0001437749-19-000178.txt : 20190103 0001437749-19-000178.hdr.sgml : 20190103 20190103161039 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001437749-19-000178 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20190102 FILED AS OF DATE: 20190103 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20190103 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BURGESS ERNEST G III CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001012856 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-SKILLED NURSING CARE FACILITIES [8051] STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-13489 FILM NUMBER: 19505494 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: P.O. BOX 1398 CITY: MURFREESBORO STATE: TN ZIP: 37133-1398 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: NATIONAL HEALTHCARE CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001047335 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-SKILLED NURSING CARE FACILITIES [8051] IRS NUMBER: 522057472 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 100 E. VINE ST CITY: MURFREESBORO STATE: TN ZIP: 37130 BUSINESS PHONE: 6158902020 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 100 E. VINE ST CITY: MURFREESBORO STATE: TN ZIP: 37130 4 1 rdgdoc.xml SALE X0306 4 2019-01-02 0001047335 NATIONAL HEALTHCARE CORP NHC 0001012856 BURGESS ERNEST G III 100 VINE STREET MURFREESBORO TN 37130 1 Shares of Common Stock 2019-01-02 4 S 0 2000 78.32 D 101234 D Option to purchase common stock 62.7800 2016-06-02 2021-06-01 Common Stock 7500 7500 D Option to purchase common stock 72.9400 2017-05-09 2022-05-08 Common Stock 7500 7500 D Option to purchase common stock 61.9000 2018-05-03 2023-05-02 Common Stock 7500 7500 D /s/ Ernest G. Burgess, III by Kristina R. Hulsey, P.O.A. 2019-01-03 EX-24 2 poa_ernestburgess.htm Converted by EDGARwiz

POWER OF ATTORNEY


Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each Kristina R. Hulsey and Kathy T. Henderson, or either of them signing singly, and with full power of substitution, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:


(1)         prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the undersigned's behalf, and submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of reports required by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or any rule or regulation of the SEC;


(2)         execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of National HealthCare Corporation (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance  with  Section 16(a)  of  the  Securities  Exchange  Act  of  1934  and  the  rules thereunder;


(3)         do and  perform  any and all acts  for and on behalf of the undersigned  which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the SEC and any stock exchange or similar authority; and


(4)         take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best  interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents  executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such  form and  shall  contain  such  terms  and conditions  as  such  attorney-in-fact  may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.


The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.   The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.


This Power of Attorney shall remain  in  full force and  effect until the undersigned  is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 8th day of November, 2013.


/s/ Ernest G. Burgess

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Ernest G. Burgess

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