HUNT VALLEY, MD (REIT Media) April 16, 2009 - Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. (NYSE:OHI) today announced the Company’s Board of Directors declared a common stock dividend of $0.30 per share and declared its regular quarterly dividend for the Company’s Series D preferred stock.

Common Dividend

The Company’s Board of Directors announced today a common stock dividend of $0.30 per share, to be paid May 15, 2009 to common stockholders of record on April 30, 2009. At the date of this release, the Company had approximately 82.4 million outstanding common shares.

Preferred Dividend

The Company’s Board of Directors also declared its regular quarterly dividend for the Series D preferred stock, payable May 15, 2009 to preferred stockholders of record on April 30, 2009. Series D preferred stockholders of record on April 30, 2009 will be paid dividends in the approximate amount of $0.52344 per preferred share on May 15, 2009. The liquidation preference for the Company’s Series D preferred stock is $25.00 per share. Regular quarterly preferred dividends represent dividends for the period February 1, 2009 through April 30, 2009.

The Company is a real estate investment trust investing in and providing financing to the long-term care industry. At December 31, 2008, the Company owned or held mortgages on 256 skilled nursing facilities and assisted living facilities with approximately 29,193 beds located in 28 states and operated by 25 third-party healthcare operating companies.

Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc.
Bob Stephenson, CFO, 410-427-1700