MURFREESBORO, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
National Health Investors, Inc. (NYSE: NHI) announced today it will
increase its first quarter dividend to $.77 per common share to
shareholders of record on March 31, 2014 and payable on May 9, 2014.
This represents an annualized dividend of $3.08 per common share, which
is a 6.2% increase over the dividends declared for 2013.
National Health Investors, Inc. (NYSE: NHI), a Maryland corporation
incorporated and publicly listed in 1991, is a healthcare real estate
investment trust (REIT) specializing in financing healthcare real estate
by purchase and leaseback transactions, RIDEA transactions and by
mortgage loans. NHI’s investments include senior housing (assisted
living, memory care, independent living and senior living campuses),
skilled nursing, medical office buildings and specialty hospitals. www.nhireit.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
website at http://www.sec.gov or
on NHI's website at http://www.nhireit.com.
National Health Investors, Inc.
Roger R. Hopkins, Chief Accounting
Officer, 615-890-9100
Source: National Health Investors, Inc.