LTC PROPERTIES INC
8-A12B, 1997-03-05
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                                   FORM 8-A
                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                            Washington, D.C.  20549

               FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
                    PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE
                        SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934



                              LTC PROPERTIES, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                  Maryland                                  71-0720518
(State of incorporation or organization)    (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
 
   300 Esplanade Drive - Suite 1860                           93030
       Oxnard, California  93030                            (Zip Code)
(Address of principal executive offices)
 

If this Form relates to the               If this Form relates to the           
registration of a class of                registration of a class of debt       
debt securities and is                    securities and is to become           
effective upon filing pursuant            effective simultaneously with the     
to General Instruction A(c)(1)            effectiveness of a concurrent         
please check the following                registration statement under the      
box. [ ]                                  Securities Act of 1933 pursuant to    
                                          General Instruction A(c)(2) please    
                                          check the following box. [ ] 


                    SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED PURSUANT TO
                           SECTION 12(b) OF THE ACT:

                    9.5% Series A Cumulative Preferred Stock
                     (Title of each class to be registered)

                            New York Stock Exchange
        (Name of each exchange on which each class is to be registered)

                    SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED PURSUANT TO
                           SECTION 12(g) OF THE ACT:

                                      None
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                               Page 1 of 3 pages
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ITEM 1.   Description of Registrant's Securities to be Registered.
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          A description of the 9.5% Series A Cumulative Preferred Stock (the
"Series A Preferred Stock") to be registered hereunder is contained in the
section entitled "Description of Preferred Stock" on pages 18 through 21 of the
Prospectus included in the Registrant's Form S-3 Registration Statement, No.
333-2444, as filed on March 15, 1996 and as declared effective on April 4, 1996
by the Securities and Exchange Commission, and as supplemented by the
information in the section entitled "Description of Series A Preferred Stock" on
pages S-28 through S-34 of the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement dated February
20, 1997 and filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.  Such description is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 2.   Exhibits.
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          Exhibit
          Number    Description
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          2.1       Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation  of the
                    Registrant.  (1)

          2.2       Bylaws of Registrant.  (2)

          2.3       Form of Articles Supplementary Classifying the Series
                    A Cumulative Preferred Stock.

          2.4       Specimen share certificate for 9.5% Series A Cumulative
                    Preferred Stock.

          --------------------------


          (1)  Filed as exhibit number 3.1 to Registrant's Form S-11
               Registration Statement No. 33-48085, and incorporated herein by
               reference.

          (2)  Filed as exhibit number 3.1 to Registrant's Form 10-Q for the
               quarterly period ended June 30, 1996 and incorporated herein by
               reference.

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                                   SIGNATURE
                                   ---------


     Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement
to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.


March 4, 1997                 LTC PROPERTIES, INC
                              ("Registrant")



                              By:   /s/ JAMES J. PIECZYNSKI
                                 -----------------------------------------------
                                    James J. Pieczynski
                                    Chief Financial Officer and
                                     Chief Accounting Officer

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                                                   EXHIBIT 2.3


                                        
                             LTC PROPERTIES, INC.

                                    FORM OF
                      ARTICLES SUPPLEMENTARY CLASSIFYING
                               9.5% SHARES OF
                      SERIES A CUMULATIVE PREFERRED STOCK

     LTC Properties, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the  "Company"), certifies to
the Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation (the "Department")
that:

     FIRST:  Pursuant to the authority expressly vested in the Board of
Directors of the Company by Article SEVENTH of the Company's Articles of
Amendment and Restatement filed with the Department on August 3, 1992 (the
"Charter") and Section 2-105 of the Maryland General Corporation Law ("MGCL"),
the Board of Directors has, at a meeting duly called and noticed at which a
quorum of directors was present and acting throughout, adopted resolutions
classifying and designating a separate series of authorized but unissued
Preferred Stock of the Company, setting certain of the preferences, conversion
and other rights, voting powers, restrictions, qualifications and terms and
conditions of redemption of such separate series of Preferred Stock, providing
for the issuance of a maximum of 3,080,000 shares of such series of Preferred
Stock and, pursuant to the powers contained in the bylaws of the Corporation and
the MGCL, appointing a Committee (the "Committee") of the Board of Directors
comprised of Andre C. Dimitriadis and William McBride III, and delegating to the
Committee, to the fullest extent permitted by Maryland law and the Charter and
Bylaws of the Company, all powers of the Board of Directors with respect to
designating and setting of the preferences, conversion and other rights, voting
powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends and other distributions,
qualifications and terms and conditions of redemption of such series of
Preferred stock and determining the number or shares of such series of Preferred
Stock (not in excess of the aforesaid maximum number) to be issued and the price
and other terms and conditions upon which shares of such series of Preferred
Stock are to be offered, sold and issued.

     SECOND:  Pursuant to the authority conferred upon the Committee as
aforesaid, the Committee has, by unanimous written consent, duly adopted
resolutions designating the aforesaid series of Preferred Stock as "9.5% Series
A Cumulative Preferred Stock", setting the preferences, conversion and other
rights, voting powers, restrictions and limitations as to dividends,
qualifications and terms and conditions of redemption of such 9.5% Series A
Cumulative Preferred Stock (to the extent not set by the Board of Directors in
the resolutions referred to in Article FIRST of these Articles Supplementary)
and authorizing the issuance of up to 3,080,000 shares of 9.5% Series A
Cumulative Preferred Stock.

     THIRD:  The series of Preferred Stock of the Company created by the
resolutions duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company and by the
Committee and referred to in Articles FIRST and SECOND of these Articles
Supplementary shall have the following designation, number of shares,
preferences, conversion and other rights, voting powers, restrictions and
limitations as to dividends, qualifications, terms and conditions of redemption
and other terms and conditions.

     1.   Designation and Number. A series of Preferred Stock, designated the
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"9.5% Series A Cumulative Preferred Stock" (the "Series A Preferred Stock"), is
hereby established.  The number of shares of the Series A Preferred Stock shall
be 3,080,000.

     2.   Maturity.  The Series A Preferred Stock has no stated maturity and
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will not be subject to any sinking fund or mandatory redemption.

     3.   Rank.  The Series A Preferred Stock will, with respect to  dividend
          ----                                                                
rights and rights upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company,
rank (i) senior to all classes or series of Common Stock of
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the  Company, and to all equity securities ranking junior to the Series A
Preferred Stock with respect to dividend rights or rights upon liquidation,
dissolution or winding up of the Company; (ii) on a parity with all equity
securities issued by the Company the terms of which specifically provide that
such equity securities rank on a parity with the Series A Preferred Stock with
respect to dividend rights or rights upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up
of the Company; and (iii) junior to all existing and future indebtedness of the
Company. The term "equity securities" does not include convertible debt
securities, which will rank senior to the Series A Preferred Stock prior to
conversion.

     4.   Dividends
          ---------

     (a)  Holders of shares of the Series A Preferred Stock are entitled to
receive, when and as declared by the Board of Directors (or a duly authorized
committee thereof), out of funds legally available for the payment of dividends,
preferential cumulative cash dividends at the rate of 9.5% per annum of the
Liquidation Preference (as defined below) per share (equivalent to a fixed
annual amount of $2.375 per share). Dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock
shall be cumulative from the date of original issue and shall be payable monthly
in arrears on or before the 15th day of each month, or, if not a business day,
the next succeeding business day (each, a "Dividend Payment Date"). The first
dividend, which will be paid on April 15, 1997, will be for less than a full
month. Such dividend and any dividend payable on the Series A Preferred Stock
for any partial dividend period will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year
consisting of twelve 30-day months. Dividends will be payable to holders of
record as they appear in the stock records of the Company at the close of
business on the applicable record date, which shall be the first day of the
calendar month in which the applicable Dividend Payment Date falls or on such
other date designated by the Board of Directors of the Company for the payment
of dividends that is not more than 30 nor less than 10 days prior to such
Dividend Payment Date (each, a "Dividend Record Date").

     (b)  No dividends on shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be declared
by the Board of Directors or paid or set apart for payment by the Company at
such time as the terms and provisions of any agreement of the Company, including
any agreement relating to its indebtedness, prohibits such declaration, payment
or setting apart for payment or provides that such declaration, payment or
setting apart for payment would constitute a breach thereof or a default
thereunder, or if such declaration or payment shall be restricted or prohibited
by law.

     (c)  Notwithstanding the foregoing, dividends on the Series A Preferred
Stock will accrue whether or not the Company has earnings, whether or not there
are funds legally available for the payment of such dividends and whether or not
such dividends are declared. Accrued but unpaid dividends on the Series A
Preferred Stock will not bear interest and holders of the Series A Preferred
Stock will not be entitled to any distributions in excess of full cumulative
distributions described above. Except as set forth in the next sentence, no
dividends will be declared or paid or set apart for payment on any capital stock
of the Company or any other series of Preferred Stock ranking, as to dividends,
on a parity with or junior to the Series A Preferred Stock (other than a
dividend in shares of the Company's Common Stock or in shares of any other class
of stock ranking junior to the Series A Preferred Stock as to dividends and upon
liquidation) for any period unless full cumulative dividends have been or
contemporaneously are declared and paid or declared and a sum sufficient for the
payment thereof is set apart for such payment on the Series A Preferred Stock
for all past dividend periods and the then current dividend period. When
dividends are not paid in full (or a sum sufficient for such full payment is not
so set apart) upon the Series A Preferred Stock and the shares of any other
series of Preferred Stock ranking on a parity as to dividends with the Series A
Preferred Stock, all dividends declared upon the Series A Preferred Stock and
any other series of Preferred Stock ranking on a parity as to dividends with the
Series A Preferred Stock shall be declared pro rata so that the amount of
dividends declared per share of Series A Preferred Stock and such other series
of Preferred Stock shall in all cases bear to each other the same ratio that
accrued dividends per share on the Series A Preferred Stock and such other
series of Preferred Stock (which shall not include any accrual in respect of
unpaid dividends for prior dividend periods if such Preferred Stock does not
have a cumulative dividend) bear to each other.

     (d)   Except as provided in the immediately preceding paragraph, unless
full cumulative dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock have been or
contemporaneously are declared and paid or declared and a sum sufficient for the
payment thereof is set apart for payment for all past dividend periods and the
then current dividend period, no dividends (other than in shares of Common Stock
or other shares of capital stock ranking junior to the Series

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A Preferred Stock as to dividends and upon liquidation) shall be declared or
paid or set aside for payment nor shall any other distribution be declared or
made upon the Common Stock, or any other capital stock of the Company ranking
junior to or on a parity with the Series A Preferred Stock as to dividends or
upon liquidation, nor shall any shares of Common Stock, or any other shares of
capital stock of the Company ranking junior to or on a parity with the Series A
Preferred Stock as to dividends or upon liquidation be redeemed, purchased or
otherwise acquired for any consideration (or any moneys be paid to or made
available for a sinking fund for the redemption of any such shares) by the
Company (except by conversion into or exchange for other capital stock of the
Company ranking junior to the Series A Preferred Stock as to dividends and upon
liquidation or redemptions for the purpose of preserving the Company's
qualification as a REIT). Holders of shares of the Series A Preferred Stock
shall not be entitled to any dividend, whether payable in cash, property or
stock, in excess of full cumulative dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock as
provided above. Any dividend payment made on shares of the Series A Preferred
Stock shall first be credited against the earliest accrued but unpaid dividend
due with respect to such shares which remains payable.

     5.   Liquidation Preference.  Upon any  voluntary  or involuntary
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liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Company, the
holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock are entitled to be paid out of the
assets of the Company legally available for distribution to its shareholders a
liquidation preference of $25 per share (the "Liquidation Preference"), plus an
amount equal to any accrued and unpaid dividends to the date of payment, but
without interest, before any distribution of assets is made to holders of Common
Stock or any other class or series of capital stock of the Company that ranks
junior to the Series A Preferred Stock as to liquidation rights. The Company
will promptly provide to the holders of Series A Preferred Stock written notice
of any event triggering the right to receive such Liquidation Preference. After
payment of the full amount of the Liquidation Preference, plus any accrued and
unpaid dividends to which they are entitled, the holders of Series A Preferred
Stock will have no right or claim to any of the remaining assets of the Company.
The consolidation or merger of the Company with or into any other corporation,
trust or entity or of any other corporation with or into the Company, or the
sale, lease or conveyance of all or substantially all of the property or
business of the Company, shall not be deemed to constitute a liquidation,
dissolution or winding up of the Company.

          In determining whether a distribution (other than upon voluntary or
involuntary liquidation) by dividend, redemption or other acquisition of shares
of stock of the Company or otherwise is permitted under the Maryland General
Corporation Law (the "MGCL"), no effect shall be given to amounts that would be
needed if the Company would be dissolved at the time of the distribution, to
satisfy the preferential rights upon distribution of holders of shares of stock
of the Corporation whose preferential rights upon distribution are superior to
those receiving the distribution.

     6.   Redemption.
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     (a)  The Series A Preferred Stock is not redeemable prior to April 1, 2001.
On and after April 1, 2001, the Company, at its option upon not less than 30 nor
more than 60 days' written notice, may redeem shares of the Series A Preferred
Stock, in whole or in part, at any time or from time to time, for cash at a
redemption price of $25 per share, plus all accrued and unpaid dividends thereon
to the date fixed for redemption (except with respect to Excess Shares (as
defined in the Articles)), without interest. Holders of Series A Preferred Stock
to be redeemed shall surrender such Series A Preferred Stock at the place
designated in such notice and shall be entitled to the redemption price and any
accrued and unpaid dividends payable upon such redemption following such
surrender. If notice of redemption of any shares of Series A Preferred Stock has
been given and if the funds necessary for such redemption have been set aside by
the Company in trust for the benefit of the holders of any shares of Series A
Preferred Stock so called for redemption, then from and after the redemption
date dividends will cease to accrue on such shares of Series A Preferred Stock,
such shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall no longer be deemed outstanding
and all rights of the holders of such shares will terminate, except the right to
receive the redemption price. If less than all of the outstanding Series A
Preferred Stock is to be redeemed, the Series A Preferred Stock to be redeemed
shall be selected pro rata (as nearly as may be practicable without creating
fractional shares) or by any other equitable method determined by the Company.

     (b)  Unless full cumulative dividends on all shares of Series A Preferred
Stock shall have been

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or contemporaneously are declared and paid or declared and a sum sufficient for
the payment thereof set apart for payment for all past dividend periods and the
then current dividend period, no shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be
redeemed unless all outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock are
simultaneously redeemed and the Company shall not purchase or otherwise acquire
directly or indirectly any shares of Series A Preferred Stock (except by
exchange for capital stock of the Company ranking junior to the Series A
Preferred Stock as to dividends and upon liquidation); provided, however, that
the foregoing shall not prevent the purchase by the Company of Excess Shares in
order to ensure that the Company continues to meet the requirements for
qualification as a REIT, or the purchase or acquisition of shares of Series A
Preferred Stock pursuant to a purchase or exchange offer made on the same terms
to holders of all outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock. So long as no
dividends are in arrears, the Company shall be entitled at any time and from
time to time to repurchase shares of Series A Preferred Stock in open-market
transactions duly authorized by the Board of Directors and effected in
compliance with applicable laws.

     (c)  Notice of redemption will be given by publication in a newspaper of
general circulation in the City of New York, such publication to be made once a
week for two successive weeks commencing not less than 30 nor more than 60 days
prior to the redemption date. A similar notice will be mailed by the Company,
postage prepaid, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the redemption
date, addressed to the respective holders of record of the Series A Preferred
Stock to be redeemed at their respective addresses as they appear on the stock
transfer records of the Company. No failure to give such notice or any defect
therein or in the mailing thereof shall affect the validity of the proceedings
for the redemption of any shares of Series A Preferred Stock except as to the
holder to whom notice was defective or not given. Each notice shall state: (i)
the redemption date; (ii) the redemption price; (iii) the number of shares of
Series A Preferred Stock to be redeemed; (iv) the place or places where the
Series A Preferred Stock is to be surrendered for payment of the redemption
price; and (v) that dividends on the shares to be redeemed will cease to accrue
on such redemption date.  If less than all of the Series A Preferred Stock held
by any holder is to be redeemed, the notice mailed to such holder shall also
specify the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock held by such holder to
be redeemed.

     (d)  Immediately prior to any redemption of Series A Preferred Stock, the
Company shall pay, in cash, any accumulated and unpaid dividends through the
redemption date, unless a redemption date falls after a Dividend Record Date and
prior to the corresponding Dividend Payment Date, in which case each holder of
Series A Preferred Stock at the close of business on such Dividend Record Date
shall be entitled to the dividend payable on such shares on the corresponding
Dividend Payment Date notwithstanding the redemption of such shares before such
Dividend Payment Date.

     (e)  Excess Shares may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at any time when
outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock are being redeemed, for cash at a
redemption price of $25 per share, but excluding accrued and unpaid dividends on
such Excess Shares, without interest.  Such Excess Shares shall be redeemed in
such proportion and in accordance with such procedures as shares of Series A
Preferred Stock are being redeemed.

     7.   Voting Rights.
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     (a)  Holders of the Series A Preferred Stock will not have any voting
rights, except as set forth below.

     (b)  Whenever dividends on any shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be
in arrears for eighteen or more months (a "Preferred Dividend Default"), the
number of directors then constituting the Board of Directors shall be increased
by two (if not already increased by reason of a similar arrearage respect to any
Parity Preferred (as hereinafter defined).  The holders of such shares of Series
A Preferred Stock (voting separately as a class with all other series of
Preferred Stock ranking on a parity with the Series A Preferred Stock as to
dividends or upon liquidation ("Parity Preferred") upon which like voting rights
have been conferred and are exercisable) will be entitled to vote separately as
a class, in order to fill the vacancies thereby created, for the election of a
total of two additional directors of the Company (the "Preferred Stock
Directors") at a special meeting called by the holders of record of at least 20%
of the Series A Preferred Stock or the holders of record of at least 20% of any
series of Parity Preferred so in arrears (unless such request is received less
than 90 days before the date fixed for the next annual or special meeting of the
shareholders) or at the next annual meeting of shareholders, and at each
subsequent

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annual meeting until all dividends accumulated on such shares of Series A
Preferred Stock for the past dividend periods and the dividend for the then
current dividend period shall have been fully paid or declared and a sum
sufficient for the payment thereof set aside for payment.  In the event the
directors of the Company are divided into classes, each such vacancy shall be
apportioned among the classes of directors to prevent stacking in any one class
and to insure that the number of directors in each of the classes of directors,
are as equal as possible.  Each Preferred Stock Director, as a qualification for
election as such (and regardless of how elected) shall submit to the Board of
Directors of the Company a duly executed, valid, binding and enforceable letter
of resignation from the Board of Directors, to be effective upon the date upon
which all dividends accumulated on such shares of Series A Preferred Stock and
Parity Preferred for the past dividend periods and the dividend for the then
current dividend period shall have been fully paid or declared and a sum
sufficient for the payment thereof set aside for payment, whereupon the terms of
office of all persons elected as Preferred Stock Directors by the holders of the
Series A Preferred Stock and any Parity Preferred shall, upon the effectiveness
of their respective letters of resignation, forthwith terminate, and the number
of directors then constituting the Board of Directors shall be reduced
accordingly. A quorum for any such meeting shall exist if at least a majority of
the outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock and shares of Parity
Preferred upon which like voting rights have been conferred and are exercisable
are represented in person or by proxy at such meeting.  Such Preferred Stock
Directors shall be elected upon the affirmative vote of a plurality of the
shares of Series A Preferred Stock and such Parity Preferred present and voting
in person or by proxy at a duly called and held meeting at which a quorum is
present. If and when all accumulated dividends and the dividend for the then
current dividend period on the Series A Preferred Stock shall have been paid in
full or declared and set aside for payment in full, the holders thereof shall be
divested of the foregoing voting rights (subject to revesting in the event of
each and every Preferred Dividend Default) and, if all accumulated dividends and
the dividend for the then current dividend period have been paid in full or set
aside for payment in full on all series of Parity Preferred upon which like
voting rights have been conferred and are exercisable, the term of office of
each Preferred Stock Director so elected shall terminate.  Any Preferred Stock
Director may be removed at any time with or without cause by, and shall not be
removed otherwise than by the vote of, the holders of record of a majority of
the outstanding shares of the Series A Preferred Stock when they have the voting
rights described above (voting separately as a class with all series of Parity
Preferred upon which like voting rights have been conferred and are
exercisable). So long as a Preferred Dividend Default shall continue, any
vacancy in the office of a Preferred Stock Director may be filled by written
consent of the Preferred Stock Director remaining in office, or if none remains
in office, by a vote of the holders of record of a majority of the outstanding
shares of Series A Preferred Stock when they have the voting rights described
above (voting separately as a class with all series of Parity Preferred upon
which like voting rights have been conferred and are exercisable). The Preferred
Stock Directors shall each be entitled to one vote per director on any matter.

     (c)   So long as any shares of Series A Preferred Stock remain outstanding,
the Company will not, without the affirmative vote or consent of the holders of
at least two-thirds of the shares of the Series A Preferred Stock outstanding at
the time, given in person or by proxy, either in writing or at a meeting (voting
separately as a class), amend, alter or repeal the provisions of the Charter or
the Articles Supplementary, whether by merger, consolidation or otherwise (an
"Event"), so as to materially and adversely affect any right, preference,
privilege or voting power of the Series A Preferred Stock or the holders
thereof; provided, however, that with respect to the occurrence of any Event set
forth above, so long as the Series A Preferred Stock (or any equivalent class or
series of stock issued by the surviving corporation in any merger or
consolidation to which the Company became a party remains outstanding with the
terms thereof materially unchanged, the occurrence of any such Event shall not
be deemed to materially and adversely affect such rights, preferences,
privileges or voting power of holders of the Series A Preferred Stock and
provided, further that (i) any increase in the amount of the authorized
Preferred Stock or the creation or issuance of any other series of Preferred
Stock, or (ii) any increase in the amount of authorized shares of such series,
in each case ranking on a parity with or junior to the Series A Preferred Stock
with respect to payment of dividends or the distribution of assets upon
liquidation, dissolution or winding up, shall not be deemed to materially and
adversely affect such rights, preferences, privileges or voting powers.

     (d)   The foregoing voting provisions will not apply if, at or prior to the
time when the act with respect to which such vote would otherwise be required
shall be effected, all outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall have
been redeemed or called for redemption upon proper notice and sufficient funds
shall have been deposited in trust to effect such redemption.

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     (e)   Except as expressly stated in these Articles Supplementary, the
Series A Preferred Stock shall not have any relative, participating, optional or
other special voting rights and powers and the consent of the holders thereof
shall not be required for the taking of any corporate action, including but not
limited to, any merger or consolidation involving the Corporation or a sale of
all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation, irrespective of the
effect that such merger, consolidation or sale may have upon the rights,
preferences or voting power of the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock.

     8.   Conversion.  The Series A Preferred Stock is not convertible into or
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exchangeable for any other property or securities of the Company.

     9.   Restrictions of Transfer.  The shares of Series A Preferred Stock
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shall be subject to the limitations on ownership and transfer set forth in
Article NINTH of the Charter of the Company.
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          FOURTH: These Articles Supplementary have been approved by the Board
of Directors in the manner and by the vote required by law.

          FIFTH:  The undersigned President of the Company acknowledges these
Articles Supplementary to be the corporate act of the Company and, as to all
matters or facts required to be verified under oath, the undersigned President
of the Company acknowledges that to the best of his knowledge, information and
belief, these matters and facts are true in all material respects and that this
statement is made under the penalties for perjury.

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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, LTC PROPERTIES, INC., has caused these Articles
Supplementary to be executed under seal in its name and on its behalf by its
President and attested to by its Secretary on this 4th day of March, 1997.

          LTC PROPERTIES, INC.

          By:  /s/ William McBride III
               ______________________________________
          Title: President
 
          Attest: /s/ James J. Pieczynski
                  ____________________________________
          Title:  Secretary

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                                  EXHIBIT 2.4


                     [FORM OF PREFERRED STOCK CERTIFICATE]

                            [FRONT OF CERTIFICATE]


        9.5% SERIES A                      9.5% SERIES A
        ---                                ---
 CUMULATIVE PREFERRED STOCK         CUMULATIVE PREFERRED STOCK
   LIQUIDATION PREFERENCE             LIQUIDATION PREFERENCE
        $25 PER SHARE                     $25 PER SHARE

     Number                                   Shares
     ------                                   ------
     MAP                            The shares evidenced hereby are
                                    subject to restrictions on ownership
                                    and transfer as more fully described on the
                                    reverse side hereof.

[LOGO]                              This Certificate is transferrable in
- ---------------------------         Chicago, Illinois or New York, New York
Incorporated Under the Laws
of the State of Maryland


                                    CUSIP 502175-201
                                          ----------

                      See reverse for certain definitions

                             LTC PROPERTIES, INC.


This is to certify that __________________________ is the owner of
______________________________.

Fully paid and non-assessable shares of the 9.5% Series A Cumulative Preferred
Stock Liquidation Preference $25 per share of LTC PROPERTIES, INC. (the
"Corporation") transferrable on the books of the Corporation in person or by
duly authorized attorney upon surrender of this Certificate properly endorsed.
This Certificate and the shares represented hereby are issued and shall be held
subject to all of the provisions of the Articles of Amendment and Restatement
(the "Articles"), and its Bylaws, as amended, to all of which the holder, by
acceptance hereof assents.  This Certificate is not valid unless countersigned
and registered by the Transfer Agent and Registrar.  Witness the facsimile seal
and the facsimile signature of its duly authorized officers.

Dated:
               [Facsimile Signature]
               ---------------------
               Secretary and Treasurer

ATTEST:        [Facsimile Signature]
               ---------------------
               President and Chief Executive Officer

Countersigned and registered:
[                            ]

Transfer Agent and Registrar

By:  _____________________________
     Authorized Signature
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                           [REVERSE OF CERTIFICATE]


                             LTC PROPERTIES, INC.

                               CLASSES OF STOCK

     The Corporation is authorized to issue more than one class of capital stock
consisting of Common Stock, Excess Common shares, one or more series of
Preferred Stock and one of more series of Excess Preferred Shares.  The Board of
Directors of the Corporation is authorized to determine the designations and any
preferences, conversion and other rights, voting powers, restrictions,
limitations as to dividends, terms and conditions of redemption of any class or
series of Preferred Stock before the issuance of such class or series.  The
Corporation will furnish, without charge, to any shareholder making a written
request therefore, a written statement of the designations and any preferences,
conversion and other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to
dividends, qualifications and terms and conditions of redemption of each class
or series of stock which the Corporation is authorized to issue.  Requests for
such written statements may be directed to the secretary of the Corporation at
the principal office of the Corporation.

                    RESTRICTIONS ON OWNERSHIP AND TRANSFER

     The shares represented by this certificate are subject to restrictions on
ownership and transfer for the purpose of the Corporation's maintenance of its
status as a "real estate investment trust" under the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended.  Except as otherwise provided pursuant to the Charter of the
Corporation, no person may beneficially own or constructively own in excess of
9.8% of the number of then outstanding shares of any class or series of stock of
the Corporation, with certain further restrictions and exceptions set forth in
the Corporation's Charter.  Transfer or ownership of shares in violation of the
foregoing restrictions causes such shares to be automatically converted into
Excess Shares.  Excess Shares have limited economic rights, no voting rights and
the Corporation has an option to redeem Excess Shares under certain
circumstances.  In addition, notwithstanding any other provision of the Charter
of the Corporation to the contrary, any purported acquisition of shares of stock
of the Corporation that would result in the disqualification of the Corporation
as a real estate investment trust shall be null and void ab initio.  All
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capitalized terms in this legend have the meanings ascribed to them in the
Charter of the Corporation, a copy of which, including the restrictions on
transfer and ownership, will be furnished, without charge, to each holder of
shares of stock of the Corporation who directs a request therefore to the
secretary of the Corporation at the principal office of the Corporation.

     The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of
this certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full
according to applicable laws and regulations:

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<S>                                                        <C>           
TEN COMM - as tenants in common                            UNIF GIFT MIN ACT - _____ Custodian (Cust)  
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties                     (Minor) under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act  
JT TEN - as joint tenants with right of survivorship       _______(State)                   
and not as tenants in common
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Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

For Value Received, _______________  hereby sell, assign and transfer unto
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________

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                     PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER
                         IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE
                     ______________________________________

____________________________________________________________________
Please print or typewrite name and address including postal zip code of assignee

________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________ shares represented by this
Certificate, and do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint__________________
_______________attorney to transfer the said shares on the books of the
Corporation before power of substitution and the premises.

Date:__________


     NOTICE:   THE SIGNATURE TO THIS ASSIGNMENT MUST CORRESPOND WITH THE NAME AS
               WRITTEN UPON THE FACE OF THE CERTIFICATE, IN EVERY PARTICULAR,
               WITHOUT ALTERATION OR ENLARGEMENT, OR ANY CHANGE WHATEVER.

Signature Guaranteed: _______________________________________________

     The signatures should be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution
(Banks, Stockbrokers, Savings and Loan Associations and Credit Unions with
members; approved signature guarantee medallion program), pursuant to S.E.C.
Rule 17Ad-15.

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