The Board of Directors of Owens & Minor Inc. announced following its regularly scheduled board meeting, that G. Gilmer Minor, III, who has served as Chairman of the Board since 1994, will retire from the Board at the conclusion of the company's Annual Shareholders' Meeting on April 26, 2013. The Board announced that Mr. Minor will assume the position of Chairman Emeritus. As part of its succession plan, the Board intends to appoint Craig R. Smith (61), President & Chief Executive Officer of Owens & Minor, to serve as Chairman of the Board, upon Mr. Minor's retirement.

Mr. Smith, who joined Owens & Minor in 1989, has served as President & Chief Executive Officer since 2005.