Remuneration Information • May 13, 2024
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Approved by shareholders of the Company on [ ] May 2024
Adopted by the board of the Company on [ ] May 2024
The Plan is a discretionary plan operated by the Company for selected employees. Its main purpose is to increase the interest of the employees in the Company's long-term business goals and performance through share ownership.
Shares purchased or received under the Plan, any cash received under the Plan and any gains obtained under the Plan are not part of salary for any purpose except to any extent required by statute.
The remuneration committee of the board of the Company shall have the right to decide, in its sole discretion, whether or not awards will be granted and to which employees those awards will be granted.
The detailed rules of the Plan are set out overleaf.
CONTENTS
Rule Page
DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION 1
Eligibility 3
Grant of awards 3
Limits 6
VESTING OF AWARDS 8
Consequences of Vesting 10
Exercise of Options 11
Holding Period 12
Cash Alternative 13
Lapse of Awards 14
LEAVERS 14
Takeovers and other corporate events 16
ADJUSTMENT OF AWARDS 19
Malus & Clawback 19
ALTERATIONS 21
MISCELLANEOUS 22
SCHEDULE I: CASH CONDITIONAL AWARDS 25
SCHEDULE 3: CALIFORNIAN SCHEDULE 26
SCHEDULE 3: US SCHEDULE 28
"Adoption" means the date the Plan is adopted by the Board;
"Applicable Laws" means the Listing Rules published by the FCA, the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers, the Market Abuse Regulation and any other applicable UK or overseas regulation or enactment;
"Award" means an Option or a Conditional Award;
"Board" means the board of directors of the Company or a duly authorised committee of that board;
"Committee" means the remuneration committee of the Board, or on and after the occurrence of a corporate event described in Rule 12 (Takeovers other corporate events), the remuneration committee of the Board as constituted immediately before that event; or
"Company" means TT Electronics plc (registered in England and Wales with registered number 87249);
"Conditional Award" means a conditional right to acquire Shares granted under the Plan which is designated as a conditional award by the Committee under Rule 3.2(b) (Committee determinations);
"Control" means control within the meaning of section 995 of the Income Tax Act 2007;
"Dealing Day" means a day on which the London Stock Exchange is open for business;
"Dividend Equivalent" means a benefit calculated by reference to dividends paid on Shares as described in Rule 3.4(a) (Treatment of Dividends);
"Early Vesting Date" means either:
"Executive Director" means an executive director of the Company;
"Exercise Period" means the period commencing on the date on which an Option Vests and ending on the date determined under Rule 3.2(d) during which an Option may be exercised subject to lapsing earlier under the Plan (such period to be no longer than 10 years commencing on the Grant Date);
"FCA" means the Financial Conduct Authority;
"Grant Date" means the date on which an Award is granted;
"Group Member" means:
"Holding Period" means the period starting on the date on which an Award Vests and ending on the earliest of the dates specified in Rule 8.3 (Expiry of the Holding Period) during which a Participant is required not to sell, transfer, assign or dispose of their Net Vested Shares in accordance with Rule 8 (Holding Period);
"ITEPA" means the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003;
"London Stock Exchange" means London Stock Exchange plc or any successor to that company;
"Malus & Clawback" means an obligation to repay amounts referred to in Rule 14.3 (Amount to be subject to Malus & Clawback);
"Net Vested Shares" means the Vested Shares acquired or received by a Participant on Vesting of a Conditional Award or on exercise of an Option, in each case during the Holding Period, less: (a) a number of Shares with an aggregate market value on the date of Vesting (in the case of Conditional Awards) or exercise (in the case of Options) equal to the Participant's Tax Liability arising on that event; or (b) if the Vested Shares are sold to satisfy that Tax Liability, the number of Vested Shares sold;
"Normal Vesting Date" means the date on which an Award would ordinarily Vest under Rule 5.1 (Timing of Vesting: Normal Vesting Date);
"Normal Vesting Period" means the period commencing on the Grant Date and ending on the date determined under Rule 3.2(f);
"Option" means a conditional right to acquire Shares under the Plan which is designated as an option by the Committee under Rule 3.2(b);
"Option Price" means the nominal amount, if any, determined under Rule 3.2(c) as payable per Share on the exercise of an Option (including any Shares acquired in respect of a Dividend Equivalent), provided that the Committee may reduce or waive this Option Price on or prior to the exercise of the 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 (or conditions) related to performance which is specified by the Committee under Rule 3.2(e);
"Plan" means the TT Electronics plc Long Term Incentive Plan 2024 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;
"Subsidiary" means a body corporate which is a subsidiary (within the meaning of section 1159 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:
in each case subject to the Rules and Vesting shall be construed accordingly; and
"Vested Shares" means those Shares in respect of which an Award Vests.
An individual is eligible to be granted an Award only if they are an employee (including an Executive Director) of a Participating Company.
Subject to Rule 3.6 (Timing of grant), Rule 3.7 (Approvals and consents) and Rule 4 (Limits), the Committee may resolve to grant an Award on:
to any person who is eligible to be granted an Award under Rule 2 (Eligibility).
On or before the Grant Date, the Committee shall (or may, as appropriate) determine:
An Award shall be granted by deed executed by the Company, or in such other manner as the Committee determines.
The Committee may decide:
(a) on or before the grant of an Award or at any time prior to the Vesting of an Award that a Participant shall be entitled to receive a benefit determined by reference to the value 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 (or , where Shares under an Option are subject to a Holding Period, the earlier of the date of expiry of the Holding Period or the date of exercise of the Option). The Committee shall decide the basis on which the value of such dividends shall be calculated (which may assume the reinvestment of dividends). The Committee may also decide at this time whether such Dividend Equivalent shall be provided to the Participant in the form of cash and/or Shares. Such Dividend Equivalent shall be provided in accordance with Rule 6.3 (Delivery of dividend equivalent); or
(b) on or before the grant of an Award or at any time prior to the next occurring dividend record date, a term of the Award includes that the number of Shares comprised in an Award shall increase by deeming dividends that would have been paid on such Shares in respect of dividend record dates occurring within the period between the Grant Date and the date of Vesting (or, where Shares under an Option are subject to a Holding Period, the earlier of the date of expiry of the Holding Period or the date of exercise of the Option) to have been reinvested in additional Shares on such terms as the Committee shall decide.
As to whether either of the above apply is at the discretion of the Committee.
Unless specified to the contrary by the Committee on the Grant Date, an Award may be satisfied:
The Committee may decide to change the way in which it is intended that an Award may be satisfied after it has been granted, having regard to the provisions of Rule 4 (Limits).
Subject to Rule 3.7 (Approvals and consents), an Award may only be granted:
within the period of 90 days commencing on the date of Adoption;
within the period of 6 weeks beginning with the dealing day after the date on which the Company announces its results for any period; or
at any other time when the Committee considers that circumstances are sufficiently exceptional to justify its grant,
but an Award may not be granted after [xx] May 2034 (that is, the expiry of the 10 year period beginning with the date of Adoption).
The grant of any Award shall be subject to obtaining any approval or consent required under any Applicable Laws and any share dealing code of the Company.
An Award granted to any person:
For the purposes of Rule 4.2 (Meaning of "allocated"):
Treasury Shares shall cease to count as allocated Shares for the purposes of Rule 4.2 (Meaning of "allocated") if institutional investor guidelines cease to require them to be so counted and more generally Rules 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3 can be changed to such extent at the Committee determines appropriate (which may including removing such Rules if relevant) without prior shareholder approval in general meeting to reflect developments institutional investor guidelines on the topic of dilution limits.
The maximum total market value of Shares (calculated as set out in this Rule 4.5) over which Awards may be granted to any employee in respect of any financial year of the Company is X% of their salary where X% is the Plan related percentage of salary maximum limit that applies at such time under the applicable Directors’ Remuneration Policy for Executive Directors. [At the discretion of the Committee recruitment related buyout Awards may be disregarded for the purposes of this Rule to such extent (if any) at the Committee considers appropriate].
For the purpose of this Rule 4.5:
Any Award shall be limited and take effect to comply with the limits in this Rule 4.
No Shares may be issued or treasury Shares transferred to satisfy the exercise of any Option or the Vesting of any Conditional Award to the extent that such issue or transfer would cause the number of Shares allocated (as defined in Rule 4.2 (Meaning of "allocated") and adjusted under Rule 4.3 (Post-grant events affecting numbers of "allocated" Shares)) to exceed the limits in Rule 4.1 and 4.2 (10 per cent. in years limits) except where there is a variation of share capital of the Company which results in the number of Shares so allocated exceeding such limits solely by virtue of that variation.
An Award shall only Vest to the extent:
For the purposes of this Rule 5.3, references to a 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, the Participant shall be deemed to have authorised the Company to sell or procure the sale on their behalf of sufficient of the Vested Shares subject to their Award to ensure that the relevant Group Member receives the amount required to discharge the Tax Liability.
For the purposes of this Rule 5.4, references to a Group Member include any former Group Member.
Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, and irrespective of whether and to what extent any Performance Condition attached to an Award has been satisfied, the Committee may at any time prior to the settlement of an Award and at its discretion:
Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, if, at any time before an Award Vests, a Participant is the subject of an investigation into a disciplinary matter then the Committee in its absolute discretion, following consultation with the relevant Group Member, may determine that the Vesting of any Award shall be suspended until such time as the Committee (i) lifts such suspension, (ii) exercises its discretion to Vest the Award or (iii) exercises its discretion to reduce the Award or to determine that the Award shall be forfeit.
On or as soon as reasonably practicable after the Vesting of a Conditional Award, 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), transfer or procure the transfer of the Vested Shares to the Participant.
If the Committee decided under Rule 3.4(a) (Treatment of Dividends) that a Participant would be entitled to the Dividend Equivalent in relation to Shares under their Award but did not decide at that time whether the Dividend Equivalent would be provided in the form of cash and/or Shares, then the Committee shall make such decision on or before the transfer of the Vested Shares to the Participant.
The Committee, acting fairly and reasonably, may decide to exclude the value of all or part of a special dividend or any other dividend from the amount of the Dividend Equivalent.
The provision of the Dividend Equivalent to the Participant shall be made as soon as practicable after the issue or transfer of Vested Shares and:
(a) in the case of a cash payment, shall be subject to such deductions (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;
(b) in the case of a provision of Shares, Rule 5.2 (Restrictions on Vesting: regulatory and tax issues) and Rule 5.5 (Payment of Tax Liability) shall apply as if such provision was the Vesting of an Award.
A Vested Option may not be exercised unless:
For the purposes of this Rule 7.1, references to a Group Member include any former Group Member.
Subject to the rules of the Plan an Option may be exercised in respect of such number of its Vested Shares as the Participant determines at their discretion in respect of the relevant exercise request.
An Option shall be exercised 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 (or the Plan’s administrator as relevant) process it in line with the prevailing policy for such matters as approved by the Board for the Plan and contingent on having received payment of any Option Price (or, if the Board so permits, an undertaking to pay that amount).
The aforementioned policy may include for example:
The Participant authorises the Company to sell or procure the sale of sufficient Vested Shares on or following the exercise of their Option on their behalf to ensure that any relevant Group Member receives the amount required to discharge any 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), transfer or procure the transfer to them or, if appropriate, allot to them the number of Shares in respect of which the Option has been exercised.
An Option which has become exercisable shall lapse at the end of the Exercise Period if it has not been exercised unless it lapses earlier under Rule 11 (Leavers) or Rule 12 (Takeovers other corporate events).
This Rule 8 shall apply to Shares acquired or delivered on the Vesting or exercise of Awards in relation to which a Holding Period applies (if any as determined pursuant to Rule 3.2(g)).
Subject to Rule 8.2 (Permitted transfers during the Holding Period) below, a Participant to which this Rule 8 applies is required:
For the avoidance of doubt Net Vested Shares shall not be subject to any risk of forfeiture during the Holding Period other than to satisfy Malus & Clawback.
The Holding Period shall expire on the earliest of:
Net Vested Shares shall cease to be subject to any restrictions under this Rule 8 once the Holding Period has expired.
Nothing in this Rule 8 shall remove and/or reduce any additional requirements that may apply to the Participant under the Company's share ownership guidelines or requirements (from time to time).
Where an Option has been exercised or where a Conditional Award Vests and Vested Shares have not yet been allotted or transferred to the Participant, the Committee may determine that, in substitution for their right to acquire any number of Vested Shares as the Committee decides (but in full and final satisfaction of their right to acquire those Shares), they shall be paid as additional employment income a sum equal to the cash equivalent (defined in Rule 9.3 (Cash equivalent)) of that number of Shares in accordance with this Rule 9.
Rule 9.1 shall not apply in relation to an Award made to a Participant in any jurisdiction where the presence of Rule 9.1 would cause:
(a) the grant of the Award to be unlawful or for it to fall outside any applicable securities law exclusion or exemption; or
(b) adverse tax or social security contribution consequences for the Participant or any Group Member as determined by the Board,
provided that this Rule 9.2 shall only apply if its application would prevent the occurrence of a consequence referred to in (a) or (b) above.
For the purpose of this Rule 9, the cash equivalent of a Share is:
Market value on any day shall be determined as follows:
There shall be deducted from any payment under this Rule 9 such sum for the related Tax Liability as the Board may reasonably consider to be necessary or desirable.
An Award shall lapse:
If a Participant ceases to be a director or employee of a Group Company prior to the Normal Vesting Date of an Award due to:
then, subject to Rule 5.1 (Timing of Vesting: Normal Vesting Date) and Rule 5.3 (Restrictions on Vesting: regulatory and tax issues), that Award shall Vest on the Normal Vesting Date unless the Committee determines it shall Vest on the Early Vesting Date.
In either case, Vesting may be subject to any additional conditions that the Committee specifies and Rule 11.5 (Leavers: reduction in number of Vested Shares) shall apply. Where the Award is an Option, Rule 11.4 (Exercise of Options) shall also apply.
If a Participant ceases to be a director or employee of a Group Company prior to the Normal Vesting Date for any reason other than those specified in Rule 11.1 (Good leavers before the Normal Vesting Date), any Award held by the relevant Participant shall lapse immediately regardless of whether that cessation was lawful or unlawful.
Where this Rule 11.4 applies, subject to Rule 6.1 (Options), Rule 7 (Exercise of Options) and Rule 12 (Takeovers other corporate events), a Vested Option shall continue to be exercisable for a 12 month period commencing on the date on which the Award Vests (or, if shorter, until the expiry of the Exercise Period) or such other period that the Committee specifies and, to the extent that the Option is not exercised, it shall lapse at the end of that period.
Where this Rule 11.5 applies, the Committee shall determine the number of Vested Shares of the relevant Award by applying:
If an Award Vests under any of Rules 12.1 (General offers) to 12.3 (Demergers and other events) following a cessation of the relevant Participant then this Rule 11.5 shall take precedence over Rule 12.5 (Corporate events: reduction in number of Vested Shares).
To the extent that an Award is reduced in accordance with this Rule 11.5, it will lapse and become incapable of Vesting in respect of the relevant number of Shares by which it is reduced.
For the purposes of Rule 11:
In the event of the Participant’s dismissal for misconduct all subsisting Awards held shall immediately lapse upon the Participant’s dismissal regardless of whether or not such Award is Vested.
Relocation of Participant
If a Participant remains an employee of a Group Member but is transferred to work in another country or changes tax residence status and, as a result would:
suffer a tax disadvantage in relation to participation in this Plan (this being shown to the satisfaction of the Committee); or
become subject to restrictions on the ability to Vest or exercise an Award or to hold or deal in the Shares or the proceeds of the sale of the Shares acquired on exercise of an Award because of the security laws or exchange control laws of the country to which the Participant is transferred,
then the Committee may decide that Awards will Vest on a date they choose before or after the transfer takes effect. The Award will Vest to the extent the Committee so permits and will not lapse as to the balance.
If:
all Awards shall, subject to Rule 5.3 (Restrictions on Vesting: regulatory and tax issues) and Rule 12.4 (Internal reorganisations), Vest on the date of that event if they have not then Vested and Rule 12.5 (Corporate events: reduction in number of Vested Shares) shall apply.
If an event described in this Rule 12.2 occurs, an Option may, subject to Rule 7.1 (Restrictions on the exercise of an Option: regulatory and tax issues) and Rule 12.4 (Internal reorganisations), be exercised within one month of that event (or, if shorter, until the expiry of the Exercise Period), but to the extent that the Option is not exercised within that period, it shall lapse (regardless of any other provision of the Plan).
If a demerger, special dividend or other 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 to adjust one or more Awards (such if any as the Committee determines) in such manner as it considers appropriate or that the following provisions shall apply in respect of one of more Awards (such if any as the Committee determines):
If:
then unless the Committee determines otherwise an Award shall not Vest under Rule 12.1 (General offers) or Rule 12.2 (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 (including as to any Performance Condition) 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 12.4 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 of:
the Committee may make such adjustments as it considers appropriate under Rule 13.2 (Method of adjustment).
An adjustment made under this Rule shall be made to one or more of:
An adjustment under Rule 13.2 (Method of adjustment) may reduce 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 has been made the Board shall capitalise that sum (if any) and apply it in paying up that amount.
This Rule 14 shall apply to Awards regardless of any other provisions of the Plan.
The Committee may decide at any time prior to the third anniversary of the Vesting of an Award (the "Discovery Period") that the individual to whom the Award was granted (the "Relevant Individual") shall be subject to Malus & Clawback if:
The Committee shall determine the amount to be subject to Malus & Clawback which:
Any determinations under this Rule 14.3 shall be on such basis as the Committee reasonably decides.
In order to satisfy the Malus & Clawback, the Committee may:
Any reduction made pursuant to Rule 14.4(a) shall be made at such time or times as the Committee determines appropriate and, in the case of unvested awards, shall be at the time they would otherwise ordinarily vest unless the Committee decides otherwise.
Where any amount is to be recovered pursuant to Rule 14.4(b) such amount shall have regard to the Tax Liability met by the Participant in respect of the reference sum that could otherwise be requested for repayment pursuant to 14.4(b) unless the Committee reasonably considers that such Tax Liability sum can be recouped by the Participant.
The Committee may decide at any time to reduce the number of Shares subject to an Award (including reducing to zero) to give effect to malus and/or clawback provisions of any form and/or name contained in any cash or Share based incentive plan or bonus plan operated by any Group Member. The reduction shall be in accordance with the terms of the relevant provisions or, in the absence of any such term, on such basis as the Committee, acting fairly and reasonably, decides is appropriate.
Except as described in Rule 15.2 (Shareholder approval) and Rule 15.4 (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 15.3 (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 under Rule 15.1 (General rule on alterations) to the provisions concerning:
without the prior approval by ordinary resolution of the members of the Company in general meeting.
Rule 15.2 (Shareholder approval) shall not apply to:
No alteration to the material disadvantage of a Participant (other than a change to any Performance Condition) shall be made under Rule 15.1 (General rule on alterations) in respect of their existing Award(s) under the Plan unless they approve the alteration in respect of the relevant Award(s).
The Committee may amend any Performance Condition without prior shareholder approval if:
(c) the Committee shall act fairly and reasonably in making the alteration.
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 consequence of the termination of their office or employment for any reason whatsoever 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.
In the event of any dispute or disagreement as to the interpretation of the Plan, or as to any question or right arising from or relating to the Plan, the decision of the Committee shall be final and binding upon all persons.
The exercise of any power or discretion by the Committee shall not be open to question by any person and a Participant or former Participant shall have no rights in relation to the exercise of or omission to exercise any such power or discretion.
All Shares allotted under the Plan shall rank equally in all respects with Shares then in issue except for any rights attaching to them by reference to a record date before the date of the allotment.
Where Vested Shares are transferred, Participants shall be entitled to all rights attaching to those Shares by reference to a record date on or after the date of such transfer.
Any notice or other communication under or in connection with the Plan may be given:
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.
The Plan and all Awards shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales and the Courts of England and Wales have exclusive jurisdiction to hear any dispute (including non-contractual disputes or claims) arising out of or in connection with it or its subject matter or formation.
SCHEDULE I
CONDITIONAL AWARDS
The Rules of the Plan shall apply to a right (a "Cash Conditional Award") to receive a cash sum granted under this Schedule as if it was a Conditional Award, except as modified by the terms set out in this Appendix. Where there is any conflict between the Rules and this Schedule, the terms of this Schedule shall prevail.
The Committee may grant or procure the grant of a Cash Conditional Award.
Each Cash Conditional Award shall relate to a given number of notional Shares.
On the Vesting of the Cash Conditional Award the holder of that Cash Conditional Award shall be entitled to a cash sum which shall be equal to the "Cash Value" of the notional Vested Shares, where the Cash Value of a notional Share is the market value of a Share on the date of Vesting of the Cash Conditional Award. For the purposes of this Appendix, the market value of a Share on any day shall be determined in accordance with Rule 9.3 (Cash equivalent).
Rule 9.5 (Deductions) shall apply to any sum payable under paragraph 3 above.
Schedule 2 CALIFORNIAN SCHEDULE TO THE TT ELECTRONICS PLC
LONG TERM INCENTIVE PLAN 2024
This California schedule is supplemental to the Rules of the TT Electronics plc Long Term Incentive Plan 2024 (“Plan”). Capitalised words and phrases used in this California schedule and not otherwise defined shall have the same meaning as set forth in the Rules of the Plan. In addition, any capitalised words and phrases used in this California schedule and otherwise defined shall override any definition contained in the Plan.
This California schedule has been adopted for purposes of satisfying the requirements of section 25102(o) of the California Corporate Securities Law of 1968, as amended, and the regulations issued thereunder by the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (collectively, the “California Securities Law”). It is understood that the Plan constitutes a compensatory purchase plan for purposes of section 260.140.42 of the California Code of Regulations.
Any Award granted under the Plan to an Eligible Employee of a Group Member who is a resident of the State of California on the Grant Date (each, a “California Participant”) shall be subject to the terms set forth in this California schedule. For purposes of compliance with the California Securities Law the Plan, as modified by this California schedule, is intended to constitute a separate plan maintained solely for California Participants.
The Rules of the Plan shall apply in the normal manner in relation to any Award granted to California Participants without modification or variation save that:
Except to the extent provided in paragraph 7 of this California schedule, each Award shall be granted in accordance with rule 701 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“Rule 701”).
The total number of Shares which may be issued to California Participants under this California schedule shall not exceed the number of Shares determined under Rule 4 of the Plan subject to adjustment in accordance with Rule 13 of the Plan and paragraph 3 of this California schedule.
The Committee shall proportionately adjust (in the manner they deem appropriate) the number of Shares allocated under an Award in the event of a stock split, reverse stock split, stock dividend, recapitalisation, combination, reclassification or other distribution of the Company’s equity securities without the receipt of consideration by the Company.
Shares must be issued for Awards within ten years from the date the Plan is adopted by the Board, or the date the Plan is approved by the shareholders of the Company, whichever is earlier. As the Plan was approved by shareholders of the Company on [ ] [ ] May 2024 and the Board adopted the Plan on [ ] May 2024, the shares must be issued no later than [ ] May 2034.
The Plan must be approved by shareholders owning a majority of the outstanding securities entitled to vote by the later of (i) within 12 months before or after the Plan is adopted by the Board, or (ii) prior to or within 12 months of the issuance of any security under the Plan in the State of California.
Rights to acquire Shares under Awards shall be transferable only to the extent permitted under Rule 8 of the Plan and Rule 701.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Awards may be granted under this California schedule to any California Participant in accordance with any other registration exemption permitted under the California Securities Law or by qualification under such law, subject to such conditions as required by California law.
If pursuant to paragraph 7 of this California schedule Awards are granted under a securities registration exemption that does not comply with all conditions of Rule 701, then California Participants shall be provided with Company financial statements at least annually unless such California Participants are key employees whose duties in connection with the Company assure them access to equivalent information.
Schedule 3
US SCHEDULE TO THE TT ELECTRONICS PLC
LONG TERM INCENTIVE PLAN 2024
This US schedule is supplemental to the Rules of the TT Electronics Long Term Incentive Plan 2024 (“Plan”). Capitalized words and phrases used in this US schedule and not otherwise defined shall have the same meaning as set forth in the Rules of the Plan. In addition, any capitalized words and phrases used in this US schedule and otherwise defined shall override any definition contained in the Plan.
This US schedule has been adopted for purposes of satisfying the requirements of section 409A of the US Internal Revenue Code (“Section 409A”).
Any Award granted under the Plan to an Eligible Employee of a Group Member who is subject to income taxation in the United States on the Grant Date or thereafter (each, a “US Participant”) shall be subject to the terms set forth in this US schedule.
The Rules of the Plan shall apply in the normal manner in relation to any Award granted to US Participants (each, a “US Award”) without modification or variation save that:
The only type of Award that may be granted to a US Participant is a Conditional Award.
The phrase ”in the terms of the Award” shall be added to the end of limb (b) in Rule 3.1.
It is intended that the Rules of the Plan, including the provisions of Rule 3.2(e) relating to Performance Conditions, Rule 5 (Vesting of Awards), Rule 6 (Consequences of Vesting), Rule 11 (Leavers), and Rule 12 (Takeovers and Other Corporate Events), be interpreted and applied to constitute a “substantial risk of forfeiture” for the purposes of Section 409A, and that the terms of the Plan (including those set out in this US schedule) be interpreted in accordance with Section 409A and guidance issued thereunder such that the "short-term deferral" exception to Section 409A may be available with respect to US Awards.
It is intended that that the substantial risk of forfeiture of a US Award within the meaning of Section 409A (“substantial risk of forfeiture”) shall lapse, if at all, and the Award shall Vest (subject to the Rules of the Plan, including Rule 11.5 (Leavers: reduction in number of Vested Shares), Rule 12.5 (Corporate events; reduction in number of Vested Shares), and Rule 14 (Malus & Clawback)) on the earliest of:
the Normal Vesting Date, provided that the US Participant remains continuously employed by a Group Member until such date, or in such cases if the Award is subject to any Performance Conditions that constitute a substantial risk of forfeiture, if later, the expiry of the period of time selected by the Committee over which the attainment of the Performance Conditions will be measured (“Performance Period”) where the extent of Vesting does not remain subject to any other condition creating a substantial risk of forfeiture;
the date of the US Participant's cessation of employment or office where, in accordance with Rule 11 (Leavers), that cessation does not result in the Award lapsing and where the extent of Vesting does not remain subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture (by reference to a Performance Condition or otherwise);
the date on which an event under Rule 12 (Takeovers and Other Corporate Events) occurs if that event causes the Award to Vest,
and, for the purposes of this US schedule, the relevant earliest date referred to in this paragraph 3 is the Award’s "s409A Vesting Date."
Any determination by the Committee as to whether or not any Performance Conditions have been satisfied in whole or in part shall be made by (i) 15 March of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the Performance Period ends when the Normal Vesting Date falls on or before the end of the Performance Period, and (ii) 15 March of the calendar year following the calendar year which includes the Normal Vesting Date when the Normal Vesting Date falls after the end of the Performance Period.
A US Award shall be settled in Shares (or in cash pursuant to Rule 9 (Cash Alternative)) as soon as reasonably practicable following the date of Vesting but no later than the later to occur of:
the 15th day of the third calendar month following the calendar year which includes the s409A Vesting Date; and
the 15th day of the third calendar month following the fiscal year of the Group Member that employs the US Participant and which includes the s409A Vesting Date,
and, for the purposes of this US schedule, the relevant later date referred to in this paragraph 5 is the Award’s “s409A Long-Stop Date.”
Any Dividend Equivalent shall be paid (in cash or in Shares) at the same time that the underlying Vested Award is settled in Shares or paid in cash provided, however, that the net Shares (or cash equivalent) of any US Award (and any Dividend Equivalent) subject to a Holding Period (determined after provision for any Tax Liability) shall remain subject to Rule 8 (Holding Period).
The phrase “or to the Participant’s personal pension plan” in Rule 8.2 (Permitted transfers during the Holding Period) shall not apply to a US Award.
Rule 11.1(d) shall not apply to a US Award.
The first sentence of the flush language at the end of Rule 11.1 regarding Vesting shall be applied in a manner such that settlement in Shares (or payment in cash) does not occur after the s409A Long-Stop Date.
The Committee may require as a condition of Vesting of US Award that a US Participant agree to pay an amount equal to the nominal value of the Shares subject to the Award, as notified to the US Participant by the Company. If no payment is made within 7 days of such notification (or an alternative arrangement acceptable to the Committee is made to pay such amount) the US Participant will be deemed to have authorised the Company to sell or procure the sale of a sufficient number of the Shares issued on Vesting of the Award on his behalf to ensure that the Company receives the amount required to pay such amount and the number of Shares subject to his Award shall be reduced accordingly.
When making any determinations under the Plan (including adjustments to Awards, modifications of Performance Conditions, delays in settling Awards, or other exercise of discretion), the Committee shall endeavor to not make any determinations that would result in any violation of Section 409A. However, none of the Company or any other Group Member, the Board, the Committee, nor any of their directors, officers, employees, or agents warrants, represents, or guarantees compliance with Section 409A or other tax laws, nor shall any such persons be liable to any US Participant for any tax liabilities, tax penalties or interest arising from any non-compliance with Section 409A or other tax laws.
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