determined by the Company in its discretion,  in
                  accordance  with the  criteria  used by the  Company  for Peer
                  Company Executives;  provided, however, that in no event shall
                  such  annual  bonus  for any year be less than  fifty  percent
                  (50%) of the  average of the two most  recent  annual  bonuses
                  received by the Executive before the Transaction Date, and the
                  Executive's  target bonus shall in each case be at least equal
                  to  the   Executive's   target  bonus  as  in  effect  on  the
                  Transaction Date.

          (e) The last  subsection of Section 5 of the  Employment  Agreement is
hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows:

                  During  the term of this  Agreement,  the  Executive  shall be
                  entitled  to  receive  all  benefits  and   perquisites   made
                  available to Peer Company  Executives  from time to time. Such
                  benefits and perquisites shall include the Company's Executive
                  A Healthcare program,  401(k) Plan and first class air travel;
                  provided,  that the  Company  shall not be required to provide
                  any particular  benefit or perquisite so long as the aggregate
                  value  of  the   Executive's   benefits  and   perquisites  is
                  substantially  equivalent to such value as of the  Transaction


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                  Date, and any changes to such benefits and  perquisites  shall
                  be reasonable, taking into account the nature of such benefits
                  and  perquisites as well as their value to the  Executive.  In
                  addition,  during  the term of this  Agreement  following  the
                  Transaction  Date,  the  Executive  shall  be  eligible  to be
                  considered  for grants of options to purchase  common stock of
                  Cardinal pursuant to the Cardinal Equity Incentive Plan on the
                  standard  terms and  conditions  applicable  to option  grants
                  thereunder to similarly situated Cardinal executives.

          (f) Section  6(d) of the  Employment  Agreement  is hereby  amended by
deleting the first sentence thereof and adding the following additional sentence
at the end thereof:

                  The  Company  shall  also  have  the  right to  terminate  the
                  Executive's employment under this Agreement without Cause upon
                  thirty  calendar  days' written  notice to the  Executive,  in
                  which event the  Executive  shall be entitled to the severance
                  payments provided for in Section 13 of this Agreement.

          (g) Clause (i) of the first sentence of Section 6(e) of the Employment
Agreement is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows:

                  (i) without the express written consent of the Executive,  the
                  assignment   to  the   Executive  by  the  Company  of  duties
                  inconsistent with Section 3(a) hereof;

          (h)  Clause  (iii)  of the  first  sentence  of  Section  6(e)  of the
Employment Agreement is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows:

                  (iii) the Company's requiring the Executive to be based at any
                  office or location that is not within 25 miles from the office
                  at which the Executive is based on the  Transaction  Date (any
                  such other office or location,  a  "Nonqualifying  Location"),
                  other  than  business   trips   reasonably   required  in  the
                  performance  of the  Executive's  responsibilities  under this
                  Agreement;   provided,   that  if  the  Company  notifies  the
                  Executive  that  it  desires  to  assign  the  Executive  to a
                  position   requiring   the   Executive   to  be   based  at  a
                  Nonqualifying  Location,  the Executive agrees to consider, in
                  good  faith  and in light  of the  proposed  location,  title,
                  responsibilities,  supervisory and surbordinate  relationships
                  and other  material  factors  relating  to such  position  and
                  location,  whether to accept such  position and such  location
                  change, in the Executive's sole discretion; or

          (i) The  portion  of Section  6(e) of the  Employment  Agreement  that
follows the first sentence  thereof is hereby  replaced in its entirety with the
following:

                  If  the  Executive   elects  to  terminate   the   Executive's
                  employment for Good Reason,  the Executive shall so notify the
                  Company  in  writing   after  the   occurrence  of  the  event
                  constituting  Good  Reason,  specifying  the  basis  for  such
                  termination.  If the Company fails, within ten (10) days after


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                  receiving  such  written  notice,  to  remedy  the  facts  and
                  circumstances  that  provided  Good  Reason,  the  Executive's
                  employment  shall be deemed to have terminated for Good Reason
                  on the  tenth  day after the  Company  receives  such  written
                  notice,  and the Executive  shall be entitled to the severance
                  payments  provided  for in  Section  13. If the  Company  does
                  remedy such facts and circumstances within such ten (10) days,
                  the  Executive  shall be deemed to no longer have Good Reason,
                  and  shall  continue  in the  employ of the  Company  as if no
                  notice had been given.

          (j) The first  sentence of Section 9 of the  Employment  Agreement  is
hereby  amended  by  deleting  the  phrase  "During  the Term  hereof,  the" and
substituting the word "The."

          (k) Section 13 of the  Employment  Agreement is hereby amended to read
in its entirety as follows:

                  BREACH  BY  THE  COMPANY;  DAMAGES;  ATTORNEYS'  FEES.  If the
                  Executive's employment is terminated by the Executive for Good
                  Reason or by the Company  without Cause (as defined in Section
                  6(d) of this Employment Agreement),  the Company shall provide
                  the Executive with the following  compensation and benefits as
                  liquidated damages for such termination: the Company (i) shall
                  continue to pay the Executive the Base Salary,  at the rate in
                  effect as of the date of such  termination of employment,  for
                  and with  respect to the period  beginning on the date of such
                  termination of employment  and ending on the  Expiration  Date
                  (hereinafter the "Continuation Period"), at the same times and
                  in the same manner as specified  in Section 5(a) hereof;  (ii)
                  shall pay the Executive, in lieu of annual bonuses pursuant to
                  Section 5(b) hereof,  an annual amount equal to the average of
                  the  Executive's  two most recent previous annual bonuses (or,
                  if the  Executive has not been employed by the Company for two
                  years,  the amount of the  Executive's  most  recent  previous
                  annual bonus before the date of such  termination) at the same
                  times and in the same manner as such annual bonuses would have
                  been  paid  pursuant  to  Section  5(b)  hereof;  (iii)  shall
                  continue to provide the Executive with a car allowance (or use
                  of a Company car, if  applicable)  on the terms and conditions
                  in effect  immediately  before the  termination of employment;
                  (iv)  shall  continue  to  provide  the  Executive  during the
                  Continuation  Period with group  health  benefits on terms and
                  conditions  substantially  similar  to those  provided  to the
                  Executive  immediately  before the  termination of employment;
                  provided,  that (x) if the  Group  Health  Benefits  cannot be
                  provided to the  Executive  under the terms of the  applicable
                  plans  or  applicable  law,  the  Company  shall  provide  the
                  Executive (and his family,  where  applicable) with substitute
                  benefits that are comparable and  substantially  equivalent in
                  value to such  benefits,  and (y) during  any period  when the
                  Executive  is  eligible  to receive  any such  benefits  under
                  another employer-provided plan or a government plan, the Group
                  Health Benefits or substitute benefits provided by the Company
                  under this clause (iv) may be made secondary to those provided
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                  the Executive shall be entitled,  after such  termination,  to
                  participate  in the  Company's  Retired  Officer  Medical Plan
                  subject to the terms and conditions  thereof;  (v) shall, with
                  respect to each employee stock option held by the Executive as
                  of August 23, 1997 that remains outstanding but has not vested
                  and  become  exercisable  as of the date of such  termination,
                  either  (A)  cause  such  option to become  fully  vested  and
                  exercisable  as of the date of  termination or (B) arrange for
                  the  Executive  to enjoy a  status,  during  the  Continuation
                  Period,  such that such  option  continues  to vest and become
                  exercisable in accordance with its terms in the same manner as
                  would have  occurred if the  Executive  had remained  employed
                  under this Agreement  during the Continuation  Period,  as the
                  Company shall elect; provided,  that the Company may not elect
                  to take the action  provided for in clause (B) with respect to
                  options that are "incentive  stock options" within the meaning
                  of  Section  422 of the  Internal  Revenue  Code of  1986,  as
                  amended  ("ISOs"),  if such action would cause such options no
                  longer to qualify as ISOs;  and (v) shall pay all  amounts due
                  pursuant  to  Section  20  hereof,  subject  to the  terms and
                  conditions  of said Section 20. No mitigation of damages shall
                  be required  of the  Executive.  The Company  shall pay to the
                  Executive all reasonable  attorneys'  fees and necessary costs
                  and disbursements incurred by or on behalf of the Executive in
                  connection  with  or  as a  result  of a  dispute  under  this
                  Agreement  or the  Supplemental  Agreement,  if the  Executive
                  ultimately  prevails  in such  dispute.  Attorneys'  fees that
                  become  payable  pursuant to the preceding  sentence  shall be
                  paid by the Company  within thirty days of  presentment by the
                  Executive  to  the  Company  of an  invoice  received  by  the
                  Executive from the Executive's attorneys.

                         1. The Employment Agreement is hereby amended by adding
the  following  new  Sections at the end thereof,  reading in their  entirety as
follows:

                         19.  Survival.  Notwithstanding  any other provision of
                  this Agreement,  Sections 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16,
                  17, 18, 20 and this Section 19 shall  survive the  termination
                  of the  Executive's  employment  under this  Agreement and the
                  termination of this Agreement.

                         20.  (a)   Effective  as  of  ninety  days  before  the
                  Transaction   Date  (the  "Conversion   Date"),   all  of  the
                  Executive's benefits, rights and entitlements under the Bergen
                  Brunswig   Amended   and   Restated   Supplemental   Executive
                  Retirement Plan (the "SERP") and the Bergen  Brunswig  Capital
                  Accumulation  Plan  (the  "CAP"),  shall  be  replaced  by the
                  benefits  provided  by this  Section  20.  The  Company  shall
                  maintain  three  bookkeeping  accounts  for the benefit of the
                  Executive,  one of which  ("Account A"), which shall initially
                  be credited with  $226,012,  shall  represent the  Executive's
                  entire accrued benefit under the CAP (which is currently fully
                  vested),  one of which ("Account B"), which shall initially be
                  credited  with  $128,534,  shall  represent the portion of the
                  Executive's  accrued  benefit  under  the SERP  that was fully
                  vested as of the Conversion Date, without giving effect to the
                  provisions of Section  5.1(b) of the SERP, as in effect before
                  the amendment dated as of August 23, 1997,


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                  and one of which  ("Account  C"),  which  shall  initially  be
                  credited with $801,095,  shall represent the additional vested
                  benefit that would have been  credited to the  Executive as of
                  the  Conversion  Date  pursuant to said Section  5.1(b) before
                  such  amendment.  (Account  A,  Account  B and  Account  C are
                  referred  to  collectively  as the  "Accounts.")  The  amounts
                  credited to the Accounts  pursuant to the  foregoing  shall be
                  nonforfeitable  from and after the Conversion Date.  Except as
                  specifically  provided  in Section  20(c)  below,  each of the
                  Accounts  shall  be  credited  with  interest  on the  balance
                  therein   ("Interest")   at  the  rate  of  6.25%  per  annum,
                  compounded  quarterly,  from the  Conversion  Date  until  the
                  balance  therein  has been  reduced  to zero by  distributions
                  pursuant to Section 20(c).

                                    (b) The balance (with Interest) of Account A
                  and Account B and,  if Section  20(c) is not  applicable,  the
                  balance (with Interest) of Account C shall be paid or begin to
                  be paid to the Executive as soon as practicable after the date
                  of the Executive's  termination of employment with the Company
                  (whether  or not such  termination  occurs  during the term of
                  this  Agreement)  (such  date,  the  "Starting   Date").   The
                  Executive  shall be entitled to elect by written notice to the
                  Company  whether to receive payment in a single lump sum or in
                  annual  installments  over a  specified  period of years  (the
                  "Installment  Period").  Any  such  election  may be  revoked,
                  amended or superseded by a subsequent election; provided, that
                  no such  election  shall be  effective if it is made less than
                  one year  before the  Starting  Date.  If, as of the  Starting
                  Date,  the  Executive  has not made an  effective  election to
                  receive installment payments,  the Executive will be paid in a
                  single   lump  sum.  If  the   Executive   elects  to  receive
                  installment  payments,  then as soon as practicable  after the
                  Starting  Date,  and on each  anniversary  thereof  until  the
                  expiration of the  Installment  Period,  the  Executive  shall
                  receive a payment  equal to (i) the  balance  in Account A and
                  Account B and, if it is being paid  pursuant  to this  Section
                  20(b), the balance in Account C, divided by (ii) the number of
                  anniversaries   of  the   Starting   Date   remaining  in  the
                  Installment Period,  plus one.  Notwithstanding the foregoing,
                  in the event of the Executive's death before the Starting Date
                  or before  completion of any such  installment  payments,  any
                  balances in the Accounts that remain payable  hereunder  shall
                  be paid to the Executive's  designated beneficiary (or, if the
                  Executive had not designated a beneficiary, to the Executive's
                  estate) in a single lump sum as soon as practicable after such
                  death.

                                    (c) If the  Executive's  employment with the
                  Company  is  terminated  before  the  Expiration  Date  by the
                  Company for Cause or by the  Executive  without  Good  Reason,
                  then the  balance in Account C shall not be paid  pursuant  to
                  Section  20(b)  above,  but  shall  instead  be  paid  without
                  Interest (i) to the Executive on the Executive's 65th birthday
                  or (ii) if the  Executive  dies  before the  Executive's  65th
                  birthday,  to the Executive's  designated  beneficiary (or, if
                  the  Executive  had  not  designated  a  beneficiary,  to  the
                  Executive's estate) on the 65th anniversary of the Executive's
                  birth.


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                         2. The  promissory  note  evidencing  each  loan to the
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Executive  that  is  outstanding  as of the  date of this  Agreement  under  the
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Company's Executive Loan Program is hereby amended,  effective as of the date of
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this Agreement, by adding to it the following:
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                  Notwithstanding  any other  provision  of this  Note:  (i) the
                  consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Agreement
                  and Plan of Merger dated as of August 23,  1997,  by and among
                  the Company, Cardinal Health, Inc., and Bruin Merger Corp. (as
                  the  same  may be  amended  from  time to  time,  the  "Merger
                  Agreement"),  shall not be deemed to  constitute  a "Change in
                  Control"  for purposes of this  Agreement,  and from and after
                  the Effective Time (as defined in the Merger  Agreement),  the
                  provisions  of  this  Note  providing  for   forgiveness   and
                  cancellation  of this Note upon a Change in  Control  shall be
                  null and void and of no further  force or effect;  and (ii) if
                  either (A) the Maker remains in continuous employment with the
                  Holder until the Expiration Date (as defined in the Employment
                  Agreement  between the Maker and the Holder  dated as of April
                  21,  1994 (the  "Employment  Agreement"),  as  amended  by the
                  Agreement  between the Maker and the Holder dated as of August
                  23, 1997 (the  "Supplemental  Agreement"))  or (B) the Maker's
                  employment   with  the  Holder  is   terminated   before  such
                  expiration  by the Holder  without  Cause or by the Maker with
                  Good Reason or as a result of the Maker's  death or disability
                  (as those terms are  defined in the  Employment  Agreement  as
                  amended  by  the  Supplemental   Agreement),   then  upon  the
                  Expiration   Date  or  the  date  of  such   termination,   as
                  applicable,  the entire unpaid  principal  balance of the Loan
                  shall be automatically forgiven and cancelled with no interest
                  due and without any further action required on the part of the
                  Holder  or its  Board  of  Directors,  and  the  Holder  shall
                  thereafter take such steps as the Maker may reasonably request
                  in order to evidence such  forgiveness and cancellation of the
                  Loan and the immediate release of the collateral  securing the
                  Loan.


                         3.  From  and  after  the date of this  Agreement,  the
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Severance  Agreement  dated as of April 21, 1994, by and between the Company and
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the Executive shall terminate and shall be null and void and of no further force
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or effect,  and the Executive  shall not be entitled to any payments or benefits
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thereunder.
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                         4. (a) In consideration  for the addition of Section 20
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to the  Employment  Agreement  pursuant  to  Section  1(l)  above  and the  loan
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forgiveness  provided  pursuant  to Section 2 above,  during the  Noncompetition
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Period (as defined below),  the Executive  shall not,  without the prior written
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consent  of the  Board,  engage  in or  become  associated  with  a  Competitive
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Activity. For purposes of this Section 4: (i) the "Noncompetition  Period" means
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(A) the period  during which the  Executive is employed by the Company or any of
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its affiliates, plus (B) the Continuation Period (if any) pursuant to Section 13
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of the Employment Agreement,  as amended by Section 1 of this Agreement;  (ii) a
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"Competitive Activity" means any
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business or other endeavor, in any county of any state of the United States of a
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kind being  conducted by the Company or any of its affiliates  (the  "Affiliated
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Companies")  in  such  jurisdiction  as of the  Effective  Time  or at any  time
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thereafter  through  such  date of  termination,  if and  only if the  Executive
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performed   services  in  such  business  or  endeavor  during  the  Executive's
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employment  by the  Company;  provided,  that no business  or endeavor  shall be
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deemed to be a Competitive  Activity if it is not a Competitive  Activity at the
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time the Executive begins participating in such business or endeavor;  and (iii)
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the Executive shall be considered to have become  "associated with a Competitive
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Activity" if the Executive becomes directly or indirectly  involved as an owner,
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principal, employee, officer, director, independent contractor,  representative,
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stockholder,  financial backer, agent, partner, advisor, lender, or in any other
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individual  or  representative   capacity  with  any  individual,   partnership,
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corporation  or other  organization  that is engaged in a Competitive  Activity.
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Notwithstanding  the  foregoing,  the Executive may make and retain  investments
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during  the  Noncompetition  Period in less than  four and  nine-tenths  percent
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(4.9%) of the equity of any entity  engaged in a Competitive  Activity,  if such
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equity is listed on a national  securities  exchange or  regularly  traded in an
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over-the-counter market.
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                         (b) The Executive acknowledges and agrees that: (i) the
purpose of the  noncompetition  covenant  of this  Section 4 is to  protect  the
goodwill,  trade secrets and other confidential information of the Company being
acquired  by  Cardinal;  (ii)  because  of the nature of the  business  in which
Cardinal,  the Company and the  Affiliated  Companies are engaged and because of
the nature of the Confidential Information to which the Executive has access, it
would be impractical and  excessively  difficult to determine the actual damages
of Cardinal, the Company and the Affiliated Companies in the event the Executive
breached the  noncompetition  covenant of this Section 4; and (iii)  remedies at
law (such as monetary  damages)  for any breach of the  Executive's  obligations
under this Section 4 would be  inadequate.  The Executive  therefore  agrees and
consents that if the Executive commits any material breach of the noncompetition
covenant of this Section 4, and the  Executive  fails to cure such breach within
15 days after  receiving  notice from the Company  thereof,  the Executive shall
forfeit all of the Executive's  rights to any unpaid pay or benefits pursuant to
Section  13 of the  Employment  Agreement,  as  amended  by  Section  1 of  this
Agreement,  other than the  Executive's  rights  with  respect  to the  Accounts
pursuant  to  Section  20  thereof,  and the  Company  shall  have the right (in
addition to, and not in lieu of, any other right or remedy that may be available
to it) to temporary  and permanent  injunctive  relief from a court of competent
jurisdiction,  without  posting  any  bond or other  security  and  without  the
necessity  of proof of actual  damage.  With  respect to any  provision  of this
Section  4  finally  determined  by a  court  of  competent  jurisdiction  to be
unenforceable,  the Executive and the Company hereby agree that such court shall
have jurisdiction to reform this Agreement or any provision hereof so that it is
enforceable  to the maximum  extent  permitted by law, and the parties  agree to
abide by such  court's  determination.  If the  noncompetition  covenant of this
Section  4 is  determined  to  be  wholly  or  partially  unenforceable  in  any
jurisdiction, such determination shall not be


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a bar to or in any way diminish the Company's  right to enforce such covenant in
any other jurisdiction.

                         5. The Executive  acknowledges  and agrees that each of
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the Bergen Brunswig Amended and Restated Supplemental  Executive Retirement Plan
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(the "SERP") and the Amended and Restated Bergen Brunswig  Capital  Accumulation
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Plan (the "CAP") has been amended,  and the Company has executed an amendment to
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the Master Trust Agreement for Bergen Brunswig  Corporation  Executive  Deferral
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Plans dated as of December  27, 1994,  between the Company and Wachovia  Bank of
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North  Carolina,  N.A.,  which amendment the Company intends to have executed by
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the  Trustee.  Such  amendments  provide  that,  except  as  set  forth  in  the
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immediately  following  sentence,  (i) the  consummation of the Merger shall not
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effectuate a "Change in Control" within the meaning thereof,  and (ii) effective
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as of the Effective  Time,  all  provisions  thereof that relate to a "Change in
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Control"  shall  be null  and  void and of no  further  effect,  as if  deleted.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, the consummation of the Merger shall effectuate a
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"Change in Control"  solely for purposes of giving effect to (A) the  provisions
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of Section  5.1(b)(i)  of the SERP that call for full  vesting  of the  "Accrued
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Benefit" of each  "Participant"  upon a "Change in Control"  (as those terms are
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defined in the SERP, as amended to exclude from  participation,  contingent upon
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consummation  of the Merger,  the  Executive and certain  other  executives  who
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previously participated therein), and (B) the provisions of Section 5.4(a)(F) of
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the CAP that call for the benefit of a  "Participant"  that is "Accrued" as of a
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"Change in Control" (without giving effect to clauses (A)-(E) of Section 5.4(a))
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to become fully "Vested" as of a "Change in Control" (as those terms are defined
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in the CAP, as similarly amended to exclude from participation,  contingent upon
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consummation  of the Merger,  the  Executive and certain  other  executives  who
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previously  participated  therein).  The Executive hereby irrevocably waives any
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rights the Executive may have to require the Company to fund or pre-fund, upon a
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change in control, future benefits under the Retired Officers Medical Plan.
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                         6.  Effective as of the  Effective  Time of the Merger,
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Cardinal  hereby  irrevocably,  absolutely  and  unconditionally  guarantees the
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payment by the Company of all compensation  that the Company is obligated to pay
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to the  Executive  pursuant  to the  Employment  Agreement  and this  Agreement,
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including  without  limitation the amount payable  pursuant to Section 20 of the
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Employment Agreement, subject to the terms and conditions of said Section 20.
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                         7. (a) (i) In  addition to any other  payment  required
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pursuant to this Agreement and the Employment  Agreement as amended hereby,  the
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Company shall pay the Executive the amount (the "Gross-up  Bonus")  necessary to
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provide the Executive,  on an After-Tax Basis, with the amount equal to the 4999
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Amount.  As an advance  against the  Company's  obligation  to pay the  Gross-up
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Bonus,  the  Company  shall pay to the  Executive,  within  ten (10) days of the
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receipt of Tax Counsel's  opinion  described in Section 7(b) below,  a cash lump
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sum payment
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(the "Gross-Up  Advance")  equal to the Gross-up Bonus (if any) as determined by
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Tax Counsel  and set forth in Tax  Counsel's  opinion,  along with a copy of Tax
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Counsel's opinion.
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                         (b) (i) If the Company or the  Executive  believes that
Code Section 4999 will apply to the Executive, such party shall notify the other
party.  Within  three (3) days of such  notice,  the Company  shall  request the
Company's  independent  auditors  to select Tax  Counsel to  calculate  the 4999
Amount and the Gross-up Bonus. Such Tax Counsel shall be retained by the Company
within  ten (10) days of the  notice  described  in the first  sentence  of this
Section 7(a). Tax Counsel's fees and other costs shall be paid by the Company.

                         (ii) Within thirty (30) days of retention,  Tax Counsel
shall prepare a written opinion addressed to both the Company and the Executive,
setting forth his or her determination of the 4999 Amount and the Gross-up Bonus
applicable to the  Executive.  Tax Counsel's  opinion shall set forth his or her
calculations and factual assumptions used in arriving at his or her opinion.

                         (iii)  For  purposes  of  Tax  Counsel's  opinion,  Tax
Counsel may take into  account such facts and  circumstances  as he or she deems
relevant.  Tax Counsel also may take into account such  authorities as he or she
deems  relevant,  and  shall  not be  limited  to those  items  that  constitute
"substantial authority" under Section 6661 of the Code.

                         (c) As a result of the  uncertainty in the  application
of Section 4999 of the Code at the time of the  determination of the 4999 Amount
and the Gross-up Bonus by Tax Counsel,  it is possible that the actual  Gross-Up
Bonus will exceed the sum of the Gross-Up  Advance plus any amounts  advanced to
the Executive  pursuant to Section 7(d) below (such excess, an  "Underpayment"),
or that  the sum of the  Gross-up  Advance  plus  any  amounts  advanced  to the
Executive  pursuant to Section 7(d) below will exceed the actual  Gross-Up Bonus
(such excess,  an  "Overpayment").  In the event of an  Underpayment,  after the
Company exhausts its remedies  pursuant to Section 7(d) below, such Underpayment
shall be promptly  paid by the  Company to or for the benefit of the  Executive,
together  with an amount equal to any interest  actually  paid by the  Executive
with respect to such  underpayment  pursuant to Section 6601 of the Code. In the
event  that  it is  finally  determined,  pursuant  to  Section  7(d)  below  or
otherwise,  that an Overpayment  has occurred,  the Executive shall repay to the
Company  the amount of the  Overpayment,  together  with an amount  equal to any
interest  actually  received by the Executive  with respect to such  Overpayment
pursuant to Section 6611 of the Code.

                         (d) The  Executive  shall notify the Company in writing
of any claim by the Internal Revenue Service that, if successful,  would require
the payment by the Company to the Executive of a Gross-Up Bonus or Underpayment.
Such notification shall be given as soon as practicable but no later than ten


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business days after the Executive is informed in writing of such claim and shall
apprise the Company of the nature of such claim and the date on which such claim
is requested  to be paid.  The  Executive  shall not pay such claim prior to the
expiration of the 30-day period  following the date on which the Executive gives
such notice to the Company (or such  shorter  period  ending on the date that is
five days before the date that any  payment of taxes with  respect to such claim
is  due).  If the  Company  notifies  the  Executive  in  writing  prior  to the
expiration  of such  period  that it desires to contest  such  claim,  or if the
Company  notifies the  Executive  that it desires the Executive to bring a claim
for refund that, if successful,  would result in an  Overpayment,  the Executive
shall:

                         (i)  give  the  Company  any   information   reasonably
requested by the Company relating to such claim,

                         (ii) take such action in connection  with contesting or
pursuing such claim (as applicable) as the Company shall  reasonably  request in
writing  from  time to time,  including,  without  limitation,  accepting  legal
representation  with respect to such claim by an attorney reasonably selected by
the Company,

                         (iii) cooperate with the Company in good faith in order
effectively to contest or pursue such claim (as applicable),

                         (iv) and  permit  the  Company  to  participate  in any
proceedings relating to such claim;

provided, however, that the Company shall bear and pay directly, on an After-Tax
Basis  with  respect  to  the  Executive,  all  costs  and  expenses  (including
additional  interest and penalties)  incurred in connection  with the contest or
pursuit (as applicable) of such claim. Without limiting the foregoing provisions
of this  Section  7(d),  the  Company  shall  control all  proceedings  taken in
connection with such claim and, at its sole option,  may pursue or forgo any and
all  administrative  appeals,  proceedings,  hearings and  conferences  with the
taxing  authority in respect of such claim and may, at its sole  option,  either
direct the  Executive to pay any tax claimed and sue for a refund or contest the
claim in any permissible  manner,  and the Executive agrees to contest or pursue
such claim to a determination before any administrative  tribunal, in a court of
initial  jurisdiction and in one or more appellate  courts, as the Company shall
determine;  provided,  however, that if the Company directs the Executive to pay
such claim and sue for a refund,  the Company  shall  advance the amount of such
payment to the Executive,  on an interest-free  basis, and on an After-Tax Basis
with respect to the Executive.

                         (e) For purposes of this Section 7, the following terms
shall have the meanings set forth below:

                         (i) "4999  Amount"  shall mean the amount of excise tax
for which the Executive is liable under Section 4999 of the Internal


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Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), or any successor provision, after
taking into  consideration all compensation  includable in the computation under
Section 280G of the Code (or its successor), other than compensation or benefits
specifically  contractually excluded from this computation under terms set forth
in the applicable  benefit plan or other written  agreement  between the Company
and the Executive.  Without limiting the foregoing,  such computation shall take
into account all Gross-up Bonus and Gross-up Advance payments  received or to be
received by the Executive under this Agreement.

                                    (ii) "After-Tax Basis" shall mean on a basis
                  taking into  account all  federal,  state and local income and
                  employment  taxes,  based upon the highest  marginal  rates of
                  such  taxes  actually  applicable  to  the  Executive  in  the
                  relevant year or years.

                                    (iii) "Tax  Counsel"  shall mean an attorney
                  at law or certified  public  account who (A) is a partner at a
                  law  firm of at least 25  attorneys  or at a "Big 6"  national
                  accounting firm,  which firm has not provided  services to the
                  Company or any affiliate of the Company  within the last year,
                  (B) is experienced in matters  concerning  Section 280G of the
                  Code, and (C) is retained pursuant to Section 7(a) above.

                         (f) In  consideration  of the  foregoing  provisions of
this Section 7, the Executive agrees to use reasonable efforts at no cost to the
Executive to minimize the 4999 Amount.

                         8. If the  Executive  remains  employed  by the Company
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from the date hereof through  December 31, 1997,  then on December 31, 1997, the
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entire  unpaid  principal  balance  of each loan to the  Executive  that is then
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outstanding  under the Company's  Executive Loan Program shall be  automatically
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forgiven  and  cancelled  with no interest  due and  without any further  action
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required on the part of the Company or its Board of  Directors,  and the Company
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shall  thereafter  take such steps as the  Executive may  reasonably  request in
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order  to  evidence  such  forgiveness  and  cancellation  of the  loan  and the
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immediate release of the collateral securing such loan.
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                         9.  From  and  after  the date of this  Agreement,  any
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reference  to  "this  Agreement"  in the  Employment  Agreement  shall  mean the
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Employment Agreement as amended by this Supplemental Agreement.
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                         10.  Nothing  in this  Agreement  or in the  Employment
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Agreement  as  amended  hereby  shall be  construed  to limit the  rights of the
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Company to monetary  damages or any other remedy  against the  Executive for any
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breach  of  any of the  Executive's  obligations  under  this  Agreement  or the
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Employment Agreement as amended hereby; provided, that any such monetary damages
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for a breach of
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Section 4 of this Agreement shall be reduced (but not below zero) by any amounts
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that the  Executive  forfeits  pursuant to the second  sentence of said  Section
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4(b).
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                         11.  All  references  in this  Agreement  to  sections,
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subsections  and clauses of the Employment  Agreement are based upon the form of
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employment   agreement  filed  by  the  Company  with  the  Securities  Exchange
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Commission. To the extent that the actual references in the Employment Agreement
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differ from such form,  the  references  herein  shall be deemed to refer to the
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correct  corresponding  sections,  subsections  and  clauses  in the  Employment
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Agreement.
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                         12.   Notwithstanding   any  other  provision  of  this
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Agreement,  all  provisions  of this  Agreement  other  than  Section 8 and this
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Section 12 shall  terminate and be null and void ab initio after any termination
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of the Merger Agreement without consummation of the Merger.
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                         IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the parties  have  executed  this
Agreement as of the day and year first above written.



                                  "The Company"

                                  BERGEN BRUNSWIG CORPORATION,
                                  a New Jersey corporation


                                  By_____________________________

                                  Its


                                  "The Executive"
                                  ________________________________
                                  Milan A. Sawdei


                                  Solely for purposes of
                                  Section 6 of this
                                  Agreement:

                                  "CARDINAL"
                                  CARDINAL HEALTH, INC., an Ohio
                                  corporation


                                  By_____________________________

                                  Its













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                                 SCHEDULE 10(n)




           The  Company   has  entered   into   supplemental   agreements   (the
"Supplemental Agreements"),  a form of which is set forth as Exhibit 10(n), with
eight senior management employees - Linda M. Burkett, Charles J. Carpenter, Neil
F. Dimick,  William A.  Elliott,  Brent R.  Martini,  Donald R. Roden,  Milan A.
Sawdei and Carol E. Scherman.  The Supplemental  Agreements amend and supplement
existing  employment  agreements and terminate  existing  severance  agreements;
however,  if the Company's  pending merger agreement with Cardinal Health,  Inc.
terminates  for any  reason,  the  Supplemental  Agreement  will,  with  certain
exceptions,  be void ab  initio  and the  employment  agreements  and  severance
agreements  will  be  fully   reinstated.   The   Supplemental   Agreements  are
substantially identical, except that the relocation and retiree medical benefits
provisions vary from employee to employee.






























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