FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report : July 31, 2019

NATIONAL HEALTH INVESTORS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Maryland
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
 
001-10822
(Commission
File Number)
 
62-1470956
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

222 Robert Rose Drive, Murfreesboro, TN 37129
(Address of principal executive offices)

(615) 890-9100
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year,
if changed since last report)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each Class
 
Trading Symbol(s)
 
Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.01 par value
 
NHI
 
New York Stock Exchange






Item 8.01. Other Events.

On July 31, 2019, National Health Investors issued a press release announcing that it has h ired Dana Hambly as its new Director of Investors Relations, replacing Colleen Schaller beginning August 1, 2019.

The Press Release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is also incorporated by reference herein.

Item 9.01.   Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)     Exhibits.

Exhibit Index
Number
Exhibit
99.1
Press Release in HTML format, dated July 31, 2019, titled " NHI Announces Hire of New Investor Relations Director "

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

NATIONAL HEALTH INVESTORS, INC.

By:
/s/Roger R. Hopkins
Name:
Roger R. Hopkins
Title:
Principal Accounting Officer     

Date:    August 7, 2019





Exhibit 99.1

NHILOGOBLUEOR30.GIF

Contact: John L. Spaid, EVP, Finance
Phone: (615) 890-9100

NHI Announces Hire of New Investor Relations Director

MURFREESBORO, Tenn.-- (July 31, 2019) -- National Health Investors, Inc. (NYSE:NHI) today announced that it has hired Dana Hambly as its new Director of Investors Relations. He will be replacing Colleen Schaller beginning August 1, 2019. Schaller will be transitioning to a new role as Real Estate Transaction Manager.

Hambly joins the Company acting as a key liaison with the equity market and analysts. His responsibilities will include the planning and execution of a comprehensive, proactive investor relations program, including explaining financial results, communicating corporate strategy and articulating the company’s competitive advantages and risks to institutional shareholders, sell-side analysts, and other stakeholders.

Previously, Hambly served as Senior Vice President and Equity Research Analyst at Stephens Inc., where he covered publicly traded REITs, including NHI, and healthcare companies in behavioral health, post-acute health, senior housing, physician staffing, outpatient surgery, and various other post-acute services industries. Hambly graduated from Georgetown University with a B.A. and received his MBA from Vanderbilt University’s Owen Graduate School of Management in 2006.

John Spaid stated, “The hiring of Dana Hambly as our new Director of Investor Relations marks a strategic change in the way the Company will interact with our institutional investors and the equity market and demonstrates our commitment to providing transparent and comprehensive communications to the investor community.”

Incorporated in 1991, National Health Investors, Inc. (NYSE: NHI) is a real estate investment trust specializing in sale-leaseback, joint-venture, mortgage and mezzanine financing of need-driven and discretionary senior housing and medical investments. NHI’s portfolio consists of independent, assisted and memory care communities, entrance-fee retirement communities, skilled nursing facilities, medical office buildings and specialty hospitals. For more information, visit www.nhireit.com.