Document:

Exhibit 10.1

 

RENEWED
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

 

THIS
RENEWED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is entered into by and between CHRISTOPHER FRANKLIN (“Executive”),
and ESSENTIAL UTILITIES, INC., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (the “Company”)
as of this 1st day of July, 2021.

WHEREAS,
Executive and the Company were parties to an Employment Agreement dated July 1, 2015 with a term expiring on July 1, 2018 (the
“2015 Agreement”);

WHEREAS,
Executive and the Company were parties to an extension of the 2015 Agreement dated July 1, 2018 with a term expiring on July 1,
2021 (the “2018 Agreement”) (the 2015 Agreement and the 2018 Agreement are collectively referred to as the “Prior
Employment Agreements”); and

WHEREAS,
the Board of Directors of Company (“Board of Directors”) wishes to renew the Prior Employment Agreements and
have the Company continue to employ Executive to serve as President and Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) of
the Company on the terms set forth herein.

NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and obligations contained herein, and intending to be legally bound, the parties,
subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, agree as follows:

1.            Employment and Term. Executive hereby agrees to continue to serve as
President and CEO from July 1, 2021 (the “Commencement Date”) through July 1, 2024 (the “Term”),
and the Company hereby employs Executive as President and CEO pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. Executive and Company agree
that this Agreement replaces the Prior Employment Agreements and governs the terms of Executive’s employment with the Company.
By executing this Agreement, the Company confirms that the Board of Directors has approved this Agreement. This Agreement shall
terminate at the end of the Term, unless terminated earlier as provided in this Agreement.

2.            Duties. During the Term, Executive will have the titles of President
and CEO. Executive shall report exclusively to and receive instructions from the Board of Directors and shall have such duties
and responsibilities customary for the positions of president and chief executive officer of public companies similarly situated.
While serving as President and CEO, Executive shall have full authority and discretion relating to the general and day-to-day
management of the affairs of the Company, including, but not limited to, finances and other financial matters, compensation matters
(other than with respect to the compensation of Executive, himself, and the other executive officers of the Company, and other
than long- term compensation of employees, which shall be determined by the Executive Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors
(the “Executive Compensation Committee”)), personnel matters (other than such matters that relate to Executive
himself), operating and capital budgeting, operations, intellectual property, investor relations, retention of professionals and
strategic planning and implementation. Executive will be the most senior executive officer of the Company and all other executives
and businesses of the Company will report to Executive or his designee. The foregoing language shall not be construed so as to
limit the duties and responsibilities of the Board of Directors as described in the Company’s Articles of Incorporation,
Bylaws, and Corporate Governance Guidelines. Executive is currently serving as Chairman of the Board of Directors for no additional
compensation, having such duties as set forth in the Bylaws and Corporate Governance Guidelines.

    	 

    	 

    

3.            Other Business Activities. Executive shall serve the Company faithfully
and shall devote his reasonable best efforts and substantially all of his business time, attention, skill and efforts to the performance
of the duties required by or appropriate for his position as President and CEO. In furtherance of the foregoing, and not by way
of limitation, for so long as Executive remains President and CEO, Executive shall not directly or indirectly engage in any other
business, except for those arising from positions held as of the date hereof as set forth on Appendix A or such other activities
as would not materially interfere with Executive’s ability to carry out his duties under this Agreement. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, Executive shall be permitted to engage in activities in connection with (i) service as a volunteer, officer or
director or in a similar capacity of any charitable or civic organization; (ii) managing personal investments; (iii) serving as
a director, executor, trustee or in another similar fiduciary capacity for a non-commercial entity; or (iv) serving as a director
of a business organization; provided, however, that Executive has disclosed his intention to engage in such activities
to the Board of Directors and the Board of Directors concludes that such activities do not materially interfere with Executive’s
performance of his responsibilities and obligations pursuant to this Agreement.

4.            Base Salary. The Company shall pay Executive a base salary (the “Base
Salary”) payable pursuant to the Company’s normal practice, but no less frequently than monthly. The Base Salary
shall be inclusive of all applicable income, Social Security and other taxes and charges which are required by law or requested
to be withheld by Executive and which shall be withheld and paid in accordance with Company’s normal payroll practice for
its similarly-situated executives as in effect from time to time. The Executive Compensation Committee, in consultation with Executive,
shall periodically review Executive’s Base Salary during the Term at least annually for increases based on Executive’s
performance and other relevant factors.

5.            Annual Incentive Compensation. Executive shall participate in incentive
compensation programs which will enable Executive to earn bonus compensation in accordance with performance criteria developed
and evaluated by the Executive Compensation Committee in consultation with Executive. Executive’s target annual bonus shall
not be less than one hundred percent (100%) of Executive’s Base Salary (“Bonus”).

6.            Annual Equity Incentives. During the Term of this Agreement, Executive
shall be granted annual, equity-based long term incentive compensation at the discretion of the Executive Compensation Committee
under the Company’s Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan (the “Omnibus Plan”), consistent with existing compensation
practices (“LTI”); provided, however, that the target annual equity grant shall not be less than
two hundred fifty percent (250%) of Executive’s Base Salary.

7.            Other Benefits. Nothing in this Agreement shall affect Executive’s
participation in standard Company benefit plans and the level of those benefits shall be at least as favorable as those provided
to senior management generally.

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8.            Termination of Employment.

(a)               
If the Company does not renew Executive’s employment upon expiration of the
Term or terminates Executive’s employment and this Agreement for Cause, or if Executive terminates Executive’s employment
without Good Reason, without CIC Good Reason or Executive’s employment is terminated due to his death or Disability, Executive
shall receive (or his estate in the event of his death) any accrued but unpaid Base Salary and accrued vacation under this Agreement.
Such payment shall be made in a lump sum and paid for the payroll period in which the termination date arises.

(b)              
If the Company terminates Executive’s employment and this Agreement without
Cause or if Executive terminates Executive’s employment for Good Reason, Executive shall receive any accrued but unpaid
Base Salary pursuant to the Company’s payroll practice, unpaid Bonus, unpaid LTI, and accrued but unused vacation under
this Agreement in a lump sum payment within thirty (30) days of the effective date of the release referenced in clause (e) of
this Section 8, Executive will also receive payment equal to (i) twenty four (24) months of his current Base Salary; (ii) an amount
equal to twenty (24) months of the COBRA rate in effect at the Executive’s termination of employment; and, (iii) two
(2) times the target annual bonus for the year in which the date of termination arises (“Severance Benefits”).
Such severance payments shall be made consistent with the Company’s payroll practice during the period which starts on the
effective date of the release described in clause (e) of this Section 8 and continuing for the period for which the restrictive
covenants continue under Section 10 of this Agreement, and the remainder in a lump sum, such lump sum payment to be paid on the
thirtieth day following the date the restrictive covenants period ends.

(c)               
If during a Change in Control Period, the Company terminates Executive’s employment
and this Agreement without Cause or if Executive terminates Executive’s employment for CIC Good Reason, Executive shall
receive any accrued but unpaid Base Salary pursuant to the Company’s payroll practice, unpaid Bonus, unpaid LTI, and accrued
but unused vacation under this Agreement in a lump sum payment within thirteen (13) days of the effective date of the release
referenced in clause (e) of this Section 8, as well as a lump sum payment equal to (i) thirty-six (36) months of his current Base
Salary; (ii) three (3) times the target annual Bonus for the year in which the date of termination arises; (iii) an amount equal
to thirty-six (36) months of the COBRA rate in effect at the Executive’s termination of employment, and (iv) fully-paid
executive level reasonable outplacement services from the provider of Executive’s choice for thirty-six (36) months following
the termination date (“CIC Severance Benefits”). Any lump sum payment under this Section 8(c) shall be paid
on or before the thirteenth (13th) day following the date of termination; provided, that the release contemplated by
Section 8(e) is effective.

(d)              
For the avoidance of doubt, if Executive receives CIC Severance Benefits under clause
(c) of this Section 8, he shall not be entitled to receive Severance Benefits under clause (b) of this Section 8. The Company
does not intend for Executive to be eligible for any duplicate payments upon termination of employment.

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(e)               
For the avoidance of doubt, the payment of Severance Benefits or CIC Severance Benefits
under this Agreement shall be conditioned upon Executive executing a general release of all claims in a form provided by the Company
containing customary terms and conditions, and not revoking such release during the seven (7) day period following Executive’s
execution.

(f)               
The Company sponsors an irrevocable trust fund pursuant to a trust agreement to hold
assets to satisfy its obligations to, among others, Executive under this Agreement. Funding of such trust fund shall be subject
to the discretion of the officer designated by the Company, as set forth in the agreement pursuant to which the fund has been
established.

9.            Defined Terms. For purposes of this Agreement:

(a)               
“Affiliate” and “Associate” have the respective
meanings ascribed to such terms in Rule 12b-2 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act.

(b)              
“Beneficial Owner” A Person shall be deemed a “Beneficial
Owner” of any securities: (i) that such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates, directly or indirectly,
has the right to acquire (whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time) pursuant to any agreement,
arrangement or understanding (whether or not in writing) or upon the exercise of conversion rights, exchange rights, rights, warrants
or options, or otherwise; provided, however, that a Person shall not be deemed the “Beneficial Owner” of securities
tendered pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made by such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates until
such tendered securities are accepted for payment, purchase or exchange; (ii) that such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates
or Associates, directly or indirectly, has the right to vote or dispose of or has “beneficial ownership” of (as determined
pursuant to Rule 13d-3 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act), including without limitation pursuant to
any agreement, arrangement or understanding, whether or not in writing; provided, however, that a Person shall not be deemed the
“Beneficial Owner” of any security under this clause (ii) as a result of an oral or written agreement, arrangement
or understanding to vote such security if such agreement, arrangement or understanding (A) arises solely from a revocable proxy
given in response to a public proxy or consent solicitation made pursuant to, and in accordance with, the applicable provisions
of the General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act, and (B) is not then reportable by such Person on Schedule 13D under
the Exchange Act (or any comparable or successor report); or (iii) that are beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by any
other Person (or any Affiliate or Associate thereof) with which such Person (or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates)
has any agreement, arrangement or understanding (whether or not in writing) for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting (except
pursuant to a revocable proxy as described in the proviso to clause (ii) above) or disposing of any voting securities of the Company;
provided, however, that nothing in this definition shall cause a Person engaged in business as an underwriter of securities to
be the “Beneficial Owner” of any securities acquired through such Person’s participation in good faith in a
firm commitment underwriting until the expiration of forty days after the date of such acquisition.

(c)               
“Cause” shall mean that the Board reasonably determines that Executive
engaged in: (i) fraud, misappropriation, embezzlement or willful misconduct by Executive; (ii) willful failure by Executive to
perform any of his duties after a written notification by the Board which identifies such failure and permits thirty (30) days
to rectify such failure; (iii) Executive being convicted of a felony, or any crime or offense involving the Company; (iv) pleading
guilty or nolo contendere or being convicted of any other criminal act, not including traffic offenses; (iv) failure to follow
the lawful directions of the Board which, if curable in the judgement of the Board, is not cured within thirty (30) days after
Executive’s receipt of written notice of his failure to follow such lawful directions; (v) a material breach of this Agreement;
which is not cured within ten (10) days after Executive’s receipt of written notice of such material breach; or (vi) a determination
by the Board that Executive has violated a written policy of the Company against unlawful discrimination or harassment. No act,
or failure to act, on the Executive’s part shall be deemed “willful” unless committed or omitted by the Executive
in bad faith and without reasonable belief that the Executive’s act or failure to act was in, or not opposed to, the best
interest of the Company.

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(d)              
“Change in Control” shall be deemed to have occurred if: (i) any
Person, together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, shall become the Beneficial Owner in the aggregate of 20%
or more of the Company Stock then outstanding; (ii) during any twenty-four (24) month period, individuals who at the beginning
of such period constitute the Board cease for any reason to constitute a majority thereof, unless the election, or the nomination
for election by the Company’s shareholders, of at least seventy-five percent of the directors who were not directors at
the beginning of such period was approved by a vote of at least seventy-five percent of the directors in office at the time of
such election or nomination who were directors at the beginning of such period; or (iii) there occurs a sale of 50% or more of
the aggregate assets or earning power of the Company and its subsidiaries, or its liquidation is approved by a majority of its
shareholders or the Company is merged into or is merged with an unrelated entity such that following the merger, the shareholders
of the Company no longer own more than 50% of the resultant entity. Notwithstanding anything in this definition to the contrary,
a Change in Control shall not be deemed to have taken place under clause (i) above if (A) such Person becomes the Beneficial Owner
in the aggregate of 20% or more of the Company Stock then outstanding as a result, in the determination of a majority of those
members of the Board of Directors in office prior to the acquisition, of an inadvertent acquisition by such Person if such Person,
as soon as practicable, divests itself of a sufficient amount of its Company Stock so that it no longer owns 20% or more of the
Company Stock then outstanding, or (B) such Person becomes the Beneficial Owner in the aggregate of 20% or more of the Company
Stock outstanding as a result of an acquisition of Company Stock by the Company which, by reducing the number of shares of Company
Stock outstanding, increases the proportionate number of shares of Company Stock beneficially owned by such Person to 20% or more
of the shares of Company Stock then outstanding; provided, however that if a Person shall become the Beneficial Owner of 20% or
more of the shares of Company Stock then outstanding by reason of Company Stock purchased by the Company and shall, after such
share purchases by the Company become the Beneficial Owner of any additional shares of Company Stock, then the exemption set forth
in this clause shall be inapplicable.

(e)               
“Change in Control Period” means the time period that begins six
(6) months immediately prior to, and continues until the elapse of twenty-four (24) months immediately following a Change in Control
of the Company.

(f)               
“CIC Good Reason” for termination by the Executive of the Executive’s
employment means the occurrence (without the Executive’s express written consent) during any Change in Control Period, of
any one of the following acts by the Company, or failures by the Company to act, unless such act or failure to act is corrected
prior to the date of termination specified in the notice of termination given in respect thereof:

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(i)                
a significant adverse change or diminution in the Executive’s authority, duties, responsibilities
or reporting requirements as in effect immediately prior to the Change in Control Period or the assignment to the Executive of
any duties or responsibilities which are inconsistent with such role or position(s) (including status, offices, titles, public
company status and reporting requirements), or any removal of the Executive from, or any failure to reappoint or reelect the Executive
to, such position(s), excluding for this purpose an isolated, insubstantial, inadvertent and immaterial action not taken in bad
faith and that is remedied promptly after receipt of notice thereof given by the Executive;

(ii)              
a reduction of more than ten percent (10%) in the Executive’s total annual target
compensation (as compared to the Executive’s total annual target compensation immediately prior to the Change in Control), other
than pursuant to an across-the-board reduction in total annual target compensation which applies to all similarly situated executives
of the Company and any acquirer (and defining total annual target compensation for purposes of this definition as base salary
and target annual cash incentive compensation (and not including equity or equity-based compensation));

(iii)            
the failure to continue to provide the Executive with employee benefits substantially
similar to those enjoyed by the Executive under any pension, life insurance, medical, health, accident and disability plans, or
any retirement plan for which the Executive is eligible immediately prior to the time of the Change in Control Period; or

(iv)            
the Company requiring the Executive to be based at an office that is greater than
50 miles from where the Executive’s office is located immediately prior to the Change in Control Period except for required travel
on the Company’s business to an extent substantially consistent with the business travel obligations which the Executive
undertook on behalf of the Company prior to the Change in Control Period; provided, however, that the Executive’s termination
of employment shall not be deemed to be for CIC Good Reason unless (A) the Executive has delivered to the Company written notice
describing the occurrence of one or more CIC Good Reason events within sixty (60) days of such occurrence, (B) the Company fails
to cure such CIC Good Reason event or events within thirty (30) days after its receipt of such written notice and (C) the Executive
delivers to the Company a notice of termination of employment for CIC Good Reason within thirty (30) days after the expiration
of the 30-day cure period.

(g)              
“Disability” means Executive’s mental or physical incapacity
that entitles Executive to long-term disability benefits under the Company’s long-term disability plan applicable to Executive
after reasonable accommodation.

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(h)              
“Good Reason” means a termination of employment initiated by Executive
upon one or more of the following occurrences after the Commencement Date: (i) a significant adverse change or diminution in Executive’s
authority, title, duties, responsibilities or reporting lines, or the assignment to the Executive of any duties or responsibilities
which are inconsistent with such role or position(s) (including status, offices, titles, public company status and reporting requirements),
or any removal of the Executive from, or any failure to reappoint or reelect the Executive to, such position(s), excluding for
this purpose an isolated, insubstantial, inadvertent and immaterial action not taken in bad faith and that is remedied promptly
after receipt of notice thereof given by the Executive; (ii) relocation of Executive’s principal place of employment, to
a location that is more than fifty (50) miles from the location on the Commencement Date; or (iii) a reduction of more than ten
percent (10%) in Base Salary or the target annual bonus; or (iv) the failure to continue to provide the Executive with employee
benefits substantially similar to those enjoyed by the Executive under any pension, life insurance, medical, health, accident
and disability plans, or any retirement plan for which the Executive is eligible as of the Commencement Date Executive must provide
written notice of termination for Good Reason to the Company within sixty (60) days after the event constituting Good Reason.
The Company shall have a period of thirty (30) days in which it may correct the act or failure to act that constitutes the grounds
for Good Reason as set forth in Executive’s notice of termination. If the Company does not correct the act or failure to
act, Executive must terminate his employment for Good Reason within thirty (30) days after the end of the cure period, in order
for the termination to be considered a Good Reason termination.

(i)                
“Person” means any individual, firm, corporation, partnership or
other entity except the Company, any subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any subsidiary,
or any Person or entity organized, appointed or established by the Company for or pursuant to the terms of any such employee benefit
plan.

10.          Restrictive Covenants.

(a)               
Executive agrees that on and after the Commencement Date, for a period of twelve (12)
months after termination of his employment under this Agreement, Executive will not, directly or indirectly, individually, or
in association or in combination with any other person or entity, whether as a shareholder of a corporation, or a manager or member
of a limited liability company, or as an employee, agent, independent contractor, consultant, advisor, joint venturer, partner
or otherwise:

(i)                
employ, engage or solicit for employment any person who is, or was, at any time during
the twelve (12) months after termination of his employment under this Agreement and the immediately preceding twelve (12) month
period, an employee of the Company or otherwise seek to adversely influence or alter such person’s relationship with the
Company (without written consent of the Board); or

(ii)              
solicit, entice, broker or encourage any person or entity that is, or was, at any
time during the twelve (12) months after termination of his employment under this Agreement and the immediately preceding twelve
(12) month period, a prospective Affiliate of the Company or a customer, client or vendor or prospective customer, client or vendor
of the Company, to terminate or otherwise alter his, her or its relationship with Company.

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(b)              
Executive agrees that on and after the Commencement Date and for a period of twelve
(12) months after termination of his employment under this Agreement, Executive agrees that he will not, unless acting pursuant
with the prior written consent of the Board of Directors, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld, directly or indirectly,
own, manage, operate, join, control, finance or participate in the ownership, management, operation, control or financing of,
or be connected as an officer, director, employee, partner, principal, agent, representative, consultant or otherwise with or
use or permit his name to be used in connection with, any Competing Business located in the Geographic Area. For purposes of this
Agreement, a “Competing Business” is any business or enterprise actively engaged (i) in a business from which
the consolidated Company (the Company and its subsidiaries), taken as a whole, derived at least ten percent of its annual gross
revenues for the twelve (12) months immediately preceding the date of termination, or (ii) in any strategic initiative of the
Company commenced in the twelve (12) months immediately preceding the date of termination, or actively being considered by the
Company on the date of termination, and “Geographic Area” means the states in which the Company and its subsidiaries
are operating as of the date of termination. It is recognized by Executive that the business of the Company and its subsidiaries
and Executive’s connection therewith is or will be involved in activity throughout the Geographic Area, and that more limited
geographical limitations on this non-competition covenant are therefore not appropriate. The foregoing restriction shall not be
construed to prohibit the ownership by Executive of less than one percent of any class of securities of any corporation which
is engaged in any of the foregoing businesses having a class of securities registered pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, provided that such ownership represents a passive investment and that neither Executive nor any group of persons including
Executive in any way, either directly or indirectly, manages or exercises control of any such corporation, guarantees any of its
financial obligations, otherwise takes any part in its business, other than exercising his rights as a shareholder, or seeks to
do any of the foregoing.

(c)               
Executive acknowledges that the restrictions contained in paragraph (a) and (b) are
reasonable and necessary to protect the legitimate interests of the Company and its subsidiaries and Affiliates, and that any
violation of those provisions will result in irreparable injury to the Company. Executive represents that his experience and capabilities
are such that the restrictions contained in paragraphs (a) and (b) will not prevent Executive from obtaining employment or otherwise
earning a living at the same general level of economic benefit as is the case as of the date hereof. Executive agrees that the
Company shall be entitled to preliminary and permanent injunctive relief, without the necessity of proving actual damages, which
right shall be cumulative and in addition to any other rights or remedies to which the Company may be entitled. In the event that
any of the provisions of paragraph (a) or (b) should ever be adjudicated to exceed the time, geographic, service, or other limitations
permitted by applicable law in any jurisdiction, then such provisions shall be deemed reformed in such jurisdiction to the maximum
time, geographic, service, or other limitations permitted by applicable law. Executive further agrees that he shall reimburse
Company for its expenses incurred in enforcing this Agreement, if Company prevails in any suit under this Agreement or if he is
found to have breached or threatened to breach any term of this Agreement, including without limitation, Company’s attorneys’
fees and costs. Executive agrees that in the event that the Company finds it necessary to enforce this Agreement in a court of
law or equity, the twelve (12) month restriction referred to in clauses (a) and (b)above shall begin from the date of entry of
the final order of the court.

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11.          Other Agreements. Executive represents and warrants to Company that:

(a)               
Executive has informed the Company in writing of any restrictions, agreements or understandings
whatsoever to which Executive is a party or by which he is bound that could prevent or make unlawful Executive’s execution
of this Agreement or Executive’s employment hereunder, or which could be inconsistent or in conflict with this Agreement
or Executive’s employment hereunder, or could prevent, limit or impair in any way the performance by Executive of his obligations
hereunder.

(b)              
Executive shall disclose the existence and terms of the restrictive covenants set
forth in Section 10 to any employer by whom Executive may be employed during the Term (which employment is not hereby authorized)
or any period during which his activities are restricted by virtue of the covenants described in Section 10 hereof.

12.          Survival of Provisions. The provisions of this Agreement shall survive
the termination of Executive’s employment hereunder and the payment of all amounts payable and delivery of all post-termination
compensation and benefits pursuant to this Agreement incident to any such termination of employment.

13.          Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of
and be binding upon Company and its successors or permitted assigns and Executive and his executors, administrators or heirs.
The Company shall require any successor or successors expressly to assume the obligations of Company under this Agreement. For
purposes of this Agreement, the term “successor” shall include the ultimate parent corporation of any corporation
involved in a merger, consolidation, or reorganization with or including the Company that results in the stockholders of Company
immediately before such merger, consolidation or reorganization owning, directly or indirectly, immediately following such merger,
consolidation or reorganization, securities of another corporation. Executive may not assign any obligations or responsibilities
under this Agreement or any interest herein, by operation of law or otherwise, without the prior written consent of Company. If
a successor or assign of the Company refused to accept this Agreement, Executive shall be entitled to receive CIC Severance Benefits
from the Company.

14.          Notices. All notices required to be given to any of the parties of this
Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given, subject to the further provisions of this Section
14, for all purposes when presented personally to such party, or sent byany national overnight delivery service, or certified
or registered mail, to such party at its address set forth below:

(a) If to Executive:

 

Christopher Franklin

8 Greenbriar Lane

Paoli, Pennsylvania 19301

 

(b) If to the Company:

 

Essential Utilities, Inc.

762 W. Lancaster Avenue

Bryn Mawr, PA 19010-3489

Attn: Lead Independent
Director c/o Corporate Secretary

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Such
notice shall be deemed to be received when delivered if delivered personally, upon electronic or other confirmation of receipt
if delivered by electronic mail or facsimile transmission, the next business day after the date sent if sent by a national overnight
delivery service, or three (3) business days after the date mailed if mailed by certified or registered mail. Any notice of any
change in such address shall also be given in the manner set forth above. Whenever the giving of notice is required, the giving
of such notice may be waived in writing by the party entitled to receive such notice.

15.           Entire Agreement; Amendments. This Agreement and any other documents,
instruments or other writings delivered or to be delivered in connection with this Agreement as specified herein constitute the
entire agreement among the parties with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement and supersede all prior and contemporaneous
agreements, understandings, and negotiations, whether written or oral, with respect to the terms of Executive’s employment
by Company (including the Prior Employment Agreements and any restrictive covenants against competition contained in the Non-Competition
provision of Executive’s Restricted Share Agreements). This Agreement may be amended or modified only by a written instrument
signed by all parties hereto.

16.           Waiver. The waiver of the breach of any term or provision of this Agreement
shall not operate as or be construed to be a waiver of any other or subsequent breach of this Agreement.

17.           Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed and construed as to
its validity, interpretation and effect by the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

18.           Severability. Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or
unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability
without invalidating the remaining provisions of this Agreement or such provisions, and any such prohibition or unenforceability
in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

19.           Section Headings. The section headings in this Agreement are for convenience
only; they form no part of this Agreement and shall not affect its interpretation.

20.           Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts,
and each such counterpart, including in .pdf format, shall be deemed to be an original instrument, but all such counterparts together
shall constitute one and the same instrument.

21.           Indemnification. During the Term and thereafter, the Company agrees
to indemnify and hold Executive harmless in connection with actual, potential or threatened actions or investigations related
to Executive’s services for or employment by the Company and/or its subsidiaries in the same manner as other officers and
directors to the extent provided in the Company’s Bylaws.

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22.           Taxes. Any payment required under this Agreement shall be subject to
all requirements of the law with regard to the withholding of taxes, filing, making of reports and the like, and Company shall
use its best efforts to satisfy promptly all such requirements.

23.           Coordination with Release and Delay Required by the Internal Revenue Code.

(a)               
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, if the Executive is a
“disqualified individual” (as defined in Internal Revenue Code Section 280G(c)), and the payments and benefits provided
for in this Agreement or any other payments and benefits which the Executive has the right to receive from the Company (collectively,
the “Payments”), would constitute a “parachute payment” (as defined in Internal Revenue Code Section 280G(b)(2)),
then the Payments shall be either (a) reduced (but not below zero) so that the present value of such total amounts and benefits
received by the Executive from the Company will be one dollar ($1.00) less than three (3) times Executive’s “base
amount” (as defined in Internal Revenue Code Section 280G(b)(3)) and so that no portion of such amounts and benefits received
by the Executive shall be subject to the excise tax imposed by Internal Revenue Code Section 4999 or (b) paid in full, after taking
into account the applicable federal, state and local income taxes and the excise tax imposed by Internal Revenue Code Section
4999, whichever produces the better net-after-tax position to the Executive. The reduction of Payments, as applicable, shall be
made by (a) first, reducing any severance payments due pursuant to Section 4 paid in cash, with later payments being reduced first;
(b) next, the waiver of accelerated vesting of equity awards, with awards having a later vesting date being reduced first; and
(d) lastly, reducing all other Payments, with later payments being reduced first, in each case, in accordance with Internal Revenue
Code Section 409A. The determination as to whether any such reduction in the amount of the payments and benefits provided hereunder
is necessary shall be made by the Board of Directors in good faith. If a reduced Payment is made or provided and through error
or otherwise that Payment, when aggregated with other Payments from the Company used in determining if a parachute payment exists,
exceeds one dollar ($1.00) less than three (3) times the Executive’s base amount, then the Executive shall immediately repay
such excess to the Company upon notification that an overpayment has been made. In the event any reduction under this Agreement
is disputed by the Executive, then determinations required to be made under this Section 19, including the assumptions to be utilized
in arriving at such determination, shall be made by an outside nationally recognized accounting or consulting firm mutually selected
by the Executive and the Company or the Board of Directors, in their reasonable discretion (the “Accounting Firm”),
which shall provide detailed supporting calculations both to the Company and the Executive within 15 business days of the receipt
of notice from the Executive that there has been a payment hereunder, or such earlier time as is requested by the Company or the
Board of Directors, as applicable. In no event shall the Accounting Firm be an accounting firm that was, or is, serving as accountant
or auditor for the individual, entity or group affecting the change of ownership or effective control of the Company. Nothing
in this Section 19 shall require the Company to be responsible for, or have any liability or obligation with respect to, the Executive’s
excise tax liabilities under Internal Revenue Code Section 4999.

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(b)              
To the maximum extent possible, all amounts payable hereunder are intended to be exempt
from the requirements of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code (“Code Section 409A”) and this Agreement
shall be construed and administered in accordance with such intention. To the extent any continuing benefit (or reimbursement
thereof) to be provided is not “deferred compensation” for purposes of Code Section 409A, then such benefit shall
commence or be made immediately after the date the release of claims required under Section 8(e) of this Agreement becomes effective.
To the extent any continuing benefit (or reimbursement thereof) to be provided is “deferred compensation” for purposes
of Code Section 409A, then such benefits shall be reimbursed or commence upon the earliest later date as may be required in order
to comply with the requirements of Code Section 409A. The delayed benefits shall in any event expire at the time such benefits
would have expired had the benefits commenced immediately upon Executive’s termination of employment.

(c)               
Notwithstanding any other payment schedule provided herein to the contrary, if the
Executive is deemed on the date of termination to be a Specified Employee, then, once the release required by Section 8(e) is
executed and delivered and no longer subject to revocation, any payment that is considered deferred compensation under Code Section
409A payable on account of a “separation from service” shall be made on the date which is the earlier of (A) the expiration
of the six (6)-month period measured from the date of such “separation from service” of Executive, and (B) the date
of Executive’s death (the “Delay Period”) to the extent required under Code Section 409A. Upon the expiration
of the Delay Period, all payments delayed pursuant to this Section 23 (whether they would have otherwise been payable in a single
sum or in installments in the absence of such delay) shall be paid to Executive in a lump sum, and any remaining payments due
under this Agreement shall be paid or provided in accordance with the normal payment dates specified for them herein.

IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be executed the day and year first written above.

	 	 	 	 	 
	Attest:	 	ESSENTIAL UTILITIES, INC.
	 	 	 
	By: 	                                          	 	By: 	   /s/
    Daniel J. Hilferty
	 	 	Name:  Daniel J. Hilferty
	 	 	Title:    Lead
    Independent Director
	 	 	 
	 	 	
	Attest:	 	CHRISTOPHER FRANKLIN
	 	 	 
	By:	 	 	 /s/
    Christopher Franklin
	 	 	 	 

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Appendix
A

Business
and Charitable Activities

 

Charitable/Civic

		·	Trustee,
                                         University of Pennsylvania Board of Trustees, Philadelphia, PA

		·	Trustee,
                                         West Chester University’s Council of Trustees, West Chester, PA

		·	Director,
                                         Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, PAEX-10.6

 Exhibit 10.6 

Date:    4th July 2019 

Perspectum Diagnostics Ltd 

Employee Share Plan Rules 
  

 Rules of the 

PERSPECTUM DIAGNOSTICS LTD EMI EMPLOYEE SHARE OPTION PLAN 

Established by resolution of the board of directors of the Company on 27th February
2017 as amended by the Company on 1st July 2019 and approved by the Shareholders on 4th July 2019 

 

	1.	 INTERPRETATION 

 

	1.1	 The definitions and Rules of interpretation in this Rule 1 apply in this Plan. 

 

			
	2006 Act	  	the Companies Act 2006
		
	51% Subsidiary	  	has the meaning given in section 989 of the Income Tax Act 2007;
		
	Acting in Concert	  	bears the meaning given to it in The City Code on Takeovers and Mergers and the Rules Governing Substantial Acquisitions of Shares published by the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers (in each case as amended from time to
time);
		
	AIM	  	the Alternative Investment Market regulated by the London Stock Exchange PLC;
		
	AIM Rules	  	means London Stock Exchange PLC’s rules relating to AIM as in force at the date of this Agreement or, where the context requires, as amended or modified after the date of this agreement;
		
	Accelerated Vesting Date	  	the date or dates on which by virtue of the occurrence of an event or satisfaction of a condition (not including the mere effluxion of time) an Option or part thereof first becomes Vested and exercisable as specified in the relevant
Option Agreement;
		
	Admission	  	means the first occasion on which ordinary shares in the capital of the Company are admitted to be traded (and becoming effective pursuant to rule 6 of the AIM Rules) or dealt in on AIM or on any Recognised Exchange;
		
	Adoption Date	  	the date of the adoption of the Plan by the Company;
		
	Articles of Association	  	The articles of association of the Company as amended from time to time;

  
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	Associate	  	has the meaning given to “associate” by paragraph 31, paragraph 32 and paragraph 33 of Schedule 5, with Chapter 11 of Part 7 of ITEPA 2003 being applied for the purposes of paragraph 32(2);
		
	Auditors	  	the auditors of the Company from time to time, or, if the Company does not have auditors, the Company’s accountants at the relevant time (acting as experts and not as arbitrators);
		
	Board	  	the board of directors of the Company or a committee of directors appointed by that board to carry out any of its functions under the Plan;
		
	Code	  	the US Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended;
		
	Company	  	PERSPECTUM DIAGNOSTICS LTD incorporated and registered in England & Wales with number 08219473;
		
	Constituent Company	  	 any of the following:
  

(a)   the Company; and
  

(b)   any company which is a 51% Subsidiary of the Company;

		
	Control	  	has the meaning given in section 719 of ITEPA 2003;
		
	CSOP Option	  	a share option granted under a company share option plan approved under Schedule 4 to ITEPA 2003, which remains so approved;
		
	Date of Grant	  	the date on which an Option is, was or is to be granted by the Grantor executing an Option Agreement;
		
	Disqualifying Event	  	has the meaning given in sections 533 to 536 of ITEPA 2003;
		
	Eligible Employee	  	 any Employee who:
  

(a)   is required to spend on average at least the Statutory Minimum Time (as specified in paragraph
26 of Schedule 5) per week on the business of one or more of the Constituent Companies; and
  

(b)   does not have a Material Interest in relation to the Company (either on his own or together
with one or more of his Associates); and
  

(c)   has no Associate or Associates which has or (taken together) have a Material Interest in
relation to the Company;

  
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	EMI Option	  	a “qualifying option” as defined in paragraph 1(2) of Schedule 5;
		
	Employee	  	any individual who is an employee of a Constituent Company;
		
	Exercise Price	  	 the price at which each Share subject to an Option may be acquired on the exercise of that Option, which (subject to Rule 12):

 
 (a)   if Shares are to be newly
issued to satisfy the exercise of the Option, may not be less than the nominal value of a Share; and
  

(b)   may not be less than the Market Value of a Share on the Date of Grant;

		
	Existing Option	  	an option or any other right to acquire or receive Shares granted under any Share Incentive Scheme (including the Plan), which remains capable of satisfaction;
		
	Fair Market Value	  	means, with respect to a Share subject to an Incentive Stock Option, the value assigned to a Share by the Board for the applicable Date of Grant, as determined pursuant to a reasonable method established by the Board that is
consistent with the requirements of Sections 422 and 424 of the Code and the regulations thereunder (which method may be changed from time to time);
		
	Grant Period	  	a period during which Options may be granted, as specified in Rule 2.3;
		
	Grantor	  	 the person granting an Option, which may be:
  

(a)   the Company; or
  

(b)   the trustees of an employee benefit trust authorised by the Board to grant Options at the
relevant time; or
  
 (c)   any
other person so authorised,
 subject in the case of (b) and (c) to Rule 9.3;

		
	Group	  	the Constituent Companies from time to time;
		
	HMRC	  	HM Revenue & Customs;
		
	Incentive Stock Option	  	an Option intended to be an incentive stock option as defined in Section 422 of the Code;
		
	ITEPA 2003	  	the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003;

  
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	Leaver	  	an Option Holder who ceases to be an Employee and does not remain or immediately become an employee of another Constituent Company;
		
	Market Value	  	 on any day the market value of a share, determined under the applicable provisions of Part VIII of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992,
as agreed with HMRC Shares and Assets Valuation within such period as HMRC will permit.
  

Under Rule 4.1, Rule 4.2, Rule 4.3, Rule 4.5 :
  

(a)   the Market Value shall be that on the Date of Grant of the relevant Option; and

 
 (b)   if shares are subject to
Relevant Restrictions, the Market Value shall be determined as if they were not;

		
	Material Interest	  	has the meaning given in paragraph 28 of Schedule 5;
		
	NICs	  	National Insurance Contributions;
		
	Normal Vesting Date	  	the date or dates on which by effluxion of time an Option or part thereof first becomes Vested and exercisable as specified in the relevant Option Agreement;
		
	Option	  	a right to acquire Shares granted under the Plan which has neither lapsed nor been fully exercised;
		
	Option Agreement	  	a written agreement constituting an Option, entered into under Rule 2.7;
		
	Option Holder	  	an individual who holds an Option or, where applicable, his personal representatives;
		
	Performance Condition	  	 any condition (whether relating to performance or not) set under Rule 3 which:

 
 (c)   provides that the extent
to which an Option becomes capable of exercise shall be determined by reference to performance (for example, of any Constituent Company, the Option Holder or the Option Holder’s business unit) over a certain period measured against specified
targets; and (in either case);
  

(d)   does not prevent the relevant Option from being a right to acquire shares, as required by
section 527(4) of ITEPA 2003;

  
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	Plan	  	the employee share option plan constituted and governed by these Rules, as amended from time to time;
		
	Qualifying Exchange of Shares	  	an event falling within paragraph 40 of Schedule 5;
		
	Recognised Exchange	  	an investment exchange recognised by the Financial Services Authority under Part XVIII of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, such that a recognition order is in force in respect of it.
		
	Relevant Restriction	  	 a provision included in any contract, agreement, arrangement or condition (including the Articles of Association of the Company) to which any
of the following would apply if references in them to employment-related securities were references to Shares:
  

(a)   section 423(2) of ITEPA 2003;

 
 (b)   section 423(3) of ITEPA
2003;
  
 (c)   section 432(4)
of ITEPA 2003;

		
	Remuneration Committee	  	the committee of the same name established by the Board;
		
	Rollover Period	  	any period during which Options may be exchanged for options over shares in another company (under paragraph 42 of Schedule 5, Rule 11.6 and Rule 11.7);
		
	Rule	  	The rules of the Plan, being the numbered paragraphs of this document as duly amended or supplemented from time to time;
		
	Sale	  	completion of an agreement for the sale of the whole, or substantially the whole, of the business and assets of the Group;
		
	Schedule 5	  	Schedule 5 to ITEPA 2003, which specifies the requirements that must be met for a share option to be an EMI Option;
		
	Security Interest	  	means any encumbrance, mortgage, charge, assignment for the purpose of security, option, pledge, lien, right of set-off, retention of title, hypothecation or adverse right, equity or interest
for the purpose, or which has the effect, of granting a security interest of any kind whatsoever and any agreement, whether conditional or otherwise, to create any of the foregoing;

  
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	Share Incentive Scheme	  	any arrangement to provide Employees and/or directors with Shares;
		
	Shares	  	ordinary shares of any class in the Company (subject to Rule 12) which are fully paid-up and not redeemable;
		
	Statutory Minimum Time	  	 an amount of either:
  

(a)   “committed time”, as defined in paragraph 26 of Schedule 5, equal to the
“statutory threshold” as defined in that paragraph; or
  

(b)   “reckonable time in relevant employment”, as defined in section 535 of ITEPA 2003,
equal to the “statutory threshold” as defined in that section;

		
	Tax Liability	  	 the total of:
  

(a)   any PAYE income tax and primary class 1 (employee) national insurance contributions (or any
similar liability to withhold an amount in respect of income tax or social security contribution in any jurisdiction) that the Company or any employer (or former employer) of the Option Holder is liable to account for as a result of any Taxable
Event; and
  
 (b)   if such
amounts may be lawfully recovered from the Option Holder, any secondary class 1 (employer) national insurance contributions (or any similar liability for social security contribution in any jurisdiction) that the Company or any employer (or former
employer) of the Option Holder is liable to pay as a result of any Taxable Event).

		
	Ten Percent Owner	  	means a person who owns, or is deemed within the meaning of Section 422(b)(6) of the Code to own, stock possessing more than 10% of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company (or any parent or
subsidiary corporations of the Company,

  
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		  	as defined in Sections 424(e) and (f), respectively, of the Code). Whether a person is a Ten Percent Owner shall be determined with respect to an Option based on the facts existing immediately prior to the Date of Grant of the
Option;
		
	Unapproved Option	  	any Option or part thereof which is not an EMI Option or a CSOP Option;
		
	Vested	  	 means the Option or part of the Option which, subject to these Rules, has become exercisable in accordance with the Option Agreement or these
Rules because:
  
 (a)   its
Vesting Date has occurred;
  

(b)   one or more Performance Conditions have been met; or

 
 (c)   it has otherwise become
Vested under these Rules or the relevant Option Agreement;

		
	Vesting Date	  	means either an Accelerated Vesting Date or a Normal Vesting Date (as the context may require)

  

	1.2	 Headings shall not affect the interpretation of these Rules. 

 

	1.3	 A reference to one gender in these Rules shall include a reference to the other genders. 

 

	1.4	 Words in the singular in these Rules shall include the plural and vice versa. 

 

	1.5	 A reference to a statute or a statutory provision in these Rules is a reference to it as in force at the
relevant time, taking account of any amendment, extension or re-enactment, and includes any subordinate legislation in force and made under it. 

 

	2	 GRANT OF OPTIONS 

 

	2.1	 Subject to the limitations and conditions of this Plan, any Grantor may grant an Option: 

 

	 	2.1.1	 intended to be an EMI Option, to any Eligible Employee it chooses; 

 

	 	2.1.2	 intended to be an Incentive Stock Option, to any Employee who meets the conditions of Rule 2.3; and

  

	 	2.1.3	 not intended to be an EMI Option or an Incentive Stock Option, to any Employee it chooses.

  

	2.2	 EMI Options must be granted for commercial reasons in order to recruit or retain an Eligible Employee and not
as part of any scheme or arrangement which has the avoidance of tax as its main purpose (or one of its main purposes). 

  

	2.3	 A person is eligible to be granted an Incentive Stock Option if (and only if) he is an employee of the Company
or any parent or subsidiary corporation within the meaning of Sections 424(e) or (f) of the Code and shall be subject to and shall be construed consistently with the requirements of Section 422 of the Code. 

  
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	2.4	 An Option intended to be an Incentive Stock Option may only be granted within ten (10) years from the
earlier of (i) the date this Plan is adopted by the Board; or (ii) the date this Plan is duly approved by the shareholders of the Company. 

  

	2.5	 Options may not be granted: 

 

	 	2.5.1	 at any time when that grant would be prohibited by, or in breach of any law or regulation with the force of
law; 

  

	 	2.5.2	 after the tenth anniversary of the Adoption Date for an Option intended to be an EMI Option.

  

	2.6	 Options intended to be EMI Options shall be granted only when the Company is a qualifying company, as defined
in paragraph 8 of Schedule 5. 

  

	2.7	 An Option shall be granted by the Grantor entering into an Option Agreement as a deed substantially in the form
set out in either Part 1 or Part 2 of the Appendix to these Rules (and including in the case of an Option intended to be an EMI Option the provisions indicated in such Appendix as applicable to EMI Options) and in each case completed in such manner
compliant with these Rules as may be approved by the Remuneration Committee. 

  

	2.8	 If the Option is intended to be an Incentive Stock Option the Option Agreement must state that the Option is
granted in accordance with the provisions of Section 422 or the Code. 

  

	2.9	 If the Option is intended to be an EMI Option, it must include a declaration by the Option Holder that he works
for the Group for at least 25 hours a week or, if less, at least 75 percent of his working time. 

  

	2.10	 If an Option Holder does not:- 

 

	 	2.10.1  	 execute an Option Agreement as a deed and return the executed Option Agreement to the Grantor;

  

	 	2.10.2	   within the period of 30 days after the Date of Grant, 

the relevant Option shall automatically lapse at the end of that period. 

 

	2.11	 Each Grantor and Option Holder shall hand over any executed Option Agreement to which it is party (and which
has not lapsed under Rule 2.10) to the Constituent Company which is the employer of the relevant Option Holder (if that Constituent Company is a different person from the Grantor). 

 

	2.12	 The Constituent Company which employs the relevant Option Holder shall, in respect of any Option intended to be
an EMI Option: 

  

	 	2.12.1	   complete and submit within the period of 92 days after the relevant Date of Grant (or such other
period as may be specified by paragraph 44 of Schedule 5 at the relevant time) a notice as required by Schedule 5 in respect of such Option; and 

  

	 	2.12.2	   keep each Option Agreement available for inspection by HMRC at any time; and 

  
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	 	2.12.3  	 provide the Option Holder with a copy of the signed Option Agreement within seven days of execution.

  

	2.13	 No amount shall be paid by an Employee for the grant of an Option. 

 

	2.14	 Options may be granted on terms that the benefit thereof vests in one or more installments or tranches;

  

	 	2.14.1  	 at such date or dates (which may be the Date of Grant) or on the occurrence of such event as may be specified
in the relevant Option Agreement and which may include or be limited to the events described in one of the sub-paragraphs of Rule 11 and within the applicable period specified in the relevant sub-paragraph and subject always to the powers specified in such Rule for the Remuneration Committee to determine that such an event which would otherwise trigger the exercise of Options shall not do so; and / or

  

	 	2.14.2  	 to such extent as the Remuneration Committee in their absolute discretion may otherwise allow.

  

	2.15	 Options may be granted on terms that separate tranches thereof are exercisable at different Exercise Prices
(being in the case of an Option intended to be an EMI Option not less than Market Value or, in the case of an Incentive Stock Option, (i) one hundred and ten percent (110%) of the Fair Market Value of a Share on the Date of Grant if the Option
Holder is a Ten Percent Owner or (ii) one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value of a Share on the Date of Grant if the Option Holder is not a Ten Percent Owner) as specified in the relevant Option Agreement. 

 

	3	 PERFORMANCE CONDITIONS 

 

	3.1	 On the Date of Grant of any Option, the Grantor: 

 

	 	3.1.1	 may specify one or more appropriate Performance Conditions for the Option; and 

 

	 	3.1.2	 may specify, for any Performance Condition: 

 

	 	(a)	 any restrictions that will apply to variation or waiver of that Performance Condition under Rule 3.4; or

  

	 	(b)	 that there may be no such variation or waiver. 

 

	3.2	 A Performance Condition may be specified to apply only to part of an Option. 

 

	3.3	 Any Performance Condition must be capable of being met within ten years after the relevant Date of Grant.

  

	3.4	 Subject to Rule 3.5 and any restrictions on variation or waiver specified by the Grantor under Rule 3.1.2, the
Remuneration Committee may vary or waive any Performance Condition, provided that any varied Performance Condition shall be (in the reasonable opinion of the Remuneration Committee): 

 

	 	3.4.1	 a fairer measure of performance than the original Performance Condition, as judged at the time of the
variation, if the original Performance Condition relates to a measure of performance; and 

  
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	 	3.4.2	 no more difficult to satisfy than the original Performance Condition was at the Date of Grant; and

  

	 	3.4.3	 not materially easier to satisfy than the original Performance Condition was at the Date of Grant, unless the
variation of the Performance Condition has been approved in advance by the Company in general meeting. 

  

	3.5	 Rule 3.4 shall not permit the general waiver by the Remuneration Committee of Performance Conditions on
cessation of employment or on the occurrence of any event permitting the exercise of Options under Rule 11; 

  

	3.6	 The Remuneration Committee shall determine whether, and to what extent, Performance Conditions have been
satisfied. 

  

	3.7	 If an Option is subject to any Performance Condition, the Remuneration Committee shall notify the Option Holder
(and the Grantor, if not the Company) within a reasonable time after the Remuneration Committee becomes aware of the relevant information: 

  

	 	3.7.1	 whether (and, if relevant, to what extent) the Performance Condition has been satisfied; and

  

	 	3.7.2	 of any subsequent change in whether, or the extent to which, the Performance Condition has been satisfied; and

  

	 	3.7.3	 when that Performance Condition has become incapable of being satisfied, in whole or in part; and

  

	 	3.7.4	 of any waiver or variation of that Performance Condition under Rule 3.4. 

 

	4	 OVERALL LIMITS ON GRANTS 

 

	4.1	 At any time, the total Market Value (as at the relevant dates of grant) of the Shares (and any other shares in
the Company) which can be acquired on the exercise of all EMI Options over such shares (Acquisition Shares) must not exceed £3,000,000 (or such other amount as may be specified by paragraph 7 of Schedule 5 at the relevant time). Any
Option shall not be an EMI Option if, immediately before it is granted, the Acquisition Shares already equals £3,000,000 (or such other amount as may be specified by paragraph 7 of Schedule 5 at the relevant time). 

 

	4.2	 If the grant of any Option (referred to in this Rule 4.2 as the Excess Option) which is:

  

	 	4.2.1	 intended to be an EMI Option; and 

 

	 	4.2.2	 not granted at the same time as any other Option(s), 

would cause the limits in Rule 4.1 to be exceeded, the Excess Option shall be an EMI Option only in respect of the number of Shares (rounded
down to the nearest whole number) as on the Date of Grant of the Excess Option have an aggregate market value equal to the amount by which the total Market Value of shares in the Company which are subject to EMI Options other than the Excess Option
(as at the relevant dates of grant) is less than the amount of the relevant limit specified in Rule 4.1 on the Date of Grant of the Excess Option (in this Rule 4.2 and in Rule 4.3 following the Available Headroom). 

 

	4.3	 If several Options (referred to in this Rule 4.3 as the Excess Options) are: 

 

	 	4.3.1	 intended to be EMI Options; and 

 

	 	4.3.2	 granted at the same time as each other; 

  
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	 	4.3.3	 and this would cause the limits in Rule 4.1 to be exceeded; 

each Excess Option shall be an EMI Option only in respect of such number of the Shares comprised in such Excess Option (rounded up or down to
the nearest whole number) as has an aggregate market value equal to the Relevant Proportion of the Available Headroom. 
 For this purpose,
“Relevant Proportion” means the proportion which the total Market Value of the Shares subject to the relevant Excess Option bears to the total Market Value of the aggregate of the Shares subject to all the Excess Options. 

 

	4.4	 No Option shall be granted under Rule 2 if that grant would result in the total number of shares which may be
acquired under any Share Incentive Scheme (such as the Plan) exceeding 12% of the issued share capital of the Company. 

  

	4.5	 Subject to adjustment under Rule 12 Incentive Stock Options may only be granted in respect of up to 40,000,000
A Ordinary Shares of £0.0001 each. 

  

	5	 INDIVIDUAL LIMITS ON GRANTS 

 

	5.1	 At any time, the total Market Value (as at the relevant Dates of Grant) of the shares (which may include
Shares) which an Eligible Employee can acquire on the exercise of EMI Options granted to him by reason of his employment with: 

  

	 	5.1.1	 any Constituent Company; or 

 

	 	5.1.2	 any two or more Constituent Companies, 

may not exceed £249,999 (or any other amount as may be specified by paragraph 5 of Schedule 5 at the relevant time minus £1). Any
Option shall not be an EMI Option if, immediately before it is granted, the total Market Value (as at the relevant Dates of Grant) of the shares (which may include Shares) which can be acquired on the exercise of all EMI Options held by the relevant
Eligible Employee and falling within this Rule 5.1 already equals £249,999 (or such other amount as aforesaid). 
  

	5.2	 If the grant of an Option (referred to in this Rule 5.2 as an Individual Excess Option) which is intended to be
an EMI Option would cause the limit in Rule 5.1 to be exceeded, the Individual Excess Option shall be an EMI Option only in respect of the number of Shares (rounded down to the nearest whole number) as have an aggregate Market Value equal to the
amount by which the total Market Value of shares subject to EMI Options held by the relevant Eligible Employee which fall within Rule 5.1, other than the Individual Excess Option (as at the relevant Dates of Grant) is less than the amount of the
limit specified in Rule 5.1 on the Date of Grant of the Individual Excess Option. 

  

	5.3	 Any CSOP Options granted to the relevant Eligible Employee by reason of his employment with:

  

	 	5.3.1	 the Constituent Company which employs him; or 

 

	 	5.3.2	 any other Constituent Company, 

shall be treated as EMI Options to be counted against the limits set out in Rule 5.1. 

 

	5.4	 If the grant of any Option (referred to in this Rule 5.4 as the “CSOP Excess Option”) which is
intended to be an EMI Option would cause the limit in Rule 5.1 to be exceeded, the CSOP Excess Option shall be an EMI Option only in respect of the number of Shares (rounded down to the nearest whole number) as have an aggregate Market Value equal
to the amount 

  
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by which the total Market Value of shares subject to EMI Options held by the relevant Eligible Employee which fall within Rule 5.1, other than the CSOP Excess Option (as at the relevant Dates of
Grant) is less than the amount of the limit specified in Rule 5.1 on the Date of Grant of the CSOP Excess Option. 

  

	5.5	 Unless permitted by Section 422 of the Code or such other legislation as may from time to time govern the
granting of Incentive Stock Options, no person shall be granted Incentive Stock Options such that the aggregate Fair Market Value of stock with respect to which Incentive Stock Options are exercisable for the first time by any individual during any
calendar year (under all plans of the individual’s employer corporation and its parent and subsidiary corporations) exceeds $100,000. 

  

	5.6	 Any Option or part thereof which is precluded by the foregoing limits in Rules 5.1, 4.1, 5.2 and 5.3 and this
Rule 5.6 from taking effect as an EMI Option may nevertheless take effect as an Unapproved Option. 

  

	6	 LAPSE AND SUSPENSION OF OPTIONS 

 

	6.1	 Options (and any rights arising under them) may not be transferred or assigned, or have any Security Interest
created over them, save that following the death of an Option Holder his personal representatives shall remain entitled to exercise his Options to the extent provided by these Rules and the relevant Option Agreement and the transmission of his
Options to them will not cause them to lapse. 

  

	6.2	 An Option shall lapse on the earliest of the following: 

 

	 	6.2.1	 at the end of the period of 30 days after the Date of Grant if the Option Holder has not by then met the
obligations specified in Rule 2.10; or 

  

	 	6.2.2	 any action or attempted action by the Option Holder in breach of Rule 6.1; or 

 

	 	6.2.3	 when a Performance Condition applying to the whole Option becomes incapable of being met, as a result of which
no part of the Option can be exercised; or 

  

	 	6.2.4	 the date on which the Option shall lapse, as specified in the Option Agreement; or 

 

	 	6.2.5	 the bankruptcy of the Option Holder; or 

 

	 	6.2.6	 if any part of Rule 11 applies, the time specified for the lapse of the Option under the relevant part of Rule
11; or 

  

	 	6.2.7	 on the date on which an order is made by the Court for the compulsory winding up of the Company.

  

	 	6.2.8	 The first anniversary of the Option Holder’s death; or 

 

	 	6.2.9	 when the Option Holder: 

 

	 	(i)	 gives or receives notice to terminate the Option Holder’s employment with any Constituent Company (if the
Option Holder will not then become or remain an employee of another Constituent Company); or 

  

	 	(ii)	 ceases employment with any Constituent Company without giving or receiving notice (if the Option Holder does
not then become or remain an employee of another Constituent Company 

  
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 save to the extent otherwise set out in the Option Agreement or otherwise specifically
determined by the Remuneration Committee in their absolute discretion. 
  

	6.3	 Part of an Option shall lapse where: 

 

	 	6.3.1	 a Performance Condition set for that Option has been met in such a way that the Option has become, and shall
remain, exercisable only in part; or 

  

	 	6.3.2	 a Performance Condition set for part of that Option becomes incapable of being met, as a result of which that
part of the Option cannot be exercised; or 

  

	 	6.3.3	 the Remuneration Committee makes a determination in accordance with these Rules or the relevant Option
Agreement that the Option may be exercised, but only in part. 

  

	7	 EXERCISE OF OPTIONS 

 

	7.1	 Subject to the provisions for lapse of Options set out in Rule 6, the other provisions of this Rule 7 and Rules
8, 9 and 11, an Option (or part of it) may be exercised at the time or times permitted by the relevant Option Agreement. 

  

	7.2	 No Option may be exercised when its exercise is prohibited by, or would be a breach of, any law or regulation
with the force of law. 

  

	7.3	 An Incentive Stock Option must be exercised no later than the tenth anniversary of the Date of Grant, or no
later than the fifth anniversary of the Date of Grant if the Option Holder is a Ten Percent Owner. If an Incentive Option is not exercised within the relevant period specified in this Rule 7.3 it shall immediately lapse and cease to be exercisable.

  

	7.4	 An Option may only be exercised to the extent that it has Vested. 

 

	7.5	 On any of the events specified in Rule 11 or when the Option Holder ceases to hold employment within the Group,
the Remuneration Committee may, at its absolute discretion, accelerate the vesting of all or any part of the Option so that the whole or part of any Option which has not Vested will be treated as Vested for the purposes of these Rules.

  

	7.6	 On a Sale or Change of Control the vesting of all Options shall automatically accelerate so that any part of
the Option which has not Vested will be treated as Vested for the purposes of these Rules. 

  

	7.7	 An Option may not be exercised on any occasion if, having been requested to do so, the Option Holder has not
joined with the Option Holder’s employer in making an election as set out in section 431 of ITEPA 2003 for the full or partial disapplication of Chapter 2 (restricted securities) of Part 7 of ITEPA 2003 in such form as the Board has specified.

  
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	8	 MANNER OF EXERCISE OF OPTIONS 

 

	8.1	 An Option shall be exercised by the Option Holder giving a written exercise notice to the Grantor, which:

  

	 	8.1.1	 shall set out the number of Shares over which the Option Holder wishes to exercise the Option. If that number
exceeds the number over which the Option may be validly exercised at the time: 

  

	 	(a)	 the Option shall be treated as exercised only in respect of that lesser number; and 

 

	 	(b)	 any excess amount paid to exercise the Option or meet any Tax Liability shall be refunded; and

  

	 	8.1.2	 shall be made using a form that the Remuneration Committee will approve; and 

 

	 	8.1.3	 shall be copied to the Company, if the Grantor is not the Company; and 

 

	 	8.1.4	 if Rule 8.2 applies, may include the information specified in that Rule 8.2. 

 

	8.2	 If: 

  

	 	8.2.1	 an Option is an EMI Option only in part, due to the application of Rule 4.2, Rule 4.3 or Rule 5.4 on the grant
of that Option; and 

  

	 	8.2.2	 the relevant Option Holder exercises that Option in respect of any number of Shares less than the maximum
number over which it could be exercised; 

 the exercise notice shall specify to what extent (if any) the partial exercise
of that Option should be treated as the exercise of that part of the Option which is an EMI Option. If the exercise notice does not do so, it shall be taken to exercise that part of the Option which is an EMI Option in priority to that part of the
Option which is not an EMI Option. 
  

	8.3	 Any exercise notice shall be accompanied by: 

 

	 	8.3.1	 payment of an amount equal to the Exercise Price multiplied by the number of Shares specified in the notice;
and 

  

	 	8.3.2	 any documentation relating to arrangements or agreements required under Rule 9 or the provisions of the Option
Agreement there referred to. 

  

	8.4	 Any exercise notice shall be invalid: 

 

	 	8.4.1	 to the extent that it is inconsistent with the Option Holder’s rights under these Rules and the Option
Agreement; or 

  

	 	8.4.2	 if any of the requirements of Rule 8.1 or Rule 8.3 are not met; or 

 

	 	8.4.3	 if any payment referred to in Rule 8.3 is made by a cheque that is not honoured on first presentation or in any
other manner which fails to transfer the expected value to the Grantor. 

  

	8.5	 The Grantor may permit the Option Holder to correct any defect referred to in Rule 8.4.2 or Rule 8.4.3 (but
shall not be obliged to do so). The date of any corrected exercise notice shall be the date of the correction rather than the original notice date for all other purposes of the Plan. 

 

	8.6	 Shares shall be allotted and issued (or transferred, as appropriate) within 30 days after a valid Option
exercise, subject to the other Rules of this Plan. 

  

	8.7	 Except for any rights determined by reference to a date before the date of allotment, Shares allotted and
issued in satisfaction of the exercise of an Option shall rank equally in all respects with the other shares of the same class in issue at the date of allotment. 

  
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	8.8	 Shares transferred in satisfaction of the exercise of an Option shall be transferred free of any Security
Interest, and with all rights attaching to them, other than any rights determined by reference to a date before the date of transfer. 

  

	8.9	 If the Shares are listed or traded on any Stock Exchange, the Company shall apply to the appropriate body for
any newly issued Shares allotted on exercise of an Option to be listed and/or admitted to trading on that exchange. 

  

	8.10	 All Shares issued upon the exercise of Options shall be subject to the Articles of Association of the Company
at the date of such issue. 

  

	8.11	 Nothing in these Rules or in any Option Agreement shall be taken to impose any restriction or limitation upon
the exercise by the members of the Company of their rights to make any alteration to the Articles of Association of the Company. 

  

	9	 TAX LIABILITIES 

 

	9.1	 Each Option Agreement shall include the Option Holder’s irrevocable agreement in the terms of clause 6 of
the Appendix to these Rules. 

  

	9.2	 Notwithstanding such agreement, an Option Holder’s employer or former employer may decide to release the
Option Holder from, or not to enforce, any part of the Option Holder’s obligations in respect of Employer NICs under his Option Agreement. 

  

	9.3	 Any person other than the Company will only be authorised to grant Options after it has entered into an
irrevocable undertaking to the Company (for the benefit of the Company and any employer or former employer of any relevant Option Holder) that such person will fulfill its obligations as a Grantor under the Rules of the Plan and any relevant Option
Agreement. 

  

	10	 RELATIONSHIP WITH EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT 

 

	10.1	 Each Option Agreement shall include the Option Holder’s irrevocable agreement in the terms of clause 7 of
Part 1 or Part 2 (as the case may be) of the Appendix to these Rules. 

  

	11	 TAKEOVERS, REORGANISATIONS AND LIQUIDATIONS 

 

	11.1	 Subject to Rule 11.4.3 (Qualifying Exchange of Shares or other Reorganisation) and Rule 11.5 (Major
Shareholder), if any person (in this Rule 11.1, the Controller) obtains Control of the Company as a result of: 

  

	 	11.1.1	 making a general offer to acquire the whole of the issued share capital of the Company which is made on a
condition such that, if it is satisfied, the Controller will have Control of the Company; or 

  

	 	11.1.2	 making a general offer to acquire all the shares in the Company which are of the same class as the Shares; or

  

	 	11.1.3	 entering into a share sale and purchase agreement with the shareholders of the Company which contemplates that
the Controller will obtain Control of the Company upon completion; 

 then any Option which is Vested may (subject to Rule
3.5), be exercised within 30 days after the time when the Controller has obtained Control of the Company and (if relevant) any condition subject to which the offer is made has been satisfied. 

Subject always to Rule 11.4, any Option to which this Rule 11.1 applies that is not exercised during the period specified in this Rule 11.1
shall lapse at the end of the exercise period specified in this Rule 11.1. 

  
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	11.2	 If the Directors anticipate that a Change of Control may occur as mentioned in Rules 11.1, then the Directors
may (subject always to Rule 11.4 and Rule 11.5) invite Option Holders to exercise their Vested Options within such reasonable period ending immediately before such Change of Control as the Directors may specify and any Option which is not exercised
within such period shall lapse and cease to be exercisable at the end of that period, unless the Directors otherwise determine or such Change of Control shall fail to occur. 

 

	11.3	 Subject to Rule 11.4 (Qualifying Exchange of Shares) and 11.5 (Major Shareholder), if any person
becomes bound or entitled to acquire Shares under Chapter 3 of Part 28 of the 2006 Act, any Option which is Vested may be exercised at any time while that person remains so bound or entitled. Each such Option will lapse and cease to be exercisable
to the extent not exercised, when that person ceases to be so entitled or bound. 

  

	11.4	 Qualifying Exchange of Shares or other Reorganisation 

The Remuneration Committee, in its discretion, may determine that any event which would trigger the exercise of Options under Rule 11.1 or Rule
11.3 shall not do so if that event takes place in the course of: 
  

	 	11.4.1	 a Qualifying Exchange of Shares; or 

 

	 	11.4.2	 any other corporate reconstruction or reorganisation under which: 

 

	 	(a)	 the ultimate beneficial ownership of the businesses of the Constituent Companies will remain the same; or

  

	 	(b)	 the businesses of the Constituent Companies will continue to be controlled by any one of Stefan Neubauer, Mike
Brady, Rajarshi Banerjee or Matthew Robson or jointly by more than one of them; 

 and either: 

 

	 	11.4.3	 following that Qualifying Exchange of Shares or corporate reconstruction or reorganisation, Options which are
EMI Options will be capable of being exchanged under Rule 11.7 and the Remuneration Committee undertakes to procure that Option Holders will be offered: 

  

	 	(a)	 new Options under Rule 11.7 (“New Options”) for any Options which are EMI Options, where the
requirements of Rule 11.7 can be satisfied; and 

  

	 	(b)	 either suitable replacement options under Rule 11.12, or some other appropriate compensation:

  

	 	(i)	 to the extent that New Options cannot be offered under Rule 11.7 for any Options which are EMI Options; and

  

	 	(ii)	 for any Options which are not EMI Options; 

or 
  

	 	11.4.4	 the Qualifying Exchange of Shares or the corporate reorganisation or reconstruction includes any provision for
Options which does not fall within Rule 11.4.3, but which the Auditors have certified to be fair and reasonable. 

  
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	11.5	 The Remuneration Committee, in its discretion, may determine that any event which would trigger the exercise of
Options under Rule 11.1 or 11.3 shall not do so if: 

  

	 	11.5.1	 (in the case of Rule 11.1) the Controller (as defined in Rule 11.1); or 

 

	 	11.5.2	 (in the case of Rule 11.3) the person bound or entitled as described in Rule 11.3, 

is Stefan Neubauer, Mike Brady, Rajarshi Banerjee or Matthew Robson, or two or more of them jointly. 

 

	11.6	 Scheme of Arrangement 

If under Section 899 of the 2006 Act it is proposed that the Court sanctions a compromise or arrangement whereby any person (in this Rule
11.6, the Controller) will obtain control of the Company, the Company shall give notice thereof to all Option Holders at the same time as it sends notices to members of the Company calling the meeting to consider such a compromise or
arrangement. 
 Unless the relevant compromise or arrangement makes provision for Options which the Auditors have certified to be fair and
reasonable, then, subject Rules 11.7 and 11.11, an Option which is Vested may be exercised either: 
  

	 	11.6.1	 at any time prior to the fifth Business Day prior to and conditional upon such compromise or arrangement being
sanctioned by the Court; or 

  

	 	11.6.2	 at any time within such period after the Controller obtains Control of the Company as a result of the Court
sanctioning such compromise or arrangement as the Remuneration Committee may allow; 

 any Option to which this Rule 11.6
applies that is not exercised during one of the periods specified in this Rule 11.6 shall: 
 if the Controller is a company, continue to
exist until the earliest of the following: 
  

	 	(a)	 the time when the Option is released under an exchange of options falling within either Rule 11.7 or Rule
11.12; and 

  

	 	(b)	 the latest date on which an applicable Rollover Period expires, 

when it shall lapse; or 
  

	 	11.6.3	 if the Controller is not a company, lapse at the end of the exercise period specified in this Rule 11.6.

  

	 	11.6.4	 Where Rule 11.6 applies, an Option shall not be capable of exercise under any other Rule of the Plan.

  

	11.7	 Replacement Options 

If, as a result of a Qualifying Exchange of Shares or an event specified in Rule 11.1, or Rule 11.6, a company (Acquiring Company) has
obtained Control of the Company, or if a company has become bound or entitled as specified in Rule 11.2, and: 
  

	 	11.7.1	 the Acquiring Company satisfies the independence requirement set out in paragraph 9 of Schedule 5; and

  

	 	11.7.2	 the Acquiring Company satisfies the trading activities requirement set out in paragraphs 13 to 23 of Schedule
5; and 

  

	 	11.7.3	 the relevant Option Holder would fall within the definition of Eligible Employee if for the purposes of that
definition (and the definition of Material Interest as used in it), references to Constituent Company were construed as if they were references to any of the Acquiring Company and its 51% Subsidiaries, 

  
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 then each Option Holder may, by agreement with the Acquiring Company within the applicable
Rollover Period, release any Option which is an EMI Option (or that part of any Option which is an EMI Option, where Rule 4.1, Rule 4.2 or Rule 5.4 applies) (Old Option) for a replacement option (New Option). 

A New Option shall: 
  

	 	11.7.4	 be over ordinary shares in the Acquiring Company which are fully paid up and not redeemable (and the provisions
in the definition of Shares as to the meaning of “fully paid up” and “redeemable” apply for this purpose); and 

  

	 	11.7.5	 be subject to Rule 4.1, Rule 4.2 and Rule 4.3 with: 

 

	 	(a)	 the references in those Rules to Shares being taken to be references to the shares in the Acquiring Company
which are subject to New Options; and 

  

	 	(b)	 the references to other shares in the Company being taken to be references to any other shares in the Acquiring
Company which are subject to EMI Options; and 

  

	 	(c)	 the Market Value of shares in the Acquiring Company subject to each New Option being taken to equal the Market
Value (under Rule 4) of the Shares subject to the Old Option which it replaces, immediately before the release of that Old Option; and 

  

	 	11.7.6	 be a right to acquire such number of shares in the Acquiring Company as have, immediately after grant of the
New Option, a total Market Value equal to the total Market Value of the shares subject to the Old Option which it replaces immediately before its release; and 

 

	 	11.7.7	 have an Exercise Price per share such that the total price payable on complete exercise of the New Option
equals the total price which would have been payable on complete exercise of the Old Option which it replaces; and 

  

	 	11.7.8	 be capable of exercise within ten years after the Date of Grant of the Old Option which it replaces; and

  

	 	11.7.9	 only include conditions which must be fulfilled before the New Option can be exercised (if any) which are
capable of being fulfilled within the period of ten years after the Date of Grant of the Old Option which it replaces; and 

  

	 	11.7.10  	 satisfy the requirements of: 

 

	 	(a)	 paragraph 37 of Schedule 5; 

 

	 	(b)	 paragraph 38 of Schedule 5; and 

 

	 	(c)	 satisfy any other requirements of Schedule 5 required to be satisfied by an option for it to qualify as a
replacement option for the purpose of that Schedule; and 

  

	 	11.7.11	 be notified to HMRC in accordance with paragraph 44 of Schedule 5 (as to which, see Rule 2.12.1).

  
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	11.8	 Any Rollover Period shall have the same duration as the applicable “required period” defined in
paragraph 42 of Schedule 5. 

  

	11.9	 Any New Option granted in accordance with Rule 11.7 will be treated as having been acquired at the same time as
the Old Option which it replaces for the purposes of the legislation relating to EMI Options. 

  

	11.10	 In this Rule 11 (other than Rule 11.7), a person shall be deemed to have obtained Control of a company if he,
and others Acting in Concert with him, have obtained Control of it together. 

  

	11.11	 Although Rule 11.7 does not provide for an Unapproved Option to be exchanged for another option in accordance
with that Rule, an Option Holder may agree terms with any company to make such an exchange in respect of an Unapproved Option during a Rollover Period and on terms that the replacement option will comply with Rules 11.7.4 to 11.7.9 (inclusive).

  

	11.12	 Sale 

  

	 	11.12.1	 In the event of a Sale, Vested Options may be exercised within the period of 90 days beginning with the date of
the Sale and shall lapse and cease to be exercisable at the end of that period. 

  

	 	11.12.2  	 If the Directors anticipate that a Sale may occur, the Directors may invite Option Holders to exercise Vested
Options within such reasonable period immediately preceding such Sale as the Directors may specify and, if an Option is not then exercised, then, unless the Directors otherwise determine, such Option shall lapse and cease to be exercisable at the
end of that period. 

  

	11.13	 In the event of an Admission an Option may be exercised within such one or more periods commencing on or after
the Admission as the Remuneration Committee shall determine and notify to the Option Holder 

 PROVIDED THAT: 

 

	 	(a)	 no such period shall be less than seven days long; and 

 

	 	(b)	 notwithstanding the Remuneration Committee’s discretion, if no exercise period has been notified by the
Remuneration Committee to the Option Holder before the Admission, the first such period shall automatically begin sixty days after the Admission and Options shall remain exercisable throughout the period commencing on the sixtieth day after the
Admission and ending on the ninetieth day after the Admission; and 

  

	 	(c)	 the Remuneration Committee shall specify in writing to the Option Holder, at the same time as issuing notice of
the first exercise period, the number and dates of any further exercise periods save that if the first exercise period occurs automatically pursuant to (b) above, it shall be the only period during which Options may be exercised; and

  

	 	(d)	 the Remuneration Committee shall permit all Options to be exercised in full within the period of one year
beginning with the Admission and all Options shall lapse and cease to be exercisable at the end of that period if not so exercised in that period; 

AND PROVIDED FURTHER THAT 
  

	 	(e)	 the Company shall have the right not to issue and allot Shares upon the exercise of the Option unless the
Option Holder has first agreed with the Company (in such 

  
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form as the Remuneration Committee shall determine) that the Option Holder shall not sell or otherwise dispose of the shares acquired upon the exercise of this Option within such period or
periods (not extending beyond the second anniversary of the date of Admission) as the Remuneration Committee may specify in a notice in writing to the Option Holder; and 

 

	 	(f)	 no such agreement as is mentioned in proviso (e) shall prevent the Option Holder from immediately
disposing of such number of the Shares so acquired (by way of sale for the consideration in cash which is not less than the best consideration which may be obtained at the time of sale) as is sufficient to enable the Option Holder (after deduction
of costs and expenses of sale) to recover the cost of the aggregate Exercise Price paid and any income tax and NICs due in consequence of such exercise of the Option. 

 

	11.14	 If the Company passes a resolution for voluntary winding up, any Option which is Vested may be exercised within
six weeks after the resolution is passed, failing which it shall lapse at the end of that period. 

  

	11.15	 Options which have become Vested shall become exercisable in accordance with the provisions of this Rule 11 at
the date of the event in question (save to the extent they shall have lapsed at such date). 

  

	11.16	 The Remuneration Committee shall notify Option Holders (and Grantors other than the Company) of any event that
is relevant to Options under this Rule 11 within a reasonable period after the Remuneration Committee becomes aware of it. 

  

	12	 VARIATION OF SHARE CAPITAL 

 

	12.1	 If at any time after the commencement of the Plan there is any variation of the share capital of the Company
(whether that variation is a capitalisation issue (other than a scrip dividend), rights issue, consolidation, subdivision or reduction of capital or otherwise) which affects (or may affect) the value of the Options to Option Holders, the number and
description of Shares subject to each Option and/or the Exercise Price of each Option shall be adjusted in such manner as the Remuneration Committee shall determine and (save in the event of a capitalisation) the Auditors shall confirm in writing to
be in their opinion fair and reasonable, provided that: 

  

	 	12.1.1	 the aggregate amount payable on the exercise of an Option in full is not increased; and 

 

	 	12.1.2	 save as provided in Rules 12.2 and 12.3, no variation shall be made which would result in the Exercise Price
for an allotted Share being less than its nominal value. 

  

	12.2	 Where an Option subsists over both issued and unissued shares, an adjustment may be made under Rule 12.1 which
would have the effect of reducing the Exercise Price to less than the nominal value of a Share provided that the reduction of the Exercise Price in relation to Options over both issued and unissued Shares can be made to the same extent.

  

	12.3	 Any adjustment made to the Exercise Price of unissued Shares which would have the effect of reducing the
Exercise Price to less than the nominal value of the Share shall only be made if and to the extent that the Remuneration Committee are authorised to capitalise from the reserves of the Company a sum equal to the amount by which the nominal value of
the Shares in respect of which the Option is exercisable exceeds the adjusted Exercise Price. The Remuneration Committee may apply such sum in paying up such amount on such 

  
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Shares so that on the exercise of any Option in respect of which such a reduction shall have been made, the Remuneration Committee shall capitalise such sum (if any) and apply the same in paying
up such amount as aforesaid. 

  

	12.4	 The Remuneration Committee may take such steps as they consider necessary to notify Option Holders of any
adjustment made under Rule 12.1 and to call in, cancel, endorse, issue or re-issue any Option certificate consequent upon such adjustment. 

 

	13	 NOTICES 

  

	13.1	 Any notice or other communication required or made in connection with any Option or otherwise under this Plan
shall be in writing and shall be: 

  

	 	13.1.1	 delivered personally; or 

 

	 	13.1.2	 sent by pre-paid first-class post; or 

 

	 	13.1.3	 sent by recorded delivery post; or 

 

	 	13.1.4	 sent by commercial courier; or 

 

	 	13.1.5	 sent by fax (but fax communications shall only be treated as validly sent if an appropriate report of
successful transmission has been recorded by the sender’s fax system); or 

  

	 	13.1.6	 sent by e-mail (but e-mail
communications shall only be treated as validly sent if an appropriate report of receipt has been returned to the sender by the e-mail system). 

 

	13.2	 Communications made in accordance with Rule 13.1 shall be addressed to the parties interested in the Plan as
specified below: 

  

	 	13.2.1	 in the case of communications to any Employee or Option Holder, to: 

 

	 	(a)	 his work address; or 

 

	 	(b)	 his home address, meaning that most recently notified to the sender; or 

 

	 	(c)	 if one has been notified to the sender, his private fax number; or 

 

	 	(d)	 his work e-mail address; or 

 

	 	(e)	 if one has been notified to the sender, his private e-mail address; and

  

	 	13.2.2	 in the case of communications to an Option Holder who has died (where the sender has notice of the death), to:

  

	 	(a)	 the Option Holder’s home address, meaning that most recently notified to the sender; or

  

	 	(b)	 any address or fax number (marked for the attention of any specified person) or any e-mail address that the Option Holder’s personal representatives have notified to the Company (and any relevant Grantor other than the Company) for such communications; and 

 

	 	13.2.3	 in the case of communications to the Company, to: 

 

	 	(a)	 its registered office, marked for the attention of the Chief Executive Officer; or 

  
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	 	(b)	 any other address (marked for the attention of any specified person) that may have been notified by the Company
to the sender; or 

  

	 	(c)	 any fax number (marked for the attention of any specified person) that may have been notified by the Company to
the sender; or 

  

	 	(d)	 any e-mail address that may have been notified by the Company to the
sender; and 

  

	 	13.2.4	 in the case of communications to any Grantor other than the Company, to: 

 

	 	(a)	 any address (marked for the attention of any specified person) that may have been notified by the Grantor to
the sender; or 

  

	 	(b)	 any fax number (marked for the attention of any specified person) that may have been notified by the Grantor to
the sender; or 

  

	 	(c)	 any e-mail address that may have been notified by the Grantor to the
sender. 

  

	13.3	 Communications made to any Employee, Option Holder or Option Holder’s personal representatives shall be
deemed to have been duly received: 

  

	 	13.3.1	 if delivered personally, when left at the relevant address; or 

 

	 	13.3.2	 if sent by pre-paid first-class post or recorded delivery post, at 12
noon on the second business day after posting; or 

  

	 	13.3.3	 if sent by commercial courier, at the time specified on the signed delivery receipt; 

 

	 	13.3.4	 if sent by fax, at the time of transmission; or 

 

	 	13.3.5	 if sent by e-mail, at the time specified in the relevant report of
receipt returned to the sender. 

  

	13.4	 Communications sent to the Company or any other Grantor shall: 

 

	 	13.4.1	 be duly made only if actually received in accordance with this Rule 13; and 

 

	 	13.4.2	 shall be treated as made at the time they are received for all purposes of the Plan. 

 

	13.5	 Share certificates and other communications sent by post will be sent at the risk of the Employee or Option
Holder concerned and the Company shall have no liability whatsoever to any such person in respect of any notification, document, share certificate or other communication so given, sent or made 

 

	13.6	 This Rule 13 shall not apply to the service of any proceedings or other documents in any legal action.

  

	14	 ADMINISTRATION AND AMENDMENT 

 

	14.1	 The Plan shall be administered by the Remuneration Committee. 

 

	14.2	 The Remuneration Committee may amend the Plan from time to time, but: 

 

	 	14.2.1	 no amendment may have a materially adverse effect on Options granted before the amendment was made, except that
each Option Holder may consent to the application to his Option(s) of any such amendment; and 

  
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	 	14.2.2	 while the Company is subject to any requirement, or bound by any agreement, that this should be the case, no
amendment may be made without the prior approval of the Company in general meeting if it would: 

  

	 	(a)	 make the terms on which Options may be granted materially more generous; or 

 

	 	(b)	 increase any of the limits specified in Rule 4 or Rule 4.5; or 

 

	 	(c)	 change the definition of Eligible Employee to expand the class of potential Option Holders; or

  

	 	(d)	 change Rule 12 to the benefit of Option Holders, 

unless it is a minor amendment to benefit the administration of the scheme, to take account of a change in legislation or to obtain or maintain
favourable tax, exchange control or regulatory treatment for Option Holders or for the Company or any Constituent Company. 
  

	14.3	 The cost of establishing and operating the Plan shall be borne by the Constituent Companies in proportions
determined by the Remuneration Committee. 

  

	14.4	 The Company shall ensure that at all times: 

 

	 	14.4.1	 If the Company has restricted the number of Shares it can issue in its Articles of Association, that it has
sufficient authorised and unissued Shares available, taking into account any other obligations of the Company to issue Shares; and/or 

  

	 	14.4.2	 arrangements are in place for any third party to transfer issued Shares, 

to satisfy the exercise of all Options of which the Company is the Grantor. 

 

	14.5	 Each Grantor other than the Company shall at all times: 

 

	 	14.5.1	 keep sufficient issued Shares available; and/or 

 

	 	14.5.2	 hold sufficient enforceable rights to subscribe for Shares, or to acquire issued Shares, 

to satisfy the exercise of all Options granted by that Grantor. 
  

	14.6	 The Remuneration Committee shall determine any question of interpretation and settle any dispute arising under
the Plan (other than in the case of matters to be determined or confirmed by the Auditors in accordance with the Plan). In such matters, the Remuneration Committee’s decision shall be final (save as aforesaid). 

 

	14.7	 The Company and any other Grantor shall not be obliged to notify any Option Holder if an Option is due to
lapse. 

  

	14.8	 The Company and any other Grantor shall not be obliged to provide Option Holders with copies of any materials
sent to the holders of Shares. 

  

	14.9	 In the event that the Remuneration Committee decide to grant options over issued Shares then the Company may
give or procure such financial assistance (whether by way of loan, gift, guarantee to a third party lender or otherwise) as the Remuneration Committee shall think fit to the trustee or trustees for the time being of any employee share ownership
trust established by the Company to facilitate the acquisition by such trustee or trustees of the relevant number of Shares, PROVIDED that any such financial assistance shall only be given to the extent permitted by law. 

  
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	15	 EMI/INCENTIVE STOCK OPTIONS 

 

	15.1	 Except as described in this Rule, the Rules of this Plan shall apply to EMI Options and Incentive Stock Options
in exactly the same way as they apply to other Options. 

  

	15.2	 No warranty, representation or undertaking of any nature is given: 

 

	 	15.2.1	   To the holder of an EMI Option that the EMI Option is a qualifying option for the purposes of ITEPA
or that a disqualifying event will not occur in relation to an EMI Option. Neither the Board, the Company nor any other person shall be liable to the Option Holder for any loss of whatsoever nature resulting from the failure for any reason of an
Option granted as an EMI Option to meet the conditions of Schedule 5 to ITEPA, whether such failure results from the inadvertent or deliberate act of the Board, the Company or any other person or for any other reason whatsoever.

  

	 	15.2.2	   to the holder of an Incentive Stock Option that the Incentive Stock Option meets all the current or
future conditions of an “incentive stock option” as defined in Section 422 of the Code. Neither the Board, the Company nor any other person shall be liable to the Option Holder for any loss of whatsoever nature resulting from the
failure for any reason of an Option granted as an Incentive Stock Option to meet the conditions of Section 422 of the Code, whether such failure results from the inadvertent or deliberate act of the Board, the Company or any other person or for
any other reason whatsoever. 

  

	16	 COMMENCEMENT AND GOVERNING LAW 

 

	16.1	 The Plan shall commence upon the date of its adoption by the Board and shall (unless previously terminated by a
resolution of the Board or a resolution of the Company in general meeting) terminate upon the expiry of the period of ten years from such date. Upon termination (howsoever occurring) no further Options may be granted but such termination shall be
without prejudice to any accrued rights in existence at the date thereof. 

  

	16.2	 The Rules of the Plan shall be governed and construed by, and interpreted in accordance with, the laws of
England. The courts of England and Wales shall have exclusive jurisdiction over: 

  

	 	16.2.1	 the Rules of the Plan; and 

 

	 	16.2.2	 all Options. 

  
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 APPENDIX 

FORMS OF OPTION AGREEMENT 

Part 1 

Dated                    
201[●] 
 PERSPECTUM DIAGNOSTICS LTD 

and 
 [Option Holder]

 SHARE OPTION AGREEMENT 

							
	 CONTENTS
	 
			
	 1
	 	Interpretation	  	 	1	 
			
	 2
	 	Grant of Option	  	 	4	 
			
	 3
	 	exercise and lapse dates	  	 	4	 
			
	 4
	 	performance conditions	  	 	5	 
			
	 5
	 	restrictions applying to the option shares	  	 	6	 
			
	 6
	 	Tax and National Insurance Contributions (NICS)	  	 	6	 
			
	 7
	 	Employment Issues	  	 	8	 
			
	 8
	 	Data Protection	  	 	9	 
			
	 9
	 	Governing Law and Jurisdiction	  	 	9	 
		
	Schedule 1 Option Shares, Exercise Price and Vesting Dates	  	 	1	 
		
	Schedule 2 Performance Conditions	  	 	2	 

 THIS AGREEMENT IS
DATED     201[●] 
 PARTIES 

 

	(1)	 Perspectum Diagnostics LTD incorporated and registered in England and Wales with company number 08219473
whose registered office is at Beaver House, 23-38 Hythe Bridge Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, OX1 2ET (Company). 

 

	(2)	 [INDIVIDUAL NAME] of [ADDRESS] (Option Holder). 

BACKGROUND 
  

	(A)	 The Company has established the Perspectum Diagnostics Limited Employee Share Option Plan (Plan) for the
grant of share options to eligible employees of the Company and its subsidiaries. A share option granted under the Plan may or may not be intended to qualify as an Enterprise Management Incentives (EMI) share option, which is a kind of tax-favoured share option. 

  

	(B)	 The Option Holder is an employee of [the Company OR [FULL COMPANY NAME], which is a subsidiary of the
Company]. 

  

	(C)	 The Company wishes to grant to the Option Holder an option under the Plan, on the terms set out in this
Agreement and subject to the rules of the Plan. 

 AGREED TERMS 

 

	1	 INTERPRETATION 

 

	1.1	 The definitions in the Rules (except where inconsistent with the definitions set out in this Agreement) and the
definitions and rules of interpretation in this Clause 1 apply in this Agreement. 

  

			
	Agreement	  	this option agreement;
		
	 Articles
	  	 the articles of association of the Company adopted on 26 September 2017 and as amended from time to time;

		
	Bad Leaver	  	means any Option Holder who is an Employee whose employment with a Group Company has terminated in circumstances where he is not a Good Leaver;
		
	Business Day	  	means any day which is not a Saturday, a Sunday or a bank or public holiday in England and Wales;
		
	Date of Grant	  	the date of this Agreement;
		
	Exercise Price	  	the sum per Option Share specified in Schedule 1 or (if higher) the Market Value of an Option Share on the Date of Grant) (or such amount per Option Share as the Option may be adjusted to specify (in accordance with the Plan) on a
variation of the Company’s share capital);

  
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	Expiry Date	  	the tenth anniversary of the Date of Grant;
		
	Good Leaver	  	 means any Option Holder who is deemed to be a Good Leaver by the Board or who ceases to be an Employee by reason of:

 
 (a) death, illness (including mental illness), permanent disability, permanent
incapacity through ill health (in all cases except through alcohol or drug abuse);
  

(b) dismissal which is wrongful or unfair;
  

(c) his redundancy;
  

(d) retirement on reaching normal retirement age in accordance with the terms of his employment;

 
 (e) resignation as a result of constructive dismissal; or

 
 (f) resigning voluntarily from his employment or engagement with the Group without being
in breach of the terms of their service agreement and without subsequently breaching the terms of any confidentiality, non-competition or non-solicitation obligations
due by him to the Company and, in respect of such non-competition obligations as further detailed in the annex (or as otherwise notified by the Board in writing from time to time);

		
	Normal Vesting Date	  	the date set out in Schedule 1;
		
	Option	  	the option constituted by this Agreement as detailed in clause 2;
		
	Option Shares	  	the total number and class of ordinary shares in the capital of the Company specified in Schedule 1 (or such number of shares (of the same or another class or nominal value) in the capital of the Company as the Option may be
adjusted to relate to (in accordance with the Plan) on a variation of the Company’s share capital);
		
	Performance Conditions	  	the Performance Conditions set out in Schedule 2 (if any);
		
	Performance Related Option	  	the Option or part thereof which vests on achievement of a Performance Condition as specified in clause 3 and Schedule 1

  
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	Rules	  	the rules of the Plan, as amended from time to time;
		
	Sufficient Shares	  	the smallest number of Option Shares which, when sold, will produce an amount at least equal to the relevant Tax Liability (after deduction of brokerage and any other charges or taxes on the sale);
		
	Taxable Event	  	 any of the following events which may give rise to liabilities for income tax, with or without corresponding liabilities for national
insurance contributions (or their equivalents in any jurisdiction):
  

(a)   the exercise of the Option; or

 
 (b)   any other taxable event
in relation to the Option; or
  

(c)   the sale of Option Shares acquired on exercise of the Option; or

 
 (d)   any other taxable event
in relation to Option Shares acquired on exercise of the Option;

		
	 Termination Date
	  	 means the date that is 90 days from the date that an Option Holder ceases to hold employment within the Group or the first anniversary of the
Option Holder’s death if the reason an Option Holder ceases to hold employment with the Group is as a result of the Option Holder’s death;

		
	Time Vesting Option	  	the Option or part thereof which vests by effluxion of time as specified in clause 3 and Schedule 1

  

	1.2	 Clause, schedule and paragraph headings shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement.

  

	1.3	 The schedules form part of this Agreement and shall have effect as set out in full in the body of this
Agreement and any reference to this Agreement includes the schedules. 

  

	1.4	 Words in the singular shall include the plural and vice versa. 

 

	1.5	 A reference to one gender shall include a reference to the other genders. 

 

	1.6	 A reference to a statute or statutory provision is a reference to it as it is in force for the time being,
taking account of any amendment, extension, or re-enactment and includes any subordinate legislation made under it in force at the relevant time. 

 

	1.7	 Any obligation in this Agreement on a person not to do something includes an obligation not to agree or allow
that thing to be done. 

  

	1.8	 References to clauses and schedules (other than Schedule 5) are to the clauses and schedules of this Agreement.

  
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	2	 GRANT OF OPTION 

 

	2.1	 Subject to clause 2.3, the Company grants to the Option Holder the Option, which is an option to acquire the
Option Shares at the Exercise Price, on the terms set out in this Agreement and subject to the Rules. 

  

	2.2	 The Rules are incorporated in this Agreement by reference and a copy of the Rules, as at the Date of Grant, has
(as the Option Holder hereby acknowledges) been provided to the Option Holder on or before the Date of Grant. If any term of this Agreement, or any other statement relating to the Option, is inconsistent with the Rules, the Rules shall prevail.

  

	2.3	 If the Option Holder does not validly execute this Agreement as a deed and return it to the Company within the
period of 30 days after the Date of Grant the Option shall automatically lapse at the end of the date falling 30 days after the Date of Grant. 

  

	2.4	 The Option is granted under the provisions of Schedule 5 [OR is not intended to be an EMI Option].

  

	2.5	 [The Option Holder hereby declares that he works for the Company for at least 25 hours a week or, if less, at
least 75 percent of his working time]. 

  

	2.5	 By executing this Agreement, the Option Holder agrees to the terms of the Option as set out in this Agreement.

  

	3	 VESTING, EXERCISE AND LAPSE DATES

  

	3.1	 Subject to clause 3.3 below, a Time Vesting Option (or part of it) shall become Vested and exercisable on the
occurrence of the Normal Vesting Date as specified in Schedule 1. 

  

	3.2	 Subject to clause 3.3 below, a Performance Related Option (or part of it) shall become Vested and exercisable
on the satisfaction of the relevant Performance Condition (and so that the Option shall become Vested and exercisable on the date on which in accordance with Schedule 2 the Remuneration Committee notifies the Option Holder that such condition has
been satisfied. 

  

	3.3	 On the occurrence of one of the events described in one of the
sub-paragraphs of Rule 11 in relation to which such sub-paragraph states that an Option is exercisable, the Option shall be exercisable within the applicable period
specified in the relevant sub-paragraph (including any period specified by the Remuneration Committee under Rule 11.12.1 or 11.12.2) as follows: 

 

	 	3.3.1	 [Performance Related Options shall be exercisable in full regardless of whether or not the Performance
Condition or Conditions shall have been satisfied at the date of such event]; 

  

	 	3.3.2	 as regards Time Vesting Options where such event occurs or period ends before the Normal Vesting Date
applicable to such Options, a proportion of such Time Vesting Options shall be exercisable equal to the proportion which 

  

	 	(a)	 the number of whole calendar months from the Date of Grant to the date of such event; 

bears to 

  
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	 	(b)	 the number of whole calendar months from the Date of Grant to the Normal Vesting Date; 

and the balance of such Time Vesting Options shall lapse subject always in each case to the powers specified in such Rule for the Remuneration
Committee to determine that such an event which would otherwise trigger the exercise of Options shall not do so and so that (in the absence of any such determination) upon expiry of such period the Option shall lapse if not so exercised. 

 

	3.4	 As a condition of the exercise of the Option, the Option Holder shall, if required by the Board, sign the
undertaking and power of attorney in the form annexed hereto (or in such form as required by the Board from time to time). 

  

	3.5	 If the Option holder: 

 

	 	(i)	 gives or receives notice to terminate the Option Holder’s employment with any Constituent Company (if the
Option Holder will not then become or remain an employee of another Constituent Company); or 

  

	 	(ii)	 ceases employment with any Constituent Company without giving or receiving notice (if the Option Holder does
not then become or remain an employee of another Constituent Company); then 

  

	 	3.5.1	 any Option which shall not have become exercisable in accordance with clause 3.1 shall thereupon forthwith
lapse save to the extent otherwise specifically determined by the Remuneration Committee in their absolute discretion; 

  

	 	3.5.2	 any Option which shall then have become exercisable in accordance with clause 3.1 shall: 

 

	 	(a)	 be exercisable at any time until the Termination Date if the Option Holder is a Good Leaver and to the extent
not exercised before the Termination Date, the Option shall lapse and cease to be exercisable; 

  

	 	(b)	 remain exercisable only to such extent as the Remuneration Committee in its absolute discretion may within 30
days following such cessation allow if the Option Holder is a Bad Leaver and so that in the absence of such determination by the Remuneration Committee the Option shall lapse with effect from the date of such cessation 

The Remuneration Committee shall notify the relevant Option Holder (and the Grantor, if not the Company) of any decision made under this clause
3.5 within a reasonable time after making it and in any event not later than 5 Business Days prior to the expiry of such period. 
  

	3.6	 Subject as aforesaid, the Option shall be exercised and shall lapse in accordance with the Rules, in particular
(without limitation) Rules 6, 7, 8, and 11. 

  

	4	 LAPSE OF OPTIONS 

 

	4.1	 The Option shall lapse on the Expiry Date, assuming it is not exercised before then and no event occurs to
cause it to lapse earlier under the Rules. 

  
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	4.2	 The Option (and any right arising under it) may not: 

 

	 	(a)	 be transferred or assigned; or 

 

	 	(b)	 have any charge or other security interest created over it; 

and the Option shall lapse if the Option Holder attempts to do any of those things. A transfer to the Option Holder’s personal
representatives on the death of the Option Holder will not cause the Option to lapse. 
  

	5	 RESTRICTIONS APPLYING TO THE
OPTION SHARES 

 Details of all restrictions attaching to the Shares which may be
acquired upon the exercise of the Option are contained in the Articles of the Company, a copy of which has been provided to the Option Holder on or before the Date of Grant (or, if the Articles are amended following the Date of Grant, as otherwise
set out in the Articles of Association from time to time). Option Holders are referred specifically to the following articles in the Articles: 3.7 (Lien – the Company has a lien on every share, whether or not fully paid for any indebtedness of
the shareholder to the Company) 3.82 (Liquidation Surplus – which sets out the order of priority for any distribution on a winding up or otherwise), 3.83 (Sale – which sets out the distribution of proceeds on a Sale) 5 (Restrictions on
Disposing of Shares or Interests in Them – which sets out the general prohibition on transferring shares (subject to a number of carve-outs set out in the Articles)) 7 (Compulsory Sale – this provides that the Company can force the
shareholder to sell all/part of their shareholding in the event of the shareholder’s bankruptcy, death or cessation of employment. On cessation of employment, the price paid will depend on the reason for leaving), 8 (Disenfranchisement –
this sets out the circumstances when the shares held by a shareholder will cease to carry voting, dividend or other rights), 9 (Drag Along Right – this allows the majority shareholders to force the minority to sell their shares to a proposing
buyer). 
  

	6	 TAX AND NATIONAL INSURANCE
CONTRIBUTIONS (NICS) 

  

	6.1	 The Option Holder irrevocably agrees to: 

 

	 	(a)	 pay to the Company, his employer or former employer (as appropriate) the amount of any Tax Liability; or

  

	 	(b)	 enter into arrangements to the satisfaction of the Company, his employer or former employer (as appropriate)
for payment of any Tax Liability. 

  

	6.2	 The Option Holder irrevocably agrees that: 

 

	 	(a)	 the Option Holder will reimburse the Company, his employer or former employer (as appropriate) for any
secondary class 1 (employer) national insurance contributions (or any similar liability for social security contribution in any jurisdiction) which: 

  

	 	(i)	 the Company or any employer (or former employer) of the Option Holder is liable to pay as a result of any
Taxable Event; and 

  

	 	(ii)	 may be lawfully recovered by the Company or any employer (or former employer) from the Option Holder

  

	 	(b)	 at the request of the Company, his employer or former employer, the Option Holder shall join that person in
making a valid election to transfer 

  
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to the Option Holder the whole or any part of the liability for secondary class 1 (employer) national insurance contributions (or any similar liability for social security contribution in any
jurisdiction) described in clause 6.2(a). 

  

	6.3	 If: 

  

	 	(a)	 the Option Holder does not fulfil his obligations arising under clause 6.1(a) or clause 6.1(b) in respect of
any Tax Liability relating to the exercise of the Option within seven days after the date of exercise; and 

  

	 	(b)	 Option Shares are readily saleable at that time; 

the Company shall withhold Sufficient Shares from the Option Shares which would otherwise be delivered to the Option Holder. 

From the net proceeds of sale of those withheld Option Shares, the Company shall: 

 

	 	(c)	 retain (if the Company is to account for or pay the relevant Tax Liability); or 

 

	 	(d)	 pay to the Option Holder’s employer or former employer (if that person is liable to account for or pay the
relevant Tax Liability), 

 An amount equal to the Tax Liability and shall pay any balance to the Option Holder. 

The Option Holder’s obligations under clause 6.1 shall not be affected by any failure of the Company to withhold Option Shares under this
clause 6.3. 
  

	6.4	 The Option Holder irrevocably agrees to enter into a joint election in respect of the Option Shares under
section 431(1) or section 431(2) of ITEPA 2003, if required to do so by the Company, his employer or former employer, on or before the date of exercise of the Option. 

 

	6.5	 The Option Holder hereby appoints the Company / Grantor (acting by any of its directors from time to time) as
the Option Holder’s agent and attorney to: 

  

	 	(a)	 sell the Sufficient Shares specified in clause 6.3 and deal with the proceeds of that sale in accordance with
clause 6.3; and 

  

	 	(b)	 execute any joint election required to be entered into under clause 6.4, in the Option Holder’s name and
on the Option Holder’s behalf. 

 The Company may appoint one or more persons to act as substitute agent(s) and
attorney(s) for the Option Holder and to exercise one or more of the powers conferred on the Company by the power of attorney set out in this clause 6.5, other than the power to appoint a substitute attorney. The Company / Grantor may subsequently
revoke any such appointment. 
 The power of attorney set out in this clause 6.5 shall be irrevocable, save with the consent of the Company,
and is given by way of security to secure the interest of the Company (for itself and as trustee under this Agreement on behalf of any employer or former employer of the Option Holder) as a person liable to account for or pay any relevant Tax
Liability. 
 The Option Holder declares that a person who deals in good faith with the Company or any substitute attorney as the Option
Holder’s attorney appointed under this clause 6.5 may accept a written statement signed by that person to the effect that this power of attorney has not been revoked as conclusive evidence of that fact. 

  
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	6.6	 The Option Holder shall have no rights to compensation or damages on account of any tax or national insurance
contribution, liability which arises or is increased (or is claimed to arise or be increased) in whole or in part because of: 

  

	 	(a)	 the limitation under Rule 4.2, Rule 4.3 or Rule 5.4 of any Option intended to be an EMI Option; or

  

	 	(b)	 any decision of HMRC that the Option does not meet the requirements of Schedule 5 and is therefore not an EMI
Option, however that decision may arise; or 

  

	 	(c)	 any Disqualifying Event, however, that event may be caused; or 

 

	 	(d)	 the timing of any decision by the Remuneration Committee to permit exercise of the Option under Clause 3.3; or

  

	 	(e)	 any decision of the Remuneration Committee under Rule 11.2, Rule 11.4 or Rule 11.5 

 

	 	(f)	 any failure by the Remuneration Committee to give notice under Rule 11.16 or Rule 6.29; or

  

	 	(g)	 the timing of any notice given by the Remuneration Committee under Rule 11.16 or Rule 6.29.

  

	7	 EMPLOYMENT ISSUES 

 

	7.1	 Save to the extent expressly provided in clause 3.4 (and subject always to the proviso to that sub-clause), the Option may not be exercised after the Option Holder ceases employment with a Constituent Company unless the Option Holder becomes or remains an employee of another Constituent Company at the same
time as that cessation. 

  

	7.2	 The Option Holder irrevocably acknowledges that: 

 

	 	(a)	 the Option Holder has no rights to compensation or damages on account of any loss in respect of the Option or
the Plan where such loss arises (or is claimed to arise), in whole or in part, from: 

  

	 	(i)	 termination of office or employment with; or 

 

	 	(ii)	 notice to terminate office or employment given by or to; 

the Company, any Constituent Company or any former Constituent Company. This exclusion of liability shall apply however termination of office
or employment, or the giving of notice, is cause, and however compensation or damages may be claimed; and 
  

	 	(b)	 the Option Holder has no rights to compensation or damages from the Company, any Constituent Company or any
former Constituent Company on account of any loss in respect of the Option or the Plan where such loss arises (or is claimed to arise), in whole or in part, from: 

 

	 	(i)	 any company ceasing to be a Constituent company; or 

 

	 	(ii)	 the transfer of any business from a Constituent Company to any person which is not a Constituent Company.

  
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 This exclusion of liability shall apply however the change of status of the relevant
Constituent Company, or the transfer of the relevant business, is caused, and however compensation to damages may be claimed; and 
  

	 	(c)	 the rights and obligations of the Option Holder as an employee or director of any Constituent Company shall not
be affected by the grant, holding or exercise of the Option; and 

  

	 	(d)	 the value of the Option or any benefit realised from it shall not be pensionable; and 

 

	 	(e)	 the Option Holder has no right to receive any further options from any Constituent Company.

  

	7.3	 The value of the Option or any benefit from it shall not be taken into account when calculating any pension
contribution or pension benefit or any other benefit related to any amount of remuneration. 

  

	8	 PROTECTION OF PERSONAL DATA

 For the purpose of operating the Plan, the Company will collect and process information relating to Employees and
Option Holders in accordance with the privacy notice which is on the Company intranet or otherwise supplied to Option Holders. 
  

	9	 GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION

  

	9.1	 This Agreement and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with it or its subject matter shall be
governed and construed by and interpreted in accordance with the law of England. 

  

	9.2	 The parties irrevocably agree that the courts of England and Wales shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle
any dispute or claim that arises out of or in connection with this Agreement or its subject matter. 

 This document has been executed
as a deed and is delivered and takes effect on the date stated at the beginning of it. 

  
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	 SIGNED AS A DEED BY

PERSPECTUM DIAGNOSTICS LTD

acting by:
 [NAME OF DIRECTOR]

a director, in the presence of:
	 	

	  	  

Director
	  	
				
	[NAME OF WITNESS]	 		  	  

Witness
	  	
				
	Name:	 		  		  	
				
	Address:	 		  		  	
				
	Occupation	 		  		  	
				
	 SIGNED AS A DEED BY

[NAME OF OPTION HOLDER]

in the presence of:
	 	 

	  	  
	  	
	[NAME OF WITNESS]	 		  	  

Witness
	  	
				
	Name:	 		  		  	
				
	Address:	 		  		  	
				
	Occupation	 		  		  	

  
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 Schedule 1 

Option Shares, Exercise Price and Vesting Dates 
  

							
	 	  	 Number of A

Ordinary
 Shares
of
 £0.00001

Option Shares
 @
£[    ]per
 share

(Actual Market Value)

based on £[    ]

per share

(Unrestricted

Market Value)
	  	 Cumulative

number of
 share
options
	  	 
				
	 Time Vesting Options
  

Vesting Date
	  		  		  	
				
	Date of Grant	  		  		  	
				
	First anniversary of Date of Grant	  		  		  	
				
	Second anniversary of Date of Grant	  		  		  	
				
	Third anniversary of Date of Grant	  		  		  	
				
	Fourth anniversary of Date of Grant	  		  		  	
				
	Total Vesting Options	  		  		  	
				
	 Performance Related Options
  

Performance Condition
	  		  		  	
				
	Subtotal performance Related	  		  		  	
				
	TOTAL OPTIONS	  		  		  	

  
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 Schedule 2 

Performance Condition[s] 
 [if any] 

  
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 Annex 

UNDERTAKING AND POWER OF ATTORNEY 
 Made on
                     20[●] 
 BY 

[INDIVIDUAL’S NAME], of [ADDRESS] (the Shareholder) 

IN FAVOUR OF 
 PERSPECTUM DIAGNOSTICS LTD (registered in
England and Wales with number 08219473) (the Company) 
 BACKGROUND 

(A)    The Shareholder wishes to exercise their rights under an option agreement to acquire [NUMBER AND CLASS OF SHARES] in the Company
(Option Shares). In this Deed, the Option Shares together with any other shares in the capital of the Company acquired by the Shareholder after the date of this Deed are the Shares. 

(B)    It is a condition of the acquisition by the Shareholder of the Option Shares that the Shareholder execute and deliver this Deed in
favour of the Company. 
 OPERATIVE TERMS 
  

	1.	 UNDERTAKINGS 

1.1    The Shareholder irrevocably and unconditionally undertakes in favour of the Company that: 

1.1.1    they will, if so requested by the directors of the Company (Board) in writing, exercise any voting rights attaching to the
Shares or rights to give or withhold consent to and/or approval of any matters which require the Shareholder’s consent and/or approval as a member of the Company in such manner and at such times as the Board shall direct including without
limitation to the extent required to re-classify or convert the Shares into a different class of share in the capital of the Company, having substantially equivalent rights to the Shares; 

1.1.2    they will consent and agree to sell and transfer the Shares in the event of a Sale (as defined in the articles of association of
the Company (Articles)) on terms agreed between shareholders of the Company who hold at least 50% of the entire issued share capital of the Company and the prospective buyer(s) (Buyer). 

 

	2.	 POWER OF ATTORNEY 

2.1    As security for the Shareholder’s obligations under clause 1, the Shareholder appoints the Company to be their true and lawful
attorney (the Attorney) with full power, authority and legal right in the Shareholder’s name and on the Shareholder’s behalf to enter into a transaction for the sale and purchase of the Shares (Transaction) and exercise all
voting and other rights attaching to the Shares and do any act or thing, in the absolute discretion of the Attorney, which the Shareholder could, as a member of the Company, do including (without limitation): 

  
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 2.1.1     consider, negotiate, agree, sign, execute, deliver and/or issue all
agreements, deeds, documents, certificates and instruments which the Attorney in their absolute discretion considers necessary or desirable to be considered, negotiated, agreed, signed, executed, delivered and/or issued by the Shareholder in
connection with and for the purpose of implementing the Transaction, including, without limitation: 
 (a)    a share purchase agreement
setting out the terms of the Transaction; 
 (b)    a stock transfer form transferring the Shares from the Shareholder to the Buyer; 

2.1.2    to receive notices, consent to the convening of, convene, attend and vote at any meeting of the holders of shares or securities of
the Company (the Shareholders’ Meeting), be it on short notice or otherwise; 
 2.1.3    to execute a form of proxy in favour
of any person to attend and vote as their proxy at any Shareholders’ Meeting in respect of the Shares in such manner as the Attorney may decide; 

2.1.4    to give or withhold consent to and/or approval of any matters which require the Shareholder’s consent and/or approval as a
member of the Company and/or to propose, settle the terms of, sign and/or pass any resolution (written or otherwise) of the Shareholders (including, without limitation, at a meeting held on short notice); 

2.1.5    to exercise all rights and privileges held by or accruing to the Shareholder as the registered owner of the Shares; and 

2.1.6    to do any other act or thing in relation to the Shares which would be in the Shareholder’s power to do, 

all, in such form, terms and subject to any conditions, as the Attorney in its absolute discretion may decide. 

 

	3.	 DELEGATION AND APPOINTMENT OF SUBSTITUTE 

The Attorney shall have the power to delegate to an agent (including without limitation its officers and directors) the exercise of any power the Shareholder
gives under this Deed. For the avoidance of doubt such agent shall not have the power to make a delegation itself. 
  

	4.	 CONFIRMATION AND INDEMNITY 

The Shareholder hereby undertakes to ratify and confirm whatever the Attorney shall lawfully do, purport to do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of
attorney and to indemnify and hold harmless the Attorney, its agents and its successors against all actions, demands, proceedings, claims, costs, expenses, obligations, liabilities and losses of any description arising from the exercise or the
purported exercise in good faith of any of the powers hereby granted to them under this Deed. 
  

	5.	 DURATION OF POWER 

This power of attorney shall be irrevocable, save with the consent of the Attorney, and is given by way of security to the Company to secure the obligations of
the Shareholder under the terms of this Deed. 

  
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	6.	 SHAREHOLDER’S OBLIGATIONS 

The Shareholder undertakes that they will not take any action and will procure that no other person takes any action in relation to the Shares which is
inconsistent with the terms of this Deed. 
  

	7.	 OVERNING LAW 

This Deed and any dispute or claim arising out of, or in connection with, it, its subject matter or formation (including
non-contractual disputes or claims) shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of England and Wales. The courts of England and Wales shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any
dispute or claim that arises out of or in connection with this power of attorney or its subject matter or formation. 
 IN WITNESS of which this document
has been duly executed as a DEED and delivered on the date stated above. 
  

							
	Executed as a Deed by	  	)	  		  	
				
	[name of individual]	  	)	  		  	
				
	in the presence of:	  	)	  	  
	  	
				
	Witness signature:	  		  	  
	  	
				
	Witness name:	  		  	  
	  	
				
	Witness address:	  		  	  
	  	
				
		  		  	  
	  	
				
		  		  	  
	  	
				
		  		  	  
	  	
				
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