National Health Investors has paid off its debt and will pay anannual dividend for 2001 of 45 cents per common share toshareholders of record as of Dec. 28. The dividend is payableJan.28, the company says in a prepared statement.

The dividend means the company was able to repay its debt aheadof schedule. As a result, 5% of the company's assets are pledged ascollateral on debt.

"Having met the challenge of repaying in full our bank debts, welook forward to rewarding our common shareholders by renewingquarterly dividends," NHI President Andy Adams says in the samestatement. "Cash flow remains at approximately $4 million permonth. We anticipate announcing a declaration of dividend duringthe last month of each calendar quarter commencing March,2002."

Continue Reading for Free

Register and gain access to:

  • Breaking commercial real estate news and analysis, on-site and via our newsletters and custom alerts
  • Educational webcasts, white papers, and ebooks from industry thought leaders
  • Critical coverage of the property casualty insurance and financial advisory markets on our other ALM sites, PropertyCasualty360 and ThinkAdvisor
NOT FOR REPRINT

© 2024 ALM Global, LLC, All Rights Reserved. Request academic re-use from www.copyright.com. All other uses, submit a request to [email protected]. For more information visit Asset & Logo Licensing.