Remuneration Information • Jun 19, 2023
Remuneration Information
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AIRTEL AFRICA LONG-
Adopted by the board of the
Company on 14 June 2019
Amended by the remuneration committee of the board of the Company on 27 June 2019 and on 25 July 2019
Approved by the shareholders of the Company on 12 June 2019
Amended by the remuneration committee of the board of the Company on [●] 2023
Approved by the shareholders of the Company on [●] 2023
| 1. | Definitions and Interpretation 1 | |
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| 2. | Eligibility 3 | |
| 3. | Grant of Awards 3 | |
| 4. | Limits 5 | |
| 5. | Vesting of Awards 6 | |
| 6. | Consequences of Vesting 9 |
| 14. 18 |
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1.1 In the Plan, unless the context otherwise requires:
"Admission Date" means the dealing day on which the Shares are admitted to trading on the London Stock Exchange;
"Allocation" means a conditional right to acquire
Shares granted under the Plan; "Award" means an
Allocation or an Option;
"Board" means the board of directors of the Company or a duly authorised committee of the Board or a duly authorised person, or any successor entity;
"Committee" means the remuneration committee of the Board or, on and after the occurrence of a corporate event described in Rule 11 (Takeovers and other corporate events), the remuneration committee of the Board as constituted immediately before that event;
"Company" means Airtel Africa plc (registered in England and Wales with registered number 11462215);
"Control" means control within the meaning of section 719 of ITEPA;
"Dividend Equivalent" means a benefit calculated by reference to dividends paid on Shares as described in Rule 3.4;
"Early Vesting Date" means either:
"Exercise Period" means the period referred to in Rule 6.2 during which an Option may be exercised;
"Grant Date" means the date on which an Award is granted;
"Group Member" means:
(a) a Participating Company or a body corporate which is the Company's holding company (within the meaning of section
1159 of the Companies Act 2006) or a Subsidiary of the Company's holding company; and
(b) a body corporate which is a subsidiary undertaking (within the meaning of section 1162 of that Act) of a body corporate within paragraph (a) above and has been designated by the Board for this purpose;
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"Holding Period" means any period during which Rule 6.4 (Holding Period) will apply;
"ITEPA" means the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003;
"Listing Rules" means the Listing Rules published by the United Kingdom Listing Authority;
"London Stock Exchange" means London Stock Exchange plc or any successor to that company;
"Normal Vesting Date" means the date on which an Award Vests under Rule 5.1;
"Option" means a right to acquire Shares granted under the Plan which is designated as an option by the Committee under Rule 3.2 (Type of Award);
"Option Price" means the amount, if any, payable on the exercise of an Option;
"Participant" means a person who holds an Award including their personal representatives;
"Participating Company" means the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company;
"Performance Condition" means a condition related to performance which is specified by the Committee under Rule 3.1 (Terms of grant);
"Plan" means the Airtel Africa Long-Term Incentive Plan as amended from time to time;
"Rule" means a rule of the Plan;
"Shares" means fully paid ordinary shares in the capital of the Company, and in respect of Special Awards only, "Shares" may, where relevant, also mean fully paid ordinary shares in the capital of a Subsidiary;
"Special Award" means an Award granted to an individual by the Committee, in its absolute discretion, which is designed to incentivise performance in relation to any exceptional strategic initiative of the Company;
"Subsidiary" means a body corporate which is a subsidiary (within the meaning of section 1162 of the Companies Act 2006);
"Tax Liability" means any amount of tax or social security contributions for which a Participant would or may be liable and for which any Group Member or former Group Member would or may be obliged to (or would or may suffer a disadvantage if it were not to) account to any relevant authority;
"Vest" means:
(a) in relation to an Allocation, a Participant becoming entitled to have Shares transferred to them (or their nominee) subject to the Rules;
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(b) in relation to an Option, it becoming exercisable and Vesting and Vested Shares shall be construed accordingly.
An individual is eligible to be granted an Award only if they are an employee (including an executive director) of a Participating Company. In the case of:
Subject to Rule 3.6 (Timing of grant), Rule 3.8 (Approvals and consents) and Rule 4 (Limits), the Committee may grant an Award to any person who is eligible to be granted an Award under Rule 2 on the terms set out in the Plan and any other terms (whether a Performance Condition, Holding Period or otherwise) as the Committee may specify.
On or before the Grant Date, the Committee shall determine whether an Award shall be an Allocation or an Option.
An Award shall be granted as follows:
In relation to an Allocation, the Committee may:
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decide at any time that a Participant (or their nominee) shall be entitled to receive a benefit in cash and/or Shares determined by reference to the value of all or any of the dividends that would have been paid on the Vested Shares in respect of dividend record dates occurring during the period between the Grant Date and the date of Vesting. The Committee may decide to exclude the value of all or part of any special dividend from the amount of the Dividend Equivalent; or
(b) grant an Allocation on terms whereby the number of Shares in the Allocation shall increase by deeming dividends paid on the Shares from the Grant Date to the date of Vesting to have been reinvested in additional Shares on such terms as the Committee shall decide.
For the avoidance of doubt, an Award granted in the form of an Option shall not be eligible for any dividend equivalent.
An Award may only be satisfied by the transfer of Shares (other than the transfer of treasury Shares).
Subject to Rule 3.8 (Approvals and consents), an Award may only be granted:
but an Award may not be granted after 12 June 2029, being the expiry of the period of 10 years beginning with the date on which the Plan is approved by the Board.
An Award granted to any person:
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The grant of any Award shall be subject to obtaining any approval or consent required under the Listing Rules, any relevant share dealing code
of the Company, the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers, or any other UK or overseas regulation or enactment.
provided that the Committee may apply a higher limit of 300% in the case of Allocations and 600% in the case of Options where the Committee decides, in its discretion, that circumstances exist which are sufficiently exceptional to justify a higher limit.
(b) In addition, an employee may be granted a Special Award during any financial year of the Company with a maximum total value on the Grant Date of up to 100% of their salary.
(b)(c) For the purpose of this Rule 4.1:4.1:
be such value as the Committee reasonably determines; and
(iii) where Awards granted to an employee during any financial year of the Company comprise both Allocations and Options, the Committee shall apply a pro-rata offset between the limits in Rule 4.1(a)(i) and (ii).
Any Award shall be limited and take effect so that the limits in this Rule 44 are complied with.
No Shares may be issued or treasury Shares transferred to satisfy the Vesting of any Allocation or the exercise of any Option
Subject to Rules 5.3 (Restrictions on Vesting: regulatory and tax issues), 5.6 and 5.7 (Restrictions on Vesting: malus and clawback Award shall Vest on the later of:
except where earlier Vesting occurs under Rule 10 (Leavers) or Rule 11 (Takeovers and other corporate events
An Award shall only Vest to the extent:
An Award shall not Vest unless and until the following conditions are satisfied:
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the sale of Shares pursuant to Rule 5.5 (Payment of Tax Liability) then the Participant must have entered into arrangements acceptable to the Board that the relevant Group Member will receive the amount of such Tax Liability;
For the purposes of this Rule 5.3, references to Group Member include any former Group Member.
If a Participant will, or is likely to, incur any Tax Liability before the Vesting of an Award then that Participant must enter into arrangements acceptable to any relevant Group Member to ensure that it receives the amount of such Tax Liability. If no such arrangement is made then the Participant shall be deemed to have authorised the Company to sell or procure the sale of sufficient Shares subject to their Award to ensure that
the relevant Group Member receives the amount required to discharge the Tax Liability and the number of Shares subject to the Award shall be reduced accordingly.
For the purposes of this Rule 5.4, references to Group Member include any former Group Member.
The Participant authorises the Company to sell or procure the sale of sufficient Vested Shares on or following the Vesting of their Award to ensure that any relevant Group Member or former Group Member receives the amount required to discharge the Tax Liability which arises on Vesting except to the extent that the Board decides that all or part of the Tax Liability shall be funded in a different manner.
Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan:
(a) the Committee may decide at any time that the Participant shall be subject to:
(i) malus before an Award Vests; and/or (ii) clawback for (A) Special Awards, up to three years after a Special Award Vests and (B) all other Awards, up
to two years after an Award Vests,
as described in Rule 5.7 (Operation of malus and clawback: general).
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(b) the Committee may exercise its discretion under this Rule 5.6 including (but without limitation) following:
The Committee may decide to satisfy any malus and/or clawback as follows:
payment to be made to the relevant individual by any Group Member), such amount as is required for the clawback to be satisfied in full.
On or as soon as reasonably practicable after the Vesting of an Allocation, the Board shall, subject to Rule 5.5 (Payment of Tax Liability) and any arrangement made under Rules 5.3(b) and 5.3(c) (Restrictions on Vesting: regulatory and tax issues), procure the transfer of the Vested Shares to the Participant (or a nominee for them).
If the Committee decided at any time under Rule 3.4(a) (Treatment of Dividends) that a Participant would be entitled to the Dividend Equivalent in relation to Shares under their Allocation, then the provision of the Dividend Equivalent to the Participant shall be made as soon as practicable after Vesting:
If the Committee determines at grant under Rule 3.13.1 (Terms of grant) that a Holding Period will apply to an Award:
(a) Vesting will occur at the end of the Holding Period or, if the Committee so decides, on the Normal Vesting Date but on the basis that the Shares delivered on Vesting may not be disposed of, assigned, sold or charged during the Holding Period;
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Rule 1010 (Leavers) shall apply to such Award during the Holding Period unless or to the extent that the Committee in its discretion decides that no Holding Period or a reduced Holding Period shall apply;
An Option which has Vested may not be exercised unless the following conditions are satisfied:
(a) the exercise of the Option and the transfer of Shares after such exercise would be lawful in all relevant jurisdictions and in compliance with the Listing Rules, any relevant share dealing code of the Company, the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers and any other relevant regulation or enactment;
For the purposes of this Rule 7.1, references to Group Member include any former Group Member.
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An Option may be exercised to the maximum extent possible at the time of exercise or over such fewer number of Shares as the Participant decides.
The exercise of any Option shall be effected in the form and manner prescribed by the Board. Unless the Board, acting fairly and reasonably, determines otherwise, any notice of exercise shall, subject to Rule 7.1 (Restrictions on the exercise of an Option: regulatory and tax issues), take effect only when the Company receives it, together with payment of any relevant Option Price (or, if the Board so permits, an undertaking to pay that amount).
The Participant authorises the Company to sell or procure the sale of sufficient Vested Shares on or following exercise of their Option on their behalf to ensure that any relevant Group Member receives the amount
required to discharge the Tax Liability which arises on such exercise except to the extent that the Board decides that all or part of the Tax Liability shall be funded in a different manner.
As soon as reasonably practicable after an Option has been exercised, the Company shall, subject to Rule 7.4 (Payment of Tax Liability) and any arrangement made under Rules 7.1(b) and 7.1(c) (Restrictions on exercise: regulatory and tax issues), transfer or procure the transfer to them (or a nominee for them) the number of Shares in respect of which the Option has been exercised.
Where an Allocation Vests or where an Option has been exercised (including an Allocation or Option granted as a Special Award) and Vested Shares have not yet been transferred to the Participant (or their nominee), the Committee may determine that, in substitution for their right to acquire such number of Vested Shares as the Committee may decide (but in full and final satisfaction of their right to acquire those Shares), they shall be paid by way of additional employment income a sum equal to the cash equivalent (as defined in Rule 8.2 (Limitation on the application of Rule 8.1)) of that number of Shares in accordance with the following provisions of this Rule 8.
As soon as reasonably practicable after the Committee has determined under Rule 8.1 (Committee determination be paid a sum in substitution for their right to acquire any number of Vested Shares:
There shall be deducted from any payment under this Rule 88 such amounts (on account of tax or similar liabilities) as may be required by law or as the Board may reasonably consider to be necessary or desirable.
An Award shall lapse in accordance with the Rules or to the extent it does not Vest under these Rules.
IfSubject to Rule 10.3, if a Participant ceases to be a director or employee of a Group Member before the Normal Vesting Date by reason of:
then, subject always to Rules 5.3 (Restrictions on Vesting: regulatory and tax issues), 5.6 and 5.7 (Restrictions on Vesting: malus and clawback) and 11 (Takeovers and other corporate events), their Award shall Vest on the Normal Vesting Date and Rule
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If a Participant dies following cessation of employment in circumstances where their Award did not lapse but it has not Vested by the time of their death, it shall Vest on the Normal Vesting Date unless the Committee decides that their Award shall Vest immediately on their death to the extent determined by reference to the time of cessation of employment in accordance with Rule 10.1 (Good leavers).
If any person (or group of persons acting in concert):
the Board shall within 7 days of becoming aware of that event notify every Participant of it and, subject to Rules 5.3 (Restrictions on Vesting: regulatory and tax issues), 5.6 and 5.7 (Restrictions on Vesting: malus and clawback) and 11.4 (Internal reorganisations):
The Committee, with the consent of the company obtaining Control, may decide before the obtaining of such Control that an Award shall not Vest under this Rule 11.1 but shall be automatically surrendered in consideration for the grant of a new award which the Committee determines is equivalent to the Award it replaces except that it will be over shares in the company obtaining Control or some other company.
The Rules will apply to any new award granted under this Rule 11.1 as if references to Shares were references to shares over which the new award is granted and references to the Company were references to the company whose shares are subject to the new award.
In the event that:
(a) a compromise or arrangement is sanctioned by the Court under section 899 of the Companies Act 2006 in connection with or for the purposes of a change in Control of the Company; or
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the Company passes a resolution for a voluntary winding up of the Company; or
(c) an order is made for the compulsory winding up of the Company
all Awards shall, subject to Rules 5.3 (Restrictions on Vesting: regulatory and tax issues), 5.6 and 5.7 (Restrictions on Vesting: malus and clawback) and 11.4 (Internal reorganisations) Vest on the date of such event if they have not then Vested and Rule 11.5 (Corporate events: reduction in number of Vested Shares) shall apply.
In the case of an Option, it may, subject to Rule 7.1 (Restrictions on exercise), be exercised within one month of such event, but to the extent that the Option is not exercised within that period, it shall (regardless of any other provision of the Plan) lapse at the end of that period.
The Committee, with the consent of the company obtaining Control, may decide before the obtaining of such Control that an Award shall not Vest under this Rule 11.2 but shall be automatically surrendered in consideration for the grant of a new award which the Committee determines is equivalent to the Award it replaces except that it will be over shares in the company obtaining Control or some other company.
The Rules will apply to any new award granted under this Rule 11.2 as if references to Shares were references to shares over which the new award is granted and references to the Company were references to the company whose shares are subject to the new award.
If a demerger, special dividend or other similar event (the "Relevant Event") is proposed which, in the opinion of the Committee, would affect the market price of Shares to a material extent, then the Committee may, at its discretion, decide that the following provisions shall apply:
In the event that:
then the Committee, with the consent of the Acquiring Company, may decide before the obtaining of such Control that an Award shall not Vest under Rules 11.1 (General offers) or 11.2 (Schemes of arrangement and winding up) but shall be automatically surrendered in consideration for the grant of a new award which the Committee determines is equivalent to the Award it replaces except that it will be over shares in the Acquiring Company or some other company.
The Rules will apply to any new award granted under this Rule 11.4 as if references to Shares were references to shares over new award is granted and references to the Company were references to the company whose shares are subject to the new award.
If an Award Vests under any of Rules 11.1 to 11.3 (Takeovers and other Corporate Events), the Committee shall determine the number of Vested Shares of that Award by the following steps:
unless the Committee, acting fairly and reasonably, decides that the reduction in the number of Vested Shares under Rule 11.5 inappropriate in any particular case when it shall increase the number of Vested Shares to such higher number as it decides provided that number does not exceed the number of Shares determined under Rule 11.5(a).
If an Award Vests under any of Rules 11.1 to 11.3 (Takeovers and other Corporate Events) after the holder of that Award has ceased to be a director or employee of a Group Member then Rule 10.310.4 (Leavers: reduction in number of Vested Shares over this Rule 11.5.
In the event of any variation of the share capital of the Company or a demerger, special dividend or other similar event whic market price of Shares to a material
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extent the Committee may make such adjustments as it considers appropriate under Rule 12.2 (Method of adjustment).
An adjustment made under this Rule shall be to one or more of the following:
An adjustment under Rule 12.2 may have the effect of reducing the price at which Shares may be subscribed for on the exercise of an Option to less than their nominal value, but only if and to the extent that the Board is authorised:
so that on exercise of any Option in respect of which such a reduction shall have been made the Board shall capitalise that sum (if any) and apply it in paying up that amount.
Except as described in Rule 13.2 (Shareholder approval), and Rule 13.4 (Alterations to disadvantage of Participants), the Committee may at any time alter the Plan or the terms of any Award.
Except as described in Rule 13.3 (Exceptions to shareholder approval), no alteration to the advantage of an individual to whom an Award has been or may be granted shall be made without the prior approval by ordinary resolution of the members of the Company in general meeting
under Rule 13.1 (General rule on alterations) to the provisions concerning:
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the basis for determining a Participant's entitlement to, and the terms of, Shares or cash provided under the Plan;
Rule 13.2 (Shareholder approval) shall not apply to:
No alteration to the material disadvantage of Participants (other than to any Performance Condition) shall be made under Rule 13.1 (General rule on alterations) unless:
The Committee may amend any Performance Condition without prior shareholder approval if:
The rights and obligations of any individual under the terms of their office or employment with any Group Member shall not be affected by their participation in the Plan or any right which they may have to participate in it. An individual who participates in the Plan waives any and all rights to compensation or damages in
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consequence of the termination of their office or employment for any reason whatsoever (and regardless of whether such termination is lawful or unlawful) insofar as those rights arise or may arise from them ceasing to have rights under an Award as a result of such termination. Participation in the Plan shall not confer a right to continued employment upon any individual who participates in it. The grant of any Award does not imply that any further Award will be granted nor that a Participant has any right to receive any further Award.
No third party has any rights under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to enforce any term of the Plan.
Benefits provided under the Plan shall not be pensionable.
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(a) If a Participant is employed outside the European Economic Area and consent is needed for the collection, processing or transfer of their personal data under applicable local law, by participating in the Plan, the Participant gives their consent for the purposes of the Plan.
(b) For the purposes of compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679, the Company will separately provide a Participant with information on the collection, processing and transfer of their personal data, including the grounds for processing.
The Plan and all Awards shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of England and Wales and the Courts of England and Wales have exclusive jurisdiction to hear any dispute.
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The Rules of the Airtel Africa Long-Term Incentive Plan shall apply to a right to receive a cash sum (a "Phantom Allocation") granted or to be granted under this Schedule as if it was an Allocation, except as set out in this Schedule. Where there is any conflict between the Rules and this Schedule, the terms of this Schedule shall prevail.
The Rules of the Airtel Africa Long-Term Incentive Plan shall apply to a right to receive a cash sum granted or to be granted under this Schedule (a "Deferred Cash Allocation") as if it was an Allocation, except as set out in this Schedule. Where there is any conflict between the Rules and this Schedule, the terms of this Schedule shall prevail.
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