EXHIBIT 10.1
ALON USA ENERGY, INC.
RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT

             
Participant:
                 
 
            No. of Restricted Shares:    
 
         
 
            Date of Grant:                

     Under the terms and conditions of the Alon USA Energy, Inc. 2005 Incentive
Compensation Plan (the “Plan”), a copy of which is attached hereto and
incorporated herein by reference, Alon USA Energy, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(the “Company”), sells to the individual whose name is set forth above (the
“Participant”) the number of restricted shares of the Company’s Common Stock,
par value $.01 per share (“Common Stock”), set forth above (the “Restricted
Shares”) for a purchase price of $           per share. Terms not defined in
this Agreement have the meanings set forth in the Plan.
     The Restricted Shares may not be transferred, sold, pledged, exchanged,
assigned or otherwise encumbered or disposed of by the Participant, except to
the Company, until the Restricted Shares become vested in accordance with the
schedule set forth below. Any purported transfer, encumbrance or other
disposition of the Restricted Shares before they become vested will be null and
void, and the other party to any such purported transaction will not obtain any
rights to or interest in the Restricted Shares.

      No. of Vested Shares   On and After
 
  First Anniversary of Date of
Grant
 
  Second Anniversary of Date of
Grant
 
  Third Anniversary of Date of
Grant

     Notwithstanding the vesting dates set forth above, in the event the
Participant terminates employment with the Company by reason of retirement at or
after the age of 60, disability (as determined by the Committee in good faith)
or death, the unvested Restricted Shares will automatically become 100% vested.
In the event the Participant terminates employment with the Company for any
reason other than such retirement, disability or death, the Company will
repurchase from the Participant, and the Participant will sell to the Company,
the unvested Restricted Shares for a purchase price equal to the lesser of
$           per share or the Market Value per Share on the date of such
termination of employment. The purchase price of the unvested Restricted Shares
will be paid to the Participant no later than ten business days following the
date of the Participant’s termination of employment.
     Except as otherwise provided herein, the Participant will have all of the
rights of a stockholder with respect to the Restricted Shares, including the
right to vote such shares and receive any dividends that may be paid thereon;
provided, however, that any additional shares of Common Stock or other
securities that the Participant may become entitled to receive pursuant to a
stock dividend, stock split, combination of shares, recapitalization, merger,
consolidation, separation or reorganization or any other change in the capital
structure of the Company will be subject to the same restrictions as the
Restricted Shares.

 

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     The certificates representing the Restricted Shares will be held in custody
by the Treasurer of the Company, together with a stock power endorsed in blank
by the Participant, until the Restricted Shares vest in accordance with this
Agreement. In order for this Agreement to be effective, the Participant must
sign and return such stock power to the attention of the Treasurer of the
Company, together with payment of the full purchase price for the Restricted
Shares in a form acceptable to the Company.
     The Participant hereby accepts and agrees to be bound by all the terms and
conditions of the Plan and this Agreement. Any amendment to the Plan will be
deemed to be an amendment to this Agreement to the extent that the Plan
amendment is applicable hereto; provided, however, that no amendment will
adversely affect the rights of the Participant under this Agreement without the
Participant’s consent. This Agreement may be executed simultaneously in multiple
counterparts, each of which will be deemed an original, but all of which
together constitute one and the same instrument.

            ALON USA ENERGY, INC.
      By           Name:           Title:        

     
ACCEPTED:
   
 
   
 
      Signature of Participant

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