X0306 5 2022-12-31 0 0 0001047335 NATIONAL HEALTHCARE CORP NHC 0001012859 LAROCHE RICHARD F JR 100 VINE STREET MURFREESBORO TN 37130 1 Common Stock (held in my name or my wife's name) 194313 D Common Stock (ROTH IRA) 114.8327 D Common Stock - Family LP (BFLP) 30000 I GP Common Stock - Fam. Partnership (LR Ent.) 31698 D Common Stock - Fam. Partnership (LFLP) 96000 I GP Option to Purchase Common Stock [2019 Grant] 77.9200 2019-05-09 2024-05-08 Common Stock 7500 7500 D Option to Purchase Common Stock [2020 Grant] 64.6400 2021-05-07 2025-05-06 Common Stock 5000 5000 D Option to Purchase Common Stock [2021 Grant] 71.6400 2022-05-06 2023-05-05 Common Stock 7500 7500 D Option to Purchase Common Stock [2022 Grant] 69.1900 2023-05-05 2024-05-04 Common Stock 7500 7500 D 100 shares were deposited into a ROTH IRA on January 12, 2018. Additional shares were acquired to this account through an automatic dividend reinvestment plan (DRIP) annually: 1.000 share in the 2018 calendar year, 3.5611 shares in the 2019 calendar year, 3.2639 shares in the 2020 calendar year, 3.2159 shares in the 2021 calendar year, and 3.7918 shares in the 2022 calendar year. /s/ Richard F. LaRoche by Kristina R. Hulsey, P.O.A. 2023-02-13