NATIONAL HEALTH INVESTORS INC

Regulatory Filings • Mar 24, 2017

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT

TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):

March 24, 2017 (March 15, 2017)

National Health Investors, Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

Maryland	001-10822	62-1470956
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(Commission File No.)	(I.R.S. Employer
		Identification No.)

222 Robert Rose Drive

Murfreesboro, Tennessee 37129

(Address of principal executive offices)

(615) 890-9100

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Item 8.01. Other Events.

On March 15, 2017, National Health Investors, Inc. issued a press release announcing that it has acquired a 102-unit assisted living facility in Portland, Oregon for $26.2 million and has leased the facility back to its current tenant, Prestige Senior Living (“Prestige”). A copy of the press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference herein.

On March 20, 2017, National Health Investors, Inc. issued a press release announcing that it has purchased five memory care facilities, totaling 223 units, located in Texas and Illinois for $61.8 million and has leased back the facilities to a new NHI tenant, The LaSalle Group. A copy of the press release is filed as Exhibit 99.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference herein.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

Exhibit Index

Number	Exhibit
99.1	Press Release Issued March 15, 2017, titled "NHI Acquires $26.2 Million Assisted Living/Memory Care Facility."
99.2	Press Release Issued March 20, 2017, titled "NHI Purchases 5 Memory Care Communities in Texas and Illinois for $61.8 Million."

SIGNATURES

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

National Health Investors, Inc.

By: /s/ Roger R. Hopkins

Name: Roger R. Hopkins

Title: Chief Accounting Officer

Date: March 24, 2017