SEC Contract Filing

Filing Date: 2021-09-20

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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="ib66139bac14f49ae8c7110c5c0d4cd4c_38"></div><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Exhibit 10.1</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">SECOND AMENDMENT TO</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">CHICO&#8217;S FAS, INC. OFFICER SEVERANCE PLAN</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">AND </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">SUMMARY PLAN DESCRIPTION</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Pursuant to the authority granted under Section 7.01 of the Chico&#8217;s FAS, Inc. Officer Severance Plan and Summary Plan Description (as amended and restated effective January 1, 2020 and as amended by the First Amendment on March 31, 2020) (the &#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Plan</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8221;), the Plan is hereby amended as set forth below, effective on September 14, 2021 (the &#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Effective Date</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8221;).</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">1.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Replace Article 13 of the Plan with the following&#58; </font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:18pt;padding-right:18pt;text-align:center;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">ARTICLE 13</font></div><div style="padding-left:18pt;padding-right:18pt;text-align:center;text-indent:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:18pt;padding-right:18pt;text-align:center;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">PLAN FREEZE AND REINSTATEMENT</font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The Plan was frozen effective March 31, 2020 through September 13, 2021, so that no Employee shall be eligible to participate in the Plan on and after March 31, 2020 through</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"> </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">September 13, 2021. If you are an Employee and your employment with the Company is involuntarily terminated on or after March 31, 2020 and before September 14, 2021, you are not eligible to participate in or receive any Benefits under the Plan. If you are an Employee and your employment with the Company is involuntarily terminated on or after September 14, 2021, your eligibility under the Plan will be determined under Article 3 and other applicable provisions of the Plan. This Article 13 overrides all other inconsistent provisions in the Plan.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">2. &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Replace Subsection (b) of Section 5.02 of the Plan with the following&#58;</font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(b) Your reemployment or other employment or service as provided in Section 5.03&#59; </font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">3. &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Replace Section 5.03 of the Plan with the following&#58;</font></div><div style="padding-left:18pt;padding-right:18pt;text-align:center;text-indent:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times