RealPage's Board of Directors appointed Scott Ingraham as a member of the Board and designated him as a Class II director to stand for election at RealPage's 2012 annual meeting of stockholders. As a member of the Board, Mr. Ingraham will participate in RealPage's Independent Director Compensation Plan.

Emeritus Corporation will host a conference call on Tuesday, March 6, 2012, at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time to discuss its financial results for the fourth quarter of 2011. A press release with the financial results for the fourth quarter of 2011 will be issued after the market closes on Tuesday, March 6, 2012.

Health Care REIT, Inc. announced the pricing of its underwritten public offering of 18,000,000 shares of common stock at 53.50 dollars per share. The company has granted the underwriters an option to purchase up to an additional 2,700,000 shares during the next 30 days to cover over-allotments, if any.

Ventas, Inc. announced that normalized Funds From Operations (FFO) for the year ending December 31, 2011 increased approximately 71.1 percent to 777.0 million dollars, from 454.0 million dollars for the comparable 2010 period.

National Health Investors, Inc. announced its normalized Funds From Operations (FFO), its normalized Funds Available for Distribution (FAD) and net income for the three months and year ended December 31, 2011.

Five Star Quality Care, Inc. released its financial results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2011. Total revenues for the fourth quarter of 2011 increased 7.8 percent to 332.8 million dollars from 308.8 million dollars for the same period in the previous year.

Health Care REIT reported its year end results for 2011. Among the results, 4Q11 normalized FFO per share increased 21 percent and FAD per share increased 18 percent.

Capital Senior Living Corporation will host a conference call with senior management to discuss the Company's fourth quarter and full year 2011 financial results. The call will be held on Thursday, March 8, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time. The company's earnings announcement is scheduled to be released to news services the evening of Wednesday, March 7, 2012.

RealPage, Inc. announced the financial results for its fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2011. Among the results, 2011's fourth quarter Non-GAAP revenue increased 31.9 percent to 71.3 million dollars.

Health Care REIT will partner with Chartwell Seniors Housing REIT to own and operate a portfolio of 42 high-quality seniors housing and care communities with approximately 8,200 units located in attractive Canadian markets. The portfolio is comprised primarily of independent living residences, with many of the communities offering a continuum of care that includes assisted living and memory care.

RealPage, Inc. plans to report financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended Dec. 31, 2011, on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012, after the market closes.

RealPage, Inc. announced an enterprise-wide, senior living solution that integrates Care Management, Community Management and Marketing Management into a single offering marketed under the trade name RealPage Senior Living. An overview of the new solution can be found at www.realpage.com/senior-living.

Senior Living Communities plans a 30 million dollar senior-living center in Tega Cay that would house as many as 130 residents. The community will offer assisted living, memory care and skilled nursing services as well as a community clubhouse, gourmet dining and a wellness center for residents.

6605 Quail Hollow Road LLC, an affiliate of Health Care REIT, bought Belmont Village-Memphis, a senior living community in Tennessee.

Brookdale Senior Living Inc. has completed the acquisition of nine communities with a total of 1,295 units for an aggregate purchase price of 121.3 million dollars, plus customary transaction expenses. The communities had previously been operated by the company under long-term leases that were accounted for as operating leases.

Silverado Senior Living appointed two new executive team members. Paula Serios will assume the role of Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer and Craig Eberhard will step into the role of Vice President of Sales. Both positions were added in the fourth-quarter of 2011 and both are new to the Silverado executive team.

Five Star will issue a press release containing its fourth quarter 2011 financial results before the NYSE opens on Thursday, February 16, 2012. Later that morning, at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time, Bruce Mackey, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Paul Hoagland, Chief Financial Officer, will host a conference call to discuss the fourth quarter 2011 financial results.

Brookdale Senior Living plans to release its fourth quarter and full year 2011 financial results after the market closes on Thursday, February 16, 2012. The company has also scheduled a conference call to discuss the results on Friday, February 17, 2012 at 10:00 AM ET.

Five Star Quality Care, Inc. has scheduled its 2012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders for May 15, 2012. The record date for determination of stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting is February 17, 2012.

3M declared a dividend on the company’s common stock of 59 cents per share for the first quarter of 2012, a 7 percent increase over the quarterly dividend paid in 2011. The dividend is payable on March 12, 2012, to shareholders of record at the close of business on February 17, 2012.