SEC Contract Filing

Filing Date: 2024-05-13

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<!--Enhanced HTML document created with Toppan Merrill Bridge 10.6.125.0--><!--Created on: 5/10/2024 06:38:26 PM (UTC)--><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"><html><head><meta charset="UTF-8"><title></title></head><body><div style="margin-top:30pt;"></div><div style="max-width:100%;padding-left:5.88%;padding-right:5.88%;position:relative;"><div style="clear:both;max-width:100%;position:relative;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;"><b style="font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit 10.1</b></p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;"><b style="font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">MILESTONE PHARMACEUTICALS INC.</b></p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;"><b style="font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">AMENDED AND RESTATED NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR COMPENSATION POLICY</b></p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;margin:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;"><font style="font-size:11pt;">Each member of the Board of Directors (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">Board</font><font style="font-size:11pt;">&#8221;) of Milestone Pharmaceuticals Inc. (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">Company</font><font style="font-size:11pt;">&#8221;) who is not also serving as an employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries (each such member, an &#8220;</font><font style="font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">Eligible Director</font><font style="font-size:11pt;">&#8221;) will receive the compensation described in this Non-Employee Director Compensation Policy (this &#8220;</font><font style="font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">Policy</font><font style="font-size:11pt;">&#8221;). An Eligible Director may decline all or any portion of his or her compensation by giving notice to the Company prior to the date cash is to be paid or equity awards are to be granted, as the case may be. This Policy may be amended at any time in the sole discretion of the Board or the Compensation Committee of the Board.</font></p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;"><b style="font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">Annual Cash Compensation</b></p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;margin:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;"><font style="font-size:11pt;">The annual cash compensation amount set forth below is payable to Eligible Directors in equal quarterly installments, payable in arrears on the last day of each fiscal quarter in which the service occurred. If an Eligible Director joins the Board or a committee of the Board at a time other than effective as of the first day of a fiscal quarter, each annual retainer set forth below will be pro-rated based on days served in the applicable fiscal year, with the pro-rated amount paid for the first fiscal quarter in which the Eligible Director provides the service, and regular full quarterly payments to be paid thereafter. All annual cash fees are vested upon payment.</font></p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td style="width:18pt;padding:0pt;"></td><td style="vertical-align:text-top;white-space:nowrap;width:18pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;"><font style="font-size:11pt;">1.</font></p></td><td style="padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;"><u style="font-size:11pt;text-decoration-color:#000000;text-decoration-line:underline;text-decoration-style:solid;">Annual Board Service Retainer</u><font style="font-size:11pt;">:</font></p></td></tr></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td style="width:54pt;padding:0pt;"></td><td style="vertical-align:text-top;white-space:nowrap;width:18pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;"><font style="font-size:11pt;">a.</font></p></td><td style="padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;"><font style="font-size:11pt;">All Eligible Directors: $42,500</font></p></td></tr></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td style="width:54pt;padding:0pt;"></td><td style="vertical-align:text-top;white-space:nowrap;width:18pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;"><font style="font-size:11pt;">b.</font></p></td><td style="padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;"><font style="font-size:11pt;">Non-executive chairperson of the Board: $72,500 (inclusive of Annual Board Service Retainer)</font></p></td></tr></table><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 72pt;"><font style="font-size:11pt;margin-left:0pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td style="width:18pt;padding:0pt;"></td><td style="vertical-align:text-top;white-space:nowrap;width:18pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;"><font style="font-size:11pt;">2.</font></p></td><td style="padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;"><u style="font-size:11pt;text-decor