Employment and Non-Competition Agreement, effective April 20, 2022, by and between Addus HealthCare, Inc. and Cliff Blessing

This Agreement shall automatically become effective on the Effective Date.

The Company hereby employs the Executive, and the Executive hereby accepts employment by the Company, for the period commencing as of the Effective Date and ending on the first (1^st) anniversary of the Effective Date, or on such earlier date as provided pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Agreement (the “Initial Employment Term”). At the end of the Initial Employment Term, this Agreement shall automatically renew for successive one (1) year terms (each, as may be earlier terminated pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, an “Additional Employment Term” and together with the Initial Employment Term, the “Employment Term”), unless either Party provides notice to the other of its or his/her intention not to renew this Agreement at least thirty (30) days prior to the expiration of the Initial Employment Term or any Additional Employment Term (a “Non-Renewal”). During the Employment Term, the Executive shall (i) devote substantially all of his/her professional time, loyalty, and efforts to discharge his/her duties hereunder on a timely basis; (ii) use his/her best efforts to loyally and diligently serve the business and affairs of the Addus HealthCare Group; and (iii) endeavor in all respects to promote, advance and further the Addus HealthCare Group’s interests in all matters. To the extent it does not interfere with Executive’s duties hereunder in any material respect, the Parties agree that this provision should not be construed as limiting Executive’s right to serve on up to one (1) board of, or otherwise engage in activities on behalf of, charitable and civic organizations and, upon prior written approval of the Company, one (1) board of a for profit entity that does not compete with the business of the Company.

Base Salary. The Company shall pay the Executive a base salary at the annual rate of Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($300,000), which shall be paid in accordance with the normal payroll practices of the Company and shall be subject to applicable withholdings and deductions. Thereafter, the Executive’s base salary shall be subject to review and adjustment upward by the compensation committee (the “Compensation Committee”) of the board of directors of Addus HomeCare Corporation (“Addus HomeCare”) (the “Board of Directors”) on or about each anniversary of the Effective Date for each year during the Employment Term (as adjusted from time-to-time, the “Base Salary”).

Bonus. The Executive, at the discretion of the Compensation Committee, shall be eligible (but not entitled) to receive an annual bonus as set forth on Exhibit A hereto. The Compensation Committee, at its sole discretion, may determine the amount of the annual bonus, if any, to which the Executive may become entitled based on the quantitative and qualitative factors described on Exhibit A or any other factors the Compensation Committee may deem appropriate from time to time. All amounts payable pursuant to this Section 3(b), if any, shall be paid within no more than thirty (30) days after completion of Addus HomeCare’s audited financial statements for the most recently completed fiscal year, but in all events, in the fiscal year following the fiscal year in which the performance occurred, and shall be subject to applicable withholdings and deductions. Bonus is not salary and is earned on the day it is paid. To be eligible to receive the bonus, the Executive must be actively employed and must not have given notice of termination on or prior to such date, except as expressly provided for in this Agreement.

Equity Awards. The Executive shall be eligible to receive equity awards and, as of the Effective Date, Executive would be issued options to acquire 19,000 unrestricted shares of Addus common stock and granted 2,900 restricted shares of Addus common stock (the “Initial Grants”).  The Initial Grants vest annually over a four-year period, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Company’s stock incentive plan and the respective stock agreements.

The Company has chosen to forgo a traditional sick or vacation accrual policy for its executives.  Instead, executives may request Paid Time Off (PTO).  Executives do not “accrue” PTO days as in traditional plans, and therefore will not be compensated for any unused PTO time upon separation of employment.  The Company has discretion to approve or deny PTO requests under this program.  

Six (6) Company holidays, plus two (2) floating holidays, per year.

Coverage under the health benefit plan provided by the Company to its executives, which may change, at the sole discretion of the Board of Directors, from time to time. The Company will cover the Executive and

his/her dependents, if any, during the Employment Term to the same extent and according to the same terms as the Company’s other executives are covered.

Life insurance policy with a face amount of up to five (5) times the Base Salary, provided that the Company shall not be required to spend greater than three percent (3%) of the Base Salary in purchasing such insurance policy.

Short-term and long-term disability insurance to the same extent and according to the same terms as the Company’s other similarly-situated executives are covered, which may change, at the sole discretion of the Board of Directors, from time to time.

Tuition reimbursement shall be available for courses relevant to the Executive’s position and taken at an accredited institution, subject to prior approval by the Chief Executive Officer.

Participation in the Company’s 401(k) plan up to the defined Internal Revenue Service limit beginning 30 days after the Effective Date or such other date as required under the plan. The Company may provide an annual discretionary match of the Executive’s annual contribution to such plan during the Employment Term, subject to the Company’s established policies and procedures.

The Company may terminate the Executive’s employment hereunder at any time for Reasonable Cause. The term “Reasonable Cause” shall be limited to the following:

The Executive’s employment hereunder shall be terminated in the event of his/her death, and the Company may terminate the Executive’s employment hereunder if the Executive suffers a physical or mental disability (a “Disability”) so that the Executive is or, in the opinion of an independent physician retained by the Company for purposes of this determination will be, unable to perform his/her duties in a manner satisfactory to the Company for a period of ninety (90) days out of any one hundred eighty (180) consecutive-day period (in which event the Executive shall be deemed to have suffered a permanent Disability).

The Company may terminate the Executive’s employment hereunder at any time for any other reason, or for no reason.

Termination of the Executive’s employment for any reason shall terminate the Employment Term but shall not affect the Executive’s obligations pursuant to Section 9 hereof, which obligations shall remain in effect for the period therein provided.

If the Executive’s employment is terminated by the Company pursuant to Section 6(a) or 6(b) hereof or by the Executive pursuant to Section 7(b) hereof, the Executive or his/her estate shall have no further rights against the Addus HealthCare Group hereunder, except for the right to receive, with respect to the period prior to the effective date of termination:

If the Executive’s employment is terminated pursuant to Section 6(c) hereof or Section 7(a) hereof, or as a result of Non-Renewal by the Company, the Executive shall be entitled to, in lieu of any further payments to the Executive for periods subsequent to the date of termination:

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, if the Executive’s employment is terminated by the Company pursuant to Section 6(c) or by the Executive pursuant to Section 7(a) or as a result of Non-Renewal by the Company, in each case within six (6) months prior to, or one (1) year following, a Change in Control (as defined below), the Executive shall be entitled to, in lieu of the payments to be made pursuant to Section 8(b)(iv), (A) an amount equal to twenty four (24) months of the Executive’s Annual Cash Compensation (as defined below) (subject to applicable withholdings and deductions), less any payment already received pursuant to Section 8(b)(iv) (“Change of Control Severance Pay” and, together with Base Severance Pay, “Severance Pay”), which shall be payable in accordance with the normal payroll practices of the Company in equal installments on the Company’s regular pay dates over the twelve (12) month period following termination of the Executive’s employment, (B) any unpaid bonus for a completed performance period that the Executive would have earned had he remained employed through date of payment, as determined by the Company and paid at the same time bonuses are paid to other senior executives based upon the actual performance of the Company, and (C)  the Executive shall be eligible to receive after-tax cash payments equal to the difference between the premiums for COBRA continuation coverage that would be available to Executive and the amount of premiums paid by similarly-situated active employees of the Company under the Company’s health, dental and/or vision insurance plans (calculated as of the first calendar month following Executive’s termination and then multiplied by 24 months), payable in equal installments on the Company’s regular pay dates (subject to applicable tax withholdings and deductions) until one (1) year following the termination of the Executive’s employment. As used herein, a “Change in Control” shall be deemed to have occurred if (i) any “person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)), other than a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of Addus HomeCare, or a corporation owned directly or indirectly by the stockholders of Addus HomeCare in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of Addus HomeCare, becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of Addus HomeCare representing more than 50% of the total voting power represented by Addus HomeCare’s then outstanding securities that vote generally in the election of directors (referred to herein as “Voting Securities”); or (ii) after the date of this Agreement, the stockholders of Addus HomeCare approve (x) a merger or consolidation of Addus HomeCare with any other corporation, other than a merger or consolidation that would result in the Voting Securities of Addus HomeCare outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into Voting Securities of the surviving entity) more than 50% of the total voting power represented by the Voting Securities of Addus HomeCare or such surviving entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation, or (y) a plan of complete liquidation of Addus HomeCare or an agreement for the sale or disposition by Addus HomeCare of (in one transaction or a series of transactions) all or substantially all of Addus HomeCare’s assets.

The Executive acknowledges and agrees that the Company’s obligations to make payments pursuant to Sections 8(b)(iv) and 8(c) above are expressly conditioned on the Executive timely executing, delivering and not revoking a customary general release in form and substance satisfactory to the Company within the period that is sixty (60) days following the date of the Executive’s termination of employment or service with the Company. To the extent that such sixty (60) day period spans two (2) calendar years, no payment of any severance amount or benefit that is (i) considered to be nonqualified deferred compensation within the meaning of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations and guidance promulgated thereunder (collectively, “Code §409A”) and (ii) conditioned upon the release, shall be made before the first day of the second calendar year, regardless of when the release is actually executed and returned to the Company.

No Conflicts. The Executive represents and warrants that he is not personally subject to any agreement, order, or decree that restricts his/her acceptance of this Agreement and performance of his/her duties with the Company hereunder.

Non-Competition; Non-Solicitation. During the Employment Term and during the Restrictive Period (as defined below), the Executive shall not, without the prior written consent of the Company, directly or indirectly, in any capacity whatsoever, either on his/her own behalf or on behalf of any other person or entity whom he may manage, control, participate in, consult with, render services for, or be employed by or associated with, compete with the Business (as defined below) in any of the following described manners:

Non-Disclosure. The Executive recognizes and acknowledges that he will have access to certain confidential and proprietary information of Addus HealthCare Group, including, but not limited to, Trade Secrets (as defined below) and other proprietary commercial information, and that such information constitutes valuable, special, and unique property of Addus HealthCare Group. The Executive agrees that he will not, for any reason or purpose whatsoever, except in the performance of his/her duties hereunder, or as required by law, disclose any of such confidential information to any person, entity, or governmental authority without express authorization of the Company. This restriction shall not, however, prohibit the Executive from communicating with any Government Agency or otherwise participating in any investigation or proceeding that may be conducted by any Government Agency, including providing Company documents or other information, without consent of the Company. The Executive further agrees that he shall not, at any time during the Employment Term or thereafter, without the express prior written consent of the Company, directly or indirectly, in any capacity whatsoever, either on his/her own behalf or on behalf of any other person or entity that he manages, controls, participates in, consults with, renders services for, or is employed by or associated with, disclose or use, except when necessary to further the interests of the Business, any Trade Secret of the Addus HealthCare Group, whether such Trade Secret is in the Executive’s memory or embodied in writing or other physical form. For purposes of this Agreement, “Trade Secret” means any information, not generally known to, and not readily ascertainable by proper means by, other persons who can obtain economic value from its disclosure or use and is the subject of efforts to maintain its secrecy that are reasonable under the circumstances, including, but not limited to, (i) trade secrets; (ii) information concerning the business or affairs of the Addus HealthCare Group, including its products or services, fees, costs, and pricing structures, charts, manuals and documentation, databases, accounting and business models, designs, analyses, drawings, photographs and reports, computer software, copyrightable works, inventions, devices, new developments, methods and processes, whether patentable or unpatentable and whether or not reduced to practice, sales records, and other proprietary commercial information; (iii) information concerning actual and prospective clients and customers of the Addus HealthCare Group, including client and customer lists and other compilations; and (iv) information concerning employees, contractors, and vendors of the Addus HealthCare Group, including personal information and information concerning the compensation or other terms of employment of such individuals. “Trade Secret,” however, shall not include general “know-how” information acquired by the Executive during the course of his/her employment that could have been obtained by him/her from public sources without the expenditure of significant time, effort, and expense. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 9(c) to the contrary, nothing herein shall prohibit Executive from making a good-faith, truthful report to a government agency with oversight responsibility of the Company.

Covenant Regarding Confidential and Proprietary Information. The Executive will promptly disclose in writing to the Company each improvement, discovery, idea, invention, and each proposed publication of any kind whatsoever, relating to the Business made or conceived by the Executive either alone or in conjunction with others while employed hereunder if such improvement, discovery, idea, invention, or publication results from or was suggested by such employment (whether or not patentable and whether or not made or conceived at the request of or upon the suggestion of the Company, and whether or not during his/her usual hours of work, whether in or about the premises of the Addus HealthCare Group and whether prior or subsequent to the execution hereof). The Executive will not disclose any such improvement,

discovery, idea, invention or publication to any person, entity, or governmental authority, except to the Company. Each such improvement, discovery, idea, invention, and publication shall be the sole and exclusive property of, and is hereby assigned by the Executive to, the Company, and at the request of the Company, the Executive will assist and cooperate with the Company and any person or entity from time to time designated by the Company to obtain for the Company or its designee the grant of any letters patent in the United States of America and/or such other country or countries as may be designated by the Company, covering any such improvement, discovery, idea, invention, or publication and will in connection therewith execute such applications, statements, assignments, or other documents, furnish such information and data, and take all such other action (including, without limitation, the giving of testimony) as the Company may from time to time reasonably request. The foregoing provisions of this Section 9(d) shall not apply to any improvement, discovery, idea, invention, or publication for which no equipment, supplies, facilities, or confidential and proprietary information of Addus HealthCare Group was used and that was developed entirely on the Executive’s own time, unless (x) the improvement, discovery, idea, invention, or publication relates to the Business or the actual or demonstrably anticipated research or development of the Business, or (y) the improvement, discovery, idea, invention, or publication results from any work performed by the Executive for the Addus HealthCare Group.

Non-Disparagement. The Executive agrees that, during the Employment Term and the Restrictive Period, he will not make any statement, either in writing or orally, that is communicated publicly or is reasonably likely to be communicated publicly and that is reasonably likely to disparage or otherwise harm the business or reputation of the Addus HealthCare Group, or the reputation of any of its current or former directors, officers, employees, or stockholders.

Return of Documents and Other Property. Upon termination of employment, the Executive shall return all originals and copies of books, records, documents, customer lists, sales materials, tapes, keys, credit cards and other tangible property of Addus HealthCare Group within the Executive’s possession or under his/her control.

Remedies for Breach. In the event of a breach or threat of a breach of the provisions of this Section 9, the Executive hereby acknowledges that such breach or threat of a breach will cause the Company to suffer irreparable harm and that the Company shall be entitled to an injunction restraining the Executive from breaching such provisions. The foregoing shall not, however, be construed as prohibiting the Company from having available to it any other remedy, either at law or in equity, for such breach or threatened breach, including, but not limited to, the immediate cessation of employment and any remaining Severance Pay and benefits pursuant to Section 8, the recovery of damages from the Executive, and the notification of any employer or prospective employer of the Executive as to the limitations and restrictions contained in this Agreement (without limiting or affecting the Executive’s obligations under the other paragraphs of this Section 9). In addition, the Executive also expressly acknowledges and agrees that, in addition to the foregoing rights and remedies, the Executive shall reimburse the Company for all attorneys’ fees, costs, and expenses incurred by Company to enforce the provisions of this Section 9.

Acknowledgement. The Executive acknowledges that he will be directly and materially involved as a senior executive in all important policy and operational decisions of Addus HealthCare Group. The Executive further acknowledges that the scope of the foregoing restrictions has been specifically bargained between the Company and the Executive, each being fully informed of all relevant facts. Accordingly, the Executive acknowledges that the foregoing restrictions of this Section 9 are fair and reasonable, are minimally necessary to protect Addus HealthCare Group, its stockholders, and the public from the unfair competition of the Executive who, as a result of his/her employment with the Company, will have had access to the most confidential and important information of Addus HealthCare Group, its Business, and future plans. The Executive furthermore acknowledges that no unreasonable harm or injury will be suffered by him/her from enforcement of the covenants contained herein and that he will be able to earn a reasonable livelihood following termination of his/her employment notwithstanding enforcement of the covenants contained herein.

Right of Set Off. In the event of a breach by the Executive of the provisions of this Agreement, the Company is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by law, and after ten

(10) days prior written notice to the Executive, to set-off and apply any and all amounts at any time held by the Company on behalf of the Executive and all indebtedness at any time owing by the Addus HealthCare Group to the Executive against any and all of the obligations of the Executive now or hereafter existing, to the extent such set-off would not result in a penalty under Code §409A with regard to amounts that are deemed deferred compensation under Code §409A.

If to the Executive, to: