Omnicare to Release Fourth-Quarter and Full-Year Earnings and Hold Con

    Business Editors

    COVINGTON, Ky.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 3, 2005--Omnicare, Inc. (NYSE:OCR) will release its financial results for the fourth-quarter and full-year ended December 31, 2004, on Thursday, February 24, 2005, before the opening of trading on the New York Stock Exchange.

    Omnicare will hold its quarterly conference call to discuss fourth-quarter and full-year results on Thursday, February 24, at 11 a.m. ET. This call is being webcast and can be accessed at Omnicare's Web site at www.omnicare.com by clicking on "Investors" and then on "Conference Calls."

    An archived replay of the webcast will be available on the company's Web site at www.omnicare.com. The online replay will be available beginning approximately two hours after the completion of the live call and will remain available for 14 days.

    Omnicare, Inc., a Fortune 500 company based in Covington, Kentucky, is a leading provider of pharmaceutical care for the elderly. Omnicare serves residents in long-term care facilities comprising approximately 1,071,000 beds in 47 states, making it the nation's largest provider of professional pharmacy, related consulting and data management services for skilled nursing, assisted living and other institutional healthcare providers. Omnicare also provides clinical research services for the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries in 30 countries worldwide. For more information, visit the company's Web site at www.omnicare.com.

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CONTACT: Omnicare, Inc. Cheryl Hodges, 859-392-3331

KEYWORD: KENTUCKY INDUSTRY KEYWORD: PHARMACEUTICAL CONSUMER/HOUSEHOLD EARNINGS CONFERENCE CALLS SOURCE: Omnicare, Inc.

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