MURFREESBORO, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
National Health Investors, Inc. (NYSE:NHI) announced today that it will
pay a first quarter dividend of $.615 per common share to shareholders
of record on March 31, 2011 and payable on May 10, 2011. This represents
an annualized dividend of $2.46 per share, an increase of 4.2% over the
total dividends of $2.36 per share for 2010.
National Health Investors, Inc. is a healthcare real estate investment
trust that specializes in the financing of healthcare real estate by
purchase and leaseback transactions and by mortgage loans. NHI’s
investments involve skilled nursing facilities, assisted living
facilities, independent living facilities, medical office buildings, an
acute psychiatric hospital, an acute care hospital and a transitional
rehabilitation center. The common stock of the company trades on the New
York Stock Exchange with the symbol NHI. Additional information about
NHI, including its most recent press releases, may be obtained on NHI's
website at www.nhinvestors.com.
Statements in this press release that are not historical facts are
forward-looking statements. NHI cautions investors that any
forward-looking statements may involve risks and uncertainties and are
not guarantees of future performance. All forward-looking statements
represent NHI's judgment as of the date of this release. Investors are
urged to carefully review and consider the various disclosures made by
NHI in its periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, including the risk factors and other information disclosed
in NHI’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the most recently ended fiscal
year. Copies of these filings are available at no cost on the SEC's web
site at http://www.sec.gov
or on NHI’s web site at http://www.nhinvestors.com.
Source: National Health Investors, Inc.
Contact:
National Health Investors, Inc.
Roger R. Hopkins,
615-890-9100
Chief Accounting Officer