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Prepared and filed by St Ives Financial
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<p align="center"><font size="2" face="serif"><b>As filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on July 15, 2005</b></font></p>
<p align="right"><font size="2" face="serif"><b>Registration No. 333-__________</b></font></p>
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<p align="center"><font size="3" face="serif"><b>UNITED STATES<br>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</b></font></p>
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<p align="center"><font size="2" face="serif"><b>Washington, D.C. 20549<br>
  <font size="3">FORM S-8</font><br>
  <font size="1">REGISTRATION STATEMENT<br>
  UNDER<br>
  THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font></b></font></p>
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<p align="center"><font size="3" face="serif"><b>OMNICARE, INC.<br></b><font size="2">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</font></font></p>
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    <td width="50%"><b><font size="1">Delaware<br>
    (State of Incorporation)</font></b></td>
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    <td><b><font size="1">31-1001351<br>
    (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)</font></b></td>
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<p align="center"><font size="2" face="serif"><b>OMNICARE, INC.<br>100 East RiverCenter Blvd.<br>Suite 1600 <br>Covington, Kentucky 41011<font face="serif" size="1"><br>(Address, including Zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of <br>registrant's principal executive offices)</font></b></font></p>
<p align="center"><font size="2" face="serif"><b>ComScript, Inc. Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreements<br>
<font face="serif" size="1">(Full title of the plan) </font></b></font></p>
<p align="center"><font size="2" face="serif"><b>Cheryl D. Hodges <br>
Corporate Secretary <br>Omnicare, Inc. <br>Suite 1600<br>100 East RiverCenter Blvd.<br>Covington, Kentucky 41011 <br>(859) 392-3300<br>
</b></font><b><font face="serif" size="1">(Name, address, including Zip code, and telephone number, <br>
including area code, of agent for service)</font></b></p>
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  <td colspan="5" align="center"><font size="2" face="serif"><b>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION
    FEE</b></font></td>
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<td align="center"><font size="2" face="serif"><b><font face="serif" size="1">Title of Securities to Be<br>
  Registered (1)</font></b></font></td>
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<td width="18%" align="center" valign="bottom"><font size="2" face="serif"><b><font face="serif" size="1">Proposed Maximum<br>Offering Price Per Share (3)</font></b></font></td>
<td width="18%" align="center" valign="bottom"><font size="2" face="serif"><b><font face="serif" size="1">Proposed Maximum<br>Aggregate Offering Price </font></b></font></td>
<td width="18%" align="center" valign="bottom"><font size="2" face="serif"><b><font face="serif" size="1">Amount of<br>Registration Fee</font></b></font></td>
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<td align="center"><font size="2" face="serif">Common Stock, par value $1.00<br>
per share</font></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"><font size="2" face="serif">14,972 shares</font></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"><font size="2" face="serif"> $36.5625</font></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"><font size="2" face="serif"> $547,413.75</font></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"><font size="2" face="serif">$64.43</font></td>
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<td width="3%"><font size="2" face="serif">(1)</font></td>
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<font size="2" face="serif"> In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate amount of shares of Common Stock that may be offered or sold as a result of any adjustments from stock splits, stock dividends or similar events.</font></td>
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<font size="2" face="serif"> Represents shares of Common Stock which may be issued upon the exercise of stock options
under option agreements between the Company and certain employees and management personnel of ComScript, Inc.</font></td>
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<font size="2" face="serif"> Priced in accordance with Rule 457(c) and 457(h) of the Securities Act at the exercise price for the options.</font></td>
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<p align="center"><font size="2" face="serif"><b>PART I<br>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</b></font></p>
<p align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
    document(s) containing information specified by Part I of this Form S-8 Registration
    Statement (the &#8220;Registration Statement&#8221;)
    will be sent or given to the optionees pursuant to the option agreements
    listed on the cover of the Registration Statement as specified in Rule 428(b)(1)
    promulgated
    by the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the &#8220;Act&#8221;).  Such document(s) are not being filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission but constitute (along with the documents
incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3
of Part II hereof), a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a)
of the Act.</font></p>
<p align="center"><font size="2" face="serif"><b>PART II <br>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT </b></font></p>
<p align="center"><font size="2" face="serif">Explanatory Note</font></p>
<p align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant
    to an Agreement and Plan of Merger dated February 23, 1998, as amended, by
    and among Omnicare, Inc. (the &#8220;Company&#8221;), CompScript, Inc. (&#8220;CompScript&#8221;)
    and CSI Acquisition Corp., the Company acquired all of the outstanding common
    stock of CompScript. In connection with such transaction, effective  June
    26, 1998, the Company granted non-qualified stock options to certain employees
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     management personnel of ComScript and entered into stock option agreements
    with such individuals
	(the &#8220;Option Agreements&#8221;) for the
purchase of a specified number of shares of the Company&#8217;s Common Stock.</font></p>
<p align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This
    Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed for the purpose of registering
14,972 shares of the Company&#8217;s Common Stock to be issued pursuant to the
Option
Agreements.</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">The following documents are incorporated herein by reference as of their respective dates of filing: </font></p>
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<td width="3%"><font size="2" face="serif">(a)</font></td>
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<font size="2" face="serif"> The Annual Report of the Company on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004 filed pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the &quot;Exchange Act&quot;); </font></td>
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<font size="2" face="serif">All other reports filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since December 31, 2004; and</font></td>
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<font size="2" face="serif">The description of the Company's Common Stock set forth in its Registration Statement on Form 8-A/A-1 (File No. 1-08269) filed on April 17, 1996 and in its Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed on February 12, 2003, as amended.</font></td>
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<p align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereunder have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold hereunder shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.</font></p>
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    <td><font size="2">Item 5.</font></td>
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    <td><font size="2">Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</font></td>
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    <td><font size="2">Item 6.</font></td>
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    <td><font size="2">Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</font></td>
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<p align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">The Restated Certificate of Incorporation and separate Indemnification Agreements provide for the indemnification of each director and officer of the Company in connection with any claim, action, suit or legal proceeding brought or threatened by reason of his or her position with the Company.  In addition, the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (&quot;Delaware Law&quot;) permits the Company to indemnify its directors, officers and others against judgments, fines, amount paid in settlement and attorneys' fees resulting from various types of legal actions or proceedings if the actions of the party being indemnified meet the standards of conduct specified in the Delaware Law.
In addition, the Company maintains directors' and officers' liability insurance policies.</font></p>
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  <td><font size="2"><font size="2" face="serif">Item 9.</font></font></td>
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<p align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To reflect
    in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of
    the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof)
    which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in
    the information set forth in this registration statement. Notwithstanding
    the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if
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    total dollar
    value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and
    any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering
    range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission
    pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price
    represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering
  price set forth in the &#8220;Calculation of Registration Fee&#8221; table
  in the effective registration statement; </font></p>
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<p align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">(iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement; </font></p>
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<p align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">provided, however, that the undertakings set forth in paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) above do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby further undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide
offering thereof.</font></p>
<p align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.  In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is
asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.</font></p>
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<p align="center"><font size="2" face="serif"><b>SIGNATURES</b></font></p>
<p align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant
    to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies
    that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements
    for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to
    be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in
    the City of Covington, Commonwealth of Kentucky, on this 15<sup>th</sup> day of July,
2005.</font></p>
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<td colspan="2"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font><font size="2" face="serif">OMNICARE, INC.</font></td>
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  <td><font size="2" face="serif">By</font></td>
  <td align="left"><u>/s/ <font size="2" face="serif">Cheryl D. Hodges</font></u></td>
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<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">Cheryl D. Hodges<br>Corporate Secretary</font></td>
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<p align="center"><font size="2" face="serif"><b>POWER OF ATTORNEY</b></font></p>
<p align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the persons whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Edward L. Hutton, Joel F. Gemunder and Cheryl D. Hodges his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution, and each with power to act alone, to sign and execute on behalf of the undersigned any and all amendments or supplements to this Registration Statement, and to perform any acts necessary to be done in order to file any and all such amendments and supplements with exhibits thereto and other documents in any way connected therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and each of the undersigned does hereby ratify
and confirm all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitutes, shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</font></p>
<p align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:</font></p>
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<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif"><u>/s/ Edward L. Hutton</u></font><br>
  <font size="2" face="serif">Edward L. Hutton</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">Chairman of the Board</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">July 13, 2005</font></td>
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<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif"><u>/s/ Joel F. Gemunder</u></font><br>
  <font size="2" face="serif">Joel F. Gemunder </font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">President and Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer), and Director </font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">July 13, 2005</font></td>
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  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
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<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif"><u>/s/ John T. Crotty</u></font><br>
  <font size="2" face="serif">John T. Crotty</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">Director</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">July 13, 2005</font></td>
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  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
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<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif"><u>/s/ Charles H. Erhart, Jr.</u></font><br>
  <font size="2" face="serif">Charles H. Erhart, Jr.</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">Director</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">July 14, 2005</font></td>
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  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
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<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif"><u>/s/ David W. Froesel, Jr. </u></font><br>
  <font size="2" face="serif">David W. Froesel, Jr. </font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer and principal accounting officer), and Director</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">July 13, 2005</font></td>
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  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
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<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif"><u>/s/ Sandra E. Laney</u></font><br>
  <font size="2" face="serif">Sandra E. Laney</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">Director</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">July 13, 2005</font></td>
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  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
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<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif"><u>/s/ Andrea R. Lindell</u></font><br>
  <font size="2" face="serif">Andrea R. Lindell</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">Director</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">July 13, 2005</font></td>
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  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
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<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif"><u>/s/ John H. Timoney</u></font><br>
  <font size="2" face="serif">John H. Timoney</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">Director</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">July 13, 2005</font></td>
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  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
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<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif"><u>/s/ Amy Wallman</u></font><br>
  <font size="2" face="serif">Amy Wallman</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">Director</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">July 13, 2005</font></td>
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<p align="center"><font face="serif" size="2">6</font></p>
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<p align="center"><font size="2" face="serif"><b>INDEX TO EXHIBITS</b></font></p>
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<td width="3%"><font size="2" face="serif">(4) </font></td>
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<font size="2" face="serif"> INSTRUMENTS DEFINING THE RIGHTS OF SECURITY HOLDERS, INCLUDING INDENTURES:</font></td>
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  <td>&nbsp;</td>
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<td width="4%"><font size="2" face="serif">4.1 </font></td>
<td align="left">
<font size="2" face="serif"> Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Omnicare, Inc. (as amended) (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company&#8217;s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 27, 2003 and incorporated by reference herein)</font></td>
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  <td>&nbsp;</td>
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<td width="3%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="4%"><font size="2" face="serif">4.2 </font></td>
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<font size="2" face="serif"> Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of Omnicare, Inc. (filed as Exhibit 3.3 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 14, 2003 and incorporated by reference herein)</font></td>
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  <td>&nbsp;</td>
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<td width="3%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="4%"><font size="2" face="serif">4.3</font></td>
<td align="left">
<font size="2" face="serif"> Rights Agreement, and related exhibits, dated as of May 17, 1999, between Omnicare, Inc. and First Chicago Trust Company of New York, as Rights Agent (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Company&#8217;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 18, 1999 and incorporated by reference herein)</font></td>
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  <td>&nbsp;</td>
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<td width="4%"><font size="2" face="serif">4.4</font></td>
<td align="left">
<font size="2" face="serif"> $750.0 million Credit Agreement, dated as of June 13, 2003, by and among Omnicare, Inc., as Borrower, the lenders from time to time parties thereto, as Lenders, JP Morgan Chase Bank, as a Joint Syndication Agent, Wachovia Bank, National Association, as a Joint Documentation Agent, Lehman Commercial Paper Inc., as Joint Syndication Agent, UBS Securities LLC, as a Joint Documentation Agent, and SunTrust Bank as the Administrative Agent (filed as Exhibit 4.6 to the Company&#8217;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 14, 2003 and incorporated by reference herein)</font></td>
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  <td>&nbsp;</td>
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<td width="3%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="3%"><font size="2" face="serif">4.5</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif"> Amended and Restated Trust Agreement of Omnicare Capital Trust, dated as of June 13, 2003 (filed as Exhibit 4.16 to the Company&#8217;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 16, 2003 and incorporated by reference herein)</font></td>
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  <td>&nbsp;</td>
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<td width="3%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="3%"><font size="2" face="serif">4.6</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif"> Guarantee Agreement of Omnicare, Inc. relating to the Trust Preferred Income Equity Redeemable Securities, dated as of June 13, 2003 (filed as Exhibit 4.18 to the Company&#8217;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 16, 2003 and incorporated by reference herein)</font></td>
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<td width="4%"><font size="2" face="serif">4.7</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif"> Indenture dated as of March 20, 2001, by and among Omnicare, Inc., the Guarantors named therein and SunTrust Bank, as trustee, relating to the Company's $375.0 million 8.125% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2011 (filed as Exhibit 99.4 to the Company&#8217;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 23, 2001 and incorporated by reference herein)                                               </font></td>
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<p align="center"><font face="serif" size="2">7</font></p>
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<td width="3%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="4%"><font size="2" face="serif">4.8</font></td>
<td align="left">
<font size="2" face="serif"> Subordinated Debt Securities Indenture, dated as of June 13, 2003 between Omnicare, Inc. and SunTrust Bank, as Trustee   Filed (filed as Exhibit 4.2(A) to the Company&#8217;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 16, 2003 and incorporated by reference herein)</font></td>
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  <td>&nbsp;</td>
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<td width="4%"><font size="2" face="serif">4.9</font></td>
<td align="left">
<font size="2" face="serif"> First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of  June 13, 2003, between Omnicare, Inc. and SunTrust Bank, as Trustee (filed as Exhibit 4.2(B) to the Company&#8217;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 16, 2003 and incorporated by reference herein)</font></td>
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  <td>&nbsp;</td>
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<td width="3%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="4%"><font size="2" face="serif">4.10</font></td>
<td align="left">
<font size="2" face="serif"> Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 13, 2003, between Omnicare, Inc. and SunTrust Bank, as Trustee (filed as Exhibit 4.2(C) to the Company&#8217;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 16, 2003 and incorporated by reference herein)</font></td>
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  <td>&nbsp;</td>
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<td width="3%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="4%"><font size="2" face="serif">4.11</font></td>
<td align="left">
<font size="2" face="serif"> Third Supplemental Indenture dated as of March 8, 2005, between Omnicare, Inc. &amp; SunTrust Bank, as Trustee (filed as Exhibit 4.7 to the Company&#8217;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 9, 2005 and incorporated by reference herein)</font></td>
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  <td>&nbsp;</td>
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<td width="3%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="4%"><font size="2" face="serif">4.12</font></td>
<td align="left">
<font size="2" face="serif"> Amended and Restated Trust Agreement of Omnicare Capital Trust I, dated as of June 13, 2003 (filed as Exhibit 4.16 to the Company&#8217;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 16, 2003 and incorporated by reference herein)</font></td>
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<td width="3%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="4%"><font size="2" face="serif">4.13</font></td>
<td align="left">
<font size="2" face="serif"> Guarantee Agreement of Omnicare, Inc. relating to the Trust Preferred Income Equity Redeemable Securities of Omnicare Capital Trust I, dated as of June 13, 2003 (filed as Exhibit 4.18 to the Company&#8217;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 16, 2003 and incorporated by reference herein)</font></td>
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  <td>&nbsp;</td>
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<td width="3%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="4%"><font size="2" face="serif">4.14</font></td>
<td align="left">
<font size="2" face="serif"> Amended and Restated Trust Agreement of Omnicare Capital Trust II, dated as of March 8, 2005 (filed as Exhibit 4.10 to the Company&#8217;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 9, 2005 and incorporated by reference herein)</font></td>
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  <td>&nbsp;</td>
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<td width="3%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="4%"><font size="2" face="serif">4.15</font></td>
<td align="left">
<font size="2" face="serif"> Guarantee Agreement of Omnicare, Inc. relating to the Series B 4.00% Trust Preferred Income Equity Redeemable Securities of Omnicare Capital Trust II, dated as of March 8, 2005 (filed as Exhibit 4.11 to the Company&#8217;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 9, 2005 and incorporated by reference herein)</font></td>
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<p align="left"><font size="2" face="serif" align="left">(5) &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; OPINION RE LEGALITY</font></p>
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<td width="3%"><font size="2" face="serif">5.1 </font></td>
<td align="left">
<font size="2" face="serif"> Opinion of Dewey Ballantine LLP</font></td>
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<p align="left"><font size="2" face="serif" align="left">(23) &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; CONSENTS </font></p>
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<td width="4%"><font size="2" face="serif">23.1 </font></td>
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<font size="2" face="serif"> Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP</font></td>
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<td width="4%"><font size="2" face="serif">23.2 </font></td>
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<font size="2" face="serif"> Consent of Dewey Ballantine LLP (contained in opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1)</font></td>
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<p align="left"><font size="2" face="serif" align="left">(24) &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; POWERS OF ATTORNEY</font></p>
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<td width="4%"><font size="2" face="serif">24.1 </font></td>
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<font size="2" face="serif"> Power of Attorney (included on signature pages hereof)</font></td>
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Prepared and filed by St Ives Financial
As filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on July 15, 2005
Registration No. 333-__________
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
OMNICARE, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State of Incorporation)
31-1001351
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
OMNICARE, INC.
100 East RiverCenter Blvd.
Suite 1600
Covington, Kentucky 41011
(Address, including Zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of
registrant's principal executive offices)
ComScript, Inc. Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreements
(Full title of the plan)
Cheryl D. Hodges
Corporate Secretary
Omnicare, Inc.
Suite 1600
100 East RiverCenter Blvd.
Covington, Kentucky 41011
(859) 392-3300
(Name, address, including Zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION
    FEE
Title of Securities to Be
Registered (1)
Amount to be Registered (2)
Proposed Maximum
Offering Price Per Share (3)
Proposed Maximum
Aggregate Offering Price
Amount of
Registration Fee
Common Stock, par value $1.00
per share
14,972 shares
$36.5625
$547,413.75
$64.43
(1)
In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate amount of shares of Common Stock that may be offered or sold as a result of any adjustments from stock splits, stock dividends or similar events.
(2)
Represents shares of Common Stock which may be issued upon the exercise of stock options
under option agreements between the Company and certain employees and management personnel of ComScript, Inc.
(3)
Priced in accordance with Rule 457(c) and 457(h) of the Securities Act at the exercise price for the options.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The
    document(s) containing information specified by Part I of this Form S-8 Registration
    Statement (the "Registration Statement")
    will be sent or given to the optionees pursuant to the option agreements
    listed on the cover of the Registration Statement as specified in Rule 428(b)(1)
    promulgated
    by the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the "Act").  Such document(s) are not being filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission but constitute (along with the documents
incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3
of Part II hereof), a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a)
of the Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Explanatory Note
Pursuant
    to an Agreement and Plan of Merger dated February 23, 1998, as amended, by
    and among Omnicare, Inc. (the "Company"), CompScript, Inc. ("CompScript")
    and CSI Acquisition Corp., the Company acquired all of the outstanding common
    stock of CompScript. In connection with such transaction, effective  June
    26, 1998, the Company granted non-qualified stock options to certain employees
    and
     management personnel of ComScript and entered into stock option agreements
    with such individuals
	(the "Option Agreements") for the
purchase of a specified number of shares of the Company's Common Stock.
This
    Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed for the purpose of registering
14,972 shares of the Company's Common Stock to be issued pursuant to the
Option
Agreements.
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents are incorporated herein by reference as of their respective dates of filing:
(a)
The Annual Report of the Company on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004 filed pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act");
(b)
All other reports filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since December 31, 2004; and
(c)
The description of the Company's Common Stock set forth in its Registration Statement on Form 8-A/A-1 (File No. 1-08269) filed on April 17, 1996 and in its Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed on February 12, 2003, as amended.
All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereunder have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold hereunder shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
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Item 4.
Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
The Restated Certificate of Incorporation and separate Indemnification Agreements provide for the indemnification of each director and officer of the Company in connection with any claim, action, suit or legal proceeding brought or threatened by reason of his or her position with the Company.  In addition, the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware ("Delaware Law") permits the Company to indemnify its directors, officers and others against judgments, fines, amount paid in settlement and attorneys' fees resulting from various types of legal actions or proceedings if the actions of the party being indemnified meet the standards of conduct specified in the Delaware Law.
In addition, the Company maintains directors' and officers' liability insurance policies.
Item 7.
Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits.
See Index to Exhibits following signature pages.
Item 9.
Undertakings.
(a)    The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)    To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
(i)    To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
(ii)    To reflect
    in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of
    the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof)
    which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in
    the information set forth in this registration statement. Notwithstanding
    the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if
    the
    total dollar
    value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and
    any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering
    range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission
    pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price
    represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering
  price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table
  in the effective registration statement;
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(iii)    To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;
provided, however, that the undertakings set forth in paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) above do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
(2)    That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3)    To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b)    The undersigned registrant hereby further undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide
offering thereof.
(c)    Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.  In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is
asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
    to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies
    that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements
    for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to
    be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in
    the City of Covington, Commonwealth of Kentucky, on this 15
th
day of July,
2005.
OMNICARE, INC.
By
/s/
Cheryl D. Hodges
Cheryl D. Hodges
Corporate Secretary
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the persons whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Edward L. Hutton, Joel F. Gemunder and Cheryl D. Hodges his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution, and each with power to act alone, to sign and execute on behalf of the undersigned any and all amendments or supplements to this Registration Statement, and to perform any acts necessary to be done in order to file any and all such amendments and supplements with exhibits thereto and other documents in any way connected therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and each of the undersigned does hereby ratify
and confirm all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitutes, shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:
Name
Title
Date
/s/ Edward L. Hutton
Edward L. Hutton
Chairman of the Board
July 13, 2005
/s/ Joel F. Gemunder
Joel F. Gemunder
President and Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer), and Director
July 13, 2005
/s/ John T. Crotty
John T. Crotty
Director
July 13, 2005
/s/ Charles H. Erhart, Jr.
Charles H. Erhart, Jr.
Director
July 14, 2005
/s/ David W. Froesel, Jr.
David W. Froesel, Jr.
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer and principal accounting officer), and Director
July 13, 2005
/s/ Sandra E. Laney
Sandra E. Laney
Director
July 13, 2005
/s/ Andrea R. Lindell
Andrea R. Lindell
Director
July 13, 2005
/s/ John H. Timoney
John H. Timoney
Director
July 13, 2005
/s/ Amy Wallman
Amy Wallman
Director
July 13, 2005
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
(4)
INSTRUMENTS DEFINING THE RIGHTS OF SECURITY HOLDERS, INCLUDING INDENTURES:
4.1
Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Omnicare, Inc. (as amended) (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 27, 2003 and incorporated by reference herein)
4.2
Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of Omnicare, Inc. (filed as Exhibit 3.3 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 14, 2003 and incorporated by reference herein)
4.3
Rights Agreement, and related exhibits, dated as of May 17, 1999, between Omnicare, Inc. and First Chicago Trust Company of New York, as Rights Agent (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 18, 1999 and incorporated by reference herein)
4.4
$750.0 million Credit Agreement, dated as of June 13, 2003, by and among Omnicare, Inc., as Borrower, the lenders from time to time parties thereto, as Lenders, JP Morgan Chase Bank, as a Joint Syndication Agent, Wachovia Bank, National Association, as a Joint Documentation Agent, Lehman Commercial Paper Inc., as Joint Syndication Agent, UBS Securities LLC, as a Joint Documentation Agent, and SunTrust Bank as the Administrative Agent (filed as Exhibit 4.6 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 14, 2003 and incorporated by reference herein)
4.5
Amended and Restated Trust Agreement of Omnicare Capital Trust, dated as of June 13, 2003 (filed as Exhibit 4.16 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 16, 2003 and incorporated by reference herein)
4.6
Guarantee Agreement of Omnicare, Inc. relating to the Trust Preferred Income Equity Redeemable Securities, dated as of June 13, 2003 (filed as Exhibit 4.18 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 16, 2003 and incorporated by reference herein)
4.7
Indenture dated as of March 20, 2001, by and among Omnicare, Inc., the Guarantors named therein and SunTrust Bank, as trustee, relating to the Company's $375.0 million 8.125% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2011 (filed as Exhibit 99.4 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 23, 2001 and incorporated by reference herein)
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4.8
Subordinated Debt Securities Indenture, dated as of June 13, 2003 between Omnicare, Inc. and SunTrust Bank, as Trustee   Filed (filed as Exhibit 4.2(A) to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 16, 2003 and incorporated by reference herein)
4.9
First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of  June 13, 2003, between Omnicare, Inc. and SunTrust Bank, as Trustee (filed as Exhibit 4.2(B) to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 16, 2003 and incorporated by reference herein)
4.10
Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 13, 2003, between Omnicare, Inc. and SunTrust Bank, as Trustee (filed as Exhibit 4.2(C) to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 16, 2003 and incorporated by reference herein)
4.11
Third Supplemental Indenture dated as of March 8, 2005, between Omnicare, Inc. & SunTrust Bank, as Trustee (filed as Exhibit 4.7 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 9, 2005 and incorporated by reference herein)
4.12
Amended and Restated Trust Agreement of Omnicare Capital Trust I, dated as of June 13, 2003 (filed as Exhibit 4.16 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 16, 2003 and incorporated by reference herein)
4.13
Guarantee Agreement of Omnicare, Inc. relating to the Trust Preferred Income Equity Redeemable Securities of Omnicare Capital Trust I, dated as of June 13, 2003 (filed as Exhibit 4.18 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 16, 2003 and incorporated by reference herein)
4.14
Amended and Restated Trust Agreement of Omnicare Capital Trust II, dated as of March 8, 2005 (filed as Exhibit 4.10 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 9, 2005 and incorporated by reference herein)
4.15
Guarantee Agreement of Omnicare, Inc. relating to the Series B 4.00% Trust Preferred Income Equity Redeemable Securities of Omnicare Capital Trust II, dated as of March 8, 2005 (filed as Exhibit 4.11 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 9, 2005 and incorporated by reference herein)
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(5)       OPINION RE LEGALITY
5.1
Opinion of Dewey Ballantine LLP
(23)       CONSENTS
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
23.2
Consent of Dewey Ballantine LLP (contained in opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1)
(24)       POWERS OF ATTORNEY
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature pages hereof)
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