Form: 5

Annual statement of changes in beneficial ownership of securities

February 14, 2000

5: Annual statement of changes in beneficial ownership of securities

Published on February 14, 2000




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U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 5

ANNUAL STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

[_] Check box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations
may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

[_] Form 3 Holdings Reported

[_] Form 4 Transactions Reported

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*

Rich Laurence D.
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(Last) (First) (Middle)

900 Victors Way, Suite 350
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(Street)

Ann Arbor MI 48108
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(City) (State) (Zip)
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2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. (OHI)
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3. IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an Entity (Voluntary)



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4. Statement for Month/Year


12/99
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)



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6. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

[ ] Director [_] 10% Owner
[x] Officer (give title below) [_] Other (specify below)

Vice President
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7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing
(Check applicable line)

[x] Form filed by one Reporting Person
[_] Form filed by more than one Reporting Person
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Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of,
or Beneficially Owned
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5. 6.
4. Amount of Owner-
Securities Acquired (A) or Securities ship
Disposed of (D) Beneficially Form: 7.
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Owned at End Direct Nature of
2. 3. ----------------------------- of Issuer's (D) or Indirect
1. Transaction Transaction (A) Fiscal Year Indirect Beneficial
Title of Security Date Code Amount or Price (Instr. 3 (I) Ownership
(Instr. 3) (mm/dd/yy) (Instr. 8) (D) and 4) (Instr.4) (Instr. 4)
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Common 2/12/99 A* 26.779 A $22.5330 D
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Common 5/14/99 A* 24.596 A $25.2940 D
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Common 8/13/99 A* 32.143 A $19.8910 D
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Common 11/15/99 A* 38.044 A $17.3970 983.562 D
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* Shares acquired through Dividend Reinvestment Plan.
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* If the form is filed by more than one Reporting Person, see Instruction
4(b)(v).

Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly.


(Over)
(Form 5-07/98)



FORM 5 (continued)

Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

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9. 10.
Number Owner-
of ship
2. Deriv- of
Conver- 5. 7. ative Deriv- 11.
sion Number of Title and Amount Secur- ative Nature
or Derivative 6. of Underlying 8. ities Secur- of
Exer- Securities Date Securities Price Bene- ity: In-
cise 3. Acquired (A) Exercisable and (Instr. 3 and 4) of ficially Direct direct
Price Trans- 4. or Disposed Expiration Date ---------------- Deriv- Owned (D) or Bene-
1. of action Trans- of (D) (Month/Day/Year) Amount ative at End In- ficial
Title of Deriv- Date action (Instr. 3, ---------------- or Secur- of direct Owner-
Derivative ative (Month/ Code 4 and 5) Date Expira- Number ity Year (I) ship
Security Secur- Day/ (Instr. ------------ Exer- tion of (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr.
(Instr. 3) ity Year) 8) (A) (D) cisable Date Title Shares 5) 4) 4) 4)
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Option 33.5605 12/30/99 D* 15,000 * * Common 15,000 0
(Right to Buy)
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Option 30.1875 12/30/99 D* 11,688 * * Common 11,688 0
(Right to Buy)
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Option 30.1875 12/30/99 D* 3,312 * * Common 3,312 0
(Right to Buy)
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Explanation of Responses:

* In exchange for a payment of $2,700.00, representing $.07 per option share as
to the $33.5605 grant and $.11 per option share for the $30.1875 grant, the
expiration date of outstanding options was accelerated to December 2, 1999.


/s/ Laurence D. Rich 1/28/00
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date

** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal
Violations.

See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).

Note: File three copies of this form, one of which must be manually signed.
If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.


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