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EX-12 - STATEMENT OF COMPUTATION - OMNICARE INCexhibit12.htm
EX-32.2 - EXHIBIT 32.2 CERTIFICATION - OMNICARE INCexhibit32-2.htm
EX-31.2 - EXHIBIT 31.2 CERTIFICATION - OMNICARE INCexhibit31-2.htm
EX-31.1 - EXHIBIT 31.1 CERTIFICATION - OMNICARE INCexhibit31-1.htm
10-Q - FORM 10-Q - OMNICARE INCform10q-2q.htm
EX-10.1 - KEEFE SEPARATION AND CONSULTING AGREEMENT - OMNICARE INCexhibit10-1.htm
Exhibit 32.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED
PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, James D. Shelton, Interim President and Chief Executive Officer of Omnicare, Inc. (the “Company”), do hereby certify in accordance with 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

 
1.
The Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Company for the period ended June 30, 2010 (the “Periodic Report”) fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m or 78o(d)); and

 
2.
The information contained in the Periodic Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Date:  August 5, 2010



/s/ James D. Shelton                                            
James D. Shelton
Interim President and Chief Executive Officer