Document:

EX-10.1

 Exhibit 10.1 

December 12, 2014 
 Allied Nevada Gold Corp

 9790 Gateway Drive, Suite 200 
 Reno, Nevada 89521 

Re: Allied Nevada Gold Corp. - Lock-Up Agreement 

Dear Sirs: 
 This Lock-Up Agreement is being
delivered to you in connection with the Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”), dated as of December 9, 2014 by and among Allied Nevada Gold Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) and
the investors party thereto (the “Buyers”), with respect to the issuance of shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise
defined herein shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Purchase Agreement. 
 In order to induce the Buyers to enter into the
Purchase Agreement, each undersigned agrees that, commencing on the date hereof and ending on the date sixty days following the Closing Date (the “Lock-Up Period”), the undersigned, without the prior written consent of H.C.
Wainwright & Co., LLC, will not, and will cause all affiliates (as defined in Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended) of the undersigned or any person in privity with the undersigned or any affiliate of the
undersigned not to, (i) offer, sell, offer to sell, contract or agree to sell, hypothecate, pledge, sell or grant any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, lend,
make any short sale or otherwise transfer or dispose of or agree to dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call
equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission promulgated thereunder with respect to any shares of Common
Stock or Common Stock Equivalents owned directly by any of the undersigned (including holding as a custodian) or with respect to which any of the undersigned has beneficial ownership within the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange
Commission (collectively, the “Undersigned’s Shares”), or (ii) enter into any transaction that would have the same effect, or enter into any swap, hedge or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part,
any of the economic consequences of ownership of any of the Undersigned’s Shares, whether any such transaction described in clause (i) or (ii) above is to be settled by delivery of shares of Common Stock or other securities, in cash
or otherwise, (iii) make any demand for or exercise any right or cause to be filed a registration statement, including any amendments thereto, with respect to the registration of any shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents or
(iv) publicly disclose the intention to do any of the foregoing. 
 The foregoing restriction is expressly agreed to preclude the
undersigned, and any affiliate of the undersigned and any person in privity with the undersigned or any affiliate of the undersigned, from engaging in any hedging or other transaction which is designed to or which

 
reasonably could be expected to lead to or result in a sale or disposition of the Undersigned’s Shares even if the Undersigned’s Shares would be disposed of by someone other than the
undersigned. Such prohibited hedging or other transactions would include, without limitation, any short sale or any purchase, sale or grant of any right (including, without limitation, any put or call option) whether or not with respect to any of
the Undersigned’s Shares or whether or not with respect to any security that includes, relates to, or derives any significant part of its value from the Undersigned’s Shares. 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the undersigned may transfer (i) the Undersigned’s Shares as a bona fide gift or gifts,
provided that the donee or donees thereof agree to be bound in writing by the restrictions set forth herein, or (ii) the Undersigned’s Shares to any trust for the direct or indirect benefit of the undersigned or the immediate family of the
undersigned, provided that the trustee of the trust agrees to be bound in writing by the restrictions set forth herein, and provided further that any such transfer shall not involve a disposition for value. For purposes of this Lock-Up Agreement,
“immediate family” shall mean any relationship by blood, marriage or adoption, not more remote than first cousin. The undersigned now has, and, except as contemplated by the immediately preceding sentence, for the duration of this
Lock-Up Agreement will have, good and marketable title to the Undersigned’s Shares, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, and claims whatsoever. The undersigned also agrees and consents to the entry of stop transfer instructions with the
Company’s transfer agent (the “Transfer Agent”) and registrar against the transfer of the Undersigned’s Shares except in compliance with the foregoing restrictions. 

In order to enforce this covenant, the Company shall impose irrevocable stop-transfer instructions preventing the Transfer Agent from
effecting any actions in violation of this Lock-Up Agreement. 
 Each of the undersigned acknowledges that the execution, delivery and
performance of this Lock-Up Agreement is a material inducement to each Buyer to complete the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement and that the Company shall be entitled to specific performance of such undersigned’s obligations
hereunder. Each undersigned hereby represents that such undersigned has the power and authority to execute, deliver and perform this Lock-Up Agreement, that such undersigned has received adequate consideration therefor and that such undersigned will
indirectly benefit from the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement. The undersigned hereby represent that there are no other affiliates of the undersigned that hold securities of the Company. 

Each undersigned understands and agrees that this Lock-Up Agreement is irrevocable and shall be binding upon such undersigned’s heirs,
legal representatives, successors, and assigns. 
 This Lock-Up Agreement may be executed in two counterparts, each of which shall be deemed
an original but both of which shall be considered one and the same instrument. 
 This Lock-Up Agreement will be governed by and construed
in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflicting provision or rule (whether of the State of New York, or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the laws of any jurisdiction other than
the State of New York to be applied. In furtherance of the foregoing, the internal laws of the State of New York will control the interpretation and construction of this Lock-Up Agreement, even if under such jurisdiction’s choice of law or
conflict of law analysis, the substantive law of some other jurisdiction would ordinarily apply. 

  
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	Very truly yours,
	
	  

	Exact Name of Shareholder
	
	  

	Authorized Signature
	
	  

	Title

 Agreed to and Acknowledged: 

Allied Nevada Gold Corp. 
  

			
	By:	 	  

		 	Name:
		 	Title:

  
 4Exhibit 10.1_Stock Comp Plan

Exhibit 10.1

2008 Stock Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors 
(amended and restated as of January 1, 2015) 

Section 1. Purpose; Definitions. 
The purposes of the Plan are (i) to assist the Company in promoting a greater identity of interest between the Company’s Non-Employee Directors and the Company’s shareholders; and (ii) to assist the Company in attracting and retaining Non-Employee Directors by affording them an opportunity to share in the future successes of the Company. 
For purposes of the Plan, the following terms are defined as set forth below: 
(a) “Altria Deferred Stock Program” has the meaning provided in Section 7(g). 
(b) “Award” means the grant under the Plan of Common Stock, Stock Options, or Other Stock-Based Awards. 
(c) “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company. 
(d) “Committee” means the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board or a subcommittee thereof, any successor thereto or such other committee or subcommittee as may be designated by the Board to administer the Plan. 
(e) “Common Stock” or “Stock” means the Common Stock of the Company. 
(f) “Company” means Philip Morris International Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, or any successor thereto. 
(g) “Deferred Stock” means an unfunded obligation of the Company, represented by an entry on the books and records of the Company, to issue one share of Common Stock on the date of distribution. 
(h) “Deferred Stock Account” means the unfunded deferred compensation account established by the Company with respect to each participant who elects to participate in the Deferred Stock Program in accordance with Section 7 of the Plan. 
(i) “Deferred Stock Program” means the provisions of Section 7 of the Plan that permit participants to defer all or part of any Award of Stock pursuant to Section 5(a) of the Plan. 
(j) “Fair Market Value” means, as of any given date, the mean between the highest and lowest reported sales prices of the Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange-Composite Transactions or, if no such sale of Common Stock is reported on such date, the fair market value of the Stock as determined by the Committee in good faith; provided, however, that the Committee may in its discretion designate the actual sales price as Fair Market Value in the case of dispositions of Common Stock under the Plan. In the case of Stock Options or similar Other Stock-Based Awards, for purposes of Section 5(a), Fair Market Value means, as of any given date, the Black-Scholes or similar value determined based on the assumptions used for purposes of the Company’s most recent financial reporting. 
(k) “Non-Employee Director” means each member of the Board who is not a full-time employee of the Company or of any corporation in which the Company owns, directly or indirectly, stock possessing at least 50% of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock entitled to vote in the election of directors in such corporation, and “eligible Non-Employee Director” has the meaning provided in Section 3 of the Plan. 
(l) “Other Stock-Based Award” means an Award, other than a Stock Option or Deferred Stock, that is denominated in, valued in whole or in part by reference to, or otherwise based on or related to, Common Stock. 

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(m) “Plan” means this Stock Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors, as amended from time to time. 
(n) “Plan Year” means the period commencing at the opening of business on the day on which the Company’s annual meeting of shareholders is held and ending on the day immediately preceding the day on which the Company’s next annual meeting of shareholders is held. 
(o) “Stock Option” means a right granted to a Non-Employee Director to purchase a share of Stock at a price equal to the Fair Market Value on the date of grant. Any Stock Options granted pursuant to the Plan shall be nonqualified stock options. 
(p) “Transferred Account” has the meaning provided in Section 7(g). 
Section 2. Administration. 
The Plan shall be administered by the Committee, which shall have the power to interpret the Plan and to adopt such rules and guidelines for carrying out the Plan and appoint such delegates as it may deem appropriate. The Committee shall have the authority to adopt such modifications, procedures and subplans as may be necessary or desirable to comply with the laws, regulations, compensation practices and tax and accounting principles of the countries in which Non-Employee Directors reside or are citizens of and to meet the objectives of the Plan. 
Any determination made by the Committee in accordance with the provisions of the Plan with respect to any Award shall be made in the sole discretion of the Committee, and all decisions made by the Committee pursuant to the provisions of the Plan shall be final and binding on all persons, including the Company and Plan participants. 
Section 3. Eligibility. 
Only Non-Employee Directors (except for Mr. Frederik Paulsen) shall be eligible to be granted Awards under the Plan. 
Section 4. Common Stock Subject to the Plan. 
The total number of shares of Common Stock reserved and available for distribution pursuant to the Plan shall be 1,000,000. If any Stock Option or Other Stock-Based Award is forfeited or expires without the delivery of Common Stock to a participant, the shares subject to such Award shall again be available for distribution in connection with Awards under the Plan. Any shares of Common Stock that are used by a participant as full or partial payment of withholding or other taxes or as payment for the exercise price of an Award shall be available for distribution in connection with Awards under the Plan. 
In the event of any merger, share exchange, reorganization, consolidation, recapitalization, reclassification, distribution, stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split, split-up, spin-off, issuance of rights or warrants or other similar transaction or event affecting the Common Stock, the Committee is authorized to and shall make such adjustments or substitutions with respect to the Plan and to Awards granted thereunder (including adjustments to any Transferred Account to reflect the distribution of the Company to shareholders of Altria Group, Inc.) as it deems appropriate to reflect the occurrence of such event, including, but not limited to, adjustments (A) to the aggregate number and kind of securities reserved for issuance under the Plan, (B) to the Award amounts set forth in Section 5(a), and (C) to the number and kind of securities subject to outstanding Awards and, if applicable, to the grant or exercise price of outstanding Awards. In connection with any such event, the Committee is also authorized to provide for the payment of any outstanding Awards in cash, including, but not limited to, payment of cash in lieu of any fractional Awards, provided that any such payment shall comply with the requirements of Internal Revenue Code section 409A. 
Section 5. Awards. 
		
	(a)
	Annual Awards. (i) On the first day of each Plan Year, each eligible Non-Employee Director serving as such immediately after the annual meeting held on such day shall receive an Award having a Fair Market Value as follows:

		
	(1)
	Eligible Non-Employee Director other than Chairman: equal to $175,000; and

		
	(2)
	Chairman: equal to $1,250,000

(with any fractional share being rounded up to the next whole share) or such greater amount as the Committee determines in its discretion. 

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(ii) If an eligible Non-Employee Director first becomes a member of the Board on a day other than the first day of a Plan Year, the Committee may, in its discretion, make an Award to such eligible Non-Employee Director for such Plan Year having a Fair Market Value as follows:
		
	(i)
	Eligible Non-Employee Director other than Chairman: up to $175,000 or up to such greater amount paid to other Non-Employee Directors other than Chairman for such Plan Year; and

		
	(ii)
	Chairman: up to $1,250,000

(with any fractional share being rounded up to the next whole share) or such greater amount as the Committee determines in its discretion. 
Awards pursuant to this Section 5(a) shall be made in the form of Common Stock, Stock Options, Other Stock-Based Awards, or a combination of the foregoing as the Committee determines in its discretion. 
(b) Terms of Awards. 
(i) Awards pursuant to Section 5(a) that are denominated in Common Stock are eligible for participation in the Deferred Stock Program described in Section 7. 
(ii) The term of each Stock Option or similar Other Stock-Based Award shall be ten years. Each Stock Option or similar Other Stock-Based Award shall vest in not less than six months (or such longer period set forth in the Award agreement) and shall be forfeited if the participant does not continue to be a Non-Employee Director for the duration of the vesting period, unless the participant ceases to be a Non-Employee Director by reason of the participant’s death or disability. Subject to the applicable Award agreement, Stock Options or similar Other Stock-Based Awards may be exercised, in whole or in part, by giving written notice of exercise specifying the number of shares to be purchased. Such notice shall be accompanied by payment in full of the purchase price by certified or bank check or such other instrument as the Company may accept (including, to the extent the Committee determines such a procedure to be acceptable, a copy of instructions to a broker or bank acceptable to the Company to deliver promptly to the Company an amount of sale or loan proceeds sufficient to pay the purchase price). As determined by the Committee, payment in full or in part may also be made in the form of Common Stock already owned by the Non-Employee Director valued at Fair Market Value. 
Section 6. Award Agreements. 
Each Award of a Stock Option or Other Stock-Based Award under the Plan shall be evidenced by a written agreement (which need not be signed by the Award recipient unless otherwise specified by the Committee) that sets forth the terms, conditions and limitations for each such Award. 
Section 7. Payments and Payment Deferrals. 
(a) Each Plan participant may elect to participate in a Deferred Stock Program with respect to Awards of Common Stock granted under Section 5(a). The Deferred Stock Program shall be administered in accordance with the terms of this Section 7, provided that the Committee may modify the terms of the Deferred Stock Program or may require deferral of the payment of Awards under such rules and procedures as it may establish. Any deferral election shall be made at a time and for such period as shall satisfy the requirements of Internal Revenue Code section 409A(a)(4). 
(b) Any election to have the Company establish a Deferred Stock Account shall be made in terms of integral multiples of 25% of the number of shares of Common Stock that the participant otherwise would have been granted on each date of grant, shall be made no later than the last day of the calendar year immediately preceding the date of grant (or in the case of a participant who is first becoming eligible for this Plan and any other Plan required to be aggregated with this Plan under Internal Revenue Code section 409A and the regulations and other guidance thereunder, no later than 30 days after the participant first becomes eligible and before the date of grant), and shall specify the time and form of distribution of the participant’s Deferred Stock Account in a manner complying with Internal Revenue Code section 409A(a)(2) and (3). Any such election shall remain in effect for purposes of the Plan until the participant executes (i) a new election applicable to any grants denominated in Common Stock to be made in years after the year in which the new election is made or (ii) an election not to participate in the Deferred Stock Program for Common Stock grants in such future years. New elections pursuant 

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to clause (i) of the preceding sentence may be made only to the extent permitted under rules and procedures established by the Committee taking into account administrative feasibility and other constraints. 
(c) The Deferred Stock Account of a participant who elects to participate in the Deferred Stock Program shall be credited with shares of Deferred Stock equal to the number of shares of Common Stock that the participant elected to receive as Deferred Stock. The Deferred Stock Account shall thereafter be credited with amounts equal to the cash dividends that would have been paid had the participant held a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the number of shares of Deferred Stock in the participant’s Deferred Stock Account, and any such amounts shall be treated as invested in additional shares of Deferred Stock. 
(d) If as a result of adjustments or substitutions in connection with an event described in the second paragraph of Section 4 of this Plan or as a result of the transfer of the Transferred Accounts, a participant has received or receives with respect to Deferred Stock credited to the participant’s Deferred Stock Account rights or amounts measured by reference to stock other than Common Stock, (i) such rights or amounts shall be treated as subject to elections made, crediting of the participant’s account, and any other matters relating to this Plan in a manner parallel to the treatment of Deferred Stock under the Plan, provided that any crediting of amounts to reflect dividends with respect to such other stock shall be treated as invested in additional Deferred Stock rather than such other stock, and (ii) within 12 months following the event described in Section 4, the participant shall be offered the opportunity to convert the portion of his or her account measured by reference to such other stock to Deferred Stock with the same Fair Market Value (rounded as necessary to reflect fractional shares) as of the date of such conversion. 
(e) Any election by a participant for his or her Deferred Stock Account to be paid upon his or her separation from service as a member of the Board shall be applied in accordance with Internal Revenue Code section 409A. No separation from service shall be deemed to occur until the participant ceases to serve on any and all of the Board of Directors of the Company and the board of directors of any other company with respect to which his service as a director began while such other company was a subsidiary of the Company. 
(f) The Deferred Stock Program shall be administered under such rules and procedures as the Committee may from time to time establish, including rules with respect to elections to defer, beneficiary designations and distributions under the Deferred Stock Program. Notwithstanding anything in this Plan to the contrary, all elections to defer, distributions, and other aspects of the Deferred Stock Program shall be made in accordance with and shall comply with Internal Revenue Code section 409A and any regulations and other guidance thereunder. 
 (g) Notwithstanding anything in this Plan to the contrary, with respect to a participant in this Plan who was also a participant in the Deferred Stock Program of the Altria Group, Inc. Stock Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors (the “Altria Deferred Stock Program”) for service in 2008 and who is eligible for this Plan on March 28, 2008: 
(i) the participant’s deferral elections in effect for 2008 under the Altria Deferred Stock Program with respect to such participant’s stock compensation paid by the Altria Group, Inc. shall also apply with respect to Awards of Common Stock under this Plan to be paid to the participant by the Company for services performed in 2008 and future years; 
(ii) the balance credited to the participant’s Deferred Stock Account under the Altria Deferred Stock Program shall be transferred to this Plan (a “Transferred Account”), and the unfunded liability relating to such Transferred Account shall be assumed by the Company; 
(iii) the participant’s election as to the time and form of distribution of amounts deferred under the Altria Deferred Stock Program and credited to the Transferred Account shall continue to apply to the Transferred Account, and the participant’s election as to the time and form of distribution of amounts deferred in 2008 under the Altria Deferred Stock Program shall also apply with respect to amounts deferred under this Plan in 2008 and future years; and 
(iv) the participant’s most recent beneficiary designation under the Altria Deferred Stock Program shall continue to apply to the Transferred Account and shall also apply to amounts deferred under this Plan in 2008 and future years; 
provided, however, that any election or beneficiary designation carried over from the Altria Deferred Stock Program under this Section 7(g) may be changed by the participant in the manner and to the extent permitted 

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under the applicable provisions of this Section 7 and the rules and procedures established by the Committee pursuant to this Section 7. 
Section 8. Plan Amendment and Termination. 
The Board may amend or terminate the Plan at any time without shareholder approval, including, but not limited to, any amendments necessary to comply with section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any regulations and other guidance thereunder; provided, however, that no amendment shall be made without shareholder approval if such approval is required under applicable law, regulation, or stock exchange rule, or if such amendment would: (i) decrease the grant or exercise price of any Stock Option or a similar Other Stock-Based Award to less than the Fair Market Value on the date of grant (except as contemplated by Section 4); or (ii) increase the total number of shares of Common Stock that may be distributed under the Plan. Except as may be necessary to comply with a change in the laws, regulations or accounting principles of a foreign country applicable to participants subject to the laws of such foreign country, the Committee may not, without shareholder approval, cancel any Stock Option or similar Other Stock-Based Award and substitute therefor a new Stock Option or Other Stock-Based Award with a lower exercise price. Except as set forth in any Award agreement or as necessary to comply with applicable law or avoid adverse tax consequences to some or all Award recipients, no amendment or termination of the Plan may materially and adversely affect any outstanding Award under the Plan without the Award recipient’s consent. 
Section 9. Transferability. 
Unless otherwise required by law, Awards shall not be transferable or assignable other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution. 
Section 10. Unfunded Status of Plan. 
It is presently intended that the Plan constitute an “unfunded” plan for incentive and deferred compensation. The Committee may authorize the creation of trusts or other arrangements to meet the obligations created under the Plan to deliver Common Stock or make payments; provided, however, that, unless the Committee otherwise determines, the existence of such trusts or other arrangements is consistent with the “unfunded” status of the Plan. 
Section 11. General Provisions. 
(a) The Committee may require each person acquiring shares of Common Stock pursuant to an Award to represent to and agree with the Company in writing that such person is acquiring the shares without a view to the distribution thereof. The certificates for such shares may include any legend that the Committee deems appropriate to reflect any restrictions on transfer. 
All certificates for shares of Common Stock or other securities delivered under the Plan shall be subject to such stock transfer orders and other restrictions as the Committee may deem advisable under the rules, regulations and other requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (or any successor agency), any stock exchange upon which the Common Stock is then listed, and any applicable Federal, state or foreign securities law, and the Committee may cause a legend or legends to be put on any such certificates to make appropriate reference to such restrictions. 
(b) Nothing contained in the Plan shall prevent the Company from adopting other or additional compensation arrangements for Non-Employee Directors. 
(c) Nothing in the Plan or in any Award agreement shall confer upon any grantee the right to continued service as a member of the Board. 
(d) No later than the date as of which an amount first becomes includable in the gross income of the participant for income tax purposes with respect to any Award under the Plan, the participant shall pay to the Company, or make arrangements satisfactory to the Company regarding the payment of, any Federal, state, local or foreign taxes of any kind that are required by law or applicable regulation to be withheld with respect to such amount. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, withholding obligations arising from an Award may be settled with Common Stock, including Common Stock that is part of, or is received upon exercise of the Award that gives rise to the withholding requirement. The obligations of the Company under the Plan shall be conditional on such payment or arrangements, and the Company, shall, to the extent permitted by law, have the right to deduct any such taxes from any payment otherwise due to the participant. The Committee may establish such procedures as 

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it deems appropriate, including the making of irrevocable elections, for the settling of withholding obligations with Common Stock.
(e) The terms of this Plan shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of any successor to Philip Morris International Inc. and any permitted successors or assigns of a grantee. 
(f) The Plan and all Awards made and actions taken thereunder shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, excluding any conflicts or choice of law rule or principle that might otherwise refer construction or interpretation of the Plan to the substantive law of another jurisdiction. Unless otherwise provided in an Award, recipients of an Award under the Plan are deemed to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the federal or state courts of Virginia, to resolve any and all issues that may arise out of or relate to the Plan or any related Award. Notwithstanding anything in this Plan to the contrary, the Plan shall be construed to reflect the intent of the Company that all elections to defer, distributions, and other aspects of the Plan shall comply with Internal Revenue Code section 409A and any regulations and other guidance thereunder. 
(g) If any provision of the Plan is held invalid or unenforceable, the invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect the remaining parts of the Plan, and the Plan shall be enforced and construed as if such provision had not been included. 
(h) The Plan shall be effective January 29, 2008. Except as otherwise provided by the Board, no Awards shall be made after the Awards made immediately following the 2017 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, provided that any Awards granted prior to that date may extend beyond it. 

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