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EX-10.7

 Exhibit 10.7 
  

			
	

	 	

 BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO P.L.C. 

 
  

RULES 
 of the 

BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO 

2016 LONG TERM INCENTIVE PLAN 

 
 Board approval
on 23 February 2016 
 Shareholder approval at the 2016 AGM (27 April 2016) 

Herbert Smith Freehills LLP 

HSF Ref: 30889176 

 British American Tobacco 2016 Long Term Incentive Plan 

 

 CONTENTS 

 

							
	Clause	 	Heading	  	Page	 
	 1.
	 	INTERPRETATION AND CONSTRUCTION	  	 	2	 
	 2.
	 	PLAN LIMITS	  	 	4	 
	 3.
	 	AWARDS	  	 	5	 
	 4.
	 	AWARDS ARE NON-TRANSFERABLE	  	 	6	 
	 5.
	 	PERFORMANCE CONDITION	  	 	7	 
	 6.
	 	ADDITIONAL TERMS SPECIFIC TO FORFEITABLE SHARE AWARDS	  	 	7	 
	 7.
	 	VESTING	  	 	8	 
	 8.
	 	CESSATION OF OFFICE OR EMPLOYMENT	  	 	9	 
	 9.
	 	CORPORATE ACTIONS	  	 	10	 
	 10.
	 	OPTIONS	  	 	13	 
	 11.
	 	DIVIDEND EQUIVALENT	  	 	13	 
	 12.
	 	CASH ALTERNATIVE – OPTIONS AND CONDITIONAL AWARDS	  	 	14	 
	 13.
	 	TAX LIABILITY	  	 	14	 
	 14.
	 	VESTED SHARE ACCOUNTS	  	 	15	 
	 15.
	 	CLAW-BACK	  	 	15	 
	 16.
	 	VARIATION OF CAPITAL	  	 	16	 
	 17.
	 	ADMINISTRATION	  	 	16	 
	 18.
	 	AMENDMENTS	  	 	17	 
	 19.
	 	DATA PROTECTION	  	 	17	 
	 20.
	 	GENERAL	  	 	18	 
	 APPENDIX 1 : OPERATION OF CLAW-BACK
	  	 	20	 
	 APPENDIX 2 : AWARDS GRANTED TO US TAXPAYERS
	  	 	22	 
	 SCHEDULE 1 : PERFORMANCE CONDITIONS
	  	 	23	 

  
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 RULES OF THE BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO P.L.C. LONG TERM INCENTIVE PLAN 

 

	1.	INTERPRETATION AND CONSTRUCTION 

  

	1.1	For the purposes of the Plan, the following terms shall have the meaning indicated below unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: 

“Award” means one of a Conditional Award, a Forfeitable Share Award or an Option; 

“Board” means the board of directors of the Company or committee duly authorised by the board of directors or, following any
Corporate Action, the Board or duly authorised committee as constituted immediately prior to the Corporate Action; 

“Claw-back” means a recovery of value by the Company from a Participant in accordance with the provisions of Rule 15
(Claw-back) and Appendix 1 (Operation of Claw-back); 
 “Company” means British American Tobacco p.l.c.
(registered in England and Wales under No. 3407696); 
 “Conditional Award” means a right to receive a transfer of
Shares following vesting of the Award; 
 “Control” has the meaning given by Section 995 of the Income Tax Act 2007;

 “Corporate Action” means any of the events referred to in: 

 

	 	(A)	Rules 9.1 to 9.5 (but excluding a Reorganisation as defined in Rule 9.8); or 

  

	 	(B)	if the Board determines that Awards will vest pursuant to such Rule, Rule 9.6; 

“Cross-Border Merger” means a merger pursuant to the implementation in any relevant jurisdiction of Directive 2005/56/EC (on
cross-border mergers of limited liability companies); 
 “Dealing Day” means any day on which the London Stock Exchange is
open for trading; 
 “Dealing Restriction” means any restriction on the dealing in shares, whether direct or indirect,
pursuant to any law, regulation, code or enactment in England and Wales and/or the jurisdiction in which the Participant is resident, or any share dealing code of the Company; 

“Eligible Employee” means an employee (including an executive director) of any Group Company; 

“Employees’ Share Scheme” has the meaning given by Section 1166 of the Companies Act 2006; 

“Financial Year” means the financial year of the Company within the meaning of Section 390 of the Companies Act 2006; 

“Forfeitable Share Award” means a beneficial interest in Shares, legal title to which is held by the Nominee subject to the
restrictions set out in Rule 6 (Additional terms applicable to Forfeitable Share Awards) until, and which shall be transferred to the Participant following, the vesting of the Award; 

“Grant Date” means the date on which a Conditional Award or Option is granted, or the date on which the Board determines that
a Forfeitable Share Award shall be granted; 
 “Group” means the Company and any company which from time to time is a
subsidiary of the Company, within the meaning of section 1159 of the Companies Act 2006 (each a “Group Company”); 

“Market Value” means, in relation to a Share on any day, the mid-closing price of a Share on such day (as derived from the
Daily Official List of the London Stock Exchange); 
 “Nominee” means any person appointed by the Company from time to time
to hold legal title to the Shares subject to a Forfeitable Share Award on behalf of the Participant in accordance with these Rules (which may be the trustee of a Trust acting as a nominee); 

  
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 “Normal Vesting Date” means: 

 

	 	(A)    subject	to (B): 

  

	 	(i)	where the Board determines that an extended vesting period shall apply, the fifth anniversary of the Grant Date, or otherwise, 

  

	 	(ii)	the third anniversary of the Grant Date or any later date determined by the Board; or 

  

	 	(B)	in respect of an Award granted in respect of the recruitment of an Eligible Employee, any other date (which may be prior to the third anniversary of the Grant Date) as determined by the Board prior to the Grant Date;

 “Option” means a right to acquire Shares, which may be exercised by the Participant following the vesting
of the Award during any period permitted for exercise; 
 “Option Price” shall be nil, or such other amount as the Board may
determine (provided that the Board may reduce or waive such amount at any time); 
 “Participant” means an Eligible Employee
who has received an Award to the extent it has not been released and has not lapsed (or, following his death, his Personal Representatives); 

“Performance Condition” means the performance condition to which an Award is subject, which may consist of one or more
performance elements, being as set out in an Appendix to the Plan (as substituted or amended by the Board from time to time); 

“Performance Period” means the period of three Financial Years beginning with the Financial Year in which the Grant Date
falls, or such other period as is determined by the Board prior to the Grant Date in accordance with Rule 5; 
 “Personal
Representatives” means, following his death, the Participant’s personal representatives, or a person fulfilling a similar function in any jurisdiction; 

“Plan” means this British American Tobacco 2016 Long Term Incentive Plan, as amended from time to time; 

“Quarter Day” means 31 March, 30 June, 30 September or 31 December; 

“Rule” means a rule of this Plan; 

“Share” means a fully paid ordinary share in the capital of the Company; 

“Treasury Shares” means Shares to which Sections 724 to 732 of the Companies Act 2006 apply; 

“Trust” means any employee benefit trust from time to time established by the Company; and 

“vesting” means: 
  

	 	(A)	Shares subject to a Conditional Award becoming due to be transferred to the Participant; 

  

	 	(B)	Shares subject to a Forfeitable Share Award ceasing to be subject to the restrictions set out in Rule 6 (Additional terms applicable to Forfeitable Share Awards), and legal title to such Shares becoming due to be
transferred to the Participant; or 

  

	 	(C)	an Option becoming exercisable, (and “vest” shall be construed accordingly). 

  

	1.2	In this Plan unless the context requires otherwise: 

  

	 	1.2.1	the headings are inserted for convenience only and do not affect the interpretation of any Rule; 

  

	 	1.2.2	a reference to a statute or statutory provision includes a reference: 

  
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	 	(A)	to that statute or statutory provision as from time to time consolidated, modified, re-enacted or replaced by any statute or statutory provision; 

 

	 	(B)	to any repealed statute or statutory provision which it re-enacts (with or without modification); and 

 

	 	(C)	to any subordinate legislation made under it; 

  

	 	1.2.3	words in the singular include the plural, and vice versa; 

  

	 	1.2.4	a reference to the masculine shall be treated as a reference to the feminine and vice versa; 

  

	 	1.2.5	a reference to a person shall include a reference to a body corporate; and 

  

	 	1.2.6	a reference to writing or written form shall include any legible format capable of being reproduced on paper, irrespective of the medium used. 

 

	1.3	In this Plan: 

  

	 	1.3.1	a reference to the “transfer of Shares” (or similar) shall include both the issue and allotment of Shares and the transfer of Treasury Shares; and 

 

	 	1.3.2	a provision obliging, or permitting, any company to do any thing shall be read as obliging, or permitting, such company to do that thing, or procure that thing to be done; and 

 

	 	1.3.3	the use of the word “including” shall mean including without limitation and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing. 

 

	2.	PLAN LIMITS 

  

	2.1	Pursuant to the Plan: 

  

	 	2.1.1	subject to Rule 2.2, the Board may not grant a Conditional Award or Option; and 

  

	 	2.1.2	Shares may not be issued for the purpose of a Forfeitable Share Award, 

 if the number of Shares
subject to such proposed Award (the “Relevant Shares”) would cause either of the limits in Rules 2.3 or 2.4 to be breached. 
  

	2.2	Rule 2.1 shall not apply in respect of a Conditional Award or Option granted on terms that it shall not be capable of being satisfied by the issue of Shares. 

5 per cent limit: discretionary Employees’ Share Scheme 

 

	2.3	The number of Relevant Shares, when added to the aggregate of: 

  

	 	2.3.1	the number of Shares subject to outstanding options or awards granted within the previous 10 years under the Plan or any other discretionary Employees’ Share Scheme adopted by the Company which may be satisfied by
the issue of Shares; and 

  

	 	2.3.2	the number of Shares actually issued within the previous 10 years under the Plan, under any other discretionary Employees’ Share Scheme or to a Trust (but excluding any of those Shares that were used to satisfy an
option or award granted more than 10 years previously, and without double counting any Shares which the Board has determined are to be used to satisfy options or awards counted under Rule 2.3.1 above), 

may not exceed such number as represents 5 per cent of the Company’s issued share capital immediately prior to such proposed grant or
issue. 

  
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 10 per cent limit: Employees’ Share Scheme 

 

	2.4	The number of Relevant Shares, when added to the aggregate of: 

  

	 	2.4.1	the number of Shares subject to outstanding options or awards granted within the previous 10 years under the Plan or any other Employees’ Share Scheme adopted by the Company which may be satisfied by the issue of
Shares; and 

  

	 	2.4.2	the number of Shares actually issued within the previous 10 years under the Plan, under any other Employees’ Share Scheme or to a Trust (but excluding any of those Shares: that were used to satisfy an option or
award granted more than 10 years previously, and without double counting any Shares which the Board has determined are to be used to satisfy options or awards counted under Rule 2.4.1 above), 

may not exceed such number as represents 10 per cent of the Company’s issued share capital immediately prior to such proposed grant
or issue. 
 Treasury Shares 
  

	2.5	References in this Rule 2 to the issue of Shares shall include the transfer of Treasury Shares, but only until such time as the guidelines issued by institutional investor bodies cease to provide that they should be so
included. 

  

	3.	AWARDS 

 Eligibility 

 

	3.1	Awards may be granted to Eligible Employees selected by the Board. 

 Timing of grants

  

	3.2	An Award may only be granted: 

  

	 	3.2.1	during the period of 42 days commencing on the date on which the Plan is approved shareholders of the Company in general meeting; 

  

	 	3.2.2	during the period of 42 days commencing on the Dealing Day immediately following the day on which the Company announces its results for the preceding financial year, half-year or other period; 

 

	 	3.2.3	in respect of an Award to be granted in respect of the recruitment of an Eligible Employee, as soon as reasonably practicable after the Eligible Employee commences holding office or employment with any Group Company;
and/or 

  

	 	3.2.4	at such time at which the Board determines that exceptional circumstances exist which justify the grant of the Award, 

or, in any such case, if the grant of Awards during such period or at such time would be contrary to any Dealing Restriction, as soon as
reasonably practicable after such restriction ceases to apply. 
 Individual limit 

 

	3.3	An Award may not be granted to an Eligible Employee where it would cause the aggregate Relevant Value of the Shares subject to such Award and any Award(s) granted to the Eligible Employee in the same Financial Year to
exceed an amount equal to 500% of the gross annual basic salary of that Eligible Employee as at the first day of such Financial Year or, if later, the first day of the Eligible Employee’s employment with the Group during such Financial year.

 An Award granted in breach of this limit shall immediately lapse in respect of the number of Shares which cause this limit
to be breached. Awards which have been released or have lapsed, or which are granted in connection with the recruitment of an Eligible Employee in lieu of incentive awards granted by the individual’s former employer which are forfeited, and any
right to receive Shares as a dividend equivalent, shall be ignored for this purpose. 

  
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 In this Rule 3.3, the “Relevant Value” of a Share subject to an Award means
either (as determined by the Board): (i) the Market Value of a Share on the Dealing Day immediately preceding the Grant Date; or (ii) the average of the Market Values of a Share over such number of Dealing Days preceding the Grant Date as the
Board may determine (all being within the period of 30 days preceding the Grant Date and, where the Award is granted within the period in Rule 3.2.2, being on or after the date of the results announcement). 

 

	3.4	Where an Eligible Employee’s gross annual basic salary is denominated in a currency other than pounds sterling, for the purposes of Rule 3.3 above such gross annual basic salary shall be converted into pounds
sterling on such basis as the Board may reasonably determine. 

 Method of grant 

 

	3.5	An Award shall be granted by the Board. 

  

	3.6	A Conditional Award or an Option shall be granted by deed. 

  

	3.7	The Company shall procure that the Shares subject to a Forfeitable Share Award shall, on or as soon as reasonably practicable following the Grant Date, be issued to or acquired by a Nominee, and shall thereafter be held
on behalf of the Participant until the date on which the Forfeitable Share Award vests or such earlier date as the Forfeitable Share Award lapses. 

  

	3.8	No payment for the grant of an Award shall be made by the Participant. 

  

	3.9	A Participant may within 30 days of the Grant Date release an Award (in full but not in part) by written notice to the Company. Where a Participant does not release an Award within such period, the Participant shall be
deemed to have accepted the Award on the terms set out in the Rules. 

 Award notification 

 

	3.10	As soon as practicable following the Grant Date the Company shall notify a Participant of the grant of an Award. Such notification shall specify: 

 

	 	3.10.1	whether the Award takes the form of a Conditional Award, a Forfeitable Share Award or an Option; 

  

	 	3.10.2	the Grant Date; 

  

	 	3.10.3	the Normal Vesting Date; 

  

	 	3.10.4	the number of Shares in respect of which the Award is granted; 

  

	 	3.10.5	in relation to an Option, the Option Price (if any); 

  

	 	3.10.6	the full terms of the Performance Condition and the Performance Period; 

  

	 	3.10.7	if applicable, that the dividend equivalent provisions of Rule 11 (Dividend equivalent) shall apply; and 

  

	 	3.10.8	that the Award is subject to the claw-back provisions of Rule 15 (Claw-back) and Appendix 1 (Operation of Claw-back). 

 

	4.	AWARDS ARE NON-TRANSFERABLE 

  

	4.1	A Participant may not transfer, assign, pledge, charge or otherwise dispose of, or grant any form of security or other interest over, any part of his interest in an Award. An Award shall (unless the Board determines
otherwise) lapse on the Participant doing so (whether voluntarily or involuntarily), being deprived of the beneficial ownership of an Award by operation of law, or becoming bankrupt. 

  
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	4.2	Rule 4.1 does not restrict the transmission of an Award to the Participant’s Personal Representatives following his death. 

  

	5.	PERFORMANCE CONDITION 

  

	5.1	An Award shall be granted subject to the Performance Condition. 

  

	5.2	Subject to Rule 5.3, each element of the Performance Condition shall be assessed over a period of not less than three years, ending no later than the Normal Vesting Date. 

 

	5.3	An Award granted in respect of the recruitment of an Eligible Employee may be granted on terms that the Performance Condition shall be assessed over such shorter period as the Board may determine prior to the grant of
the Award. 

  

	5.4	If events happen following the Grant Date which cause the Board to determine that any element of the Performance Condition is no longer a fair measure of the Company’s performance, the Board may alter the terms of
such element as it determines to be appropriate but not so that the revised target is, in the opinion of the Board, materially less challenging than was intended in setting the original Performance Condition. 

 

	5.5	The Performance Condition may not be retested. 

  

	6.	ADDITIONAL TERMS SPECIFIC TO FORFEITABLE SHARE AWARDS 

 Restrictions applicable to
Forfeitable Share Awards 
  

	6.1	The Participant shall be (subject to the Award lapsing) the beneficial owner of the Shares subject to a Forfeitable Share Award. For the avoidance of doubt, such beneficial interest shall be subject to the restriction
in Rule 4.1 (Awards are non-transferable). 

  

	6.2	Until a Forfeitable Share Award vests, the Nominee shall refuse to act on any instruction from the Participant to (and, subject to Rule 6.3, shall not) transfer, assign, pledge, charge or otherwise dispose of, or grant
any form of security or other interest over, legal title to the Shares subject to the Award or any interest therein, or enter into any agreement or accept any offer to do any such thing. 

 

	6.3	The Nominee shall take such action as is necessary to give effect to Rules 9.8 (Roll-over of Award), 13.1 (Tax Liability), 14 (Claw-back), 16 (Variation of capital) and Appendix 1
(Operation of Claw-back) and without further instruction from the Participant (and for the avoidance of doubt nothing in this Rule 6 shall prevent Shares subject to a Forfeitable Share Award becoming
subject to a Corporate Action pursuant to Rule 9.3 (Scheme of compromise or arrangement)). 

 Voting rights on
forfeitable Shares 
  

	6.4	Unless the Board determines otherwise, the Participant shall be entitled to direct the Nominee to vote the Shares subject to a Forfeitable Share Award, provided that the Nominee shall not be bound to seek directions
from the Participant to vote and in the absence of any such direction shall not vote. 

 Dividend rights on forfeitable
Shares 
  

	6.5	Unless the Board determines otherwise, the Participant shall be entitled to receive any dividends paid in respect of Shares subject to a Forfeitable Share Award (and if the Board so determines the Nominee shall waive
the right to receive any dividends in respect of such Shares). 

 Lapse of Forfeitable Share Award 

 

	6.6	Where a Forfeitable Share Award lapses, the Participant shall cease to be beneficially entitled to the Shares subject to the Award, and the beneficial interest in such Shares shall, unless the Board directs otherwise,
revert to a Trust specified by the Board for nil or nominal consideration. 

  
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	7.	VESTING 

 Normal vesting 

 

	7.1	An Award shall vest on the Normal Vesting Date. 

 Vesting subject to Dealing Restrictions

  

	7.2	A Conditional Award or a Forfeitable Share Award shall not vest unless, and vesting shall be delayed until, the Board is satisfied that at that time: 

 

	 	7.2.1	such vesting; 

  

	 	7.2.2	the transfer of Shares to the Participant and the sale of Shares pursuant to Rule 13; and 

  

	 	7.2.3	any action needed to be taken by the Company to give effect to such vesting is not contrary to any Dealing Restriction. 

Extent of vesting determined by the Performance Condition 
  

	7.3	The extent to which an Award shall be capable of vesting (if at all) shall be determined by reference to the Performance Condition. At the end of the period over which the Performance Condition is assessed, the Award
shall lapse to the extent that the Performance Condition is not met. 

  

	7.4	Where an Award vests (pursuant to Rule 7.7 (International Transfers), Rule 8 (Cessation of office or employment) or 9 (Corporate Actions)) prior to the end of the period over which any element of
the Performance Condition is assessed, such element shall be assessed based on performance to the last Quarter Day prior to the date on which the Award vests using such information (not limited to published accounts) as the Board shall determine.

 Effect of vesting 
  

	7.5	The effect of the vesting of an Award is that: 

  

	 	7.5.1	the Shares in respect of which a Conditional Award vests shall be transferred to the Participant as soon as is reasonably practicable; 

 

	 	7.5.2	the Shares in respect of which a Forfeitable Share Award vests shall cease to be subject to the restrictions set out in Rule 6 (Additional terms applicable to Forfeitable Share Awards), and legal title to such
Shares shall be transferred to the Participant as soon as is reasonably practicable; and 

  

	 	7.5.3	an Option shall, to the extent that it vests, become exercisable in accordance with Rule 10 (Options). 

Disciplinary proceedings 
  

	7.6	Unless the Board determines otherwise, an Award shall not vest while a Participant is subject to a formal disciplinary process, and vesting shall (subject to the Award lapsing to any extent as a result of the conclusion
of such process pursuant to Rule 8 (Cessation of office or employment) or 14 (Claw-back)) be delayed until the conclusion of such process. 

International transfers 
  

	7.7	Where a Participant, whilst continuing to hold an office or employment with a Group Company, is to be transferred to work in another country, and as a result the Board considers that following such transfer either he or
a Group Company is likely to suffer a tax disadvantage in respect of an Award or, due to securities or exchange control laws, the Participant is likely to be restricted in his ability to receive Shares pursuant to an Award, to exercise an Option
and/or to hold or deal in Shares, the Board may decide that an Award shall vest on such date as it may determine, in which case: 

  
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	 	7.7.1	the proportion of the Award which may vest shall be limited (unless the Board determines otherwise) to a pro rata proportion on the basis of the number of months (rounded up to the nearest whole month) which have
elapsed from the first day of the Performance Period to such vesting date, as compared to the number of whole months within the Performance Period. Any remainder of the Award shall lapse; and 

 

	 	7.7.2	an Option may be exercised during such period as may be determined by the Board ending no later than the date on which the Participant’s transfer takes effect. 

 

	8.	CESSATION OF OFFICE OR EMPLOYMENT 

 Cessation where Awards lapse 

 

	8.1	An Award shall lapse: 

  

	 	8.1.1	on the Participant ceasing to hold office or employment with any Group Company; or 

  

	 	8.1.2	if the Participant gives or receives notice of such cessation, on such earlier date as may be determined by the Board, 

save in each case where Rule 8.2 or Rule 8.6 applies. 

Reasons for cessation where Awards remain capable of vesting 
  

	8.2	An Award shall not lapse pursuant to Rule 8.1 where the reason for the cessation or notice is: 

  

	 	8.2.1	disability, ill-health or injury (as evidenced to the satisfaction of the Board); 

  

	 	8.2.2	redundancy (within the meaning of the Employment Rights Act 1996); 

  

	 	8.2.3	the transfer of the Participant’s employment in connection with the disposal of a business or undertaking, or a part- business or part- undertaking; 

 

	 	8.2.4	the company with which the Participant holds office or employment ceasing to be a Group Company; or 

  

	 	8.2.5	any other reason, if the Board so determines. 

 Where the Board exercises its discretion under
Rule 8.2.5 the Board may impose additional conditions on the Award (including as to when the Award may vest). 
 Cessation prior to the
Normal Vesting Date 
  

	8.3	Where prior to the Normal Vesting Date a Participant ceases to hold office or employment with any Group Company for any of the reasons specified in Rule 8.2: 

 

	 	8.3.1	an Award shall not vest at the date of such cessation, but shall continue to be capable of vesting (in which case an Option may be exercised during the period of six months, or such other period as may be determined by
the Board, from such date on which the Award may vest, and shall lapse at the expiry of such period); or 

  

	 	8.3.2	the Board may determine that the Award shall instead vest on or at any time following the date of cessation (in which case an Option may be exercised during the period of six months, or such other period as may be
determined by the Board, from such vesting date, and shall lapse at the expiry of such period). 

 For the avoidance of doubt,
the Board may make the determination in Rule 8.3.2 on a standing basis (subject to revocation of such determination at any time) in respect of all Awards to be granted to a specified Eligible Employee or Eligible Employees. 

  
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	8.4	Where prior to the Normal Vesting Date a Participant ceases to hold office or employment with any Group Company for any of the reasons specified in Rule 8.2, unless the Board determines otherwise: 

 

	 	8.4.1	if the date of such cessation falls within the first six months of the Performance Period, the Award shall lapse in full on the date of such cessation; or 

 

	 	8.4.2	where Rule 8.4.1 does not apply, the proportion of the Award which may vest (under any Rule) shall be limited to a pro rata proportion on the basis of the number of months (rounded up to the nearest whole month) which
have elapsed from the first day of the Performance Period to the date of cessation, as compared to the number of whole months within the Performance Period. Any remainder of the Award shall lapse. 

Exercise period in the event of cessation on or after the Normal Vesting Date 

 

	8.5	Where on or after the Normal Vesting Date a Participant ceases to hold office or employment with any Group Company for any of the reasons specified in Rule 8.2, an Option shall lapse at the expiry of the period of six
months, or such other period as may be determined by the Board, from the date of cessation. 

 Death 

 

	8.6	An Award shall vest on the Participant’s death. An Option may be exercised (by the Participant’s Personal Representatives) during a period of one year from the date of the Participant’s death and shall
lapse at the expiry of such period. Where a Participant dies during an exercise period pursuant to either Rule 8.3 or 8.5 an Option shall not lapse as a result of such Rule until the expiry of the twelve month period in this Rule 8.6.

 Cessation following a Corporate Action 
  

	8.7	Where a Participant ceases to hold office or employment with any Group Company following a Corporate Action within the relevant exercise period referred to in Rule 9 (Corporate Actions), an Option shall not lapse
pursuant to this Rule 8 until the expiry of the relevant exercise period in Rule 9 (Corporate Actions). This Rule 8.7 shall not apply where the cessation is by way of (or occurs where there are circumstances which the Board determines would
have justified) summary dismissal or service of notice of termination of office or employment on the grounds of misconduct. 

Meaning of cessation of office or employment 
  

	8.8	No provision of this Rule 8 shall apply in respect of any cessation of office or employment if immediately following the cessation the Participant holds an office or employment with any Group Company, or in respect of
any notice of cessation if arrangements are in place that mean immediately following the notice becoming effective the Participant will hold an office or employment with any Group Company. 

 

	9.	CORPORATE ACTIONS 

 General offers 

 

	9.1	Awards shall vest: 

  

	 	9.1.1	upon a person obtaining Control of the Company as a result of making a general offer to acquire Shares; 

  

	 	9.1.2	upon a person, having obtained Control of the Company, making a general offer to acquire Shares; or 

  

	 	9.1.3	 if a person makes a general offer to acquire Shares that would result in that person obtaining Control of the
Company and the Board so determines, on the 

  
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date which the Board determines to be the last practicable date prior to the date on which it expects such person to obtain Control of the Company, 

in each case being a general offer to acquire all of the Shares (other than Shares held by the person making the offer and any person connected
to that person). 
 Options may be exercised during the period of six months from the date of any such event (but if not exercised, Options
shall not lapse at the expiry of such period). 
 Compulsory acquisition 

 

	9.2	Awards shall vest upon a person becoming entitled to acquire Shares under Sections 979 to 982 of the Companies Act 2006. 

Options may be exercised during a period of one month from the date on which that person first becomes so entitled, and shall lapse at the
expiry of such period. 
 Scheme of compromise or arrangement 

 

	9.3	Awards shall vest upon a Court sanctioning a compromise or arrangement which, on becoming effective, would result in: 

  

	 	9.3.1	any person obtaining Control of the Company; 

  

	 	9.3.2	the undertaking, property and liabilities of the Company being transferred to another existing or new company; or 

  

	 	9.3.3	the undertaking, property and liabilities of the Company being divided among and transferred to two or more companies, whether existing or new. 

Options may be exercised during a period of six months from the date of a Court sanctioning such a compromise or arrangement (or, if earlier,
to the day prior to the date on which a transfer as described in Rule 9.3.2 or Rule 9.3.3 is to become effective), and shall lapse at the expiry of such period. 

Merger 
  

	9.4	Awards shall vest upon a competent authority approving a Cross-Border Merger, pursuant to which the Company shall cease to exist. 

Options may be exercised during the period from the date of a competent authority approving a
Cross-Border Merger until the day prior to the date on which the Cross-Border Merger is to become effective, and shall lapse at the expiry of such period. 

Voluntary winding-up 
  

	9.5	Awards shall vest in the event of a notice being given of a resolution for the voluntary winding-up of the Company. 

Options may be exercised during a period of two months from the date of such a notice being given and shall lapse at the expiry of such period.

 Demerger or special dividend 
  

	9.6	If the Board so determines, Awards may vest following the announcement of a demerger of a substantial part of the Group’s business, a special dividend or a similar event affecting the value of Shares to a material
extent on such date specified by the Board. Where the Board makes such determination, Options may be exercised during a period of two months (or such other period as the Board may determine) from the date specified by the Board and, unless the Board
determines otherwise, shall lapse at the expiry of such period. 

  
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 Extent of vesting on a Corporate Action 

 

	9.7	Where an Award vests (and, in the case of an Option, is exercised) pursuant to any of Rules 9.1 to 9.6, the proportion of the Award which may vest shall be limited (unless the Board determines otherwise) to a pro rata
proportion on the basis of the number of months (rounded up to the nearest whole month) which have elapsed from the first day of the Performance Period to the date of the Corporate Action, as compared to the number of whole months within the
Performance Period. Any remainder of the Award shall lapse. 

 Roll-over of Award
on a Reorganisation or takeover 
  

	9.8	Unless the Board determines otherwise, an Award shall not vest pursuant to this Rule 9 if, as a result of any event that would otherwise be a Corporate Action, a company will obtain Control of the Company or will obtain
substantially all of the assets of the Company (the “Acquiring Company”), and either: 

  

	 	9.8.1	the Acquiring Company will immediately following such event have (either directly or indirectly) substantially the same shareholders and approximate shareholdings as those of the Company prior to such event (a
“Reorganisation”); or 

  

	 	9.8.2	the Board, with the agreement of the Acquiring Company, determines that the Award shall not vest as a result of such event and so notifies the Participant prior to the occurrence of the date on which the Award would
otherwise vest. 

 In such case: 
  

	 	9.8.3	the existing Option or Conditional Award (the “Old Award”) shall lapse on the occurrence of the relevant event, provided that the New Parent Company shall grant a replacement right to receive shares (the
“New Award”) over such number of shares in the New Parent Company which are of equivalent value to the number of Shares in respect of which the Old Award was outstanding. The New Award shall be granted on the terms of the Plan, but as if
the New Award had been granted at the same time as the Old Award and shall continue to be subject to the Performance Condition (but subject to Rule 5.4 (Performance Condition)); 

 

	 	9.8.4	where the event is an event specified in Rule 9.1.1 or Rule 9.1.2 (notwithstanding that the Award shall not vest pursuant to such Rule) the Nominee shall action the acceptance of the general offer in respect of the
Shares subject to the Forfeitable Share Award; and/or 

  

	 	9.8.5	the proceeds from the relevant event received by the Nominee in respect of the Shares subject to the Forfeitable Share Award, whether in cash or securities (and the Nominee shall accept, on behalf of the Participant,
any offer of securities in preference to the receipt of cash), shall continue to be held on behalf of the Participant subject to the terms of the Plan, provided that a proportion of such proceeds as is of equal value to the amount of any Tax
Liability arising in respect of the Award at such time shall vest and shall be dealt with in accordance with Rule 13.1.1 (Tax Liability) (and references in the Plan to the Shares subject to the Forfeitable Share Award shall be read as being
to the proceeds that continue to be held on behalf of the Participant). 

 For the purposes of this Rule 9.8: 

 

	 	9.8.6	the “New Parent Company” shall be the Acquiring Company, or, if different the company that is the ultimate parent company of the Acquiring Company within the meaning of section 1159 of the Companies Act 2006;
and 

  

	 	9.8.7	the terms of the Plan shall following the date of the relevant event be construed as if: 

  

	 	(A)	the reference to “British American Tobacco p.l.c.” in the definition of “Company” in Rule 1 (Interpretation and construction) were a reference to the company which is the New Parent Company,
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	 	(B)	save where the New Parent Company is listed, Rule 18.2 (Amendments) were omitted. 

Compulsory winding-up 
  

	9.9	An Award shall lapse on the passing of an effective resolution, or the making of a Court order, for the compulsory winding-up of the Company. 

Concert parties 
  

	9.10	For the purposes of this Rule 9, a person shall be deemed to have Control of the Company where he and any others acting in concert with him together have Control of the Company. 

 

	10.	OPTIONS 

  

	10.1	An Option may be exercised, in full or in any number of parts, by the delivery to the Company (or such other person nominated by the Company) of a valid notice of exercise in such form as the Board may prescribe
together with payment of the Option Price for the Shares in respect of which the Option is exercised (if any). 

  

	10.2	An Option shall lapse on the tenth anniversary of the Grant Date (or such earlier date as the Board may determine prior to the Grant Date). 

 

	10.3	Any Shares in respect of which the Option is exercised shall be transferred to the Participant as soon as reasonably practicable. 

  

	10.4	An Option may not be exercised unless the Board is satisfied that at such time: 

  

	 	10.4.1	such exercise, 

  

	 	10.4.2	the transfer of Shares to the Participant and the sale of Shares pursuant to Rule 13; and 

  

	 	10.4.3	any action needed to be taken by the Company to give effect to such exercise, 

 is not contrary
to any Dealing Restriction. Where the exercise, transfer or dealing in Shares is contrary to any Dealing Restriction on the last Dealing Day in any of the periods referred to in Rules 8.3, 8.5 or 8.6 (Rule 8 being in relation to cessation of
office or employment) or Rules 9.1 to 9.3 or 9.6 (Rule 9 being in relation to Corporate Actions), such period shall be extended to the end of the first Dealing Day thereafter on which the Board is satisfied that the exercise, transfer and
dealing in Shares is not contrary to any Dealing Restriction. 
  

	10.5	An Option shall lapse on the earliest date provided under any Rule (save only as expressly provided in Rules 8.6 (Death) and 8.7 (Cessation following a Corporate Action)). 

 

	11.	DIVIDEND EQUIVALENT 

  

	11.1	If at any time prior to the Normal Vesting Date the Board so determines, on or following the date on which an Award vests the Company may make a cash payment to the Participant equal to the amount of any dividends that
the Participant would have received in respect of the number of Shares in respect of which the Award vests had the Participant been the full legal and beneficial owner of such Shares during the period from the Grant Date to the date the Award vests.

  

	11.2	A cash payment under Rule 11.1 may be made in a currency other than pounds sterling, in which case the amount of such payment shall be converted into such other currency on such basis as is determined by the Board.

  

	11.3	Rule 11.1 shall not apply in respect of a Forfeitable Share Award unless the Board determines pursuant to Rule 6.5 (Dividend rights on forfeitable Shares) that the Participant shall not be entitled to receive
dividends paid in respect of the Shares subject to the Forfeitable Share Award. 

  
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	12.	CASH ALTERNATIVE – OPTIONS AND CONDITIONAL AWARDS 

  

	12.1	This Rule 12 shall not apply in respect of any Award granted to a Participant resident in any jurisdiction where the grant of an Award which provides for a cash alternative would be unlawful, fall outside any applicable
exemption under securities, exchange control or similar regulations, or would cause adverse tax or social security (or similar) contribution consequences for the Company or the Participant (in each case as determined by the Board) or where the Board
determines prior to the Grant Date that this Rule 12 shall not apply. 

  

	12.2	The Board may determine prior to the Grant Date that a Conditional Award or Option shall only be satisfied in cash, in which case the Award shall not be a right to acquire Shares, and the vesting of the Conditional
Award or exercise of the Option shall be satisfied in full by the payment of a cash equivalent amount, in substitution for the transfer of Shares. 

  

	12.3	Where the Board has made no determination pursuant to Rule 12.1 or 12.2 in respect of any Conditional Award or Option, the Board may determine at any time prior to the transfer of Shares pursuant to such Award that the
vesting of the Conditional Award or the exercise of the Option (or a part thereof) shall be satisfied by the payment of a cash equivalent amount, in substitution for the transfer of Shares. 

 

	12.4	A “cash equivalent amount” shall be calculated as the number of Shares which would otherwise be transferred in respect of the relevant vesting or exercise but which are being substituted for the cash
equivalent amount, multiplied by the Market Value of a Share on the vesting date (or, in the case of an Option, the Market Value of a Share on the date of exercise less the Option Price (if any)). 

 

	12.5	A cash equivalent amount shall be paid as soon as reasonably practicable following the relevant vesting or exercise. 

  

	12.6	A cash equivalent amount may be paid in a currency other than pounds sterling, in which case the cash equivalent amount shall be converted into such other currency on such basis as is determined by the Board.

  

	13.	TAX LIABILITY 

  

	13.1	When any Tax Liability arises in respect of an Award, the Participant authorises any Group Company: 

  

	 	13.1.1	to retain and sell legal title to such number of the Shares which would otherwise have been transferred to the Participant on vesting or exercise of the Award, or any part thereof, (notwithstanding that beneficial title
shall pass) as may be sold for aggregate proceeds equal to the Group Company’s estimate of the amount of the Tax Liability; 

  

	 	13.1.2	to deduct an amount equal to the Group Company’s estimate of the Tax Liability from any cash payment made under the Plan; and/or 

 

	 	13.1.3	where the amount realised under Rule 13.1.1 or deducted under Rule 13.1.2 is insufficient to cover the full amount of the Tax Liability, to deduct any further amount as is necessary through payroll, 

and in each case to apply such amount in paying the amount of the Tax Liability to the relevant revenue authority or in reimbursing the
relevant Group Company for any such payment, provided that, where the amount realised under Rule 13.1.1 or deducted under Rule 13.1.2 is greater than the actual Tax Liability, the Group Company shall repay the excess to the Participant as soon as
reasonably practicable. 
 The Group Company shall be entitled to make the estimates referred to in this Rule 13.1 on the basis of the
highest rates of tax and/or social security applicable at the relevant time in the jurisdiction in which the Group Company is liable to account for the Tax Liability, notwithstanding that the Tax Liability may not arise at such rates. 

 

	13.2	“Tax Liability” shall mean any amount of tax and/or social security (or similar) contributions which any Group Company becomes liable to pay on behalf of the Participant 

  
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to the revenue authorities in any jurisdiction, together with all or such proportion (if any) of employer’s social security contributions which would otherwise be payable by any Group
Company as is determined to be recoverable from the Participant (to the extent permitted by law) by the Board, or which the Participant has agreed to pay or which are subject to recovery pursuant to an election to which paragraph 3B of Schedule 1 to
the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 applies. 

  

	14.	VESTED SHARE ACCOUNTS 

  

	14.1	Legal title to any Shares which are due to be transferred to the Participant pursuant to the Plan may be transferred to a person (the “Vested Share Account Provider”) appointed by the Company from time
to time to hold legal title to such Shares on behalf of the Participant. 

  

	14.2	The Vested Share Account Provider shall receive and hold Shares on behalf of the Participant in accordance with such terms and conditions as are agreed by the Company from time to time, and by participating in the Plan
the Participant irrevocably agrees to those terms and conditions (which shall be available to the Participant on request to the Company). 

  

	14.3	The transfer of any Shares to the Vested Share Account Provider shall satisfy any obligation of the Company under the Plan to transfer Shares to the Participant (and references in the Plan to Shares (or legal title
thereof) having been transferred to the Participant shall be read accordingly). 

  

	15.	CLAW-BACK 

 Claw-back events 

 

	15.1	The Board may at any time prior to the fifth anniversary of the Grant Date of an Award determine that a Claw-back shall apply in respect of an Award, if the Board determines that:

  

	 	15.1.1	there has been a material misrepresentation in relation to the performance of any Group Company, relevant business unit and/or the Participant on the basis of which the extent to which the Award will be capable of
vesting, or vested, was determined (which may include, but shall not be limited to: (i) a misstatement of the financial results and/or health of any Group Company; (ii) an erroneous calculation in relation to any Group Company’s
results or other performance benchmark; (iii) errors in any Group Company’s financial statements; or (iv) discrepancies in the financial accounts, and, for the avoidance of doubt, notwithstanding that such misrepresentation may not
arise from fraud or reckless behaviour); or 

  

	 	15.1.2	an erroneous calculation was made in assessing the extent to which the Award is to be capable of vesting, or vested, 

and, in either case, the Award is capable of vesting, or vested, in respect of a greater number of Shares than would have been the case
had there not been such a misrepresentation or had such error not been made. 
  

	15.2	The Board may at any time (whether before or after vesting) determine that a Claw-back shall apply in respect of an Award where the Participant is found to have committed at any
time prior to the vesting of the Award, including prior to grant, an act or omission which justifies, or in the opinion of the Board would have justified, summary dismissal or service of notice of termination of office or employment on the grounds
of misconduct. 

 Applying Claw-back 
  

	15.3	A Claw-back shall be applied in accordance with the provisions of Appendix 1 (Operation of Claw-back). 

  
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 Lapse of Awards to give effect to claw-back of other awards 

 

	15.4	By participating in the Plan, the Participant acknowledges that the Board may lapse any Award to such extent as it determines to be necessary (including in full) in order to give effect to a claw-back under the terms of the Plan or any other Employees’ Share Scheme or bonus scheme operated from time to time by any Group Company. 

No Claw-back following Corporate Action 
  

	15.5	No Claw-back shall be capable of being applied at any time following any Corporate Action, save where the determination that the Claw-back shall apply was made prior to such event
(and, for the avoidance of doubt, a Corporate Action does not include a Reorganisation). 

  

	16.	VARIATION OF CAPITAL 

  

	16.1	If in respect of Shares subject to a Forfeitable Share Award the Nominee receives on behalf of a Participant any rights to acquire securities, the Nominee shall sell such rights nil paid to the extent necessary to take
up the remaining rights. 

  

	16.2	In the event of any variation of the share capital of the Company, or in the event of the demerger of a substantial part of the Group’s business, a special dividend or similar event affecting the value of Shares to
a material extent (which shall not include the payment of any ordinary dividend): 

  

	 	16.2.1	the Board may make such adjustments to Conditional Awards and Options as it may determine to be appropriate; and 

  

	 	16.2.2	any proceeds from such an event received by a Nominee in respect of any Shares subject to a Forfeitable Share Award, whether in cash or securities, (including where the Nominee takes up rights pursuant to Rule 16.1)
shall be held by the Nominee on the same terms as the Forfeitable Share Award to which they relate, and references to the Shares subject to a Forfeitable Share Award shall be read to include such proceeds. 

 

	16.3	For the avoidance of doubt Rule 16.2 shall not apply in respect of any Awards pursuant to which legal title to Shares has been transferred prior to the date of the relevant event (such that the recipient of such legal
title shall participate in such event as a holder of Shares) including pursuant to the vesting of an Award under Rule 9.6 (Demerger or special dividend). 

  

	17.	ADMINISTRATION 

  

	17.1	Any notice or other communication under or in connection with this Plan may be given by the Company (or its agents) to a Participant personally, by email or by post, or by a Participant to the Company or any Group
Company either personally or by post to the Secretary of the Company. Items sent by post shall be pre-paid and shall be deemed to have been received 48 hours after posting. Items sent by email shall be deemed
to have been received immediately. 

  

	17.2	A Participant shall not be entitled to: 

  

	 	17.2.1	receive copies of accounts or notices sent to holders of Shares; 

  

	 	17.2.2	subject to Rule 6.4 (Voting rights on forfeitable Shares) in respect of a Forfeitable Share Award, exercise voting rights; or 

 

	 	17.2.3	subject to Rule 6.5 (Dividends rights on forfeitable Shares) in respect of a Forfeitable Share Award, receive dividends, 

in respect of Shares subject to an Award legal title to which has not been transferred to the Participant. 

 

	17.3	Any discretion (including the power to make any determination) of the Board under or in connection with the Plan may be exercised by the Board in its absolute discretion. 

  
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	17.4	Any exercise of discretion (including the making of any determination) by the Board under or in connection with the Plan shall be final and binding. 

 

	17.5	Any disputes regarding the interpretation of the Rules or the terms of any Award shall be determined by the Board (upon such advice as the Board determines to be necessary) and any decision in relation thereto shall be
final and binding. 

  

	18.	AMENDMENTS 

  

	18.1    Subject	to Rules 18.2 and 18.4, the Board may at any time add to or alter the Plan or any Award made thereunder in any respect. 

  

	18.2	Subject to Rule 18.3, no addition or alteration to the advantage of present or future Participants relating to eligibility, the limits on participation, the overall limits on the issue of Shares or the transfer of
Treasury Shares, the basis for determining a Participant’s entitlement to, or the terms of, Shares or cash provided pursuant to the Plan and the provisions for adjustments on a variation of share capital shall be made without the prior approval
by ordinary resolution of the shareholders of the Company in general meeting. 

  

	18.3	Rule 18.2 shall not apply to any alteration to or substitution of the Performance Condition or to any alteration or addition which is necessary or desirable in order to comply with or take account of the provisions of
any proposed or existing legislation, law or other regulatory requirements or to take advantage of any changes in legislation, law or other regulatory requirements, or to obtain or maintain favourable taxation, exchange control or regulatory
treatment of any Group Company or any Participant or to make minor amendments to benefit the administration of the Plan. 

  

	18.4	No alteration or addition shall be made under Rule 18.1 which would abrogate or adversely affect the subsisting rights of a Participant unless it is made: 

 

	 	18.4.1	with the consent in writing of the Participant; 

  

	 	18.4.2	with the consent in writing of such number of Participants as hold Awards under the Plan in relation to 75 per cent. of the Shares subject to all Awards under the Plan; or 

 

	 	18.4.3	by a resolution at a meeting of Participants passed by not less than 75 per cent. of the Participants who attend and vote either in person or by proxy, 

and for the purpose of Rule 18.4.2 or 18.4.3 the Participants shall be treated as the holders of a separate class of share capital and the
provisions of the Articles of Association of the Company relating to class meetings shall apply mutatis mutandis. 
  

	18.5	The Board may, in respect of Eligible Employees who are or who may become subject to taxation outside the United Kingdom on their remuneration, establish such plans or sub-plans based on the Plan but subject to such
modifications as the Board determines to be necessary or desirable to take account of or to mitigate or to comply with relevant overseas taxation, securities or exchange control laws, provided that the terms of awards made under such plans or
sub-plans are not overall more favourable than the terms of Awards made under the Plan and provided that awards made, and Shares issued, pursuant to such plans or sub-plans shall count towards the limits set out in Rules 2 (Plan limits) and
3.3 (Individual limit). 

  

	19.	DATA PROTECTION 

  

	19.1	From time to time the Company will process personal data and sensitive personal data relating to the Participant in order to fulfil the obligations of the Company to the Participant under the Plan and for other purposes
relating to or which may become related to the Participant’s employment, the operation of the Plan or the business of the Company. Such processing will principally be for, but will not be limited to, personnel, administrative, financial,
regulatory or payroll purposes as well as for the purposes of introducing and administering the Plan. 

  

	19.2	 By participating in the Plan, the Participant consents to personal data and sensitive personal data relating to
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reasonably necessary in connection with the Participant’s employment or the business of the Company, being processed by the Company and being disclosed or transferred to and processed by:

  

	 	19.2.1	the Company’s professional advisors, HM Revenue & Customs or other authorities, or (subject to appropriate confidentiality undertakings) prospective purchasers of the Company or of the whole or part of its
business; 

  

	 	19.2.2	a nominee, a trustee of a Trust, its registrars, brokers, other third party administrator or any person who obtains control of the Company or acquires the Company, undertaking or part-undertaking which employs the
Participant; and 

  

	 	19.2.3	any Group Company and the employees of such Group Company. 

  

	19.3	The Participant’s consent to the transfer and disclosure of personal data and sensitive personal data shall apply regardless of the country to which the data is to be transferred. Where data is transferred outside
of the European Economic Area, the Company shall take reasonable steps to ensure an adequate level of protection for the personal data and sensitive personal data concerned. ‘Personal data’, ‘sensitive personal data’ and
‘processing’ shall have the respective meanings attributed to them by the Data Protection Act 1998. 

  

	20.	GENERAL 

  

	20.1	The Plan shall terminate on the 10th anniversary of the approval of the Plan by the shareholders of the Company in general meeting, or at any earlier time by resolution of the Board or an ordinary resolution of the
shareholders in general meeting. Such termination shall be without prejudice to the subsisting rights of Participants. 

  

	20.2	Save as otherwise provided under the Plan: 

  

	 	20.2.1	Shares issued and allotted pursuant to the Plan will rank pari passu in all respects with the Shares then in issue at the date of such allotment, except that they will not rank for any rights attaching to Shares by
reference to a record date preceding the date of allotment; and 

  

	 	20.2.2	Shares to be transferred pursuant to the Plan will be transferred free of all liens, charges and encumbrances and together with all rights attaching thereto, except they will not rank for any rights attaching to Shares
by reference to a record date preceding the date of transfer. 

  

	20.3	If and so long as the Shares are admitted to listing and/or for trading on any stock exchange or market, the Company shall apply for any Shares issued and allotted pursuant to the Plan to be so admitted as soon as
practicable. 

  

	20.4	Any transfer of Shares under the Plan is subject to such consent, if any, of any authorities in any jurisdiction as may be required, and the Participant shall be responsible for complying with the requirements to obtain
or obviate the necessity for such consents. 

  

	20.5	The terms of any individual’s office or employment with any past or present Group Company, and the rights and obligations of the individual thereunder, shall not be affected by his participation in the Plan and the
Plan shall not form part of any contract of employment between the individual and any such company. 

  

	20.6	An Eligible Employee shall have no right to receive an Award under the Plan. 

  

	20.7	By participating in the Plan, the Participant waives all and any rights to compensation or damages in consequence of the termination of his office or employment with any past or present Group Company for any reason
whatsoever, whether lawfully or otherwise, insofar as those rights arise or may arise from his ceasing to have rights under the Plan (including ceasing to be entitled to exercise any Option) as a result of such termination, or from the loss or
diminution in value of such rights or entitlements, including by reason of the operation of the terms of the Plan, any determination by the Board pursuant to a discretion contained in the Plan or the provisions of any statute or law relating to
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	20.8	Benefits under the Plan shall not form part of a Participant’s remuneration for any purpose and shall not be pensionable. 

  

	20.9	The invalidity or non-enforceability of any provision or Rule of the Plan shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining provisions and Rules of the Plan which
shall continue in full force and effect. 

  

	20.10	These Rules shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English Law. 

  

	20.11	The English courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction to determine any dispute which may arise out of, or in connection with, the Plan. 

  
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 APPENDIX 1: OPERATION OF CLAW-BACK 

Claw-back prior to the transfer of Shares in respect of an Award (or “malus”) 

 

	1.	Where the Board determines (pursuant to Rule 15.1 or 15.2 (Claw-back events)) that a Claw-back shall apply in respect of an Award prior to legal title to Shares having been transferred to the Participant pursuant
to the Award (whether before or after vesting), the Claw-back shall be applied by the Board reducing the number of Shares in respect of which the Award may vest or, in the case of an Option, be exercised (or after vesting by reducing the number of
Shares legal title to which may be transferred pursuant to the Award) by up to the number of Shares determined by the Board to be the excess number of Shares in respect of which the Award was granted and/or is outstanding (and the Award shall lapse
to the extent so reduced, which may be in full). 

 Claw-back following the transfer of Shares in respect of an Award 

 

	2.	Where the Board determines (pursuant to Rule 15.1 or 15.2 (Claw-back events)) that a Claw-back shall apply in respect of an Award following legal title to Shares having been transferred to the Participant
pursuant to the Award (a “Post-Transfer Claw-back”), the Board shall determine: 

  

	 	a.	the excess number of Shares in respect of which the Award vested (the “Excess Shares”); and 

  

	 	b.	the aggregate Market Value of such Excess Shares (as determined by the Board) on the date on which the Award vested or, in the case of an Option, the date the Option was exercised (the “Equivalent
Value”). 

  

	3.	In the case of a Post-Transfer Claw-back: 

  

	 	a.	any dividends received in respect of the Shares subject to a Forfeitable Share Award pursuant to Rule 6.5 (Dividend rights on forfeitable Shares); and/or 

 

	 	b.	any cash payment made or additional Shares transferred pursuant to Rule 11 (Dividend equivalent) in respect of such Award shall be subject to the Claw-back to the extent that the Board determines that such cash
payment or Shares relate to the Excess Shares. 

  

	4.	A Post-Transfer Claw-back may be effected in such manner as may be determined by the Board, and notified to the Participant, including by any one or more of the following:

  

	 	a.	by reducing the number of Shares and/or amount of cash in respect of which an Outstanding Award vests or may vest (or has vested, but in respect of which no Shares have yet been transferred or cash payment made),
whether before or after the assessment of performance conditions in respect of such Outstanding Award, by the number of Excess Shares and/or the Equivalent Value (and such Outstanding Award shall lapse to the extent so reduced); 

 

	 	b.	by setting-off against any amounts payable by any Group Company to the Participant an amount up to the Equivalent Value (including from any bonus payment which may otherwise
become payable to the Participant); and/or 

  

	 	c.	by requiring the Participant to immediately transfer to the Company a number of Shares equal to the Excess Shares or a cash amount equal to the Equivalent Value (which shall be an immediately payable debt due to the
Company), provided that the Board may reduce the number of Excess Shares or the amount of the Equivalent Value subject to the Claw-back in order to take account of any Tax Liability (as defined in Rule 13 (Tax Liability)) which arose on the
Excess Shares (howsoever delivered to the Participant). 

  

	5.	For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in Rule 15 (Clawback) or this Appendix shall in any way restrict a Participant from being able to transfer or otherwise deal in Shares acquired on vesting or exercise of an
Award. 

  

	6.	In paragraph 4 above: 

 “Outstanding Award” means any other Award under the
Plan, any award or option under any other Employees’ Share Scheme operated from time to time by any Group Company (other than any award or options granted under any arrangement which satisfies the

  
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provisions of Schedules 2 or 3, or (unless the terms of such arrangement state that shares acquired thereunder are subject to claw-back) 4 or 5, of the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act
2003), or any bonus award under any bonus scheme operated from time to time by any Group Company, in each case which is either held by the Participant at the time of a determination that a Claw-back shall be
applied or which are granted to the Participant following such a determination; and 
 “vests” shall include shares or cash
subject to an award becoming due to be transferred or paid, and in the case of an option, the option becoming exercisable. 

  
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 British American Tobacco 2016 Long Term Incentive Plan 

 

 APPENDIX 2: AWARDS GRANTED TO US TAXPAYERS 

 

  
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 Performance Condition applicable to Awards granted in 2016 

(Participants excluding Executive Directors) 

SCHEDULE 1A 

PERFORMANCE CONDITION APPLICABLE TO AWARDS GRANTED IN 2016 

TO PARTICIPANTS OTHER THAN EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS 
  

	1.	Subject to the Rules, the extent to which the Shares in respect of which an Award is granted (the “Award Shares”) may vest shall be determined: 

 

	 	a.	as to 40% of the Award Shares, by reference to the performance target based on Earnings per Share specified in paragraph 3 below is satisfied 

 

	 	b.	as to 20% of the Award Shares, by reference to the performance target based on Total Shareholder Return specified in paragraph 4 below; 

 

	 	c.	as to 20% of the Award Shares, by reference to the performance target based on the Operating Cash Flow Conversion Ratio specified in paragraph 5 below; 

 

	 	d.	as to 20% of the Award Shares, by reference to the performance target based on Net Turnover specified in paragraph 6 below; and 

  

	2.	The Performance Period for Awards granted in 2016 shall commence on 1 January 2016 and end on 31 December 2018. 

  

	3.	Earnings per Share 

  

	 	a.	The performance target in this paragraph 3 (the “EPS Target”) shall consist of two equal, independent elements such that the number of Award Shares which vest pursuant to this EPS Target shall be the
aggregate of the number of Award Shares which vest pursuant to each element. 

  

	 	b.	Each element of the EPS Target operates by calculating the compound annual growth in adjusted diluted earnings per share (unless the Board determines that an alternative definition of earnings per share is more
appropriate) for the Company, in the case of the first element measured at current rates of exchange, and in the case of the second element measured at constant rates of exchange. 

 

	 	 	EPS Target: current rates of exchange 

  

	 	c.	The percentage of the Award Shares which may vest pursuant to this element of the EPS Target depends upon the compound annual growth in adjusted diluted earnings per share over the Performance Period, measured at
current rates of exchange, as follows: 

  

			
	 Compound annual growth rate in adjusted diluted EPS (measured
at current
rates of exchange) over the Performance Period
	  	 % of the Award Shares which vest pursuant to this element
of the EPS Target

	10% pa or greater	  	20%
		
	Between 10% pa and 5% pa	  	Pro-rata between 20% and 4%
		
	5% pa	  	4%
		
	Less than 5% pa	  	0%

 Performance Condition applicable to Awards granted in 2016 

(Participants excluding Executive Directors) 
  

	 	 	EPS Target: constant rates of exchange 

  

	 	d.	The percentage of the Award Shares which may vest pursuant to this element of the EPS Target depends upon the compound annual growth in adjusted diluted earnings per share over the Performance Period, measured at
constant rates of exchange, as follows: 

  

			
	 Compound annual growth rate in adjusted diluted EPS (measured
at constant
rates of exchange) over the Performance Period
	  	 % of the Award Shares which vest pursuant to this element
of the EPS Target

	10% pa or greater	  	20%
		
	Between 10% pa and 5% pa	  	Pro-rata between 20% and 4%
		
	5% pa	  	4%
		
	Less than 5% pa	  	0%

  

	 	e.	For the purposes of paragraphs 3.c and 3.d above, compound annual growth in adjusted diluted earnings per share over the Performance Period (expressed as a percentage) is calculated as follows: 

 
 

 
 Where: 
  

	 	E0 =	adjusted diluted earnings per share of the Company in the Financial Year immediately preceding the Financial Year in which the Performance Period begins (being “Year 0”); and 

 

	 	E3 =	adjusted diluted earnings per share of the Company in the final Financial Year of the Performance Period (being “Year 3”), 

measured at: 
  

	 	i.	current rates of exchange for the purposes of paragraph 3.c; and 

  

	 	ii.	constant rates of exchange for the purposes of paragraph 3.d, for which purpose the value of E0 and E3 shall be taken as index values, with the value for E0 being the base index value (representing adjusted diluted earnings per
share in Year 0), with the purpose of such index being to reflect changes over the Performance Period in adjusted diluted earnings per share of the Company as measured on a constant currency basis, and E3 being taken as the value of such index for Year 3, 

 and in either case
provided that if the Board determines that a measurement of earnings per share other than adjusted diluted earnings per share is more appropriate the calculation shall be on that other basis and this paragraph 3 shall apply accordingly). 

 

	4.	TSR Target 

  

	 	a.	The percentage of the Award Shares which may vest pursuant to the performance target in this paragraph 4 (the “TSR Target”) depends upon the Company’s Total Shareholder Return over the Performance
Period relative to the Total Shareholder Return of the Comparator Group: 

 Performance Condition applicable to Awards granted in 2016 

(Participants excluding Executive Directors) 
  

			
	 Ranked position of the Company’s TSR against the relevant
comparator
companies
	  	 % of the Award Shares which vest pursuant to this TSR
Target

	Upper quartile or above	  	20%
		
	Between upper quartile and median	  	Pro-rata between 20% and 4%
		
	Median	  	4%
		
	Below median	  	0%

  

	 	b.	For the purpose of this TSR Target: 

  

	 	i.	The Comparator Group shall comprise the following companies: 

  

					
	Anheuser-Busch InBev	  	Imperial Tobacco Group	  	PepsiCo Inc
	Campbell Soup Company	  	Japan Tobacco	  	Pernod Ricard
	Carlsberg A/S	  	Johnson & Johnson	  	Philip Morris International
	Coca Cola	  	Kellogg	  	Procter & Gamble
	Colgate-Palmolive	  	Kimberley-Clark	  	Reckitt Benckiser
	Danone	  	LVMH	  	SABMiller
	Diageo	  	Mondelez International	  	Unilever
	Heineken	  	Nestlé	  	

  

	 	ii.	The Total Shareholder Return of the Company and each of the relevant comparator companies over the relevant Performance Period (expressed as a percentage) shall be computed as follows: 

 
  
 

 
 Where: 
  

	 	TSR0 =	the average return index of the relevant companies as calculated by Datastream (or other such data provider as determined by the Board) (excluding Saturdays and Sundays) in the three months preceding the beginning of
the Performance Period; and 

  

	 	TSR3 =	the average return index (calculated in the same manner as for TSR0) in the 3 months preceding the end of the Performance Period. 

 

	 	iii.	Unless the Board determines otherwise, the Total Shareholder Return for the Company and each of the relevant comparator companies shall be calculated on a local currency basis. 

 

	 	iv.	The Company and the companies in the Comparator Group shall be ranked by the resulting Total Shareholder Return figures, with the company with the highest figure having the highest ranking, and median and upper quartile
performance shall be determined on such basis as the Board, acting reasonably, may specify from time to time. 

 Performance Condition applicable to Awards granted in 2016 

(Participants excluding Executive Directors) 
  

	5.	Operating Cash Flow Conversion Ratio Target 

  

	 	a.	The percentage of the Award Shares which may vest pursuant to the performance target in this paragraph 5 (the “Operating Cash Flow Conversion Ratio Target”) depends upon the Company’s average
Operating Cash Flow as a percentage of Adjusted Operating Profit over the Performance Period: 

  

			
	 Average Operating Cash Flow Conversion Ratio over the
Performance
Period
	  	 % of the Award Shares which vest pursuant to the Operating
Cash Flow Conversion Ratio
Target

	95% or above	  	20%
		
	Between 95% and 85%	  	Pro-rata between 20% and 4%
		
	85%	  	4%
		
	Less than 85% of Adjusted Operating Profit	  	0%

  

	 	b.	For the purpose of this Operating Cash Flow Conversion Ratio Target: 

  

	 	i.	the “Average Operating Cash Flow Conversion Ratio” is the aggregate of the Operating Cash Flow Conversion Ratios for each Financial Year in the Performance Period, divided by the number of Financial
Years in the Performance Period; and 

  

	 	ii.	the “Operating Cash Flow Conversion Ratio” for a Financial Year (expressed as a percentage) is calculated as follows: 

 
 

 
 Where: 

“Operating Cash Flow” in respect of a Financial Year is the adjusted profit from operations (excluding associates)
plus depreciation, amortisation and impairment, plus other non-cash items, less the increase / (decrease) in working capital, less net capital expenditure, in each case for such Financial Year. All of these
items are excluding costs and movements relating to restructuring and integration in the Financial Year; and 
 “Adjusted Operating
Profit” in respect of a Financial Year is derived by excluding the adjusting items from the profit from operations for such Financial Year. Adjusting items include restructuring and integration costs, amortisation and impairment of
trademarks and similar intangibles, a gain on deemed partial disposal of a trademark and a payment and release of a provision relating to non-tobacco litigation. 

For the purpose of this Operating Cash Flow Conversion Ratio Target, Operating Cash Flow and Adjusted Operating Profit are calculated at
current rates of exchange, unless the Board determines otherwise. 
  

	6.	Net Turnover Target 

  

	 	a.	The performance target in this paragraph 6 (the “NTO Target”) operates by calculating the compound annual growth in the Net Turnover of the Company, measured at constant rates of exchange on an organic
basis. 

 Performance Condition applicable to Awards granted in 2016 

(Participants excluding Executive Directors) 
  

	 	b.	The percentage of the Award Shares which may vest pursuant to this NTO Target depends upon the compound annual growth in Net Turnover over the Performance Period as follows: 

 

			
	 Compound annual growth of Net Turnover over the Performance
Period
	  	 % of the Award Shares which vest pursuant to this NTO
Target

	5% pa or greater	  	20%
		
	Between 5% pa and 3% pa	  	Pro-rata between 20% and 4%
		
	3% pa	  	4%
		
	Less than 3% pa	  	0%

 provided that, notwithstanding above, but subject to the Rules, no Award Shares shall vest
pursuant to this NTO Target unless the three-year constant currency compound annual growth rate of underlying adjusted operating profit exceeds the compound annual growth rate of the threshold performance level for underlying adjusted operating
profit, as defined annually in the International Executive Incentive Scheme (as approved by the Board). 
  

	 	c.	For the purposes of this NTO Target, compound annual growth of Net Turnover (expressed as a percentage) is calculated as follows: 

  

 
 

 
 Where: 
  

	 	NTO0 =	Net Turnover in the Financial Year immediately preceding the Financial Year in which the Performance Period begins (being “Year 0”); and 

 

	 	NTO3 =	Net Turnover in the final Financial Year of the Performance Period (being “Year 3”), 

measured at constant rates of exchange, for which purpose the value of NTO0
and NTO3 shall be taken as index values, with the value for NTO0 being the base index value (representing Net Turnover in
Year 0), with the purpose of such index being to reflect changes over the Performance Period in Net Turnover of the Company as measured on a constant currency basis, and NTO3 being
taken as the value of such index for Year 3, and where the values for NTO3 and/or NTO0 shall be adjusted in such
manner as is determined by the Board to exclude any Net Turnover attributable to any business acquired or disposed of during the Performance Period or otherwise with the intention that the growth in Net Turnover is assessed by reference to organic
growth. 
  

	7.	Exchange rates 

 In this Schedule: 

“current rates of exchange” means exchange rates applied for each year relevant to a given calculation based on the average
exchange rate in that year; and 
 “constant rates of exchange” means exchange rates applied based on a re-translation, at prior year exchange rates, of the current year information, in order that the same exchange rates are applied for each year relevant to a given calculation. 

 Performance Condition applicable to Awards granted in 2016 

(Participants excluding Executive Directors) 
  

	8.	Adjustment to vesting outcome 

  

	 	a.	After the performance targets in paragraphs 3 to 6 have been assessed, the Board may make such adjustment to the percentage of Shares of the Award Shares that vest pursuant to one or more of such performance targets to
ensure a fair result for both the Participants and shareholders. 

  

	 	b.	An adjustment pursuant to this paragraph 8 may be either positive (but, for the avoidance of doubt, not so that the percentage of the Award Shares which vests pursuant to any one of the performance targets in paragraphs
3 to 6 exceeds the maximum percentage of the Award Shares which may vest pursuant to that performance target, as set out in paragraph 1) or negative (including reducing the percentage of Awards Shares which vest to nil). For the avoidance of doubt,
where the Board makes any adjustment pursuant to this paragraph 8 the percentage of Award Shares to be transferred shall be the percentage as adjusted by the Board notwithstanding the outcome of the performance targets as set out in paragraphs 3 to
6. 

  

	 	c.	For the avoidance of doubt, vesting outcomes are subject to any forfeiture or reduction of Awards pursuant to Rule 15 (Claw-back). 

 

	9.	Adjustments to performance targets 

  

	 	a.	In the event of: 

  

	 	i.	a change to the accounting standards of the Company or similar event; 

  

	 	ii.	any events which affect any of the companies comprised in the Comparator Group (such as a merger or de-listing); 

 

	 	iii.	any variation of capital of the Company or a demerger, delisting, special dividend, rights issue or other event which may, in the opinion of the Board, affect the current or future value of the Company’s shares; or

  

	 	iv.	any other similar event the Board considers relevant which may unduly affect the calculation of the performance targets set out in paragraphs 3 to 6, 

the Board may make such adjustments to the terms of this Performance Condition as it determines appropriate to reflect such event with the
intention of ensuring that this Performance Condition continues to assess the performance of the Company on a consistent basis over the Performance Period. 
  

	 	b.	This Performance Condition may be amended in accordance with Rule 5.4 of the Plan. 

 General

  

	10.	References in this Schedule 1A to a paragraph are to a paragraph of this Schedule 1A. 

 Performance Condition applicable to Awards granted in 2016 

(Executive Directors) 
 SCHEDULE
1B 
 PERFORMANCE CONDITION APPLICABLE TO AWARDS GRANTED IN 2016 

FOR EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS OF THE COMPANY 
  

	1.	Subject to the Rules, the extent to which the Shares in respect of which an Award is granted (the “Award Shares”) may vest shall be determined: 

 

	 	a.	as to 40% of the Award Shares, by reference to the performance target based on Earnings per Share specified in paragraph 3 below is satisfied 

 

	 	b.	as to 20% of the Award Shares, by reference to the performance target based on Total Shareholder Return specified in paragraph 4 below; 

 

	 	c.	as to 20% of the Award Shares, by reference to the performance target based on the Operating Cash Flow Conversion Ratio specified in paragraph 5 below; 

 

	 	d.	as to 20% of the Award Shares, by reference to the performance target based on Net Turnover specified in paragraph 6 below; and 

  

	2.	The Performance Period for Awards granted in 2016 shall commence on 1 January 2016 and end on 31 December 2018. 

  

	3.	Earnings per Share 

  

	 	a.	The performance target in this paragraph 3 (the “EPS Target”) shall consist of two equal, independent elements such that the number of Award Shares which vest pursuant to this EPS Target shall be the
aggregate of the number of Award Shares which vest pursuant to each element. 

  

	 	b.	Each element of the EPS Target operates by calculating the compound annual growth in adjusted diluted earnings per share for the Company, in the case of the first element measured at current rates of exchange, and in
the case of the second element measured at constant rates of exchange. 

  

	 	 	EPS Target: current rates of exchange 

  

	 	c.	The percentage of the Award Shares which may vest pursuant to this element of the EPS Target depends upon the compound annual growth in adjusted diluted earnings per share over the Performance Period, measured at
current rates of exchange, as follows: 

  

			
	 Compound annual growth rate in adjusted diluted EPS (measured
at current
rates of exchange) over the Performance Period
	  	 % of the Award Shares which vest pursuant to this element
of the EPS Target

	10% pa or greater	  	20%
		
	Between 10% pa and 5% pa	  	Pro-rata between 20% and 3%
		
	5% pa	  	3%
		
	Less than 5% pa	  	0%

 Performance Condition applicable to Awards granted in 2016 

(Executive Directors) 
  

	 	 	EPS Target: constant rates of exchange 

  

	 	d.	The percentage of the Award Shares which may vest pursuant to this element of the EPS Target depends upon the compound annual growth in adjusted diluted earnings per share over the Performance Period, measured at
constant rates of exchange, as follows: 

  

			
	 Compound annual growth rate in adjusted diluted EPS (measured
at constant
rates of exchange) over the Performance Period
	  	 % of the Award Shares which vest pursuant to this element
of the EPS Target

	10% pa or greater	  	20%
		
	Between 10% pa and 5% pa	  	Pro-rata between 20% and 3%
		
	5% pa	  	3%
		
	Less than 5% pa	  	0%

  

	 	e.	For the purposes of paragraphs 3.c and 3.d above, compound annual growth in adjusted diluted earnings per share over the Performance Period (expressed as a percentage) is calculated as follows: 

 
 

 
 Where: 
  

	 	E0 =	adjusted diluted earnings per share of the Company in the Financial Year immediately preceding the Financial Year in which the Performance Period begins (being “Year 0”); and 

 

	 	E3 =	adjusted diluted earnings per share of the Company in the final Financial Year of the Performance Period (being “Year 3”), 

measured at: 
  

	 	i.	current rates of exchange for the purposes of paragraph 3.c; and 

  

	 	ii.	constant rates of exchange for the purposes of paragraph 3.d, for which purpose the value of E0 and E3 shall be taken as index values, with the value for E0 being the base index value (representing adjusted diluted earnings per
share in Year 0), with the purpose of such index being to reflect changes over the Performance Period in adjusted diluted earnings per share of the Company as measured on a constant currency basis, and E3 being taken as the value of such index for Year 3. 

  

	4.	TSR Target 

  

	 	a.	The percentage of the Award Shares which may vest pursuant to the performance target in this paragraph 4 (the “TSR Target”) depends upon the Company’s Total Shareholder Return over the Performance
Period relative to the Total Shareholder Return of the Comparator Group: 

 Performance Condition applicable to Awards granted in 2016 

(Executive Directors) 
  

			
	 Ranked position of the Company’s TSR against the relevant
comparator
companies
	  	 % of the Award Shares which vest pursuant to this TSR
Target

	Upper quartile or above	  	20%
		
	Between upper quartile and median	  	Pro-rata between 20% and 3%
		
	Median	  	3%
		
	Below median	  	0%

  

	 	b.	For the purpose of this TSR Target: 

  

	 	i.	The Comparator Group shall comprise the following companies: 

  

					
	Anheuser-Busch InBev	  	Imperial Tobacco Group	  	PepsiCo Inc
	Campbell Soup Company	  	Japan Tobacco	  	Pernod Ricard
	Carlsberg A/S	  	Johnson & Johnson	  	Philip Morris International
	Coca Cola	  	Kellogg	  	Procter & Gamble
	Colgate-Palmolive	  	Kimberley-Clark	  	Reckitt Benckiser
	Danone	  	LVMH	  	SABMiller
	Diageo	  	Mondelez International	  	Unilever
	Heineken	  	Nestlé	  	

  

	 	ii.	The Total Shareholder Return of the Company and each of the relevant comparator companies over the relevant Performance Period (expressed as a percentage) shall be computed as follows: 

 
 

 
 Where: 
  

	 	TSR0 =	the average return index of the relevant companies as calculated by Datastream (or other such data provider as determined by the Board) (excluding Saturdays and Sundays) in the three months preceding the beginning of
the Performance Period; and 

  

	 	TSR3 =	the average return index (calculated in the same manner as for TSR0) in the 3 months preceding the end of the Performance Period. 

 

	 	iii.	The Total Shareholder Return for the Company and each of the relevant comparator companies shall be calculated on a local currency basis. 

 

	 	iv.	The Company and the companies in the Comparator Group shall be ranked by the resulting Total Shareholder Return figures, with the company with the highest figure having the highest ranking, and median and upper quartile
performance shall be determined on such basis as the Board, acting reasonably, may specify from time to time. 

 Performance Condition applicable to Awards granted in 2016 

(Executive Directors) 
  

	5.	Operating Cash Flow Conversion Ratio Target 

  

	 	a.	The percentage of the Award Shares which may vest pursuant to the performance target in this paragraph 5 (the “Operating Cash Flow Conversion Ratio Target”) depends upon the Company’s average
Operating Cash Flow as a percentage of Adjusted Operating Profit over the Performance Period: 

  

			
	 Average Operating Cash Flow Conversion Ratio over the
Performance
Period
	  	 % of the Award Shares which vest pursuant to the Operating
Cash Flow Conversion Ratio
Target

	95% or above	  	20%
		
	Between 95% and 85%	  	Pro-rata between 20% and 3%
		
	85%	  	3%
		
	Less than 85% of Adjusted Operating Profit	  	0%

  

	 	b.	For the purpose of this Operating Cash Flow Conversion Ratio Target: 

  

	 	i.	the “Average Operating Cash Flow Conversion Ratio” is the aggregate of the Operating Cash Flow Conversion Ratios for each Financial Year in the Performance Period, divided by the number of Financial
Years in the Performance Period; and 

  

	 	ii.	the “Operating Cash Flow Conversion Ratio” for a Financial Year (expressed as a percentage) is calculated as follows: 

 
 

 
 Where: 

“Operating Cash Flow” in respect of a Financial Year is the adjusted profit from operations (excluding associates)
plus depreciation, amortisation and impairment, plus other non-cash items, less the increase / (decrease) in working capital, less net capital expenditure, in each case for such Financial Year. All of these
items are excluding costs and movements relating to restructuring and integration in the Financial Year; and 
 “Adjusted Operating
Profit” in respect of a Financial Year is derived by excluding the adjusting items from the profit from operations for such Financial Year. Adjusting items include restructuring and integration costs, amortisation and impairment of
trademarks and similar intangibles, a gain on deemed partial disposal of a trademark and a payment and release of a provision relating to non-tobacco litigation. 

For the purpose of this Operating Cash Flow Conversion Ratio Target, Operating Cash Flow and Adjusted Operating Profit are calculated at
current rates of exchange. 
  

	6.	Net Turnover Target 

  

	 	a.	The performance target in this paragraph 6 (the “NTO Target”) operates by calculating the compound annual growth in the Net Turnover of the Company, measured at constant rates of exchange on an organic
basis. 

 Performance Condition applicable to Awards granted in 2016 

(Executive Directors) 
  

	 	b.	The percentage of the Award Shares which may vest pursuant to this NTO Target depends upon the compound annual growth in Net Turnover over the Performance Period as follows: 

 

			
	 Compound annual growth of Net Turnover over the Performance
Period
	  	 % of the Award Shares which vest pursuant to this NTO
Target

	5% pa or greater	  	20%
		
	Between 5% pa and 3% pa	  	Pro-rata between 20% and 3%
		
	3% pa	  	3%
		
	Less than 3% pa	  	0%

 provided that, notwithstanding above, but subject to the Rules, no Award Shares shall vest
pursuant to this NTO Target unless the three-year constant currency compound annual growth rate of underlying adjusted operating profit exceeds the compound annual growth rate of the threshold performance level for underlying adjusted operating
profit, as defined annually in the International Executive Incentive Scheme (as approved by the Board). 
  

	 	c.	For the purposes of this NTO Target, compound annual growth of Net Turnover (expressed as a percentage) is calculated as follows: 

  

 
 

 
 Where: 
  

	 	NTO0 =	Net Turnover in the Financial Year immediately preceding the Financial Year in which the Performance Period begins (being “Year 0”); and 

 

	 	NTO3 =	Net Turnover in the final Financial Year of the Performance Period (being “Year 3”), 

measured at constant rates of exchange, for which purpose the value of NTO0
and NTO3 shall be taken as index values, with the value for NTO0 being the base index value (representing Net Turnover in
Year 0), with the purpose of such index being to reflect changes over the Performance Period in Net Turnover of the Company as measured on a constant currency basis, with NTO3 being taken
as the value of such index for Year 3, and where the values for NTO3 and/or NTO0 shall be adjusted in such manner
as is determined by the Board to exclude any Net Turnover attributable to any business acquired or disposed of during the Performance Period or otherwise with the intention that the growth in Net Turnover is assessed by reference to organic growth.

  

	7.	Exchange rates 

 In this Schedule: 

“current rates of exchange” means exchange rates applied for each year relevant to a given calculation based on the average
exchange rate in that year; and 
 “constant rates of exchange” means exchange rates applied based on a re-translation, at prior year exchange rates, of the current year information, in order that the same exchange rates are applied for each year relevant to a given calculation. 

 Performance Condition applicable to Awards granted in 2016 

(Executive Directors) 
  

	8.	Adjustment to vesting outcome 

  

	 	a.	After the performance targets in paragraphs 3 to 6 have been assessed, the Board may make such adjustment to the percentage of Shares of the Award Shares that vest pursuant to one or more of such performance targets to
ensure a fair result for both the Participants and shareholders. 

  

	 	b.	An adjustment pursuant to this paragraph 8 may be either positive (but, for the avoidance of doubt, not so that the percentage of the Award Shares which vests pursuant to any one of the performance targets in paragraphs
3 to 6 exceeds the maximum percentage of the Award Shares which may vest pursuant to that performance target, as set out in paragraph 1) or negative (including reducing the percentage of Awards Shares which vest to nil). For the avoidance of doubt,
where the Board makes any adjustment pursuant to this paragraph 8 the percentage of Award Shares to be transferred shall be the percentage as adjusted by the Board notwithstanding the outcome of the performance targets as set out in paragraphs 3 to
6. 

  

	 	c.	For the avoidance of doubt, vesting outcomes are subject to any forfeiture or reduction of Awards pursuant to Rule 15 (Claw-back). 

 

	9.	Adjustments to performance targets 

  

	 	a.	In the event of: 

  

	 	i.	a change to the accounting standards of the Company or similar event; 

  

	 	ii.	any events which affect any of the companies comprised in the Comparator Group (such as a merger or de-listing); 

 

	 	iii.	any variation of capital of the Company or a demerger, delisting, special dividend, rights issue or other event which may, in the opinion of the Board, affect the current or future value of the Company’s shares; or

  

	 	iv.	any other similar event the Board considers relevant which may unduly affect the calculation of the performance targets set out in paragraphs 3 to 6, 

the Board may make such adjustments to the terms of this Performance Condition as it determines appropriate to reflect such event with the
intention of ensuring that this Performance Condition continues to assess the performance of the Company on a consistent basis over the Performance Period. 
  

	 	b.	This Performance Condition may be amended in accordance with Rule 5.4 of the Plan. 

 General

  

	10.	References in this Schedule 1B to a paragraph are to a paragraph of this Schedule 1B.EX-10.8

 Exhibit 10.8 

BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO p.l.c. 

DEFERRED ANNUAL SHARE BONUS SCHEME 

Adopted by a resolution of the Board of Directors of British American 

Tobacco p.l.c. on 23 February 2001. Amended by resolution 

of the Board of Directors on 24 February 2005; and amended for age 

discrimination legislation on 26 February 2007; and amended by resolution 

of the Board of Directors on 24 February 2014; and amended by resolution 

of the Board of Directors on 23 February 2015. 

 CONTENTS 
  

							
	 	  	 	  	Page	 
			
	 1.
	  	DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION	  	 	1	 
			
	 2.
	  	GRANT OF AWARDS	  	 	2	 
			
	 3.
	  	TRANSFER OF SHARES TO PARTICIPANTS	  	 	2	 
			
	 3A.
	  	CLAW-BACK	  	 	4	 
			
	 4.
	  	TAKEOVER, RECONSTRUCTION AND WINDING-UP	  	 	5	 
			
	 5.
	  	VARIATION OF CAPITAL	  	 	5	 
			
	 5A.
	  	VESTED SHARE ACCOUNTS	  	 	6	 
			
	 6.
	  	ALTERATIONS	  	 	6	 
			
	 7.
	  	MISCELLANEOUS	  	 	6	 
		
	 APPENDIX: OPERATION OF CLAW-BACK
	  	 	8	 

  
 2 

	1.	DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION 

  

	(1)	In this Scheme, unless the context otherwise requires:- 

 “Award Date” means
the date on which a Conditional Award was granted; 
 “the Board” means the board of directors of the Company or a committee
appointed by such board of directors; 
 “Claw-back” means the repayment of value by a Participant to the Company (or
another Participating Company) in accordance with the provisions of Rule 3A and Appendix 1; 
 “the Company” means British
American Tobacco p.l.c. (registered in England and Wales No. 3407696); 
 “Conditional Award” means a conditional right to
receive ordinary shares in the Company upon the terms and restrictions set out in the Scheme; 
 “the Listing Rules” means
the listing rules made by the competent authority for the purposes of Part IV the Financial Services Act 1986, as from time to time modified, extended or remade; 

“the London Stock Exchange” means The London Stock Exchange plc; 

“the Model Code” means the Model Code on Directors’ dealings in securities as set out in the Appendix to Chapter 16 of
the Listing Rules; 
 “Participant” means a person who holds a Conditional Award granted under the Scheme (including, where
the context so admits, the personal representatives of a person who has died since he was granted a Conditional Award); 

“Participating Companies” means the Company and its Subsidiaries; 

“the Scheme” means the British American Tobacco Deferred Annual Share Bonus Scheme as herein set out but subject to any
alterations or additions made under Rule 6 below; 
 “Subsidiary” means a body corporate which is a subsidiary of the
Company within the meaning of section 736 of the Companies Act l985; 
 “Takeover Code” means the Code on Takeovers and
Mergers issued by the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers, as from time to time modified, extended or reissued; 
 “Trustee”
means the trustee or trustees from time to time of any trust deed established for the benefit of (inter alia) employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries which is operated in conjunction with the Scheme. 

 

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

  
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	2.	GRANT OF AWARDS 

  

	(1)	Subject to sub-rules (5) and (6) below, the Board may at any time in the six weeks following the announcement of the Company’s results for any period, or at any other
time when the Board considers that there are exceptional circumstances, grant a Conditional Award or procure the grant of a Conditional Award to any employee of a Participating Company (including an employee who is also a director of a Participating
Company), based upon the Company’s performance in the preceding financial year, upon the terms set out in the Scheme and upon such other terms as the Board may specify. 

 

	(2)	There shall be no monetary consideration for the grant of a Conditional Award and accordingly a Conditional Award shall be granted by deed. 

 

	(3)	A Conditional Award shall consist of a conditional right for the Participant to receive ordinary shares in the Company for nil payment. 

 

	(4)	Subject to Rule 3(2) below, a Conditional Award granted under the Scheme to any person shall not be capable of being transferred or assigned. If a Participant does or suffers any act or thing whereby he would or might
be deprived of the legal or beneficial ownership of a Conditional Award, the Conditional Award shall lapse forthwith. 

  

	(5)	No new shares in the Company may be issued under the Scheme and accordingly the Scheme may only utilise existing shares. 

  

	(6)	The grant of a Conditional Award under the Plan shall be subject to the provisions of the Model Code and to obtaining any approval or consent required under the provisions of the Listing Rules or the Takeover Code, or
of any other regulation or enactment applicable to such grant. 

  

	3.	TRANSFER OF SHARES TO PARTICIPANTS 

  

	(1)	Subject to sub-rules (2), (3), (4) and (7) below and to Rule 4 below, the shares subject to a Conditional Award shall be transferred to a Participant as soon as reasonably
practicable after the third anniversary of the Award Date. 

  

	(2)	If a Participant dies at a time when he holds a Conditional Award, the Company shall procure the transfer of the shares subject to the Conditional Award to his personal representatives as soon as reasonably practicable
after the date of his death. 

  

	(3)	If any Participant ceases to be a director or employee of a Participating Company by reason of injury, disability or redundancy (within the meaning of the Employment Rights Act (1996)) or by reason only that his office
or employment is in a company which ceases to be under the control of the Company, or relates to a business or part of a business which is transferred to a person other than the Company or a Subsidiary, the Company shall procure the transfer to the
Participant of the shares subject to a Conditional Award as soon as reasonably practicable after he so ceases to be a director or an employee. 

  

	(4)	If any Participant ceases to be a director or employee of a Participating Company for any other reason, the Conditional Award shall lapse immediately and no shares shall be transferred to the Participant unless the
Board (at its absolute discretion) decides otherwise. 

  
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	(5)	A Participant shall not be treated for the purposes of sub-rules (3) and (4) above as ceasing to be a director or employee of the Company or a Subsidiary until such time as
he is no longer a director or employee of the Company or any Subsidiary, 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) shall be treated for those purposes as not having ceased to be such a director or employee. 

  

	(6)	For the avoidance of doubt, it is hereby confirmed a Participant is not entitled to any dividends paid or votes in respect of the shares subject to a Conditional Award by reference to a record date before the
Participant (or his nominee) is registered as the holder of the shares. 

  

	(7)	No transfer of shares shall be made under the Scheme if the Board considers that it would not be lawful or practicable in the relevant jurisdiction and in any such case the Board may (at its absolute discretion) decide
that instead of receiving shares the Participant shall instead receive a cash sum equal to the value of the shares (calculated by reference to the middle market quotation of the shares on the dealing day preceding the date the shares would otherwise
have been transferred, as derived from the London Stock Exchange Daily Official List) less such deductions as the Board may decide are reasonable or necessary on account of any tax and/or social security contributions. 

 

	(8)	In a case where any company is obliged to account for any tax and/or any social security contributions recoverable from a Participant (together, the “Tax Liability”) for which that Participant is or has agreed
to be liable by virtue of the transfer of shares, the Company shall not be obliged to procure the transfer of the shares unless it or the Participant’s employing company has received on or prior to the transfer of the shares payment from the
Participant of an amount not less than the Tax Liability or unless that Participant has entered into arrangements acceptable to the Participant’s employing company to ensure that such a payment is made (whether by authorising the sale of some
or all of the shares on his behalf and the payment to the employing company of an amount equal to the Tax Liability out of the proceeds of sale or otherwise). 

  

	(9)	The transfer of shares under the Scheme shall be subject to the provisions of the Model Code and to obtaining any approval or consent referred to in sub-rule 2(6). Where the
transfer of shares pursuant to a Conditional Award is prohibited pursuant to the Model Code at any time, such transfer shall instead take place as soon as reasonably practicable after it is no longer prohibited by the Model Code. 

 

	(10)	The number of shares subject to a Conditional Award granted on or after 24 February 2014 may be reduced at any time prior to the transfer of such shares to the Participant (including with the effect that the
Conditional Award shall lapse) to the extent that the Board determines that there has been a material misrepresentation by any person in relation to the performance of the Company and/or the Participant on the basis of which the Board made its
determination as to the extent to which that, or any prior, Conditional Award was granted to the Participant, or other any other event, in either case which the Board considers (in its absolute discretion) justifies such reduction. Such material
misrepresentation may include (but shall not be limited to): (i) a misstatement of the financial results and/or health of the Company; (ii) an erroneous calculation in relation to the Company’s results or other performance benchmark;
(iii) errors in the Company’s financial statements, or (iv) discrepancies in the financial accounts, whether or not arising from fraud or reckless behaviour on the part of any director or employee of the Company or any Participating
Company (in each case in respect of any financial year on the basis of which that, or any prior, Conditional Award was granted). 

  
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	3A.	CLAW-BACK 

 Claw-back events 

 

	(1)	In respect of a Conditional Award granted on or after 1 January 2016, the Board may at any time prior to the third anniversary of the Award Date (whether before or after shares are transferred to a Participant
pursuant to the Conditional Award) determine that a Claw-back shall apply in respect of the Conditional Award if the Board determines that: 

  

	 	(a)	there has been a material misrepresentation in relation to the performance of the Company, any Subsidiary, any relevant business unit and/or the Participant on the basis of which the annual bonus (in respect of which
the Conditional Award was granted) was determined (which may include, but shall not be limited to: (i) a misstatement of the financial results and/or health of the Company or any Subsidiary; (ii) an erroneous calculation in relation to the
Company’s or any Subsidiary’s results or other performance benchmark; (iii) errors in the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s financial statements; or (iv) discrepancies in the financial accounts, and, for the avoidance of
doubt, notwithstanding that such misrepresentation may not arise from fraud or reckless behaviour); or 

  

	 	(b)	an erroneous calculation was made in assessing the amount of the annual bonus or the number of shares over which the Conditional Award was granted, 

and, in either case, the annual bonus was awarded and/or the Conditional Award was granted to a greater extent than would have
been the case had there not been such a misrepresentation or had such error not been made. 
  

	(2)	In respect of a Conditional Award granted on or after 1 January 2016, the Board may at any time (whether before or after shares are transferred to a Participant pursuant to the Conditional Award) determine that a
Claw-back shall apply in respect of the Conditional Award where the Participant is found to have committed at any time prior to the date on which shares are transferred to a Participant, including prior to the grant of the Conditional Award, an act
or omission which justifies, or in the opinion of the Board would have justified, summary dismissal or service of notice of termination of office or employment on the grounds of misconduct. 

Applying Claw-back 
  

	(3)	A Claw-back shall be applied in accordance with the provisions of Appendix 1 (Operation of Claw-back). 

Lapse of Conditional Awards to give effect to claw-back of other awards 

 

	(4)	By participating in the Scheme, the Participant acknowledges that the Board may lapse any Conditional Award granted on or after 1 January 2016 to such extent as it determines to be necessary (including in full) in
order to give effect to a claw-back under the terms of the Scheme or any other employees’ share scheme or bonus scheme operated from time to time by the Company or any Subsidiary. 

  
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 No Claw-back following a Takeover 

 

	(5)	A Claw-back shall not apply at any time following any of the events described in Rule 4(1) or (3), save where such event occurs as part of an internal reorganisation where there is no material change in the ultimate
ownership of the Company or where the determination that the Claw-back shall apply was made prior to such event. 

Interaction with the cash bonus schemes 
  

	(6)	No provision of the rules of this Scheme relating Claw-back shall in any way limit or restrict, or be limited or restricted by, the operation of any provision of any cash bonus scheme or similar operated by the Company
or any Subsidiary from time to time. 

  

	4.	TAKEOVER, RECONSTRUCTION AND WINDING-UP 

  

	(1)	As soon as reasonably practicable after any person obtains control of the Company as a result of making a general offer to acquire shares in the Company, or having obtained such control makes such an offer, the Company
shall procure the transfer to the Participant of the shares subject to a Conditional Award (subject to sub-rules (2), (3), (4) and (7) of Rule 3 above). 

 

	(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. 

  

	(3)	As soon as reasonably practicable after any application is made to the Court under section 425(1) of the Companies Act 1985 to order a meeting in relation to a proposed 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, the Company shall procure the transfer to the Participant of the shares subject to a Conditional Award (subject to sub-rules (2), (3), (4) and (7) of Rule 3 above). 

  

	(4)	If any person becomes bound or entitled to acquire shares in the Company under sections 428 to 430F of the Companies Act 1985, or if under section 425 of that Act 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 its amalgamation with any other company or companies, or if the Company passes a resolution for voluntary winding up, or if an order is made for the
compulsory winding up of the Company, the Company shall procure the transfer to the Participant of the shares subject to a Conditional Award (subject to sub-rule (2), (3), (4) and (7) of Rule 3 above) as
soon as reasonably practicable after the relevant event. 

  

	5.	VARIATION OF CAPITAL 

  

	(1)	In the event of any increase or variation of the share capital of the Company (whether by means of consolidation, subdivision, capitalisation or rights issue or otherwise and whenever effected), the Board may make such
adjustments as it considers appropriate to the number of shares subject to a Conditional Award. 

  

	(2)	As soon as reasonably practicable after making any adjustment under sub-rule (1) above, the Company shall give notice in writing thereof to any Participant affected thereby.

  
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	5A.	VESTED SHARE ACCOUNTS 

  

	(1)	Legal title to any shares which are due to be transferred to the Participant pursuant to the Scheme may (notwithstanding any other Rule) be transferred to a person (the “Vested Share Account Provider”)
appointed by the Company from time to time to hold legal title to such shares on behalf of the Participant. 

  

	(2)	The Vested Share Account Provider shall receive and hold shares on behalf of the Participant in accordance with such terms and conditions as are agreed by the Company from time to time, and by participating in the
Scheme the Participant irrevocably agrees to those terms and conditions (which shall be available to the Participant on request to the Company). 

  

	(3)	The transfer of any shares to the Vested Share Account Provider shall satisfy any obligation of the Company under the Scheme to transfer shares to the Participant (and references in the Scheme to shares (or legal title
thereof) having been transferred to the Participant shall be read accordingly). 

  

	6.	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 Scheme, or the terms of any Conditional Award granted under it,
in any respect. 

  

	(2)	No alteration or addition to the disadvantage of any Participant 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. 

  

	(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. 

  

	7.	MISCELLANEOUS 

  

	(1)	The rights and obligations of any individual under the terms of his office or employment with any Participating Company shall not be affected by his participation in the Scheme or any right which he may have to
participate therein, and an individual who participates in the Scheme shall, as a term of the grant of any Conditional Award, 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 the Scheme as a result of such termination. 

  

	(2)	In the event of any dispute or disagreement as to the interpretation of the Scheme, or as to any question or right arising from or related to the Scheme, the decision of the Board shall be final and binding upon all
persons. 

  

	(3)	 Any notice or other communication under or in connection with the Scheme may be given by personal delivery or by
sending the same by post, in the case of a company to its registered office, and in the case of an individual to his last known address, or, where he is a director or 

  
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employee of a Participating Company, 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. 

  

	(4)	This Scheme shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of England and Wales. 

  
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 APPENDIX 1: OPERATION OF CLAW-BACK 

Claw-back prior to the transfer of shares pursuant to a Conditional Award 

 

	(1)	Where the Board determines (pursuant to Rule 3A(1) or 3A(2)) that a Claw-back shall apply in respect of a Conditional Award prior to shares having been transferred to the Participant pursuant to the Conditional Award,
the Claw-back shall be applied by the Board reducing the number of shares subject to the Conditional Award by up to the number of shares determined by the Board to be the excess number of shares in respect of which the Conditional Award was granted
and/or is outstanding (and the Conditional Award shall lapse to the extent so reduced, which may be in full). 

 Claw-back
following the transfer of shares in respect of a Conditional Award 
  

	(2)	Where the Board determines (pursuant to Rule 3A(1) or 3A(2)) that a Claw-back shall apply in respect of a Conditional Award following shares having been transferred to the Participant pursuant to the Conditional Award
(a “Post-Transfer Claw-back”), the Board shall determine: 

  

	 	(a)	the excess number of shares which were transferred to the Participant pursuant to the Conditional Award (the “Excess Shares”); and 

 

	 	(b)	the aggregate market value of such Excess Shares (as determined by the Board) on the date on which the shares which were transferred to the Participant pursuant to the Conditional Award (the “Equivalent
Value”). 

  

	(3)	A Post-Transfer Claw-back may be effected in such manner as may be determined by the Board, and notified to the Participant, including by any one or more of the following: 

 

	 	(a)	by reducing the number of shares and/or amount of cash in respect of which an Outstanding Award vests or may vest (or has vested, but in respect of which no shares have yet been transferred or cash payment made),
whether before or after the assessment of performance conditions in respect of such Outstanding Award, by the number of Excess Shares and/or the Equivalent Value (and such Outstanding Award shall lapse to the extent so reduced); 

 

	 	(b)	by setting-off against any amounts payable by the Company or any Subsidiary to the Participant an amount up to the Equivalent Value (including from any bonus payment which may
otherwise become payable to the Participant); and/or 

  

	 	(c)	by requiring the Participant to immediately transfer to the Company a number of shares equal to the Excess Shares or a cash amount equal to the Equivalent Value (which shall be an immediately payable debt due to the
Company), provided that the Board may reduce the number of Excess Shares or the amount of the Equivalent Value subject to the Claw-back in order to take account of any Tax Liability (as defined in Rule 3(8)) which arose on the Excess Shares
(howsoever delivered to the Participant). 

  
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	(4)	In paragraph (3) above: 

 “Outstanding Award” means any other Conditional
Award under the Scheme, any award or option under any other employees’ share scheme operated from time to time by the Company or any Subsidiary (other than any award or options granted under any arrangement which satisfies the provisions of
Schedules 2 or 3, or (unless the terms of such arrangement state that shares acquired thereunder are subject to claw-back) 4 or 5 of the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003), or any bonus award under any bonus scheme operated from time to
time by the Company or any Subsidiary, in each case which is either held by the Participant at the time of a determination that a Claw-back shall be applied or which are granted to the Participant following such a determination; and 

“vests” shall include shares or cash subject to an award becoming due to be transferred or paid, and in the case of an option,
the option becoming exercisable. 

  
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