---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-24-022577"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NHC"
cik: "0001047335"
company_name: "NATIONAL HEALTHCARE CORP"
filed_at: "2024-07-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T21:40:08.639390+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# NHC director Ernest G. Burgess III to retire July 31 after 27 years on board

## Summary
- Director Ernest G. Burgess III, 84, will retire effective July 31, 2024, after 27 years on the board.
- His retirement is not due to any disagreement with the company, per the filing.
- He served on Audit, Compensation, and Nominating & Corporate Governance committees.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-24-022577
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NHC
- cik: 0001047335
- company_name: NATIONAL HEALTHCARE CORP
- filed_at: 2024-07-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1047335/000143774924022577/0001437749-24-022577-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1047335/000143774924022577/nhc20240710_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-24-022577
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-24-022577.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-24-022577.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Ernest G. Burgess, III departed as Director at NATIONAL HEALTHCARE CORP.
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Director
  source text: On July 8, 2024, Ernest G. Burgess, III, an NHC director since 1997, notified the Company that he intends to retire from the Board effective July 31, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1047335/000143774924022577/0001437749-24-022577-index.htm

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