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EX-4.5

 Exhibit 4.5 

ANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEV SA/NV 
 ZX VENTURES
PERFORMANCE UNIT COMPENSATION PLAN 
 AND PARTICIPANTS’ GUIDE 

 

	1.	 Purpose 

The purpose of the Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV ZX Ventures Performance Unit Compensation Plan and
Participants’ Guide (as amended from time to time, the “Plan”) is to promote the success and enhance the value of AB InBev’s ZX Ventures business (as defined below) by linking the interests of Eligible Employees (as
defined below) with the performance of the relevant ZX Ventures business unit they are employed by at the time of the Award. 
  

	2.	 Definitions of Certain Terms 

(a)       “Award” means a Discretionary Award, Initial Award or such other award that the
Committee designates as having been made pursuant to the Plan. 
 (b)       “AB InBev” means
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV or a successor entity contemplated by Section 7(h). 
 (c)      
“Board” means the Board of Directors of AB InBev. 
 (d)       “Cap”
has the meaning set forth in Section 5(d). 
 (e)       “Code” means
the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, or any successor thereto, and the applicable rulings and regulations thereunder. 

(f)         “Code of Business Conduct” means the AB InBev Code of
Business Conduct, as amended from time to time. 
 (g)       “Committee” has the meaning set
forth in Section 3(a). 
 (h)       “Company” means AB InBev, any
parent company and any Subsidiaries. 
 (i)         “Company Securities” means
Ordinary Shares (or, as permitted by the Committee and elected by a Participant prior to the end of the Performance Period, Depositary Shares). 

(j)       “Cumulated Age and Tenure” means the sum, on the date of the end of employment, of
(i) the age of the Participant and (ii) the number of years of employment of the Participant within the Company using full months of service and full months of age to calculate combined years. 

(k)       “Depositary Shares” means American Depositary Shares of AB InBev, each representing one
Ordinary Share and evidenced by an American Depositary Receipt. 
 (l)         “Discretionary
Award” means an Award evidenced by a Discretionary Offer Letter. 
 (m)      “Discretionary Offer
Letter” means an Offer Letter evidencing a Discretionary Award. 

 (n)        “Dismissal for Serious
Cause” means termination of employment for serious cause (as determined by the Chief People Officer of AB InBev (or other designee of the Chief People Officer of AB InBev) or, if applicable, as defined in relevant local law) by AB InBev
or its Subsidiaries. 
 (o)        “Divestiture” means a situation whereby the
Participant’s employer is no longer a Subsidiary of AB InBev following a divestiture through the sale of shares in the said AB InBev Subsidiary or otherwise. 

(p)        “Effective Date” has the meaning set forth in
Section 8(a). 
 (q)        “Eligible Employee” means an
employee of the Company designated as part of the ZX Ventures business and selected by the Committee for participation in the Plan. 

(r)        “Exit” means that AB InBev has determined to discontinue its ZX Ventures
business, as determined by the Committee. The Committee may, at its discretion, determine that a Divestiture qualifies as an Exit. 

(s)        “Final Value” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5(b). 
 (t)        “Global Ethics and Compliance
Committee” means the global ethics and compliance committee of AB InBev. 

(u)        “Grant Date” means the date an Award is granted as set forth in the
applicable Offer Letter. 
 (v)        “Grant Value” has the meaning
set forth in Section 5(b). 
 (w)        “Initial Award”
means an Award evidenced by a Year One Performance Unit Offer Letter. 

(x)        “Material Adverse Decision“ means any decision, judgment, settlement or
other act adopted by an administrative authority, court or tribunal that has a direct or indirect significant negative financial, reputational or commercial impact on AB InBev, as determined by the Global Ethics and Compliance Committee. 

(y)        “Material Breach” means any violation of the Code of Business Conduct of AB
InBev that has a direct or indirect significant negative financial, reputational or commercial impact on the Company, as determined by the Global Ethics and Compliance Committee. 

(z)        “Offer Letter” means the written document by which each Award is evidenced,
and which may, but need not be (as determined by the Committee) executed or acknowledged by a Participant as a condition to receiving an Award or the benefits under an Award, and which sets forth the terms and provisions applicable to Awards granted
under the Plan to such Participant. Any reference herein to an agreement in writing will be deemed to include an electronic writing to the extent permitted by applicable law. 

(aa)      “Ordinary Shares” means the ordinary shares of AB InBev, no nominal value. 

(bb)      “Outsourcing” means (i) a Participant is dismissed by AB InBev or a subsidiary of
AB InBev in the framework of a collective dismissal (in the meaning of the Belgian Law of 13 February 1998 or its equivalent in the jurisdiction of the Participant) and is re-employed, together with the other persons who have been likewise
dismissed, by a third-party company which is not an affiliate of AB InBev and which provides services to AB InBev, if applicable; (ii) a Participant is transferred by AB InBev or a subsidiary of AB InBev in the framework of the Belgian
Collective Bargaining Agreement No 32bis of 7 June 1985 (or its equivalent in the jurisdiction of the Participant) to a third-party company which is not an affiliate of AB InBev and which provides services to AB InBev, if applicable; or
(iii) as otherwise defined by applicable local law or as otherwise determined by the Committee. 

  
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 (cc)      “Participant” means an Eligible
Employee participating in the Plan for a Performance Period as provided in Section 4(b). 

(dd)      “Performance Criteria” means the performance metric or metrics measured over the
Performance Period to calculate the notional value of a Performance Unit, as specified in the applicable Offer Letter. 

(ee)      “Performance Period” means any period set by the Committee during which the
Performance Criteria are to be evaluated, as specified in the applicable Offer Letter. 

(ff)      “Performance Unit” means an instrument granted to an Eligible Employee under
Section 5(a) of this Plan, representing a notional dollar interest, as determined by the Committee, to be paid and distributed pursuant to the terms of the Plan and the applicable Offer Letter. Performance Units include,
but are not limited to, Discretionary Awards and Initial Awards. 
  

									
	             	 	(gg)    	 	“Pro-Rata Formula” means PRR =	 	 HR × M

60
	 	 where:

  

	 	PRR	 means the number of Performance Units that will remain in full force and effect following the termination of
employment; 

  

	 	HR	 means the number of Performance Units held by the Participant immediately prior to the termination of employment; and

  

	 	M	 means the number of full calendar months of employment of the Participant within the Company during the period from the
Grant Date until the date of termination of employment. 

(hh)      “Resignation” means the termination by a Participant of employment with AB InBev or
its Subsidiaries. 
 (ii)        “SBC” means the successive share-based compensation
plans of AB InBev. 
 (jj)        “Section 409A” means Section 409A of the
Code, including any amendments or successor provisions to that section, and any regulations and other administrative guidance thereunder, in each case as they may be from time to time amended or interpreted through further administrative guidance.

 (kk)      “Subsidiary” means (a) a corporation or other entity with respect to which
AB InBev, directly or indirectly, has the power, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise, to elect at least a majority of the members of such corporation’s board of directors or analogous governing body or
(b) any other corporation or other entity in which AB InBev, directly or indirectly, has an equity or similar interest and which the Committee designates as a Subsidiary for purposes of the Plan. 

(ll)        “Successor” means the successor of a Participant as determined under the
applicable law of succession and/or the persons designated by a Participant, in accordance with the applicable law of succession, to inherit the rights of the Participant under the Plan after the death of the Participant. 

  
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 (mm)      “Value” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5(b). 
 (nn)        “Vesting Date” shall have the
meaning as set forth in the applicable Offer Letter. 
 (oo)        “ZX Ventures
business” means AB InBev’s ZX Ventures business. 
  

	3.	 Administration of the Plan 

(a)        Committee. The Remuneration Committee of the Board (as constituted from time to time,
and including any successor committee, the “Committee”) will administer the Plan. 

(b)        Administration. The Committee will have all the powers vested in it by the terms of
this Plan, such powers to include the authority (within the limitations described herein) to select the Eligible Employees to be granted Awards under the Plan, to determine the time when Awards will be granted, to determine whether objectives and
conditions for earning Awards have been met, to determine whether Awards will be paid at the end of the Performance Period or deferred (consistent with applicable law) and to determine whether an Award or payment of an Award should be increased,
reduced or eliminated. The Committee will have full power and authority to administer and interpret the Plan and to adopt such rules, regulations, agreements, guidelines and instruments for the administration of the Plan and for the conduct of its
business as the Committee deems necessary or advisable. The Committee’s interpretations of the Plan, and all actions taken and determinations made by the Committee pursuant to the powers hereunder, will be final, binding and conclusive for all
purposes and on all parties, including the Company, AB InBev’s shareholders, its employees and any person receiving an Award under the Plan, as well as their respective successors in interest. No member of the Committee will be liable for any
action taken or determination made in good faith with respect to the Plan or any Award. 

(c)        Guidelines. The Committee may adopt from time to time written policies or rules as it
deems necessary or desirable for the Committee’s implementation and administration of the Plan. 

(d)        Delegation of Administrative Authority. The Committee may delegate its
responsibilities for administering the Plan (including, without limitation, the determinations provided for by Section 5(b)) among its members (including to a subcommittee as contemplated in
Section 3(a)) and to employees of the Company as it deems necessary or appropriate for the proper administration of the Plan. 
  

	4.	 Ordinary Shares Available for Awards; Adjustments; Eligibility and Participation 

(a)        Ordinary Shares Available for Issuance Under the Plan. Subject to the other
provisions of this Section 4, the total number of Ordinary Shares that may be delivered under the Plan is 5,000,000. Such Ordinary Shares may, in the discretion of the Committee, be either authorized but unissued Ordinary Shares or Ordinary
Shares previously issued and reacquired by the Company. 
 (b)        Adjustments. (i) AB
InBev expressly reserves the right to proceed with corporate changes that have an impact on its capital, such as capital increases, including by incorporation of reserves in the capital, capital decreases, issuance of convertible bonds, subscription
rights or options, stock splits or reverse stock splits, combinations or reclassifications of the Ordinary Shares, mergers, (partial) demergers, as well as the right to amend the clauses in the articles of association governing the allocation of
profits or liquidation boni. 

  
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 (ii) In the event that such corporate changes would have an unfavourable effect on the Awards, the
number of Performance Units, the amount of the Cap, the amount of the Final Value and/or the number of Company Securities payable in respect of an Award will be adjusted for the purpose of safeguarding the interests of the Participants. Such
adjustments will be determined and made in the sole discretion of the Board, subject to any required action by the Shareholders’ Meeting of AB InBev. The terms of such adjustment will be communicated to the Participants in due time. 

(iii) In the event that AB InBev would be merged into another company, the rights and obligations of AB InBev under the Plan will automatically be
transferred to the absorbing company and the Awards will no longer be payable in Company Securities but instead in shares of the absorbing company, subject to applicable law and to any applicable corporate approval. The number of shares of the
absorbing company payable in respect of each Award will be determined at the sole discretion of the Board and/or the board of directors of the absorbing company and will be communicated to the Participants in due time. 

(c)        Eligibility. All Eligible Employees are eligible to participate in the Plan for any
Performance Period. 
 (d)        Participation. For each Performance Period, the Committee,
in its discretion, will select the Eligible Employees who will participate in the Plan for such Performance Period. 
  

	5.	 Awards and Performance Units 

(a)        Grant of Performance Units. The Committee may grant Performance Units to any Eligible
Employee. Such grant will be subject to the restrictions and conditions specified herein and in the applicable Offer Letter. 

(b)        Value of Performance Units. Each Performance Unit will, from time to time during the
Performance Period, have a notional value equal to a dollar amount determined based on the achievement of the Performance Criteria, as determined by the Committee in its discretion (“Value”). The Committee will determine, in
its discretion, the initial Value of a Performance Unit as of the date of grant of such Performance Unit to a Participant (the “Grant Value”). At the end of the applicable Performance Period, the Committee will
recalculate the Value of each Performance Unit, using the Performance Criteria in the manner specified by the applicable Offer Letter (the “Final Value”). During the Performance Period, the Committee may, from time to
time, but at least once each calendar year (x) calculate the Value of a Performance Unit (the “Interim Value”), and (y) provide Participants with information on the Interim Values of their Performance Units. 

(c)        Timing of Payment. Except as otherwise provided herein or in an applicable Offer
Letter, Awards will generally be payable by the Company to Participants shortly following the conclusion of the applicable Performance Period, provided that the applicable Participant remains employed with the ZXV business through the Vesting Date.
Notwithstanding the prior sentence, the Committee, in its discretion, may defer the payout or vesting of any Award and/or provide to Participants the opportunity to elect to defer the payment of any Award, subject to
Section 7(j). 
 (d)        Amount of Payment. Awards will be
payable in an amount equal to the aggregate Final Value of the Participants’ Performance Units, subject to any maximum number of Company Securities (to the extent an Award is payable in Company Securities) or to any maximum value (to the extent
an Award is payable in cash), in each case, as set forth in the applicable Offer Letter (the “Cap”) and; provided that the Committee may, in its discretion, adjust any Award to reflect individual or business
performance and/or unanticipated or subjective factors. 

  
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 (e)        Form of Payment. Awards shall be
payable in Company Securities, unless the Committee determines in its discretion to provide for payment in cash or a combination of cash and Company Securities. Awards payable in cash may be paid under the Plan or under any other compensation plan
maintained by the Company and Awards payable in Company Securities may be settled under the Plan or any other equity-based award plan maintained by the Company, in each case, as determined by the Committee. 

(f)        Certain Participants not Eligible. To be eligible for payment of any Award, the
Participant must be employed by the Company on the Vesting Date, unless otherwise provided in the applicable Offer Letter or otherwise determined by the Committee in its discretion. 

 

	6.	 Treatment of Performance Units on Termination of Employment or Exit 

(a)        Termination of employment before Cumulated Age and Tenure of 70 

 

	 	(i)	 Dismissal other than for Serious Cause. In the event of termination of employment other than a termination
resulting from a Resignation or a Dismissal for Serious Cause of a Participant before the Vesting Date: 

(A)        if employment ends before the end of the second year following the Grant Date, all
Performance Units held by the Participant will automatically expire and become null and void; 

(B)        if employment ends on or after the end of the second year following the Grant
Date, a portion of the Performance Units will remain in full force and effect and subject to all performance vesting terms and conditions, including determination of Final Value at the end of the Performance Period, provided that, if so requested by
AB InBev, the Participant enters into a non-competition agreement. The terms and conditions of the non-competition agreement will be agreed in connection with termination of the Participant’s employment. 

The portion of Performance Units that will remain in full force and effect as indicated above will be calculated by AB InBev on the basis of the
Pro-Rata Formula. The remaining Performance Units will automatically expire and become null and void. In addition, the Cap and the aggregate Final Value will be prorated accordingly. 

(C)        The above rules apply notwithstanding any recourse which might be introduced by a
dismissed Participant against the termination of employment. 
  

	 	(ii)	 Resignation and Dismissal for Serious Cause. In the event of Resignation or Dismissal for Serious Cause of a
Participant before the Vesting Date, all Performance Units held by the Participant on the date of termination of employment, will automatically expire and become null and void. The foregoing applies notwithstanding any recourse which might be
introduced by a dismissed Participant against such Dismissal. 

  
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 (b)        Termination of employment at or after
Cumulated Age and Tenure of 70 
  

	 	(i)	 Resignation and Dismissal other than for Serious Cause. In the event of termination of employment other than a
termination of employment resulting from a Dismissal for Serious Cause of a Participant before the Vesting Date: 

(A)        if employment ends before the end of the second year following the Grant Date and
if the Participant has participated in the SBC in each of the last five years (or as many years in that period in which the Participant has been an employee of the Company), a portion of the Performance Units will remain in full force and effect and
subject to all performance vesting terms and conditions, including determination of Final Value at the end of the Performance Period, provided that, if so requested by AB InBev, the Participant enters into a non-competition agreement. The terms and
conditions of the non-competition agreement will be agreed in connection with termination of the Participant’s employment. In all other cases, all Performance Units held by the Participant will automatically expire and become null and void.

 The portion of Performance Units that will remain in full force and effect as indicated above will be calculated by AB InBev on the basis of the
Pro-Rata Formula. The remaining Performance Units will automatically expire and become null and void. In addition, the Cap and the aggregate Final Value will be prorated accordingly. 

(B)        if employment ends on or after the end of the second year following the Grant
Date, a portion of the Performance Units will remain in full force and effect and subject to all performance vesting terms and conditions, including determination of Final Value at the end of the Performance Period, provided that, if so requested by
AB InBev, the Participant enters into a non-competition agreement. The terms and conditions of the non-competition agreement will be agreed in connection with termination of the Participant’s employment. 

The portion of Performance Units that will remain in full force and effect as indicated above will be calculated by AB InBev on the basis of the
Pro-Rata Formula. The remaining Performance Units will automatically expire and become null and void. In addition, the Cap and the aggregate Final Value will be prorated accordingly. 

(D)        The above rules apply notwithstanding any recourse which might be introduced by a
dismissed Participant against the termination of employment. 
 (ii)         Dismissal for Serious
Cause. In the event of Dismissal for Serious Cause of a Participant before the Vesting Date, all Performance Units held by the Participant on the date of termination of employment, will automatically expire and become null and void. The
foregoing applies notwithstanding any recourse which might be introduced by a dismissed Participant against such Dismissal. 

(c)        Termination of employment at or after Cumulated Age and Tenure of 80 

(i)        Resignation and Dismissal other than for Serious Cause. In the event of
termination of employment other than a termination of employment resulting from a Dismissal for Serious Cause of a Participant before the Vesting Date, the Performance Units will remain in full force and effect and subject to all performance vesting
terms and conditions, including determination of Final Value at the end of the Performance Period. 
 The above rules apply
notwithstanding any recourse which might be introduced by a dismissed Participant against such Dismissal. 

(ii)        Dismissal for Serious Cause. In the event of Dismissal for Serious Cause
of a Participant before the Vesting Date, all Performance Units held by the Participant on the date of the end of employment, will automatically expire and become null and void. 

  
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 The above rules apply notwithstanding any recourse which might be introduced by a
dismissed Participant against such Dismissal. 
 (d)        Death or termination of employment
following Permanent Disability 
  

	 	(i)	         In the event of the death of a Participant or termination of employment
following Permanent Disability of a Participant before the Vesting Date, all Performance Units will remain in full force and effect and subject to all performance vesting terms and conditions, including determination of Final Value at the end of the
Performance Period, provided that, in the case of Permanent Disability and if so requested by AB InBev, the Participant enters into a non-competition agreement. The terms and conditions of the non-competition agreement will be agreed in connection
with termination of the Participant’s employment. The cash or Company Securities to be delivered upon vesting of these Performance Units will be delivered to the Participant in the event of Permanent Disability or the Participant’s
Successors (if applicable) at the same time that cash or Company Securities are paid to other Participants in the Plan. 

  

	 	(ii)	         Except as provided below, “Permanent Disability” shall be
defined by reference to the law governing the employment in the relevant jurisdiction of the Participant as determined by the Committee. 

  

	 	(iii)	         For Participants subject to taxation in the United States,
“Permanent Disability” shall mean at least one of the following: (i) the Participant is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to
result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than twelve (12) months; (ii) the Participant is, by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or
can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than twelve (12) months, receiving income replacement benefits for a period of not less than three (3) months under an accident and health plan covering employees of the
Participant’s AB InBev employer; or (iii) the Participant is determined to be totally disabled by the Social Security Administration. 

  

	 	(e) 	 Occurrence of an Exit, Outsourcing or Divestiture 

In the event an Exit, Outsourcing or Divestiture occurs, except as otherwise set forth in an applicable Offer Letter, the Performance Period shall
end at the time of such Exit, Outsourcing or Divestiture and the Committee shall determine Final Value based on performance through such date in its discretion and each such Award shall be payable in Company Securities, unless determined otherwise
by the Committee in its sole discretion. 
  

	7.	 Miscellaneous Provisions 

(a)        Effect on Benefit Plans. Awards under the Plan will not be considered eligible pay
under other plans, benefit arrangements or fringe benefit arrangements of the Company unless otherwise provided under the terms of such other plans. 

  
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 (b)        Restriction on Transfer. No Award
(or any rights and obligations thereunder) granted under the Plan may be sold, exchanged, transferred, assigned, pledged, hypothecated or otherwise disposed of or hedged, in any manner (including through the use of any cash-settled instrument),
whether voluntarily or involuntarily and whether by operation of law or otherwise, other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee may permit, under such terms and conditions that it deems
appropriate in its discretion, a Participant to transfer any Award to any person or entity that the Committee so determines. Any sale, exchange, transfer, assignment, pledge, hypothecation, or other disposition in violation of the provisions of this
Section 7(b) will be null and void and any Award which is hedged in any manner will immediately be forfeited. All of the terms and conditions of the Plan and the Award will be binding upon any permitted successors and
assigns. 
 (c)        Tax Withholding. Participants will be solely responsible for any
applicable taxes (including, without limitation, income and excise taxes) and penalties, and any interest that accrues thereon, that they incur in connection with the receipt, vesting or payment of any Award. As a condition to the delivery of any
payment under this Plan or the lifting or lapse of restrictions on any Award, or in connection with any other event that gives rise to any federal, state, local or other tax withholding obligation on the part of the Company relating to an Award,
(i) the Company may deduct or withhold (or cause to be deducted or withheld) from any payment or distribution to a Participant whether or not pursuant to the Plan, (ii) the Committee will be entitled to require that the Participant remit
cash to the Company (through payroll deduction or otherwise) or (iii) the Company may enter into any other suitable arrangements to withhold, in each case, in an amount not to exceed in the opinion of the Company the minimum amounts of such
taxes required by law to be withheld. 
 (d)        No Rights to Awards or Continued
Employment. No Company employee or other person will have any claim or right to be granted an Award under the Plan. Neither the adoption of the Plan nor the grant of any Award will confer upon any employee any right to continued employment
with the Company, nor will it interfere in any way with the right of the Company to terminate, or alter the terms and conditions of, the employment at any time. The Committee’s determinations under the Plan and Awards need not be uniform and
any such determinations may be made by it selectively among persons who receive, or are eligible to receive, Awards under the Plan (whether or not such persons are similarly situated). 

(e)        No Funding of Plan. The Plan will be unfunded, and the Awards will be paid solely
from the general assets of the Company. The Company will not be required to establish any special or separate fund or to make any other segregation of assets to assure the payment of any Award under the Plan. To the extent that any person acquires a
right to receive payments under the Plan, the right is no greater than the right of any other unsecured general creditor. 

(f)        Right of Offset. The Company will have the right to offset against any payments under
the Plan any outstanding amounts (including, without limitation, travel and entertainment or advance account balances, loans, repayment obligations under any Awards, or amounts repayable to the Company pursuant to tax equalization, housing, or other
employee programs) that the Participant then owes to the Company and any amounts the Committee otherwise deems appropriate pursuant to any tax equalization policy or agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an Award provides for the deferral of
compensation within the meaning of Section 409A, the Committee will have no such right if such offset could subject the Participant to the additional tax imposed under Section 409A in respect of an outstanding Award. 

(g)        Other Payments or Awards. Nothing contained in the Plan will be deemed in any way to
limit or restrict the Company from making any award or payment to any person under any other plan, program, arrangement or understanding, whether now existing or hereafter in effect. 

  
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 (h)      Successors. All obligations of AB InBev under
the Plan will be binding on any successor to AB InBev whether the existence of such successor is the result of a direct or indirect purchase, merger, consolidation, or otherwise of all or substantially all of the business or assets of AB InBev. 

(i)        Subject to Applicable Law. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Company will
not be required to make any payment or grant any Award under the Plan or any Offer Letter that would otherwise be a prohibited under any applicable law, rule or regulation. 

(j)        Section 409A. All Awards made under the Plan that are intended to be
“deferred compensation” subject to Section 409A will be interpreted, administered and construed to comply with Section 409A, and all Awards made under the Plan that are intended to be exempt from Section 409A will be interpreted,
administered and construed to comply with and preserve such exemption. 
 Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, with respect to any
Award made under the Plan that is intended to be “deferred compensation” subject to Section 409A: (i) any payment due upon a Participant’s termination of employment will be paid only upon such Participant’s separation
from service from the Company within the meaning of Section 409A; (ii) any payment to be made with respect to such Award in connection with the Participant’s separation from service from the Company within the meaning of
Section 409A (and any other payment that would be subject to the limitations in Section 409A(a)(2)(B) of the Code) will be delayed until six months after the Participant’s separation from service (or earlier death) in accordance with
the requirements of Section 409A; (iii) if the Award includes a “series of installment payments” (within the meaning of Section 1.409A-2(b)(2)(iii) of the Treasury Regulations), the Participant’s right to the series of
installment payments will be treated as a right to a series of separate payments and not as a right to a single payment; and (iv) for purposes of determining whether the Participant has experienced a separation from service from the Company
within the meaning of Section 409A, “subsidiary” will mean a corporation or other entity in a chain of corporations or other entities in which each corporation or other entity, starting with AB InBev, has a controlling interest in
another corporation or other entity in the chain, ending with such corporation or other entity. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the term “controlling interest” has the same meaning as provided in Section 1.414(c)- 2(b)(2)(i)
of the Treasury Regulations, provided that the language “at least 20 percent” is used instead of “at least 80 percent” each place it appears in Section 1.414(c)-2(b)(2)(i) of the Treasury Regulations. 

(k)        Clawback/Recapture Policy. Awards under the Plan will be subject to any clawback or
recapture policy that the Company may adopt from time to time to the extent provided in such policy and, in accordance with such policy, may be subject to the requirement that the Awards be repaid to the Company after they have been distributed to
the Participant. 
 (l)        Malus adjustment. When conduct that occurred in the period
during which the Participant is or was responsible for such conduct contributes to a Material Adverse Decision or a Material Breach of our Code of Business Conduct before the Vesting Date, the Performance Stock Units held by such Participant under
this Plan will automatically expire and become null and void. 
 (m)      Severability; Entire
Agreement. If any of the provisions of the Plan or any Offer Letter is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable (whether in whole or in part), such provision will be deemed modified to the extent, but only to the extent, of such
invalidity, illegality or unenforceability and the remaining provisions will not be affected thereby; provided that if any of such provisions is finally held to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable because it exceeds the maximum scope
determined to be acceptable to permit such provision to be enforceable, such provision will be deemed to be modified to the minimum extent necessary to modify such scope in order to make such provision enforceable hereunder. The Plan and any Offer
Letters contain the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter thereof and supersede all prior agreements, promises, covenants, arrangements, communications, representations and warranties between them, whether written or
oral with respect to the subject matter thereof. 

  
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 (n)        Governing Law. The Plan and all
Awards made and actions taken thereunder will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without reference to principles of conflict of laws. 

(o)        Intra-Company and Intra-ZX Ventures Transfers. In the event an employee of the
Company commences employment with the ZX Ventures business, such employee shall be eligible to participate in the Plan upon such transfer. In the event a Participant’s employment is transferred from the ZX Ventures business to another business
unit within the Company, any unvested Performance Units granted hereunder will remain in full force and effect and subject to all performance vesting terms and conditions, including determination of Final Value at the end of the Performance Period;
provided, however, that the Participant’s continued employment with such other business unit shall be deemed to be continued employment with the ZX Ventures business for purposes of vesting of such Performance Units. In the event a Participant
transfers employment within different areas of the ZX Ventures business, any unvested Performance Units granted hereunder will remain in full force and effect and subject to all performance vesting terms and conditions as in effect as of the date of
grant, including determination of Final Value at the end of the Performance Period. The Committee shall make all determinations under this Section 7(n) in its discretion. 

 

	8.	 Effective Date, Amendments and Termination 

(a)        Effective Date. The Plan was adopted by the Board on December 13, 2015 and became
effective as of such date (the “Effective Date”). 

(b)        Amendments. The Committee may at any time terminate or from time to time amend the
Plan in whole or in part, but no such action will materially adversely affect any rights or obligations with respect to any outstanding Awards under the Plan. 

(c)        Termination. The Plan will continue in effect until terminated by the Committee. 

  
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STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHT AWARD AGREEMENT

						
	Name of Participant: 
	
		
	Name of Plan: 	2016 Valvoline Inc. Incentive Plan 
		
	Number of SARS: 	
		
	Exercise Price per SARs: 	
		
	Vesting Schedule: 	
		
	Grant Date: 	
		
	Expiration Date: 	

Valvoline Inc. (“Valvoline”) hereby grants to the above-named Participant (the “Participant”) Stock Appreciation Rights (“SARs” and this “Award”) pursuant to the 2016 Valvoline Inc. Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) and this agreement (this “Agreement”), in order to provide the Participant with an additional incentive to continue his or her services to Valvoline and its Subsidiaries and to continue to work for the best interests of Valvoline and its Subsidiaries. Each SAR represents the contingent right (as set forth herein) of the Participant to receive a number of shares of Common Stock (rounded to the nearest whole share) with a Fair Market Value equal to the product of (1) the excess of the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock over the exercise price per SAR set forth above, multiplied by (2) the number of shares of Common Stock covered by the SAR (or the portion thereof which is so exercised), to be delivered within 30 days following such exercise.  For purposes of this Award, Fair Market Value shall be determined in accordance with the Plan as of the date the SAR is exercised. To the extent vested, this Award may be exercised as provided in the Plan, in whole or in part, until the Expiration Date or such earlier date that the Award terminates as provided herein or pursuant to the Plan. In the event any vested SARs remain outstanding and exercisable as of the Expiration Date and the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock exceeds the exercise price of the SAR as set forth herein, the outstanding vested SARs shall be deemed to have been exercised on the Expiration Date.

Valvoline confirms this Award to the Participant, as a matter of separate agreement and not in lieu of salary or any other compensation for services, of the number of SARs set forth above, subject to and upon all the terms, provisions and conditions contained herein and in the Plan, including but not limited to the forfeiture provisions of Section 16(H) of the Plan.  Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Agreement shall have the meanings given such terms in the Plan.

Following acceptance of this Award by the Participant, as provided for hereunder, the applicable number of SARs set forth above will become vested and exercisable on the applicable vesting date set forth above (the applicable “Vesting Date”); provided that, except as otherwise provided in Section 12 of the Plan in the event of a Change in Control or as otherwise determined by the Compensation Committee, in the event of the Participant’s termination of employment for any reason other than death, Disability or Qualifying Termination prior to a Vesting Date, all SARs 
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which have not vested prior to such  termination of employment will be forfeited, and any SARs which have vested prior to such termination and have not been exercised will remain exercisable to the extent set forth in Section 10(E) of the Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Compensation Committee may, in its sole discretion, provide for accelerated vesting and exercisability of the Award or any portion thereof at any time and for any reason; provided that the SARs may not be exercised after the expiration date set forth above.

In the event the Participant’s employment is terminated due to death, Disability or a Qualifying Termination, a pro-rata portion of the SARs (determined by multiplying the number of SARs outstanding as of the date of termination by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days elapsed from the Grant Date to the date of such termination and the denominator of which is the total number of days from the Grant Date to the final Vesting Date, as set forth in the Vesting Schedule) shall become vested as of the date of such termination and any remaining SARs shall be forfeited. Any SARs which become vested upon termination due to death, Disability or a Qualifying Termination shall be exercisable to the extent set forth in Section 10(E) of the Plan.

The Award shall be governed by Section 12 of the Plan in the event of a Change in Control; provided that, without limiting Section 12(A)(3) of the Plan, the Award will not be considered to be assumed, continued, converted or replaced by the surviving or resulting entity in connection with a Change in Control unless, in each case as determined by the Compensation Committee in its sole discretion prior to such Change in Control, (1) the number and kind of shares or other securities underlying the Award, and the exercise price applicable thereto, are adjusted to prevent dilution of the Participant’s rights hereunder and to preserve the intrinsic value and material terms and conditions of the Award as in effect prior to the Change in Control, and (2) immediately following the Change in Control the Award relates to shares of stock in the surviving or resulting entity which are publicly traded and listed on a national securities exchange.

The SARs and the Participant’s rights under this Agreement may not be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged or otherwise encumbered.

Nothing contained in this Agreement or in the Plan shall confer upon the Participant any right to continue in the employment of, or remain in the service of, Valvoline or any of its Subsidiaries.  

Information about the Participant and the Participant’s participation in the Plan may be collected, recorded and held, used and disclosed by and among Valvoline, its Subsidiaries and any third-party Plan administrators as necessary for the purpose of managing and administering the Plan.  The Participant understands that such processing of this information may need to be carried out by Valvoline, its affiliates and Subsidiaries and by third party administrators whether such persons are located within the Participant’s country or elsewhere, including the United States of America.  By accepting this Award, the Participant consents to the processing of information relating to the Participant and the Participant’s participation in the Plan in any one or more of the ways referred to above.

The Participant consents and agrees to electronic delivery of any documents that Valvoline may elect to deliver (including, but not limited to, prospectuses, prospectus supplements, grant or award notifications and agreements, account statements, annual and quarterly reports, and all other forms of communications) in connection with this and any other award made or offered under the Plan.  The Participant understands that, unless earlier revoked by the Participant by giving written notice to Valvoline at 100 Valvoline Way, Lexington, KY 40509, Attention: Stock 
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Plan Administrator, this consent shall be effective for the duration of the Award.  The Participant also understands that the Participant shall have the right at any time to request that Valvoline deliver written copies of any and all materials referred to above at no charge.

In consideration of this Award, the Participant agrees that, during the Participant’s employment and the twenty-four (24) month period following the Participant’s termination of employment for any reason, without the prior written consent of Valvoline, the Participant will not:

(i)engage directly or indirectly in any manner or capacity as principal, agent, partner, officer, director, employee or otherwise in any business or activity competitive with the business conducted by Valvoline or any of its Subsidiaries; or

(ii)perform any act or engage in any activity that is detrimental to the best interests of Valvoline or any of its Subsidiaries, including, without limitation:

(a)solicit or encourage any existing or former employee, director, contractor, consultant, customer or supplier of Valvoline or any of its Subsidiaries to terminate his, her or its relationship with Valvoline or any of its Subsidiaries for any reason; or

(b)disclose proprietary or confidential information of Valvoline or any of its Subsidiaries to third parties or use any such proprietary or confidential information for the benefit of anyone other than Valvoline and its Subsidiaries (clauses (i) and (ii), the “Participant Covenants”);

provided, however, that clause (ii) above shall not be breached in the event that the Participant discloses proprietary or confidential information to the Securities and Exchange Commission, to the extent necessary to report suspected or actual violations of U.S. securities laws, or the Participant’s disclosure of proprietary or confidential information is protected under the whistleblower provisions of any applicable law or regulation.  Furthermore, Participant is advised that if Participant discloses proprietary or confidential information of Valvoline that constitutes a trade secret to which the U.S. Defend Trade Secrets Act (18 USC Section 1833(b)) applies, then Participant shall not be held criminally or civilly liable under any federal or state trade secret law, or considered to be in violation of the terms of this Agreement, where Participant’s disclosure is made solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law and in confidence to a federal, state, or local government official, whether directly or indirectly, or to an attorney; or where Participant’s disclosure is made in a complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding against Valvoline and such filing is made under seal.  The Participant understands that if he or she makes a disclosure of proprietary or confidential information that is covered above, he or she is not required to inform Valvoline, in advance or otherwise, that such disclosure(s) has been made.  Nothing in this Agreement shall prohibit the Participant from maintaining the confidentiality of a claim with a governmental agency that is responsible for enforcing a law, or cooperating, participating or assisting in any governmental or regulatory entity investigation or proceeding.

Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan or this Agreement to the contrary, but subject to any applicable laws to the contrary, the Participant agrees that in the event the Participant fails to comply or otherwise breaches any of the Participant Covenants either during the Participant’s employment or within twenty-four (24) months following the Participant’s termination of employment for any reason, Valvoline may:  (i) cancel this Award; (ii) eliminate or reduce the 
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amount of any compensation, benefit, or payment otherwise payable by Valvoline or any of its Subsidiaries (either directly or under any employee benefit or compensation plan, agreement, or arrangement, except to the extent such compensation, benefit or payment constitutes deferred compensation under Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code (“Section 409A”) and such elimination or reduction would trigger a tax or penalty under Section 409A) to or on behalf of the Participant in an amount up to the total amount paid or payable to the Participant under this Agreement; and/or (iii) require the Participant to pay Valvoline an amount up to the total amount paid to the Participant under this Agreement, in each case together with the amount of Valvoline’s court costs, attorney fees, and other costs and expenses incurred in connection therewith.  For purposes of this paragraph, the total amount paid under this Agreement shall be determined based on the closing stock price of Common Stock on the date or dates any shares of Common Stock are delivered in accordance with this Agreement, as determined by the Compensation Committee.

This Award of Stock Appreciation Rights is subject to the Participant’s on-line acceptance of the terms and conditions of this Agreement through the Fidelity website.

By accepting the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Participant acknowledges receipt of a copy of the Plan, Prospectus, and Valvoline’s most recent Annual Report and Proxy Statement (the “Prospectus Information”).  The Participant represents that he or she is familiar with the terms and provisions of the Prospectus Information and hereby accepts this Award on the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Plan, and acknowledges that he or she had the opportunity to obtain independent legal advice at his or her expense prior to accepting this Award.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Valvoline has caused this instrument to be executed and delivered effective as of the day and year first above written.

									
	Valvoline Inc. 	
			
	By:		
			
	Name:		
			
	Acceptance Date:		

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