---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-23-014232"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NHC"
cik: "0001047335"
company_name: "NATIONAL HEALTHCARE CORP"
filed_at: "2023-05-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-15T02:06:56.332917+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# NHC Senior VP & Treasurer Jeffrey R. Smith to retire effective May 31, 2023

## Summary
- Jeffrey R. Smith, Senior Vice President and Treasurer, announced retirement effective May 31, 2023.
- Smith joined NHC in 1994, serving as Assistant VP and Accounting Manager, then VP of Treasury (2009-2016).
- Promoted to SVP and Treasurer in 2017; held that role through retirement date.
- No successor or interim replacement named in the filing.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-23-014232
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NHC
- cik: 0001047335
- company_name: NATIONAL HEALTHCARE CORP
- filed_at: 2023-05-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1047335/000143774923014232/0001437749-23-014232-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1047335/000143774923014232/nhc20230511_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-23-014232
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-23-014232.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-23-014232.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jeffrey R. Smith retired as Senior Vice President and Treasurer at NATIONAL HEALTHCARE CORP.
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Senior Vice President and Treasurer
  source text: Jeffrey R. Smith, Senior Vice President and Treasurer, has announced that he plans to retire from the Company effective on May 31, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1047335/000143774923014232/0001437749-23-014232-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.