Document:

EX-10.1

 Exhibit 10.1 

ONE GAS, INC. 
 DEFERRED
COMPENSATION PLAN 
 FOR 

NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS 

ARTICLE I 

ESTABLISHMENT OF PLAN 

The Board of Directors of ONE Gas, Inc., an Oklahoma corporation (the “Company”), on February 18, 2014, established this ONE
Gas, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors (the “Plan), a non-qualified deferred compensation plan pursuant to which any Director of the Company who is not an officer or present
employee of the Company, and who is in a position to contribute to its continued growth, development and future financial success, may be offered an opportunity to defer all or a portion of his/her compensation under terms and conditions that will
represent a meaningful benefit to such Director. 
 ARTICLE II 

PURPOSE 
 The
purpose of the Plan is to improve the Company’s ability to attract and retain Non-Employee Directors who will contribute to the overall success of the Company. 

ARTICLE III 

DEFINITIONS 

“Beneficiary” shall mean any person designated by a Participant on a form furnished by the Plan Administrator. 

“Board” shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company. 

“Cash Deferral Option” shall mean the deferral option specified in Article IX of the Plan. 

“Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. 

“Committee” shall mean the Executive Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company. 

“Common Stock” shall mean the $0.01 par value Common Stock of the Company. 

“Company” shall mean ONE Gas, Inc., an Oklahoma corporation, or any successor thereto. 

 “Deferred Compensation” shall mean Director Compensation that is deferred by a
Non-Employee Director pursuant to this Plan. 
 “Deferred Compensation Account” shall mean the deferred compensation account
created by the Company which is payable to a participating Non-Employee Director under the Plan. 
 “Deferred Compensation
Agreement” shall mean a written agreement to defer compensation as described in Article VII of the Plan. 
 “Determination
Date” shall mean the last day of a Participant’s term of service as a Non-Employee Director. 
 “Director” shall mean a
member of the Board of Directors of the Company. 
 “Director Annual Cash Retainer Fee” shall mean an annual retainer fee paid in
cash by the Company to a Non-Employee Director for service in or for a Plan Year. 
 “Director Annual Stock Retainer Fee” shall
mean an annual retainer fee paid in Common Stock by Company to a Non-Employee Director for service in or for a Plan Year. 
 “Director
Committee Chair Fee” shall mean a fee paid by the Company to a Non-Employee Director for service as the chairperson of a committee of the Board in or for a Plan Year. 

“Director Compensation” shall mean the compensation paid or payable to an individual for his/her services as a Non-Employee
Director. 
 “Director Retainer Fees” means the Director Annual Cash Retainer Fee and Director Annual Stock Retainer Fee. 

“Director Services Fee” shall mean such other fees or compensation as the Company may pay to a Non-Employer Director in lieu of or
in addition to Director Retainer Fees and Director Committee Chair Fees. 
 “Disabled” and/or “Disability” shall mean
that a Participant is unable to engage in substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than
twelve (12) months, or is, by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or expected to last for a continuous period of not less than twelve (12) months, receiving income
replacement benefits for a period of not less than three (3) months under an accident or health plan covering employees of any employer by whom such participant is employed. A Participant will be deemed to be Disabled if such Participant is
determined to be totally disabled by the Social Security Administration. 

  
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 “Distributable Balance” shall mean the balance of a Participant’s Deferred
Compensation Account on the Determination Date as provided in paragraph XI of the Plan. 
 “Distribution Date” shall mean the date
on which distribution of amounts distributable to a Participant under the Plan and Deferred Compensation Agreement is to be made and/or commenced. 

“Dividend Reinvestment Plan” means the dividend reinvestment plan established and maintained by or for the Company with respect to
Common Stock. 
 “Election” shall mean an irrevocable written election to defer compensation made by a Non-Employee Director
pursuant to the Plan that shall specify the Specified Time of Distribution and Specified Form of Distribution of Deferred Compensation. 

“Employee” shall mean an individual who is employed by the Company or any subsidiary or affiliate thereof. 

“Equity Compensation Plan” shall mean the ONE Gas, Inc. Equity Compensation Plan. 

“Fair Market Value” shall mean on a particular date the average of the high and low sale prices of a share of Common Stock in
consolidated trading on the date in question as reported by The Wall Street Journal or another reputable source designated by the Committee; provided that if there were no sales on such date reported as provided above, the respective prices
on the most recent prior day for which a sale was so reported. 
 “Fixed Schedule” shall mean the distribution or payment of
Deferred Compensation deferred under the Plan in a fixed schedule of distributions or payments that are determined and fixed at the time the deferral of such compensation is first elected by the Participant or Company under the Plan. 

“Investment Return Rate” shall mean the deemed investment rate of return to be credited to a Participant’s Deferred
Compensation Account pursuant to Articles X and XI of the Plan. 
 “Non-Employee Director” shall mean any director of the Company
who is not also an employee of the Company. 
 “Participant” shall mean any Non-Employee Director of the Company who elects to
defer compensation under the Plan. 
 “Phantom Stock Option” shall mean the deferral option specified in Article IX of the Plan.

 “Plan” shall mean this ONEOK, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors as set forth in its entirety in this
document as it may be amended from time to time. 
 “Plan Administrator” shall mean the Executive Compensation Committee of the
Company’s Board of Directors or any other committee appointed by the Board of Directors to act in that capacity. 
 “Plan
Year” shall mean the calendar year. 
 “Section 409A” shall mean section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended. 

  
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 “Specified Employee” shall mean an Employee who, as of the date of the Employee’s
separation from service, is a key employee of the Company if any stock of the Company is then publicly traded on an established securities market or otherwise; and for purposes of this definition, an Employee is a key employee if the Employee meets
the requirements of Code Section 416(i)(1)(A)(i), (ii), or (iii) (applied in accordance with the regulations thereunder and disregarding section 416(i)(5)) at any time during the 12-month period ending on a Specified Employee
Identification Date. If an Employee is a key employee as of a Specified Employee Identification Date, the Employee shall be treated as a key employee for purposes of the Plan for the entire 12-month period beginning on the Specified Employee
Effective Date. For purposes of identifying a Specified Employee by applying the requirements of section 416(i)(1)(A)(i), (ii), and (iii), the definition of compensation under §1.415(c)-2(a) shall be used, applied as if the Company were not
using any safe harbor provided in §1.415(c)-2(d), were not using any of the elective special timing rules provided in §1.415(c)-2(e), and were not using any of the elective special rules provided in §1.415(c)-2(g). 

“Specified Employee Effective Date” shall mean the first day of the fourth month following the Specified Employee Identification
Date. 
 “Specified Employee Identification Date” shall mean December 31. 

“Specified Form of Distribution” shall mean a specified form of distribution of Compensation deferred that is deferred by a
Participant’s Election and Deferred Compensation Agreement. 
 “Specified Time” shall mean a date or dates that are not
discretionary and objectively determinable at the time an amount of compensation is deferred and at which objectively determinable deferred amounts are to be payable. 

“Specified Time of Distribution” shall mean a Specified Time at which Deferred Compensation that is deferred by a Participant’s
Election and Deferred Compensation Agreement pursuant to the Plan is required to be distributed or paid and which is specified in writing by the Participant in and at the time the deferral of such Deferred Compensation is elected by the Election of
a Participant. 
 “Subsequent Election” shall mean an election made by a Participant with respect to the time of distribution or
payment of Deferred Compensation under the Plan that is made at any time after the Election and Deferred Compensation Agreement that is made by the Participant and/or the Company with respect to such Deferred Compensation, an election made by a
Participant with respect to the time of distribution or payment of Deferred Compensation under the Plan that is made at any time after the next preceding Subsequent Election, if any, that has been made by the Participant and/or the Company with
regard to such Deferred Compensation. 

  
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 “Subsequent Election Specified Date” shall mean a specified fixed date in a calendar
year that must be specified in writing by the Participant in a Subsequent Election that is not less than five (5) years from the date payment would otherwise have been made to the Participant under the Plan if such Subsequent Election was not
made by the Participant. The written specification of the Subsequent Election Specified Date shall in all cases specify and fix a Specified Time that is not less than five (5) years from the date payment would otherwise have been made to the
Participant. 
 “Subsequent Election Specified Time of Distribution” shall mean a Specified Time that a Participant is allowed by
the Committee to elect in a Subsequent Election and that is on a Subsequent Election Specified Date. 
 “Taxable Year” shall mean
the Plan Year commencing January 1 and ending the following December 31. 
 “Unforeseeable Emergency” shall mean a
severe financial hardship to the Participant resulting from illness or accident of the Participant, the Participant’s spouse, or a dependent (as defined in Code Section 152(a)) of the Participant, loss of the Participant’s property
due to casualty, or other similar extraordinary circumstances arising as a result of events beyond the control of the Participant, including such events and circumstances as are described and considered to be an unforeseeable emergency under Code
section 409A and the regulations thereunder. It is intended and directed with respect to any such unforeseeable emergency that any amounts distributed under the Plan by reason thereof shall not exceed the amounts necessary to satisfy such emergency
plus amounts necessary to pay taxes reasonably anticipated as a result of the distribution, after taking into account the extent to which such hardship is or may be relieved through reimbursement or compensation by insurance or otherwise or by
liquidation of the Participant’s assets (to the extent the liquidation of such assets would not itself cause severe financial hardship). 

ARTICLE IV 
 EFFECTIVE
DATE 
 The Plan was adopted, established and effective February 18, 2014. 

ARTICLE V 

ELIGIBILITY 
 All
Non-Employee Directors of the Company shall be eligible to participate in the Plan. 
 ARTICLE VI 

NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR COMPENSATION DEFERRAL 

Non-Employee Directors of the Company are customarily paid an annual Director Compensation by the Company in the form of a Director Annual
Retainer Fee. Non-Employee Directors who chair a committee of the Board customarily also receive an additional annual retainer for that position. The Company may from time to time pay other kinds or amounts of compensation to Non-Employee Directors
of the Company. The Plan allows the Non-Employee Directors to elect to defer all, part, or none of their Director Compensation, and to have two (2) deemed investment options, either the Cash Deferral Option or the Phantom Stock Option, from
which to choose as more specifically provided below. 

  
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 ARTICLE VII 

ELECTION TO DEFER DIRECTOR COMPENSATION 

A. Participant Elections. The Plan is a voluntary participation plan, pursuant to which a Non-Employee Director may make an Election to
irrevocably defer the designated portion of his/her Director Compensation for a Plan Year. 
 1. An Election by a Non-Employee Director to
his/her Director Compensation shall be made for a Plan Year by executing and entering into an irrevocable written Election and Deferred Compensation Agreement with the Company on or before December 31 of the calendar year next preceding the
Plan Year for which the Non-Employee Director elects to defer Director Compensation. 
 2. A separate irrevocable Election and Deferred
Compensation Agreement shall be made for each Plan Year a Non-Employee Director elects to defer his/her Director Compensation under the Plan; provided, however, if a Non-Employee Director has made an irrevocable Election to defer Director
Compensation under the Plan for a Plan Year, such Election and Deferred Compensation Agreement shall remain in effect and be applicable and irrevocable for the next following Plan Year if a new and separate Election and Deferred Compensation
Agreement is not made and entered into on or before December 31 of the current Plan Year. 
 3. Non-Employee Directors may elect to
defer Director Compensation within thirty (30) days after the effective date set forth in Article IV. Thereafter, any Non-Employee Director otherwise elected or appointed for the first time to the Board may elect to defer Director Compensation
by making and entering into an irrevocable written Election and Deferred Compensation Agreement within thirty (30) days after his/her initial election or appointment to the Board that shall apply to his/her Director Compensation payable with
respect to service performed after the date of such Election and Deferred Compensation Agreement. Any such initial Election shall be effective for the Plan Year in which it is made, and thereafter such new Non-Employee Director shall make his/her
Election to defer for subsequent Plan Years pursuant to the first grammatical paragraph of this Article VII. 
 4. A Non-Employee Director
who is to participate in the Plan and defer Director Compensation must elect the amount, if any, to be deferred, the type of Deferral Option, and the time and form of payment, all of which are more specifically described below. 

B. Company Elections. Notwithstanding the foregoing or other provisions of the Plan, the Company shall be authorized to determine and
separately determine and elect the time and the form of payment of all of certain types of Director Deferred Compensation. The Company determination and election in such case shall be made by written action of the Committee or its designee, which
shall be taken and made no later than the Participant becomes 

  
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entitled to the amount thereof by such designation and election, or if later, the time the Participant would be required to make an election if the Participant were provided such election. The
Company or Committee may in any such case provide that a Participant shall have no right or opportunity to make any election with respect to the amount of deferral and time and form of payment. 

C. Participant Subsequent Elections. If the Plan, Company or Committee acting pursuant to and in accordance with the Plan permits a
Subsequent Election under which a delay in a time of payment or a change in form of payment of Director Compensation deferred by a Non-Employee Director by his/her Election and Participation Agreement under the Plan, such Subsequent Election shall
not take effect until at least twelve (12) months after the date on which it is made. In the case of a Subsequent Election related to a payment to be made as elected in an Election or any prior Subsequent Election, the first payment with
respect to which such Subsequent Election is made shall be deferred for a period of at least five (5) years from the date such payment would otherwise have been made. Any Subsequent Election related to a payment at a Specified Time or pursuant
to a Fixed Schedule may not be made less than twelve (12) months prior to the date the first scheduled payment to which it relates. 

ARTICLE VIII 
 AMOUNT
OF DEFERRAL; DIRECTOR COMPENSATION DEFERRALS 
 A. Deferral Amounts. A Non-Employee Director who elects to participate in the
Plan as a Participant thereof, may defer all, a portion or none of the following types of Director Compensation for a Plan Year, as applicable: 

1. Director Annual Stock Retainer Fee 

2. Director Annual Cash Retainer Fee 

3. Director Chair Retainer Fee 

4. Director Board Chair Retainer Fee 

5. Any other Director Services Fees 

B. Designation. The deferral shall be designated in the Non-Employee Director’s Election and Participation Agreement as a
percentage of the form and amount of the type of Director Compensation to which it applies. 
 ARTICLE IX 

DEFERRAL OPTIONS 

A. Deferral Options. A Non-Employee Director who makes an Election to defer his/her Director Compensation for a Plan Year may elect
either: 
 1. A Cash Deferral Option; or 

2. A Phantom Stock Option. 
 All
amounts deferred are subject to the terms of the option elected. The Election shall be made as part of the Election procedure described in paragraph VII, above. 

  
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 B. Cash Deferral Option. Under the Cash Deferral Option, a participating Non-Employee
Director may elect to defer the receipt of the cash part of all or a portion of such Non-Employee Director’s annual retainer and/or meeting fee. Interest will accrue at the rate defined in paragraph X, below. 

C. Phantom Stock Option 

1. Under the Phantom Stock Option, a participating Non-Employee Director may elect to defer all or a portion of such fees the Director has
elected to receive in shares of Common Stock under the Company’s Equity Compensation Plan. 
 2. The electing Non-Employee Director
shall receive credit for phantom “stock units” that are deemed to represent shares of Common Stock equivalent in value to the amount deferred. The phantom “stock units” will be initially measured and calculated based upon the
Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on the date of the Non-Employee Director’s Election, or next preceding date of an available Fair Market Value, if applicable. 

3. The number of phantom “stock units” received in lieu of cash is dependent on the Fair Market Value of Common Stock on the
measurement date. The number of phantom “stock units” received in lieu of shares of Common Stock shall be equal to the number of shares deferred. 

4. “Fractional stock units” will be accounted for as non-interest bearing cash. 

5. The measurement date is the regular payment date of the annual retainer, committee chair annual retainer, if applicable, and/or meeting fee.

 6. Dividend reinvestment attributable to such phantom “stock units” shall be credited as provided in Article X, below. 

ARTICLE X 
 DEFERRED
COMPENSATION ACCOUNT 
 A. General. The Company shall establish a separate “Deferred Compensation Account” for each
Non-Employee Director who becomes a Participant in the Plan and elects to defer Director Compensation under the Plan and shall credit such Deferred Compensation Account with the Director Compensation deferred by the Non-Employee Director. 

B. Interest Rate. The amount deferred under the Cash Deferral Option (including interest earned thereon) will earn interest at the
Investment Return Rate determined annually by the Committee which shall be the Moody’s AAA 30-Year Bond Index on the first business day of the Plan Year, plus 100 basis points. Interest will be credited quarterly (on the 1st day of April, July,
October and January) at the applicable Investment Return Rate. 

  
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 C. Deemed Dividends. The Deferred Compensation Account of a Non-Employee Director who has
elected the Phantom Stock Option, shall have phantom or deemed “dividends” on the phantom “stock units” in his/her Deferred Compensation Account credited to such Account in an amount equal to the dividends paid on Common Stock.
The deemed dividend equivalent received will be treated in a manner similar to the treatment of dividends under the Dividend Reinvestment Plan when a Participant therein elects to have dividends reinvested in Common Stock, and will be deemed to be
used to purchase additional phantom “stock units” representing Company’s Common Stock at the closing price of the stock on the date the Common Stock dividend is paid. Any fractional stock units will be accounted for as non-interest bearing cash. The Deferred Compensation Account shall also be adjusted for any stock dividends, stock splits, etc. In the event the Dividend Reinvestment Plan is modified in any way, such deemed
dividends credited through this Plan will be handled in accordance with said modification. If the Dividend Reinvestment Plan is terminated, such deemed dividends credited through this Plan will continue to be reinvested in accordance with the
provisions of the terminated Dividend Reinvestment Plan. 
 D. Amount of Account. The amount equal to the balance in the Deferred
Compensation Account of the Participant, taking into account all credits, shall be the amount a Participant shall be entitled to receive under the terms of the Plan; provided, that with respect to all deferrals into phantom “stock units,”
the phantom “stock units” will be settled in shares of Common Stock made available under the Equity Compensation Plan. 
 E.
Statement of Account. The Company shall furnish or cause to be furnished to each Participant in the Plan an annual statement of his/her Deferred Compensation Account. 

ARTICLE XI 

DISTRIBUTIONS AND PAYMENTS 

A. Requirements for Distributions and Payments. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary expressed or implied herein, the following
requirements shall apply to the Plan, to all Elections or Subsequent Elections made by Participants under the Plan, and to all distributions and payments made pursuant to the Plan. 

1. Any compensation deferred under the Plan shall not be distributed earlier than: 

 

	 	a.	Separation from Service of the Participant, 

  

	 	b.	the date the Participant becomes Disabled, 

  

	 	c.	death of the Participant, 

  

	 	d.	a Specified Time (or pursuant to a Fixed Schedule) specified under the Plan at the date of deferral of such compensation, 

  

	 	e.	a change in ownership or control, or 

  

	 	f.	the occurrence of an Unforeseeable Emergency. 

  
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 2. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of any Participant who is a Specified Employee, no
distribution shall be made before the date which is six (6) months after the date of the Participant’s Separation from Service, or, if earlier, the date of death of such Participant. 

3. No acceleration of the time or schedule of any distribution or payment under the Plan shall be permitted or allowed, except to the extent
provided in Treasury Regulations issued under Code Section 409A. 
 4. If the Plan, or the Committee acting pursuant to the Plan,
permits under any Subsequent Election by a Participant a delay in a payment or a change in the form of payment of Compensation deferred under the Plan, such Subsequent Election shall not take effect until at least twelve (12) months after the
date on which it is made. In the case of a Subsequent Election related to a payment to be made upon Separation from Service of a Participant, at a Specified Time or pursuant to a Fixed Schedule, or upon a change in ownership or control, the first
payment with respect to which such Subsequent Election is made shall be deferred for a period of not less than five (5) years from the date such payment would otherwise have been made; and any such Subsequent Election related to a payment at a
Specified Time or pursuant to a Fixed Schedule may not be made less than twelve (12) months prior to the date of the first scheduled payment to which it relates. 

B. Distribution Options. By the written irrevocable Election of the Non-Employee Director, pursuant to the Deferred Compensation
Agreement he/she must select one of the following forms of payment of the amount of Director Compensation deferred (and interest or deemed dividends credited thereto) from his/her Deferred Compensation Account: 

1. A payment in a single distribution immediately upon his/her Determination Date; or 

2. Payment amounts of cash deferred in monthly installments over a specified number of years, and commencing at a time on or after his/her
Determination Date as designated by the Participant’s irrevocable election; or 
 3. A payment of phantom stock units deferred in a
single distribution of Common Stock on a Distribution Date elected by him/her in accordance with the Plan. 
 C. Determination Date.
The Distributable Balance in the Deferred Compensation Account with respect to any Plan Year shall become fixed and determined at a Participant’s Determination Date. 

D. Distributable Balance. The Distributable Balance in the Deferred Compensation Account of a Participant for any deferrals under the
Cash Deferral Option is the cash balance of such Deferred Compensation Account at the Participant’s Determination Date. 

  
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 E. Determination of Distributable Balance. The Distributable Balance in the Deferred
Compensation Account of a Participant for any deferrals under the Phantom Stock Option shall be, prior to the effective date of this amendment and restatement, an amount equal to the Fair Market Value of the phantom “stock units” in such
Deferred Compensation Account at Participant’s Determination Date and on or after the effective date of this amendment and restatement, the number of shares of Common Stock equal to the number of phantom “stock units” plus any cash
amounts held in respect of fractional “stock units.” 
 F. Valuation. At the Determination Date of a Participant, such
Participant’s Deferred Compensation Account Distributable Balance for all Plan Years shall be valued. From that Determination Date forward, any remaining cash balance in the Account (i.e., balance during the time of installment payments) shall
bear interest at the Investment Return Rate and any remaining phantom “stock unit” balance shall continue to be credited with “dividends” as provided in paragraph X.c. above. In the event a Participant elects payment of the cash
balance of the Participant’s Deferred Compensation Account Distributable Balance in installments, each installment shall be calculated by dividing the then value of that portion of the Deferred Compensation Account which is in cash by the
number of installments remaining as of such date. To the extent the Distributable Balance is payable and distributable in shares of Common Stock of the Company, that part of the Participant’s Deferred Compensation Account that consists of
phantom stock units and phantom dividends shall be payable in shares of Common Stock which shall be issued in a single distribution to the Participants under the Company’s Equity Compensation Plan on the Distribution Date elected by the
Participant. 
 G. Distribution; Disability or Death of Participant. Distribution of a Participant’s Distributable Balance shall
commence immediately upon the occurrence of the Disability or death of the Participant, if such event occurs prior to the Distribution Date elected by the Participant, and such distribution shall be made in the form elected by the Participant. In
such a case, the Distributable Balance in the Deferred Compensation Account of the Participant shall be determined as of the date of such event in like manner as if such event was a Determination Date for such Participant. 

H. Distributions Continued. Distribution of the Distributable Balance in the form elected by the Participant shall continue in the event
of Disability or death of the Participant on or after the Distribution Date. 
 I. Form of Distribution; Disability. Distribution of
the Distributable Balance in the form elected by the Participant shall be made to the Participant in the event of Disability of such Participant; provided, that the Committee may, in its sole discretion, direct that such distribution instead be made
to a guardian or other representative of a Participant who is disabled. 
 J. Form of Distribution; Death of Participant. Each
Non-Employee Director who is a Participant shall also designate a Beneficiary to receive the unpaid balance of the value of the Participant’s Deferred Compensation Account in the event of the Participant’s death prior to complete
distribution of such unpaid balance of the Account. The unpaid balance shall be received in the form elected by the Participant. If no Beneficiary is designated, then the Participant’s Deferred Compensation Account shall be distributed to the
estate of the deceased Participant. 

  
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 K. No Acceleration of Distribution and Payment. No acceleration of the time or schedule of
any payment or amount scheduled to be paid pursuant to the terms of the Plan shall be allowed, and no such accelerated payment may be made whether or not provided for under the expressed or implied terms of such Plan. Provided, that there may be an
acceleration of a payment in accordance with the express provisions allowing the same under the Treasury regulations issued under Code Section 409A or the Committee may have discretion to permit such acceleration to be made consistent with the
regulations. Provided, that a Participant shall have no discretion with respect to whether a payment will be accelerated, and the Corporation or Committee shall not provide a Participant a direct or indirect election as to whether the
Corporation’s or Committee’s discretion to accelerate a payment will be exercised, even if such acceleration would be permitted under the regulations. 

L. Section 409A Compliance. This Plan is intended to comply with Section 409A of the Code or an exemption therefrom and shall
be construed and interpreted in a manner that is consistent with the requirements for avoiding additional taxes or penalties under Section 409A of the Code. 

ARTICLE XII 

NON-ASSIGNABILITY 

The right of a Non-Employee Director or Beneficiary to receive payments under this Plan shall not be pledged, assigned, transferred or subject
to garnishment attachment or other legal process by creditors of such Non-Employee Director or Beneficiary. 
 ARTICLE XIII 

ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN 

The Plan shall be administered by the Executive Compensation Committee of the Board, or by such other Committee as may be appointed and
designated by the Board to administer the Plan from time to time. The Executive Compensation Committee shall supervise and direct the administration and operation of the Plan, and shall have such powers and duties as are specified in the Plan, or
are otherwise necessary and appropriate thereto. The Committee, in its sole discretion, may establish rules and procedures governing the administration of the Plan, and shall have the power to interpret provisions of the Plan, and construe and
determine the effect of Participant Deferred Agreements and other instruments pertaining to the Plan, and all actions taken by the Executive Compensation Committee pursuant to the foregoing shall be binding on all Participants, Beneficiaries and
other persons. Day-to-day authority and responsibility for administration of the Plan may be delegated to the Company’s Benefit Plan Administration Committee and its authorized representatives, and all actions taken thereby shall be entitled to
the same deference as if taken by the Committee itself. 
 ARTICLE XIV 

FUNDING 
 A.
Company Obligation. The amounts of compensation deferred by any Non-Employee Director under this Plan shall constitute an unfunded and unsecured promise by the Company to pay such Non-Employee Director the deferred compensation from the
general assets of the Company in the future. 

  
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 B. Nonqualified Trust. Although the Company may make, in its sole discretion, investments
for the purpose of providing funds to pay such unsecured obligations made by it to the Plan, any such investments shall remain the sole and exclusive property of the Company subject to claims of its creditors generally; provided, that the Company
may, at its option, create a grantor or rabbi trust to pay part or all of its obligations under the Plan as it determines to the extent permissible without changing the unfunded and unsecured nature of its deferred compensation obligations to
Participants under the Plan. 
 ARTICLE XV 

STATE LAWS GOVERNING PLAN 

This Plan shall be governed by the laws of the State of Oklahoma. 

ARTICLE XVI 

AMENDMENT OR TERMINATION OF PLAN 

This Plan shall continue in effect until amended or terminated by the Board of Directors. Any such amendment or termination shall not
adversely affect any Deferred Compensation Account of a Participant then in existence under the Plan or any rights of a Participant under a Deferred Compensation Agreement entered into with a Participant prior to such amendment or termination. 

  
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 Exhibit 10.1 

LYONDELLBASELL INDUSTRIES 

2010 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN 

PERFORMANCE SHARE UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT 

By letter (the “Grant Letter”), effective as of the date specified in the Grant Letter (the “Grant Date”), LyondellBasell
Industries N.V. (the “Company”), pursuant to the LyondellBasell Industries 2010 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended (the “Plan”), has granted to the Participant a number of Stock Units (as defined in the Plan) equal to the
Target multiplied by the Earned Percentage certified for the Performance Cycle, subject to the vesting provisions specified herein (the “Performance Share Unit Award” or “PSU Award”). The applicable Target and Performance Cycle
are set forth in the Grant Letter. The Earned Percentage shall be determined based on the Performance Goals specified in the Grant Letter. These grants are all subject to adjustment as provided in the Plan, and the following terms and conditions
(the “Award Agreement”): 
  

	 	1.	Relationship to Plan and Company Agreements. 

 This PSU Award grant is a Qualified
Performance Award under the Plan and is subject to all applicable Plan terms, conditions, provisions and administrative interpretations, if any, adopted by the Committee. Except as defined in this Award Agreement, capitalized terms have the same
meanings ascribed to them in the Plan. This Award Agreement is with respect to shares of common stock of LyondellBasell Industries N.V. as required pursuant to the terms of the Company’s long term incentive program as in effect on the Grant
Date. This Award Agreement is intended to satisfy the Company’s obligations under any employment agreement between the Company and the Participant related to PSU Awards or a medium term incentive plan. To the extent that this Award Agreement is
intended to satisfy those Company obligations or any other Company obligation under any employment agreement between the Company and the Participant, the Participant agrees and acknowledges that this Award Agreement fulfills the Company’s
obligations under the employment agreement, this Award Agreement shall be interpreted and construed to the fullest extent possible consistent with such employment agreement, and in the event of a conflict between the terms of such employment
agreement and the terms of this Award Agreement, the terms of this Award Agreement shall control. 
  

	 	2.	Definitions. 

 The following definitions apply to this Award Agreement: 

(a) “Date of Termination” means the date on which the Participant ceases to be an Employee. 

(b) “Disability” means a permanent and total disability as defined in the applicable long-term disability plan of the
Participating Employer. “Disabled” has the correlative meaning 

  
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 (c) “Earned Percentage” means the percentage of the Target that is
earned during the Performance Cycle. The Earned Percentage is multiplied by the Target to determine the number of Stock Units granted under this PSU Award. The Earned Percentage shall be determined in accordance with the following: 

(i) Following the close of the Performance Cycle, the Committee shall determine and certify the Earned Percentage for the
Performance Cycle. 
 (ii) The Earned Percentage shall not exceed 200 percent. 

(iii) The Earned Percentage shall be deemed to be zero and no Award shall be payable if the Committee determines that
during the course of the applicable Performance Cycle, the Participant has engaged in actions that are materially detrimental to the Company or its Subsidiaries or Affiliates. 

(iv) The Committee may reduce the Participant’s Earned Percentage to account for the Participant’s individual
performance during the Performance Cycle. 
 (v) In the event of a Change of Control, the Earned Percentage shall be
calculated by reference to the attainment of Performance Goals as of the close of the last quarter ending on or before the Change of Control. 

(d) “Misconduct” means any act or failure to act that (i) caused or was intended to cause a violation of
the policies of the Company or a Subsidiary or an Affiliate, generally accepted accounting principles or any applicable laws in effect at the time of the acts or failures and (ii) materially increased the value of the compensation received by
the Participant. 
 (e) “Performance Cycle” means the three-calendar-year period set forth in the Grant Letter.

 (f) “Performance Goals” means the performance goals as set forth in the Grant Letter. 

(g) “Retirement” means the Participant’s voluntarily initiated termination of service on or after the earliest
of (i) age 65, (ii) age 55 with 10 years of participation service credited under the qualified defined benefit pension plan maintained by the Company or a Subsidiary or an Affiliate in which the Participant is eligible to participate,
(iii) the time of retirement as defined in a written agreement between a Participant and the Company or a Subsidiary or an Affiliate, or (iv) outside the U.S., the time when retirement is permitted and the Participant is eligible to
receive a company retirement benefit under applicable law with respect to the Participant’s primary place of employment (as determined by the Committee in its sole judgment). 

  
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 (h) ‘Target” means the projected target number of Stock Units, as
determined by the Committee and set forth in the Grant Letter, that may be payable to the Participant in satisfaction of this Award Agreement if the Committee determines that all Performance Goals for the Performance Cycle have been achieved and
certifies an Earned Percentage of 100%. 
  

	 	3.	Vesting Schedule. 

 (a) The PSU Award shall fully vest upon the date
following the end of the Performance Cycle upon which the Committee certifies the Earned Percentage applicable to the Performance Cycle, provided that the Participant is in continuous employment with a Participating Employer from the Grant Date
through such date. The PSU Award shall be forfeited if the Participant terminates employment prior to vesting. 
 (b)
Notwithstanding paragraph (a), the Participant shall become vested in a pro-rated portion of the PSU Award upon the earliest of (i) the date the Participant becomes Disabled while employed by a Participating Employer or (ii) the
Participant’s Date of Termination due to Retirement, death or involuntary termination not for Cause. The portion of the PSU Award that shall vest under this paragraph shall be determined by multiplying the number of Stock Units granted under
the PSU Award (which is equal to product of the Target and the Earned Percentage for the Performance Cycle) by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of whole calendar months of the Participant’s employment in such Performance
Cycle ending on the earliest of the date of Disability or Date of Termination, as applicable, and the denominator of which shall be the number of whole calendar months in the Performance Cycle; provided that for purposes of this Section 3(b),
partial service in a calendar month shall be considered service for the whole calendar month. 
 (c) Notwithstanding
paragraph (a), upon a Change of Control, the Earned Percentage shall be calculated by reference to the attainment of Performance Goals as of the close of the last quarter ending on or before the Change of Control in accordance with
Section 2(c)(v). Following the Change of Control, the Participant shall fully vest in the PSU Award on the last day of the Performance Cycle, if the Participant is in continuous employment with a Participating Employer from the Grant Date
through such date and shall forfeit the PSU Award if the Participant terminates prior to vesting. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Participant shall become vested in a pro-rated portion of the PSU Award upon the earlier to occur of (i) a
vesting event under Section 3(b) or (ii) an involuntary termination of employment of the Participant within one year following the Change of Control for any reason other than Cause (including a constructive termination of employment for
good reason (as defined in Section 10 of the Plan)). The portion that shall vest shall be determined by multiplying the number of Stock Units granted under the PSU Award (which is equal to product of the Target and the Earned Percentage
determined at the time of the Change of Control) by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of whole calendar months of the Participant’s employment in such Performance Cycle ending on the earliest vesting event and the
denominator of which shall be the number of whole calendar months in the Performance Cycle. For this purpose, partial service in a calendar month shall be considered service for the whole calendar month. 

  
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 (d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event a Participant: (1) takes a
leave of absence from the Company for personal reasons or as a result of entry into the Armed Forces of the United States, or (2) terminates employment for reasons which, in the judgment of the Committee, are deemed to be special circumstances,
the Committee may consider such circumstances and may take such action (to the extent consistent with Section 409A of the Code) as it may deem appropriate under the circumstances, including extending the rights of a Participant to continue
participation in the Plan beyond his Date of Termination; provided, however, that in no event may participation be extended beyond the term of the Performance Cycle in question. 

(e) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the entity that is deemed to be the plan sponsor with respect to this PSU Award is or
becomes a “nonqualified entity” (within the meaning of Section 457A(b) of the Code and applicable guidance thereunder), the provisions of Sections 3(b), 3(c) and 3(d) shall not apply with respect to any Participant who is a U.S.
taxpayer if and to the extent such provisions would cause any amounts payable hereunder to be subject to Section 457A of the Code. 

(f) For all purposes of this PSU Award, involuntary termination not for Cause does not include the Participant’s voluntary
termination of employment pursuant to a voluntary separation plan of a Participating Employer. 
  

	 	4.	Terms and Conditions. 

 The Participant shall not be entitled to any payment under
Section 6 until the PSU Award vests under Section 3. No rights related to the PSU Award may be sold, transferred, assigned, pledged or otherwise encumbered or disposed of prior to the vesting of the PSU Award. The PSU Award shall be
forfeited on the date the Participant’s employment terminates except as otherwise provided in this Award Agreement. 
  

	 	5.	Registration of Units. 

 The Participant’s right to receive Common Stock in
settlement of the PSU Award shall be evidenced by book entry (or by such other manner as the Committee may determine). 
  

	 	6.	Settlement. 

 When the PSU Award, or a portion thereof, vests under Section 3, the
Participant shall become entitled to receive a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the number of Stock Units granted under the PSU Award that have vested. Subject to Section 14 hereof, such shares of Common Stock shall be paid in a single
lump sum payment on March 31 following the end of the Performance Cycle; provided, however, that in the event a pro-rata portion of the PSU Award vests upon an involuntary termination of employment of the Participant within one year following a
Change of Control pursuant to Section 3(c), the shares of Common Stock shall be paid in a single lump sum payment within sixty (60) days after the Participant’s termination of employment. Any shares of Common Stock paid under this PSU
Award shall remain subject to the Company Clawback Policy as set forth in Section 16. 

  
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	 	7.	Dividend Equivalents. 

 No Dividend Equivalents shall be payable with respect to any of
the Stock Units granted under the PSU Award. 
  

	 	8.	Withholding. 

 No shares of Common Stock shall be delivered to or for a Participant
unless the amount of all federal, state and other governmental withholding tax requirements imposed upon the Company for those shares has been remitted to the Company or unless provisions to pay withholding requirements have been made to the
Committee’s satisfaction. The Committee may make any provision it deems appropriate to withhold any taxes it determines are required in connection with the PSU Award. Unless the Participant pays all taxes required to be withheld by the Company
or paid in connection with vesting of all or any portion of the PSU Award by delivering cash to the Company, the Company shall withhold from the PSU Award grant shares of Common Stock having a Fair Market Value equal to all taxes required to be
withheld with respect to the award of the PSU Award. 
  

	 	9.	Expatriate Participants. 

 Payments of Awards made to expatriate Participants will be,
pursuant to the applicable expatriate assignment policy of the Participating Employer, tax normalized based on typical income taxes and social security taxes in the expatriate Participant’s home country relevant to the expatriate
Participant’s domestic circumstances. 
  

	 	10.	Currency Exchange Rates. 

 For Participants who are not paid on a U.S. Dollar
payroll, the currency exchange rate used to calculate the Target was determined using the published intercompany exchange rate in effect on the first day of the Performance Cycle. 

 

	 	11.	No Fractional Shares. 

 No fractional shares of Common Stock are permitted in connection
with this Award Agreement. Any fractional number of Stock Units payable under the PSU Award shall be rounded up to the nearest whole share of Common Stock. Any shares of Common Stock withheld pursuant to Section 8 shall be rounded to whole
shares in the manner determined by the Committee to be appropriate to satisfy the minimum statutory withholding requirements. 
  

	 	12.	Successors and Assigns. 

 This Award Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of and
be enforceable by the Participant, the Company and their respective permitted successors and assigns (including personal representatives, heirs and legatees), but the Participant may not assign any rights or obligations under this Award Agreement
except to the extent and in the manner expressly permitted. 

  
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	 	13.	No Guaranteed Employment. 

 No provision of this Award Agreement shall confer any right
to continued Employment. 
  

	 	14.	Section 409A. 

 It is intended that the provisions of this Award Agreement satisfy
the requirements of Section 409A of the Code and the accompanying U.S. Treasury Regulations and pronouncements thereunder, and that the Award Agreement be operated in a manner consistent with such requirements to the extent applicable. 

For purposes of Section 409A of the Code, (i) if the Participant vested pursuant to Section 3(b) or 3(c), other than under
clause (ii) of Section 3(c), the time of settlement under Section 6 constitutes a specified time within the meaning of Section 1.409A-3(a)(4) of the Treasury Regulations and (ii) if the Participant vested pursuant to
Section 3(a) or 3(c)(ii), the time of settlement under Section 6 is within the short-term deferral period described in Section 1.409A-1(b)(4) of the Treasury Regulations. 

If the Participant is a U.S. taxpayer and is treated as a “specified employee” within the meaning of Section 409A as of the
date of the Participant’s termination, then any transfer of shares payable upon the Participant’s “separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A which are subject to the provisions of Section 409A and are
not otherwise excluded under Section 409A and would otherwise be payable during the first six-month period following such separation from service shall be paid on the fifteenth business day next following the earlier of (1) the expiration
of six months from the date of the Participant’s termination or (2) the Participant’s death. 
  

	 	15.	Section 162(m). 

 The PSU Award is a Qualified Performance Award under the Plan
intended to qualify as qualified performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) of the Code. 
  

	 	16.	Company Clawback Policy. 

 If (a) the Committee determines that the Participant has
either engaged in, or benefitted from, Misconduct and (b) the Participant is classified at a level of M-4 or above in the LyondellBasell Group compensation classification system at the time of such determination, upon notice from the Company,
the Participant shall reimburse to the Company all or a portion of the payments received under this PSU Award as the Committee deems appropriate under the circumstances. Such notice shall be provided within the earlier to occur of one year after
discovery of the alleged Misconduct or the second anniversary of the Participant’s Date of Termination. 

LYONDELLBASELL INDUSTRIES N.V. 

  
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