President & Chief Operating Officer (Retired) · NATIONAL HEALTHCARE CORP (NHC)

R. Michael Ussery

A named executive officer of NATIONAL HEALTHCARE in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2020 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$2,382,174

FY2024: $1,993,989

Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 2, 2026 (DEF 14A).

R. Michael Ussery compensation by year

NATIONAL HEALTHCARE Summary Compensation Table · all 6 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as NATIONAL HEALTHCARE reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$447,004$459,026$465,405$475,000$514,913$521,000
Bonus$0$0$0$0$0$0
Stock awards$111,800$299,203$71,848$241,178$250,485$446,846
Option awards$107,217$107,217$138,704$135,351$219,078$250,401
Non-equity incentive$520,000$1,208,000$344,000$604,000$976,000$1,132,000
Pension and deferred compensation——$0$0$0$0
All other$22,464$23,578$29,704$32,452$33,513$31,927
Total$1,208,485$2,097,024$1,049,661$1,487,981$1,993,989$2,382,174

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: NATIONAL HEALTHCARE CORP DEF 14A filed April 2, 2026, accession 0001140361-26-013005, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

$1.2M
$2.1M
$1.0M
$1.5M
$2.0M
$2.4M
FY20
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Change-in-control & termination

estimated payments NATIONAL HEALTHCARE discloses, by trigger · FY2025
TriggerCash severanceAccelerated equityBenefits continuationTotal as disclosed
Change in control, no termination—$0—$0

Per the Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control table in NATIONAL HEALTHCARE CORP's FY2025 proxy. Estimates as the company printed them; a dash means it printed no figure.

NATIONAL HEALTHCARE’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Stephen FlattChief Executive Officer$2,685,370
R. Michael Ussery · this pagePresident & Chief Operating Officer (Retired)$2,382,174
Brian KiddSVP & Chief Financial Officer$1,407,048
Josh McCrearySVP, General Counsel & Secretary$1,373,015
B. Anderson FlattSVP & Chief Information Officer$1,292,065

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