NHC Announces Preferred and Common Dividends

Posted by Gerald Coggin on November 3, 2011

For release: November 3, 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 December 15, 2011 and payable on January 16, 2012. The Board of Directors has also declared a quarterly cash dividend of $.30 per common share to shareholders of record on December 30, 2011 and payable on March 1, 2012.