NHC Announces Preferred and Common Dividends

Posted by Gerald Coggin on August 4, 2011

For release: August 4 2011
Contact: Gerald Coggin, Senior VP of Corporate Relations
Phone: (615) 890-2020

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – National HealthCare Corporation (NYSE Amex: NHC, NHC.PRA), one of the nation’s oldest long-term health care companies, announced today the Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $.20 per preferred share to shareholders of record on September 15, 2011 and payable on October 17, 2011. The Board of Directors has also declared a quarterly cash dividend of $.30 per common share to shareholders of record on September 30, 2011 and payable on December 1, 2011.