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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 15
Certification and Notice of Termination of Registration under
Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or
Suspension of Duty to File Reports
Under Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Commission File Number: 0-22090
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The Multicare Companies, Inc.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
101 East State Street
Kennett Square, Pennsylvania 19348
(610) 444-6350
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(Address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of registrant's
principal executive offices)
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share(1)
9% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2007(1)
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(Title of each class of securities covered by this Form)
None
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(Titles of all other classes of securities for which a duty
to file reports under Section 13(a) or 15(d) remains)
Please place an X in the box(es) to designate the appropriate rule
provision(s) relied upon to terminate or suspend the duty to file reports:
Rule 12g-4(a)(1)(i) [ X ] Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(ii) [ ]
Rule 12g-4(a)(1)(ii) [ ] Rule 12h-3(b)(2)(i) [ ]
Rule 12g-4(a)(2)(i) [ ] Rule 12h-3(b)(2)(ii) [ ]
Rule 12g-4(a)(2)(ii) [ ] Rule 15d-6 [ ]
Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(i) [ X ]
Approximate number of holders of record as of the certification or
notice date: Zero
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
The Multicare Companies, Inc. has caused this certification/notice to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized person.
The Multicare Companies, Inc.
By: /s/ James V. McKeon
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Name: James V. McKeon
Title: Senior Vice President and
Corporate Controller
Date: October 2, 2001
(1) On June 22, 2000, Genesis Health Ventures, Inc. ("Genesis") and The
Multicare Companies, Inc. ("Multicare") each filed voluntary petitions with the
U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware to reorganize their respective capital
structures under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. Genesis and Multicare
filed a joint plan of reorganization (the "Plan") in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court
for the District of Delaware on June 5, 2001, calling for, among other things,
the merger of the two companies under the Genesis banner. Under the Plan, the
common stock of Multicare will be cancelled and new common stock of reorganized
Multicare will be deemed to be allocated to certain of the creditors of the
Multicare debtors. By voting for the Plan, such creditors, as persons otherwise
entitled to the new common stock of Multicare, will also be deemed to have voted
to adopt a plan of merger. The plan of merger provides that such creditors will
receive cash, new senior notes, new convertible preferred stock, and new common
stock of reorganized Genesis in exchange for the new common stock of reorganized
Multicare allocated to them and that a newly created indirect subsidiary of
Genesis will be merged into Multicare. The Plan became effective on October 2,
2001.