Exhibit 10.1
NATIONAL BANK HOLDINGS CORPORATION
2023 Omnibus INCENTIVE PLAN,
AS AMENDED AND RESTATED May 7, 2026
The purpose of the Plan is to give the Company the ability to competitively attract, retain and motivate officers, employees, directors and/or consultants who will contribute toward the continued growth, profitability and success of the Company by providing stock-based incentives that offer an opportunity to participate in the Company’s future performance and align the interests of such officers, employees, directors and/or consultants with those of the shareholders of the Company.
For purposes of the Plan, the following terms are defined as set forth below:
“Affiliate” means a corporation or other entity controlled by, controlling or under common control with the Company.
“Annual Cash Award” means a Cash Award that relates to an annual performance period and is not valued based on the Fair Market Value of a Share.
“Applicable Exchange” means the New York Stock Exchange or such other securities exchange as may at the applicable time be the principal market for the Common Stock.
“Award” means an Equity Award or Cash Award granted pursuant to the terms of the Plan.
“Award Agreement” means a written or electronic document or agreement setting forth the terms and conditions of a specific Award.
“Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.
“Board Cycle” means the period beginning on an annual meeting of the shareholders of the Company and ending immediately prior to the start of the next annual meeting of the shareholders of the Company.
“Business Combination” has the meaning set forth in Section 11(e)(iii).
“Cash Award” means an Award denominated and payable in cash granted pursuant to Section 10.
“Cause” means, unless otherwise provided in an Award Agreement, (i) “Cause” as defined in an Individual Agreement, or (ii) if there is no such Individual Agreement or if it does not define Cause: (A) the willful or gross neglect by a Participant of his or her employment duties (other than as a result of his incapacity due to physical or mental illness or injury) as determined by the
Committee; (B) the plea of guilty or nolo contendere to, or conviction for, the commission of a felony offense by a Participant; (C) conduct by a Participant that is injurious to the Company or an Affiliate, or an act of fraud, embezzlement, misrepresentation or breach of a fiduciary duty against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, as determined by the Committee; (D) a breach by a Participant of any nondisclosure, nonsolicitation or noncompetition obligation owed to the Company or any of its Affiliates; or (E) the failure of a Participant to follow instructions of the Board or his or her direct superiors. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan, following a Change in Control, any determination by the Committee as to whether “Cause” exists shall be subject to de novo review.
“Change in Control” has the meaning set forth in Section 11(e).
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and any successor thereto, the Treasury Regulations thereunder and other relevant interpretive guidance issued by the Internal Revenue Service or the Treasury Department. Reference to any specific section of the Code shall be deemed to include such regulations and guidance, as well as any successor provision of the Code.
“Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor agency.
“Committee” means the Committee referred to in Section 2(a).
“Common Stock” means Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per Share, of the Company.
“Company” means National Bank Holdings Corporation, a Delaware corporation, or its successor.
“Corporate Transaction” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(g)(i).
“Disability” means, unless otherwise provided in an Award Agreement, the Company or an Affiliate having cause to terminate a Participant’s employment or service on account of “disability,” as defined in any existing Individual Agreement, or, in the absence of such an Individual Agreement, a condition entitling the Participant to receive benefits under a long-term disability plan of the Company or an Affiliate or, in the absence of such a plan, the complete and permanent inability by reason of illness or accident to perform the duties of the occupation at which a Participant was employed or served when such disability commenced or, as determined by the Committee, based upon medical evidence acceptable to it. Notwithstanding the above, (a) with respect to an Incentive Stock Option, Disability (for purposes of any extended exercise period) shall mean Permanent and Total Disability as defined in Section 22(e)(3) of the Code, and (b) with respect to each Award that constitutes a “nonqualified deferred compensation plan” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code, the foregoing definition shall apply for purposes of vesting of such Award; provided that such Award shall not be settled until the earliest of: (i) the Participant’s “disability” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code, (ii) the Participant’s “separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code, and (iii) the date such
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Award would otherwise be settled pursuant to the terms of the Award Agreement (to the extent that such date is in compliance with Treasury Regulations Section 1.409A-3(i)(1)(i)).
“Disaffiliation” means a Subsidiary’s or Affiliate’s ceasing to be a Subsidiary or Affiliate for any reason (including, without limitation, as a result of a public offering, or a spinoff or sale by the Company, of the stock of the Subsidiary or Affiliate) or a sale of a division of the Company and its Affiliates.
“Effective Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 13(a).
“Eligible Employee” means any Eligible Individual who is an employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates.
“Eligible Individuals” means any director, officer, employee or consultant of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, or any prospective employee and consultant who has accepted an offer of employment or consultancy from the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, who are or will be responsible for, or contribute to, the management, growth or profitability of the business of the Company or its Subsidiaries or Affiliates.
“Equity Award” means a Stock Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Unit, Performance Unit or Other Stock-Based Award granted pursuant to the terms of the Plan.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, and any successor thereto.
“Fair Market Value” means, except as otherwise determined by the Committee, the closing price of a Share on the Applicable Exchange on the date of measurement or, if Shares were not traded on the Applicable Exchange on such measurement date, then on the next preceding date on which Shares were traded on the Applicable Exchange, as reported by such source as the Committee may select. If there is no regular public trading market for such Common Stock, the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock shall be determined by the Committee in good faith and, to the extent applicable, such determination shall be made in a manner that satisfies Section 409A and Section 422(c)(1) of the Code.
“Full-Value Award” means any Award other than a Stock Option, Stock Appreciation Right or Cash Award.
“Grant Date” means (i) the date on which the Committee by resolution selects an Eligible Individual to receive a grant of an Award and determines the number of Shares, or the formula for earning a number of Shares, to be subject to such Award or the cash amount subject to such Award, or (ii) such later date as the Committee shall provide in such resolution.
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“Incentive Stock Option” means any Stock Option designated in the applicable Award Agreement as an “incentive stock option” within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code, and that in fact so qualifies.
“Incumbent Board” has the meaning set forth in Section 11(e)(ii).
“Individual Agreement” means an employment, consulting or similar agreement between a Participant and the Company or one of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, and, after a Change in Control, a change in control or salary continuation agreement between a Participant and the Company or one of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates. If a Participant is party to both an employment agreement and a change in control or salary continuation agreement, the employment agreement shall be the relevant “Individual Agreement” prior to a Change in Control, and, the change in control or salary continuation agreement shall be the relevant “Individual Agreement” after a Change in Control.
“Nonqualified Stock Option” means any Stock Option that is not an Incentive Stock Option.
“Other Stock-Based Award” means Awards of Common Stock and other Awards that are valued in whole or in part by reference to, or are otherwise based upon, Common Stock, including (without limitation) unrestricted stock, dividend equivalents and convertible debentures.
“Outstanding Company Common Stock” has the meaning set forth in Section 11(e)(i).
“Outstanding Company Voting Securities” has the meaning set forth in Section 11(e)(i).
“Participant” means an Eligible Individual to whom an Award is or has been granted.
“Performance Goals” means the performance goals established by the Committee in connection with the grant of an Award, which may be based on the attainment of specified levels of one or more of the following measures, or any other performance measure as is determined by the Committee in its sole discretion: stock price, earnings and earnings per share (including core, gross, net, pre-tax, post-tax, pre-provision, earnings before interest and taxes, earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, and whether or not excluding or adjusting for specific items, which may include stock or other compensation expense, impairment charges, indemnification asset amortization or loss-share accounting metrics), net income and net income per share (including core, gross, net, pre-tax, post-tax, pre-provision, earnings before interest and taxes, earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, and whether or not excluding or adjusting for specific items, which may include stock or other compensation expense, impairment charges, indemnification asset amortization or loss-share accounting metrics), profits (net profit, gross profit, operating profit, economic profit, profit margins or other corporate profit measures, in total or with respect to specific categories or business units), operating or cash earnings and operating or cash earnings per share; cash (cash flow, cash flow per share, cash flow return on investment, cash generation or other cash measures, before or after dividends); return on equity (including average and/or tangible), return on assets, risk weighted assets or operating assets (including average and/or tangible), asset quality (including charge-offs, loan loss reserves, non-
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performing assets or loans and related ratios), net interest margin (including on a tax equivalent basis), net interest income (including on a tax equivalent basis), core non-interest income (including on a tax equivalent basis), interest-sensitivity gap levels, investments, efficiency ratio, non-interest expense, non-interest expense to average assets, expense targets, cost control, cost-saving levels, loan portfolio growth, deposit portfolio growth, levels of assets, loans (in total or with respect to specific categories of loans) and/or deposits (in total or with respect to specific categories of deposit accounts, and with respect to number of account relationships or account balance amounts), cost of funds, liquidity, market share, growth in target market relationships, objective customer service measures or indices, business expansion or consolidation (acquisitions and divestitures), economic value added, shareholder value added, embedded value added, combined ratio, operating income, pre- or after-tax income, gross margin, risk-based capital, revenues, revenue growth, return on capital (including return on total capital or return on invested capital), total shareholder return, strategic plan development and implementation, internal rate of return, regulatory compliance, satisfactory internal or external audits, book value and book value per share, tangible shareholders’ equity and tangible book value per share, tangible common equity and tangible common equity per share, tangible common equity to tangible assets, tangible common equity to risk-weighted assets, achievement of balance sheet or income statement objectives, unit volume, sales, marketing spending efficiency or change in working capital, in each case with respect to the Company or any one or more Subsidiaries, divisions, business units or business segments thereof, either in absolute terms or relative to the performance of one or more other companies (including an index covering multiple companies).
“Performance Period” means that period established by the Committee at the time any Performance Unit 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.
“Performance Unit” means any Award granted under Section 8 of a unit valued by reference to a designated amount of cash or other property other than Shares, which value may be paid to the Participant by delivery of such property as the Committee shall determine, including, without limitation, cash, Shares 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.
“Person” has the meaning set forth in Section 11(e)(i).
“Plan” means the National Bank Holdings Corporation 2023 Omnibus Incentive Plan, as Amended and Restated May 7, 2026, as set forth herein and as hereinafter amended from time to time.
“Replaced Award” has the meaning set forth in Section 11(b)(ii).
“Replacement Award” has the meaning set forth in Section 11(b)(ii).
“Prior Plans” means the National Bank Holdings Corporation 2014 Omnibus Incentive Plan and the NBH Holdings Corp. 2009 Equity Incentive Plan.
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“Restricted Stock” means an Award granted under Section 6.
“Restricted Stock Unit” has the meaning set forth in Section 7(a).
“Restriction Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 6(c)(ii).
“Section 16(b)” has the meaning set forth in Section 12(a).
“Section 409A Change in Control” means an event described in Section 409A(a)(2)(v) of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Separation from Service” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Termination of Employment.”
“Share” means a share of Common Stock.
“Stock Appreciation Right” means an Award granted under Section 5(b).
“Stock Option” means an Award granted under Section 5(a).
“Subsidiary” means any corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other entity during any period in which at least a 50% voting or profits interest is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company or any successor to the Company.
“Substitute Awards” means 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, in each case, by any Person acquired by the Company or any Subsidiary or with which the Company or any Subsidiary combines.
“Term” means the maximum period during which a Stock Option or Stock Appreciation Right may remain outstanding, subject to earlier termination upon Termination of Employment or otherwise, as specified in the applicable Award Agreement.
“Termination of Employment” means the termination of the applicable Participant’s employment with, or performance of services for, the Company and any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, (i) if a Participant’s employment with the Company and its Affiliates terminates but such Participant continues to provide services to the Company and its Affiliates in a non-employee capacity, such change in status shall not be deemed a Termination of Employment and (ii) a Participant employed by, or performing services for, a Subsidiary, an Affiliate or a division of the Company and its Affiliates shall also be deemed to incur a Termination of Employment if, as a result of a Disaffiliation, such Subsidiary, Affiliate or division ceases to be a Subsidiary, Affiliate or division, as the case may be, and the Participant does not immediately thereafter become an employee of, or service provider for, the Company or another Subsidiary or Affiliate. Temporary absences from employment because of illness, vacation or leave of absence and transfers among the Company and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates
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shall not be considered Terminations of Employment. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this definition, with respect to any Award that constitutes a “nonqualified deferred compensation plan” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code, a Participant shall not be considered to have experienced a “Termination of Employment” unless the Participant has experienced a “separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code (a “Separation from Service”).
Subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan, the Committee shall have absolute authority:
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Awards may be granted under the Plan to Eligible Individuals; provided, however, that Incentive Stock Options may be granted only to employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries or parent corporation (within the meaning of Section 424(f) of the Code).
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The transferability of this certificate and the shares of stock represented hereby are subject to the terms and conditions (including forfeiture) of the National Bank Holdings Corporation 2023 Omnibus Incentive Plan and an Award Agreement. Copies of such Plan and Award Agreement are on file at the offices of National Bank Holdings Corporation.
The Committee may require that the certificates evidencing such shares be held in custody by the Company until the restrictions thereon shall have lapsed and that, as a condition of any Award of Restricted Stock, the applicable Participant shall have delivered a stock power, endorsed in blank, relating to the Common Stock covered by such Award.
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Performance Units may be issued hereunder to Eligible Individuals, for no cash 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 Goals 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 Unit. The conditions for grant or vesting and the other provisions of Performance Units (including without limitation any applicable Performance Goals) need not be the same with respect to each recipient. Performance Units may be paid in cash, Shares, other property or any combination thereof, in the sole discretion of the Committee as set forth in the applicable Award Agreement.
Other Stock-Based Awards may be granted either alone or in conjunction with other Awards granted under the Plan.
The Committee may grant Awards to Eligible Individuals that are denominated and payable in cash in such amounts and subject to such terms and conditions consistent with the terms of the Plan as the Committee shall determine. With respect to a Cash Award subject to Performance Goals, the Performance Goals to be achieved during any performance period and the
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length of the Performance Period shall be determined by the Committee upon the grant of such Cash Award.
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Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, any Award Agreement or any Individual Agreement, with respect to any Award that constitutes “nonqualified deferred compensation” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code, a Change in Control shall not constitute a
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settlement or distribution event with respect to such Award, or an event that otherwise changes the timing of settlement or distribution of such Award, unless the Change in Control also constitutes a Section 409A Change in Control. For the avoidance of doubt, this paragraph shall have no bearing on whether an Award vests pursuant to the terms of the Plan or the applicable Award Agreement or Individual Agreement.
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It is intended that the Plan constitute an “unfunded” plan for incentive and deferred compensation. The Committee may authorize the creation of trusts or other arrangements to meet the obligations created under the Plan to deliver Common Stock or make payments; provided, however, that unless the Committee otherwise determines, the existence of such trusts or other arrangements is consistent with the “unfunded” status of the Plan.
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