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 $0.24 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 May 2, 2022.

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 $75,000 (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 $75,000 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. Any unvested stock options will vest and be exercisable in accordance with the terms of the respective awards.

Stock Options. Provided that the Executive remains employed with the Company on the day following the expiration of the six months Probationary Period as set forth in Section 1 hereof, the Company shall grant to the Executive an option to purchase 75,000 shares of the Company’s common stock (“Options”) under the Company’s 2011 Long Term Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Plan, this Agreement and any applicable stock option award agreement. The

An Option will constitute an Incentive Stock Option only if the Participant receiving the Option is an Employee, and only to the extent that # it is so designated in the applicable Agreement and # the aggregate Fair Market Value (determined as of the Option’s Grant Date) of the Shares with respect to which Incentive Stock Options held by the Participant first become exercisable in any calendar year (under the Plan and all other plans of the Company and its Subsidiaries) does not exceed $100,000. To the extent an Option granted to a Participant exceeds this limit, the Option shall be treated as a Non-Qualified Stock Option. The maximum number of Shares that may be issued upon the exercise of Incentive Stock Options shall equal the maximum number of Shares that may be the subject of Awards and issued under the Plan as provided in the first sentence of Section 4(a).

Nonqualified Stock Options. The per-Share Exercise Price under a Nonqualified Stock Option shall be not less than one hundred percent (100%) of Fair Market Value of a Share on the Grant Date.

Sign-On Stock Options. As soon as practicable after the Commencement Date, the Executive shall be granted $400,000 in non-qualified stock options (the “Sign-On Options”) to replace certain outstanding unvested equity-based Prior Awards. The Sign-On Options shall have an exercise price per share equal to the closing price of a share of the common stock on the date of the grant as listed on the New York Stock Exchange, and shall vest in three (3) equal annual installments on the first, second and third anniversaries of the grant date, subject to the Executive’s continued employment with the Company through the applicable vesting date. The Sign-On Options shall be issued under the 2023 Omnibus Plan and shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the 2023 Omnibus Plan and the award agreement evidencing the grant of such Sign-On Options.

Transferability of Stock Options. Except as otherwise provided in the applicable award agreement, a Non-Qualified Stock Option # shall be transferable by the Optionee to a Family Member of the Optionee, provided that # any such transfer shall be by gift with no consideration and # no subsequent transfer of such Stock Option shall be permitted other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution, and # shall not otherwise be transferable except by will or the laws of descent and distribution. An Incentive Stock Option shall not be transferable except by will or the laws of descent and distribution. A Stock Option shall be exercisable, during the Optionee’s lifetime, only by the Optionee or by the guardian or legal representative of the Optionee, it being understood that the terms “holder” and “Optionee” include the guardian and legal representative of the Optionee named in the applicable option agreement and any person to whom the Stock Option is transferred # pursuant to the first sentence of this Section 4(f) or pursuant to the applicable option agreement or # by will or the laws of descent and distribution. Notwithstanding the foregoing, references herein to the termination of an Optionee’s employment or provision of services shall mean the termination of employment or provision of services of the person to whom the Stock Option was originally granted.

Outside Director Stock Options shall be evidenced by award agreements, each in a form approved by the Administrator.

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, $0.01 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 $100,000 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 2018, that portion of those Options whose aggregate exercise price is not more than $100,000 (for example, 14,285 Options if their exercise price is $7.00 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.

Non-Qualified Stock Options. Executive’s unvested Non-Qualified Stock Options (“NQSOs”) under the Company’s Equity Incentive Plans shall continue to vest during the Transition Period. For avoidance of doubt, all outstanding NQSOs held by Executive as of the end of the Transition Period will, to the extent exercisable as of such date, remain exercisable for a period of 90 days after such date (but in no event after the expiration date of any such NQSO). Pursuant to the terms of Executive’s Non-Qualified Stock Option Award Agreements, Executive agrees that any NQSOs that have not vested on or prior to the end of the Transition Period are forfeited and cancelled. For avoidance of doubt, Executive shall not receive any additional NQSOs.

NON-QUALIFIED STOCK OPTIONS. Except as otherwise provided in a Participant's Award Agreement, no NQSO granted under this Article 6 may be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned, or otherwise alienated or hypothecated, other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution. Further, except as otherwise provided in a Participant's Award Agreement, all NQSOs granted to a Participant under this Article 6 shall be exercisable during his or her lifetime only by such Participant.

Employee Stock Options and Restricted Stock. Unless otherwise unanimously approved by the Company’s Board of Directors, any restricted stock or stock options issued by the Company after the date hereof to any employee or consultant shall vest 25% on the first anniversary of the first day of such employee or consultant’s employment or consultancy relationship with the Company with ratable monthly vesting over the next three years and, in the event of a Change of Control (as defined in the Company’s 2010 Special Stock Incentive Plan or the Company’s 2011 Stock Incentive Plan, as the case may be), # if, following such Change of Control, either # such employee or consultant is terminated without Cause (as defined in the Company’s 2010 Special Stock Incentive Plan or the Company’s 2011 Stock Incentive Plan, as the case may be) by the surviving entity in such Change of Control or # such employee or consultant voluntarily terminates his or her employment or consulting relationship with the Company for Good Reason (as defined in the Company’s 2010 Special Stock Incentive Plan or the Company’s 2011 Stock Incentive Plan, as the case may be), any option held by such employee or consultant shall become fully-vested and exercisable in full and any shares of restricted stock held by such employee or consultant shall become fully-vested and no longer subject to forfeiture or repurchase by the Company and # if, within thirty (30) days prior to such Change of Control, such employee or consultant’s employment or consultancy relationship with the Company is terminated by the Company without Cause (as defined in the Company’s 2010 Special Stock Incentive Plan or the Company’s 2011 Stock Incentive Plan, as the case may be) or by such employee or consultant for Good Reason (as defined in the Company’s 2010 Special Stock Incentive Plan or the Company’s 2011 Stock Incentive Plan, as the case may be), then, on the effective date of such Change of Control, any option held by such employee or consultant shall become fully-vested and exercisable in full and any shares of restricted stock held by such employee or consultant shall become fully-vested and no longer subject to forfeiture or repurchase by the Company.

Bonuses shall be paid at the discretion of the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors or the President of the Corporation.