Exhibit 31.1
CERTIFICATION
I, Howard Solomon, Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and Director, certify that:
1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Forest Laboratories, Inc. ("the Company");
2. Based on my knowledge, this 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 report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in
this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of
operations and cash flows of the Company as of, and for, the periods presented in this
report;
4. The Company's other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining
disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e))
and internal controls over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f)
and 15d-15(f)) for the Company and we 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 Company, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by
others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report
is being prepared;
b. designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over
financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance
regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements
for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
c. evaluated the effectiveness of the Company's disclosure controls and procedures and
presented in this 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 Company's internal control over financial
reporting that occurred during the Company's most recent fiscal quarter (the Company's
fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is
reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company's internal control over financial reporting.
5. The Company's other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation
of internal control over financial reporting, to the Company's auditors and the audit committee of
the Company's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent function):
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
Company'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 Company's internal control over financial reporting.
Date: February 11, 2008
/s/ Howard Solomon
Howard Solomon
Chairman of the Board,
Chief Executive Officer
and Director
