Document:

Exhibit 10.1

 

English
Translation

 

  

NOTARY CERTIFICATE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shanghai Huangpu Notary
Office of the People’s Republic of China

 

     

     

    

English
Translation

 

No. [AJJHZB-01]

 

  

AJ Trust &
Wuhan Kingold Jewelry Gold Income Right Collective Fund Trust Plan

 

 

The Gold Income
Right Transfer and Repurchase Contract

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

April, 2016

 

     

     

    

 

English
Translation

 

AJ Trust & Wuhan
Kingold Jewelry Gold Income Right Collective Fund Trust Plan

 

 

The Gold Income
Right Transfer and Repurchase Contract

 

 

Party A: Wuhan
Kingold Jewelry Co., Ltd (hereinafter referred to as “Kingold Jewelry”) 

Legal representative:
Zhihong Jia

Address: No. 15 (special),
Huangpu Science Park, Jiang’an District

Zip code: 430023

Tel: 027-65694977

Fax: 02765660703

 

 

Party B: Shanghai
AJ Trust Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “AJ Trust”)

Legal representative:
Weizhong Zhou

Address: AJ Finance
Plaza, No. 746, Zhaojiabang Road, Xuhui District, Shanghai

Zip code: [200030]

Tel: 021-64396600

Fax: 021-64390176

 

 

WHEREAS:

 

1. Kingold Jewelry
agrees to transfer the corresponding income right to its legal owned inventory gold (the corresponding market value of the closing
price on the most recent trading day of Shanghai Gold Exchange shall not be lower than RMB 412.5 million of Au99,99 standard gold
when pledging, quantity [      ] bars, weight [      ] kg) (hereinafter referred to as the “Object Gold Income Right”) to AJ
Trust, and received amount shall be used to purchase gold raw material. AJ Trust receives the transferred Object Gold Income Right
of Kingold Jewelry by the trust fund in accordance with the trust contract, and under the agreed circumstances, Kingold Jewelry
shall repurchase the unfulfilled Object Gold Income Right held by AJ Trust during that period according to this contract.

 

     

     

    

 

English
Translation

  

2. AJ Trust intends
to establish the “AJ Trust & Wuhan Kingold Jewelry Gold Income Right Collective Fund Trust Plan” (hereinafter referred
to as the “Trust Plan”) to possesses the transferred Object Gold Income Right of Kingold Jewelry with the trust fund.

 

According to The
Contract Law of the People’s Republic of China, The Corporation Law of the People’s Republic of China and
other laws and regulations, based on the principles of good faith and justice and through friendly consultation, both sides reach
this contract to comply regarding the transfer and repurchase of the Object Gold Income Right.

  

 

Article 1 Transfer
Object

 

The Object Gold Income
Right that AJ Trust receives is: the gold income right of Kingold Jewelry that possesses for its inventory gold.

 

(1) Right basis of
Object Gold Income Right

 

Object Gold Income
Right is one of the rights that Kingold Jewelry possesses for its inventory gold.

 

(2) Content and amount
of Object Gold Income Right

 

Object Gold Income
Right is one of the powers and functions that Kingold Jewelry possesses for its inventory gold.

 

Both parties of this
contract hereby agree: the Object Gold Income Right of this contract includes but is not limited to the right of claim of the following
income:

 

Since the delivery
date of Object Gold Income Right, any other cash or other revenue earned from the Object Gold Income Right.

 

(3) In respect of
the representations and warranties of Object Gold Income Right

 

Kingold Jewelry hereby
promises that the Object Gold Income Right meets the following conditions:

 

j Object
Gold Income Right is one of the powers and functions that Kingold Jewelry possesses for its inventory gold; it is valid and legally
existing;

 

k
Object Gold Income Right has the real trading background with complete business invoices;

 

l
Object Gold Income Right can be transferred according to laws and regulations;

 

m
Guarantee or right limitations are not set for the Object Gold Income Right; Except for the items of this contract, Kingold
Jewelry does not make any other disposal for the Object Gold Income Right;

 

     

     

    

 

English
Translation

 

n
Any parties concerned of the Object Gold Income Right shall be legal persons of institutions within China’s
territory;

 

o
As of the signing date of this contract, the Object Gold Income Right does not violate existing valid laws, regulations,
relevant business guidance and internal management system of Kingold Jewelry.

 

 

Article 2 Transfer
Price

 

1. The transfer price
of the Object Gold Income Right of this contract is RMB 300 million, which is paid in lump sum using collective fund of the Trust
Plan by AJ Trust. AJ Trust intends to pay RMB 300 million to Kingold Jewelry as the transfer price of the Object Gold Income Right
with the trust fund collected via Trust Plan under which it is a trustee.

 

2. The transfer price
of the Object Gold Income Right under this contract is RMB 300 million, which is paid in lump sum using the trust fund corresponding
to the collected trust unit of Trust Plan by AJ Trust.

 

  

Article 3 Payment
Time of Transfer Price and Delivery of Gold Income Right

 

1. AJ Trust promises
to pay for all the transfer amount ruled by Article 2 to Kingold Jewelry within ten business days after signing The Gold Pledge
Contract of AJ Trust & Wuhan Kingold Jewelry Gold Income Right Collective Fund Trust Plan” (hereinafter referred to as
the “Gold Pledge Contract”, No. [AJJHZB-03]) and Kingold Jewelry transfers all pledged gold mentioned in the Gold Pledge
Contract to AJ Trust.

 

2. Both parties agree
and confirm that the total transfer price from AJ Trust to Kingold Jewelry is RMB [300 million]. Only when the prerequisites below
are met should AJ Trust pay all transfer amount to Kingold Jewelry within one business day after the establishment of the Trust
Plan:

 

(1) The Trust Plan
has been established, and collected fund has reached RMB [300 million];

 

(2) This contract
has been signed validly and been effective, and has finished the compulsory notary process other procedures such as appraisal,
insurance and delivery and custody, and Kingold Jewelry has issued the valid written authorized resolution documents of signing
this contract;

 

     

     

    

 

English
Translation

 

(3) “The Guarantee
Contract of AJ Trust & Wuhan Kingold Jewelry Gold Income Right Collective Fund Trust Plan” (hereinafter referred to as
“The Guarantee Contract”, No. [AJJHZB-02]) and “The Gold Pledge Contract” have been signed validly and
goes into effect, compulsory notary process and relevant processes as authentication, insurance buying and warehouse shifting and
safekeeping have finished, and Kingold Jewelry has issued the valid written authorized resolution documents of signed “The
Gold Pledge Contract”;

 

(4) Kingold Jewelry
does not violate the representations and warranties, items under commitment or obligation under this contract, and there is no
situation that might significantly influence adversely the rights of AJ Trust under this contract.

 

(5) Kingold Jewelry
has transferred the documents of title of all Object Gold Income Right to AJ Trust in accordance with this contract (including
but not limited to the original copy or photocopy of the contract and receipt of gold purchasing) and other documents.

 

3. AJ Trust should
pay the transfer amount of Object Gold Income Right to the appointed bank account of Kingold Jewelry:

 

Account Name: Wuhan
Kingold Jewelry Co., Ltd.

 

Account: [420011 162080
5301 7159]

 

Bank: [China Construction
Bank Wuhan Jiang’an Sub-branch]

 

4. Both parties agree
and confirm that when AJ Trust pays the transfer amount of Object Gold Income Right in accordance with this article, the payment
obligation of AJ Trust under this article is considered to have been performed.

 

5. The transfer and
delivery of Object Gold Income Right

 

(1) The transfer and
delivery of Object Gold Income Right

 

The date that AJ Trust
pays the transfer amount of Object Gold Income Right according to this article shall be deemed as the delivery date of Object Gold
Income Right, and AJ Trust obtains all the Object Gold Income Right since this date. Since this delivery date, all rights, interests,
earnings and claim rights of Object Gold Income Right are possessed by AJ Trust.

 

(2) Transfer consent
of Object Gold Income Right

 

Kingold Jewelry consents
that all involved Object Gold Income Right under this article can be transferred to a third party, including but not limited to
the situations of transferring from Kingold Jewelry to AJ Trust, and from AJ Trust to a third party.

  

     

     

    

  

English
Translation

 

Article 4 Submission
of Document Materials

 

Kingold Jewelry should
submit necessary documents and materials according to the requirements of AJ Trust, including but not limited to:

 

1. The documents proving
that Kingold Jewelry legally owns the Object Gold Income Right (including but not limited to the original copy or photocopy of
the purchase contract and invoices).

 

2. The internal resolution
documents of signing and performing this contract.

 

Any photocopy of document
from Kingold Jewelry should be submitted to AJ Trust after been sealed. All the documents and materials Kingold Jewelry submit
to AJ Trust are valid attachments, which are integral part of this contract and shall have the same legal force as that of the
contract.

 

  

Article 5 Gold
Income Right Repurchase

 

1. Repurchase object

 

Kingold Jewelry has
the obligation of repurchase in accordance with this article, and the repurchase object is the Object Gold Income Right under Article
1 of this contract possessed by AJ Trust.

 

After Kingold Jewelry
fully pays all repurchase amount according to this article, the Object Gold Income Right under Article 1 of this contract possessed
by AJ Trust shall belong to Kingold Jewelry. In the meanwhile, this contract shall be terminated as both parties have fulfilled
their obligations.

 

2. Ordinary repurchase

 

Kingold Jewelry has
the obligation to fully pay the repurchase amount of Object Gold Income Right according to the following items:

 

	No.	Paying Repurchase Price Date	Repurchase Amount
	1	Within 10 business days since the establishment of Trust Plan	
        Total trust unit ×1
        Yuan/unit ×[1]% ×calendar days of the period from the date of establishment of trust unit (included) to the date when
        12 trust months have passed (not included) ÷ 360

         

        [Note: Where
the trust is terminated in advance, AJ Trust shall not return the collected transfer amount during this period, or credit against
the other due repurchase amount payable by Kingold Jewelry to AJ Trust or any creditor’s right that possessed by AJ Trust
(if any)]

  

     

     

    

 

English
Translation

  

	2	The date when every 6 months passed since the establishment of Trust Plan 	Total trust unit ×1 Yuan/unit ×[10]% ×days in this accounting period/360
	3	The date when 24 months passed since the establishment of Trust Plan 	Total trust unit ×1 Yuan/unit ×(1+[10]% ×calendar days from the date when 24 calendar months passed since the establishment of Trust Plan (not included) ÷ 360 - the total amount of paid repurchase amount of the Gold Income Right by Kingold Jewelry up to this date (not included)
	
        Note: The mentioned
        “days in this accounting period” in item 2 of the above formulas refers to the days from the previous payment date
        (included) to this payment date (not included). And for the first payment date, the “days in this accounting period”
        refers to the days from the establishment of trust unit (included) to this payment date (not included).

         

        Where any of the payment
        date is also the statutory holiday, it should be moved to the nearest previous business day, but the debtor shall still pay AJ
        Trust the object credit with the payment amount according to the above table.

        

 

3. Delayed Repurchase

 

Kingold Jewelry shall
not delay in fulfilling the obligation of repurchase, except that Kingold Jewelry applies in advance and receives the written consent
from AJ Trust.

 

4. Repurchase in Advance

 

After 12 months from
the establishment of Trust Plan, Kingold Jewelry has the right to repurchase all or part of the Object Gold Income Right in advance,
and shall inform AJ Trust 10 days ahead of the in advance repurchase.

 

Except as otherwise
provided herein, Kingold Jewelry shall not repurchase the Object Gold Income Right in advance. If Kingold Jewelry repurchases the
Object Gold Income Right in advance without permission of AJ Trust, it shall be deemed as the violation of contract by Kingold
Jewelry, and Kingold Jewelry shall pay the one-time repurchase amount for all remained Object Gold Income Right.

 

     

     

    

 

English
Translation

 

AJ Trust will monitor
the asset-liability ratio of Kingold Jewelry every month during the term of the Trust Plan. Where the asset-liability ratio of
Kingold Jewelry is higher than (greater than or equal to) 75%, one month of observation period shall be given to Kingold Jewelry
by AJ Trust. If the asset-liability ratio of Kingold Jewelry is still higher than (greater than or equal to) 75% after the one-month
observation period, Kingold Jewelry shall pay the repurchase amount of all remained Object Gold Income Right in a lump sum according
to the stated repurchase amount on written notification from AJ Trust on the day or within the period determined by AJ Trust.

 

Where Kingold Jewelry
violates the representations and warranties of this contract, or Object Gold Income Right is identified as invalid, cancelled or
any other right limitation situation happens, or AJ Trust takes measures according to this contract, Kingold Jewelry shall fulfill
the repurchase obligation of Object Gold Income Right in advance in accordance with the requirements of AJ Trust. Where AJ Trust
requires Kingold Jewelry to fulfill the repurchase obligation of Object Gold Income Right in advance in accordance with the contract,
Kingold Jewelry shall pay the repurchase amount of all remained Object Gold Income Right in a lump sum according to the stated
repurchase amount on written notification from AJ Trust on the day or within the period determined by AJ Trust.

 

5. Guarantee

 

Zhihong Jia provides
irrevocable unlimited joint and several liability guarantee for all obligations, responsibilities, statements, representations
and warranties of Kingold Jewelry under this contract, and has signed the Guarantee Contract with AJ Trust.

 

Kingold Jewelry provides
pledge guarantee for all obligations, responsibilities, statements, representations and warranties with its inventory gold under
this contract, and has signed the Gold Pledge Contract with AJ Trust and shall fulfill the following agreements:

 

(1) Appraisal: Kingold
Jewelry, AJ Trust and insurance company jointly spot check 1% of pledged object gold for destructive appraisal to confirm its purity
and value of assessment, and related authentication costs shall be borne by AJ Trust.

 

(2) Insurance: insurance
shall be bought for all pledged object matters at PICC Property and Casualty Company Limited and the beneficiary shall be AJ Trust.
The insurance costs shall be borne by Kingold Jewelry.

 

     

     

    

 

 

English
Translation

 

(3) Moving to warehouse
and safekeeping: AJ Trust sets safe deposit box in Industrial and Commercial Bank of China. AJ Trust keeps the key to the safe
deposit box, and PICC Property and Casualty Company Limited reserves the fingerprints for the safe deposit box. The pledge shall
not be used during pledging period. The rent fees of the safe deposit box shall be borne by AJ Trust.

 

(4) AJ Trust sets
safe deposit box in Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, and the pledge shall be deposited in this safe deposit box set by
AJ Trust. Where Kingold Jewelry violates the provisions of the contract, AJ Trust shall have the right to apply for compulsory
enforcement to the People’s Court with jurisdiction for directly disposing the pledged object.

 

(5) The initial pledging
rate of the pledging object shall not be higher than 72.72%, which means the total amount of pledging object shall not lower than
RMB 412.5 million when pledging. During the trust period, according to daily closing price of gold in Shanghai Gold Exchange, if
the gold price decreases to the 85% of the initial price, Kingold Jewelry shall add enough pledging gold so the closing price of
gold on that day * the value of the pledging gold is not lower than RMB 412.5 million. Otherwise, AJ Trust has the right to announce
the expiry of Trust Plan in advance and dispose the pledging object. The fund gained shall be used to pay the repurchase amount
of Object Gold Income Right, on a priority basis.

 

6. Repurchase Payment

 

Kingold Jewelry shall
pay the repurchase amount of Object Gold Income Right to the following trust account on time:

 

Account Name: Shanghai
AJ Trust Co., Ltd. Special Trust Account

 

Account: [216200100101305531]

 

Bank: [Business Department
of Industrial Bank Shanghai Branch]

 

  

Article 6 Obligations
of Kingold Jewelry

 

1. After the commencement
of the contract, Kingold Jewelry shall send a written notice to AJ Trust within five days after knowing the event when one of the
following conditions occurs. The influence which has already been made or probably will be made, the remedial measures that have
been taken or will be taken, the duration of remedy and the expected result shall also be listed in the written notice explicitly:

 

(1) The execution
of this contract may be affected under the adverse circumstances caused by Kingold Jewelry such as the default of significant amount
of money to any creditors, major economic disputes and the deterioration of financial condition and so on.

 

     

     

    

 

 

English
Translation

 

(2) Kingold Jewelry
is involved in litigation or arbitration of major cases as a defendant or respondent.

 

(3) The subject gold
income right has been frozen or enforcement or limit measures have been taken on it by competent authority for any reason.

 

(4) Kingold Jewelry
breaches any contract, commitment or acknowledgement signed with AJ Trust.

 

(5) Kingold Jewelry
is registered for investigation by the judicial authority, supervision department etc., which has influenced the performance capabilities
seriously, or has other situations that badly affect its social reputation, performance ability and so on.

 

(6) The execution
of this contract may be affected under the adverse circumstances caused by the guarantor who provides the guarantee for the debts
of Kingold Jewelry under this contract, including the default of significant amount of money to any creditor, major economic disputes
and the deterioration of financial condition and so on, or the guarantor is involved in litigation or arbitration as a defendant
or respondent.

 

(7) Other situations
that have significant adversary influences on performance of this contract by Kingold Jewelry identified by AJ Trust.

 

2. Kingold Jewelry
shall assist AJ Trust and the insurance company to select and inspect 1% of pledge subject gold under the Gold Pledge Contract
for destructive appraisal, in order to identify the quality and valuation of the pledge subject. The appraisal charge shall be
borne by the AJ Trust.

 

3. Kingold Jewelry
shall make sure that all the pledge subjects in the Gold Pledge Contract need to be insured with the PICC Property and Casualty
Company Limited and designated AJ Trust as the beneficiary and bear the insurance cost.

 

4. AJ Trust sets a
safe deposit box in the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China and keep the key of the safe-deposit box. PICC Property and Casualty
Company Limited reserves the fingerprints of the safe-deposit box. The rental charges shall be borne by AJ Trust.

 

5. AJ Trust shall
set a safe deposit box in the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China and keep the pledge material in the safe deposit box. AJ
shall have the right to apply for compulsory enforcement in the court with jurisdiction for directly disposing the pledge subject
when Kingold Jewelry breaches the contract.

 

     

     

    

 

English
Translation

 

6. The transfer amount
of the gold income right obtained by Kingold Jewelry can only be used for the purchase of gold raw materials.

 

7. Any payments to
AJ Trust by Kingold Jewelry under this contract shall be paid to the special account of trust property under Article 5.6.

 

8. Kingold Jewelry
shall urge Zhihong Jia (hereinafter referred to as “guarantor”) to sign the Guarantee Contract with AJ Trust in time.

 

  

Article 7 Payment
of Security Fund and Taxation

 

1.The
expenses produced in the process of the exercise of rights or obligations in under the contract shall be paid by each party respectively,
including but not limited to the costs of engaging lawyers, accountants and auditors.

 

2.All
the parties agree that Kingold Jewelry shall fully pay the subscription money of security fund of trust industry (hereinafter referred
to as “Security Fund”) to Kingold Jewelry within 3 business days since the establishment of the Trust Plan and authorize
AJ Trust to subscribe the security fund on the behalf of Kingold Jewelry.

 

The amount of Security
Fund which shall be subscribed= Principal of trust fund × 1%

 

The subscription money
of the Security Fund shall be transferred to the account of the security fund company before the statutory time limit for payment
through the special account of security fund (hereinafter referred to as “Special Fund Account”) opened by AJ Trust.
AJ Trust shall pay the corresponding principal and income of the Security Fund to the related parties within 3 business days after
the liquidation of the Trust Plan (including the termination of the Trust Plan, termination of some trust units, the redemption
of trust parties and other related situation that need to pay the trust benefit or distribute the trust property to related parties).

 

Corresponding principal
and income of the Security Fund of each terminated trust unit = corresponding principal of the Security Fund of this trust unit
× (1 + return rate of the security fund ×number of days during benefit calculation ÷ 360).

 

In the above formula,
the return rate of the Security Fund is the one-year fixed deposit rate published by the People's Bank of China on the day of the
termination of this trust unit. The number of days for the benefit calculation is the actual number of days from the date on which
the corresponding subscription money of the Security Fund of this trust unit is transferred into the Special Fund Account opened
by AJ trust to the termination date of this trust unit (not included), calculating the beginning day without the ending day and
sectional calculation shall not be adopted.

 

     

     

    

 

English
Translation

 

If the subscription
money is transferred into the collecting account of the Trust Plan or the special account of trust or other account controlled
by AJ Trust instead of the Special Fund Account due to reason of Kingold Jewelry, AJ Trust shall return the above payments to Kingold
Jewelry within [3] business days after receiving the application.

 

In case any following
defaulting situations arises due to Kingold Jewelry, AJ Trust has the right to offset the outstanding payments that should be duly
paid to AJ Trust according to this contract with the principal and interest of the Security Fund subscribed by Kingold Jewelry.
The payment shall be classified as trust property.

 

If Kingold Jewelry
fails to offer any subscription payments in full duly in accordance with the contract, AJ Trust has the right to collect the penalties
according to [0.05% of the unpaid value] per day from Kingold Jewelry during the overdue period until all the overdue has been
paid completely. If the overdue time is more than [15] business days, AJ Trust has the right to stop transferring the subsequent
trust fund and/or ask for a lump sum payment in advance from Kingold Jewelry under this contract, besides requiring the penalties
from it.

 

The Trust Special
Fund Account of AJ trust fund is as followed:

 

Account Name: Special
Fund Account of Security Fund of Shanghai AJ Trust Company Limited

 

Account No.: [97990153900001129]

 

Correspondent Bank:
[First Business Department of Shanghai Pudong Development Bank]

 

The principal and
income of the Security Fund shall be returned to the bank account designated by Kingold Jewelry, and the account information is
as followed:

 

Account Name: Wuhan
Kingold Jewelry Company Limited

 

Account NO.: 420011
162080 5301 7159

 

Correspondent Bank:
Wuhan Jiangan Branch of China Construction Bank.

 

3.AJ
Trust, as the trustee, shall bear the costs specified in this item with the trust property.

 

  

Article 8 Representation
and Warranties

 

1.Follows
are the representation and warranties of Kingold Jewelry, which will be continually valid during the term of the contract:

 

     

     

    

 

English
Translation

 

(1)An
enterprise as a legal person, which forms legally according to the Law of the PRC and validly exists, and guarantees that it operates
legally.

 

(2)This
deal has passed the inner procedure for examination and approval. After this contract is signed, it will constitute the legal,
valid and binding obligation to it.

 

(3)Guarantees
the validity, authenticity, legality and compliance of the Object Gold Income Right, and guarantees that there are no any other
priority rights or third part rights (including that the Object Gold Income Right has been transferred, and set pledge before this
contract, or will be transferred once again, and set pledge after this contract).

 

(4)Interests
of Kingold Jewelry’s any creditors will not be harmed by signing and performing this contract, and none of Kingold Jewelry’s
creditors will put forward any rights proposal and objections involving this contract; signing and performing this contract will
neither violate any legal and statutory regulations having restrictions or influences on this contract, or government approval,
authorization, information, or other government documents or judgment, adjudication, commands, nor any contracts, agreements signed
with any other third party or any commitments offered to the third party, or any other obligations should be performed.

 

(5)The
transfer amount of the gold income right gained by Kingold Jewelry should be used only for purchasing gold materials, cannot be
used to do something which is restricted or prohibited by the nation’s policy or laws and regulations.

 

(6)Relevant
materials offered by Kingold Jewelry to AJ Trust are true, effective, complete and there is no material omission or concealment.

 

(7)Sign
the Gold Pledge Contract with AJ Trust as soon as possible, and urge the guarantor to sign the Guarantee Contract timely.

 

(8)There
are no other financial institution priority rights formed by the Object Gold Income Right, and the Object Gold Income Right is
not supervised by other third party institutions, otherwise Kingold Jewelry should compensate all losses that AJ Trust or trust
property may suffer, and its repurchase obligation will not be relieved.

 

2.Follows
are the representation and warranties of AJ Trust, which will be continually valid during the term of the contract:

 

(1)Is
an enterprise legal person, which forms legally according to the Law of the PRC and validly exists, and guarantees it operates
legally.

 

     

     

    

 

English
Translation

 

(2)According
to regulations of the “Trust Contract”, uses the trust fund to receive the transfer object.

 

(3)After
this contract is signed, it will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation to it.

 

  

Article 9 Notification

 

1.All
notifications between parties should be in the written form, which can be delivered by specially-assigned person, registered mail,
EMS, and so on. The fax can be assistance; however, it also should be supplemented by the above agreed means afterwards.

 

2.The
notification is regarded as being delivered in following date:

 

(1)The
notification delivered by the specially-assigned person is regarded as an effective delivery on the delivery day;

 

(2)The
notification delivered by the registered mail (postage paid) is regarded as an effective delivery on the 7th day after
being sent off (postmark serves as a proof).

 

(3)The
notification delivered in the way of EMS (postage paid) is regarded as an effective delivery on the 3rd day after being sent off
(postmark serves as a proof).

 

3.Contact
addresses filled in the contract by parties are their effective mail addresses

 

4.Two
parties all have the right to change their mail addresses at any time; however, they should send notification within 7 days after
the change to the other party by the delivery ways agreed under this Article.

 

5.Follows
are addresses and fax numbers used in the second provision under this Article by parties:

 

The contacts of Kingold
Jewelry:

 

Address: Te No. 15,
Huangpu Science and Technology Park, Jiang’an District

 

Contact Person: [Yi
Huang]

 

Tel: [027-65694977]

 

Fax: [027-65660703]

 

The contacts of Shanghai
AJ Trust Co., Ltd:

 

Address: Aijian Financial
Tower, No. 746 Zhaojiabang Road, Xuhui District, Shanghai

 

Contact Person: [Jianxiang
Lu]

 

Tel: [021-64382881]

 

Fax: [021-64814366]

  

     

     

    

 

English
Translation

 

Article
10 Confidentiality

 

Each party should
maintain confidentiality about this contract and matters related with this contract. If there are no written permissions of the
other party, any matters related with this contract cannot be disclosed to a third party, except the disclosures because of following
reasons:

 

1.AJ
Trust performs the obligation of disclosing information ruled by the laws and regulations or trust documents and discloses information
to clients and beneficiaries.

 

2.Disclose
information to auditors, lawyers and other working staff, who are authorized in the normal business, with the precondition that
these people should perform the obligation of maintaining confidentiality to the information related with this contract in their
work.

 

3.The
data and documents can be gained publicly or the disclosure of this data is required by laws and regulations.

 

4.Disclosing
information to court, arbitration institution, or the disclosure related with this contract is required by the disclosure procedures
before lawsuit or the similar procedures, or the law procedure requires information to be disclosed.

 

5.According
to the requirement of financial regulator, AJ Trust discloses information to the financial regulator.

 

6.Because
Kingold Jewelry violates the contract, AJ Trust can disclose information to transferees or potential transferees when it addresses
the creditor’s rights under this contract.

 

Rules of this article
are still valid after the termination of contract.

  

 

Article 11 Anti-commercial
Bribery Terms

 

  

Anti-commercial bribery
terms are the necessary attachment of this contract, and have the same legal effect with this contract. The party who signs this
contract with us (AJ Trust), please read this Article carefully, agree to sign following anti-commercial bribery terms with us
(AJ Trust) and obey them.

 

1.Both
parties understand and are willing to obey the anti-commercial bribery legal rules of PRC. Both parties understand that the bribery
and corruption behaviors in any forms violate laws and will be punished seriously by the law.

 

     

     

    

 

English
Translation

 

2.Neither
party shall claim, receive, offer, give any interests outside of this contract to the other party or responsible person of the
other party or other relevant people, including but not limited to public rebate, hidden rebate, cash, gift card, physical items,
securities, traveling, or other non-material interests and so on, however, if these interests are under industry practice or the
common practice, they shall be explicit in the contract.

 

3.We
(AJ Trust) will prohibit strictly any commercial bribery behaviors of our (AJ Trust’s) responsible person. If our (AJ Trust’s)
responsible person does anything listed in the Provision 2 of this Article, it will be deemed as breaking rules of us (AJ Trust),
and will be punished by our (AJ Trust’s) rules and national law.

 

4.If
one party or one party’s responsible person violate rules of Provisions 2 and 3, and causes losses to the other party, they
should be responsible for damaging and compensation.

 

5.“Other
relevant people” mentioned in this Article refers to the people, except the responsible person of two parties of this contract,
who have direct or indirect interests in the contract, including but not limited to relatives and friends of the contract’s
responsible person.

  

 

Article 12 Special
Agreement

 

1.After
coming into force of this contract, if the Object Gold Income Right is deemed void, cancelled or any other situations which limit
the right, Kingold Jewelry shall inform AJ Trust within one day after these situation happened. Effects, possible effects on Kingold
Jewelry, and remedial measures which has taken or are going to take all should be listed carefully in the written information.

 

2.After
this contract becomes effective, if AJ Trust thinks that if offering guarantee to the third party by Kingold Jewelry or the guarantor
has serious adverse impact on the performance of this contract’s obligation and /or the obligation of the relevant transactional
documents of the Trust Plan by this party, AJ Trust has the right to require the guarantee offering party to make a written statement
on how to remedy this situation and take remedial measures.

 

3.After
this contract becomes effective, if one of the following credit risks happens, Kingold Jewelry shall inform AJ Trust in written
form within five business days after knowing this situation. Effects, possible effects on Kingold Jewelry, and remedial measures
which has taken or are going to take, deadline of remedy and expected effects should be listed carefully in the written notice.

 

     

     

    

 

English
Translation

 

 (1) The operating status of Kingold Jewelry deteriorates.

 

(2)Kingold
Jewelry has lost the business reputation.

 

(3)Significant
suit or arbitration cases happen which affect or may affect interests of Kingold Jewelry and make the operating status of Kingold
Jewelry deteriorate.

 

(4)Events
happen in Kingold Jewelry, which may have material adverse influences on Kingold Jewelry’s business, capital and property
status.

 

(5)Other
items which have material adverse influences on Kingold Jewelry when it performs this contract’s obligation and /or the obligation
of the relevant trade documents of the Trust Plan.

 

4.The
parties hereby agree that: after this contract becomes effective, AJ Trust has the right to know Kingold Jewelry’s finance
status, status of participating suits or arbitration, significant transactional contracts and so on; has the right to check Kingold
Jewelry’s operating and finance status monthly or quarterly, but AJ Trust shall not intervene with Kingold Jewelry’s
normal activities.

 

5.During
the term of the contract, if any situation listed in this article happens, and AJ Trust thinks that it may have influences on the
realization of the Object Gold Income Right and /or its rights of relevant transactional documents of the Trust Plan, AJ Trust
has the right to inform Kingold Jewelry and require Kingold Jewelry to pay the repurchase amount of the rest Object Gold Income
Right to the special account of trust property.

 

  

Article 13 Force
Majeure

 

1.The
force majeure referred in this contract, means earthquake, flood, war, governmental behaviors and other events which cannot be
foreseen, whose results can’t be prevented or avoided reasonably.

 

2.If
one party of this contract cannot perform this contract completely or partly, this party shall inform the other party within 5
business days after the happening of the force majeure; and offer the detail situation of the event within 15 business days and
the documentations offered by the relevant competent authorities, functional departments, or notary public which proves that this
contract cannot be performed completely or partly.

 

3.If
one party cannot perform this contract completely or partly because of force majeure, this party is not responsible for breaking
the contract, but this party shall take the necessary and proper measures to relieve losses which may bring to the other party.

 

     

     

    

 

English
Translation

 

4.If
the force majeure happens, two parties shall have a negotiation and decide to change or end this contract by the degree of the
force majeure’ s impact on this contract.

 

  

Article 14 Amendment
and Supplement to the Contract

 

1. The
agreed content in this contract can be changed after negotiating of two parties.

 

2. On
the matters not being specified in this contract, two parties can sign supplement to the contract.

 

3. The
contents which have changed in this contract or supplement contract have the same legal effect with this contract. If there are
conflicts between the content after the change or supplement contract and this contract, the content after the change or supplement
contract prevails.

  

 

Article 16 Responsibility
of Default

 

1. Both parties shall
strictly abide by the provisions of this contract. Any party that breaches the contract or its representations and warranties
shall bear the corresponding liability for breach of contract and compensate for all the loss of the observant party because of
its default. If its default leads to the invalidation, revocation or rescission of the contract, the defaulting party shall compensate
for all the losses caused to the observant party.

 

2. Both parties hereby
agree: Once the contract comes into force, if one of the following circumstances occurs, which AJ believes
to affect the execution of the contract, it is deemed as the default of Kingold Jewelry.

 

(1) Kingold Jewelry
breaches the contract.

 

(2) Kingold Jewelry
breaches the commitment on the use of funds.

 

(3) Kingold Jewelry
has material breach to any third party.

 

(4) Significant suits
or arbitration arises where Kingold Jewelry is the defendant or a third party.

 

(5) The key personnel
of Kingold Jewelry are subject to the investigation or punishment by the supervision department or higher authorities.

 

(6) Any other matters
occur, which may be seriously adverse for the business, capital and property situation of Kingold Jewelry.

 

(7) Other situations
stipulated in the laws and regulations, or the notification and decision of the supervision departments.

 

     

     

    

 

English
Translation

 

3. If Kingold Jewelry
breaches the obligation in the contract (including representations and warranties are not true) or any other default situation
occurs, causing AJ Trust be not able to receive the repurchase amount of the Object Gold Income Right according to the Article
5 of the contract, AJ Trust is entitled to take one or more of the following measures:

 

(1) Require Kingold
Jewelry to continue to pay the payables (including but not limited to the repurchase amount), and pay [0.05%] of the amounts payable
per day as the damages. If the damages are insufficient to compensate all the losses of AJ Trust (including the fees of the exercise
of pledge right, compulsory enforcement fees, court fees or arbitration fees, counsel fees and other dispute resolution fees),
Kingold Jewelry shall continue to compensate AJ Trust the balance of the losses.

 

(2) Terminate this
contract partially or completely according to Article 15, and require Kingold Jewelry to pay all the losses.

 

(3) Exercise the rights
according to the other contracts signed by Kingold Jewelry and AJ Trust (if any).

  

 

Article 17 Dispute
Resolution

 

All disputes arising
from this contract shall be settled through friendly negotiation. In case no settlement can be reached through negotiation, they
shall bring proceedings to the local People's Courts with the jurisdiction where AJ Trust is
located.

 

Both parties have
confirmed that any party that does not fulfill the obligations is willing to accept the compulsory enforcement.

  

 

Article 18 Others

 

1. In case any article
of this contract is invalid for any reason, the invalidity of this article does affect the validity of other articles of this contract,
so both parties shall continue to execute the other articles of this contract.

 

2. AJ Trust shall
sign and execute this contract as the trustee of the Trust Plan, instead of the owner of AJ Trust’s inherent property.

 

3. Headings of this
contract are for convenience only and are not used for the interpretation of this contract. The words used in this contract have
the same meaning with those in The Trust Contract of AJ Trust & Wuhan Kingold Jewelry Gold Income Right Collective Fund Trust
Plan unless the context clearly requires otherwise.

 

     

     

    

 

English
Translation

 

4. Both parties hereby
confirm that the debt relations in this contract are clear and both parties have no objection to the agreed content related to
the payments. If Kingold Jewelry fails to perform the obligations and responsibilities in this contract wholly, partially or properly,
Kingold Jewelry will voluntarily accept the compulsory enforcement. AJ Trust is entitled to decide whether this article is in preference
to Article 17 (Dispute Resolution) in this contract.

 

Kingold Jewelry shall
cooperate with AJ Trust to apply for the notarization of credit instruments to grant this contract the effectiveness of compulsory
enforcement in the notary public office. The fees of the handling notarial affairs shall be paid by AJ Trust with trust property.

 

5. This contract becomes
effective after being signed or sealed by the legal representative/director or authorized agent of both parties and affixed the
official seal.

 

6. The contract is
in quadruplicate. Kingold holds one copy while AJ Trust holds three copies, which are with equal legal effect.

 

(The following has
no content)

 

 

 

     

     

    

 

English
Translation

 

[This page is the
signature page of The Gold Income Right Transfer and Repurchase Contract of AJ Trust & Wuhan Kingold Jewelry Gold Income Right
Collective Fund Trust Plan (No.: [AJJHZB-01]). No text.]

  

 

Both parties have
read and understood all the articles without any disputes when signing the contract, and they also have correct understanding of
the legal relation between both parties and the legal implications of the articles about both parties’ rights,
obligations and responsibilities.

 

  

Party A: Wuhan Kingold
Jewelry Co., Ltd. (Official Seal)

 

Legal representative
or authorized agent (Signature or seal)

 

  

Party B: Shanghai
AJ Trust Co., Ltd. (Official Seal)

 

Legal representative
or authorized agent (Signature or seal)

 

  

Signing date: 28th
April, 2016

 

Signing location:
Shanghai

 

 

     

     

    

 

 

English
Translation

 

Notarial Certificate
of Credit Instruments with Effectiveness of Compulsory Enforcement

 

(2016) Hu Huang Zheng
Jing Zi No. 7102

 

 

Applicants:

 

Party A: Wuhan Kingold
Jewelry Co., Ltd

 

Address: Te No. 15,
Huangpu Science Park, Jiang’an District

 

Legal representative:
Zhihong Jia

 

Party B: Shanghai
AJ Trust Co., Ltd

 

Address: 5/F, Comprehensive
Building, 168 Gutai Road, China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone

 

Legal representative:
Weizhong Zhou

 

Issue under notarization:
To grant The Gold Income Right Transfer and Repurchase Contract the effectiveness of compulsory enforcement

 

  

The applicants Wuhan
Kingold Jewelry Co., Ltd and Shanghai AJ Trust Co., Ltd applied to us for the notarization of The Gold Income Right Transfer and
Repurchase Contract to grant it the effectiveness of compulsory enforcement on 25th April, 2016.

 

Upon investigation,
the applicants have signed the preceding The Gold Income Right Transfer and Repurchase Contract by mutual agreement. Each party
has the legal capacity for civil rights and civil acts. Both Zhihong Jia, the legal representative of the transferor (the repurchase party)
Wuhan Kingold Jewelry Co., Ltd and Weizhong Zhou, the legal representative of the transferee Shanghai AJ Trust Co., Ltd has the corresponding
signing right. The meaning of The Gold Income Right Transfer and Repurchase Contract is true and the content is specific and explicit.

 

Both parties agreed
in the contract that Wuhan Kingold Jewelry Co., Ltd agreed to transfer the income right to the stock gold it holds lawfully (Au99,99
standard gold of the corresponding market value of the closing price on the most recent trading day in Shanghai Gold Exchange no
lower than the 412.5 million RMB when pledging) to AJ Trust with a transfer amount of RMB 300 million. The transfer fees are used
to purchase gold material. Shanghai AJ Trust Co., Ltd shall receive the Object Gold Income Right from Wuhan Kingold Jewelry Co.,
Ltd with the trust fund according to the trust contract, and under the agreed circumstances, Wuhan Kingold Jewelry Co., Ltd shall
repurchase the object gold income right held by Shanghai AJ Trust Co., Ltd, which has not been achieved, according to the contract.

 

     

     

    

 

English
Translation

 

Based on the above
facts, we hereby certify that Zhihong Jia, the legal representative of the transferor (the repurchase party) Wuhan Kingold
Jewelry Co., Ltd and Weizhong Zhou, the legal representative of the transferee Shanghai AJ Trust Co., Ltd have signed the preceding
The Gold Income Right Transfer and Repurchase Contract in Shanghai on 28th April, 2016, the content of which is in accordance
with the relevant regulations of General Principles of the Civil Law of the People's Republic, Security Law of the People's
Republic, Contract Law of People's Republic of China. The seals of both parties are true.

 

According to Article
238 in Civil Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China, Article 37 in Notarization Law of the People's
Republic of China and the regulations in Joint Notification of the Supreme People’s Court and the Justice Department
on the Relevant Issues about the Credit Instruments Granted the Effectiveness of Compulsory enforcement by Public Security
Organization, since the date of the preceding The Gold Income Right Transfer and Repurchase Contract takes effect, this notarial
certificate has the effectiveness of compulsory enforcement.

 

  

Shanghai Huangpu Notary
Public Office of the People's Republic of China

 

Notary: Yang Gao

 

 

28th April,
2016Exhibit

EXHIBIT 10.10

LEGACYTEXAS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. 
 
2012 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD AND NON-SOLICITATION AGREEMENT
(Time-based and Performance-based Award Agreement)
 
RS No. ________________             Grant Date:                             
 
This Restricted Stock Award (“Restricted Stock Award”) is granted by LegacyTexas Financial Group, Inc. (the “Corporation”) to _____________________ (the “Grantee”) in accordance with the terms of this Restricted Stock Award and Non-solicitation Agreement (the “Agreement”) and subject to the provisions of the LegacyTexas Financial Group, Inc. 2012 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended from time to time (the “Plan”).  A copy of the Plan, as currently in effect, is incorporated herein by reference and is either attached hereto or has been delivered previously to the Grantee. Capitalized terms used herein which are not defined in this Agreement shall have the meaning ascribed to such terms in the Plan.
 
		
	1.
	Grant of Time-Based Restricted Stock Award.  The Corporation hereby makes to the Grantee a Restricted Stock Award consisting of _______ Shares (the “Tranche 1 Shares”), which shall be a time-based award.  Except as otherwise provided in Sections 4 and 5 of this Agreement, the Tranche 1 Shares shall vest [vesting provisions to be determined at the time of grant.].  Upon the vesting of the Tranche 1 Shares, the Corporation shall deliver the Shares underlying the Tranche 1 Shares in accordance with Section 9 of this Agreement and the Plan.  Until the Tranche 1 Shares vest, they are subject to forfeiture and to limits on transferability as provided in Sections 3 and 4 of this Agreement and in Article VII of the Plan.  

		
	2.
	Grant of Performance-Based Restricted Stock Award.  The Corporation hereby makes to the Grantee a Restricted Stock Award consisting of an award of a target number of ________ Shares (the “Tranche 2 Shares”) which shall be a performance-based award.  Except as otherwise provided in Sections 4 and 5 of this Agreement, the Tranche 2 Shares shall vest subject to a performance-based vesting schedule.  The performance period for the Tranche 2 Shares begins on January 1, [first performance year] and ends on December 31, [final performance year] (the “Performance Period”).  The number of earned Tranche 2 Shares shall be determined according to the level of achievement with respect to the performance goals set forth on Exhibit A hereto for the Performance Period.  Until the Tranche 2 Shares vest, they are subject to forfeiture and to limits on transferability as provided in Sections 3 and 4 of this Agreement and in Article VII of the Plan.  

		
	3.
	Transferability.  The Grantee may not sell, assign, transfer, pledge or otherwise encumber any Shares that have not vested, except in the event of the Grantee’s death, by will or by the laws of descent and distribution or pursuant to a Domestic Relations Order.  The Committee, in its sole and absolute discretion, may allow the Grantee to transfer all or any portion of this Restricted Stock Award to the Grantee’s Family Members, as provided in the Plan.   

		
	4.
	Termination of Service.  If the Grantee terminates Service for any reason other than in connection with a Change in Control or the death or Disability of the Grantee, any Shares that have not vested as of the date of that termination shall be forfeited to the Corporation.  If the Grantee’s Service terminates on account of the Grantee’s death or Disability, the vesting date for all Shares that have not vested or been forfeited shall be accelerated to the date of that termination of Service, with the Tranche 2 Shares vesting at the “Target” performance level described in Exhibit A hereto.  

		
	5.
	Effect of Change in Control.  Notwithstanding the less restrictive provisions of Section 7.2 of the Plan, upon a Change in Control: 

(a)    The vesting of the Tranche 1 Shares, to the extent not previously vested, will:
		
	(i)
	Be accelerated to the date of termination of the Grantee’s Service if, during the 12-month period following the Change in Control, the Grantee’s Service is terminated by the Corporation or its Affiliates or their successors without cause or if the Grantee voluntarily terminates Service with Good Reason;

		
	(ii)
	Be accelerated to the date of the Change in Control if, during the 6-month period prior to the Change in Control, the Grantee’s Service was terminated by the Corporation or its Affiliates without cause or if the Grantee voluntarily terminated Service with Good Reason;

		
	(iii)
	Be accelerated as of the date of the Change in Control if this Restricted Stock Award is not assumed or replaced by the acquiror/continuing entity on terms deemed by the Committee or by the Board of Directors to be appropriate; and 

		
	(iv)
	Except as otherwise provided in Section 4 of this Agreement, occur on the [vesting provisions to be determined at the time of grant] if vesting has not otherwise been accelerated as provided above.

		
	(b)
	The Tranche 2 Shares will automatically convert to time-based restricted stock without proration for the percentage of the Performance Period that has elapsed since the Grant Date, as follows: 

		
	(i)
	If the Change in Control occurs prior to the __-month anniversary of the Grant Date, then the Tranche 2 Shares shall convert to time-based restricted stock equal to the target number of Tranche 2 Shares set forth in Section 2 above, with no further right by the Grantee to earn any additional Shares;

		
	(ii)
	If the Change in Control occurs on or after the __-month anniversary of the Grant Date, the conversion of the Tranche 2 Shares to time-based restricted stock will be based on the Corporation’s performance determined under Exhibit A from the Grant Date through the earliest of (A) the date of the Change in Control or (B) the date of the Corporation’s entry into the material definitive agreement pursuant to which the Change in Control occurs; and 

		
	(iii) 
	The vesting of the time-based restricted stock as so converted pursuant to this Section 5(b) shall occur as described in Section 5(a) above.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the actual number of Tranche 2 Shares that shall convert to time-based restricted stock pursuant to subclause (B) of clause (ii) above may be reduced by the Committee in its sole and absolute discretion based on such factors as the Committee determines to be appropriate and/or advisable.
		
	(c)
	For purposes of this Section 5, “Good Reason” shall mean (i) a material diminution of or interference with the Grantee’s duties, responsibilities or titles, or (ii) any of the following actions unless consented to in writing by the Grantee: (A) a requirement that the Grantee’s principal place of employment be based at any place other than Plano, Texas, or within a radius of 35 miles from the location of the Corporation’s administrative offices; (B) a material demotion of the Grantee; (C) a material reduction in the number or seniority of personnel reporting to the Grantee other than as part of a Corporation-wide reduction in staff; or (D) a material reduction in the Grantee’s salary, other than as part of an overall program applied uniformly and with equitable effect to all members of the senior management of the Corporation.

		
	6.
	Stock Power.  The Grantee agrees to execute a stock power with respect to each stock certificate reflecting the Shares, or other evidence of book-entry stock ownership, in favor of the Corporation.  The Shares shall not be issued by the Corporation until the required stock power(s) is delivered to the Corporation. 

		
	7.
	Delivery of Shares.  The Corporation shall issue stock certificates or evidence of the issuance of such Shares in book-entry form, in the name of the Grantee reflecting the number of Shares granted as set forth in Section 1.  The Corporation shall retain these certificates or evidence of the issuance of Shares in book-entry form until the Shares represented thereby become vested.  Prior to vesting, the Shares shall be subject to the following restriction, communicated in writing to the Corporation’s stock transfer agent: 

These shares of common stock are subject to the terms of a Restricted Stock Award and Non-solicitation Agreement (“Agreement”) between LegacyTexas Financial Group, Inc. and _________ dated _______, 20__ made pursuant to the terms of the LegacyTexas Financial Group, Inc. 2012 Equity Incentive Plan (“Plan”), copies of which are on file at the executive offices of LegacyTexas Financial Group, Inc., and may not be sold, encumbered, hypothecated or otherwise transferred except in accordance with the terms of such Plan and Agreement. 
		
	8.
	Dividends; Grantee’s Rights.  As the record holder of all Tranche 1 Shares, the Grantee shall be paid cash dividends by the Corporation with respect to those Shares at the same time as they are paid to other holders of the Corporation’s common stock.  The Grantee shall have no right to receive cash dividends by the Corporation with respect to un-vested Tranche 2 Shares; however, the Corporation shall accrue cash dividend equivalents with respect to all un-vested Tranche 2 Shares, without interest, and maintain the same for the benefit of Grantee subject to the level of achievement with respect to the performance goals set forth on Exhibit A hereto for the Performance Period. The Grantee may exercise all voting rights appurtenant to the Tranche 1 Shares. The Grantee shall have no rights of a shareholder of the Corporation 

with respect to any unvested Tranche 2 Shares that may be earned in addition to the target number of Tranche 2 Shares until such Shares are earned, vested and delivered to the Grantee in accordance with Section 9 of this Agreement.   

		
	9.
	Delivery of Shares to Grantee.  Upon the vesting of any Shares, the restrictions in Section 3 shall terminate, and the Corporation shall deliver only to the Grantee (or, if applicable, the Grantee’s Beneficiary, estate or Family Member) a certificate (without the legend referenced in Section 7) or evidence of the issuance of Shares in book-entry form, and the related stock power in respect of the vesting Shares shall be of no further force or effect.  The Corporation’s obligation to deliver a stock certificate for vested Shares, or evidence of the issuance of Shares in book-entry form, can be conditioned upon the receipt of a representation of investment intent from the Grantee (or the Grantee’s Beneficiary, estate or Family Member) in such form as the Committee requires.  The Corporation shall not be required to deliver stock certificates for vested Shares, or evidence of the issuance of Shares in book-entry form, prior to: (a) the listing of those Shares on a National Exchange; or (b) the completion of any registration or qualification of those Shares required under applicable law.

 
		
	10.
	Adjustments in Shares.  In the event of any recapitalization, forward or reverse stock split, reorganization, merger, consolidation, spin-off, combination, exchange of Shares or other securities, stock dividend, special or recurring dividend or distribution, liquidation, dissolution or other similar corporate transaction or event, the Committee, in its sole discretion, shall adjust the number of Shares or class of securities of the Corporation covered by this Agreement.  Any additional Shares or other securities received by the Grantee as a result of any such adjustment shall be subject to all restrictions and requirements applicable to Shares that have not vested.  The Grantee agrees to execute any documents required by the Committee in connection with an adjustment under this Section 10. 

		
	11.
	Tax Election.  The Grantee understands that an election may be made under Section 83(b) of the Code to accelerate the Grantee’s tax obligation with respect to receipt of the number of Shares set forth in Section 1 above from the vesting dates to the Grant Date by submitting an election to the Internal Revenue Service substantially in the form attached hereto.  There are significant risks associated with the decision to make an 83(b) Election.  THEREFORE, THE GRANTEE SHOULD SEEK INDEPENDENT ADVICE REGARDING THE APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF THE FEDERAL TAX LAW AND THE INCOME TAX LAWS OF ANY MUNICIPALITY, STATE OR FOREIGN COUNTRY TO WHICH THE GRANTEE IS SUBJECT.  

		
	12.
	Tax Withholding.  Upon Shares becoming vested (or at such earlier time, if any, that an election is made by the Grantee under Section 83(b) of the Code, or any successor provision thereto), the Corporation may either (a) withhold from any payment or distribution made hereunder sufficient Shares to cover any applicable withholding and employment taxes, provided that this clause (a) shall not be applicable in the event of a Section 83(b) election, (b) or require the Grantee to remit to the Corporation an amount sufficient to satisfy such taxes.  The Corporation shall have the right to deduct from all dividends paid with respect to Shares the amount of any taxes which the Corporation is required to withhold with respect to such dividend payments, or require the Grantee to remit to the Corporation an amount sufficient to satisfy such taxes.

		
	13.
	Non-solicitation. 

		
	(a)
	In exchange for the Corporation providing the Grantee the consideration set forth herein and other confidential information, during the Grantee’s employment with the Corporation and for a period of one year after the separation of such employment for any reason, the Grantee hereby agrees not to, either directly or indirectly: (i) solicit the employment of, recruit, employ, hire, cause to be employed or hired, entice away, or establish a business with any person whom the Grantee had contact with or job-related information about in the course of such person’s employment or other relationship with the Corporation, or suggest to or discuss with any such person the discontinuation of that person’s status or employment with the Corporation; or (ii) on behalf of any person or entity engaged in the same or similar business as the Corporation, call on, service, solicit, or accept competing business from the Corporation’s customers or prospective customers whom or which the Grantee, within the previous two (2) years, had or made contact with regarding the Corporation’s business or had access to the Corporation’s information or files about such customer or prospective customer.

		
	(b)
	To the extent that any provision of this Section 13 shall be determined to be invalid or unenforceable in any respect or to any extent, the provision shall not be void or rendered invalid, but instead shall be automatically amended for such lesser term, to such lesser extent, or in such other lesser degree, as will grant the Corporation the maximum protection and restrictions on the Grantee’s activities permitted by applicable law in such circumstances. If the Grantee violates a non-solicitation provision described above and the Corporation brings legal action for injunctive relief, the Corporation shall not, as a result of such breach or the time involved in obtaining the relief, be deprived of the benefit of the full period of the provision(s) violated.  Accordingly, the 

provision(s) shall be deemed to be in effect for the duration specified therein, computed from the date the relief is granted but not to include any period of time during which the Grantee is in violation of the provision(s). 
		
	(c)
	The Corporation’s right to enforce the terms of this Section 13 shall not be affected by the existence or non-existence of any other similar agreement for anyone else, or by the Corporation’s failure to fully enforce, or enforce at all, the terms of any other such agreement.  The provisions of this Section 13 are in addition to and not in lieu of, and do not supersede, cancel or replace, (i) any agreement regarding non-solicitation or non-recruitment of customers, consultants or employees previously or subsequently signed by the Grantee, or (ii) any provisions of an existing agreement regarding any such subjects.  Likewise, this Agreement does not alter or amend the terms of any existing agreement between the Corporation and the Grantee concerning employment, and such agreement shall not operate to preclude the enforcement or cancel the terms of this Agreement. In case of any conflict between the terms of this Agreement and the terms of any such agreement concerning employment, the terms of that agreement shall not operate to cancel, supersede or preclude the enforcement of the terms of this Agreement. The terms of any other such agreement shall be construed and enforced without reference to this Agreement unless such agreement references this Agreement, specifically or generally. 

		
	14.
	Plan and Committee Decisions are Controlling.  This Agreement and the award of Shares to the Grantee are subject in all respects to the provisions of the Plan, which are controlling.  All decisions, determinations and interpretations by the Committee respecting the Plan, this Agreement or the award of Shares shall be binding and conclusive upon the Grantee, any Beneficiary of the Grantee or the legal representative thereof.

		
	15.
	Clawback.  All Tranche 2 Shares granted pursuant to this Agreement shall be subject to any clawback, recoupment or forfeiture provisions (i) required by law or regulation and applicable to the Corporation as in effect from time to time or (ii) set forth in any policies adopted or maintained by the Corporation as in effect from time to time. 

		
	16.
	Grantee’s Employment.  Nothing in this Agreement shall limit the right of the Corporation or any of its Affiliates to terminate the Grantee’s service or employment as a director, advisory director, director emeritus, officer or employee, or otherwise impose upon the Corporation or any of its Affiliates any obligation to employ or accept the services or employment of the Grantee. 

		
	17.
	Amendment.  The Committee may waive any conditions of or rights of the Corporation or modify or amend the terms of this Agreement; provided, however, that the Committee may not amend, alter, suspend, discontinue or terminate any provision of this Agreement if such action may adversely affect the Grantee without the Grantee’s written consent.  To the extent permitted by applicable laws and regulations, the Committee shall have the authority, in its sole discretion but with the permission of the Grantee, to accelerate the vesting of the Shares or remove any other restrictions imposed on the Grantee with respect to the Shares, whenever the Committee may determine that such action is appropriate. 

		
	18.
	No Impact on Other Benefits. The Shares awarded to Grantee pursuant to this Agreement are not part of Grantee’s normal or expected compensation for purposes of calculating any severance, retirement, welfare, insurance or similar employee benefit.

		
	19.
	Grantee Acceptance.  The Grantee shall signify acceptance of the terms and conditions of this Agreement (including Exhibit A) and acknowledge receipt of a copy of the Plan by signing in the space provided below and returning the signed copy to the Corporation.

		
	20.
	Electronic Signature.  All references to signatures and delivery of documents in this Agreement may be satisfied by procedures the Corporation has established or may establish from time to time for an electronic system for execution and delivery of any such documents, including this Agreement. The Grantee’s electronic signature, including, without limitation, “click-through” acceptance of this Agreement through a website maintained by or on behalf of the Corporation, is the same as, and shall have the same force and effect as, the Grantee’s manual signature.  Any such procedures and delivery may be effected by a third party engaged by the Corporation to provide administrative services relating to this Agreement.  

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first written above. 
LEGACYTEXAS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
By ________________________________ 
Kevin J. Hanigan, President/CEO      
 
ACCEPTED BY GRANTEE	
		
	 
	 

	(Signature)
	 

	 
	 

	(Name)
	 

	 
	 

	(Street Address)
	 

	 
	 

	(City, State & Zip Code)
	 

Beneficiary Designation:  
The Grantee designates the following Beneficiary to receive the Shares upon the Grantee’s death: 
 
__________________________________________________________________________ 

Exhibit A
Performance Goals for Tranche 2 Shares
		
	1.
	Performance Goals.  The number of Tranche 2 Shares that may be earned shall be determined based on the Corporation ROA and Corporation ROE percentile ranking over the Performance Period as compared to the Comparative Peer Group ROA and Comparative Peer Group ROE for the same period.  The table below sets forth the number of Tranche 2 Shares (as a percentage of the target number of Tranche 2 Shares set forth in Section 1 above) that may become earned Tranche 2 Shares based on the Corporation’s performance for the Performance Period:

	
											
	 
	 
	 
	 
	Tranche 2 Shares Earned (% of Target)*

	Measure
	 
	Weight (% of Target No. of Shares)
	 
	Below Threshold (Below 35th percentile)
	 
	Threshold (35th percentile)
	 
	Target (50th percentile)
	 
	Maximum (75th percentile and above)

	Relative __-year ROA [performance period to be inserted]
	 
	50%
	 
	0%
	 
	25%
	 
	50%
	 
	75%

	Relative __-year ROE [performance period to be inserted]
	 
	50%
	 
	0%
	 
	25%
	 
	50%
	 
	75%

	Total
	 
	100%
	 
	0%
	 
	50%
	 
	100%
	 
	150%

* Interpolation between performance levels.

		
	2.
	Vesting; Certification.  The earned Tranche 2 Shares shall vest as of the date the Committee certifies (the “Certification Date”) the Corporation’s performance, provided that the Grantee’s Service with the Corporation and its Affiliates continues uninterrupted through the Certification Date.  Attainment of the performance goals shall be determined and certified by the Committee in writing following the last day of the Performance Period, and by no later than April 15th in order to allow for companies in the Comparative Peer Group to complete and report their own financials for the Performance Period. In such event, the Corporation shall deliver the number of earned Tranche 2 Shares in accordance with Section 9 of this Agreement and the Plan.

		
	3.
	Definitions.

		
	a.
	Corporation ROA means the average of the Corporation’s core return on average assets over the Performance Period as measured by core (non-GAAP) net income, which is net income adjusted for the impact of merger and acquisition costs, one-time gains and losses on assets and security sales, and certain other items (“Core Net Income”), divided by average total assets.

		
	b.
	Corporation ROE means the average of the Corporation’s core return on average shareholders’ equity over the Performance Period as measured by Core Net Income, divided by average total shareholders’ equity.

		
	c.
	Comparative Peer Group means the companies contained in the KBW Nasdaq Regional Banking Index as of the end of the Performance Period.

		
	d.
	Comparative Peer Group ROA means the average of the weighted average return on average assets for the Comparative Peer Group over the Performance Period as measured by net income, divided by average total assets. 

		
	e.
	Comparative Peer Group ROE means the average of the weighted average return on average shareholders’ equity for the Comparative Peer Group over the Performance Period as measured by net income, divided by average total shareholders’ equity. 

		
	4.
	Negative Discretion.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the actual number of Tranche 2 Shares that become earned based on achieving the performance goal set forth in Section 1 above may be reduced by the Committee in its sole and absolute discretion based on such factors as the Committee determines to be appropriate and/or advisable.  However, it is the intention of the Committee that it will exercise such negative discretion only in extreme and unusual circumstances.

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