SC 14D9/A 1 s14d9oct104.txt ================================================================================ SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, DC 20549 --------------------- SCHEDULE 14D-9 SOLICITATION/RECOMMENDATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(d)(4) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 (AMENDMENT NO. 9) --------------------- NEIGHBORCARE, INC. (Name of Subject Company) --------------------- NeighborCare, Inc. (Name of Person(s) Filing Statement) Common Stock, Par Value $0.02 Per Share (including the Associated Series B Junior Participating Preferred Stock Purchase Rights) (Title of Class of Securities) 64015Y-10-4 (CUSIP Number of Class of Securities) --------------------- John F. Gaither, Esq. Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary NeighborCare, Inc. 601 East Pratt Street, 3rd Floor Baltimore, MD 21202 (410) 528-7404 (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notice and Communications on Behalf of the Person(s) Filing Statement) --------------------- With copies to: Mark Gordon, Esq. Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz 51 West 52nd Street New York, New York 10019 (212) 403-1000 [ ]Check the box if the filing relates solely to preliminary communications made before the commencement of a tender offer. ================================================================================ The purpose of this amendment is to amend and supplement Item 9 in the Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9 previously filed by NeighborCare, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation, on June 14, 2004, as thereafter amended, and to add an additional Exhibit and to revise the Exhibit Index accordingly. ITEM 9. Exhibits. Exhibit No. Description ___________ _________________________________________________________________ (a)(21) Letter, dated October 1, 2004, to NeighborCare employees SIGNATURE After due inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this amendment is true, complete and correct. NEIGHBORCARE, INC. By: /s/ John F. Gaither, Jr. ---------------------------- John F. Gaither, Jr. Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary Dated: October 1, 2004 -2- INDEX OF EXHIBITS Exhibit No. Description ___________ _________________________________________________________________ (a)(21) Letter, dated October 1, 2004, to NeighborCare employees -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -3-