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Exhibit 10.1
 
 BOARD OF DIRECTORS POLICIES
 
 Board Compensation Policy & Stock Ownership
Requirements (Effective 09/28/05)
  IndyMac
Bancorp Board and IndyMac Bank Board Annual Retainer
    IndyMac
Bank Board Meeting Fee
   IndyMac
Bancorp Board and IndyMac Bank Board Committee Fees
  Committee Chairmen:
    
    $2,500 per meeting for each meeting chaired in a calendar yearCommittee
Members:(including Chairmen)
    
    No separate fee for the first 4 committee meetings (cumulative, for directors serving on multiple distinct committees) attended in a calendar year$2,500 for each committee meeting attended following the first 4 meetings attended in a calendar year




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 General Policies Relating to Payment of Board Committee Fees
 1.
    
    For each IndyMac Bancorp Board Committee for which there is a parallel IndyMac Bank Board
Committee, to the extent Board Committee fee is payable, only one Board Committee fee will be
paid for attendance at the IndyMac Bank and IndyMac Bancorp Board Committee meetings,
regardless of whether the parallel Board Committees meet jointly or separately, on the same
day or within one or two days of each other.2.
    
    It is intended that committee fees will be payable only for attendance at formal committee
meetings. Each regular meeting of a Board Committee shall be considered a formal meeting. In
the case of any other meetings, the Chairman of each Board Committee will be responsible for
determining whether a formal Board Committee meeting has occurred and shall so notify the
Corporate Secretary of IndyMac Bank and provide the Corporate Secretary with the names of the
Board Committee members who attended such meeting.3.
    
    Only Board Committee members will be paid for attendance at a formal Board Committee
meeting, unless the Committee Chairman has specifically requested a non-members attendance
and participation.
  IndyMac Bancorp and IndyMac Bank Board Other Fees
  Annual Grant of Equity Awards to Directors
  1.
    
    Awards. Director Equity Awards shall be granted to Non-Employee Directors in the
form of non-qualified options (NQOs) in accordance with the provisions set forth herein,
provided that each Non-Employee Director may elect to receive Restricted Stock in lieu of such
NQO by filing an Election Form pursuant to paragraph 2 below. . The determination as to the
equivalency of the number of shares of Stock covered by the NQO shall be made by using the
Black-Scholes valuation model.
 2.
    
    Election Form. In order to receive a Director Equity Award in the form of Restricted
Stock, the Non-Employee Director must file an Election Form, as provided by the




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 Company,
with the Secretary of the Company. The Election Form must be filed prior to or on the same
day as the Companys annual grant of Awards to Employees or, in
the case of a new Non-Employee Director, before the commencement of such Non-Employee
Directors term of office. The Non-Employee Directors election shall remain in effect for
Director Equity Awards made in each subsequent year, unless he or she files a revised Election
Form or written revocation of the election with the Secretary of the Company before the
subsequent annual grant of Awards to Employees. The Non-Employee Directors election shall be
irrevocable after the Director Equity Award for a particular year has been granted.
 Director Option Awards
 3.
    
    Option Grant. Subject to paragraphs 1 and 2, NQOs shall be granted to Non-Employee
Directors electing to receive options, as follows:
 a.
    
    On the same date as the annual grant of Awards to Employees under the Plan in each
calendar year after 2004 and during the term of the Plan (the Regular Grant Date), there
shall be granted automatically (without any action by the Committee or the Board) to each
Non-Employee Director then in office an NQO (the Director Option Award) to purchase the
number of shares of Stock of the Company equal to 0.025% of the issued and outstanding
 shares of Stock (excluding any Stock held in treasury by the Company) as of the end of the
preceding fiscal year.
 b.
    
    Upon the election of a newly elected Non-Employee Director, there shall be granted
automatically (without any action by the Committee or the Board) an NQO, the grant date of
which shall be the date of such election, to each newly elected Non-Employee Director (the
New Director Option Award) as follows: (i) if the Non-Employee Director is elected
within six months after the most recent Regular Grant Date, the New Director Option Award
shall cover the same number of shares of Stock for which Director Option Awards were
granted to existing Non-Employee Directors on the most recent Regular Grant Date; and (ii)
if the Non-Employee Director is elected more than six months after the most recent Regular
Grant Date, but prior to the date on which Director Options are granted to existing
Non-Employee Directors, the New Director Option Award shall cover one-half the number of
 shares of Stock for which the most recent Director Option Awards were granted to existing
Non-Employee Directors on the most recent Regular Grant Date.
 c.
    
    In no event shall a Director Option Award granted under paragraph 3(a) above cover
fewer than 7,500 shares of Stock.
 d.
    
    A Director Option Award and New Director Option Award shall entitle the Non-Employee
Director to purchase shares of Stock at a price equal to the Fair Market Value of the
Stock as of the date the Option is granted.
 e.
    
    For all subsequent provisions contained herein, Director Option Awards and New
Director Option Awards shall be referred to collectively as Director Option Awards.




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 4.
    
    Prior Plan. No Director Option shall be granted under any prior Company incentive
plans to any Non-Employee Director for any calendar year for which a Director Option Award is
granted under the Plan.
 5.
    
    Vesting. A Director Option Award held by a Non-Employee Director will become fully
exercisable on the one-year anniversary of the date of grant. A recipient of a Director
Option Award who ceases to be a Director shall forfeit the Director Option Award if it is not
exercisable immediately prior to his or her date of termination; provided, however, that (i)
if a recipient of a Director Option Award ceases to be a Director by reason of his or her
death, Disability, or retirement or resignation as a director after at least five (5) years
service as a director (Retirement), any portion of the Director Option Award that is not
then exercisable shall become exercisable on his or her date of termination; and (ii) any
Director Option Award that is held by an individual serving as a Director on the date of a
Change in Control that is not then exercisable shall become exercisable on the date of the
Change of Control.
 6.
    
    Exercise. To the extent that a Director Option Award is exercisable, it may be
exercised in whole or in part by filing a written notice with the Stock Award Administrator of
the Company at its corporate headquarters prior to the date the Option expires. Such notice
shall specify the number of shares of Stock which the Director elects to purchase, and shall
be accompanied by payment of the exercise price for such shares of Stock indicated by the
Directors election.
 7.
    
    Payment of Purchase Price. Upon exercise of a Director Option Award, the exercise
price shall be paid in full in cash equivalents or in shares of Stock (by actual delivery or
attestation) valued at their Fair Market Value at the time of exercise of the Option or partly
in such shares and partly in cash; provided that any such shares used in payment shall have
been owned by the Director for at least such period of time, if any, as is necessary to avoid
variable accounting for the Option. A Non-Employee Director may also elect to pay the
exercise price by irrevocably authorizing a third party to sell shares of Stock (or a
sufficient portion of the shares) acquired upon exercise of the Director Option Award and
remit to the Company a sufficient portion of the sale proceeds to pay the entire exercise
price and any tax withholding resulting from such exercise.
 8.
    
    Expiration. A Director Option Award granted to a Non-Employee Director shall expire
on the tenth anniversary of the grant date. However, in no event shall the Director Option
Award be exercisable after:
 a.
    
    If the termination occurs by reason of the Non-Employee Directors death, Disability
or Retirement, the one-year anniversary of the date of termination of the Director;
 b.
    
    If the termination occurs by reason of Cause, the date of termination of the
Director; and
 c.
    
    If the termination occurs for reasons other than death, Disability, Retirement, or
Cause, the three-month anniversary of the date of termination of the Director.




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 To the extent that any Director Option Award is not exercised prior to (i) a dissolution of the
Company or (ii) a merger or other corporate event that the Company does not survive, and no
provision is made for the assumption, conversion, substitution or exchange of the Option, the
Director Option Award shall terminate upon the occurrence of such event.For purposes of this Board Compensation Policy, Cause shall mean, with respect to any
Non-Employee Director, termination from the Board on account of any act of (i) fraud or
intentional misrepresentation, (ii) embezzlement, misappropriation or conversion of assets or
opportunities of the Company or any subsidiary or affiliate, or (iii) conviction of a felony.
 Director Restricted Stock Awards
 9.
    
    Restricted Stock Grant. Each Non-Employee Director who files an Election Form in
accordance with paragraph 2 requesting receipt of any portion of a Director Equity Award in
Restricted Stock shall be granted, in lieu of part or all of a Director Option Award, a
Director Restricted Stock Award covering the number of shares of Stock determined in
accordance with the provisions of paragraph 1 (the Covered Shares). Director Restricted
Stock Awards shall be granted at the same time as the Director Option Awards are granted.
 10.
    
    Restricted Period. The Restricted Period for the Covered Shares shall begin on the
Regular Grant Date and end as to one-third of each Director Restricted Stock Award on the
first, second and third anniversaries of the Regular Grant Date.
 11.
    
    Transfer and Forfeiture of Shares. A recipient of a Director Restricted Stock Award
who ceases to be a Director shall forfeit the portion of the Director Restricted Stock Award
that is not vested immediately prior to his or her date of termination; provided, however,
that (i) if a recipient of a Director Restricted Stock Award ceases to be a Director by reason
of his or her death, Disability, or Retirement, any portion of the Director Restricted Stock
Award that is not then vested shall become vested on his or her date of termination; and (ii)
any portion of a Director Restricted Stock Award that is held by an individual serving as a
Director on the date of a Change in Control that is not then vested shall become vested on the
date of the Change of Control. In the event of (i) or (ii) above, the Covered Shares shall be
transferred to the Director free of all restrictions upon the date they become fully vested.
If the Non-Employee Director remains a Director on the last day of the applicable Restricted
Period, then, at the end of such Restricted Period, the applicable portion of the Covered
Shares shall be transferred to the Director free of all restrictions.
 12.
    
    Dividends. Dividends, if any, accrued on Covered Shares during the Restricted Period
shall be credited to the Non-Employee Director and held by the Company on his or her behalf.
The Non-Employee Directors interest in the dividends shall vest on the same date that his or
her interest in the Covered Shares vest. In the event that any portions of the Covered
Shares are forfeited in accordance with paragraph 11, the accrued and unpaid dividends
relating to the Covered Shares also shall be forfeited.




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 13.
    
    Voting. The Non-Employee Director shall not be prevented from voting the Covered
Shares merely because those shares are subject to the restrictions imposed by the Plan;
provided, however, that he or she shall not be entitled to vote Covered Shares with respect to
record dates for any Covered Shares occurring on or after the date, if any, on which he or she
has forfeited those shares.
 14.
    
    Ownership of Shares. The Covered Shares issued pursuant to any Director Restricted
Stock Award shall be held by the Companys stock transfer agent for the benefit of the
Non-Employee Director until the end of the applicable Restricted Period. The Non-Employee
Director shall be identified as the beneficial owner of the Covered Shares at the time the
shares are issued.
 Director Emeritus Plan
  Stock Ownership Requirements
    Interpretive Rules




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