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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>NATIONAL HEALTH REALTY, INC.</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top">52-2059888</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or other jurisdiction<BR>
of incorporation or organization)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><FONT style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">100 Vine Street</FONT><BR>
<FONT style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Murfreesboro, Tennessee 37130</FONT><BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)<BR>
(Zip Code)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><FONT style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">2005 Stock Option, Restricted Stock &#038; Stock Appreciation<BR>
Rights Plan</FONT><BR>
(Full Name of Plan)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Richard F. LaRoche, Jr.<BR>
Corporate Secretary<BR>
National Health Realty, Inc.<BR>
<FONT style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">100 Vine Street, Murfreesboro, TN 37130</FONT><BR>
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><FONT style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">(615)&nbsp;890-2020</FONT><BR>
(Telephone number, including area code for agent for service)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B></DIV>

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    <TD nowrap align="left">&nbsp;&nbsp;Title of Securities</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">Maximum Offering</TD>
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    <TD colspan="3"><DIV style="margin-left:14px; text-indent:-14px"><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(1)</SUP> Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416(a), this registration statement also covers any additional securities that may be offered or issued in connection
with any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction.</DIV></TD>
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    <TD colspan="3"><DIV style="margin-left:14px; text-indent:-14px"><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(2)</SUP> Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457, the offering price is estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee on the basis of the
average high and low price of 19.615 per Share, as reported on the
American Stock Exchange on July&nbsp;29, 2005.</DIV></TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">PART I</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001">PART II</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#003">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities</A></TD></TR>
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<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#005">Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification</A></TD></TR>
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<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#007">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#008">Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#009"> SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#010">EXHIBIT INDEX</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="g96648exv5.txt">Ex-5  Opinion of Harwell Howard Hyne Gabbert & Manner, P.C.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="g96648exv23w1.txt">Ex-23.1  Consent of BDO Seidman, LLP</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="g96648exv23w2.txt">Ex-23.2  Consent of Ernst & Young, LLP</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART I</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The documents containing the information specified in Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8 (plan information and
registrant information) will be sent or given to participants in the plan as specified by Rule
428(b)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;). Such documents need
not be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;SEC&#148;) either as part of this
registration statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424 of the
Securities Act. These documents, which include the statement of availability required by Item&nbsp;2 of
Form S-8, and the documents incorporated by reference in this registration statement pursuant to
Item&nbsp;3 of Form S-8 (Part&nbsp;II hereof), taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the
requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>PART II<BR>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The documents listed below filed by National Health Realty, Inc., (the &#147;Company&#148;) are
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement. Any statement contained in a document
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or
superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained
herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement modified or superseded
shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration
Statement.
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(a)</TD>
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    <TD>The Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2004.</TD>
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    <TD>The Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed May&nbsp;10, 2005.</TD>
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    <TD>The Company&#146;s registration statement on Form&nbsp;10 (SEC File No.&nbsp;1-13478),
filed October&nbsp;14, 1997 and amended through Amendment No.&nbsp;1 on December&nbsp;5, 1997.</TD>
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    <TD>The description of the Company&#146;s Common Stock as contained in the
Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-4 (SEC File No.&nbsp;333-37173),
filed October&nbsp;3, 1997, amended through Amendment No.&nbsp;1 on December&nbsp;20,
1997, amended through Amendment No.&nbsp;2 on December&nbsp;4, 1997, amended
through Amendment No.&nbsp;3 on December&nbsp;5, 1997 and amended through
Amendment No.&nbsp;4 on December&nbsp;5, 1997.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition, all documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a),
13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), prior to the
filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part thereof from the date of filing of such
documents.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company&#146;s articles of incorporation require the Company, to the maximum extent permitted
by Maryland law, to indemnify and to pay or reimburse reasonable expenses in advance of final
disposition of a proceeding to (a)&nbsp;any present or former director or officer who is made a party to
the proceeding by reason of his service in that capacity or (b)&nbsp;any individual who, at our
request, serves or has served another entity and who is made a party to the proceeding by reason of
his service in that capacity. Maryland law also permits the Company to indemnify and advance
expenses to any person who served our predecessor in any of the capacities described above and to
any employee or agent of us or our predecessor.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Maryland law requires a corporation (unless its articles of incorporation provides otherwise,
which the Company&#146;s articles of incorporation do not) to indemnify a director or officer who has
been successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any proceeding to which he is made a
party by reason of his service in that capacity. The MGCL permits a corporation to indemnify its
present and former directors and officers, among others, against judgments, penalties, fines,
settlements and reasonable expenses actually incurred by them in connection with any proceeding to
which they may be made a party by reason of their service in those or other capacities unless it is
established that (a)&nbsp;the act or omission of the director or officer was material to the matter
giving rise to the proceeding and (i)&nbsp;was committed in bad faith or (ii)&nbsp;was the result of active
and deliberate dishonesty, (b)&nbsp;the director or officer actually received an improper personal
benefit in money, property or services or (c)&nbsp;in the case of any criminal proceeding, the director
or officer had reasonable cause to believe that the act or omission was unlawful. However, a
Maryland corporation may not indemnify for an adverse judgment in a suit by or in the right of the
corporation. In addition, the Maryland law requires that the Company, as a condition to advancing
expenses, obtain (a)&nbsp;a written affirmation by the director or officer of his good faith belief that
he has met the standard of conduct necessary for indemnification as authorized by the bylaws and
(b)&nbsp;a written undertaking by or in his behalf to repay the amount paid or reimbursed by the Company
if it shall ultimately be determined that the standard of conduct was not met. The Company
indemnifies all of its officers and directors to the fullest extent permitted under Maryland law.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption From Registration Claimed</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Exhibits to this Registration Statement are listed in the Index to Exhibits on Page E-1 of
this Registration Statement, which Index is incorporated herein by reference<B>.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company hereby undertakes:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1.&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the
Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or
in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration
Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered
(if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and
any deviation from the low or high and of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in
the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the
changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20&nbsp;percent change in the maximum aggregate
offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective
registration statement.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)&nbsp;To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in
the Registration Statement;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>provided, however</I>, that paragraphs (1)(i) and (1)(ii) do not apply if the registration
statement is on Form S-3, Form S-8 or Form F-3 and the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or
furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.&nbsp;The Company hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each filing of the Company&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section
15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual
report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to partners, directors, officers and controlling persons of the Company pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Company has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the Company of expenses incurred or paid by a partner,
director, officer or controlling person of the Company in the successful defense of any action suit
or proceeding) is asserted by such partner, director, officer or controlling person in connection
with the securities being registered, the Company will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
</DIV>

<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">II-5
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</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Company certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Murfreesboro, State of Tennessee, on August&nbsp;2, 2005.
</DIV>
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    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="46%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left">National Health Realty, Inc.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">By:
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Robert G. Adams</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="1" valign="top" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Robert G. Adams</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">President and Director</TD>
</TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">POWER OF ATTORNEY
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each person whose signature to the Registration Statement appears below hereby appoints Robert
G. Adams or Richard F. LaRoche, Jr. and each of them, as his attorney-in-fact to execute in the
name and behalf of any such person, individually and in the capacity stated below, and to file all
amendments and post-effective amendments to this Registration Statement, which amendment or
amendments may make such changes and additions in this Registration Statement as such
attorney-in-fact may deem necessary or appropriate.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
</DIV>
<DIV align="center">
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    <TD width="30%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="30%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="30%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center">Signature</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">Title</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">Date</TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Robert G. Adams
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director and President
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August&nbsp;2, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Robert G. Adams</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ W. Andrew Adams
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August&nbsp;2, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">W. Andrew Adams</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Ernest G. Burgess, III
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August&nbsp;2, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Ernest G. Burgess, III</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Joel Jobe
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August&nbsp;2, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Joel Jobe</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ J. Paul Abernathy
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August&nbsp;2, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">J. Paul Abernathy</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Richard F. LaRoche, Jr.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director and Corporate Secretary
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August&nbsp;2, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Richard F. LaRoche, Jr.</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Joseph M. Swanson
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August&nbsp;2, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Joseph M. Swanson</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Donald K. Daniel
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Principal Accounting Officer
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August&nbsp;2, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Donald K. Daniel</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="12%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="80%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Exhibit No.</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Description of Exhibit</B></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Articles of Incorporation of National Health Realty, Inc.
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Registrant&#146;s
registration statement No.&nbsp;333- 37173 on Form&nbsp;S-4).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Bylaws of National Health Realty, Inc. (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant&#146;s registration
statement No.&nbsp;333-37173 on Form&nbsp;S-4).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">1997 Stock Option and Stock Appreciation Rights Plan
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.3.2 to the Company&#146;s
Registration Statement No.&nbsp;333-37173 on Form&nbsp;S-4).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">2005 Stock Option Plan (incorporated by reference to Appendix
A to the Company&#146;s proxy statement filed March&nbsp;28, 2005).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Harwell Howard Hyne Gabbert &#038; Manner, P.C.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of BDO Seidman, LLP, Independent Registered Public
Accounting Firm.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young, LLP, Independent Registered Public
Accounting Firm.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Harwell Howard Hyne Gabbert &#038; Manner, P.C.
(included in Exhibit&nbsp;5).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (see signature page).</TD>
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National Health Realty, Inc.
Table of Contents
Registration No. 333-__________
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
NATIONAL HEALTH REALTY, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Maryland
52-2059888
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
100 Vine Street
Murfreesboro, Tennessee 37130
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
2005 Stock Option, Restricted Stock & Stock Appreciation
Rights Plan
(Full Name of Plan)
Richard F. LaRoche, Jr.
Corporate Secretary
National Health Realty, Inc.
100 Vine Street, Murfreesboro, TN 37130
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
(615) 890-2020
(Telephone number, including area code for agent for service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Proposed Maximum
Amount of
Title of Securities
Amount to be
Maximum Offering
Aggregate Offering
Registration
to be Registered
Registered
(1)
Price Per Share
(2)
Price
Fee
Common Stock
1,000,000 Shares
19.615
19,615,000
3,472
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a), this registration statement also covers any additional securities that may be offered or issued in connection
with any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction.
(2)
Pursuant to Rule 457, the offering price is estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee on the basis of the
average high and low price of 19.615 per Share, as reported on the
American Stock Exchange on July 29, 2005.
The Index to Exhibits appears on sequentially numbered page 7.
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PART I
PART II
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
Item 4. Description of Securities
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Item 6. Indemnification
Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed
Item 8. Exhibits
Item 9. Undertakings
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
Ex-5  Opinion of Harwell Howard Hyne Gabbert & Manner, P.C.
Ex-23.1  Consent of BDO Seidman, LLP
Ex-23.2  Consent of Ernst & Young, LLP
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS
The documents containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 (plan information and
registrant information) will be sent or given to participants in the plan as specified by Rule
428(b)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). Such documents need
not be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") either as part of this
registration statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 of the
Securities Act. These documents, which include the statement of availability required by Item 2 of
Form S-8, and the documents incorporated by reference in this registration statement pursuant to
Item 3 of Form S-8 (Part II hereof), taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the
requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The documents listed below filed by National Health Realty, Inc., (the "Company") are
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement. Any statement contained in a document
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or
superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained
herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement modified or superseded
shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration
Statement.
(a)
The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004.
(b)
The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed May 10, 2005.
(c)
The Company's registration statement on Form 10 (SEC File No. 1-13478),
filed October 14, 1997 and amended through Amendment No. 1 on December 5, 1997.
(d)
The description of the Company's Common Stock as contained in the
Company's Registration Statement on Form S-4 (SEC File No. 333-37173),
filed October 3, 1997, amended through Amendment No. 1 on December 20,
1997, amended through Amendment No. 2 on December 4, 1997, amended
through Amendment No. 3 on December 5, 1997 and amended through
Amendment No. 4 on December 5, 1997.
In addition, all documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a),
13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act"), prior to the
filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or
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which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part thereof from the date of filing of such
documents.
Item 4. Description of Securities
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification.
The Company's articles of incorporation require the Company, to the maximum extent permitted
by Maryland law, to indemnify and to pay or reimburse reasonable expenses in advance of final
disposition of a proceeding to (a) any present or former director or officer who is made a party to
the proceeding by reason of his service in that capacity or (b) any individual who, at our
request, serves or has served another entity and who is made a party to the proceeding by reason of
his service in that capacity. Maryland law also permits the Company to indemnify and advance
expenses to any person who served our predecessor in any of the capacities described above and to
any employee or agent of us or our predecessor.
Maryland law requires a corporation (unless its articles of incorporation provides otherwise,
which the Company's articles of incorporation do not) to indemnify a director or officer who has
been successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any proceeding to which he is made a
party by reason of his service in that capacity. The MGCL permits a corporation to indemnify its
present and former directors and officers, among others, against judgments, penalties, fines,
settlements and reasonable expenses actually incurred by them in connection with any proceeding to
which they may be made a party by reason of their service in those or other capacities unless it is
established that (a) the act or omission of the director or officer was material to the matter
giving rise to the proceeding and (i) was committed in bad faith or (ii) was the result of active
and deliberate dishonesty, (b) the director or officer actually received an improper personal
benefit in money, property or services or (c) in the case of any criminal proceeding, the director
or officer had reasonable cause to believe that the act or omission was unlawful. However, a
Maryland corporation may not indemnify for an adverse judgment in a suit by or in the right of the
corporation. In addition, the Maryland law requires that the Company, as a condition to advancing
expenses, obtain (a) a written affirmation by the director or officer of his good faith belief that
he has met the standard of conduct necessary for indemnification as authorized by the bylaws and
(b) a written undertaking by or in his behalf to repay the amount paid or reimbursed by the Company
if it shall ultimately be determined that the standard of conduct was not met. The Company
indemnifies all of its officers and directors to the fullest extent permitted under Maryland law.
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Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
The Exhibits to this Registration Statement are listed in the Index to Exhibits on Page E-1 of
this Registration Statement, which Index is incorporated herein by reference
.
Item 9. Undertakings.
The Company hereby undertakes:
1. To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the
Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or
in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration
Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered
(if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and
any deviation from the low or high and of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in
the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the
changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate
offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective
registration statement.
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in
the Registration Statement;
provided, however
, that paragraphs (1)(i) and (1)(ii) do not apply if the registration
statement is on Form S-3, Form S-8 or Form F-3 and the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or
furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
2. That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
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3. To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
4. The Company hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each filing of the Company's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section
15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual
report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
5. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to partners, directors, officers and controlling persons of the Company pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Company has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the Company of expenses incurred or paid by a partner,
director, officer or controlling person of the Company in the successful defense of any action suit
or proceeding) is asserted by such partner, director, officer or controlling person in connection
with the securities being registered, the Company will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Company certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Murfreesboro, State of Tennessee, on August 2, 2005.
National Health Realty, Inc.
By:
/s/ Robert G. Adams
Robert G. Adams
President and Director
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature to the Registration Statement appears below hereby appoints Robert
G. Adams or Richard F. LaRoche, Jr. and each of them, as his attorney-in-fact to execute in the
name and behalf of any such person, individually and in the capacity stated below, and to file all
amendments and post-effective amendments to this Registration Statement, which amendment or
amendments may make such changes and additions in this Registration Statement as such
attorney-in-fact may deem necessary or appropriate.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Robert G. Adams
Director and President
August 2, 2005
Robert G. Adams
/s/ W. Andrew Adams
Director
August 2, 2005
W. Andrew Adams
/s/ Ernest G. Burgess, III
Director
August 2, 2005
Ernest G. Burgess, III
/s/ Joel Jobe
Director
August 2, 2005
Joel Jobe
/s/ J. Paul Abernathy
Director
August 2, 2005
J. Paul Abernathy
/s/ Richard F. LaRoche, Jr.
Director and Corporate Secretary
August 2, 2005
Richard F. LaRoche, Jr.
/s/ Joseph M. Swanson
Director
August 2, 2005
Joseph M. Swanson
/s/ Donald K. Daniel
Principal Accounting Officer
August 2, 2005
Donald K. Daniel
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.
Description of Exhibit
4.1
Articles of Incorporation of National Health Realty, Inc.
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's
registration statement No. 333- 37173 on Form S-4).
4.2
Bylaws of National Health Realty, Inc. (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant's registration
statement No. 333-37173 on Form S-4).
4.3
1997 Stock Option and Stock Appreciation Rights Plan
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3.2 to the Company's
Registration Statement No. 333-37173 on Form S-4).
4.4
2005 Stock Option Plan (incorporated by reference to Appendix
A to the Company's proxy statement filed March 28, 2005).
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Opinion of Harwell Howard Hyne Gabbert & Manner, P.C.
23.1
Consent of BDO Seidman, LLP, Independent Registered Public
Accounting Firm.
23.2
Consent of Ernst & Young, LLP, Independent Registered Public
Accounting Firm.
23.3
Consent of Harwell Howard Hyne Gabbert & Manner, P.C.
(included in Exhibit 5).
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Power of Attorney (see signature page).
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