D&K Healthcare Resources Declares 18th Consecutive Quarterly Cash Dividend

ST. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 5, 2005--The Board of Directors of D&K Healthcare Resources, Inc. (Nasdaq: DKHR) today declared the company’s 18th consecutive regular quarterly cash dividend. The dividend of $0.015 per share of common stock, is payable on June 9, 2005 to shareholders of record on May 26, 2005. D&K Healthcare Resources, Inc., which had fiscal 2004 sales of $2.5 billion, is a full-service wholesale distributor of branded and generic pharmaceuticals and over-the-counter health and beauty aid products. Headquartered in St. Louis, D&K serves three classes of customers from eight distribution centers: independent and regional pharmacies with locations in one or more of 27 states, primarily in the Midwest, Upper Midwest and South; national accounts that operate locations in multiple regions of the United States; and other healthcare providers including hospitals, alternate-site care providers, and pharmacy benefit management companies in its primary distribution area. D&K also offers a number of proprietary information systems, marketing and business management solutions, and owns Pharmaceutical Buyers, Inc., a leading alternate-site group purchasing service located in Broomfield, CO. More information can be found at www.dkhealthcare.com.