NHI Announces Special Dividend of $0.22/Share

National Health Investors

announced today that it will pay a special dividend of $.22 per common share to shareholders of record on January 10, 2013, and payable on January 31, 2013. In accordance with IRS Sec. 857(b)(9), this dividend will be treated for tax purposes as having been paid in the fiscal year ending December 31, 2012. “NHI declares a special dividend when there are significant, one-time events that generate taxable income in excess of our regular quarterly dividends. This month, we received a payoff of a mortgage loan with a carrying amount of $4.6 million that resulted in recoveries of previous writedowns and other note gains. We are very pleased to make this