EX-10.1



 EXHIBIT 10.1 

EAGLE MATERIALS INC. 

SALARIED INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PROGRAM 

FOR FISCAL YEAR 2017 
  

	1.	Purpose 

 The purpose of the Eagle Materials Inc. Salaried Incentive Compensation
Program for Fiscal Year 2017 (the “Plan”) is to establish an incentive bonus program which: (i) focuses on the performance of Eagle Materials Inc. (the “Company”) as well as individual performance; and (ii) aligns the interest of
participants with those of the Company’s shareholders. The Plan is adopted by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors (the “Committee”) under the structure of the Company’s Amended and Restated Incentive Plan (the
“Incentive Plan”) and is subject to all the terms and conditions of such Incentive Plan, including, without limitation the limits set forth in Section 8 of the Incentive Plan. The Plan shall be in effect for the fiscal year ending
March 31, 2017. 
  

	2.	Eligibility 

 The Company’s Chief Executive Officer (the “CEO”) and
his direct reports are eligible to participate in the Plan. The CEO may propose to also include in the Plan additional exempt salaried employees at the corporate level of the Company. 

Participants must be an exempt salaried manager or professional. No hourly or non-exempt employee may participate. Participants in the Plan
may not participate in any other Company incentive plan providing for monetary awards, except for the Eagle Materials Long Term Compensation Program and the Eagle Materials Special Situation Program. 

 

	3.	Bonus Pool 

 To ensure reasonableness and affordability, available funds for bonus
payments under the Plan are to be determined as a percentage of operating earnings of the Company. The actual percentage may vary from year to year as recommend by the CEO and approved by the Committee. For Fiscal Year 2017, 1.4% of the
Company’s operating earnings, as determined by the Committee, will fund the corporate bonus pool. 
 Participants must be employed on
March 31, 2017 to be eligible for any bonus award. Awards may be adjusted for partial year participation for participants who enter the program after April 1, 2016. 
  

	4.	Allocation of Corporate Pool 

 Each participant’s allocated percentage of the
corporate pool, and his/her individual performance relative to the goals and objectives (and bonus award) shall be approved by the Committee, which may seek input from the CEO. For each participant, the maximum annual bonus award opportunity is
represented by the percentage of the corporate pool assigned to such participant. 








	5.	Goals and Objectives  

 At the beginning of the fiscal year goals and objectives
shall be established for each participant, and shall be 50% goal based, 10% budget based and 40% discretionary. The actual bonus award paid at the end of the fiscal year shall be based on the individual participant’s performance relative to the
previously established goals and objectives and the participant’s individual performance during the fiscal year. The goals and objectives to be used for participants in the Plan may be comprised of objective and subjective criteria and should
generally have a broader scope than the goals and objectives for subsidiary companies. However, at the same time the goals must also contain specific criteria regarding execution that links subsidiary company performance to corporate performance.

  

	6.	Plan Administration 

 The Plan shall be administered by the Committee, which shall
have full and exclusive power to interpret this Plan and to adopt such rules, regulations and guidelines for carrying out this Plan as it may deem necessary or appropriate in its sole discretion. All decisions of the Committee shall be binding
and conclusive on the participants. The Committee shall determine all terms and conditions of the bonus awards. 
 No member of the
Committee shall be liable for anything done or omitted to be done by him or by any member of the Committee in connection with the performance of any duties under this Plan, except for his own willful misconduct or as expressly provided by statute.

  

	7.	No Employment Guaranteed 

 No provision of this Plan hereunder shall confer any
right upon any executive officer to continued employment. 
  

	8.	Governing Law 

 This Plan and all determinations made and actions taken pursuant
hereto, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas, without reference to any conflicts of law principles thereof that would require the application of the laws of another jurisdiction. 

  
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