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EXHIBIT 10-Z(vii)
PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT
FOR PARTICIPATION BY RELATED GROUP MEMBERS
(PLAN SECTION 1.1(KK))
The undersigned Employer, by executing this Participation Agreement,
elects to become a Participating Employer in the Plan, as if the Participating
Employer were a signatory to the Adoption Agreement. The Participating
Employer accepts, and agrees to be bound by, all of the elections granted under
the provisions of the Plan as made by Bindley Western Industries, Inc.,
Employer of the Adoption Agreement ("Signatory Employer").
(1) The Effective Date of the undersigned Employer's participation in the
designated Plan is: August 8, 1997
(2) The undersigned Employer's adoption of this Plan constitutes:
(a) The adoption of a new plan by the Participating Employer.
(b) The adoption of an amendment and restatement of a plan currently
maintained by the Employer, identified as Bindley Western
Industries, Inc. & Subsidiaries Profit Sharing Plan and
having an original effective date of January 1, 1979.
In Witness Whereof, the Employer and the Trustee, by their respective
duly authorized officers, have caused this Adoption Agreement to be executed on
this 1st day of March, 1998.
Groveway Pharmacy Key Trust Company of Indiana, NA
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(Name of Participating Employer) (Name Of Trustee)
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. XxXxxxxxx By: /s/ April X. Xxxxxxxxx
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Sec. V.P.
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(Title) (Title)
Bindley Western Industries, Inc.
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(Name of Signatory Employer)
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
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Exec. V.P. & CFO
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(Title)
NOTE: Each Participating Employer must execute a separate Participation
Agreement. See the notes at the end of the Adoption Agreement for
important prototype plan information.