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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 10-K/A
 
Amendment No. 1
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(Mark One)
  
ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
 
 
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2003
 
 
OR
 
  
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
 
 
For the transition period from ________________to________________
 
Commission File Number 0-33217
 
NEIGHBORCARE, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Pennsylvania
7 East Lee Street
Baltimore, MD  21202
06-1132947
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(Address of principal executive
offices including zip code)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
 
(410) 752-2600
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
 
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
 
NONE
 
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
 
Title of each class
 

 
Common Stock, par value $.02 per share
Preferred Share Purchase Rights, no par value per share
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
 
YES    NO  
 
Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K (subsection 229.405 of this chapter) is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.  
 
The aggregate market value of voting and non-voting common stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant is $499,529,659(1). As of December 17, 2003, 43,093,682 shares of the registrant’s common stock were outstanding and 260,493 shares are to be issued in connection with the registrant’s joint plan of reorganization confirmed by the Bankruptcy Court on September 20, 2001.
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Act)
 
YES    NO  
 
APPLICABLE ONLY TO REGISTRANTS INVOLVED IN BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS DURING THE PRECEDING FIVE YEARS:
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed all documents and reports required to be filed by Section 12, 13, or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 subsequent to the distribution of securities under a plan confirmed by a court.
 
YES    NO  
 
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
 
NONE
 
(1)
The aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common stock set forth above equals the number of shares of the registrant’s common stock outstanding, reduced by the number of shares of common stock held by officers, directors and shareholders owning in excess of 10% of the registrant’s common stock, multiplied by the last reported sale price for the registrant’s common stock on the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter (i.e., March 31, 2003) ($14.86). The information provided shall in no way be construed as an admission that any officer, director or 10% shareholder of the registrant may or may not be deemed an affiliate of the registrant or that he/it is the beneficial owner of the shares reported as being held by him/it, and any such inference is hereby disclaimed. The information provided herein is included solely for record keeping purposes of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
 


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Explanatory Note

The purpose of this Amendment No. 1 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K/A is to file the conformed signatures to Exhibits 31.1, 31.2, 32.1 and 32.2 which were inadvertently omitted from the original Form 10-K filing.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf on December 29, 2003 by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

  NEIGHBORCARE, INC.
     
  By: /s/ John J. Arlotta
   
    John J. Arlotta,
Chairman, President
and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

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Exhibit 31.1 – CERTIFICATIONS PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES–OXLEY ACT OF 2002
 
I, John J. Arlotta, Chief Executive Officer of NeighborCare, Inc., certify that:
 
1.
I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of NeighborCare, Inc. and subsidiaries;
 
 
2.
Based on my knowledge, this annual report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this annual report;
 
 
3.
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this annual report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this annual report;
 
 
4.
The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15e and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant and have:
 
 
 
 
a)
designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this annual report is being prepared;
 
 
 
 
b)
[Intentionally omitted];
 
 
 
 
c)
evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedure and presented in this annual report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
 
 
 
 
d)
disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
 
 
 
5.
The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
 
 
 
 
a)
all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
 
 
 
 
b)
any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal controls over financial reporting.
 
Date: December 24, 2003
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/s/ John J. Arlotta
 
 
John J. Arlotta
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Exhibit 31.2 – CERTIFICATIONS PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES–OXLEY ACT OF 2002
 
I, Richard W. Sunderland, Jr., Chief Financial Officer of NeighborCare, Inc., certify that:
 
1.
I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of NeighborCare, Inc. and subsidiaries;
 
 
2.
Based on my knowledge, this annual report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this annual report;
 
 
3.
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this annual report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this annual report;
 
 
4.
The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15e and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant and have:
 
 
 
 
a)
designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this annual report is being prepared;
 
 
 
 
b)
[Intentionally omitted];
 
 
 
 
c)
evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedure and presented in this annual report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
 
 
 
 
d)
disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
 
 
 
5.
The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
 
 
 
 
a)
all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
 
 
 
 
b)
any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal controls over financial reporting.
 
Date: December 24, 2003
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/s/
Richard W. Sunderland, Jr.
 

 
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Exhibit 32.1 – CERTIFICATIONS PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES–OXLEY ACT OF 2002
 
In connection with the filing of the NeighborCare’s Annual Report on Form 10–K for the period ended September 30, 2003 with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, John J. Arlotta, the Chief Executive Officer of NeighborCare, Inc, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section. 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes–Oxley Act of 2002, that:
 
1.
The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
 
 
2.
The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
 
Date: December 24, 2003
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/s/
John J. Arlotta
 
 
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Exhibit 32.2 – CERTIFICATIONS PURSUANT TO TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES–OXLEY ACT OF 2002
 
In connection with the filing of the NeighborCare’s Annual Report on Form 10–K for the period ended September 30, 2003 with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Richard W. Sunderland, Jr., the Chief Financial Officer of NeighborCare, Inc, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes–Oxley Act of 2002, that:
 
1.
The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13 (a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
 
 
2.
The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
 
Date: December 24, 2003
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/s/
Richard W. Sunderland, Jr.
 
 
Richard W. Sunderland, Jr.
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