Remuneration Information • Aug 12, 2025
Remuneration Information
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Shareholder approval: 12 September 2025 Plan expires: 12 September 2035

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, 1 Embankment Place, London, WC2N 6RH T: +44 (0) 20 7583 5000, F: +44 (0) 20 7822 4652, www.pwc.co.uk
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in England with registered number OC303525. The registered office of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP is 1 Embankment Place, London WC2N 6RH.PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority for designated investment business.
| 1. | Grant of Awards | 1 |
|---|---|---|
| 2. | Plan limits | 2 |
| 3. | Exercise Price | 3 |
| 4. | Performance Target and conditions | 3 |
| 5. | Malus | 4 |
| 6. | Clawback | 5 |
| 7. | Vesting of Awards (and exercise of Options) | 7 |
| 8. | Holding Period | 10 |
| 9. | Vesting of Awards (and exercise of Options) in special circumstances | 11 |
| 10. Takeover and other corporate events | 12 | |
| 11. | Exchange of Awards | 14 |
| 12. Lapse of Awards | 15 | |
| 13. Adjustment of Awards on Reorganisation | 15 | |
| 14. Tax and social security withholding | 15 | |
| 15. Rights and listing of Plan Shares | 16 | |
| 16. Relationship of the Plan to contract of employment | 16 | |
| 17. | Administration of the Plan | 17 |
| 18. Amendment of the Plan | 17 | |
| 19. Notices | 18 | |
| 20. Governing law and jurisdiction | 19 | |
| 21. Interpretation | 19 | |
Subject to Rules 1.5, 1.6, 1.7 and 17.3, the Grantor may from time to time grant Awards to Eligible Employees.
Subject to the Rules, the Grantor will in its absolute discretion decide whether or not any Awards are to be granted at any particular time and, if they are, to whom they are granted and the terms of such Awards. Where Awards are not granted by the Board, the terms must be approved in advance by the Board.
Where the Company has in place a Directors' Remuneration Policy approved by the Company in general meeting, the terms of an Award to be granted to an Eligible Employee who is a director of the Company must fall within the scope of the Directors' Remuneration Policy most recently approved by the Company in a general meeting. Such terms may include by way of example but without limitation any relevant individual limit in Rule 3 and any Performance Target set under Rule 4.
An Award shall be granted by the Grantor passing a resolution. The Award Date shall be the date on which the Grantor passes the resolution or any later date specified in the resolution and allowed by Rule 1.5. The grant of an Award shall be evidenced by a deed executed by or on behalf of the Grantor.
An Award Certificate shall be issued to each Award Holder as soon as reasonably practicable following the grant of the Award setting out details of the Award determined in accordance with Rule 1.4.
The Grantor shall, at the time of grant, determine:
The Grantor may grant an Award in any number of tranches, where the terms (as referred to in this Rule) are different. In these circumstances, the Rules will be interpreted as if each tranche was a standalone Award.
Subject to Rule 1.6, the Grantor may grant Awards only during the 42 days beginning on:
Awards may not be granted:
An Award may only be granted to an individual who is an Eligible Employee at the Award Date. Unless the Board decides otherwise, an Award will not be granted to an Eligible Employee who on or before the Award Date has given or received notice of termination of employment (whether or not lawful).
The Grantor may require an Eligible Employee who is (or is to be) granted an Award to confirm their acceptance of the Rules and the terms of any Award granted to them by a specified date. Such confirmation will be in a manner and form set by the Grantor (which may require the Eligible Employee to confirm acceptance on a portal or execute a document). The Grantor may provide that the Award will lapse (and as a result be treated as never having been granted) if the confirmation of acceptance is not provided by the specified date, or provide that the Award will not Vest until they do so agree in writing.
An Award Holder may by notice in writing to the Company within 30 days after the Award Date state they do not want their Award in whole or part. In such a case, the Award shall to that extent be treated as never having been granted.
An Award Holder shall not be required to make payment for the grant of an Award unless the Board determines otherwise. Where an Award Holder refuses their Award pursuant to the terms of Rule 1.9, no payment in connection with the refusal is required from the Award Holder or the Grantor.
An Award shall be personal to the Award Holder and, except in the case of the death of an Award Holder, an Award shall not be capable of being transferred, charged or otherwise alienated and shall lapse immediately if the Award Holder purports to transfer, charge or otherwise alienate the Award.
The aggregate number of Plan Shares over which Awards may be granted shall be limited as set out in this Rule 2.
An Award may not be granted if the result of granting the Award would be that the aggregate number of Plan Shares issued or committed to be issued in the preceding 10 year period under:
Awards under the Plan; or
options or awards granted under any other Employees' Share Scheme (whether or not discretionary) operated by the Company,
would exceed 10 per cent of the Company's issued ordinary share capital at that time.
For the purpose of the limit contained in this Rule 2:
If the granting of an Award would cause the limit in this Rule 2 to be exceeded, such Award shall take effect as an Award over the maximum number of Plan Shares which does not cause the limit to be exceeded. If more than one Award is granted on the same Award Date, the number of Plan Shares which would otherwise be subject to each Award shall be reduced pro rata.
The Exercise Price shall be the Market Value of the Plan Shares over which Options are granted at the Award Date as determined by the Board, or such other price as the Board may determine in its absolute discretion.
Where the Grantor has determined that an Award will be satisfied by the issue of Plan Shares and the Exercise Price per Plan Share is less than the nominal value of a Plan Share, the Company will ensure that at the time of the issue of the Plan Shares arrangements are in place to pay up at least the nominal value of the relevant Plan Shares.
The Vesting of an Award and the extent to which it Vests will be subject to the satisfaction of any applicable Performance Target and any other conditions set by the Grantor on or before the Award Date.
The Grantor may in addition adjust the level of Vesting of an Award upwards or downwards (including for the avoidance of doubt to nil) after the application of any Performance Target and/or any other conditions set by the Grantor if in its opinion:
Any Performance Target and any other condition imposed under Rule 4.1 shall be:
The Grantor may waive or change any Performance Target and/or any condition imposed under Rule 4.1 in accordance with its terms.
If an event occurs which causes the Grantor to consider that any Performance Target and/or any other condition imposed under Rule 4.1 subject to which an Award has been granted is no longer appropriate, the Grantor may substitute, vary or waive that Performance Target and/or any other condition in such manner (and make such consequential amendments to the Rules) as:
The Award shall then take effect subject to the Performance Target and/or any other condition as substituted, varied or waived.
The Grantor shall, as soon as practicable, notify each Award Holder concerned of any determination made by it under Rule 4.3.
This Rule 5 applies to any Award to which the Board has specified under Rule 1.4 that this Rule 5 applies.
Notwithstanding any other provision of the Rules, the Board may, at (or at any time before) the Vesting of an Award to which this Rule 5 applies, cancel or reduce the number of Plan Shares subject to an Award in whole or in part (including, for the avoidance of doubt, to nil) or impose additional conditions on the Award in the following circumstances:
In determining any reduction which should be applied under this Rule 5, the Board shall act fairly and reasonably but its decision shall be final and binding.
For the avoidance of doubt, any reduction under this Rule 5 may be applied on an individual basis as determined by the Board. Whenever a reduction is made under this Rule 5, the relevant Award shall be treated as having lapsed to that extent.
In this Rule 6, a Trigger Event means:
This Rule 6 applies to any Award to which the Board has specified under Rule 1.4 that this Rule 6 applies.
Notwithstanding any other provision of the Rules, if at any time during the period ending on the 7 th anniversary of the Award Date, or such other date as is specified in the Award Certificate in respect of an Award and to which this Rule 6 applies, a Trigger Event occurs, then:
If an investigation into the conduct or actions of any Award Holder or any Group Member has started before the second anniversary of Vesting of an Award, the Board may, in its absolute discretion, determine that the provisions of Rules 6.3 to 6.9 may be applied to an Award until such later date as the Board may determine to allow that investigation to be completed.
Where Rule 6.2 applies, the Board may in its absolute discretion require the relevant Award Holder to:
transfer to the Company (or, if required by the Company, any other person specified by the Company) all or some of the Plan Shares acquired by the Award Holder (or their nominee) pursuant to the Vesting of the Award or, in the case of an Award which is an Option, the exercise of that Option; and/or
less in each case the amount of tax and social security contributions actually paid (or due to be paid) by the Award Holder in respect of the acquisition of the Plan Shares and/or payment of cash in respect of an Award.
In addition to the obligation of the Award Holder as described above, the Award Holder shall use their best endeavours to seek and obtain repayment or credit from HMRC or any relevant overseas tax authority of the tax and social security contributions paid on the Award Holder's behalf in relation to the Award as soon as reasonably practicable and to notify the Company of such claim and/or receipt of any credit or payment from HMRC (or any relevant overseas tax authority) in this regard. Following such notification the Company will be entitled to require the Award Holder to make a payment to it within 30 days of an amount equivalent to the amount of any payment or credit received from HMRC (or any relevant overseas tax authority).
By accepting the grant of an Award, the Award Holder authorises the Company or such other Group Member as may be the employer of the Award Holder to make deductions from any payment owing to them including but not limited to salary, bonus, holiday pay or otherwise in respect of any sum which would otherwise be payable by the Award Holder under this Rule 6.
Any transfers, payments or repayments to be made by the Award Holder under this Rule 6 shall be made within 30 days of the date the Award Holder is notified in writing of the transfer required or the amount due, as appropriate.
In addition to or in substitution for the actions described above that the Board may take under Rule 6.3 (the Actions), the Board may:
reduce the number of Plan Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, to nil) subject to any option to acquire Plan Shares which has been granted to the Award Holder under any Employees' Share Scheme operated by any Group Member (other than any tax-advantaged employee share plan that complies with the requirements of Schedules 2 to 4 of ITEPA 2003) which has vested but not yet been exercised by such number as the Board may determine,
provided that the total amount represented by:
shall not, in the Board's reasonable opinion, exceed the amount represented by any transfer and any amount or value which would have been due if the Board had only carried out the Actions.
Where Rule 6.2 applies and the Award takes the form of an Option which the Award Holder has not exercised in full, the Board may in its absolute discretion reduce the number of Plan Shares which remain subject to such Option (including, for the avoidance of doubt, to nil). In addition to or in substitution for reducing such Option, the Board may take any of the actions set out in Rules 6.7.1 to 6.7.4 provided that the total amount represented by reductions under Rules 6.7.1 to 6.7.4 and any reduction of the Option under this Rule 6.8 shall not, in the Board's reasonable opinion, exceed the amount which would have been represented by the reduction of the Option only.
In carrying out any action under this Rule 6, the Board shall act fairly and reasonably but its decision shall be final and binding.
For the avoidance of doubt, any action carried out under this Rule 6 may be applied on an individual basis as determined by the Board. Whenever a reduction of an award, right to acquire Plan Shares or option is made under this Rule 6, the relevant award, right to acquire Plan Shares or option shall be treated to that extent as having lapsed.
The Board may determine at any time to reduce the number of Plan Shares subject to an Award (including, for the avoidance of doubt, to nil) either:
The value of any reduction under Rule 6.10.1 shall be determined in accordance with the terms of the relevant Clawback Provisions in the relevant Employees' Share Scheme or bonus or incentive plan as interpreted by the Board in its absolute discretion.
The value of any reduction under Rule 6.10.2 shall be determined as if the terms of the relevant Clawback Provisions in the relevant Employees' Share Scheme or bonus or incentive plan applied as interpreted by the Board in its absolute discretion.
Subject to Rules 4, 5, 6, 9 and 10, an Award will Vest on the later of:
the relevant date specified under Rule 1.4.5; and
the date on which the Board determines that the Performance Target and/or any other conditions imposed under Rule 4.1 or Rule 1.4.11 have been satisfied.
The Grantor may determine that Vesting of the Award shall be delayed until any relevant investigation or other procedure relevant to an event falling within the scope of Rule 5 or Rule 6.10 has been completed.
The Grantor may in addition adjust the level of Vesting of an Award upwards or downwards (including for the avoidance of doubt to nil) after the application of any Performance Target and/or any other conditions set by the Grantor if in its opinion:
Subject to the Rules, the effect of an Award Vesting shall be that the Award Holder is entitled to exercise the Option at any time during the Exercise Period to the extent that it has Vested.
Where the Vesting of an Award is prevented by any Dealing Restriction, the Vesting of that Award shall be delayed until the Dealing Restriction no longer prevents it. Plan Shares may not be issued or transferred to an Award Holder while Dealing Restrictions prevent such issue or transfer. In the case of an Option, the Option may not be exercised while Dealing Restrictions prevent such exercise.
Where the Company has in place a Directors' Remuneration Policy:
must where relevant fall within the scope of the Directors' Remuneration Policy most recently approved by the Company in a general meeting prior to the relevant event in paragraphs 1 to 3 above.
Subject to Rule 9, an Award shall Vest and an Option may be exercised only while the Award Holder is in Relevant Employment and if an Award Holder ceases to be in Relevant Employment, any Award granted to them shall lapse on cessation. This Rule 7.4 shall apply where the Award Holder ceases to be in Relevant Employment in any circumstances (including, in particular, but not by way of limitation, where the Award Holder is dismissed unfairly, wrongfully, in breach of contract or otherwise).
An Award Holder who has given or received notice of termination of Relevant Employment (whether or not lawful) may not exercise an Option during any period when the notice is effective and an Award granted to them shall not Vest during this period, unless the Board determines otherwise. If an Award would otherwise have Vested during this period, and the notice is withdrawn by the relevant party, subject to the Rules the Award will Vest when the notice is withdrawn.
Subject to Rules 7.3, 7.4 and 14, a Vested Option may be exercised in whole or in part at any time. If exercised in part, the unexercised part of the Option shall not lapse as a result and shall remain exercisable until such time as it lapses in accordance with the Rules.
An Option shall be exercised by the Award Holder giving notice to the Grantor (or any person appointed by the Grantor) in the form from time to time prescribed by the Board, which may include (for the avoidance of doubt) any electronic and/or online notification. Such notice shall specify the number of Plan Shares in respect of which the Option is being exercised, and be accompanied by either the Exercise Price in full or confirmation of arrangements satisfactory to the Grantor for the payment of the Exercise Price, together with any payment and/or documentation required under Rule 14 and, if required, the Award Certificate.
For the avoidance of doubt, the date of exercise of an Option shall be the later of the date the Grantor has approved the receipt of a duly completed valid notice of exercise (or any later date as may be specified in that notice of exercise) and the date of compliance with the requirements of the first paragraph of this Rule 7.6.
Subject to Rules 7.3, 7.8 and 14 and to any necessary consents and to compliance by the Award Holder with the Rules, the Grantor shall as soon as reasonably practicable and in any event not later than 30 days after the exercise date, in the case of an Option, arrange for the issue or transfer to the Award Holder (or a nominee specified or permitted by the Company) of the number of Plan Shares specified in the notice of exercise and make available to the Award Holder, in the case of the partial exercise of an Option, an Award Certificate in respect of, or the original Award Certificate updated to show, the unexercised part of the Option.
Subject to Rule 14, the Grantor may on exercise of an Option:
Where the Grantor settles an Award in the manner described in this Rule 7.8, this shall be in full and final satisfaction of the Award Holder's rights under the Award.
An Award may include the right to receive an amount in Plan Shares or cash on or following Vesting (or if there is a Holding Period and the Grantor so specifies, following the end of the Holding Period) equal in value to the dividends which were payable on the number of Plan Shares in respect of which the Award has Vested during the period between the Award Date and the date of Vesting (or in the case of an Option the number of Plan Shares subject to the Option shall be increased as at the date of Vesting by the relevant value in Plan Shares).
The Grantor may determine at its absolute discretion whether or not the method used to calculate the value of dividends shall assume that such dividends have been reinvested into Plan Shares, on such basis as the Grantor determines.
The Grantor may decide at any time not to apply this Rule 7.9 to all or any part of a special dividend or dividend in specie.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Plan:
For the purposes of this Rule 7.10, Taxable Year means the 12 month period in respect of which the Award Holder is obliged to pay US tax or, if it would result in a longer exercise period, the 12 month period in respect of which the Award Holder's employing company is obliged to pay tax. US Taxpayer means a person who is subject to taxation under the tax rules of the United States of America which does not include an Award Holder who is a non-resident alien throughout the period of participation in the Plan and who has no US workdays during such participation.
Awards under the Plan are intended to be exempt from the requirements of section 409A of the US Internal Revenue Code and shall be construed and operated in accordance with that intent.
In this Rule 8:
Holding Period Holder means a trustee or nominee designated by the Grantor in accordance with this Rule 8; and
Holding Period Shares means Plan Shares which are or were the subject of an Award to which a Holding Period applies and in respect of which the Holding Period has not ended in accordance with this Rule 8.
This Rule 8 applies to the extent that some or all of the Plan Shares acquired on Vesting of an Award (or exercise of an Option) are subject to a Holding Period.
Instead of arranging for the issue or transfer of the Holding Period Shares to the Award Holder on the exercise of an Option under Rule 7.7, the Board may arrange for the Holding Period Shares to be issued or transferred to the Holding Period Holder, as designated by the Board, to be held for the benefit of the Award Holder. Any balance of the Plan Shares in respect of which an Award Vests or is exercised will be issued or transferred as described in Rule 7.7.
The Award Holder or Holding Period Holder may not transfer, pledge, assign or otherwise dispose of any of the Holding Period Shares or any interest in them (and the Award Holder may not instruct the Holding Period Holder to do so) during the Holding Period except in the following circumstances:
Unless the Board decides otherwise, the restrictions in this Rule 8 will apply to any cash or assets (other than ordinary dividends) received in respect of the Holding Period Shares and such cash or assets will be held by the Holding Period Holder until the end of the Holding Period.
During the Holding Period, the Holding Period Holder will be entitled to vote and have all other rights of a shareholder in respect of the Holding Period Shares.
Ceasing Relevant Employment during the Holding Period will have no impact on the provisions of this Rule 8, unless the Board otherwise decides, except where cessation is by reason of death in which case the Holding Period shall immediately be deemed to have ended.
For the avoidance of doubt, Rule 6 shall apply to the Holding Period Shares in the same way that it applies to any Plan Shares acquired by an Award Holder following Vesting of an Award or exercise of an Option which are not Holding Period Shares.
Subject to the provisions of this Rule 8, the Holding Period will end on the earliest of the following:
If an Award Holder ceases to be in Relevant Employment prior to the normal time of Vesting but after the third anniversary of the Award Date (or such shorter period as the Board may determine in its absolute discretion) by reason of:
any Award held by them which has not Vested will continue until the normal time of Vesting and any Performance Target and/or any other conditions imposed under Rule 4.1 shall be considered at the time of Vesting.
Alternatively, the Board may decide that an Award will Vest immediately in which case the proportion of the Award which shall Vest will be determined by the Board in its absolute discretion taking into account such factors as the Board may consider relevant including, but not limited to, the satisfaction of any Performance Target as at the time of cessation and any other conditions imposed under Rule 4.1.
Unless the Board in its absolute discretion decides otherwise (and irrespective of the time at which the Board has determined that the Award will Vest under this Rule 9.1), the number of Plan Shares which Vest will be reduced pro rata to reflect the number of whole months from the Award Date until the date of death or the date of cessation of Relevant Employment (as relevant) as a proportion of the original Vesting Period.
In the case of an Option, the Award Holder (or their personal representative having established title to the satisfaction of the Company) shall be entitled to exercise the Vested proportion of their Option (whether Vested under this Rule or otherwise) at any time during the 12 month period following death or the period ending 6 months following cessation of Relevant Employment or, if later, following Vesting or, in either case, during such other longer period as the Board determines. The Option shall lapse at the end of such period.
For the purposes of the Plan, an Award Holder shall not be treated as ceasing to be in Relevant Employment until they no longer hold any office or employment with any Group Member. In addition, unless the Board otherwise decides an Award Holder shall not be treated as so ceasing if within 7 days they recommence employment or become an office holder with any Group Member.
The Board may determine that an Award Holder will be treated as ceasing to be in Relevant Employment when they give or receive notice of termination of their employment (whether or not lawful).
In the case of an Option if the Option has become exercisable under Rule 9 and, during the period allowed for the exercise of the Option under Rule 9, the Option becomes exercisable under Rule 10 also (or vice versa), the period allowed for the exercise of the Option shall end on the earlier of the end of the period allowed by Rule 9 and the end of the period allowed by Rule 10.
Subject to Rule 11, where a person obtains Control of the Company as a result of making an offer to acquire Plan Shares, Awards shall Vest on the date the person obtains Control as set out below.
The proportion of an Award which shall Vest will be determined by the Board in its absolute discretion taking into account such factors as the Board may consider relevant including, but not limited to, having regard to any Performance Target and/or any other conditions imposed under Rule 4.1.
In the case of an Option, the Vested proportion of the Option (whether Vested under this Rule 10.1 or otherwise) may be exercised at any time during the period of 6 months (or, if the Board determines a longer period shall apply, that period) beginning with the time when the person making the offer has obtained Control. The Option shall lapse at the end of such period unless the Board determines that a longer period for exercise shall apply, in which case the Option shall continue in force until the end of such extended period or until it otherwise lapses in accordance with the Rules.
If the extent of Vesting of an Award which Vests under this Rule 10.1 has been reduced by the Board to reflect the period of time that the Award has been held by the Award Holder, the Board may determine that Rule 11 shall apply to the proportion of the Award reflecting such reduction which has not Vested.
Subject to Rule 11, if a person becomes entitled or bound to acquire shares in the Company under sections 979 to 982 of the Companies Act 2006, Awards shall Vest as set out below.
The proportion of an Award which shall Vest will be determined by the Board in its absolute discretion taking into account such factors as the Board may consider relevant including, but not limited to, having regard to any Performance Target and/or any other conditions imposed under Rule 4.1.
In the case of an Option, the Vested proportion of the Option (whether Vested under this Rule 10.2 or otherwise) may be exercised at any time during the period beginning with the date the person serves a notice under section 979 and ending 7 clear days before the date on which the person ceases to be entitled to serve such a notice. The Option shall lapse at the end of the 7 days.
If the extent of Vesting of an Award which Vests under this Rule 10.2 has been reduced by the Board to reflect the period of time that the Award has been held by the Award Holder, the Board may determine that Rule 11 shall apply to the proportion of the Award reflecting such reduction which has not Vested.
Subject to Rule 11, if a person proposes to obtain Control of the Company in pursuance of a compromise or arrangement sanctioned by the court under section 899 of the Companies Act 2006 Awards shall Vest on the date of the court sanction as set out below.
The proportion of an Award which shall Vest will be determined by the Board in its absolute discretion taking into account such factors as the Board may consider relevant including, but not limited to, having regard to any Performance Target and/or any other conditions imposed under Rule 4.1.
In the case of an Option, the Vested proportion of the Option (whether Vested under this Rule 10.3 or otherwise) may be exercised at any time during the period of 6 months from the compromise or arrangement being sanctioned by the court. The Option shall lapse at the end of such period.
If the extent of Vesting of an Award which Vests under this Rule 10.3 has been reduced by the Board to reflect the period of time that the Award has been held by the Award Holder, the Board may determine that Rule 11 shall apply to the proportion of the Award reflecting such reduction which has not Vested.
If notice is given of a resolution for the voluntary winding-up of the Company, Awards shall Vest on the date notice is given.
The proportion of an Award which shall Vest will be determined by the Board in its absolute discretion taking into account such factors as the Board may consider relevant including, but not limited to, having regard to any Performance Target and/or any other conditions imposed under Rule 4.1.
In the case of an Option, the Vested proportion of the Option (whether Vested under this Rule 10.4 or otherwise) may be exercised at any time during the period of 6 months from the date of the notice or, if earlier, on completion of the winding up. The Option shall lapse at the end of such period.
The Board may determine that Awards Vest if it becomes aware that the Company will be affected by a demerger, distribution (which is not an ordinary dividend) or other transaction not otherwise covered by the Rules.
The proportion of an Award which shall Vest will be determined by the Board in its absolute discretion subject to such conditions as it may require taking into account such factors as the Board may consider relevant including, but not limited to, having regard to any Performance Target and/or any other conditions imposed under Rule 4.1.
In the case of an Option, the Vested proportion of the Option (whether Vested under this Rule 10.5 or otherwise) may be exercised at any time during a period as shall be determined by the Board. The Option shall lapse at the end of such period.
For the purpose of Rule 10 a person shall be deemed to have obtained Control of the Company if they and others Acting In Concert with them have together obtained Control of it.
For the purposes of this Rule 10, any reference in this Rule 10 to the Board shall be taken to be a reference to those individuals who were members of the Board immediately before the event by virtue of which this Rule 10 applies.
The Grantor shall, as soon as reasonably practicable, notify each Award Holder of the occurrence of any of the events referred to in this Rule 10 and explain how this affects their position under the Plan.
Where the Board is aware that an event is likely to occur under Rule 10:
the Board may, in its absolute discretion and by notice in writing to all Award Holders, declare that all Awards that are expected to Vest as a result of the relevant event shall Vest (and in the case of any such Award which is an Option, shall be exercisable) in accordance with Rule 10 during such period as is determined by the Board prior to the relevant event and conditional upon the relevant event. Where this Rule 10.9 is applied and the relevant event occurs, Options which have not been exercised prior to the relevant event shall lapse.
Where an event occurs under Rules 10.1 to 10.5 which:
the Board may, at its absolute discretion, determine that Rule 6 (Clawback) shall only apply to such extent (if at all) that the Board determines to any Award which was granted on the basis that Rule 6 applied to that Award. Where the Board makes such a determination, it will specify which Awards such determination applies to (which may include Awards which have already Vested and Options which have already been exercised).
An Award will not Vest under Rule 10 but will be exchanged for a new award (New Award) under this Rule to the extent that:
The following applies in respect of the New Award:
comprised in the New Award shall have substantially the same value of the number of Plan Shares which would have Vested under Rule 10 as applicable.
Notwithstanding any other provision of the Rules, an Award shall lapse on the earliest of:
In the event of a Reorganisation, the number of Plan Shares subject to an Award which is an Option, the description of the Plan Shares, the Exercise Price or any one or more of these shall be adjusted in such manner as the Grantor, together with the Board where relevant, shall determine.
No adjustment shall be made to the Exercise Price which would result in the Plan Shares subject to an Option being issued at a price per Plan Share lower than the nominal value of a Plan Share except where the Grantor puts in place arrangements to pay up the nominal value at the date of issue of the Plan Shares (or the difference between the adjusted Exercise Price and the nominal value as the case may be).
The Grantor shall, as soon as reasonably practicable, notify each Award Holder of any adjustment made under this Rule 13 and explain how this affects their position under the Plan.
The Grantor may, at its discretion and to the extent permitted by law, require the Award Holder to pay all or any part of the Employer's NIC in relation to an Award.
The Grantor may require an Award Holder to execute a document in order to bind the Award Holder contractually to any such arrangement as is referred to in Rules 14.1 and 14.2 and return the executed document to the Company by a specified date. It shall be a condition of Vesting, and where applicable exercise, of the Award that the executed document be returned by the specified date unless the Grantor determines otherwise.
The Board may, at its discretion, determine that an Option may not be exercised unless the Award Holder has beforehand signed an election under Chapter 2 of Part 7 of ITEPA 2003 and/or section 165 of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 or entered into broadly similar local arrangements.
All Plan Shares issued or transferred under the Plan shall, as to voting, dividend, transfer and other rights, including those arising on a liquidation of the Company, rank equally in all respects and as one class with the shares of the same class in issue at the date of issue or transfer save as regards any rights attaching to such Plan Shares by reference to a record date prior to the date of such issue or transfer.
If and so long as Plan Shares are listed on the Official List and traded on the London Stock Exchange or traded on the Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange, the Company will apply for the listing and/or admission to trading of any Plan Shares issued under the Plan as soon as reasonably practicable.
Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan:
By accepting the grant of an Award, an Award Holder is deemed to have agreed to the provisions of these Rules, including this Rule 16.
The Board (and the Grantor, where appropriate) shall be responsible for, and shall have the conduct of, the administration of the Plan. The Board may from time to time make, amend or rescind regulations for the administration of the Plan provided that such regulations shall not be inconsistent with the Rules.
The decision of the Board shall be final and binding in all matters relating to the Plan, including but not limited to the interpretation of the Rules and the resolution of any dispute concerning, or any inconsistency or ambiguity in the Rules or any document used in connection with the Plan.
Where the Grantor is not the Company and has granted, or proposes to grant, an Award, the Grantor shall consult with, and take into account the wishes of, the Board before making any determination or exercising any power or discretion under the Plan.
All Awards shall be granted entirely at the discretion of the Grantor and the form and structure of all Awards, including for the avoidance of doubt the application and testing of any Performance Target, shall be entirely at the discretion of the Grantor.
An Award Holder and, where the Grantor is not the Company, the Grantor shall provide to the Company or any Group Member as soon as reasonably practicable such information as the Company reasonably requests for the purpose of complying with its obligations under section 421J of ITEPA 2003 or similar requirements of tax legislation in any relevant jurisdiction.
The cost of introducing and administering the Plan shall be met by the Company. The Company shall be entitled, if it wishes, to charge an appropriate part of such cost and/or the costs of an Award to a Subsidiary or the Grantor.
For the purposes of operating the Plan, the Company will process personal information about Award Holders in accordance with the Company's Company Wide Privacy Notice which is accessible via the Company's internal HR portal (Privacy Notice), which may be updated from time to time. The Privacy Notice may contain details about how, and for what reasons, the Award Holder's personal information is processed and shared by the Company, as well as the Award Holder's rights in relation to their personal information.
Nothing in these Rules confers any benefit, right or expectation on a person who is not an Award Holder. No such third party has any rights under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to enforce any terms of these Rules.
Subject to Rules 18.2 and 18.3, the Board may from time to time amend the Rules (including, for the purposes of establishing a sub-plan for the benefit of employees located overseas).
Without the prior approval of the Company in general meeting, an amendment may not be made for the benefit of existing or future Award Holders to the Rules relating to:
except for:
An amendment may not materially adversely affect the rights of an existing Award Holder except:
The Board may at any time, without obtaining the approval of the Company in general meeting, establish further plans for overseas territories (by way of schedules to the rules or otherwise) based on the Plan, but modified to take account of local tax, exchange control or securities laws. Any Plan Shares made available under such plans must be treated as counting against any limits on individual or overall participation in the Plan.
Save as provided for by law, any notice, document or other communication given by, or on behalf of, the Grantor or to any person in connection with the Plan shall be deemed to have been duly given if delivered to them at their place of work, if they are in Relevant Employment, if sent by e-mail to such e-mail address as may be specified by them from time to time or, in the case of an Award Holder who remains in Relevant Employment, to such e-mail address as is allocated to them by any Group Member, or sent through the post in a pre-paid envelope to the postal address last known to the Company to be their address and, if so sent, shall be deemed to have been duly given on the date of posting.
Save as provided for by law, any notice, document or other communication so sent to an Award Holder shall be deemed to have been duly given notwithstanding that such Award Holder is then deceased (and whether or not the Company has notice of their death) except where their personal representatives have established title to the satisfaction of the Company and supplied to the Company an e-mail or postal address to which notices, documents and other communications are to be sent.
Save as provided for by law any notice, document or other communication given to the Grantor (or any relevant person appointed by the Grantor) in connection with the Plan shall be delivered by hand or sent by email, fax or post to the Company Secretary (or any relevant person appointed by the Grantor) at the Company's registered office (or such other e-mail or postal address as may from time to time be notified to Award Holders) but shall not in any event be duly given unless it is actually received at the registered office or such e-mail or postal address.
The formation, existence, construction, performance, validity and all aspects whatsoever of the Plan, any term of the Plan and any Award granted under it shall be governed by English law.
The English courts shall have jurisdiction to settle any dispute which may arise out of, or in connection with, the Plan.
The jurisdiction agreement contained in this Rule 20 is made for the benefit of the Company only, which accordingly retains the right to bring proceedings in any other court of competent jurisdiction.
By accepting the grant of an Award, an Award Holder is deemed to have agreed to submit to such jurisdiction.
In this Plan, unless the context otherwise requires, the following words and expressions have the following meanings:
Acting In Concert has the meaning given to that expression in The City Code on Takeovers and Mergers in its present form or as amended from time to time;
Award means an Option granted under the Plan;
Award Certificate means a statement in a form, which may include an electronic form, determined by the Company setting out details of an Award which is an Option determined in accordance with Rule 1.4;
Award Date means the date on which an Award is granted in accordance with Rule 1.3;
Award Holder means an individual who holds an Award or, where the context permits, their legal personal representatives. Where relevant, Award Holder(s) shall include reference to former Award Holder(s);
Board means, subject to Rule 10.7, the board of directors of the Company or a duly authorised committee of it or a person duly authorised by the board of directors of the Company or such committee;
Company means On the Beach Group plc incorporated in England and Wales under company number 09736592;
Control has the meaning given to it by section 995 of ITA 2007;
Dealing Day means any day on which the London Stock Exchange is open for the transaction of business;
Dealing Restrictions means any restrictions on dealing in shares imposed by legislation, regulation or any other code or guidance on share dealing adopted by the Company or with which the Company seeks to comply;
Directors' Remuneration Policy has the meaning given to it by section 422A(6) of the Companies Act 2006;
Eligible Employee means an individual who at the Award Date is an employee of a Group Member;
Employees' Share Scheme has the meaning set out in section 1166 of the Companies Act 2006;
Employer's NIC means employer's secondary class 1 National Insurance contributions liability or any local equivalent;
Exercise Period means the period set by the Board on the Award Date during which an Option may be exercised, ending no later than the day before the 10th anniversary of the Award Date;
Exercise Price means the amount, expressed either as an amount per Plan Share or a total amount, payable in respect of the exercise of an Option, determined in accordance with Rule 3;
Financial Conduct Authority means the "competent authority" as that expression is defined in Part VI of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000;
Gain means the difference between (i) the Market Value of a Plan Share on the date of exercise of an Option and (ii) the Exercise Price, multiplied by the number of Plan Shares in respect of which the Option is being exercised;
Group means the Company and its Subsidiaries from time to time and Group Member shall be interpreted accordingly;
HMRC means His Majesty's Revenue & Customs;
Holding Period means in relation to an Award the period (if any) specified under Rule 1.4.9 (commencing on the date of Vesting of the relevant Award) during which the restrictions contained in Rule 8 apply;
ITA 2007 means the Income Tax Act 2007;
ITEPA 2003 means the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003;
London Stock Exchange means London Stock Exchange plc or any successor body;
Market Value on any day means:
Official List means the list maintained by the Financial Conduct Authority in accordance with section 74(1) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 for the purposes of Part VI of that Act;
Option means a right to acquire Plan Shares granted under the Plan;
Performance Target means a performance target imposed as a condition of the Vesting of an Award under Rule 4.1 and as substituted or varied in accordance with Rule 4.3;
Plan means the On the Beach Growth Plan as amended from time to time;
Plan Shares means ordinary shares in the capital of the Company (or any shares representing them);
Regulatory Information Service means a service that is approved by the Financial Conduct Authority on meeting the Primary Information Provider criteria and is on the list of Regulatory Information Services maintained by the Financial Conduct Authority (or any overseas equivalent);
Relevant Employment means employment with any Group Member;
Reorganisation means any variation in the share capital of the Company, including but without limitation a capitalisation issue, rights issue, demerger or other distribution, a special dividend or distribution, rights offer or bonus issue and a sub-division, consolidation or reduction in the capital of the Company;
Rules mean the rules of the Plan;
Subsidiary has the meaning set out in section 1159 of the Companies Act 2006;
Trustees means the trustees of any trust created by a Group Member which, when taken together with the Plan, constitutes an Employees' Share Scheme;
Vest means in relation to an Option, the Award Holder becoming entitled to exercise the Option and Vesting and Vested shall be construed accordingly; and
Vesting Period means the period(s) from the Award Date to the normal date(s) of Vesting.
In the Plan, unless otherwise specified:
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