This Stock Option is granted under and pursuant to the Plan and is subject to each and all of the provisions thereof.

Grant of Stock Options. In recognition of Employee’s importance and value to the Company and as an additional inducement for Employee to enter into this Agreement, but subject in all respects to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, including, without limitation, the vesting/exercisability schedule set forth below, and the Company’s 2014 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) and the Company’s form of Stock Option Agreement, the Company hereby grants to Employee on the later of the Effective Date or the date that this Agreement has been signed by the Employee and the Company (the “Option Grant Date”), stock options to purchase 125,000 shares (the “Options”) of the Company’s common stock, ​ par value per share (the “Common Stock”). With respect to the Options that first become exercisable in each of 2018, 2019, and 2020, those Options of which the aggregate exercise price is up to but not more than ​ shall be incentive stock options under the Plan and within the meaning of Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the remainder of the Options that become exercisable in that year shall be non-qualified stock options under the Plan. In other words, of the 41,666 Options that first become exercisable in ​, that portion of those Options whose aggregate exercise price is not more than ​ (for example, 14,285 Options if their exercise price is ​ each) shall be incentive stock options. Resales of shares of common stock underlying all the Options will be covered by the Company’s registration statement on Form S-8. The price per share of the Options shall be equal to the Fair Market Value (as that term is defined below) of the Common Stock on the Option Grant Date. For purposes of this Agreement, the term “Fair Market Value” shall mean the Volume Weighted Average Traded Price (as defined below) of the Common Stock on the Option Grant Date on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System (“NASDAQ”). Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, 41,666, 41,667, and 41,667 of the Options shall become exercisable on the first, second, and third anniversaries, respectively, of the Option Grant Date, and all the Options will expire on the seventh anniversary of the Option Grant Date unless exercised prior to that date. As used in this Agreement, the term “Volume Weighted Average Traded Price” shall mean, for a given day, the sum of sale prices for all shares traded during that day, divided by the total aggregate number of shares traded during that day.

By its approval of this Agreement, the Company’s Board of Directors has approved the issuance to Executive of an option to acquire 5,000,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock, under and pursuant to the provisions of the ​ 2007 Stock Option Plan, as adopted by the Company’s Board of Directors and as approved by the Company’s Shareholders (the “Plan”) and on the terms set forth in the Stock Option Agreement annexed to this Agreement as [Exhibit A] (the “Option Agreement”), which provides inter alia that such option shall vest as set forth below, and be exercisable at the exercise price of ​ per share (which is the closing market price of the Company’s Common Stock on the date hereof) at any time during the five (5) year period following the date hereof (subject to earlier termination as provided under the Plan):

Stock Options. Subject to the approval and sole discretion of the Board, Employee shall be granted a non-qualified option (the “Option”) to acquire 475,000 shares of common stock (the “Shares”), which shall be subject to the terms of the Company’s 2015 Stock Option Plan or 2021 Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan, as each may be amended from time to time, and any associated equity and/or grant agreement required to be entered into by Employee and the Company. The Shares will be subject to a four (4) year vesting schedule. Twenty-five percent of the Shares shall vest on the one (1) year anniversary of the date of grant (the “Vesting Commencement Date”), and the remaining Shares shall vest as follows: 25% of the Shares at the end of each successive twelve (12) month period following the Vesting Commencement Date, provided that the Employee is still employed by the Company pursuant to this Agreement on each respective Vesting Date. The exercise price of the Shares shall be determined on ​.

Stock Options. The Company shall grant to the Officer, pursuant to and subject to the terms and conditions of the Regional Health Properties, Inc. 2020 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2020 Plan”):

Stock Options. As additional compensation hereunder, 100,000 stock options with a market strike price that are issued in 4 tranches. 25% offered immediately and the remainder will vest quarterly.

Stock Options. Any outstanding stock options held by an employee as of the date of his or her Qualifying Retirement shall be exercisable only to the extent such stock options are exercisable as of such date or become exercisable pursuant to the terms of the underlying option award agreements and shall remain exercisable until the option expiration date.

Stock Options. On the first day following January 1 that the New York Stock Exchange is open for trading (the “First Trading Day”), each Eligible Director shall automatically be granted a Non-Qualified Stock Option with a fair market value (computed as of the date of grant in accordance with applicable financial accounting rules) equal to ​ (the “Annual Option Grant”). The number of shares subject to the Annual Option Grant shall be determined using the closing price of the Common Stock on the grant date, and rounding this number to the nearest integer multiple of one hundred (100) shares. With respect to an individual who becomes an Eligible Director during a calendar year after the First Trading Day, such Eligible Director’s Annual Option Grant for that year shall have a fair market value obtained by multiplying ​ by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of whole calendar months remaining in the calendar year and the denominator of which is twelve. Such prorated grant shall be made upon the first trading day of the calendar month, within the Company’s open trading window, following the date such individual becomes an Eligible Director, with the number of shares determined using the closing price of the Common Stock on the grant date, and rounding this number to the nearest integer multiple of one hundred (100) shares.

Stock Options. The Committee (or, with respect to Directors, the Board) may grant Options in accordance with the Plan, the terms and conditions of which shall be set forth in an Agreement. Each Option and Option Agreement shall be subject to the following conditions:

Vesting Period: Ratably over four (4) years, with twenty-five percent (25%) becoming exercisable on each of the first, second, third and fourth anniversary of the grant date, except as provided in the Plan.