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                                                                    EXHIBIT 99.2

               STATEMENT UNDER OATH OF PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER
                        REGARDING FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES
                        RELATING TO EXCHANGE ACT FILINGS

I, David W. Froesel, Jr., state and attest that:

(1)      To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered reports
of Omnicare, Inc. ("Omnicare"), and, except as corrected or supplemented in a
subsequent covered report:

         -no covered report contained an untrue statement of a material fact as
          of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a
          report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on
          which it was filed); and

         -no covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary to make
          the statements in the covered report, in light of the circumstances
          under which they were made, not misleading as of the end of the period
          covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or
          definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed).

(2)      I have reviewed the contents of this statement with Omnicare's audit
committee.

(3)      In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on or
before the date of this statement, is a "covered report":

         -Annual Report on Form 10-K of Omnicare for the year ended December 31,
          2001 filed with the Commission;

         -all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all definitive
          proxy materials of Omnicare filed with the Commission subsequent to
          the filing of the Form 10-K identified above; and

         -any amendments to any of the foregoing.


/s/ David W. Froesel, Jr.            Subscribed and sworn to before me this 14
- -------------------------            day of August 2002.
David W. Froesel, Jr.
August 14, 2002
                                      /s/ Thomas Fritz
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                                      Notary Public
                                      My Commission Expires: 6-12-06
                                      State at Large





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