EXHIBIT 10.1
AMENDED AND RESTATED TALOS ENERGY INC.
2021 LONG TERM INCENTIVE PLAN
1. Purpose. The purpose of the Amended and Restated Talos Energy Inc. 2021 Long Term Incentive Plan (as amended from time to time, the
Plan) is to provide a means through which (a) Talos Energy Inc., a Delaware corporation (together with any successor thereto, the Company), and the Affiliates may attract, retain and motivate
qualified persons as employees, directors and consultants, thereby enhancing the profitable growth of the Company and the Affiliates and (b) persons upon whom the responsibilities of the successful administration and management of the Company
and the Affiliates rest, and whose present and potential contributions to the Company and the Affiliates are of importance, can acquire and maintain stock ownership or awards the value of which is tied to the performance of the Company, thereby
strengthening their concern for the Company and the Affiliates. Accordingly, the Plan provides for the grant of Options, SARs, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Stock Awards, Dividend Equivalents, Other Stock-Based Awards, Cash Awards,
Substitute Awards, or any combination of the foregoing, as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion.
2. Definitions. For
purposes of the Plan, the following terms shall be defined as set forth below:
(a) Affiliate means any Person
that, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, the Company. For purposes of the preceding sentence, control (including, with correlative meanings, the terms controlled by and
under common control with), as used with respect to any Person, shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power (i) to vote more than 50% of the securities having ordinary voting power for the election of directors
of the controlled Person or (ii) to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of the controlled Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract, or otherwise.
(b) ASC Topic 718 means the Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic 718,
Compensation Stock Compensation, as amended or any successor accounting standard.
(c) Award means
any Option, SAR, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Unit, Stock Award, Dividend Equivalent, Other Stock-Based Award, Cash Award, or Substitute Award, together with any other right or interest, granted under the Plan.
(d) Award Agreement means any written instrument (including any employment, severance or change in control
agreement) that sets forth the terms, conditions, restrictions and/or limitations applicable to an Award, in addition to those set forth under the Plan.
(e) Board means the Board of Directors of the Company.
(f) Cash Award means an Award denominated in cash granted under Section 6(i).