NDCHealth Announces Fourth Quarter Dividend

ATLANTA, Aug. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NDCHealth Corporation announced today that its board of directors has approved a fourth quarter dividend of $0.04 per share payable August 27, 2004 to shareholders of record as of August 13, 2004.

It is the company’s 111th consecutive quarter of dividend payments.

NDCHealth is a leading provider of health information solutions that add value to pharmacy, hospital, physician, pharmaceutical and payer businesses.

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CONTACT: Robert P. Borchert, VP, Investor Relations of NDCHealthCorporation, +1-404-728-2906, or robert.borchert@ndchealth.com