NHC to Pay Common and Preferred Dividends

Posted by Gerald Coggin on May 3, 2012

For release: May 3, 2012
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 that it will pay a quarterly dividend of 30 cents per common share to shareholders of record on June 29, 2012 and payable on August 31, 2012 and a dividend of 20 cents per preferred share to shareholders of record on June 15, 2012 and payable on July 16, 2012.