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EX-4.9

 Exhibit 4.9 
  

			
		 	 

 THE WPP EXECUTIVE STOCK OPTION PLAN 

As adopted by the Directors on 24th June 1996 and amended on 23rd April 1997, 24th September,
1998, 5th May 1999 (with the approval of the shareholders on 28th June 1999), 22nd September 1999, 20th September 2000 (with the approval of shareholders on 26th June, 2000),
17th April 2001 (with the approval of shareholders on 25th June
2001), 6th August 2003, 25 October 2004, 18 August 2005, such
amendments taking effect on 25 October 2005, 14 December 2006, 9 August 2007 and amended on 12 November 2012 
 By a resolution on 30 August 2005 the Board of WPP Group plc has committed to issue WPP Group plc shares in exchange for the shares of the Company issued to Participants, as set out in the Articles of
Association of the Company 
 As approved by shareholders of WPP Group plc on 30 October 2008 prior to the
introduction of a new holding company by a scheme of arrangement under part 26 of the Companies Act 2006 as approved by the shareholders of WPP plc on 30 September 2008 and adopted by the Board of Directors of WPP plc on 30 September 2008,
and amended in November 2008 
  

			
		 	 

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 CONTENTS 
  

			
		
	 1       DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
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	 2       ELIGIBILITY
	  	3
		
	 3       GRANT OF OPTIONS
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	 4       LIMITS
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	 5       EXERCISE OF OPTIONS
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	 6       TAKEOVER, RECONSTRUCTION AND WINDING-UP
	  	7
		
	 7       VARIATION OF CAPITAL
	  	8
		
	 8       ALTERATIONS
	  	9
		
	 9       MISCELLANEOUS
	  	9
		
	 10     WITHHOLDING
	  	10
		
	 SCHEDULE
	  	11
		
	 APPENDIX 1
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	 APPENDIX 2
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	 APPENDIX 3
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	 APPENDIX 4
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	 APPENDIX 5
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	 APPENDIX 6
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	 APPENDIX 7
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	1	 DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION 

  

	1.1	 In this Plan1, unless the context otherwise requires: 

 the
“Board” means the board of directors of the Company or a committee appointed by such board of
directors;2 

“Company” means 
  

	 	(a)	 for the period before 25 October 2005 the reference shall be to WPP 2005 Limited a private limited company incorporated in England and Wales with
registered number 1003653; 

  

	 	(b)	 for the period between 25 October 2005 and 18 November 2008 the reference shall be to WPP 2008 Limited, a private limited company incorporated in
England and Wales with registered number 5537577; 

  

	 	(c)	 for the period between 19 November 2008 and the Effective Date, the reference shall be to WPP plc, a public limited company incorporated in Jersey with
registered number 101749, to be re-named WPP 2012 plc; and 

  

	 	(d)	 for the period from and including the Effective Date the reference shall be to WPP plc, a public limited company incorporated in Jersey with registered number
111714; 3 4
5 

“Depository” means any depository or depositories which hold or whose nominee holds WPP ADSs; 

“Effective Date” means the date on which the Scheme, as set out in part 3 of the circular to share owners of WPP
plc, a company registered in Jersey with company number 101749, relating to the recommended proposals for the introduction of a new parent company becomes effective, expected to be 2 January 2013;
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the “Grant Date” in relation to an Option means the date on which the Option was granted; 

“Group Member” means: 
  

	 	(a)	 a Participating Company or a body corporate which is (within the meaning of section 736 of the Companies Act 1985 or, as the context may require, Articles 2
and 2A of the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991) the Company‘s holding company or a subsidiary of the Companys holding company; or
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	 	(b)	 a body corporate which is (within the meaning of section 258 of that Act or or, as the context may require, Articles 2 and 2A of the Companies (Jersey) Law
1991) a subsidiary undertaking of a body corporate within paragraph (a) above and has been designated by the Board for this purpose; 8 

 

	1 	 As amended by the Compensation Committee of the Board on 25 October 2004 

	2 	 Definition of “the Board of WPP Group plc” removed by resolution of the Board of WPP 2005 Limited in November 2008.

	3 	 As amended by the Compensation Committee of the Board on 18 August 2005 

	4 	 Amended by resolution of the Board of WPP 2005 Limited in November 2008 

	5 	 Amended by resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 12 November 2012 

	6 	 Inserted by resolution of the Board of WPP 2005 Limited in November 2008 and amended by resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 12 November 2012

	7 	 Amended by resolution of the Board of WPP 2005 Limited in November 2008 

	8 	 Amended by resolution of the Board of WPP 2005 Limited in November 2008 

  
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 “ITEPA” means the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003;9 
 “Key Feature” means a provision of the Plan which is necessary in order to meet the requirements of Schedule 4;10 

“Option” means a right to acquire Shares or WPP ADSs under the Plan; and a right to acquire Shares shall be known
as a “Share Option” and a right to acquire WPP ADSs shall be known as an “ADS Option”; 

“Participant” means a person who holds an Option granted under the Plan11; 

“Participating Company” means the Company or any Subsidiary; 

the “Plan” means the WPP Executive Stock Option Plan as herein set out but subject to any alterations or additions
made under Rule 8 below; 
 “Schedule 4” means Schedule 4 to ITEPA12; 

“Schedule 9” means Schedule 9 to the Taxes Act 1988; 

“Scheme” means a scheme of arrangement under Article 125 of the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991 or with or subject to
any modification, addition or condition approved or imposed by the Royal Court of Jersey relating to proposals for the introduction of a new parent company; 13 

“Share” means an ordinary share in the capital of the Company, and for the purposes of Rule 4 (Limits) and if the
context requires, other provisions of the Rules “Shares” include WPP ADSs; 
 “Subsidiary”
means a body corporate which is a subsidiary of the Company within the meaning of section 736 of the Companies Act 1985 or, as the context may require, Articles 2 and 2A of the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991;14 

“the Taxes Act 1988” means the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988; 

“the WWOP” means the WPP Worldwide Ownership Plan (originally adopted on 24th June, 1996) as from time to
time amended; 
 “WPP ADS” means an American Depository Share representing 5 Shares pursuant to the
Amended and Restated Deposit Agreement between the Company and Citibank NA dated as of 2 January 201315 and/or any other American depository share arrangement sponsored by the Company; 

“WPP Receipt” means an American Depository Receipt evidencing WPP ADSs; 

and expressions not otherwise defined herein have the same meanings as they have in Schedule 416. 
  

	(2)	 Any reference in the Plan to any enactment includes a reference to that enactment as from time to time modified, extended or re-enacted.

  

	9 	 As amended by the Compensation Committee of the Board on 25 October 2004 

	10 	 As amended by the Compensation Committee of the Board on 25 October 2004 

	11 	 As amended by the Compensation Committee of the Board on 25 October 2004 

	12 	 As amended by the Compensation Committee of the Board on 25 October 2004 

	13 	 Amended by resolution of the Board of WPP 2005 Limited in November 2008 and by resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 12 November 2012

	14 	 Amended by resolution of the Board of WPP 2005 Limited in November 2008 

	15 	 Amended by resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 12 November 2012 

	16 	 As amended by the Compensation Committee of the Board on 25 October 2004 

  
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	2	 ELIGIBILITY 

  

	(1)	 Subject to sub-rule (3) below, a person is eligible to be granted an Option under the Plan if (and only if) he is a full-time director or qualifying
employee of a Participating Company. 

  

	(2)	 For the purposes of sub-rule (1) above: 

  

	 	(a)	 a person shall be treated as a full-time director of a Participating Company if he is obliged to devote to the performance of the duties of his office
or employment with that and any other Participating Company not less than 25 hours a week; 

  

	 	(b)	 a qualifying employee, in relation to a Participating Company, is an employee of the Participating Company (other than one who is a director of a
Participating Company). 

  

	(3)	 A person is not eligible to be granted an Option under the Plan at any time within the two years immediately preceding the date (if any) on which he is bound
to retire in accordance with the terms of his contract of employment. 

  

	3	 GRANT OF OPTIONS 

  

	(1)	 Subject to sub-rule (2) below and Rule 4 below, the Board may grant or procure the grant to any person who is eligible to be granted an Option under the
Plan an Option to acquire Shares, upon the terms set out in the Plan and upon such other objective terms as the Board may specify; and for this purpose an option to acquire means17 an option to subscribe. Unless the Board otherwise determines Share Options shall be granted to persons who are eligible under
the Plan and who are resident in the United Kingdom and ADS Options shall be granted to other persons who are
eligible.18 

 

	(2)	 An Option may only be granted under the Plan: 

  

	 	(a)	 within the period of 6 weeks beginning with the date on which the Plan is approved and adopted by the Company in general meeting or the dealing day next
following the date on which the Company announces its results for any period, or at any other time when the circumstances are considered by the Board to be sufficiently exceptional to justify the grant thereof; and 

 

	 	(b)	 within the period of 10 years beginning with the date on which the Plan is approved and adopted as aforesaid 24th June, 1996.

  

	(3)	 The price at which Shares may be acquired by the exercise of an Option shall be determined by the Board before the grant thereof, but shall not be less than:

  

	 	(a)	 in the case of a Share Option, if Shares of the same class as those Shares are listed in the London Stock Exchange Daily Official List, the average
middle-market quotation of Shares of that class (as derived from that list) over a number of consecutive dealing days (being not more than five) immediately preceding the Grant Date; 

 

	 	(b)	 in the case of a Share Option, if paragraph (a) above does not apply, the market value (within the meaning of Part VIII of the Taxation of Chargeable
Gains Act 1992) of Shares of that class, as reasonably determined by the Board; 

  

	17 	 As amended by the Compensation Committee of the Board on 25 October 2004. 

	18 	 As amended by the Compensation Committee of the Board on 25 October 2004. 

  
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	 	(c)	 in the case of an ADS Option, the fair market value of a WPP ADS as quoted on NASDAQ over a number of consecutive dealing days (being not more than five)
immediately preceding the Grant Date; or 

  

	 	(d)	 except in the case of an Option to acquire Shares otherwise than by subscription, the nominal value of those Shares. 

 

	(4)	 An Option granted under the Plan to any person: 

  

	 	(a)	 shall not, except as provided in Rule 5(4) below, be capable of being transferred by him; and 

 

	 	(c)	 shall lapse forthwith if he is adjudged bankrupt. 

  

	(5)	 Except as referred to in Rule 6.4 and paragraph 10 of Appendix 1, no new Options shall be granted under the Plan after 25 October 2005.19 

 

	4	 LIMITS 

  

	(1)	 No Options or options under the WWOP shall be granted which would, at the time they are granted, exceed the limit set out in this Rule 4(1).

 That limit is that the number of shares which; 

 

	 	(a)	 shall have been issued; or 

  

	 	(b)	 may be issued 

 in pursuance of options granted under the Plan or the WWOP in the period of 10 years beginning with 28th June, 1999 (which is subject to the requirement under Rule 3(2)(b) that Options may only be granted
within 10 years after 28th June, 1996) must not exceed such number as represents 10 per cent20 of the ordinary share capital of the Company in issue at the time of grant of the options. In applying this Rule, Shares issued under any other employee share scheme adopted by the Company after 28th June
1999 (or Shares issued or capable of issue under any other share option scheme of the Company adopted after that date, as the case may be) shall also count against that limit. 

 

	(2)	 No person shall be granted Options under the Plan in any period of 12 months (except in exceptional circumstances as determined by the Board) or in the year
of appointment of any person) which would, at the time they are granted, cause the market value of the Shares for which he may subscribe in pursuance of Options granted to him in that period of 12 months under the Plan or under any other share
option scheme (other than a savings related scheme) adopted by the Company, to exceed 400% of the person’s annual salary as at that time;21 and for the purposes of this sub-rule: 

 

	 	(a)	 any Option which shall have been released to any extent shall be treated to that extent as if it were still exercisable; 

 

	19 	 Amended by resolution of the Board of WPP 2005 Limited in November 2008 and by resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 12 November 2012

	20 	 This limit should be read in conjunction with the limit agreed in a letter, dated 18 June 1999, to the Association of British Insurers from the group
finance director (this footnote was added following the meeting of the Compensation Committee of the Board on 25 October 2004). 

	21 	 As amended by the Compensation Committee of the Board on 17 April 2001 

  
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	 	(b)	 shares in a Participating Company shall not be regarded as benefits in kind; 

 

	 	(d)	 where a payment of remuneration is made otherwise than in sterling, the payment shall be treated as being of the amount of sterling ascertained by applying
such rate of exchange published in a national newspaper as the Board shall reasonably determine; and 

  

	 	(e)	 a person’s remuneration shall be deemed to include fees paid to a company whose principal purpose is to provide his services, being services of a nature
which he would be expected to perform as an employee of a Participating Company, and being fees referable to those services and exclusive of VAT. 

  

	(3)	 For the purposes of this Rule, the market value of the Shares in relation to which an Option was granted shall be calculated: 

 

	 	(a)	 in the case of an Option granted under the Plan, as on the day by reference to which the price at which Shares may be acquired by the exercise thereof was
determined in accordance with Rule 3(3) above; 

  

	 	(b)	 in the case of an option granted under any option scheme (other than a savings related scheme) approved by the Inland Revenue, as at the time when it was
granted or, in a case where an agreement relating to the Shares has been made under paragraph 29 of Schedule 9 or paragraph 22 of Schedule 4, such earlier time or times as may be provided in the agreement; and22 

 

	 	(c)	 in the case of any other option, as on the day or days by reference to which the price at which Shares may be acquired by the exercise thereof was determined

  

	 	(d)	 and the Board may adopt such exchange rate as it thinks fit for the conversion of one currency to another currency. 

 

	(4)	 No person shall be granted an Option under the Plan if the number of Shares which may be acquired on exercise of that Option, when added to the number of
Shares which have been or may still be acquired on the exercise of Options previously granted to him under the Plan, exceeds 3% of the total of: 

  

	 	(a)	 the number of Shares which have been or may still be acquired on the exercise of Options previously granted to all persons under the Plan, and

  

	 	(b)	 the number of Shares still available for the grant of Options under the Plan. 

 

	(5)	 Any Option granted under the Plan shall be limited and take effect so that the above limits are complied with. 

 

	5	 EXERCISE OF OPTIONS 

  

	(1)	 The exercise of any Option granted under the Plan shall be effected in such form and manner as the Board may from time to time prescribe.

  

	(2)	 Subject to sub-rules (4) and (5) below and to sub-rules (1) and (3) of Rule 6 below, an Option granted under the Plan may not be exercised
before the third anniversary of the Grant Date. 

  

	22 	 As amended by the Compensation Committee of the Board on 25 October 2004 

  
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	(3)	 Subject to sub-rule (4) and paragraphs (a) and (c) of sub-rule (5) and paragraph (b) of sub-rule 7 below and to sub-rules
(1) and (3) of Rule 6 below, an Option granted under the Plan may not be exercised if the relevant condition is not satisfied; and in this sub-rule the relevant condition is a condition related to performance which constitutes a term
specified by the Board as mentioned in Rule 3(1) above or, if there is no such condition, the condition in the Schedule hereto provided that if the grant of an Option was made subject to the satisfaction of a condition the Board may determine that
the sub-rule (3) shall not apply to the exercise of that Option.23

  

	(4)	 24 

  

	(5)	 If any Participant dies before exercising an Option granted to him under the Plan and at a time when either he is a director or employee of a Group Member or
he is or would but for sub-rule (3) above be entitled to exercise the Option by virtue of sub-rule (5) below, the Option may (and must, if at all) be exercised by his personal representatives within 12 months after the date of his death.

  

	(6)	 If any Participant ceases to be a director or employee of a Group Member (otherwise than by reason of his death), the following provisions apply in relation
to any Option granted to him under the Plan: 

  

	 	(a)	 if he so ceases by reason of injury or disability, or by reason only that his office or employment is in a company which ceases to be a Group Member, or
relates to a business or part of a business which is transferred to a person who is not a Group Member, the Option may (and subject to sub-rule (4) above must, if at all) be exercised within the exercise period; 

 

	 	(b)	 if he so ceases by reason of retirement on or after reaching the retirement age (if any) as specified in his contract of employment (or, if there is no such
age, if he retires at all), the Option may (and subject to sub-rule (4) above must, if at all) be exercised within the exercise period, but subject to sub-rule (3) above;25 

  

	 	(c)	 if he so ceases for any other reason, the Option may not be exercised at all unless the Board shall so permit, in which event it may (and subject to sub-rule
(4) above must, if at all) be exercised to the extent permitted by the Board within the exercise period; 

 and in this sub-rule the exercise period is the period which shall expire 12 months after his so ceasing or 42 months after the Grant Date, whichever shall be the latest. 

 

	(7)	 Subject to sub-rule 6(A) below, a Participant shall not be treated for the purposes of sub-rule (5) above as ceasing to be a director or employee of a
Group Member until such time as he is no longer a director or employee of any Group Member and a female Participant who ceases to be such a director or employee by reason of pregnancy or confinement and who exercises her right to return to work
under the Employment Rights Act 1996 (or any equivalent legislation in any jurisdiction) before exercising an Option under the Plan shall be treated for those purposes as not having ceased to be such a director or employee.26 

 

	(7A)	 In the case of Options granted after 1st September 1999 (other than under the Approved Part), a Participant, who gives or is given notice to leave
employment as a director or employee of a Group Member in any circumstances other than death or in those circumstances referred to in 

 

	23 	 As amended by the Compensation Committee of the Board on 25 October 2004 

	24 	 Clause 5(4) deleted by resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 12 November 2012 

	25 	 As amended by the Compensation Committee of the Board on 14 December 2006 

	26 	 Amended by resolution of the Board of WPP 2005 Limited in November 2008 

  
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sub-rule (5)(a) or (b), shall, if he subsequently ceases to be in such employment, be treated for the purposes of sub-rule (5) above as ceasing to be a director or employee of a Group
Member on the date on which that notice is given (and for the avoidance of doubt any purported exercise of the option during the period of notice shall be of no effect). If a Participant is given notice to leave employment as a director or employee
of a Group Member and the Board subsequently uses its discretion under sub-rule (5)(c) to allow his Option to be exercisable, nothing in this sub-rule (6)A will make his Option lapse or cease to be exercisable. 

 

	(8)	 Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, an Option granted under the Plan (a) may not be exercised after the expiration of the period of 10 years
(or such shorter period as the Board may have determined before the grant thereof) beginning with the Grant Date (the last day of such period being the “Expiry Date”); and (b) in respect of any option granted after 1 September
1998, such option shall be exercisable for the period of four (4) months ending on the Expiry Date irrespective of whether the relevant condition (as that term is defined in Rule 5(3)) has been satisfied. 

 

	(9)	 Within 30 days after an Option under the Plan has been exercised by any person, the grantor of the Option shall, in the case of a Share Option, procure the
allotment27 to him (or a nominee for him) of the number of Shares in respect
of which the Option has been exercised and, in the case of an ADS Option, procure the issue to him of a WPP Receipt evidencing the WPP ADSs in respect of which the Option has been exercised (including, if appropriate, by procuring the allotment or
transfer of Shares to a Depository) unless: 

  

	 	(a)	 the Board considers that the issue or transfer thereof would not be lawful in all relevant jurisdictions; or 

 

	 	(b)	 in a case where a Group Member is obliged to account for any tax (in any jurisdiction) for which the person in question is liable by virtue of the exercise of
the Option, that or another Group Member is unable to withhold the tax from his remuneration nor has received payment from him of a corresponding amount. 

 

	(9A)	 The Board may agree with any Participant at any time that an Option granted under the Plan before 28th June, 1999 shall be treated as if it had been an
ADS Option (and not a Share Option). The Board shall select such exchange rate as it considers appropriate for converting the price at which Shares may be acquired from sterling to U.S. dollars. 

 

	(10)	 All Shares allotted under the Plan shall rank pari passu in all respects with the Shares of the same class for the time being in issue save as regards
any rights attaching to such Shares by reference to a record date prior to the date of the allotment. 

  

	(11)	 If Shares of the same class as those allotted under the Plan are listed in the London Stock Exchange Official List, the Company shall apply to the London
Stock Exchange for any Shares so allotted to be admitted to that list. 

  

	6	 TAKEOVER, RECONSTRUCTION AND WINDING-UP 

  

	(1)	 If any person obtains control of the Company (within the meaning of section 840 of the Taxes Act 1988) as a result of making a general offer to acquire Shares
in the Company or Old WPP, or having obtained such control makes such an offer, the Board shall within 7 days of becoming 

 

	27 	 As amended by the Compensation Committee of the Board on 25 October 2004. 

  
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aware thereof notify every Participant thereof and, subject to sub-rules (4), (5) and (7) of Rule 5 above, an Option granted under the Plan may be exercised within three months (or such
longer period as the Board may permit) of such notification.28 29 

 

	(2)	 For the purposes of sub-rule (1) above, a person shall be deemed to have obtained control of the Company if he and others acting in concert with him have
together obtained control of it.30 31 

 

	(3)	 If any person becomes bound or entitled to acquire Shares in the Company under Part 18 of the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991, or if under Part 18A of
the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991 the Court sanctions a compromise or arrangement proposed for the purposes of or in connection with a scheme for the reconstruction of the Company or the amalgamation of either of those companies with any other company
or companies, or if the Company passes a resolution for the winding up of the Company or the assets of the Company are declared en désastre, the Board shall forthwith notify every Participant thereof and any Option granted under the
Plan may, subject to sub-rules (4), (5) and (7) of Rule 5 above, be exercised within one month of such notification, but to the extent that it is not exercised within that period shall (notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan)
lapse on the expiration thereof.32 33 34 

  

	(4)	 The Board may determine (the determination to apply equally to all Options outstanding at the time) that the provisions of sub-rules (1) and
(3) above will neither cause Options to become exercisable nor to lapse at different times than would otherwise be the case, if the Board considers that the Options will continue to be an appropriate incentive notwithstanding the changed
circumstances, or that the position of Participants can be adequately preserved by the grant to them of some other right or rights in substitution for or addition to the existing rights. 

 

	7	 VARIATION OF CAPITAL 

  

	(1)	 In the event of any increase or variation of the share capital of the Company (whenever effected), the Board may make such adjustments as it considers
appropriate under sub-rule (2) below. 

  

	(2)	 An adjustment made under this sub-rule shall be to one or more of the following: 

 

	 	(a)	 the number of Shares in respect of which any Option granted under the Plan may be exercised; 

 

	 	(b)	 the price at which Shares may be acquired by the exercise of any such Option; 

 

	 	(c)	 where any such Option has been exercised, but no Shares have been allotted or transferred pursuant to such exercise, the number of Shares which may be so
allotted or transferred and the price at which they may be acquired. 

  

	(3)	 An adjustment under sub-rule (2) above may have the effect of reducing the price at which Shares may be acquired by the exercise of an Option to less
than their nominal value, but only if and to the extent that the Board shall be authorised to capitalise from the reserves of the Company a sum equal to the amount by which the nominal value of the Shares in respect of 

 

	28 	 Amended by resolution of the Board of WPP 2005 Limited in November 2008 

	29 	 Amended by resolution of the Board of WPP 2005 Limited in November 2008 

	30 	 Amended by resolution of the Board of WPP 2005 Limited in November 2008 

	31 	 Amended by resolution of the Board of WPP 2005 Limited in November 2008 

	32 	 Amended by resolution of the Board of WPP 2005 Limited in November 2008 

	33 	 Amended by resolution of the Board of WPP 2005 Limited in November 2008 

	34 	 Amended by resolution of the Board of WPP 2005 Limited in November 2008 

  
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which the Option is exercised and which are to be allotted pursuant to such exercise exceeds the price at which the same may be subscribed for and to apply such sum in paying up such amount on
such Shares; and so that on exercise of any Option in respect of which such a reduction shall have been made the Board shall capitalise such sum (if any) and apply the same in paying up such amount as aforesaid. 

 

	(4)	 As soon as reasonably practicable after making any adjustment under sub-rule (2) above, the Board shall give notice in writing thereof to any Participant
affected thereby. 

  

	8	 ALTERATIONS 

  

	(1)	 Subject to sub-rule (2) below, the Board may at any time alter or add to all or any of the provisions of the Plan, or the terms of any Option granted
under it, in any respect.3536 

  

	(2)	 No alteration or addition to the advantage of Participants shall be made under sub-rule (1) above to any Rule of the Plan without the prior approval by
ordinary resolution of the members of the Company in general meeting other than a minor amendment to benefit the administration of the Plan, to take account of a change in legislation or to obtain or maintain favourable tax, exchange control or
regulatory treatment for any Participant or Group Member.37

  

	(3)	 As soon as reasonably practicable after making any alteration or addition under sub-rule (1) above, the Board shall give notice in writing thereof to any
Participant affected thereby. 

  

	9	 MISCELLANEOUS 

  

	(1)	 The rights and obligations of any individual under the terms of his office or employment with any Group Member shall not be affected by his participation in
the Plan or any right which he may have to participate therein, and an individual who participates therein shall by participating be deemed to waive any and all rights to compensation or damages in consequence of the termination of his office or
employment for any reason whatsoever insofar as those rights arise or may arise from his ceasing to have rights under or be entitled to exercise any Option under the Plan as a result of such termination. 

 

	(2)	 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 related to the Plan, the
decision of the Board shall be final and binding upon all persons. 

  

	(3)	 The Company and any Subsidiary may provide money to the trustees of any trust or any other person to enable them or him to acquire Shares to be held for the
purposes of the Plan (which Shares may be held by a Depository on behalf of any such trustees or other person) or enter into any guarantee or indemnity for these purposes, to the extent permitted by section 153 of the Companies Act 1985 or the
Companies (Jersey) Law 1991.38 

 

	(4)	 In the event that Shares are transferred to a Participant in pursuance of any Option granted under the Plan, the Participant shall, if so required by the
person making the transfer, join that person in making a claim for relief under section 165 of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 in respect of the disposal made by him in effecting such transfer, should such relief be available.

  

	(5)	 Any notice or other communication under or in connection with the Plan may be given by personal delivery or by sending the same by post, in the case of a
company to its registered 

  

	35 	 As amended by the Compensation Committee of the Board on 18 August 2005 

	36 	 As further amended by resolution of the Board of WPP 2005 Limited in November 2008 

	37 	 Amended by resolution of the Board of WPP 2005 Limited in November 2008 

	38 	 Amended by resolution of the Board of WPP 2005 Limited in November 2008 

  
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office, and in the case of an individual to his last known address, or, where he is a director or employee of a Group Member, either to his last known address or to the address of the place of
business at which he performs the whole or substantially the whole of the duties of his office or employment. 

  

	(6)	 The Board may establish further plans based on the Plan but modified to take account of local tax, exchange control or securities laws in overseas
territories, provided that any Shares made available under such further plans are treated as counting against the limits expressed in Rule 4(1) to (6). 

 

	10	 WITHHOLDING 

  

	(1)	 The grant or exercise of any Option under the Plan is subject to the condition that the grant or an exercise of the Option shall not be valid unless the
Participant has, in addition to complying with the other requirements of the Plan, paid or procured the payment to the Group Member which is his employer, or otherwise provided for (in a manner satisfactory to that Group Member or, if appropriate,
the trustees of any employee benefit trust) an amount equal to the Taxation for which any Group Member may be liable by reason of that grant or exercise.39 

  

	(2)	 Without limitation to (1) above, the Company or any other Group Member which is a Participant’s employer or the trustees of any employee benefit
trust may withhold any amount and make such arrangements as it considers necessary which comply with applicable law to meet any liability to Taxation in respect of the grant, exercise or cancellation of Options or other event relating to Options or
in respect of any benefit under the Plan. These arrangements may include the sale of any Shares on behalf of a Participant, which the Participant is deemed to have authorised, to produce a cash sum sufficient to meet the Taxation liabilities
referred to in this Rule 10.40 

 

	(3)	 The Company may in its sole discretion waive the requirements set out in this Rule 10 in respect of any part of the Participant’s employer’s
liability to Taxation, including in particular, any employer’s liability to National Insurance Contributions. 

 In this Rule, “Taxation” means all forms of taxation or levy by any state or any political subdivision of a state and includes income tax, Pay as You Earn, National Insurance or other social security
contributions, whether being the primary liability of the employer or the employee, or any other person. 
  

	11	 41 

  

	39 	 As amended by the Compensation Committee of the Board on 25 October 2004 

	40 	 As amended by the Compensation Committee of the Board on 25 October 2004 

	41 	 Rule 11 deleted by resolution of the Board of WPP 2005 Limited in November 2008 

  
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 SCHEDULE 
  

	1	 42 

  

	2	 The condition in this Schedule is that 

  

	(i)	 The average WPP TSR for a Relevant End Period exceeds the average WPP TSR for a Relevant Base Period by an amount which, expressed as a percentage, is greater
than the percentage by which the average FT-SE 100 TSR for the same Relevant End Period exceeds the average FT-SE 100 TSR for the same Relevant Base Period; and that the same shall have been computed by the Company and communicated to the
Participant. The Company shall be obliged to perform the calculation and communicate the result to the Participant not later than the fifth working day following the end of the calendar month in which the last weekday of the Relevant End Period
falls. 

 For the purposes of the paragraph above: 

 

	 	(a)	 a Relevant Base Period is any period of 60 weekdays of which the last is the day 3 years prior to the last weekday of the Relevant End Period (or, if that day
is not a weekday, the last preceding weekday) and is not earlier than the last weekday before the Grant Date (weekdays in this Schedule being Monday to Friday inclusive, including bank holidays); 

 

	 	(b)	 a Relevant End Period is any period of 60 weekdays; 

  

	 	(c)	 FT-SE 100 TSR on any day means the total shareholder return figure for the index FT-SE 100 companies (currently known as the index of “total
return”) published in the Financial Times in respect of that day; 

  

	 	(d)	 WPP TSR on any day means the total shareholder return figure for the Company calculated on the same basis as total shareholder return is calculated for the
purposes of FT-SE 100 TSR. 

 AND 

 

	(ii)	 Looking at two associated financial years of the Company of which the later one is the third financial year after the earlier one, the earnings per Share of
the Company for the later one must have exceeded its earnings per share for the earlier one by an amount which, when expressed as a fraction of the last mentioned earnings per share, is not less than ((R2-R1)/R1) + 0.06, where R1 is the retail
prices index for the last month in the earlier year and R2 is the retail prices index for the last month in the later year. 

 For the purposes of the paragraph above 
  

	 	(f)	 the earnings per share of the Company shall be taken to be its headline earnings per Share, as calculated in accordance with the principles set out in
Statement of Investment Practice No.1 “The Definition of IIMR Headline Earnings” issued by The Institute of Investment Management and Research, or shall be calculated on such basis as shall have been determined by the Board before the
grant of the Option; 

  

	42 	 Paragraph 1 deleted by resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 12 November 2012 

  
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	 	(g)	 two financial years of the Company are associated if the earlier one is not earlier than the financial year of the Company last preceding the Grant
Date and the later one is not later than the financial year of the Company last preceding the date on which the Option is exercised; 

  

	 	(h)	 ... 43 

  

	 	(i)	 the retail prices index is the general index of retail prices (for all items) published by the Central Statistical Office of the Chancellor of the
Exchequer or, if that index is not published for the month in question, any substituted index or index figures published by that Office. 

  

	2	 The Board may make such adjustments to the method of calculating WPP TSR, FT-SE 100 TSR, earnings per share or any other feature of the above condition as it
considers appropriate to take account of any increase or variation of the share capital of the Company, any change to the calculation of FT-SE 100 TSR or to earnings per share or any other factors considered by the Board to be relevant.

  

	43 	 Definition of “financial year” deleted by Resolution of the Board of WPP 2005 Limited in November 2008 

  
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 APPENDIX 1 
 This Appendix constitutes the Inland Revenue approved part of the WPP Executive Stock Option Plan (“the Approved Part”). The terms of the Approved Part are identical to those of the other part of
the said scheme to which this Approved Part is appended except as follows: 
  

	1.	 In the definition of “Subsidiary” in Rule 1(1), add to the end words “and is under the control of the Company within the meaning of
Section 840 of the Taxes Act 1988”. 

  

	2.	 In Rule 2(3), add to the end the words “nor when he is not eligible to participate in the Plan by virtue of paragraph 9 of Schedule 4”.44 

 

	2A.	 Only Share Options, and not ADS Options, shall be granted under the Approved Part. 

 

	3.	 In Rule 3(1), after the word “Company”, add the words “which satisfy the requirements of paragraphs 16 – 20 of Schedule 4”.45 

 

	4.	 In Rule 3(2), after the words “general meeting”, add the words “the date on which the Approved Part is approved by the Inland Revenue under
Schedule 9”. 

  

	5.	 In Rule 3(3)(a), add at the end the words “(or such other dealing day or days as may be agreed with the Inland Revenue)”.

  

	6.	 In Rule 3(3)(b), delete the words “reasonably determined by the Board” and substitute the words “agreed in advance for the purposes of the Plan
with the Shares Valuation Division of the Inland Revenue, on the Grant Date (or such other day as may be agreed with the Inland Revenue)”. 

  

	7.	 Add the following as Rule 4(3A): 

 “No person shall be granted Options under the Approved Part which would, at the time they are granted, cause the aggregate market value of the Shares which he may acquire in pursuance of Options granted to him
under the Approved Part or under any other share option scheme, not being a savings related share option scheme, approved under Schedule 9 or Schedule 4 and established by the Company or by any associated company of the Company (and not exercised)
to exceed or further exceed £30,000 or such other limit as may be prescribed in paragraph 6 of Schedule
4”.46 

 

	7A.	 In sub-rule 5(3) the additional words beginning “provided that” to the end of sub-rule 5(3) shall not apply to Options granted under the Approved
Part.47 

 

	8.	 In Rule 5(5), delete the words “or 42 months after the Grant Date” and substitute the words “42 months after the Grant Date or 42 months after
the last date prior to his so ceasing on which he exercised an option (not being one granted under a savings related share option scheme) in circumstances in which paragraphs (a) and (b) of Section 185(3) of the Taxes Act 1988
applied”. 

  

	8A.	 Add the following after Rule 5(5)(b) as Rule 5(5)(bb): 

“if he so ceases by reason of redundancy (within the meaning of the Employment Rights Act 1996) the Option may not be
exercised at all following such cessation”. 
  

	44 	 As amended by the Compensation Committee of the Board on 25 October 2004 

	45 	 As amended by the Compensation Committee of the Board on 25 October 2004 

	46 	 As amended by the Compensation Committee of the Board on 25 October 2004 

	47 	 As amended by the Compensation Committee on 6 August 2003 

  
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	8B.	 In Rule 5(5)(c), delete the words “(including without limitation by reason of redundancy (within the meaning of the Employment Rights Act 1996))”.

  

	8C.	 In Rule 5(6A) delete the words “after 1st September 1999 (other than under the Approved Part” and replace those words with “18th May, 2000”. 

 

	9.	 Add the following as Rule 5(7A): 

 “A Participant shall not be eligible to exercise an Option under the Plan at any time when he is not eligible to participate in the Plan by virtue of paragraph 9 of Schedule 4”. 

 

	9A.	 Rule 5(8A) shall not apply. 

  

	10.	 Add the following as Rules 6(5) and (6): 

  

	 	“(5)	 (a)       If any company (“the acquiring company”): 

 

	 	    	            obtains control of the Company as a result of making – 

 

	 	(i)	 a general offer to acquire the whole of the issued ordinary share capital of the Company which is made on a condition such that if it is satisfied the person
making the offer will have control of the Company, or 

  

	 	(ii)	 a general offer to acquire all the Shares in the Company which are of the same class as the Shares which may be acquired by the exercise of Options granted
under the Plan, or 

  

	 	(b)	 obtains control of the Company in pursuance of a compromise or arrangement sanctioned by the court under Part 18A of the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991, or
48 

 

	 	(c)	 becomes bound or entitled to acquire Shares in the Company under Part 18 of the Companies (Jersey) Law
1991,49 

any Participant may at any time within the appropriate period (which expression shall be construed in accordance with paragraph 26
of Schedule 4), by agreement with the acquiring company, release any Option granted under the Plan which has not lapsed (“the old option”) in consideration of the grant to him of an option (“the new option”) which
(for the purposes of that paragraph) is equivalent to the old option but relates to shares in a different company (whether the acquiring company itself or some other company falling within paragraph 16(b) or (c) of Schedule 4).50 
  

	 	(6)	 The new option shall not be regarded for the purposes of sub-rule (5) above as equivalent to the old option unless the conditions set out in paragraph 27
of Schedule 4 are satisfied, but so that the provisions of the Plan shall for this purpose be construed as if:51 

  

	 	(i)	 the new option were an option granted under the Plan at the same time as the old option; 

 

	48 	 Amended by resolution of the Board of WPP 2005 Limited in November 2008 

	49 	 Amended by resolution of the Board of WPP 2005 Limited in November 2008 

	50 	 As amended by the Compensation Committee of the Board on 25 October 2004 

	51 	 As amended by the Compensation Committee of the Board on 25 October 2004 

  
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	 	(ii)	 except for the purposes of the definitions of “Group Member”, “Participating Company” and “Subsidiary” in Rule 1(1) above and
the reference to “the Board” in Rule 5(7) above, the expression “the Company” were defined as “a company whose shares may be acquired by the exercise of options granted under the Plan”;

  

	 	(iii)	 the relevant condition referred to in Rule 5(3) above had been satisfied; and 

 

	 	(iv)	 Rule 8(2) below were omitted.” 

  

	11.	 At the start of Rule 7(1), add the words “Subject to sub-rule (2A) below”. 

 

	12.	 In Rule 7(1), delete the words “increase or.” 

  

	13.	 Add the following as Rule 7(2A): 

 “At a time when the Plan is approved by the Inland Revenue under Schedule 4, no adjustment under sub-rule (2) above shall be made without the prior approval of the Inland Revenue.” 

 

	14.	 In Rule 8(1) delete the words “sub-rule (2)” and substitute the words “sub-rules (2), (2A) and (2B)”. 

 

	15.	 At the end of Rule 8(1), add the words “(having regard to the fact that, if an alteration or addition which does not solely relate to a special term is
made at a time when the Plan is approved by the Inland Revenue under Schedule 4, the alteration or addition to any Key Feature will not thereafter have effect unless the Inland Revenue have approved the alteration or addition)”.52 

 

	16.	 Add the following as Rule 8(2A) and (2B): 

  

	“(2A)	 No alteration or addition to the disadvantage of any Participant, other than to a special term, shall be made under sub-rule (1) above unless:

  

	 	(a)	 the Board shall have invited every relevant Participant to give an indication as to whether or not he approves the alteration or addition, and

  

	 	(b)	 the alteration or addition is approved by a majority of those Participants who have given such an indication. 

 

	(2B)	 No alteration or addition which solely relates to a special term subject to which an Option has been granted shall be under sub-rule (1) above unless:

  

	 	(a)	 there shall have occurred an event which shall have caused the Board reasonably to consider that the special term would not, without the alteration or
addition, achieve its original purpose, and 

  

	 	(b)	 the Board shall act fairly and reasonably in making the alteration or addition.” 

 

	17.	 At the end of Rule 8(3), add the words “and if the Plan is then approved by the Inland Revenue under Schedule 4, to the Inland Revenue.”53 

 

	18.	 Add as Rule 8(4): 

“Any reference in this Rule to a special term is a reference to a term specified by the Board as mentioned in Rule 3(1) above or a term of the
Schedule hereto”. 
  

	19.	 Delete Rule 9(6). 

 

	52 	 As amended by the Compensation Committee of the Board on 25 October 2004 

	53 	 As amended by the Compensation Committee of the Board on 25 October 2004 

  
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 APPENDIX 2 
 Special Rules Applicable to Grants of Incentive Stock Options 
  

	1.	 Options granted in accordance with the Plan (either including or excluding Appendix 1 thereto) may be designated as “Incentive Stock Options”
(“ISOs”) within the meaning of section 422 of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “U.S. Tax Code”). 

 

	2.	 The aggregate number of Shares (including Shares comprised in any WPP ADS) for which ISOs may be granted under Appendix 2 shall not exceed 73,811,500.

  

	3.	 The class of persons who may receive ISOs shall, in addition to the limitations imposed by Rule 2 of the Plan, be limited to those persons who are employees
of the Company or its “parent” or “subsidiary” corporations within the meaning of sections 424(f) and (g), respectively, of the U.S. Tax Code. 

 

	4.	 In addition to any other restrictions contained in the Plan, ISOs shall not be transferable otherwise than by will or the laws of descent and distribution.
During the lifetime of the person to whom an ISO is granted, the ISO shall be exercisable only by such person. 

  

	5.	 To the extent that the aggregate market value of Shares (including Shares comprised in any WPP ADS) with respect to which ISOs are exercisable (determined
without regard to this sentence) for the first time by a Participant during any calendar year (under all plans or schemes of the Company or its “parent” and “subsidiary” corporations within the meaning of sections 424(f) and (g),
respectively, of the U.S. Tax Code) exceeds US $100,000, such Options shall to the extent of such excess be treated as Options which are not ISOs. For the purposes of the preceding sentence, the market value of any Shares (including Shares comprised
in any WPP ADS) subject to an ISO shall be determined at the time such ISO is granted. 

  

	6.	 This schedule shall be deemed to be included within the Plan as adopted by shareholders for the purpose of any ISO grants. 

  
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 APPENDIX 3 
 India 
 The plan will apply to options granted to residents in India with the following modifications:

  

	1.	 Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, a person is eligible to be granted an option under this Appendix if (and only if) he is a full-time director
or qualifying employee (as defined in Rule 2(2)) of a Participating Company (whether or not the Company itself) resident in India. 

  

	2.	 Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, the exercise of an option will only take effect on the date on which the Shares acquired by virtue of that
exercise are sold by the Participant. 

  

	3.	 Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, an option granted to a Participant under this Appendix shall not be capable of being transferred by that
Participant except as provided in Rule 5(4) (in the event of a Participant’s death). 

  

	4.	 Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan: 

  

	 	(a)	 any exercise of an option by a Participant is only effective if, and to the extent that, the net proceeds (that is, after taking account of dealing costs and
any interest on the money, if any, lent to the Participant to facilitate the exercise of the option) from the immediate sale of the Shares acquired by the exercise of that option would be not less than the price at which the Participant is able to
acquire the Shares by virtue of that option; 

  

	 	(b)	 in the event that the net proceeds from the sale of Shares acquired by the exercise of an option by a Participant on the day of acquisition of such Shares
would be less than the price at which the Participant may acquire the Shares by virtue of that option, with the result that there would be a shortfall between the acquisition price and the net proceeds of such sale, any purported exercise of the
option will not take effect. 

  

	5.	 Further to 4 above, and notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, neither the Company nor any Participating Companies make any representation or
guarantee as to whether an intended exercise of an option by Participant on any given day will be effective, and neither the Company nor any Participating Company shall be considered to be or held accountable or liable in any way for the inability
of a Participant to exercise his option as a consequence of the restrictions on exercise set out in 4 above. 

  

	6.	 The exercise of an option granted under this Appendix shall be effected in the following manner: 

 

	 	(a)	 The exercise shall be deemed to take effect, if at all, 3 working days after the receipt by the Company of the Participant’s notice of his intention to
exercise it. 

  

	 	(b)	 Assuming that the Company is able to establish that the condition referred to in paragraph 4(a) above is met, a third party selected by the Company will lend
the option exercise price to the Participant by way of transferring the sum directly to the Company. 

  

	 	(c)	 The Company will then issue the Shares to a nominee for the Participant, which nominee will be a company controlled by a firm of stockbrokers nominated by the
Company. 

  

	 	(d)	 The nominee will sell the Shares in question on the Participant’s behalf. 

 

	 	(e)	 The nominee will receive the sale price and deduct from this dealing costs and the interest, if any referred to in paragraph 4(a) above.

  
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	 	(f)	 As soon as practicable the remaining balance will be converted into Indian Rupees at the best rate reasonably obtainable on the foreign exchange markets and
the resulting sum (net of costs of conversion) remitted to the Participant. 

  

	7.	 The Plan shall be administered by the Board or a committee appointed by it and any determination by it shall be final for the purposes of the Plan’s
administration in respect of employees of a Participating Company (whether or not the Company itself) resident in India. 

  
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 APPENDIX 4 
 Belgium 
 The Plan will apply to Options granted to residents of Belgium after 1 January
1999 with the following modifications. 
  

	1.	 In Rule 3(4), a further sub-rule (c) shall be added as follows: 

“(c) shall be cancelled if he notifies the Company that he refuses to accept the Option within 60 days of the date of the
Company’s communication to him in respect of the Option.” 
  

	2.	 In Rule 5(2), delete the words: 

 “the third anniversary of the Grant Date” 
 and substitute the words

 “the 1 January following the third anniversary of the Grant Date.” 

 

	3.	 In Rule 5(4), delete the words: 

 “within 12 months after the date of his death.” 
 and substitute the words

 “in the later of the period of 12 months commencing with the date of his death or the period of 6 months
commencing on 1 January following the third anniversary of the Grant Date.” 
  

	4.	 In Rule 5(5), delete the words: 

 “and in this sub-rule the exercise period is the period which shall expire 12 months after his so ceasing on 42 months after the Grant Date, whichever shall be the latest” 

and substitute the words 
 “and in this sub-rule the exercise period is the period which shall commence on the 1 January following the third anniversary of the Grant Date (the “Third Anniversary”) and expire
12 months after his so ceasing or 6 months after the Third Anniversary, whichever shall be the latest.” 

  
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 APPENDIX 5 
 Netherlands 
 The Plan will apply to Options granted to residents of the Netherlands with the
following alterations: 
  

	1.	 Rule 5(7) shall be deleted and replaced by the following in substitution:- 

“(7) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, an Option granted under the Plan may not be exercised after the expiration of 4 years
(or such shorter period as the Board may have determined before the grant thereof) beginning with the Grant Date.” 
  

	2.	 Rule 10 shall be amended by the insertion of the following sub-rule: 

“(5) Without prejudice to sub-rules (1) to (4) above, each Option is granted subject to the condition that, upon such Option
becoming exercisable in accordance with the Rules of the Plan, the Participant will pay or procure the payment to the Group Member which is his employer or otherwise provide for (in a manner satisfactory to that Group Member or, if appropriate, the
trustees of any employee benefit trust), an amount equal to Taxation which any Group Member or the trustees of any employee benefit trust may be required to withhold on the Participant’s behalf by reason of that Option becoming exercisable. No
Option in the Netherlands may be exercised, unless the Participant has complied with his obligations under this Rule 10(5).” 

  
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 APPENDIX 6 
 Switzerland 
 The Plan will apply to Options granted to the residents of Switzerland on or
after 1 January 2002 with the modification that in Rule 5(7) the words “and six months” be inserted after the words “10 years”.54 
  

	54 	 As amended by the Compensation Committee of the Board on 17 April 2001 

  
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 APPENDIX 755 

Taxpayers Subject to Section 409A of the United States Internal Revenue Code 

The plan will apply to participants who are taxpayers subject to Section 409A of the United States Internal Revenue Code (“Section
409A”), with the following modifications: 
  

	1.	 The options granted under the plan are intended to be exempt from the requirements of Section 409A by satisfying the requirements of the exemption set
forth under Section 1.409A-1(b)(5)(i)(A) of the United States Treasury Regulations or other applicable guidance (the “Exemption”). The plan shall be construed and interpreted in accordance with such intent. Any discretion afforded to
any person or entity under the plan the existence of which itself would cause an option to fail to satisfy the requirements of the Exemption is hereby removed from the plan. 

 

	2.	 At the end of Rule 5(8A), add the sentence “However, the exchange rate shall not cause a direct or indirect reduction in the price at which Shares may be
acquired if it would cause the Option to fail to meet the requirements of Section 1.409A-1(b)(5)(i)(A) of the United States Treasury Regulations or other applicable guidance.” 

 

	3.	 Add the following as Rule 7(5): 

 “Notwithstanding the foregoing, only adjustments permitted by Section 409A shall be permitted to be made under Rule 7, including pro rata adjustments necessary to reflect a stock split, reverse stock
split, and stock dividend.” 
  

	55 	 Amended by Resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 9 August 2007 

  
 22EX-4.10

 Exhibit 4.10 
  

WPP
PLC1 

 

			
		 	 

 RESTRICTED STOCK PLAN 

Approved by the Board of Directors of WPP Group plc on 30th August 2005 and amended by resolution of the
Compensation Committee on 27th October 2005 and amended by written
resolution on 11th November 2005 and amended by resolution of the
Compensation Committee on 21st February 2006 and amended by resolutions
of the Compensation Committee on 27th April 2007 and amended by
resolution of the Compensation Committee on 9th August 2007 and amended
by resolution of the Compensation Committee on 24th October 2007.

 As approved by shareholders of WPP Group plc on 30th October 2008 prior to the introduction of a new holding company by a scheme of arrangement under Part 26 of the Companies
Act 2006. 
 Approved by the shareholders of WPP plc on 30th September 2008 and adopted by the Board of Directors of WPP plc on 30th September 2008; amended by written resolution of the Compensation Committee on
17th December 2008, amended by resolutions of the Compensation Committee
on 3rd March 2009 and 11th May 2010 and amended by written resolution on 2nd June 2011 signed by Mark Linaugh pursuant to the delegated authority given to him by the Compensation Committee on
11th April 2011 and amended by resolution of the Compensation Committee
on 12 November 2012 
  

			
		 	 

  
  

	1 	 Amended by written resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 17 December 2008 

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 CONTENTS 
  

			
	 1       PURPOSE
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	 2       INTERPRETATION
	  	1
		
	 3       ELIGIBILITY
	  	4
		
	 4       AWARDS
	  	4
		
	 5       CESSATION OF EMPLOYMENT
	  	6
		
	 6       VARIATION OF CAPITAL
	  	7
		
	 7       CHANGE OF CONTROL
	  	7
		
	 8       DISCHARGE OF AWARDS
	  	9
		
	 9       MISSTATEMENT
	  	9
		
	 10     MISCELLANEOUS
	  	10
		
	 11     AMENDMENT
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	 APPENDIX 1
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	 APPENDIX 2
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	 APPENDIX 3
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	 APPENDIX 4
	  	17
		
	 APPENDIX 5
	  	17
		
	 APPENDIX 6
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	 APPENDIX 7
	  	17
		
	 APPENDIX 8
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	 APPENDIX 9
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	1	     PURPOSE 

 The purpose of the Plan is to motivate and reward selected employees of the Group. 
  

	2	     INTERPRETATION 

  

	2.1	 The following words and expressions have the following meanings in the Rules of the Plan and in the Schedule: 

“Act” means the Companies Act 1985 as amended. 

“ADR” means an American Depository Receipt representing, for the time being, 5 ordinary shares in the capital of
the Company deposited with Citibank NA as depository under the Deposit Agreement between the Company and Citibank NA as of 2 January 2013 or any other American depository receipt arrangement sponsored by the Company.2 3 

“Award” means an award or grant made to an Eligible Person subject to and on the terms of the Plan. 

“Award Period” means the period of 42 days commencing on: 

 

	 	(a)	 the date of adoption of the Plan by the board of directors of the Company; 

 

	 	(b)	 any day on which the Company releases its results for any period; or 

 

	 	(c)	 the date of commencement of Employment of an Eligible Person (but only in respect of that Eligible Person). 

“Bad Leaver” means a Participant whose Employment terminates as a result of the proper termination by a Group
Company of his Employment (which shall include a termination which is not a proper termination only by virtue of a procedural error in the termination) where that Participant: 

 

	 	(a)	 shall have committed any act or omission which entitles a Group Company to terminate his contract of employment without notice; or

  

	 	(b)	 shall have committed any serious breach or repeated or continued breach (after warning in writing) of his obligations under his contract of employment
including, without limitation, ceasing to work full time for the Group without the prior consent of the relevant Group Company except in circumstances where the Participant retires (but does not take early retirement other than with the prior
consent of the Company); or 

  

	 	(c)	 shall have become prohibited by law from being a director or employee of a Group Company as a result of his own act, omission or misfeasance; or

  

	 	(d)	 shall have been convicted of any criminal offence which is punishable by a custodial sentence or involves dishonesty or violence,

 provided that a Participant shall not be a Bad Leaver if he shall have been found to have been
constructively dismissed by the Group (in which case the Participant shall be regarded as an Other Leaver).4 
  

	2 	 Amended by Resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 29 September 2008 

	3 	 Further amended by Resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 12 November 2012 

	4 	 Amended by Written Resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 11 November 2005 

  
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 “Basic Salary” means an Eligible Person’s basic annual salary
for a particular year. In the event of any dispute, such basic annual salary will be as determined by the Compensation Committee. 
 “Change of Control Date” means the date on which a person or persons obtains Control of the Company as described in Rule 7.1(a) or 7.1(b). 

“Company” means: 
  

	 	(a)	 for the period before 25 October 2005 the reference shall be to WPP 2005 Limited a private limited company incorporated in England and Wales with
registered number 1003653; 

  

	 	(b)	 for the period between 25 October 2005 and 18 November 2008 the reference shall be to WPP 2008 Limited, a private limited company incorporated in
England and Wales with registered number 5537577; and 

  

	 	(c)	 for the period between 19 November 2008 and the Effective Date, the reference shall be to WPP plc, a public limited company incorporated in Jersey with
registered number 101749, to be re-named WPP 2012 plc; and 

  

	 	(d)	 for the period from and including the Effective Date the reference shall be to WPP plc, a public limited company incorporated in Jersey with registered number
111714.5 6 

 “Company Secretary” means the company secretary of the Company from time to time. 
 “Compensation Committee” means the compensation committee for the time being of the board of directors of the Company. 

“Control” has the same meaning as in section 840 of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988. 

“Effective Date” means the date on which the Scheme, as set out in part 3 of the circular to share owners of WPP
plc, a company registered in Jersey with company number 101749, relating to the recommended proposals for the introduction of a new parent company becomes effective, expected to be 2 January 2013.7
8 

“Eligible Person” means any employee (including an executive director) of a Group Company. 

“Employment” means employment as a director or employee of any Group Company. 

“ESOP” means any of the WPP Group plc Grantor Trust, the WPP Group plc ROW ESOP, the WPP Group plc UK ESOP and any
other employee benefit trust in existence at the date of adoption of the Plan or as may otherwise be nominated from time to time by the Compensation Committee to operate in conjunction with the Plan. 

“Good Leaver” means a Participant whose termination of Employment is as a result of: 

 

	 	(a)	 death; 

  

	 	(b)	 permanent disability; 

 

	5 	 Amended by Resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 29 September 2008 

	6 	 Further amended by Resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 12 November 2012 

	7 	 Inserted by Resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 29 September 2008 

	8 	 Amended by Resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 12 November 2012 

  
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	 	(c)	 serious long-term illness preventing the Participant from carrying out his duties of employment; or 

 

	 	(d)	 retirement on a basis agreed with the Company.9 

 “Group” means the Company and all of its subsidiaries (as defined in section 736 of the Act or, as the context may require, articles 2 and 2A of the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991).10 

“Group Company” means any member of the Group. 

 
  
 “Original Accounts” means any accounts or other data used to assess the extent to which a Relevant Performance Condition is or was satisfied.15 

“Other Leaver” means a Participant whose Employment terminates as a result of: 

 

	 	(a)	 the voluntary leaving or giving notice voluntarily to leave Employment with the Group or voluntarily resigning as a director of any Group Company including,
for the avoidance of doubt, taking early retirement without the prior consent of the relevant Group Company; 

  

	 	(b)	 the wrongful termination by that Participant of his contract of employment with any Group Company; 

 

	 	(c)	 any other reason not referred to in the definition of Good Leaver or Bad Leaver. 

“Participant” means a person who holds an Award including, if relevant, his legal personal representatives.

 “Performance Related Remuneration” means any element of the Participant’s remuneration (for the
avoidance of doubt, payable in cash or shares and including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Award) where the payment, or the extent of the payment, of that remuneration is determined, at least in part, by reference to a Relevant Performance
Condition.16 

“Plan” means the WPP plc17 Restricted Stock Plan as from time to time amended in accordance with the provisions of the Rules. 

“Relevant Performance Condition” means a condition or term which affects the amount of any remuneration of a
Participant (for the avoidance of doubt, payable in cash or shares) that vests, is exercisable or receivable and which depends on any measure of performance including the financial performance of the Company, the Group or any business (or any part
of any business) or company within the Group.18 

“Scheme” means a scheme of arrangement under Article 125 of the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991 or with or subject to
any modification, addition or condition approved or imposed by the Royal Court of Jersey relating to proposals for the introduction of a new parent company;19 
  

	9 	 Amended by Written Resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 11 November 2005 

	10 	 Amended by Resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 29 September 2008 

	11 	 Inserted by Resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 29 September 2008 

	12 	 Definition of “New WPP” deleted by Resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 12 November 2012 

	13 	 Inserted by Resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 29 September 2008 

	14 	 Definition of “Old WPP” deleted by Resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 12 November 2012 

	15 	 Inserted by Resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 11 May 2010 

	16 	 Inserted by Resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 11 May 2010 

	17 	 Amended by Resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 17 December 2008 

	18 	 Inserted by Resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 11 May 2010 

	19 	 Inserted by Resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 12 November 2012 

  
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 “Share” means an ordinary share in the capital of the Company and
includes ADRs. 
 “Trading Day” means a day (excluding Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays) on which
clearing banks are generally open for business in the City of London and in New York. 
 “Treasury
Shares” means any Shares which are purchased by the Company in accordance with Article 57 of the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991 and held by the Company as treasury shares pursuant to Article 58A of the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991.20 

“UK Listing Authority” means the United Kingdom Listing Authority, a division of the Financial Services Authority.

 “Vesting Date” means the day after the end of the Vesting Period unless the Company is prohibited from
discharging the Award on that date in which case the Vesting Date will be the first available Trading Day when the Company is no longer prohibited from discharging that Award. 

“Vesting Period” means the period of two calendar years commencing on the date on which an Award is granted or
such other period as may be specified by the Compensation Committee at the time an Award is granted. 
  

	2.2	 Words importing the singular shall include the plural and vice versa and words importing the masculine shall include the feminine.

  

	2.3	 Any reference, express or implied, to an enactment includes references to: 

 

	 	(a)	 that enactment as amended, extended or applied by or under any other enactment; and 

 

	 	(b)	 any enactment which that enactment re-enacts (with or without modification). 

 

	2.4	 Any reference to a Rule is a reference to one of these Rules. 

 

	3	     ELIGIBILITY 

  

	3.1	 No person is entitled, by virtue of the provisions of the Plan or any other means, to participate as of right in the Plan through the grant of an Award and
consequently the receipt of an Award shall in no circumstances give or imply any right to receive any further award and any further right that is in fact granted to the same Participant may be on the same or on different terms.21 

 

	3.2	 The Compensation Committee will decide from time to time when to grant Awards under the Plan and22 which Eligible Persons may participate and the extent of their participation in the Plan. 

 

	4	     AWARDS 

  

	4.1	 The Compensation Committee may decide, following the end of a financial year, or at such other time as the Compensation Committee may determine, to grant an
Award to an Eligible Person, that the grant of an Award may be subject to such terms (including performance conditions) as it determines provided that no such terms may be applied to any Award that is or is to be granted to a director of the Company
that would result in the Plan being a Long Term Incentive Scheme for the purposes of the Listing Rules of the UK Listing Authority or which could result in the issue of new Shares by the Company or to the transfer of Treasury Shares by the Company.
Where such terms are inconsistent with the other terms of the Plan, the terms specified by the Compensation Committee shall take precedence. For the avoidance of doubt, 

 

	20 	 Amended by Resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 29 September 2008 

	21 	 Amended by Resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 21 February 2006 

	22 	 Amended by Resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 21 February 2006 

  
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there is no restriction on the grant of Awards to Participants who are not directors of the Company relating to whether the Award is in the form of a deferred bonus. 

In cases where the Compensation Committee grants an award under this Rule 4.1 by reference to the value of Shares to be comprised
in an Award rather than by reference to the number of Shares to be comprised in an Award, the number of Shares comprised in the Award will be calculated: 
  

	 	(a)	 in the case of an Award over ordinary shares in the capital of the Company, by converting the value of the Award into GB pounds (if specified in a currency
other than GB pounds) by applying the London closing conversion rate provided by Bloomberg for the date of grant of that Award, and using the lower of the two prices for Shares on the date of grant plus one quarter of the difference between them (as
derived from the Daily Official List or other reputable market source that is able to provide the relevant information at a more appropriate time, even though that source may not be able to guarantee that the information provided will be identical
to that subsequently published in the Daily Official List); and 

  

	 	(b)	 in the case of an Award over ADRs, by converting the value of the Award into US dollars (if specified in a currency other than US dollars) by applying the
London closing conversion rate provided by Bloomberg for the date of grant of that Award, and using the fair market value of an ADR as quoted on the NASDAQ National Market System at the close of the market on the date of grant of that Award.23 

 

	4.2	 The maximum Award to any Participant in respect of a particular financial year shall be 200% (two hundred per cent) of that Participant’s Basic Salary or
such other percentage as the Compensation Committee may from time to time determine. 

  

	4.3	 Awards will normally be made during an Award Period, but exceptionally may be made at other times. 

 

	4.4	 The Compensation Committee may determine that an Award may be satisfied by the trustees of an ESOP (with the agreement of the trustees) or otherwise as it
considers appropriate, provided that in no circumstances shall an Award be satisfied through the issue of new Shares or the transfer of Treasury Shares. 

 

	4.5	 Subject to Rule 5 a Participant shall become entitled to receive the number of Shares comprised in an Award on the Vesting Date only if the Participant
continues in Employment throughout the Vesting Period until the Vesting Date. 

  

	4.6	 An Award is personal to a Participant and cannot be transferred, assigned, used as security or otherwise charged or turned to account. Any breach of the terms
of this Rule 4.6 shall result in the immediate lapse of the Award. 

  

	4.7	 An Award shall lapse if the Participant commits an act of bankruptcy or enters into any arrangement with his creditors under any formal insolvency procedure.

  

	4.8	 The receipt of an Award shall not confer on the Participant (unless otherwise provided in the terms of the Award) any right to the transfer of a specified
number of Shares from any particular transferor. The discharge of the Award shall be in accordance with Rule 8. 

 

	23 	 Amended by Written Resolution dated 2 June 2011 signed by Mark Linaugh pursuant to the delegated authority given to him by the Compensation Committee on
11 April 2011 

  
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	4.9	 When an Award is granted the Compensation Committee may determine that24 the Participant shall, subject to Rule 4.10, be entitled to receive at the time of the discharge of the Award a transfer of that
number of Shares which could have been purchased if: 

  

	 	(a)	 the dividends which would have been paid on such Shares during the Vesting Period had been reinvested in Shares on the date each dividend is paid after the
date that the Award is made; and 

  

	 	(b)	 the dividends which would have been paid on Shares which would have been held pursuant to that reinvestment in Shares had those dividends been further
reinvested in Shares, again on the date each dividend is paid during the Vesting Period. 

  

	4.10	 If a Participant is a Bad Leaver any right to receive additional Shares under 4.9 shall, unless the Compensation Committee determines otherwise, lapse on the
date of termination of Employment. 

  

	4.11	 For the avoidance of doubt a Participant shall not be entitled to any voting rights in respect of Shares to be transferred in respect of an Award until those
Shares are actually transferred to the Participant. 

  

	5	 CESSATION OF EMPLOYMENT 

  

	5.1	 Subject to Rules 5.2 and 5.4, if a Participant ceases to be in Employment prior to the Vesting Date of an Award, that Award shall lapse except to the extent
that the Compensation Committee determines otherwise. 

  

	5.2	 If a Participant ceases to be in Employment during the Vesting Period and is a Good Leaver then except to the extent that the Compensation Committee
determines otherwise the Award applicable to that Vesting Period shall not lapse and shall (subject to Rule 5.7) be discharged at the time that the Award would have been discharged but for the cessation of Employment, being the original Vesting Date
except that (subject to the exercise of the discretion of the Compensation Committee to determine otherwise) the number of Shares comprised in an Award shall be reduced on a pro-rata basis to reflect the proportion of the Vesting Period between the
grant of an Award and the date of cessation of employment. Where the grant of an Award was preceded by a period during which performance targets were measured as a pre-cursor to the granting of the Award, then the Vesting Period (subject to the
exercise of the discretion of the Compensation Committee to determine otherwise) shall be taken for the purpose of the time pro-rata calculation referred to in this Rule 5.2 only as beginning at the start of the earlier period during which the
performance target was measured.25 

 

	5.3	 If a Participant ceases to be in Employment during the Vesting Period and is a Bad Leaver the Award applicable to that Vesting Period shall lapse immediately.

  

	5.4	 If a Participant ceases to be in Employment during the Vesting Period and is an Other Leaver the Award applicable to that Vesting Period shall lapse
immediately unless the Compensation Committee determines that the Award shall not lapse and/or shall be discharged early and/or shall be reduced in such manner as the Compensation Committee determines.26 

  

	5.5	 Subject to any relevant legal or regulatory requirements prevailing in any relevant jurisdiction, for the purposes of this Rule a woman who ceases to be in
Employment due to pregnancy or 

  

	24 	 Amended by Written Resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 11 November 2005 

	25 	 Amended by Resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 27 April 2007 

	26 	 Amended by Resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 27 October 2005 

  
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confinement will be regarded as having ceased Employment on the date on which she indicates that she does not intend to return to work. In the absence of such indication and if she has not
already returned to work she will be regarded as having ceased Employment on the last day on which she is entitled to return to work. A woman who exercises her statutory right or any equivalent contractual right to return to work following pregnancy
or confinement shall not be treated as having ceased to be in Employment. 

  

	5.6	 If a Participant who has ceased to be in Employment breaches any contractual obligation owed to any Group Company relating to restrictions on that Participant
following the termination of his Employment the Participant’s Award shall be forfeited unless the Compensation Committee determines otherwise. 

  

	5.7	 If a Participant ceases to be in Employment during the Vesting Period and is a Good Leaver due to leaving by reason of death, then the provisions of Rule 5.2
shall apply except that the discharge of the Award shall (except to the extent that the Compensation Committee determines otherwise) take place as soon as practicable following the death of the Participant.27 

 

	6	 VARIATION OF CAPITAL 

  

	6.1	 In the event of any increase or variation in the capital of the Company arising out of or in connection with a capitalisation issue, an offer to the holders
of Shares, a rights issue, a subdivision, consolidation or reduction of capital, special dividend, demerger, or other variation of capital, the terms of outstanding Awards may be adjusted in such manner and on such terms as the Compensation
Committee considers appropriate. An adjustment shall not have effect unless the auditors or other advisers appointed by the Compensation Committee acting as experts and not arbitrators confirm that in their opinion the adjustment is fair and
reasonable and such confirmation shall be final and binding. 

  

	6.2	 Participants shall be notified of any adjustment made under this Rule. 

 

	7	 CHANGE OF CONTROL 

  

	7.1	 Subject to Rule 7.3: 

  

	 	(a)	 if any person (and/or persons acting in concert) obtains Control of the Company as a result or in consequence of making a general offer to acquire the whole
of the issued share capital of the Company which is made subject to a condition such that if satisfied the person making the offer will have Control of the Company, or 

 

	 	(b)	 if any person (and/or persons acting in concert) obtains Control of the Company other than as a result of or in consequence of making such general offer but
the offeror is bound by Rule 5 of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers to make a general offer for the minority, 

 then in relation to all outstanding Awards the Vesting Period shall be deemed to end on the Change of Control Date. 
  

	7.2	 If: 

  

	 	(a)	 under Part 18A of the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991 the Court sanctions a compromise or arrangement for the purposes of or in connection with a scheme for the
reconstruction of the Company or its amalgamation with any other company or companies; or 

  

	27 	 Amended by Resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 27 April 2007 

  
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	 	(b)	 a resolution is passed for the winding up of the Company for the purposes of or in connection with a reconstruction or division of the Company or its
business; 

 the terms of outstanding Awards will be varied in such manner as the Compensation Committee
considers appropriate. A variation shall not have effect unless the auditors or other advisers appointed by the Compensation Committee acting as experts and not as arbitrators confirm that in their opinion the variation is fair and reasonable and
such confirmation shall be final and binding.28 

 

	7.3	 If any company (the “Acquiring Company”) obtains Control of the Company in accordance with Rule 7.1 and: 

 

	 	(a)	 the Acquiring Company also obtains Control of another company (the “Target Company”) within such period as the Compensation Committee may determine
and, as a consequence of obtaining such Control, the Company and the Target Company become subsidiaries of the Acquiring Company; and 

  

	 	(b)	 the shareholders of the Company and the Target Company before the Acquiring Company obtained Control of the Company and the Target Company are the same
persons who substantially comprise the shareholders of the Acquiring Company after the Acquiring Company obtained such Control, 

 then in relation any outstanding Awards the Compensation Committee may determine that the Vesting Period shall not be deemed to end on the Change of Control Date under Rule 7.1 and it may determine (with the
agreement of the Acquiring Company) that a Participant is required to release any outstanding Awards in consideration of the grant to the Participant by the Acquiring Company of an equivalent award. 

 

	7.4	 For the purpose of Rule 7.3 an award granted pursuant to Rule 7.3 is an equivalent award to an Award if, but only if: 

 

	 	(a)	 the shares to which it relates are in the Acquiring Company, and it is subject to the provisions of the Plan in the same manner as the Award immediately prior
to its release; 

  

	 	(b)	 the shares to which it relates are of an equivalent value to the value of the Shares which were subject to the Award immediately prior to the release, and for
this purpose the Compensation Committee shall determine such equivalent value provided that the release of an Award and the grant of an equivalent award under Rule 7.3 shall not have effect unless the auditors or other advisers appointed by the
Compensation Committee acting as experts and not arbitrators confirm that in their opinion the equivalent value is fair and reasonable and such confirmation shall be final and binding; and 

 

	 	(c)	 such Award is subject to the performance conditions as the original Award (if any) or such other performance conditions that the Compensation Committee
determines are substantially no more and no less onerous than those performance conditions. 

  

	7.5	 With effect from the release of an Award and the grant of an equivalent award pursuant to Rule 7.3 the Plan will be construed as if:

  

	 	(a)	 the equivalent award had been granted at the same time as the Award it replaces; 

 

	 	(b)	 references to the Company in the Rules were references to the Acquiring Company; and 

 

	 	(c)	 references to Shares were references to shares in the Acquiring Company, 

 

	28 	 Amended by Resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 29 September 2008 

  
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 and the Compensation Committee may make such amendments as may be necessary to give
effect to Rule 7.3. 
  

	7.6	 Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Rule 7, in any circumstances where Awards (other than Awards made to directors of the Company) would otherwise
have been receivable before the end of the Vesting Period by reason of this Rule 7, the Compensation Committee may determine (the determination to apply equally to all such Awards outstanding at the time) that the provisions of the Rule 7 will
neither cause such Awards to become receivable nor to lapse at different times than would otherwise be the case, if the Compensation Committee considers that the Awards will continue to be appropriate notwithstanding the changed circumstances, or
that the position of Participants can and will be adequately preserved by the grant to them of some other right or rights in substitution for or addition to the existing rights. The Compensation Committee may alternatively specify that such Awards
may become receivable before the end of the Vesting Period on the basis of being reduced on pro-rata time basis to take account of the reduced part of the Vesting Period that has elapsed. 

 

	8	 DISCHARGE OF AWARDS 

  

	8.1	 Subject to any adjustment to an Award under Rule 9.329 and to Rule 8.3 Awards will be discharged by the transfer of Shares to the Participant (or as he may direct, or to a depository
in the case of ADRs) from an ESOP or otherwise as the Company may determine. 

  

	8.2	 Any transfer of Shares to a Participant (or as he may direct or to a depository in the case of ADRs) in respect of an Award is subject to the Compensation
Committee being satisfied that the transfer would be lawful in any relevant jurisdiction. 

  

	8.3	 The transfer of Shares under the Plan is subject to obtaining any approval or consent required under the Listing Rules published by the UK Listing Authority,
the Rules of the London Stock Exchange, the Admission and Disclosure Standards of the London Stock Exchange, and otherwise complying with the provision of City Code on Take-overs and Mergers and any other applicable regulations or enactment (whether
in the United Kingdom or overseas). The Participant shall do all things necessary to obtain, or obviate the need for, such approval or consent. 

  

	9	 MISSTATEMENT30 

  

	9.1	 The provisions of 9.2 will apply if: 

  

	 	(a)	 a Participant has committed an act of fraud, dishonesty or deceit in relation to a Group Company; 

 

	 	(b)	 as a result of the actions or omissions of a Participant, any Original Accounts are required to be materially corrected, or any accounts or other data for a
later period include write downs, adjustments or other items; or 

  

	 	(c)	 a Participant knew or ought reasonably to have known, given that Participant’s role and position in the Group, that the relevant financial performance or
other data by reference to which a Relevant Performance Condition was measured was materially different than shown in the Original Accounts, 

 

	29 	 Amended by Resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 11 May 2010 

	30 	 Inserted by Resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 11 May 2010 

  
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 and the Compensation Committee considers that the quantum of any Performance Related
Remuneration of that Participant would have been affected if the circumstance or circumstances referred to in (a), (b) or (c) above had been known of, acted upon or otherwise taken into account at the relevant time. 

 

	9.2	 In the event that the Compensation Committee determines that it would be clear to a reasonable, objective assessor that one of the events as detailed in Rule
9.1 above has occurred the Compensation Committee shall be entitled, but in no circumstances shall be obliged, to take action as described in Rule 9.3 below. 

 

	9.3	 The Compensation Committee may determine that: 

  

	 	(a)	 an Award is cancelled in its entirety; or 

  

	 	(b)	 the number of Shares comprised in an Award will be reduced by such amount and/or in such manner as the Compensation Committee determines.

 For the avoidance of doubt, this Rule 9.3 may be operated in respect of Awards where the event or
events in respect of which the Compensation Committee has made a determination under Rule 9.2 relates to Performance Related Remuneration under another Award or another plan. 

 

	10	 MISCELLANEOUS 

  

	10.1	 The Plan shall be administered by the Compensation Committee whose decision on any matter concerning the Plan shall be final and binding unless it is a matter
in respect of which the Rules provide that the decision of the auditors or any other adviser is final and binding. In particular the Compensation Committee may establish such procedures and regulations for the administration and implementation of
the Plan as it thinks fit. Notwithstanding the provisions of Rule 11.3 and without prejudice to the generality of the other provisions of this Rule 10.1, such procedures and regulations that relate to securities laws and exchange control compliance
may affect the operation of Awards granted before the establishment of such procedures and regulations.31 

  

	10.2	 The Compensation Committee or any committee or agent that they may from time to time delegate authority to, shall approve all documents required in connection
with Awards. 

  

	10.3	 The Compensation Committee may establish arrangements under which the cash value of an Award may be paid to an Eligible Person in lieu of the discharge of the
Award under Rule 8. 

  

	10.4	 The cost of establishing and operating the Plan (including but not limited to stamp duty and stamp duty reserve tax arising on a transfer of Shares pursuant
to Rule 8, if any) shall be borne by the Company but may be recharged to the relevant Group Companies on such arm’s length basis as is considered appropriate from time to time. 

 

	10.5	 Any notice given under the Plan may be given by personal delivery, delivery by email or by sending the same by post in the case of the Company to its
registered office from time to time marked for the attention of the Company Secretary (or to such other address and person as may be specified by the Company from time to time)32 and in the case of a Participant, the address which he shall have given to the Company for the purpose or which shall be known
to the Company to be his address from time to time. 

  

	31 	 Amended by Resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 21 February 2006 

	32 	 Amended by Resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 21 February 2006 

  
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	10.6	 Any notice served shall be deemed to have been received: 

  

	 	(a)	 at the time of delivery if delivery is by hand; or 

  

	 	(b)	 at the time the email is sent, if delivery is by email; or33 

  

	 	(c)	 in the case of pre-paid post, on the fifth Trading Day after the date of posting. 

 

	10.7	 Evidence that the notice was properly addressed, stamped and put in the post shall be conclusive evidence of posting. 

 

	10.8	 Participation in the Plan is a matter separate from any contract of employment or other agreement and any benefit conferred by the Plan shall not be regarded
as salary or34 counted for pension or any other purpose. Participation in the
Plan by any individual is entirely at the discretion of the Board and in no circumstances shall the fact that an individual has received an Award or Awards in the past give that individual any right to receive a further Award or Awards.35 

 

	10.9	 The rights and obligations of any individual under the terms of his office or employment with any Group Company will not be affected by his participation in
the Plan and the Plan does not form part of any contract of employment between any individual and any Group Company. 

  

	10.10	 A Participant shall have no entitlement by way of compensation or damages resulting from the termination of the office or employment (for any reason and
whether lawful or not) by virtue of which he is or may be eligible to participate in the Plan or for the loss or reduction of any right or benefit or prospective right or benefit under the Plan which he might otherwise have enjoyed whether the
compensation is claimed for wrongful dismissal or otherwise. 

  

	10.11	 The Plan is intended to operate on a worldwide basis and, accordingly, the Compensation Committee may adopt any rate of exchange for converting any currency
into any other currency as it decides at any time and from time to time for any purpose in connection with the Plan. 

  

	10.12	 No obligation to transfer Shares shall arise, nor shall there be any obligation to do any other thing in relation to a Participant under or in connection with
the Plan or the making or vesting of any Award unless and until the Compensation Committee is satisfied in its discretion that either: 

  

	 	(a)	 the Participant has made payment or has made arrangements (which may include where specified at the date of grant of an Award by the Compensation Committee,
validly electing for the Participant to be liable directly for any employer’s National Insurance contributions) satisfactory to the Compensation Committee for the payment to the relevant Group Company or other person of such sum as is, in the
sole discretion of the Compensation Committee, sufficient to settle any liability for any tax and/or, unless the Compensation Committee otherwise determines, social security contributions (which, within the UK shall include employees’ National
Insurance contributions, and where determined by the Compensation Committee at the time of the grant of the Award, employer’s National Insurance contributions and which outside the UK shall only include taxes which are equivalent to UK
employer’s National Insurance Contributions where determined by the Compensation Committee at the time of the grant of the Award) or the 

 

	33 	 Amended by Written Resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 11 November 2006 

	34 	 Amended by Resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 21 February 2006 

	35 	 Amended by Resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 21 February 2006 

  
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like (in any jurisdiction) which are or may be recovered from such person in connection with the Plan or any Award and in respect of which the relevant Group Company or other person is or may be
liable to account for or pay in any jurisdiction; or 

  

	 	(b)	 the Participant has entered into an agreement satisfactory to the Compensation Committee to ensure that such a payment will be made by the Participant.

  

	10.13	 Receipt of an Award shall authorise the Company or any person nominated by the Company at its sole discretion to sell such number of Shares due to be
transferred to a Participant as it may estimate as being necessary to produce a cash sum sufficient to meet the liabilities referred to in Rule 10.12 and account to the relevant Group Company or other person and/or the relevant authorities in
respect of such tax and/or social security liabilities (in any jurisdiction) at the appropriate time provided that any excess sum generated by such sale that is not required shall be accounted for to the Participant. 

 

	10.14	 If a Participant owes a debt or other monetary obligation to a Group Company, the relevant Group Company has a charge over the Participant’s interest in
the Plan. Satisfaction of an Award may be withheld until the Participant has discharged, to the satisfaction of the Compensation Committee, the debt or other monetary obligation. 

 

	10.15	 The Plan and any Award shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales and the Company and the Participants (together with
any Eligible Persons who do not become Participants) shall submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of England and Wales. 

  

	11	 AMENDMENT 

  

	11.1	 Subject to Rules 11.2 and 11.3, the Compensation Committee may at any time alter or add to all or any provisions of the Plan, or the terms of all or any
Awards made under it, in any respect. 

  

	11.2	 No alteration or addition shall be made under Rule 11.1 that would or might result in new Shares being issued in respect of the Plan or that would or might
result in Treasury Shares being transferred in respect of the Plan or which would result in the Plan becoming a Long Term Incentive Scheme as defined in the Listing Rules of the UK Listing Authority, in each case without the prior approval of the
Company in general meeting. 

  

	11.3	 No alteration or addition shall be made to the terms of any Award made prior to the date of the alteration or addition which would adversely affect a
Participant’s interest in that Award in any material respect without the consent of the relevant Participant. 

  
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 The
Plan will apply to Awards granted to Participants who are or may become subject to French taxation (i.e. income tax and/or social security contributions) as a result of an Award made under this Plan. Awards to such Participants will be subject to
the modifications set out in this Appendix and in the event of any difference or conflict between the terms of this Appendix and the Rules, the terms of this Appendix will prevail. 

 

	1	 The grant of an Award to Eligible Persons is made under the same conditions as those set forth by Articles L225-197-1 to L225-197-5 of the French Commercial
Code. The grant of an Award is notably authorised by the corporate structure, which is qualified to make decisions regarding Company share capital. 

  

	2	 Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan: 

  

	2.1	 Awards for the purpose of this Appendix mean a conditional right to receive, free of charge, at the Vesting Date, Shares (which for this purpose shall not
include ADRs); 

  

	2.2	 for the purposes of this Appendix, Eligible Persons shall mean current salaried employees, as defined by French labour law or mandataire social as listed in
Article L225-197-1, II of the French Commercial Code; 

  

	2.3	 Awards may only be satisfied with Shares; 

  

	2.4	 the Company may only offer Awards to employees of its French subsidiaries whose share capital (or voting rights) are held as to at least 10% directly or
indirectly by Company; 

  

	2.5	 no Award may be granted to any Eligible Person who owns more than 10% of the issued ordinary share capital of the Company for the time being;

  

	2.6	 the number of Shares comprised in Awards under the Plan cannot exceed 10% of the issued ordinary share capital of the Company at the time of grant of the
Awards. Once the 10% threshold is met, no additional Awards can thereafter be granted by the Company; 

  

	2.7	 subject to paragraph 2.12 below, the Vesting Period must not be less than two years and the Award must not therefore be satisfied for a period of at least two
years after the date on which the Award is granted; 

  

	2.8	 subject to paragraph 2.13 below, the Participant must hold the Shares received on the Vesting Date for at least two years; 

 

	2.9	 during the Vesting Period, the Participant is not the beneficial or legal owner of the Shares in respect of which the Award has been made and at the end of
the Vesting Period the Participant shall only become entitled to receive the number of Shares comprised in his Award. A Participant is not entitled under Rule 4.9 or otherwise to any voting rights, dividends or any extra Shares that the Participant
would have been able to buy with the dividends that he would have received had he actually held the Shares during the Vesting Period; 

  

	2.10	 once a Participant is free to dispose of the Shares comprised in an Award at the end of the holding period specified in paragraph 2.8, the Participant may
still not sell those Shares within the periods set forth in Article L225-197-1, I of the French Commercial Code; 

 

	36 	 Amended by Resolutions of the Compensation Committee dated 27 April 2007 and 9 August 2007 

  
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	2.11	 a mandataire social shall be required to retain (either in his own name or deposited with a nominee on his behalf) a proportion of the Shares awarded under
the Plan as determined by the Compensation Committee until he ceases his role as a mandataire social. If no other proportion is determined when the relevant Award is granted, the proportion required to be retained will be 10%;

  

	2.12	 as an exception to the minimum two-year Vesting Period (specified at paragraph 2.7 above) if a Participant‘s employment terminates as a result of death,
the number of Shares in respect of which the Award was granted shall be receivable in full without any pro-rated reduction provided that the Participant’s heirs formally request distribution of the Shares within six months of the death of the
Participant; 

  

	2.13	 if a Participant’s employment terminates as a result of death or disability within the meaning corresponding to the second and third category of Article
L341-4 of the Social Security Code, the minimum two-year holding period (specified at paragraph 2.8 above) shall not apply; 

  

	2.14	 Shares underlying the Awards can be exchanged for shares (without any other additional compensation) in the event of a merger or spin-off operation performed
during the Vesting Period. In addition Shares can be exchanged for shares (without any other additional compensation) in the event of a public offer, a merger, a spin-off, a stock-split or a reverse stock-split operation performed during the holding
period described in paragraph 2.8 above, such holding period remains applicable to the shares received in exchange for the time period remaining at the date of the exchange; 

 

	2.15	 an Award may only be granted under this Appendix within the period of 10 years beginning with the date on which the Plan was approved by the board of
Directors of the Company (30 August 2005). 

  
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 APPENDIX 237 
 Taxpayers Subject
to Section 409A of the United States Internal Revenue Code 
 The plan will apply to participants who are taxpayers subject to
Section 409A of the United States Internal Revenue Code (“Section 409A”), with the following modifications: 
  

	1	 The plan shall be interpreted and construed in accordance with Section 409A. Any discretion afforded to any person or entity under the plan the existence
of which itself would cause a participant to be taxed under Section 409A is hereby removed from the plan. 

  

	2	 Notwithstanding any provision of the plan to the contrary, if a participant is a “specified employee” within the meaning of Section 409A, any
payment otherwise required to be made pursuant to the plan as a result of the participant’s “separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A shall be delayed for 6 months following the date of the participant’s
separation, if necessary to prevent the participant from being taxed under Section 409A. On the earliest date on which such payments can be made without violating the foregoing requirements of Section 409A, there shall (subject to Rules
10.1238 and 10.1339) be paid to the participant, in a single cash lump sum, an amount equal to the aggregate amount of all payments delayed pursuant
to the preceding sentence. 

  

	3	 In Rule 5.1, delete “except to the extent that the Compensation Committee determines otherwise.” 

 

	4	 In Rule 5.2, delete “except to the extent that the Compensation Committee determines otherwise” and “(subject to the exercise of the discretion
of the Compensation Committee to determine otherwise)”. 

  

	5	 In Rule 5.4, substitute the following “If a Participant ceases to be in Employment during the Vesting Period and is an Other Leaver the Award applicable
to that Vesting Period shall lapse immediately, unless the Compensation Committee determines that the Award applicable to that Vesting Period shall not lapse in which case the Award shall be paid in accordance with Rule 5.2.”

  

	6	 In Rule 5.7, delete “(except to the extent that the Compensation Committee determines otherwise) take place as soon as practicable” and add
“take place within 90 days”. 

  

	7	 Add the following as Rule 7.1(A): 

 “Notwithstanding the foregoing, Rule 7.1 shall apply only if the transaction or circumstances by which any person (and/or persons acting in concert) obtains Control of the Company would constitute a
“change in the ownership or effective control of the [Company], or in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of the [Company]” within the meaning of Section 409A, and if Rule 7.1 does apply, Awards will be discharged by
the later of (i) the December 31st immediately following the end of the Vesting Period, or (ii) two and one-half months following the end of the Vesting Period.” 

 

	8	 Notwithstanding the foregoing, any award under the plan shall not be subject to the provisions of this Appendix 2 to the extent such award is earned and
vested prior to January 1, 2005. 

  

	37 	 Amended by Resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 9 August 2007 

	38 	 Numbering amended by Resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 11 May 2010 

	39 	 Numbering amended by Resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 11 May 2010 

  
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 APPENDIX 340 
  

	1	 The Compensation Committee may grant awards under the terms of the Plan but subject to the modifications set out in this Appendix 3 (provided that the
provisions of Rule 11.241 shall continue to apply).

  

	2	 Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Plan: 

  

	2.1	 sub-paragraph (h) of the definition of “Good Leaver” shall be amended by the addition of the words “but retirement will include ceasing to
work in all sectors in which any Group Company operates” after the words “agreed with the Company”; 

  

	2.2	 Rule 4.5 will be amended by the addition of the words “or cash” after the words “the number of Shares”; 

 

	2.3	 Rule 5.2 will be amended to read as follows: 

 “If a Participant ceases to be in Employment during the Vesting Period and is a Good Leaver then the Award applicable to that Vesting Period shall not lapse and shall (subject to Rule 5.7) be discharged at the
time that the Award would have been discharged but for the cessation of Employment, being the original Vesting Date.”; 
  

	2.4	 if the Award is to be satisfied in cash rather than Shares (which will be specified at the time the Award is granted) the Participant shall also be entitled
to receive at the time of the discharge of the Award an amount equivalent to interest as if it had accrued at a rate to be determined by the Compensation Committee during the Vesting Period, which interest will be paid when the Award is discharged
provided that if the Award lapses the right to this additional payment will also lapse; 

  

	2.5	 if the Award is to be satisfied in Shares (which will be specified at the time the Award is granted), the Participant shall also be entitled to receive at the
time of the discharge of the Award a transfer of that number of Shares which could have been purchased if the dividends which would have been paid on such Shares during the Vesting Period had been reinvested in further Shares on the Vesting Date
provided that if the Award lapses, the right to the further Shares will also lapse; 

  

	2.6	 Rule 8.1 will be amended by the addition of the words “or in cash if the Participant has elected to receive the Award in cash” at the end of the
Rule. 

  

	40 	 Amended by Resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 24 October 2007 

	41 	 Numbering amended by Resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 11 May 2010 

  
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 APPENDIX 442 

Australia 
 The Plan will apply to Awards
granted to residents in Australia with the following modification: 
 Any Shares acquired by a Participant pursuant to this Plan cannot be
traded within Australia within 12 months of the Vesting Date relating to such Shares and, by receiving such Shares, each Participant shall be taken to have agreed to observe this restriction. 

APPENDIX 5 
 Canada

 The Plan will apply to Awards granted to residents in Canada with the following modification: 

Any Shares acquired by a Participant pursuant to this Plan cannot be traded within Canada at any time and, by receiving such Shares, each
Participant shall be taken to have agreed to observe this restriction. 
 APPENDIX 6 

Hong Kong 
 The Plan will apply to Awards
granted to residents in Hong Kong with the following modifications: 
  

	1	 Any Shares acquired by a Participant pursuant to this Plan cannot be traded within Hong Kong within 6 months of the Vesting Date relating to such Shares and,
by receiving such Shares, each Participant shall be taken to have agreed to observe this restriction. 

  

	2	 Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan the grant of Awards under and the operation of the Plan does not constitute an offer or invitation to the
public within the meaning of the Companies Ordinance or the Securities and Futures Ordinance. 

 APPENDIX 7

 India 
 The
Plan will apply to Awards granted to residents in India (which shall include for the purposes of the paragraph below Participants in respect of whose Award a liability to Indian Fringe Benefit Tax arises) with the following modification: 

For the avoidance of doubt any Fringe Benefit Tax which is payable in respect of any Awards will be recoverable from the relevant Participants in
the same way as if it were a tax liability of those Participants unless the Compensation Committee determines otherwise at the time of grant of such Awards. 

 

	42 	 Appendices 4 to 9 inclusive inserted by Resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 3 March 2009 

  
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 APPENDIX 8 
 Mexico 
 The Plan will apply to Awards granted to residents in Mexico with the addition of the following rules:

  

	1	 Interests under the Plan have not and will not be registered with the National Registry of Securities maintained by the National Banking and Securities
Commission of Mexico and therefore may not be publicly offered in Mexico. 

  

	2	 Any Award is a private offering under Article 8 paragraph III of the Securities Law of Mexico. Any such offering is limited to employees or groups of
employees of companies issuing interests under any employee stock plan or program (including any other program where interests are awarded with or without consideration to such employee or employees), or of the companies which are controlled by such
issuer, as defined under the Securities Law and applicable regulations of Mexico in effect. 

 APPENDIX 9

 Russia 
 The Plan will apply
to Awards granted to residents in Russia with the following modification: 
 For the purposes of the securities laws of Russia, all
transactions carried out and contracts entered into in connection with the Plan and any Shares acquired by Participants will be carried out or entered into outside Russia. 

  
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