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EX-10.1

 Exhibit 10.1 

PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC. 

2005 EQUITY AND PERFORMANCE INCENTIVE PLAN, AS AMENDED 

PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC., a corporation existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Company”), hereby establishes and adopts the
following 2005 Equity and Performance Incentive Plan, as amended and restated (the “Plan”). Certain capitalized terms used in the Plan are defined in Article II. 

RECITALS 
 WHEREAS, the Company desires to
encourage high levels of performance by those individuals who are key to the success of the Company, to attract new individuals who are highly motivated and who are expected to contribute to the success of the Company and to encourage such
individuals to remain as directors, employees, consultants and/or advisors of the Company and its Affiliates by increasing their proprietary interest in the Company’s growth and success; and 

WHEREAS, to attain these ends, the Company has formulated the Plan embodied herein to authorize the granting of Awards to Participants whose judgment,
initiative and efforts are or have been or are expected to be responsible for the success of the Company. 
 NOW, THEREFORE, the Company hereby constitutes,
establishes and adopts the following Plan and agrees to the following provisions: 
 ARTICLE I 

PURPOSE OF THE PLAN 

1.1 Purpose. The purpose of the Plan is to assist the Company and its Affiliates in attracting and retaining selected individuals to
serve as directors, employees, consultants and/or advisors of the Company who are expected to contribute to the Company’s success and to achieve long-term objectives which will inure to the benefit of all stockholders of the Company through the
additional incentives inherent in the Awards hereunder. 
 ARTICLE II 

DEFINITIONS 
 2.1
“Affiliate” shall mean (i) any person or entity that directly, or through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, the Company (including any Parent or Subsidiary) or
(ii) any entity in which the Company has a significant equity interest, as determined by the Committee. 
 2.2 “Applicable
Laws” means the legal requirements relating to the administration of and issuance of securities under stock incentive plans, including, without limitation, the requirements of state corporations law, federal and state securities law,
federal and state tax law, and the requirements of any stock exchange or quotation system upon which the Shares may then be listed or quoted. For all purposes of this Plan, references to statutes and regulations shall be deemed to include any
successor statutes and regulations, to the extent reasonably appropriate as determined by the Committee. 
 2.3 “Award”
shall mean any Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Restricted Stock Award, Performance Award, Dividend Equivalent, Other Stock Unit Award or any other right, interest or option relating to Shares or other property (including cash) granted pursuant to
the provisions of the Plan. 
 2.4 “Award Agreement” shall mean any written agreement, contract or other instrument or
document evidencing any Award granted by the Committee hereunder. 
 2.5 “Board” shall mean the board of directors of the
Company. 
 2.6 “Cause” shall have the meaning set forth in a Participant’s employment or consulting agreement with
the Company (if any), or if not defined therein, shall mean (a) acts or omissions by the 

 
Participant which constitute intentional material misconduct or a knowing violation of a material policy of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, (b) the Participant personally receiving a
benefit in money, property or services from the Company or any of its subsidiaries or from another person dealing with the Company or any of its subsidiaries, in material violation of applicable law or Company policy, (c) an act of fraud,
conversion, misappropriation, or embezzlement by the Participant or his conviction of, or entering a guilty plea or plea of no contest with respect to, a felony, or the equivalent thereof (other than DUI), or (d) any deliberate and material
misuse or improper disclosure of confidential or proprietary information of the Company. 
 2.7 “Change of Control” shall
mean the occurrence of any of the following events: 
 (i) The direct or indirect acquisition by an unrelated “Person” or
“Group” of “Beneficial Ownership” (as such terms are defined below) of more than 50% of the voting power of the Company’s issued and outstanding voting securities in a single transaction or a series of related transactions;

 (ii) The direct or indirect sale or transfer by the Company of substantially all of its assets to one or more unrelated Persons or Groups
in a single transaction or a series of related transactions; 
 (iii) The merger, consolidation or reorganization of the Company with or
into another corporation or other entity in which the Beneficial Owners (as such term is defined below) of more than 50% of the voting power of the Company’s issued and outstanding voting securities immediately before such merger or
consolidation do not own more than 50% of the voting power of the issued and outstanding voting securities of the surviving corporation or other entity immediately after such merger, consolidation or reorganization; or 

(iv) During any consecutive 12-month period, individuals who at the beginning of such period constituted the Board of the Company (together
with any new Directors whose election to such Board or whose nomination for election by the stockholders of the Company was approved by a vote of a majority of the Directors of the Company then still in office who were either Directors at the
beginning of such period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved) cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the Board of the Company then in office. 

None of the foregoing events, however, shall constitute a Change of Control with respect to any Award (or portion thereof) that constitutes
deferred compensation under Section 409A of the Code if such event is not a “change in control event” under Treasury Regulations Section 1.409A-3(i)(5) or successor IRS guidance. For purposes of determining whether a Change of
Control has occurred, the following Persons and Groups shall not be deemed to be “unrelated”: (A) such Person or Group directly or indirectly has Beneficial Ownership of more than 50% of the issued and outstanding voting power of the
Company’s voting securities immediately before the transaction in question, (B) the Company has Beneficial Ownership of more than 50% of the voting power of the issued and outstanding voting securities of such Person or Group, or
(C) more than 50% of the voting power of the issued and outstanding voting securities of such Person or Group are owned, directly or indirectly, by Beneficial Owners of more than 50% of the issued and outstanding voting power of the
Company’s voting securities immediately before the transaction in question. The terms “Person,” “Group,” “Beneficial Owner,” and “Beneficial Ownership” shall have the meanings used in the Exchange Act,
and the rules promulgated thereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (I) Persons will not be considered to be acting as a “Group” solely because they purchase or own stock of this Company at the same time, or as a result of the same
public offering, (II) however, Persons will be considered to be acting as a “Group” if they are owners of a corporation that enters into a merger, consolidation, purchase or acquisition of stock, or similar business transaction, with the
Company, and (III) if a Person, including an entity, owns stock both in the Company and in a corporation that enters into a merger, consolidation, purchase or acquisition of stock, or similar transaction, with the Company, such stockholders shall be
considered to be acting as a Group with other stockholders only with respect to the ownership in the corporation before the transaction. 

2.8 “Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and any successor thereto. 

  
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 2.9 “Committee” shall mean the Committee constituted under Section 4.2 to
administer this Plan. 
 2.10 “Company” has the meaning set forth in introductory paragraph of the Plan. 

2.11 “Consultant” means any person, including an advisor, who (i) is a natural person, (ii) provides bona fide
services to the Company or a Parent or Subsidiary, and (iii) provides services that are not in connection with the offer or sale of securities in a capital-raising transaction, and that do not directly or indirectly promote or maintain a market
for the securities of the Company; provided that the term ‘Consultant’ does not include (i) Employees or (ii) Directors who are paid only a director’s fee by the Company or who are not compensated by the Company for their
services as Directors. 
 2.12 “Continuous Status as an Employee, Director or Consultant” means that the employment,
director or consulting relationship is not interrupted or terminated by the Company, any Parent or Subsidiary, or by the Employee, Director or Consultant. Continuous Status as an Employee, Director or Consultant will not be considered interrupted in
the case of: (i) any leave of absence approved by the Board, including sick leave, military leave, or any other personal leave, provided, that for purposes of Incentive Stock Options, any such leave may not exceed 90 days, unless reemployment
upon the expiration of such leave is guaranteed by contract (including certain Company policies) or statute; (ii) transfers between locations of the Company or between the Company, its Parent, its Subsidiaries or its successor; or (iii) in
the case of an Award other than an Incentive Stock Option, the ceasing of a person to be an Employee while such person remains a Director or Consultant, the ceasing of a person to be a Director while such person remains an Employee or Consultant or
the ceasing of a person to be a Consultant while such person remains an Employee or Director. 
 2.13 “Covered Employee”
shall mean a “covered employee” within the meaning of Section 162(m)(3) of the Code, or any successor provision thereto. 

2.14 “Director” shall mean a non-employee member of the Board or a non-employee member of the board of directors of a Parent
or Subsidiary. 
 2.15 “Disability” shall mean total and permanent disability as defined in Section 22(e)(3) of the
Code. 
 2.16 “Dividend Equivalents” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 12.5. 

2.17 “Eligible Employees” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 14.3. 

2.18 “Eligible Option” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 14.3. 

2.19 “Employee” shall mean any employee of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary. 

2.20 “Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. 

2.21 “Exchange Grant” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 14.2. 

2.22 “Fair Market Value” shall mean, with respect to any property other than Shares, the market value of such property
determined by such methods or procedures as shall be established from time to time by the Committee. The Fair Market Value of Shares as of any date shall be determined as follows: 

(i) If the Shares are listed on any established stock exchange or a national market system, including without limitation, the National Market
System of NASDAQ, the Fair Market Value of a Share will be (i) the closing sales price for such Shares (or the closing bid, if no sales are reported) as quoted on that system or exchange (or the system or exchange with the greatest volume of
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last market trading day prior to the day of determination or (ii) any sales price for such Shares (or the closing bid, if no sales are reported) as quoted on that system or exchange (or the
system or exchange with the greatest volume of trading in Shares) on the day of determination, as the Committee may select, in each case as reported in the Wall Street Journal or any other source the Committee considers reliable. 

(ii) If the Shares are quoted on the NASDAQ System (but not on the NASDAQ National Market System) or are regularly quoted by recognized
securities dealers but selling prices are not reported, the Fair Market Value of a Share will be the mean between the high bid and low asked prices for the Shares on (i) the last market trading day prior to the day of determination or
(ii) the day of determination, as the Committee may select, in each case as reported in the Wall Street Journal or any other source the Committee considers reliable. 

(iii) If the Shares are not traded as set forth above, the Fair Market Value will be determined in good faith by the Committee with reference
to the earnings history, book value and prospects of the Company in light of market conditions generally, and any other factors the Committee considers appropriate, such determination by the Committee to be final, conclusive and binding. 

2.23 “Family Member” means any child, stepchild, grandchild, parent, stepparent, grandparent, spouse, former spouse, sibling,
niece, nephew, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law, including adoptive relationships, any person sharing the Participant’s household (other than a tenant or employee), a trust in which
these persons (or the Participant) control the management of assets, and any other entity in which these persons (or the Participant) own more than 50 percent of the voting interests. 

2.24 “Incentive Stock Option” means an Option intended to qualify as an incentive stock option within the meaning of
Section 422 of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder. 
 2.25 “Individual Arrangements” means the
Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement dated as of January 11, 2003 by and between the Company and Stephen H. Capp, the Nonqualified Stock Option Agreements dated as of April 10, 2002 by and between the Company and Daniel R. Lee, the
Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement dated as of August 1, 2008 by and between the Company and Carlos Ruisanchez, and the Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement dated as of March 14, 2010 by and between the Company and Anthony M. Sanfilippo.

 2.26 “Limitations” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2. 

2.27 “Option” shall mean any right granted to a Participant under the Plan allowing such Participant to purchase Shares at
such price or prices and during such period or periods as the Committee shall determine. 
 2.28 “Option Exchange Program”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 14.2. 
 2.29 “Other Stock Unit Award” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 8.1. 
 2.30 “Parent” means a “parent corporation” with respect to the Company, whether now or later
existing, as defined in Section 424(e) of the Code. 
 2.31 “Participant” shall mean an Employee, Director or
Consultant who is selected by the Committee to receive an Award under the Plan. 
 2.32 “Payee” shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 13.1. 
 2.33 “Performance Award” shall mean any Award of Performance Shares or Performance Units
granted pursuant to Article IX. 

  
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 2.34 “Performance Period” shall mean that period established by the Committee at
the time any Performance Award is granted or at any time thereafter during which any performance goals specified by the Committee with respect to such Award are to be measured. 

2.35 “Performance Share” shall mean any grant pursuant to Article IX of a unit valued by reference to a designated number of
Shares, which value may be paid to the Participant by delivery of such property as the Committee shall determine, including cash, Shares, other property, or any combination thereof, upon achievement of such performance goals during the Performance
Period as the Committee shall establish at the time of such grant or thereafter. 
 2.36 “Performance Unit” shall mean any
grant pursuant to Article IX of a unit valued by reference to a designated amount of property (including cash) other than Shares, which value may be paid to the Participant by delivery of such property as the Committee shall determine, including
cash, Shares, other property, or any combination thereof, upon achievement of such performance goals during the Performance Period as the Committee shall establish at the time of such grant or thereafter. 

2.37 “Prior Plans” shall mean, collectively, the Company’s 1993, 1996, 2001 and 2002 Option Plans, as amended. 

2.38 “Restricted Stock” shall mean any Share issued with the restriction that the holder may not sell, transfer, pledge or
assign such Share and with such other restrictions as the Committee, in its sole discretion, may impose (including any restriction on the right to vote such Share and the right to receive any dividends), which restrictions may lapse separately or in
combination at such time or times, in installments or otherwise, as the Committee may deem appropriate. 
 2.39 “Restricted
Period” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.1. 
 2.40 “Restricted Stock Award” shall have the
meaning set forth in Section 7.1. 
 2.41 “Shares” shall mean the shares of common stock of the Company, par value
$0.10 per share. 
 2.42 “Stock Appreciation Right” shall mean the right granted to a Participant pursuant to Article VI.

 2.43 “Subsidiary” shall mean any corporation (other than the Company) in an unbroken chain of corporations beginning
with the Company if, at the time of the granting of the Award, each of the corporations other than the last corporation in the unbroken chain owns stock possessing 50% or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the
other corporations in the chain. 
 2.44 “Substitute Awards” shall mean Awards granted or Shares issued by the Company in
assumption of, or in substitution or exchange for, awards previously granted, or the right or obligation to make future awards, by a company acquired by the Company or any Subsidiary or with which the Company or any Subsidiary combines. 

ARTICLE III 
 SHARES
SUBJECT TO THE PLAN 
 3.1 Number of Shares. 

(a) Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 12.2, a total of 8,950,000 Shares shall be authorized for grant under the Plan, plus any
Shares subject to awards granted under the Prior Plans and Individual Arrangements, which such awards are forfeited, expire or otherwise terminate without issuance of Shares, or are settled for cash or otherwise do not result in the issuance of
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Awards of Options or Stock Appreciation Rights shall be counted against this limit as one Share for every one Share granted. Any Shares that are subject to Awards other than Options or Stock
Appreciation Rights (including, but not limited to, Shares delivered in satisfaction of Dividend Equivalents) shall be counted against this limit as 1.4 Shares for every one Share granted. 

(b) If any Shares subject to an Award or to an award under the Prior Plans or Individual Arrangements are forfeited, expire or otherwise
terminate without issuance of such Shares, or any Award or award under the Prior Plans or Individual Arrangements is settled for cash or otherwise does not result in the issuance of all or a portion of the Shares subject to such Award, the Shares
shall, to the extent of such forfeiture, expiration, termination, cash settlement or non-issuance, again be available for Awards under the Plan, subject to Section 3.1(e) below. 

(c) In the event that (i) any Option or other Award granted under this Plan or any option or award granted under the Prior Plans or
Individual Arrangements is exercised through the tendering of Shares (either actually, by attestation, or by the giving of instructions to a broker to remit to the Company that portion of the sales price required to pay the exercise price) or by the
withholding of Shares by the Company, or (ii) withholding tax liabilities arising from such Options or Awards under this Plan or options or awards under a Prior Plan or an Individual Arrangement are satisfied by the tendering of Shares (either
actually, by attestation, or by the giving of instructions to a broker to remit to the Company that portion of the sales price required to pay the exercise price) or by the withholding of Shares by the Company, then the Shares so tendered or
withheld shall not again be available for Awards under the Plan. 
 (d) Substitute Awards shall not reduce the Shares authorized for
issuance under the Plan or authorized for grant to a Participant in any calendar year. Additionally, in the event that a company acquired by the Company or any Subsidiary, or with which the Company or any Subsidiary combines, has shares available
under a pre-existing plan approved by shareholders and not adopted in contemplation of such acquisition or combination, the shares available for grant pursuant to the terms of such pre-existing plan (as adjusted, to the extent appropriate, using the
exchange ratio or other adjustment or valuation ratio or formula used in such acquisition or combination to determine the consideration payable to the holders of common stock of the entities party to such acquisition or combination) may be used for
Awards under the Plan and shall not reduce the Shares authorized for issuance under the Plan; provided that Awards using such available shares shall not be made after the date awards or grants could have been made under the terms of the pre-existing
plan, absent the acquisition or combination, and shall only be made to individuals who were employees, directors or consultants of such acquired or combined company before such acquisition or combination. 

(e) Any Shares that again become available for grant pursuant to this Article III shall be added back as one Share if such Shares were subject
to Options or Stock Appreciation Rights granted under the Plan or options or stock appreciation rights granted under the Prior Plans or Individual Arrangements, and as 1.4 Shares if such Shares were subject to Awards other than Options or Stock
Appreciation Rights granted under the Plan. 
 3.2 Limitations on Grants to Individual Participant. Subject to adjustment as provided
in Section 12.2, no Participant may be granted (i) Options or Stock Appreciation Rights during any 12-month period with respect to more than 1,500,000 Shares, or (ii) Restricted Stock, Performance Awards and/or Other Stock Unit Awards
that are denominated in Shares in any 12-month period with respect to more than 750,000 Shares (the “Limitations”). In addition to the foregoing, the maximum dollar value payable to any Participant in any 12-month period with respect to
Performance Awards and/or Other Stock Unit Awards that are valued with reference to cash or property other than Shares is $2,500,000. If an Award is cancelled, the cancelled Award shall continue to be counted toward the applicable Limitations. 

3.3 Character of Shares. Any Shares issued hereunder may consist, in whole or in part, of authorized and unissued shares, treasury
shares or shares purchased in the open market or otherwise. 

  
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 ARTICLE IV 

ELIGIBILITY AND ADMINISTRATION 

4.1 Eligibility. Any Employee, Director or Consultant shall be eligible to be selected as a Participant. Only Employees may receive
awards of Incentive Stock Options. 
 4.2 Administration. 

(a) The Plan shall be administered by the Committee, constituted as follows: 

(i) The Committee will consist of the Board, or a committee designated by the Board, which Committee will be constituted to satisfy
Applicable Laws. Once appointed, a Committee will serve in its designated capacity until otherwise directed by the Board. The Board may increase the size of the Committee and appoint additional members, remove members (with or without cause) and
substitute new members, fill vacancies (however caused), and remove all members of the Committee and thereafter directly administer the Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless the Board expressly resolves to the contrary, while the Company is
registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act, the Plan will be administered only by the Compensation Committee of the Board (or such other committee designated by the Compensation Committee of the Board), consisting of no fewer than
two Directors, each of whom is (A) a “non-employee director” within the meaning of Rule 16b-3 (or any successor rule) of the Exchange Act, (B) an “outside director” within the meaning of Section 162(m)(4)(C)(i) of
the Code, and (C) an “independent director” for purpose of the rules and regulations of the New York Stock Exchange or other exchange or quotation system on which the Shares are principally traded; provided, however, the failure of
the Committee to be composed solely of individuals who are “non-employee directors,” “outside directors,” and “independent directors” shall not render ineffective or void any awards or grants made by, or other actions
taken by, such Committee. 
 (ii) The Plan may be administered by different bodies with respect to Directors, officers who are not
Directors, and Employees and Consultants who are neither Directors nor officers, and Covered Employees. 
 (b) The Committee shall have full
discretion, power and authority, subject to the provisions of the Plan and subject to such orders or resolutions not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan as may from time to time be adopted by the Board, to: (i) select the Employees,
Consultants and Directors to whom Awards may from time to time be granted hereunder; (ii) determine the type or types of Awards, not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan, to be granted to each Participant hereunder; (iii) determine
the number of Shares to be covered by each Award granted hereunder; (iv) determine the terms and conditions, not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan, of any Award granted hereunder and the form and content of any Award Agreement;
(v) determine whether, to what extent and under what circumstances Awards may be settled in cash, Shares or other property, subject to the provisions of the Plan; (vi) determine whether, to what extent and under what circumstances any
Award shall be modified, amended, canceled or suspended; (vii) interpret and administer the Plan and any instrument or agreement entered into under or in connection with the Plan, including any Award Agreement; (viii) correct any defect,
supply any omission or reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan or any Award in the manner and to the extent that the Committee shall deem desirable to carry it into effect; (ix) establish such rules and regulations and appoint such agents as it
shall deem appropriate for the proper administration of the Plan; (x) determine whether any Award will have Dividend Equivalents; (xi) determine whether, to what extent, and under what circumstances cash, Shares, or other property payable
with respect to an Award shall be deferred either automatically or at the election of the Participant; provided that the Committee shall take no action that would subject the Participant to a penalty tax under Section 409A of the Code; and
(xii) make any other determination and take any other action that the Committee deems necessary or desirable for administration of the Plan. 

(c) Decisions of the Committee shall be final, conclusive and binding on all persons or entities, including the Company, any Participant, any
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majority of the members of the Committee may determine its actions and fix the time and place of its meetings. 

(d) The Committee may delegate to a committee of one or more Directors of the Company or, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, to one or
more officers or a committee of officers, the authority to grant Awards to Employees and officers of the Company who are not Directors, Covered Employees, or “officers,” as such term is defined by Rule
16a-1(f) of the Exchange Act, and to cancel or suspend Awards to Employees and officers of the Company who are not Directors, Covered Employees, or “officers,” as such term is defined by Rule
16a-1(f) of the Exchange Act. 
 ARTICLE V 

OPTIONS 
 5.1 Grant of
Options. Options may be granted hereunder to Participants either alone or in addition to other Awards granted under the Plan. Any Option shall be subject to the terms and conditions of this Article V and to such additional terms and conditions,
not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan, as the Committee shall deem desirable. 
 5.2 Award Agreements. All Options granted
pursuant to this Article V shall be evidenced by a written Award Agreement in such form and containing such terms and conditions as the Committee shall determine which are not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan. Granting of an Option
pursuant to the Plan shall impose no obligation on the recipient to exercise such Option. Any individual who is granted an Option pursuant to this Article V may hold more than one Option granted pursuant to the Plan at the same time. 

5.3 Option Price. Other than in connection with Substitute Awards, the option price per each Share purchasable under any Option granted
pursuant to this Article V shall not be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of such Share on the date of grant of such Option. Other than pursuant to Section 12.2, the Committee shall not be permitted to (a) lower the option price per
Share of an Option after it is granted, (b) cancel an Option when the option price per Share exceeds the Fair Market Value of the underlying Shares in exchange for another Award (other than in connection with Substitute Awards), and
(c) take any other action with respect to an Option that may be treated as a repricing under the rules and regulations of the New York Stock Exchange or other exchange or quotation system on which the Shares are principally traded. 

5.4 Option Period. The term of each Option shall be fixed by the Committee in its sole discretion; provided that no Option shall be
exercisable after the expiration of ten years from the date the Option is granted. 
 5.5 Exercise of Options. Vested Options granted
under the Plan shall be exercised by the Participant or by a Permitted Assignee thereof (or by the Participant’s executors, administrators, guardian, beneficiary, or legal representative, or Family Members, as may be provided in an Award
Agreement) as to all or part of the Shares covered thereby, by the giving of written notice of exercise to the Company or its designated agent, specifying the number of Shares to be purchased, accompanied by payment of the full purchase price for
the Shares being purchased. Unless otherwise provided in an Award Agreement, full payment of such purchase price shall be made at the time of exercise and shall be made (a) in cash or by certified check or bank check or wire transfer of
immediately available funds, (b) with the consent of the Committee, by tendering previously acquired Shares (either actually or by attestation, valued at their then Fair Market Value) that have been owned for a period of at least six months (or
such other period to avoid accounting charges against the Company’s earnings), (c) with the consent of the Committee, by delivery of other consideration (including, where permitted by law and the Committee, other Awards) having a Fair
Market Value on the exercise date equal to the total purchase price, (d) with the consent of the Committee, by withholding Shares otherwise issuable in connection with the exercise of the Option, (e) with the consent of the Committee, by
delivery of a properly executed exercise notice together with any other documentation as the Committee and the Participant’s broker, if applicable, require to effect an exercise of the Option and delivery to the Company of the sale or other
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of the foregoing. In connection with a tender of previously acquired Shares pursuant to clause (b) above, the Committee, in its sole discretion, may permit the Participant to constructively
exchange Shares already owned by the Participant in lieu of actually tendering such Shares to the Company, provided that adequate documentation concerning the ownership of the Shares to be constructively tendered is furnished in form satisfactory to
the Committee. The notice of exercise, accompanied by such payment, shall be delivered to the Company at its principal business office or such other office as the Committee may from time to time direct, and shall be in such form, containing such
further provisions consistent with the provisions of the Plan, as the Committee may from time to time prescribe. In no event may any Option granted hereunder be exercised for a fraction of a Share. No adjustment shall be made for cash dividends or
other rights for which the record date is prior to the date of such issuance. 
 5.6 Form of Settlement. In its sole discretion, the
Committee may provide, at the time of grant, that the Shares to be issued upon an Option’s exercise shall be in the form of Restricted Stock or other similar securities, or may reserve the right so to provide after the time of grant. 

5.7 Incentive Stock Options. With respect to the Options that may be granted by the Committee under the Plan, the Committee may grant
Options intended to qualify as Incentive Stock Options to any Employee of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary, subject to the requirements of Section 422 of the Code. The Award Agreement of an Option intended to qualify as an Incentive
Stock Option shall designate the Option as an Incentive Stock Option Notwithstanding anything in Section 3.1 to the contrary and solely for the purposes of determining whether Shares are available for the grant of Incentive Stock Options under
the Plan, the maximum aggregate number of Shares with respect to which Incentive Stock Options may be granted under the Plan shall be 8,950,000 Shares. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 5.3, in the case of an Incentive Stock Option
granted to an Employee who, at the time the Incentive Stock Option is granted, owns stock representing more than ten percent of the voting power of all classes of capital stock of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary, the per Share exercise price
will be no less than 110% of the Fair Market Value per Share on the date of grant. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 5.4, in the case of an Incentive Stock Option granted to an Employee who, at the time the Incentive Stock Option is
granted, owns stock representing more than ten percent of the voting power of all classes of capital stock of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary, the term of the Incentive Stock Option will be five years from the date of grant or any shorter
term specified in the Award Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Shares subject to an Employee’s Incentive Stock Options (granted under all plans of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary), which become exercisable for the first
time during any calendar year, have a Fair Market Value in excess of $100,000, the Options accounting for this excess will be not be treated as Incentive Stock Options. For purposes of the preceding sentence, Incentive Stock Options will be taken
into account in the order in which they were granted, and the Fair Market Value of the Shares will be determined as of the time of grant. 

5.8 Termination of Employment or Consulting Relationship or Directorship. If a Participant holds exercisable Options on the date his or
her Continuous Status as an Employee, Director or Consultant terminates (other than because of termination due to Cause, death or Disability), the Participant may exercise the Options that were vested and exercisable as of the date of termination
until the end of the original term or for a period of 90 days following such termination, whichever is earlier (or such other period as is set forth in the Award Agreement or determined by the Committee). If the Participant is not entitled to
exercise his or her entire Option at the date of such termination, the Shares covered by the unexercisable portion of the Option will revert to the Plan, unless otherwise set forth in the Award Agreement or determined by the Committee. The Committee
may determine in its sole discretion that such unexercisable portion of the Option will become exercisable at such times and on such terms as the Committee may determine in its sole discretion. If the Participant does not exercise an Option within
the time specified above after termination, that Option will expire, and the Shares covered by it will revert to the Plan, except as otherwise determined by the Committee. 

5.9 Disability of Participant. If a Participant holds exercisable Options on the date his or her Continuous Status as an Employee,
Director or Consultant terminates because of Disability, the Participant may exercise the Options that were vested and exercisable as of the date of termination until the end of the original term or for a period of 36 months following such
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period as is set forth in the Award Agreement or determined by the Committee). If the Participant is not entitled to exercise his or her entire Option at the date of such termination, the Shares
covered by the unexercisable portion of the Option will revert to the Plan, unless otherwise set forth in the Award Agreement or determined by the Committee. The Committee may determine in its sole discretion that such unexercisable portion of the
Option will become exercisable at such times and on such terms as the Committee may determine in its sole discretion. If the Participant does not exercise an Option within the time specified above after termination, that Option will expire, and the
Shares covered by it will revert to the Plan, except as otherwise determined by the Committee. 
 5.10 Death of Participant. If a
Participant holds exercisable Options on the date his or her death, the Participant’s estate or a person who acquired the right to exercise the Option by bequest or inheritance or under Section 12.3 may exercise the Options that were
vested and exercisable as of the date of death until the end of the original term or for a period of 36 months following the date of death, whichever is earlier (or such other period as is set forth in the Award Agreement or determined by the
Committee). If the Participant is not entitled to exercise his or her entire Option at the date of death, the Shares covered by the unexercisable portion of the Option will revert to the Plan, unless otherwise set forth in the Award Agreement or
determined by the Committee. The Committee may determine in its sole discretion that such unexercisable portion of the Option will become exercisable at such times and on such terms as the Committee may determine in its sole discretion. If the
Participant’s estate or a person who acquired the right to exercise the Option by bequest or inheritance or under Section 12.3 does not exercise the Option within the time specified above after the date of death, the Option will expire,
and the Shares covered by it will revert to the Plan, except as otherwise determined by the Committee. 
 ARTICLE VI 

STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS 

6.1 Grant and Exercise. The Committee may provide Stock Appreciation Rights either alone or in addition to other Awards upon such terms
and conditions as the Committee may establish in its sole discretion. 
 6.2 Terms and Conditions. Stock Appreciation Rights shall be
subject to such terms and conditions, not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan, as shall be determined from time to time by the Committee, including the following: 

(a) Upon the exercise of a Stock Appreciation Right, the holder shall have the right to receive the excess of (i) the Fair Market Value
of one Share on the date of exercise or such other amount as the Committee shall so determine at any time during a specified period before the date of exercise over (ii) the grant price of the right on the date of grant, which, except in the
case of Substitute Awards or in connection with an adjustment provided in Section 12.2, shall not be less than the Fair Market Value of one Share on such date of grant of the right. 

(b) Upon the exercise of a Stock Appreciation Right, payment shall be made in whole Shares, or cash to the extent permissible without penalty
to the Participant under Section 409A of the Code. 
 (c) The provisions of Stock Appreciation Rights need not be the same with respect
to each recipient. 
 (d) The Committee may impose such other conditions or restrictions on the terms of exercise and the exercise price of
any Stock Appreciation Right, as it shall deem appropriate. In connection with the foregoing, the Committee shall consider the applicability and effect of Section 162(m) of the Code. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this
Section 6.2, but subject to Section 12.2, a Stock Appreciation Right shall not have (i) an exercise price less than Fair Market Value on the date of grant, or (ii) a term of greater than ten years. In addition to the foregoing,
but subject to Section 12.2, the base amount of any Stock Appreciation Right shall not be reduced after the date of grant. The Committee shall take no action under this Article VI that would subject a Participant to a penalty tax under
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 6.3 Termination of Employment or Consulting Relationship or Directorship. If a Participant
holds exercisable Stock Appreciation Rights on the date his or her Continuous Status as an Employee, Director or Consultant terminates (other than because of termination due to Cause, death or Disability), the Participant may exercise the Stock
Appreciation Rights that were vested and exercisable as of the date of termination until the end of the original term or for a period of 90 days following such termination, whichever is earlier (or such other period as is set forth in the Award
Agreement or determined by the Committee). If the Participant is not entitled to exercise his or her entire Stock Appreciation Right at the date of such termination, the Shares covered by the unexercisable portion of the Stock Appreciation Right
will revert to the Plan, unless otherwise set forth in the Award Agreement or determined by the Committee. The Committee may determine in its sole discretion that such unexercisable portion of the Stock Appreciation Right will become exercisable at
such times and on such terms as the Committee may determine in its sole discretion. If the Participant does not exercise a Stock Appreciation Right within the time specified above after termination, that Stock Appreciation Right will expire, and the
Shares covered by it will revert to the Plan, except as otherwise determined by the Committee. 
 6.4 Disability of Participant. If a
Participant holds exercisable Stock Appreciation Rights on the date his or her Continuous Status as an Employee, Director or Consultant terminates because of Disability, the Participant may exercise the Stock Appreciation Rights that were vested and
exercisable as of the date of termination until the end of the original term or for a period of 36 months following such termination, whichever is earlier (or such other period as is set forth in the Award Agreement or determined by the Committee).
If the Participant is not entitled to exercise his or her entire Stock Appreciation Right at the date of such termination, the Shares covered by the unexercisable portion of the Stock Appreciation Right will revert to the Plan, unless otherwise set
forth in the Award Agreement or determined by the Committee. The Committee may determine in its sole discretion that such unexercisable portion of the Stock Appreciation Right will become exercisable at such times and on such terms as the Committee
may determine in its sole discretion. If the Participant does not exercise a Stock Appreciation Right within the time specified above after termination, that Stock Appreciation Right will expire, and the Shares covered by it will revert to the Plan,
except as otherwise determined by the Committee. 
 6.5 Death of Participant. If a Participant holds exercisable Stock Appreciation
Rights on the date his or her death, the Participant’s estate or a person who acquired the right to exercise the Stock Appreciation Rights by bequest or inheritance or under Section 12.3 may exercise the Stock Appreciation Rights that were
vested and exercisable as of the date of death until the end of the original term or for a period of 36 months following the date of death, whichever is earlier (or such other period as is set forth in the Award Agreement or determined by the
Committee). If the Participant is not entitled to exercise his or her entire Stock Appreciation Right at the date of death, the Shares covered by the unexercisable portion of the Stock Appreciation Right will revert to the Plan, unless otherwise set
forth in the Award Agreement or determined by the Committee. The Committee may determine in its sole discretion that such unexercisable portion of the Stock Appreciation Right will become exercisable at such times and on such terms as the Committee
may determine in its sole discretion. If the Participant’s estate or a person who acquired the right to exercise the Stock Appreciation Right by bequest or inheritance or under Section 12.3 does not exercise the Stock Appreciation Right
within the time specified above after the date of death, the Stock Appreciation Right will expire, and the Shares covered by it will revert to the Plan, except as otherwise determined by the Committee. 

ARTICLE VII 
 RESTRICTED
STOCK AWARDS 
 7.1 Grants. Awards of Restricted Stock may be issued hereunder to Participants either alone or in addition to
other Awards granted under the Plan (a “Restricted Stock Award”). A Restricted Stock Award shall be subject to restrictions imposed by the Committee covering a period of time specified by the Committee (the “Restriction Period”).
The provisions of Restricted Stock Awards need not be the same with respect to each recipient. The Committee has absolute discretion to determine whether any consideration (other than services) is to be received by the Company or any Affiliate as a
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 7.2 Award Agreements. The terms of any Restricted Stock Award granted under the Plan shall
be set forth in a written Award Agreement which shall contain provisions determined by the Committee and not inconsistent with the Plan. 

7.3 Rights of Holders of Restricted Stock. Except as otherwise provided in the Award Agreement, beginning on the date of grant of the
Restricted Stock Award and subject to execution of the Award Agreement, the Participant shall become a shareholder of the Company with respect to all Shares subject to the Award Agreement and shall have all of the rights of a shareholder, including
the right to vote such Shares and the right to receive distributions made with respect to such Shares; provided, however that any Shares or any other property (other than cash) distributed as a dividend or otherwise with respect to any Restricted
Shares as to which the restrictions have not yet lapsed shall be subject to the same restrictions as such Restricted Shares. 
 ARTICLE
VIII 
 OTHER STOCK UNIT AWARDS 

8.1 Other Stock Unit Awards. Other Awards of Shares and other Awards that are valued in whole or in part by reference to, or are
otherwise based on, Shares or other property (“Other Stock Unit Awards”) may be granted hereunder to Participants, either alone or in addition to other Awards granted under the Plan, and such Other Stock Unit Awards shall also be available
as a form of payment in the settlement of other Awards granted under the Plan. Other Stock Unit Awards shall be paid in Shares or cash. Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Committee shall have sole and complete authority to determine the
Employees, Consultants and Directors to whom and the time or times at which such Other Stock Unit Awards shall be made, the number of Shares to be granted pursuant to such Awards, and all other conditions of the Awards. The provisions of Other Stock
Unit Awards need not be the same with respect to each recipient. 
 8.2 Terms and Conditions. Shares (including securities
convertible into Shares) subject to Awards granted under this Article VIII may be issued for no consideration or for such minimum consideration as may be required by Applicable Law. Shares (including securities convertible into Shares) purchased
pursuant to a purchase right awarded under this Article VIII shall be purchased for such consideration as the Committee shall determine in its sole discretion. 

ARTICLE IX 
 PERFORMANCE
AWARDS 
 9.1 Terms of Performance Awards. Performance Awards may be issued hereunder to Participants, for no consideration or
for such minimum consideration as may be required by Applicable Law, either alone or in addition to other Awards granted under the Plan. The performance criteria to be achieved during any Performance Period and the length of the Performance Period
shall be determined by the Committee upon the grant of each Performance Award; provided, however, that a Performance Period shall not be shorter than six months nor longer than five years. Except as provided in Article XI or as may be provided in an
Award Agreement, Performance Awards will be distributed only after the end of the relevant Performance Period. Performance Awards may be paid in cash, Shares, other property, or any combination thereof, in the sole discretion of the Committee at the
time of payment. The performance goals to be achieved for each Performance Period shall be conclusively determined by the Committee and may be based upon the criteria set forth in Section 10.2. The amount of the Award to be distributed shall be
conclusively determined by the Committee. Performance Awards may be paid in a lump sum or in installments following the close of the Performance Period. 

ARTICLE X 
 CODE SECTION
162(M) PROVISIONS 
 10.1 Covered Employees. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, if the Committee determines at the
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deduction in connection with such Award, a Covered Employee, then the Committee may provide that this Article X is applicable to such Award. 

10.2 Performance Criteria. If Restricted Stock, a Performance Award or an Other Stock Unit Award is subject to this Article X, then the
lapsing of restrictions thereon and the distribution of cash, Shares or other property pursuant thereto, as applicable, shall be subject to the achievement of one or more objective performance goals established by the Committee, which shall be based
on the attainment of specified levels of or growth of one or any combination of the following factors, or an objective formula determined at the time of the Award that is based on modified or unmodified calculations of one or any combination of the
following factors: net sales; pretax income before or after allocation of corporate overhead and bonus; earnings per share; net income; division, group or corporate financial goals; return on stockholders’ equity; return on assets; attainment
of strategic and operational initiatives; appreciation in and/or maintenance of the price of the Shares or any other publicly-traded securities of the Company; market share; gross profits; earnings before taxes; earnings before interest and taxes;
earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (“EBITDA”); an adjusted formula of EBITDA determined by the Committee; economic value-added models; comparisons with various stock market indices; reductions in costs, and/or
return on invested capital of the Company or any Affiliate, division or business unit of the Company for or within which the Participant is primarily employed. Such performance goals also may be based solely by reference to the Company’s
performance or the performance of an Affiliate, division or business unit of the Company, or based upon the relative performance of other companies or upon comparisons of any of the indicators of performance relative to other companies. Unless the
Committee specifies otherwise when it sets performance goals for an Award, objective adjustments shall be made to any of the foregoing measures for items that will not properly reflect the Company’s financial performance for these purposes,
such as the write-off of debt issuance costs, pre-opening and development costs, gain or loss from asset dispositions, asset or other impairment charges, litigation settlement costs, and other non-routine items that may occur during the Performance
Period. Also, unless the Committee determines otherwise in setting the performance goals for an Award, such performance goals shall be applied by excluding the impact of (a) restructurings, discontinued operations and charges for extraordinary
items, (b) an event either not directly related to the operations of the Company or not within the reasonable control of the Company’s management, or (c) a change in accounting standards required by generally accepted accounting
principles. Such performance goals shall be set by the Committee within the time period prescribed by, and shall otherwise comply with the requirements of, Section 162(m) of the Code, or any successor provision thereto, and the regulations
thereunder. 
 10.3 Adjustments. Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan (other than Article XI), with respect to any Restricted
Stock, Performance Award or Other Stock Unit Award that is subject to this Article X, the Committee may adjust downward, but not upward, the amount payable pursuant to such Award, and the Committee may not waive the achievement of the applicable
performance goals, except in the case of the death or Disability of the Participant or the occurrence of a Change of Control. 
 10.4
Determination of Performance. Prior to the vesting, payment, settlement or lapsing of any restrictions with respect to any Restricted Stock, Performance Award or Other Stock Unit Award that is subject to this Article X, the Committee shall
certify in writing that the applicable performance goals have been achieved to the extent necessary for such Award to qualify as “performance based compensation” within the meaning of Section 162(m)(4)(C) of the Code. 

10.5 Restrictions. The Committee shall have the power to impose such other restrictions on Awards subject to this Article X as it may
deem necessary or appropriate to ensure that such Awards satisfy all requirements for “performance-based compensation” within the meaning of Section 162(m)(4)(C) of the Code, or which are not inconsistent with such requirements. 

ARTICLE XI 
 CHANGE OF
CONTROL PROVISIONS 
 11.1 Impact of Change of Control. Except as otherwise provided in the Award Agreement evidencing an Award
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May 20, 2014 (the “2014 Restatement”), immediately prior to a Change of Control of the Company, (a) Options and Stock Appreciation Rights outstanding as of the date of the
Change of Control shall vest and become fully exercisable, (b) restrictions and deferral limitations on Restricted Stock shall lapse and the Restricted Stock shall become free of all restrictions and limitations and become fully vested,
(c) all Performance Awards shall be considered to be earned and payable at target (as established by the Committee) and become fully vested, and any deferral or other restriction shall lapse and such Performance Awards shall be immediately
settled or distributed, (d) the restrictions and deferral limitations and other conditions applicable to any Other Stock Unit Awards or any other Awards shall lapse, and such Other Stock Unit Awards or such other Awards shall become free of all
restrictions, limitations or conditions and become fully vested and transferable to the full extent of the original grant, and (e) such other additional benefits, changes or adjustments as the Committee deems appropriate and fair shall apply,
subject in each case to any terms and conditions contained in the Award Agreement evidencing such Award. The foregoing provisions shall apply to all Awards granted on or before the 2014 Restatement, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
in the Award Agreements or other documents relating to such Awards. For the avoidance of doubt, to the extent any Award Agreement or other document relating to an Award granted before the date of a Change of Control provides for termination,
cancellation or forfeiture of the Award upon a termination of employment, and the employment of the recipient of such Award is terminated on the date of a Change of Control, the Award holder shall entitled to the benefits set forth in the first
sentence of this Section 11.1, notwithstanding such termination of employment. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, the Committee, in its discretion, may determine that, upon the occurrence of a Change of Control of the Company,
(a) each Option and Stock Appreciation Right shall remain exercisable for only a limited period of time determined by the Committee (provided that they remain exercisable for at least 30 days after notice of such action is given to the
Participants), or (b) each Option and Stock Appreciation Right outstanding shall terminate within a specified number of days after notice to the Participant, and such Participant shall receive, with respect to each Share subject to such Option
or Stock Appreciation Right, an amount equal to the excess of the Fair Market Value of such Share immediately prior to the occurrence of such Change of Control over the exercise price per share of such Option and/or Stock Appreciation Right; such
amount to be payable in cash, in one or more kinds of stock or property (including the stock or property, if any, payable in the transaction) or in a combination thereof, as the Committee, in its discretion, shall determine. Notwithstanding the
foregoing and the provisions of Section 11.2, the Committee will take no action that would subject any Participant to a penalty tax under Section 409A of the Code. 

11.2 Assumption Upon Change of Control. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the terms of any Award Agreement for an Award granted following
the 2014 Restatement may also provide that, if in the event of a Change of Control the successor company assumes or substitutes for an Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Share of Restricted Stock or Other Stock Unit Award, then each outstanding
Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Share of Restricted Stock or Other Stock Unit Award shall not be accelerated as described in Sections 11.1(a), (b) and (d). For the purposes of this Section 11.2, an Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Share
of Restricted Stock or Other Stock Unit Award shall be considered assumed or substituted for if following the Change of Control the award confers the right to purchase or receive, for each Share subject to the Option, Stock Appreciation Right,
Restricted Stock Award or Other Stock Unit Award immediately prior to the Change of Control, the consideration (whether stock, cash or other securities or property) received in the transaction constituting a Change of Control by holders of Shares
for each Share held on the effective date of such transaction (and if holders were offered a choice of consideration, the type of consideration chosen by the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares); provided, however, that if such
consideration received in the transaction constituting a Change of Control is not solely common stock of the successor company, the Committee may, with the consent of the successor company, provide that the consideration to be received upon the
exercise or vesting of an Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Restricted Stock Award or Other Stock Unit Award, for each Share subject thereto, will be solely common stock of the successor company substantially equal in fair market value to the per
share consideration received by holders of Shares in the transaction constituting a Change of Control. The determination of such substantial equality of value of consideration shall be made by the Committee in its sole discretion and its
determination shall be conclusive and binding. Any assumption or substitution of an Incentive Stock Option will be made in a manner that will not be considered a “modification” under the provisions of Section 424(h)(3) of the Code.
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period following such Change of Control, each Award held by such Participant at the time of the Change of Control shall be accelerated as described in Sections 11.1(a), (b) and
(d) above. 
 ARTICLE XII 

GENERALLY APPLICABLE PROVISIONS 

12.1 Amendment and Modification of the Plan. The Board may, from time to time, alter, amend, suspend or terminate the Plan as it shall
deem advisable, subject to any requirement for stockholder approval imposed by Applicable Law; provided that the Board may not amend the Plan in any manner that would result in noncompliance with Rule 16b-3 of the Exchange Act; and further provided
that the Board may not, without the approval of the Company’s stockholders, amend the Plan to (a) increase the number of Shares that may be the subject of Awards under the Plan (except for adjustments pursuant to Section 12.2),
(b) expand the types of awards available under the Plan, (c) materially expand the class of persons eligible to participate in the Plan, (d) amend any provision of Section 5.3, (e) increase the maximum permissible term of
any Option specified by Section 5.4, or (f) amend any provision of Section 3.2. In addition, no amendments to, or termination of, the Plan (other than by reason of the failure of stockholders to approve the Plan in the manner set
forth in Section 13.12) shall in any way impair the rights of a Participant under any Award previously granted without such Participant’s consent. 

12.2 Adjustments. In the event of any merger, reorganization, consolidation, recapitalization, dividend or distribution (whether in
cash, shares or other property), stock split, reverse stock split, spin-off or similar transaction or other change in corporate structure affecting the Shares or the value thereof, such adjustments and other substitutions shall be made to the Plan
and to Awards as the Committee, in its sole discretion, deems equitable or appropriate, including such adjustments in the aggregate number, class and kind of securities that may be delivered under the Plan and, in the aggregate or to any one
Participant, in the number, class, kind and option or exercise price of securities subject to outstanding Awards granted under the Plan (including, if the Committee deems appropriate, the substitution of similar options to purchase the shares of, or
other awards denominated in the shares of, another company) as the Committee may determine to be appropriate in its sole discretion; provided, however, that the number of Shares subject to any Award shall always be a whole number. Where an
adjustment under this Section 12.2 is made to an Incentive Stock Option, the adjustment will be made in a manner which will not be considered a “modification” under the provisions of subsection 424(h)(3) of the Code. 

12.3 Transferability of Awards. Except as provided below, and except as otherwise authorized by the Committee in an Award Agreement, no
Award, and no Shares subject to Awards that have not been issued or as to which any applicable restriction, performance or deferral period has not lapsed, may be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged or otherwise encumbered, other than by will or the
laws of descent and distribution, and such Award may be exercised during the life of the Participant only by the Participant or the Participant’s guardian or legal representative. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that the Committee
so authorizes in the Award Agreement or otherwise, an Award other than an Incentive Stock Option may be assigned, in whole or in part, during the Participant’s lifetime to one or more Family Members of the Participant. Rights under the assigned
portion may be exercised by the Family Member(s) who acquire a proprietary interest in such Award pursuant to the assignment. The terms applicable to the assigned portion shall be the same as those in effect for the Award immediately before such
assignment and shall be set forth in such documents issued to the assignee as the Committee deems appropriate. 
 (a) Designation of
Beneficiary. A Participant may file a written designation of a beneficiary who is to receive any Awards that remain unexercised in the event of the Participant’s death. If a Participant is married and the designated beneficiary is not the
spouse, spousal consent will be required for the designation to be effective. The Participant may change such designation of beneficiary at any time by written notice to the Committee, subject to the above spousal consent requirement. 

(b) Effect of No Designation. If a Participant dies and there is no beneficiary validly designated and living at the time of the
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Awards to the executor or administrator of his or her estate, or if no such executor or administrator has been appointed (to the knowledge of the Company), the Company, in its discretion, may
deliver such Awards to the spouse or to any one or more dependents or relatives of the Participant, or if no spouse, dependent or relative is known to the Company, then to such other person as the Company may designate. 

(c) Death of Spouse or Dissolution of Marriage. If a Participant designates his or her spouse as beneficiary, that designation will be
deemed automatically revoked if the Participant’s marriage is later dissolved. Similarly, any designation of a beneficiary will be deemed automatically revoked upon the death of the beneficiary if the beneficiary predeceases the Participant.
Without limiting the generality of the preceding sentence, the interest in Awards of a spouse of a Participant who has predeceased the Participant or whose marriage has been dissolved will automatically pass to the Participant, and will not be
transferable by such spouse in any manner, including but not limited to such spouse’s will, nor will any such interest pass under the laws of intestate succession. 

12.4 Termination of Employment. The Committee shall determine and set forth in each Award Agreement whether any Awards granted in such
Award Agreement will continue to be exercisable, and the terms of such exercise, on and after the date that a Participant ceases to be employed by or to provide services to the Company or any Affiliate (including as a Director), whether by reason of
death, disability, voluntary or involuntary termination of employment or services, or otherwise. The date of termination of a Participant’s employment or services will be determined by the Committee, which determination will be final. 

12.5 Dividend Equivalents. Subject to the provisions of the Plan and any Award Agreement, the recipient of an Award (including any
deferred Award) may, if so determined by the Committee, be entitled to receive, currently or on a deferred basis, cash, stock or other property dividends, or cash payments in amounts equivalent to stock or other property dividends on Shares
(“Dividend Equivalents”) with respect to the number of Shares covered by the Award, as determined by the Committee, in its sole discretion, and the Committee may provide that such amounts (if any) shall be deemed to have been reinvested in
additional Shares or otherwise reinvested. 
 ARTICLE XIII 

MISCELLANEOUS 
 13.1 Tax
Withholding. The Company shall have the right to make all payments or distributions pursuant to the Plan to a Participant (or to the Participant’s executors, administrators, guardian, beneficiary, or legal representative, or Family Members)
(any such person, a “Payee”) net of any applicable Federal, State and local taxes required to be paid or withheld as a result of (a) the grant of any Award, (b) the exercise of an Option or Stock Appreciation Rights, (c) the
delivery of Shares or cash, (d) the lapse of any restrictions in connection with any Award, or (e) any other event occurring pursuant to the Plan. The Company or any Affiliate shall have the right to withhold from wages or other amounts
otherwise payable to such Payee such withholding taxes as may be required by law, or to otherwise require the Payee to pay such withholding taxes. If the Payee shall fail to make such tax payments as are required, the Company or its Affiliates
shall, to the extent permitted by law, have the right to deduct any such taxes from any payment of any kind otherwise due to such Payee or to take such other action as may be necessary to satisfy such withholding obligations. The Committee shall be
authorized to establish procedures for election by Participants to satisfy such obligation for the payment of such taxes by tendering previously acquired Shares (either actually or by attestation, valued at their then Fair Market Value) that have
been owned for a period of at least six months (or such other period to avoid accounting charges against the Company’s earnings), or by directing the Company to retain Shares (up to the employee’s minimum required tax withholding rate)
otherwise deliverable in connection with the Award. If Shares acquired upon exercise of any Incentive Stock Option are disposed of in a disposition that, under Section 422 of the Code, disqualifies the holder from the application of
Section 421(a) of the Code, the holder of the Shares immediately before the disposition will comply with any requirements imposed by the Company in order to enable the Company to secure the related income tax deduction to which it is entitled
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 13.2 Right of Discharge Reserved; Claims to Awards. Nothing in the Plan nor the grant of
an Award hereunder shall confer upon any Employee, Consultant or Director the right to continue in the employment or service of the Company or any Affiliate or affect any right that the Company or any Affiliate may have to terminate the employment
or service of (or to demote or to exclude from future Awards under the Plan) any such Employee, Consultant or Director at any time for any reason. The Company shall not be liable for the loss of existing or potential profit from an Award granted in
the event of termination of an employment or other relationship. No Employee or Participant shall have any claim to be granted any Award under the Plan, and there is no obligation for uniformity of treatment of Employees or Participants under the
Plan. 
 13.3 Prospective Recipient. The prospective recipient of any Award under the Plan shall not, with respect to such Award, be
deemed to have become a Participant, or to have any rights with respect to such Award, until and unless such recipient shall have executed an agreement or other instrument evidencing the Award and delivered a copy thereof to the Company, and
otherwise complied with the then applicable terms and conditions. 
 13.4 Cancellation of Award. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained herein, all outstanding Awards granted to any Participant may be canceled in the discretion of the Committee if the Participant’s Continuous Status as an Employee, Director or Consultant is terminated for Cause, or if, after
the termination of the Participant’s Continuous Status as an Employee, Director, or Consultant, the Committee determines that Cause existed before such termination. 

13.5 Stop Transfer Orders. All certificates for Shares delivered under the Plan pursuant to any Award shall be subject to such
stop-transfer orders and other restrictions as the Committee may deem advisable under the provisions of this Plan, the rules, regulations and other requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, any stock exchange upon which the Shares are
then listed, and any applicable federal or state 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. 

13.6 Nature of Payments. All Awards made pursuant to the Plan are in consideration of services performed or to be performed for the
Company or any Affiliate, division or business unit of the Company. Any income or gain realized pursuant to Awards under the Plan and any Stock Appreciation Rights constitute a special incentive payment to the Participant and shall not be taken into
account, to the extent permissible under Applicable Law, as compensation for purposes of any of the employee benefit plans of the Company or any Affiliate except as may be determined by the Committee or by the Board or board of directors of the
applicable Affiliate. 
 13.7 Other Plans. Nothing contained in the Plan shall prevent the Board from adopting other or additional
compensation arrangements, subject to stockholder approval if such approval is required; and such arrangements may be either generally applicable or applicable only in specific cases. 

13.8 Severability. If any provision of the Plan shall be held unlawful or otherwise invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part by a
court of competent jurisdiction, such provision shall (a) be deemed limited to the extent that such court of competent jurisdiction deems it lawful, valid and/or enforceable and as so limited shall remain in full force and effect, and
(b) not affect any other provision of the Plan or part thereof, each of which shall remain in full force and effect. If the making of any payment or the provision of any other benefit required under the Plan shall be held unlawful or otherwise
invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, such unlawfulness, invalidity or unenforceability shall not prevent any other payment or benefit from being made or provided under the Plan, and if the making of any payment in full or
the provision of any other benefit required under the Plan in full would be unlawful or otherwise invalid or unenforceable, then such unlawfulness, invalidity or unenforceability shall not prevent such payment or benefit from being made or provided
in part, to the extent that it would not be unlawful, invalid or unenforceable, and the maximum payment or benefit that would not be unlawful, invalid or unenforceable shall be made or provided under the Plan. 

  
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 13.9 Construction. All references in the Plan to “Section,”
“Sections,” or “Article” are intended to refer to the Section, Sections or Article, as the case may be, of the Plan. As used in the Plan, the words “include” and “including,” and variations thereof, shall not
be deemed to be terms of limitation, but rather shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation.” 
 13.10
Unfunded Status of the Plan. The Plan is intended to constitute an “unfunded” plan for incentive and deferred compensation. With respect to any payments not yet made to a Participant by the Company, nothing contained herein shall give
any such Participant any rights that are greater than those of a general creditor of the Company. In its sole discretion, the Committee may authorize the creation of trusts or other arrangements to meet the obligations created under the Plan to
deliver the Shares or payments in lieu of or with respect to Awards hereunder; provided, however, that the existence of such trusts or other arrangements is consistent with the unfunded status of the Plan. 

13.11 Governing Law. The Plan and all determinations made and actions taken thereunder, to the extent not otherwise governed by the
Code or the laws of the United States, shall be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware and construed accordingly. 
 13.12
Effective Date of Plan; Termination of Plan. The Plan shall be effective on the date of its adoption by the Board, subject to the approval of the Plan, within 12 months thereafter, by affirmative votes representing a majority of the votes cast
under Applicable Laws at a duly constituted meeting of the stockholders of the Company. After the adoption of this Plan by the Board, Awards may be made, but all such Awards shall be subject to stockholder approval of this Plan in accordance with
the first sentence of this Section 13.12, and no Options or Stock Appreciation Rights may be exercised prior to such stockholder approval of the Plan. If the stockholders do not approve this Plan in the manner set forth in the first sentence of
this Section 13.12, this Plan, and all Awards granted hereunder, shall be null and void and of no effect. Awards may be granted under the Plan at any time and from time to time on or prior to the tenth anniversary of the effective date of the
Plan (unless the Board sooner suspends or terminates the Plan under Section 12.1), on which date the Plan will expire except as to Awards then outstanding under the Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless affirmative votes representing a
majority of the votes cast under Applicable Laws approve the continuation of Article X at the first duly constituted meeting of the stockholders of the Company that occurs in the fifth year following the later of i) the effective date of this Plan
or ii) the then most recent re-approval of the continuation of Article X of the Plan, no Awards other than Options or Stock Appreciation Rights shall be made to Covered Employees following the date of such meeting. Except as set forth in the third
sentence of this Section 13.12, outstanding Awards shall remain in effect until they have been exercised or terminated, or have expired. 

13.13 Foreign Employees. Awards may be granted to Participants who are foreign nationals or employed outside the United States, or
both, on such terms and conditions different from those applicable to Awards to Employees employed in the United States as may, in the judgment of the Committee, be necessary or desirable in order to recognize differences in local law or tax policy.
The Committee also may impose conditions on the exercise or vesting of Awards in order to minimize the Company’s obligation with respect to tax equalization for Employees on assignments outside their home country. 

13.14 Effect on Prior Plans. On the approval of this Plan by the stockholders of the Company in the manner set forth in
Section 13.12, the Prior Plans shall be cancelled and no further grants or awards shall be made under the Prior Plans. Grants and awards made under the Prior Plans before the date of such cancellation, however, shall continue in effect in
accordance with their terms. Grants and awards made under the Individual Arrangements shall likewise continue in effect in accordance with their terms. 

13.15 Other Company Compensation Plans. Shares available for Awards under the Plan may be used by the Company as a form of payment of
compensation under other Company compensation plans, whether or not existing on the date hereof. To the extent any Shares are used as such by the Company, such Shares will reduce the then number of Shares available under Article III of the Plan for
future Awards. 
 13.16 Captions. The captions in the Plan are for convenience of reference only, and are not intended to narrow,
limit or affect the substance or interpretation of the provisions contained herein. 

  
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 ARTICLE XIV 

OPTION EXCHANGE PROGRAM 

14.1 Establishment of Option Exchange Program. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, the Company, by action
of the Compensation Committee of the Board, may effect an option exchange program (the “Option Exchange Program”), through one or more option exchange offers to be commenced within 12 months of the approval by the stockholders; provided,
however, that in no event may more than one offer to exchange be made for any outstanding option. 
 14.2 Procedure for Exchanging
Options. Under the Option Exchange Program, Eligible Employees will be offered the opportunity to exchange Eligible Options for new grants of options (each an “Exchange Grant”), as follows: 

(a) the Compensation Committee shall determine the exchange ratio for an exchange of Eligible Options for Exchange Grants; provided, however,
that the ratio shall be such that the fair value as of either the start of the exchange offer or the date of the exchange (for financial accounting purposes) of an Exchange Grant shall be no more than the fair value (for financial accounting
purposes) of the Eligible Options for which the Exchange Grant is exchanged, 
 (b) the per share exercise price of each Exchange Grant that
is a stock option shall not be less than the fair market value of a Share on the date of issuance of the Exchange Grant, 
 (c) an Exchange
Grant shall not be vested or exercisable within one year after the date of the exchange, and 
 (d) the expiration of each Exchange Grant
will be the same as its corresponding Eligible Option. 
 All other terms of the Exchange Grants shall be governed by the provisions of the
Plan. Any Eligible Employee may receive Exchange Grants where the Shares underlying such Exchange Grants exceed either one percent of the number of Shares or one percent of the voting power outstanding before the issuance of such Exchange Grants.

 14.3 Definitions. For purposes of this Article, 

(a) “Eligible Employees” means employees of the Company other than the members of the Company’s Board of Directors and
executive officers (as defined in Rule 3b-7 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended). 
 (b) “Eligible
Option” means any option granted under the Plan where, as of the date specified by the terms of the Exchange Offer (which date shall be not more than ten business days prior to any exchange offer), the per share exercise price of such
option is greater than the higher of (i) the then-current 52-week high trading price of the Shares and (ii) 150% of the then-current price of the Shares. 

14.4 Additional Terms. Subject to the foregoing, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors shall be permitted to determine
additional terms, restrictions or requirements relating to the Option Exchange Program that they deem necessary or advisable, consistent with the terms of the Plan. 

  
 19EX-10.2

 Exhibit 10.2 

FORM OF INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT 

This Indemnification Agreement (“Agreement”) is made as of [DATE], between Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) and [NAME], a director, officer, or employee of the Company (the “Indemnitee”).  

RECITALS: 

WHEREAS, the Company and the Indemnitee are aware of the exposure to litigation and claims of officers, directors and employees of
corporations as such persons exercise their duties to the Company; 
 WHEREAS, the Company desires to continue to benefit from the services
of highly qualified and experienced persons such as the Indemnitee; 
 WHEREAS, the Indemnitee desires to serve or to continue to serve the
Company as a director, officer or employee or Agent ( as defined herein) for so long as the Company continues to provide on an acceptable basis indemnification against certain liabilities and expenses which may be incurred by the Indemnitee; 

AGREEMENT: 
 NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises and the mutual covenants herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows: 
 1.
Indemnification. Pursuant to the terms hereof, the Company shall indemnify the Indemnitee with respect to the Indemnitee’s activities as a director, officer, employee or Agent of the Company against any judgments, fines, penalties
and amounts paid in settlement and Expenses (as hereafter defined) actually and reasonably incurred, in connection with any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit, arbitration, alternative dispute mechanism or any other proceeding, whether
civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, and whether brought by a third party or by or in the right of the Company, individually or collectively, (a “Proceeding”), to which the Indemnitee was, is, or is threatened to be
made a party or participant or may reasonably be expected to become a party or participant by reason of facts which include the Indemnitee being or having been such a director, officer, employee or Agent of the Company (an “Indemnifiable
Event”), to the extent of the highest and most advantageous to the Indemnitee, of one, all or any combination of the following:  

(a) The benefits to the Indemnitee provided by the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, By-Laws in effect on the date hereof, a copy
of the relevant portions of which are attached hereto as Exhibit I; 
 (b) The benefits to the Indemnitee provided by the
Company’s Certificate of Incorporation or By-Laws or their equivalent in effect at the time indemnification is sought by the Indemnitee or Expenses are incurred by the Indemnitee; 

 (c) The benefits to the Indemnitee to the fullest extent allowable under Delaware law in effect
at the date hereof or at the time indemnification is sought by the Indemnitee or Expenses are incurred by the Indemnitee; 
 (d) The
benefits to the Indemnitee provided by the Indemnification Trust Agreement to the extent such agreement remains in effect at the time indemnification is sought by the Indemnification or Expenses are incurred by the Indemnitee; and 

(e) The benefits to the Indemnitee under liability insurance obtained by the Company at the time indemnification is sought by the Indemnitee
or Expenses are incurred by the Indemnitee. 
 For purposes of this Agreement, “Agent” shall mean any person serving at the
request of the Company as a director, officer, trustee, member, stockholder, partner, incorporator or liquidator or in any other capacity for another corporation, joint venture, trust or other enterprise or as a fiduciary, trustee or administrator
(or in any similar capacity) of any employee benefit plan or other plan or program sponsored by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company. 

For purposes of this Agreement, “Expenses” shall include all reasonable fees, costs and expenses actually and reasonably
incurred, including without limitation, attorney’s fees, excise taxes assessed with respect to an employee benefit plan, retainers, court costs, transcript costs, fees of experts, witness fees, travel expenses, duplicating costs, printing and
binding costs, telephone charges, postage, delivery service fees, and all other disbursements or expenses of the types customarily incurred in connection with defending, prosecuting, preparing to defend, investigating, participating or preparing to
be a witness in a Proceeding, whether or not a party to such Proceeding. Expenses shall also include expenses incurred responding to requests or complying with any obligations pursuant to this Agreement or in connection with any appeal resulting
from any Proceedings including the premiums, security or bonds for such appeal; provided, however, and notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, none of the foregoing costs and expenses, or any other costs and expenses, incurred following the
entry of a plea of guilty to a felony charge arising out of offenses committed by Indemnitee relating to an Indemnified Event shall be deemed Expenses for purposes of Section 3 and the parties hereto agree that entry of such plea shall be
considered a final disposition of such Proceeding. 
 For purposes of this Agreement, “Indemnification Trust Agreement,”
shall mean the Indemnification Trust Agreement dated as of August 16, 2005 by and between Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. and Wilmington Trust Company and, as an additional party, Bruce Leslie, as Beneficiaries’ Representative. 

For purposes of this Agreement, “Subsidiary” shall mean any corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other
entity in which the Company owns or controls, directly or indirectly, a majority of the outstanding economic or voting ownership interest. 
 2.
Insurance. To the extent that the Company maintains an insurance policy or policies providing liability insurance for directors, officers, employees and agents of the Company or any Subsidiary, Indemnitee shall be covered by such
policy or policies in accordance with its or their terms to the maximum extent of coverage available for any such director, officer, employee  

  
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or Agent. However, the Company agrees that the provisions hereof shall remain in effect regardless of whether liability or other insurance coverage is at any time obtained or retained by the
Company; except that any payments made under an insurance policy to the Indemnitee shall reduce in whole or in part the obligations of the Company hereunder. In the event of any payment under this Agreement, the Company shall be subrogated to the
extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of the Indemnitee (under any insurance policy or otherwise), who shall execute all rights, including the execution of such documents necessary to enable the Company to effectively bring suit to
enforce such rights. 
 3. Advancement and Payment Of Expenses. At the Indemnitee’s request, the Company shall promptly pay the
Expenses as and when incurred by the Indemnitee in advance of any final disposition of any Proceeding, including any Proceeding initiated by the Indemnitee to which Section 4(b)(i), (ii) or (iii) is applicable. Indemnitee shall
qualify for advances upon the execution and delivery to the Company of this Agreement which shall constitute an undertaking providing that Indemnitee undertakes to the fullest extent required by law to repay the advance if and to the extent that it
is ultimately determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final judgment, not subject to appeal, or in binding arbitration, that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company. No other preconditions for the advancement of
Expenses shall be required or otherwise imposed and the Indemnitee’s right to such advancement is not subject to the review by the Company of any standard of conduct. Advances shall be made without regard to Indemnitee’s ability to repay
the expenses and without regard to Indemnitee’s ultimate entitlement to indemnification under the other provisions of this Agreement. Expenses incurred in connection with any Proceeding shall be paid by the Company within twenty (20) days
of its receipt of such request, together with such reasonable non-privileged documentation evidencing the amount and nature of such Expenses as the Company shall require. The right to advances under this paragraph shall in all events continue until
final disposition of any Proceeding, including any appeal therein.  
 4. Limitations. 

(a) Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement to the contrary, the following matters shall not be Indemnifiable Events and the Company
shall not indemnify the Indemnitee: 
 (i) in connection with any claim made against the Indemnitee for payments to the Company of profits
made from the purchase and sale (or sale and purchase) by the Indemnitee of securities of the Company within the meaning of Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act; or 

(ii) for violations of Federal or state insider trading laws; or 

(iii) for the amount of any reimbursement of the Company by the Indemnitee of any bonus or other incentive-based or equity-based compensation
or of any profits realized by Indemnitee from the sale of securities of the Company, as required in each case under the Exchange Act or the Company’s clawback policy (including any such reimbursements that arise from an accounting restatement
of the Company pursuant to Section 304 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, or payment to the Company of profits arising from the purchase and sale by 

  
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Indemnitee of securities within the meaning of Section 306 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002); or 

(iv) if such indemnification is prohibited by applicable law. 

(b) Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement to the contrary, the Company shall not advance or pay Expenses in connection with any
Proceeding initiated by the Indemnitee, unless: 
 (i) the Company has joined in or the Board of Directors of the Company (the
“Board”) has approved the initiation of such Proceeding; 
 (ii) the Proceeding is one to establish or enforce
indemnification or expense advancement and payment rights under this Agreement and/or recovery under any directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies maintained by the Company; or 

(iii) such Expenses arise in connection with any compulsory counterclaim or any affirmative defense asserted by the Indemnitee in a claim not
initiated by Indemnitee, or any counterclaim raised by the Indemnitee that directly responds to a claim against the Indemnitee that, if successful, would negate one or more of the affirmative claims against the Indemnitee. 

5. Standard of Conduct; Presumption of Eligibility; Procedures. 

(a) Unless ordered by a court, no claim for indemnification under this Agreement shall be paid by the Company unless the Company has
determined that the Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner the Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company and, with respect to any criminal Proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the
Indemnitee’s conduct was unlawful. Such determinations shall be made, with respect to an Indemnitee who is a director or officer of the Company at the time of such determination (i) by a majority vote of the Company’s directors who
are not parties to the Proceeding for which indemnification is sought (“Disinterested Directors”), even though less than a quorum, (ii) by a committee of Disinterested Directors designated by a majority vote of Disinterested
Directors, even though less than a quorum, (iii) if there are no Disinterested Directors, or if Disinterested Directors so direct, by the Independent Counsel (as hereafter defined) in a written opinion to the Board, (iv) by stockholders of
the Company, or (v) upon a Change in Control (as hereafter defined), by the Independent Counsel in a written opinion to the Board. Indemnification payment shall be made within twenty (20) days of date of determination that Indemnitee is
entitled to indemnification. 
 (b) In the event the determination of entitlement to indemnification is to be made by the Independent
Counsel pursuant to Section 5(a), the Independent Counsel shall be selected as provided in this Section 5(b). If a Change in Control shall not have occurred, the Independent Counsel shall be selected by a majority of the Disinterested
Directors, even though less than a quorum, or if there are no Disinterested Directors, by a majority of the Board, and the Company shall give written notice advising the Indemnitee of the identity of the Independent Counsel so selected. If a Change
in Control shall have occurred, the Independent Counsel shall be selected by the Indemnitee (unless the Indemnitee shall request that such selection be made by the Board, in which event the preceding sentence shall apply), and the Indemnitee shall
give written notice 

  
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to the Company advising it of the identity of the Independent Counsel so selected. In either event, the Indemnitee or the Company, as the case may be, may, within seven (7) days after such
written notice of selection shall have been given, deliver to the Company or to the Indemnitee, as the case may be, a written objection to such selection. Such objection may be asserted only on the ground that the Independent Counsel so selected
does not meet the requirements of “Independent Counsel” as defined in this Agreement, and the objection shall set forth with particularity the factual basis of such assertion. If such written objection is made, the Independent Counsel so
selected may not serve as Independent Counsel unless and until a court has determined that such objection is without merit. If, within twenty (20) days of such objection, no Independent Counsel shall have been selected without objection, either
the Company or the Indemnitee may petition the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware (the “Delaware Court”) for resolution of any objection which shall have been made by the Company or the Indemnitee to the other’s
selection of Independent Counsel and/or for the appointment as Independent Counsel of a person selected by the Delaware Court, and the person with respect to whom an objection is so resolved or the person so appointed shall act as Independent
Counsel under Section 5(a). The Company shall pay any and all reasonable fees and expenses of the Independent Counsel incurred by such Independent Counsel in connection with acting pursuant to Section 5(a) and shall fully indemnify such
Independent Counsel against any and all Expenses, claims, liabilities and damages arising out of or relating to this Agreement or its engagement pursuant to this Agreement. Indemnitee shall cooperate with the Independent Counsel or the Company, as
applicable, making such determination with respect to Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification, including providing to such counsel or the Company, upon reasonable advance request, any documentation or information which is not privileged or
otherwise protected from disclosure and which is reasonably available to Indemnitee and reasonably necessary to such determination. To the fullest extent permitted by law, any costs or expenses (including attorneys’ fees and disbursements)
incurred by Indemnitee in so cooperating with the Independent Counsel or the Company shall be borne by the Company (irrespective of the determination as to Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification) and the Company hereby indemnifies and
agrees to hold Indemnitee harmless therefrom. 
 (c) In making any determinations of entitlement to indemnification or related standards of
conduct determinations under this Agreement, the person or persons making such determination shall presume that the Indemnitee has satisfied the applicable standard of conduct, and the Company may overcome such presumption only by presenting clear
and convincing evidence to the contrary. Neither (i) the failure of the Company or of Independent Counsel to have made a determination prior to the commencement of any action pursuant to this Agreement that indemnification is proper in the
circumstances because Indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct, nor (ii) an actual determination by the Company or by Independent Counsel that Indemnitee has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall be a defense to the
action or create a presumption that Indemnitee has not met the applicable standard of conduct. For purposes of this Agreement, the termination of any Proceeding by judgment, order, settlement (whether with or without court approval), conviction, or
upon a plea of nolo contendere, or its equivalent, shall not (except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement) create a presumption that the Indemnitee did not meet any particular standard of conduct or have any particular belief or that a
court has determined that indemnification is not permitted by applicable law in the absence of a specific finding so stating. The knowledge and/or actions, or failure to act, of any director, officer, agent or employee of the Company or any
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imputed to Indemnitee for purposes of determining the right to indemnification under this Agreement. 

(d) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, in the case of any Proceeding by or in the right of the Company to procure a
judgment in its favor by reason of an Indemnifiable Event, no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which the Indemnitee shall have been finally adjudged to be liable to the Company unless, and only to the
extent that, the Delaware Court or the court in which such Proceeding was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, the Indemnitee is fairly and reasonably
entitled to indemnification of such Expenses as the Delaware Court or such other court shall deem proper. 
 (e) For purposes of this
Agreement, “Independent Counsel” shall mean a law firm, or a member of a law firm, that is experienced in matters of Delaware corporation law and neither presently is, nor in the past five years has been, retained to represent:
(i) the Company, any Subsidiary or the Indemnitee in any matter material to either such party (other than with respect to matters concerning the Indemnitee under this Agreement, or of other indemnitees under similar indemnification agreements),
or (ii) any other party to the Proceeding giving rise to a claim for indemnification hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term “Independent Counsel” shall not include any person who, under applicable standards of professional
conduct then prevailing, would have a conflict of interest in representing either the Company or the Indemnitee in an action to determine the Indemnitee’s rights under this Agreement. 

(f) For purposes of this Agreement, a “Change in Control” of the Company shall be deemed to have occurred if: 

(i) any “person” (as such term is defined in Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
“Exchange Act”) and as used in Sections 13(d)(3) and 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act) is or becomes a “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of
the Company representing 20% or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities eligible to vote for the election of the Board (the “Company Voting Securities”); provided, however, that the
event described in this paragraph (i) shall not be deemed to be a Change in Control by virtue of any of the following acquisitions: (a) by the Company or any Subsidiary, (b) by any employee benefit plan sponsored or maintained by the
Company or any Subsidiary, (c) by any underwriter temporarily holding securities pursuant to an offering of such securities, or (d) pursuant to a Non-Control Transaction (as defined in paragraph (iii)); 

(ii) individuals who, on May 20, 2014, constitute the Board (the “Incumbent Directors”) cease for any reason to
constitute at least a majority of the members of the Board, provided that any person becoming a director subsequent to May 20, 2014, whose appointment, election or nomination for election was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of
the Incumbent Directors who remain on the Board (either by a specific vote or by approval of the proxy statement of the Company in which such person is named as a nominee for director, without objection to such nomination) shall also be deemed to be
an Incumbent Director; provided, however, that no individual initially elected or nominated as a director of the Company as a result of an actual or threatened election contest with respect to directors or any other actual

  
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or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of any person other than the Board shall be deemed to be an Incumbent Director; 

(iii) there is consummated a merger, consolidation, share exchange or similar form of corporate reorganization of the Company or any such
type of transaction involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that requires the approval of the Company’s shareholders (whether for such transaction or the issuance of securities in the transaction or otherwise) or any merger consummated
pursuant to Sections 251(h) or 253 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”) (each, a “Business Combination”), unless immediately following such Business Combination: (a) more than 60% of the total
voting power of the company resulting from such Business Combination (including, without limitation, any company which directly or indirectly has beneficial ownership of 100% of the Company Voting Securities) eligible to elect directors of such
company is represented by shares that were Company Voting Securities immediately prior to such Business Combination (either by remaining outstanding or being converted), and such voting power is in substantially the same proportion as the voting
power of such Company Voting Securities immediately prior to the Business Combination, (b) no person (other than any publicly traded holding company resulting from such Business Combination, or any employee benefit plan sponsored or maintained
by the Company (or the company resulting from such Business Combination)) becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of 20% or more of the total voting power of the outstanding voting securities eligible to elect directors of the company
resulting from such Business Combination, and (c) at least a majority of the members of the board of directors of the company resulting from such Business Combination were Incumbent Directors at the time of the Board’s approval of the
execution of the initial agreement providing for such Business Combination (any Business Combination which satisfies the conditions specified in (a), (b) and (c) shall be deemed to be a “Non-Control Transaction”); 

(iv) the Board or the stockholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company; or 

(v) the Company consummates a direct or indirect sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its
Subsidiaries in one or a series of related transactions. 
 Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Change in Control of the Company shall not be
deemed to occur solely because any person acquires beneficial ownership of more than 20% of the Company Voting Securities as a result of the acquisition of Company Voting Securities by the Company which reduces the number of Company Voting
Securities outstanding; provided, that if after such acquisition by the Company such person becomes the beneficial owner of additional Company Voting Securities that increases the percentage of outstanding Company Voting Securities
beneficially owned by such person, a Change in Control of the Company shall then occur. 
 6. Assumption of Defense. Except as otherwise
provided below, the Company shall be entitled to assume the Indemnitee’s defense in any Proceeding, with counsel determined by the Company. After notice from the Company to the Indemnitee of the Company’s election so to assume such
defense, the Company will not be liable to the Indemnitee under this Agreement for Expenses subsequently incurred by the Indemnitee in connection with the defense thereof other 

  
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than reasonable costs of investigation or as otherwise provided below. The Indemnitee shall have the right to employ counsel in such Proceeding, but the fees and costs of such counsel incurred
after notice from the Company of its assumption of the defense thereof shall be at the Indemnitee’s expense unless: 
 (a) the
employment of counsel by the Indemnitee has been authorized by the Company; 
 (b) the Indemnitee shall have reasonably concluded that there
is a conflict of interest between the Indemnitee and the Company in the conduct of the defense of such Proceeding; or 
 (c) the Company
shall not in fact have employed counsel to assume the defense of such Proceeding, in each of which cases the Expenses of counsel shall be at the expense of the Company; or 

(d) a Change in Control has occurred. 
 The
Company shall not be entitled to assume the defense of any Proceeding brought by or on behalf of the Company or as to which clauses (b), (c), or (d) are applicable without the prior written consent of the Indemnitee. 

7. Partial Indemnification; Witness Expenses. (a) If the Indemnitee is entitled under any provision of this
Agreement to indemnification or payment by the Company for a portion of the Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the Indemnitee or on the Indemnitee’s behalf in connection with
any Proceeding relating to an Indemnifiable Event, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, and any appeal therefrom but not, however, for the total amount thereof, the Company shall nevertheless pay the Indemnitee that portion of such
Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlement to which the Indemnitee is entitled.  
 (b) If the Indemnitee
is, by reason of the fact that the Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee or Agent of the Company, made a witness, or is made (or asked) to respond to discovery requests in any Proceeding to which the Indemnitee is not a party, the
Company shall advance all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by or on behalf of the Indemnitee in connection therewith. 
 8. Remedies of
Indemnitee.  
 (a) In the event that (i) a determination is made pursuant to Section 5 of this Agreement that Indemnitee
is not entitled to indemnification under this Agreement, (ii) advancement and payment of Expenses is not timely made pursuant to Section 3 hereof, (iii) payment of indemnification is not made pursuant to Section 1 hereof within
twenty (20) days after the date of the determination pursuant to Section 5(a) hereof that the Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification, or (iv) no determination of entitlement to indemnification shall have been made pursuant to
Section 5 of this Agreement within 60 days after a written claim for indemnification has been received by the Company, the Indemnitee shall be entitled to seek an award in arbitration or an adjudication by a court of his or her entitlement to
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indemnification in accordance with the terms of this agreement. The Indemnitee shall commence such proceeding seeking an adjudication or an award in arbitration within one hundred and eighty
(180) days following the date on which the Indemnitee first has the right to commence any proceeding pursuant to this Section 8(a). Upon the due commencement of any judicial proceeding or arbitration pursuant to this Agreement, Independent
Counsel shall be discharged and relieved of any further responsibility in such capacity (subject to the applicable standards of professional conduct then prevailing). 

(b) In the event that a determination shall have been made pursuant to Section 5 of this Agreement that the Indemnitee is not entitled to
indemnification, any arbitration or action commenced pursuant to this Section 8 shall be conducted in all respects on a de novo basis and such earlier determination shall not create any presumption that the Indemnitee has not met the applicable
standard of conduct or that Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification under this Agreement. If a determination shall have been made pursuant to Section 5 hereof that the Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification, the Company shall be bound
by such determination in any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 8, absent a misstatement by the Indemnitee of a material fact, or an omission of a material fact necessary to make the Indemnitee’s
statement not materially misleading, in connection with the request for indemnification. 
 (c) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement
to the contrary, no determination as to entitlement to indemnification under this Agreement shall be required to be made prior to the final disposition of the Proceeding, including any appeal therein. 

9. Additional Rights. The advancement of Expenses and indemnification provided in this Agreement shall not be deemed exclusive of any
other indemnification or rights to which the Indemnitee may be entitled and shall continue after the Indemnitee has ceased to occupy a position as a director, officer, employee, or Agent with respect to Proceedings relating to or arising out of the
Indemnitee’s acts or omissions during the Indemnitee’s service in any of such positions. This Agreement is entered into pursuant to Section 145(f) of the DGCL and shall not be constrained or limited to indemnification and advance
payment of reimbursement of expenses provided by the DGCL. No amendment, alteration, repeal or termination of this Agreement or of any provision hereof shall limit or restrict any right of Indemnitee under this Agreement in respect of any action
taken or omitted by such Indemnitee prior to such amendment, alteration, repeal or termination. 
 10. Inconsistent Provisions.
To the extent that any other agreement or undertaking of the Company is inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement, this Agreement shall govern.  

11. No Duplication of Payments. The Company shall not be liable under this Agreement to make any payment to the Indemnitee under this
Agreement to the extent that the Indemnitee has otherwise actually received payment of amounts otherwise payable hereunder.  
 12.
Notice to the Company. The Indemnitee shall provide to the Company prompt written notice of any Proceeding brought, threatened, asserted or commenced against the Indemnitee with respect to which Indemnitee may assert a right to
advancement of Expenses or indemnification hereunder; provided, however, that the failure to provide such prompt notice  

  
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shall not constitute a waiver of Indemnitee’s rights under this Agreement, except to the extent the Company demonstrates that such failure or delay (i) caused the amounts paid or to be
paid by the Company to be greater than they otherwise would have been; or (ii) adversely affected the Company’s ability to obtain for itself or Indemnitee coverage or proceeds under any insurance policy available to the Company or
Indemnitee. The Indemnitee shall not effect any settlement without the Company’s written consent unless the Indemnitee shall have determined to undertake the Indemnitee’s own defense in such Proceeding and has waived the benefits of this
Agreement. The Company shall not settle any Proceeding to which the Indemnitee is a party in any manner which would impose any penalty, limitation, or obligation on the Indemnitee without the Indemnitee’s written consent. Neither the Indemnitee
nor the Company will unreasonably withhold or delay consent to any proposed settlement. The Indemnitee shall cooperate to the extent reasonably possible with the Company and/or its insurers, in attempts to defend and/or settle such Proceeding. 

13. Extraordinary Transactions. The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause any successor, and any direct or
indirect parent of any successor, whether direct or indirect by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise, to all, substantially all or a substantial part, of the business and/or assets of the Company, by written agreement in form and substance
satisfactory to Indemnitee, expressly to assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform if no such succession had taken place. 

14. No Personal Liability. The Indemnitee agrees that neither the directors, nor any officer, employee, representative or Agent of the
Company shall be personally liable for the satisfaction of the Company’s obligations under this Agreement, and the Indemnitee shall look solely to the insurance, assets of the Company for satisfaction of any claims hereunder.  

15. Severability. If any provision, phrase, or other portion of this Agreement should be determined by any court of competent
jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, in whole or in part, and such determination should become final, such provision, phrase or other portion shall be deemed to be severed or limited, but only to the extent required to render the
remaining provisions and portions of the Agreement enforceable, and the Agreement as thus amended shall be enforced to give effect to the intention of the parties insofar as that is possible.  

16. Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, the Indemnitee and Indemnitee’s
heirs, personal representatives, executors and administrators and upon the Company and its successors and assigns.  
 17.
Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original but all of which together shall constitute one and the same Agreement.  

18. Headings. The headings of the paragraphs of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall not be deemed to constitute
part of this Agreement or to affect the construction thereof.  

  
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 19. Modifications and Waivers. No supplement, modification, amendment or waiver of this
Agreement shall be binding unless executed in writing by both of the parties hereto. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed or shall constitute a waiver of any other provisions hereof (whether or not similar) nor shall
such waiver constitute a continuing waiver.  
 20. Notices. All notices, requests, demands and other communications hereunder
shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been given (i) when delivered by hand or (ii) if mailed by a nationally recognized overnight delivery service, on the third day after the date on which it is so mailed:  

 

					
	 (a)
	  	If to the Company, to:	  	 Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.
 3980 Howard
Hughes Parkway
 Las Vegas, Nevada 89169
 Attention: General
Counsel

			
	 (b)
	  	If to the Indemnitee, to:	  	 [NAME]
 [ADDRESS]

[ADDRESS]

 or to such other address as may have been furnished in writing to the Indemnitee by the Company or to the Company by the
Indemnitee, as the case may be. 
 21. Governing Law. The parties hereto agree that this Agreement shall be construed and enforced in
accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of Delaware without giving effect to the principles of conflicts of laws of such state. Except with respect to any arbitration commenced by Indemnitee pursuant this Agreement, the Company and
Indemnitee hereby irrevocably and unconditionally (i) agree that any action or proceeding arising out of or in connection with this Agreement shall be brought only in the Delaware Court, and not in any other state or federal court in the United
States of America or any court in any other country, (ii) consent to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Delaware Court for purposes of any action or proceeding arising out of or in connection with this Agreement, (iii) consent to
service of process at the address set forth in Section 20 of this Agreement with the same legal force and validity as if served upon such party personally within the State of Delaware, (iv) waive any objection to the laying of venue of any
such action or proceeding in the Delaware Court and (v) waive, and agree not to plead or to make, any claim that any such action or proceeding brought in the Delaware Court has been brought in an improper or inconvenient forum. 

22. Arbitration and Enforcement. In the event that any dispute or controversy shall arise between the Indemnitee and the Company after
the requirements of Section 5 of the Agreement have been satisfied with respect to whether the Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification in connection with any Proceeding or with respect to the amount of Expenses incurred or to be paid by the
Company (and any dispute or controversy regarding the applicability of arbitration to any such dispute or controversy), such dispute or controversy shall, at the option of the Indemnitee or the Company, be submitted by the parties to final, binding
arbitration before a single independent arbitrator, who shall be either (i) a retired federal judge, (ii) a retired Delaware Supreme Court or  

  
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Delaware Chancery Court judge or (ii) an attorney licensed to practice and in good standing with at least 20 years of Delaware corporate litigation experience. If the parties have not
agreed on an independent arbitrator within 15 days after arbitration is requested in writing by either of them, the arbitrator shall be appointed in the following manner: (a) the American Arbitration Association (the
“AAA”) shall send simultaneously to each party to the dispute an identical list of five (unless the AAA decides that a different number is appropriate) names of persons chosen from the AAA’s National Roster of Neutrals (the
“National Roster”) who meet the arbitrator’s qualifications set forth in the preceding sentence; (b) each party to the dispute shall have 14 calendar days from the transmittal date of such list in which to strike names
objected to, number the remaining names in order of preference, and return the list to the AAA; (c) the parties are not required to exchange selection lists, but if a party does not return the list within the time specified, all persons named
therein shall be deemed acceptable to that party; (d) from among the persons who have been approved on both lists, and in accordance with the designated order of mutual preference, the AAA shall invite the acceptance of an arbitrator to serve;
and (e) if the parties fail to agree on any of the persons named, or if acceptable arbitrators are unable to act, or if for any other reason the appointment cannot be made from the submitted lists, the AAA shall have the power to make the
appointment from among other members of the National Roster without the submission of additional lists. The arbitration shall be conducted in Wilmington, Delaware and in accordance with the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the AAA. The arbitrator
shall establish a schedule for the arbitration that will result in the arbitration hearing occurring within 90 days of the appointment of the arbitrator and the arbitrator shall issue the arbitration award within 30 days following the conclusion of
the arbitration hearing. The arbitration award shall be in writing and shall be final and binding on the parties. Judgment upon the arbitration award may be entered by any court of competent jurisdiction.  

23. Termination. This Agreement shall continue until and terminate upon the later of: (a) ten (10) years after the date that
Indemnitee shall have ceased to serve as a director, officer, employee or Agent of the Company or (b) one (1) year after the final termination of any Proceeding, including any appeal, then pending in respect of which Indemnitee is granted
rights of indemnification or advancement hereunder and of any Proceeding, including any appeal, commenced by Indemnitee pursuant to this Agreement relating thereto.  

  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Indemnification Agreement as of the date
first above written. 
  

							
	INDEMNITEE	 		 	PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.
				
	  
	 		 	By:	 	  

	[Name]	 		 	Name:	 	  

		 		 	Title:	 	  

  
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 EXHIBIT I 

RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF PINNACLE 

ENTERTAINMENT, INC. 

ARTICLE VIII 
 The
corporation shall indemnify its officers and directors to the full extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law. 
 RESTATED
BYLAWS OF PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC. 
 ARTICLE VIII — INDEMNIFICATION 

Section 1. Right to Indemnification. 

The provision in this ARTICLE VIII that an “officer” shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation is intended to mean an
“Elected Officer.” Accordingly, the term “officer” in ARTICLE VIII shall mean “Elected Officer” as such term is defined in ARTICLE IV, Section 1 of the Bylaws of the Corporation. 

Each person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding,
whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (hereinafter a “proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director or an officer of the Corporation or such director or officer of the Corporation is or was
serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, manager, employee, agent or trustee of another corporation or of a partnership, limited liability company joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to
an employee benefit plan (hereinafter an “indemnitee”), whether the basis of such proceeding is an alleged action in an official capacity as a director, officer, manager, employee, agent, trustee or in any other capacity while serving as a
director, officer, manager, employee, agent or trustee shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to the fullest extent authorized by the Delaware General Corporation Law, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in the
case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than such law permitted the Corporation to provide prior to such amendment), against all expense, liability and loss
(including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such indemnitee in connection therewith; provided, however, that, except as provided in
Section 3 of this Article VIII with respect to proceedings to enforce rights to indemnification, the Corporation shall indemnify any such indemnitee in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such indemnitee only if
such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board of Directors of the Corporation. 
 Section 2. Right to Advancement of
Expenses. 
 In addition to the right to indemnification conferred in Section 1 of this Article VIII, an indemnitee shall also
have the right to be paid by the Corporation the expenses (including attorney’s fees) incurred in defending any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition (hereinafter an “advancement of expenses”); provided, however, that,
if the Delaware General Corporation Law requires, an advancement of expenses incurred by an indemnitee in his or her capacity as a director or officer (and not in any other capacity in which service was or is rendered by such indemnitee, including,
without limitation, service to an employee benefit plan) shall be made only upon delivery to the Corporation of an undertaking (hereinafter an “undertaking”), by or on behalf of such indemnitee, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall
ultimately be determined by final judicial decision from which there is no further right to appeal (hereinafter a “final adjudication”) that such indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified for such expenses under this Section 2 or
otherwise. 
 Section 3. Right of Indemnitee to Bring Suit. 

If a claim under Section 1 or 2 of this Article VIII is not paid in full by the Corporation within 60 days after a written claim
has been received by the Corporation, except in the case of a claim for an advancement of expenses, in 

  
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which case the applicable period shall be 20 days, the indemnitee may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim. To the fullest
extent permitted by law, if successful in whole or in part in any such suit, or in a suit brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the indemnitee shall also be entitled to be paid the
expense of prosecuting or defending such suit. In (i) any suit brought by the indemnitee to enforce a right to indemnification hereunder (but not in a suit brought by the indemnitee to enforce a right to an advancement of expenses) it shall be
a defense that, and (ii) in any suit brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the Corporation shall be entitled to recover such expenses upon a final adjudication that, the
indemnitee has not met any applicable standard for indemnification set forth in the Delaware General Corporation Law. Neither the failure of the Corporation (including its directors who are not parties to such action, a committee of such directors,
independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such suit that indemnification of the indemnitee is proper in the circumstances because the indemnitee has met the applicable standard of
conduct set forth in the Delaware General Corporation Law, nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including its directors who are not parties to such action, a committee of such directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders)
that the indemnitee has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall create a presumption that the indemnitee has not met the applicable standard of conduct or, in the case of such a suit brought by the indemnitee, be a defense to such suit.
In any suit brought by the indemnitee to enforce a right to indemnification or to an advancement of expenses hereunder, or brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the burden of
proving that the indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified, or to such advancement of expenses, under this Article VIII or otherwise shall be on the Corporation. 

Section 4. Non-Exclusivity of Rights. 

The rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses conferred in this Article VIII shall not be exclusive of any other right which
any person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws, any agreement, or by vote of the Corporation’s stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise. 

Section 5. Insurance. 
 The
Corporation may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any expense, liability or
loss, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense, liability or loss under the Delaware General Corporation Law. 

  
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