X0306 4 2014-02-25 0001301611 LIFEPOINT HOSPITALS, INC. LPNT 0001189136 CARPENTER WILLIAM F III 330 SEVEN SPRINGS WAY BRENTWOOD TN 37027 1 1 Chairman and CEO Non-Qualified Stock Options (Right to buy) 52.9000 2014-02-25 4 A 0 195000.0000 0.0000 A 2024-02-25 Common 195000.0000 195000.0000 D Restricted Stock Units 0.0000 2014-02-25 4 A 0 85000.0000 0.0000 A Common 85000.0000 85000.0000 D The options vest in three equal installments beginning on the first anniversary of the date of grant. The Performance Period with respect to these restricted stock units (RSUs) is January 1, 2014 through December 31, 2016. Each RSU represents the right to receive, upon vesting, one share of the Issuer's common stock. Vesting of these performance-based RSUs is contingent upon the Issuer's three-year annualized total shareholder return or TSR as of December 31, 2016 relative to the S&P GICS Sub-industry: Health Care Facilities with over $500 million in revenues, or its equivalent. /s/ Christy S. Green, Attorney-in-Fact 2014-02-27