Market Facts (as of September 30, 2009)

Company Profile

Nationwide Health Properties, Inc. (NHP), incorporated October 1985, is a publicly traded real estate investment trust (REIT) that invests in senior housing facilities, long-term care facilities and medical office buildings throughout the United States. NHP generally acquires real estate and then leases the assets under long-term triple-net master leases to senior housing and long-term care operators and various types of leases to multiple tenants in the case of medical office buildings.

As a REIT specializing in healthcare real estate, NHP provides a focused investment strategy with a well diversified portfolio. NHP employs a conservative, long-term approach to real estate investments with an experienced professional management team having extensive operating, real estate and finance backgrounds.

Investor Highlights

• REIT structure provides opportunity to invest directly in real estate and indirectly in healthcare industry
• Quality healthcare real estate portfolio
• Long-term triple-net master leases with quality operators
• Strong affiliations with premiere hospital systems in growing medical office building markets
• Senior housing care a vital component of U.S. economy
• High dividend yield and high dividend coverage
• Financial stability
• Well positioned to take advantage of investment opportunities and to conservatively grow earnings and dividends
• NHP is one of the few healthcare REITs with investment grade ratings by Moody’s, Standard & Poors and Fitch.

Our Portfolio

• $4.3 billion in healthcare real estate
• 579 properties in 43 states
  • 260 Assisted and Independent Living
  • 186 Skilled Nursing
  • 80 Medical Office Buildings
  • 17 Other
  • 36 Unconsolidated JV Facilities
• Over 78 multi-facility operators