NRCI National Research Corp. (MM)

National Research Corporation (NASDAQ/NM:NRCI), a leader in healthcare performance measurement, today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.10 (ten cents) per share, payable June 30, 2006, to shareholders of record as of the close of business on June 9, 2006. National Research Corporation, headquartered in Lincoln, Nebraska, is a leading provider of ongoing survey-based performance measurement, analysis, tracking and improvement services to the healthcare industry in the United States and Canada. The Company addresses the growing need of healthcare providers and payors to measure the care outcomes, specifically satisfaction and health status, of their patients and/or members. The Company develops tools that enable healthcare organizations to obtain performance measurement information necessary to improve their business practices. This press release includes "forward-looking" statements related to the Company that can generally be identified as describing the Company's future plans, objectives or goals. Such forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results or outcomes to differ materially from those currently anticipated. These forward-looking statements are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. For further information about the factors that could affect the Company's future results, please see the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.