Omega Healthcare Investors and Aviv REIT to Merge Creating Premier $10Bn Skilled Nursing Facility REIT

HUNT VALLEY, Md. & CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. (NYSE:OHI) (“Omega” or the “Company”) and Aviv REIT, Inc. (NYSE:AVIV) (“Aviv”) today announced that the Boards of Directors of both companies have unanimously approved a definitive agreement under which Omega will acquire all of the outstanding shares of Aviv in a stock-for-stock merger. The transaction values Aviv at $3.0 billion, and creates the premier publicly traded pure-play skilled nursing facility real estate investment trust (“REIT”).