Omega Stockholder Proposes Stock Offering

Omega Healthcare Investors Inc., Timonium, Md., has announced that its largest stockholder, Explorer Holdings LP, proposes to offer approximately 18.12 million shares of Omega's common stock in an underwritten public offering.Omega, a real estate investment trust, said a registration statement relating to the securities has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission but has not yet become effective. The REIT said it would not receive any proceeds from the sale of shares offered by Explorer, but would receive proceeds if the underwriters exercise an overallotment option on up to approximately 2.72 million shares offered by Omega. The joint book-running managers for the offering are UBS Investment Bank and Deutsche Bank Securities. Omega also announced plans to offer approximately $200 million of unsecured notes in a private placement. The company can be found online at http://www.omegahealthcare.com.