omega healthcare investors were incorporated in the State of Maryland on March 31, 1992. They are a self-administered real estate investment trust, or REIT, investing in income-
producing healthcare facilities, principally long-term care facilities located
in the United States. They provide lease or mortgage financing to qualified
operators of
skilled nursing facilities and, to a lesser extent, assisted living
and acute care facilities. They have historically financed investments through
borrowings under our revolving credit facilities, private placements or public
offerings of debt or equity securities, the assumption of secured indebtedness,
or a combination of these methods.