Exhibit 10.18







 











Amendment
No. 1


to
the


Tile
Shop Holdings, Inc. 2012 Equity Award Plan


 


 


This Amendment No.
1 dated February 14, 2013 is an amendment to that certain 2012 Equity Award Plan of Tile Shop Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(the “Company”), dated June 24, 2012 (the “Original Plan”).


 


1.Amendment
to Title of the Original Plan. The title of the Original Plan shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with “Tile
Shop Holdings, Inc. 2012 Omnibus Award Plan.”


 


2.Amendment
to Section 1(a) of the Original Plan. The reference in Section 1(a) of the Original Plan that reads “The Tile Shop Holdings,
Inc. 2012 Equity Award Plan (the ‘Plan’)” shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with “The Tile
Shop Holdings, Inc. 2012 Omnibus Award Plan (the ‘Plan’)”.


 


3.Amendment
to Section 2(c) of the Original Plan. Section 2(c) shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:


 


“(c)‘Award’
means a grant of Options, Restricted Stock, or a Performance Award.”


 


4.Addition of
Section 2(aa) to the Original Plan. A new Section 2(aa) shall be added to the Original Plan which reads as follows:


 


“(aa)‘Performance
Award’ means any grant pursuant to Section 14 hereof of an Award, which value, if any, shall be paid to a Participant
by delivery of cash upon achievement of such Performance Goals during the Performance Period as the Committee shall establish at
the time of such grant or thereafter.”


 


5.Addition of
Section 2(bb) to the Original Plan. A new Section 2(bb) shall be added to the Original Plan which reads as follows:


 


“(bb)‘Performance
Period’ means the period, established at the time any Performance Award is granted or at any time thereafter, during which
any Performance Goals specified by the Committee with respect to such Performance Award are to be measured.”


 


6.Amendment
to Section 6(a) of the Original Plan.Section 6(a) shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:


 


“(a)Plan
Reserve. Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 12, an aggregate of 2,500,000 Shares are reserved for issuance under
the Plan. On January 1 of each year beginning after the Effective Date and ending on February 14, 2013, an additional number of
Shares shall become available for issuance under the Plan equal to the lesser of: (i) 2,500,000 Shares; (ii) six percent (6%) of
the number of Shares issued and outstanding (on an as-converted basis) as of the immediately preceding December 31; and (iii) another
amount determined by the Board; provided, however, after February 14, 2013 the adjustment provided in this sentence shall be eliminated.
Subject to Section 6(b) and Section 12(a), all Shares reserved for issuance under the Plan may be issued as Incentive Stock Options.”


 






    	 



    	 



    

 


 


7.Addition of
Section 14 to the Original Plan. A new Section 14 shall be added to the Original Plan which reads as follows:


 




“14.Performance
Awards. Each Performance Award granted pursuant to this Section 14 shall be evidenced by a written performance award agreement
(the “Performance Award Agreement”). The Performance Award Agreement shall be in such form as may be approved from
time to time by the Committee and may vary from Participant to Participant; provided, however, that each Participant and each Performance
Award Agreement shall comply with and be subject to the following terms and conditions:


 


(a)Awards.
Performance Awards may be granted to any Participant in the Plan. Performance Awards shall consist of monetary awards which may
be earned or become vested in whole or in part if the Company or the Participant achieves certain Performance Goals established
by the Committee over a specified Performance Period.


 


(b)Performance
Objectives, Performance Period and Payment. The Performance Award Agreement shall set forth:


 


(i) 
the dollar value of each Performance Award;


 


(ii) 
one or more Performance Goals established by the Committee;


 


(iii) the
Performance Period over which Performance Award may be earned or may become vested;


 


(iv)the
extent to which partial achievement of the Performance Goals may result in a payment of the Performance Award, as determined by
the Committee; and


 


(v) the
date upon which payment of Performance Award will be made and the extent to which such payment may be deferred.


 


(c)Withholding
Taxes. The Company or its Affiliates shall be entitled to withhold and deduct from any payments made in connection with the
Performance Award, or from any other future payments made to the Participant, all legally required amounts necessary to satisfy
any and all withholding and employment-related taxes attributable to the Participant’s Performance Award.


 


(d)Nontransferability.
No Performance Award shall be transferable, in whole or in part, by the Participant, other than by will or by the laws of descent
and distribution. If the Participant shall attempt any transfer of any Performance Award granted under the Plan, such transfer
shall be void and the Performance Award shall terminate.


 


 



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(e)Other
Provisions. The Performance Award Agreement authorized under this Section 14 shall contain such other provisions as the Committee
shall deem advisable.


 


8.Except as otherwise
amended or modified herein, all other provisions of the Original Plan shall remain in full force and effect.


 



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IN WITNESS WHEREOF,
the Company has executed this document effective as of the 14th day of February, 2013.


 


 











	 	TILE SHOP HOLDINGS, INC.
	 	 
	 	 
	 	By: 	 /s/ TIMOTHY C. CLAYTON
	 	 	Timothy C. Clayton
Chief Financial Officer



 









 


 



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