SEC Contract Filing

Filing Date: 2021-04-28

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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="ic8947b1346b343b9bacf011b11f65ff5_1"></div><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Exhibit 10.1</font></div></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></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:232%">M.D.C. HOLDINGS, INC.<br>2021 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Adopted January 25, 2021</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Approved by the Company&#8217;s shareholders on April 26, 2021</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">M.D.C. Holdings, Inc. 2021 Equity Incentive Plan</font></div><div><font><br></font></div></div></div><div id="ic8947b1346b343b9bacf011b11f65ff5_4"></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">TABLE OF CONTENTS</font></div><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Page</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:93.300%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:4.500%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#0563c1;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="#ic8947b1346b343b9bacf011b11f65ff5_7" style="color:#0563c1;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">1</a></font><font style="color:#0563c1;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="#ic8947b1346b343b9bacf011b11f65ff5_7" style="color:#0563c1;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</a></font><font style="color:#0563c1;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="#ic8947b1346b343b9bacf011b11f65ff5_7" style="color:#0563c1;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">INTRODUCTION</a></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="#ic8947b1346b343b9bacf011b11f65ff5_7" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">1</a></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#0563c1;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="#ic8947b1346b343b9bacf011b11f65ff5_7" style="color:#0563c1;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">1.1</a></font><font style="color:#0563c1;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="#ic8947b1346b343b9bacf011b11f65ff5_7" style="color:#0563c1;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</a></font><font style="color:#0563c1;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="#ic8947b1346b343b9bacf011b11f65ff5_7" style="color:#0563c1;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Establishment</a></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Rom