Document:

EX-4.(a)(iii)

 Exhibit 4(a)(iii) 
  

 

			
	DATED		7 December 2014

 (1) BHR Holdings BV 

- and - 
 (2)
Constellation Hotels France Grand SA 
 AGREEMENT 

relating to 
 the sale and purchase
of 
 100% of the shares issued by 

Société Des Hotels InterContinental France 
  

 

 CONTENTS 

 

							
	1.		 DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
		 	1	  
			
	2.		 SALE AND PURCHASE OF SHARES
		 	9	  
			
	3.		 CONSIDERATION
		 	9	  
			
	4.		 CONDITIONS
		 	11	  
			
	5.		 PRE-COMPLETION MATTERS
		 	13	  
			
	6.		 COMPLETION
		 	17	  
			
	7.		 PURCHASER WARRANTIES
		 	18	  
			
	8.		 SELLER WARRANTIES
		 	19	  
			
	9.		 TAX
		 	20	  
			
	10.		 SELLER LIMITATIONS
		 	21	  
			
	11.		 SELLER CLAIMS HANDLING
		 	27	  
			
	12.		 POST COMPLETION COVENANTS
		 	30	  
			
	13.		 CONFIDENTIALITY AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
		 	31	  
			
	14.		 GROUP SEPARATION MATTERS
		 	32	  
			
	15.		 EFFECT OF TERMINATION
		 	34	  
			
	16.		 ASSIGNMENT
		 	34	  
			
	17.		 THIRD PARTY RIGHTS
		 	35	  
			
	18.		 COSTS AND EXPENSES
		 	35	  
			
	19.		 PAYMENTS, ETC.
		 	35	  
			
	20.		 FURTHER ASSURANCE
		 	36	  
			
	21.		 ENTIRE AGREEMENT
		 	36	  
			
	22.		 GENERAL
		 	36	  
			
	23.		 NOTICES
		 	37	  
			
	24.		 GOVERNING LAW, ARBITRATION AND LANGUAGE
		 	39	  
		
	SCHEDULE 1: WARRANTED INFORMATION		 	40	  
			
	1.		 SOCIÉTÉ NOUVELLE DU GRAND HOTEL
		 	41	  
			
	2.		 GRAND HOTEL INTER-CONTINENTAL PARIS
		 	41	  
			
	3.		 BHR SERVICES (FRANCE)
		 	42	  
		
	SCHEDULE 2: WARRANTIES		 	46	  
			
	1.		 THE SELLER
		 	46	  
			
	2.		 THE SHARES
		 	46	  
			
	3.		 THE GROUP COMPANIES
		 	47	  
			
	4.		 INTERESTS IN OTHER COMPANIES, ETC.
				
			
	5.		 CONSTITUTIONAL AND CORPORATE DOCUMENTS
		 	47	  
			
	6.		 INSOLVENCY
		 	47	  
			
	 7.
		 ACCOUNTS
		 	48	  

  
  

							
	8.		 PERIOD SINCE THE ACCOUNTS DATE
		 	48	  
			
	9.		 FUNDING
		 	48	  
			
	10.		 ASSETS
		 	49	  
			
	11.		 LISTED LIABILITIES
		 	49	  
			
	12.		 DEBTORS
		 	49	  
			
	13.		 REAL PROPERTY
		 	49	  
			
	14.		 OCCUPATION OF THE OWNED PROPERTY
		 	51	  
			
	15.		 ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS
		 	51	  
			
	16.		 INSURANCE
		 	52	  
			
	17.		 IP
		 	52	  
			
	18.		 IT SYSTEMS
		 	53	  
			
	19.		 DATA PROTECTION
		 	53	  
			
	20.		 GUARANTEES, ETC.
		 	53	  
			
	21.		 MATERIAL CONTRACTS
		 	53	  
			
	22.		 LICENCES
		 	54	  
			
	23.		 POWERS OF ATTORNEY
		 	54	  
			
	24.		 EMPLOYEES AND TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT
		 	54	  
			
	25.		 COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS, ETC.
		 	55	  
			
	26.		 EMPLOYMENT DISPUTES
		 	55	  
			
	27.		 PENSION BENEFITS
		 	55	  
			
	28.		 COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS
		 	55	  
			
	29.		 LITIGATION
		 	55	  
			
	30.		 TAX RETURN AND PAYMENTS
		 	56	  
		
	SCHEDULE 3: DISCLOSURES		 	57	  
		
	SCHEDULE 4: COMPLETION OBLIGATIONS		 	75	  
			
	1.		 PAYMENT OBLIGATIONS OF THE SELLER GROUP
		 	75	  
			
	2.		 DOCUMENTS
		 	75	  
			
	3.		 OTHER OBLIGATIONS
		 	75	  
			
	1.		 PAYMENT OF THE CONSIDERATION
		 	76	  
			
	2.		 DOCUMENTS
		 	76	  
		
	SCHEDULE 5: COMPLETION STATEMENTS		 	77	  
			
	1.		 CONTENTS
		 	77	  
			
	2.		 BASES OF PREPARATION
		 	77	  
			
	3.		 SUBMISSION OF DRAFT COMPLETION STATEMENTS
		 	77	  
			
	4.		 AGREEMENT OR DETERMINATION OF DRAFT COMPLETION STATEMENTS
		 	77	  
			
	5.		 RECORDS, ETC.
		 	78	  
			
	1.		 APPOINTMENT OF EXPERT
		 	79	  
			
	2.		 PROCEDURE
		 	79	  
			
	3.		 DETERMINATION OF EXPERT
		 	80	  

  
  

							
	1.		 PAYMENTS MADE ON COMPLETION
		 	84	  
			
	2.		 NO DOUBLE COUNTING
		 	84	  
			
	3.		 TAX
		 	84	  
		
	 SCHEDULE 6: REORGANISATION
		 	85	  

  
  

 THIS AGREEMENT is made on 7 December 2014, 

BETWEEN: 
  

	(1)	BHR Holdings BV, a company incorporated in the Netherlands with number 33220835 which has its registered office at Amsterdam, the Netherlands (“Seller”), duly represented by Mrs Daisy Llewellyn;
and 

  

	(2)	Constellation Hotels France Grand SA, a company incorporated in Luxembourg with number B 190364 which has its registered office at 15, boulevard Roosevelt, L- 2450 Luxembourg (“Purchaser”), duly
represented by                     . 

BACKGROUND: 
  

	A.	Société Des Hotels InterContinental France (the “Company”) is a société par actions simplifiée incorporated in France. Further information relating to the Company and
its Subsidiaries is set out in parts 1 and 2 of schedule 1. 

  

	B.	Constellation Hotels Holding Limited, a company incorporated in Luxembourg, which has its registered office at 15, Boulevard Roosevelt, L-2450 Luxembourg, Luxembourg (“Constellations”) sent on
7 August 2014 an irrevocable offer to the Seller under which it undertook, upon satisfaction of certain conditions, to acquire 100% of the Shares owned by the Seller. On the same day, Constellations, the Seller and the Escrow Agent have entered
into an “escrow convention” pursuant to which Constellations has deposited the amount of € 20,000,000 (twenty million euros) on an escrow account guaranteeing the enforcement by Constellations of its obligations under the above
referred firm offer (the “Deposit”). For the purpose of the acquisition of the Shares, Constellations has transferred its rights and obligations to the Purchaser under the firm offer and the escrow convention. 

 

	C.	The Seller owns 100% of the Shares. The Seller has agreed to sell and the Purchaser has agreed to purchase the Shares on the terms set out in this agreement. 

 

	D.	Prior to the execution of this agreement, each of the Seller and the Purchaser has complied with the applicable employee information/consultation obligations. 

IT IS AGREED: 
  

	1.	DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION 

  

	1.1	In this agreement: 

 “Accounts” means the financial statements of each Group
Company in their final form as at and for the financial year ended on the Accounts Date, comprising its balance sheet, profit and loss account and other statements and all attached notes and reports and drawn up in accordance with the French
generally accepted accounting principles; 
 “Accounts Relief” means a Relief which is treated as an asset taken into
account in the Completion Statements and/or has been taken into account for the calculation of the Consideration and/or the Working Capital, or is taken into account in computing (and so reducing or eliminating) any provision for Tax which appears,
or which but for the presumed availability of the Relief would have appeared, in the Completion Statements; 

  
  

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 “Accounts Date” means the last day of the fiscal year ended before the year
during which this agreement is signed; 
 “Acquisition” means the proposed acquisition of the Shares by the Purchaser on the
terms of this agreement; 
 “Acquisition Documents” means this agreement (including its schedules), the Agreed Form
documents and any other documents to be delivered on Completion; 
 “Actual Tax Liability” means any liability of a Group
Company to make a payment of or increased payment of Tax whether or not such Tax is also or alternatively chargeable against or attributable to any other person; 

“Affiliate”, in relation to a company, means any other company directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under
common control with such company, and “control” for these purposes means (a) holding the majority of the voting rights or share capital of such company or (b) otherwise having the power to direct the management and policies of
such company; 
 “Agreed Form”, in relation to a document, means the form approved and for identification purposes
initialled by (or on behalf of) the Seller and the Purchaser; 
 “Authority” means any supra-national, national or
sub-national authority, commission, department, agency, regulator, regulatory body, court, tribunal or arbitrator; 

“Business” means the business of owning and operating the hotel known as ‘InterContinental Paris - Le Grand’ at the
Property; 
 “Business Day” (other than in clause 23 (Notices)) means any day other than a Saturday or Sunday on which
commercial banks are open for general business in London and Paris; 
 “Cash” means the aggregate amount of cash (including
cash in hand, in transit and at bank, together with accrued interest) and cash equivalents (including liquid or easily realisable stocks, shares, bonds, treasury bills and other similar securities) held by or on behalf of all Group Companies, and as
such sum shall be calculated as at close of business on the Completion Date derived from the books and records of the Group Companies, as stated in the Completion Statements, in all cases excluding the amounts taken into consideration in the
Intra-Group Debt (i.e. corresponding to the sum of the items identified in part 3 of schedule 5, and as such sum shall be calculated as at close of business on the Completion Date as stated in the Completion Statements); 

“Claim” means any claim against the Seller in relation to this agreement; 

“Completion” means completion of the sale and purchase of the Shares in accordance with this agreement; 

“Completion Date” means the 10th Business Day after the date on which the
Conditions have been satisfied, or such other date as may be agreed in writing between the Seller and the Purchaser; 
 “Completion
Payment” has the meaning given in clause 3.3; 
 “Completion Statements” means the statements to be prepared and
agreed or determined in accordance with schedule 5; 

  
  

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 “Conditions” means the conditions set out in clause 4.1, and
“Condition” means any one of them; 
 “Consideration” means the consideration for the Shares set out in
clause 3.1; 
 “Construction Documents” means contracts entered into by the Seller or any member of the Seller Group
relating to the design, management or construction of any building or refurbishment works at the Property; 
 “Control”
means having the ability, whether directly or indirectly, whether through exercise or non-exercise of any voting power in a general meeting, or whether by agreement or otherwise, to direct decisively the business affairs of a company; 

“Damages” has the meaning given in clause 8.2; 

“Debt” means the aggregate amount (expressed as a positive number) of (i) all long term debt of the Group Companies
(other than between Group Companies) and (ii) the Intra-Group Debt corresponding to the sum of the items identified in part 3 of schedule 5, and as such sum shall be calculated as at close of business on the Completion Date as stated in
the Completion Statements; 
 “Defendant Claim” means any actual or potential demand, claim or action by a third party
against the Purchaser Group which has given or is likely to give rise to a Warranty Claim; 
 “Deposit” has the meaning
given in the recitals; 
 “Determination Date” has the meaning given in clause 5.7.1.1; 

“Disclosed Information” means the information fairly disclosed in the Disclosure Schedule and the Due Diligence Information;

 “Disclosure Schedule” means schedule 3; 

“Dispute” means any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with this agreement, its subject matter or formation
(including any non-contractual dispute or claim); 
 “Due Diligence Information” means the reports, information and
documents contained in the electronic data room maintained by Merrill Datasite in relation to the Group Companies and their respective businesses and assets as listed in the index in the Agreed Form (a download of which has, for evidential purposes,
been delivered to the Purchaser on CD-ROM immediately before the signing of this agreement), and the information contained in the Q&A feature of the data room; 

“ECMR” has the meaning given in clause 4.1.1; 

“Encumbrance” means any mortgage, charge, pledge, lien, option, restriction, assignment, right to acquire, right of
pre-emption or any other form of right, interest, preference, security or encumbrance of any nature in favour of a third party or any agreement, arrangement or obligation to create any of them; 

“Escrow Agent” means Société Générale; 

“Estimated Cash”, “Estimated Debt” and “Estimated Working Capital” each have the meaning
given in clause 3.2; 

  
  

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 “Excepted Contracts” means contracts and arrangements that (i) expire prior
to Completion or (ii) are terminated prior to Completion at the Seller’s cost and expense; 
 “Exit Agreement” has
the meaning given in clause 14.4; 
 “French Competition Authority” has the meaning given in clause 4.1.2; 

“Group Companies” means the Company and the Subsidiaries, and “Group Company” means any of them; 

“Interest Rate” means the three months’ EURIBOR + 700 bps, calculated on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed
from the date on which is payment is due to the date of the actual payment over a 360 day annual period; 
 “Intra-Group
Debt” means: 
  

	 	•	 	the aggregate amount owed by the Group Companies to the Seller Group; less 

  

	 	•	 	the aggregate amount owed by the Seller Group to the Group Companies, 

 excluding in each case
any amounts owed in respect of ordinary course of trading necessary for the continuation of the Business or intra-group services, as at close of business on the Completion Date as stated in the Completion Statements; 

“IP” means: 
  

	 	•	 	patents, rights in inventions, know-how, show-how and trade secrets, copyright and related rights, moral rights, registered designs, design rights, database rights, semiconductor topography rights, trademarks and
service marks, trade names, business names, brand names, get-up, logos, domain names and URLs, rights in unfair competition, goodwill and rights to sue for passing-off and any other intellectual property rights (in each case, whether or not
registered, and including all applications to register and rights to apply to register any of them, and all rights to sue for any past or present infringement of them); and 

 

	 	•	 	all rights or forms of protection having equivalent or similar effect in any jurisdiction; 

“Key Warranties” means the Warranties in paragraphs 1 (The Seller), 2 (The Shares), and 3 (The Group Companies) of
schedule 2; 
 “Leased Property” means the buildings leased by any Group Company as tenant as detailed in part 4 of
schedule 1; 
 “Listed Liabilities” means: (i) all amounts owing or accrued due by or liabilities of the Group
Companies (other than in relation to ownership or occupation of the Property) to the extent referable to the period prior to Completion including liabilities in respect of bank borrowing or any other indebtedness in the nature of borrowing;
(ii) any and all liabilities arising in respect of any claims brought against the Group Companies in relation to belongings of guests of the hotel located in the Property which the claimant claims were checked in any safe deposit box of this
hotel (excluding hotel room safe deposit boxes) at Completion to the extent such claims are not insured; and (iii) all amounts owing or accrued due by or liabilities of the Seller or a member of the Seller Group in connection with the
Construction Documents (other than in relation to ownership or occupation of the Property) to the extent referable to the period prior to Completion (including amounts due under any final 

  
  

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account or final statement issued following Completion which are attributable to amounts due for works undertaken prior to Completion), but in each case (a) only to the extent such
liabilities have not been taken into account in calculating the Completion Statements and (b) explicitly excluding any Tax due in relation to such Listed Liabilities; 

“Longstop Time” means 6pm CET on 31 July 2015, or such other time and date as may be agreed in writing between the Seller
and the Purchaser; 
 “MAE Claim Notice” has the meaning given in clause 5.6; 

“MAE Expert” has the meaning given in clause 5.6.2; 

“Management Agreement” means the Hotel Management Agreement for InterContinental Paris Le Grand Hotel between members of the
Group Companies and the Seller Group; 
 “Management Agreement Suite” means the Management Agreement and the following
agreements, each in the Agreed Form, to be entered into on Completion between members of the Seller Group and the Purchaser and/or the Group Companies pursuant to the Management Agreement: 

 

	 	•	 	the Holidex Agreement; 

  

	 	•	 	the ECS Agreement; 

  

	 	•	 	the Accounting Services Agreement; and 

  

	 	•	 	the Non-disturbance Agreement, 

 in each case as defined in the Management Agreement as well as
attached thereto; 
 “Material Adverse Effect” means (i) the destruction, closure or other inability to use guest rooms
or other material facilities at the Property, other than through routine maintenance or planned works, which together result in: (a) 75% of the guest rooms of the Property being destroyed or reasonably likely to be closed or unable to be used
for a period not less than 22 Business Days between the signing of this agreement and Completion; (b) 50% of the guest rooms of the Property being destroyed or reasonably likely to be closed or unable to be used for a period not less than 65
Business Days between the signing of this agreement and Completion; or (ii) any act, event or circumstance that has a negative effect on the ownership of the Property such that the value of the Property is reduced by 10% or more of the
Consideration, in each case that arises after the date of signing this agreement and will continue until immediately prior to Completion but excluding in each case any such material adverse effect resulting from: 

 

	 	•	 	changes in stock markets, interest rates, exchange rates, commodity prices or other general economic conditions; 

  

	 	•	 	changes in conditions generally affecting the hotel industry; 

  

	 	•	 	changes in laws, regulations or accounting practices; 

  

	 	•	 	an act of terrorism; 

  

	 	•	 	matters disclosed in the Disclosed Information; or 

  

	 	•	 	the transactions contemplated by this agreement or the change of control resulting from those transactions. 

  
  

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 “Material Contract” has the meaning given in clause 5.2.8; 

“Member” has the meaning given in clause 14.4; 

“Merger Conditions” has the meaning given in clause 4.2; 

“Owned Property” means the co-ownership lots owned by any Group Company as detailed in part 3 of schedule 1; 

“Payment Account” has the meaning given in clause 19.1; 

“Pension Schemes” means the pension plans applicable to the Group Companies’ employees and disclosed at Disclosure
Schedule; 
 “Post Completion Relief” means a Relief to the extent that it arises by reference to an event occurring, or
deemed for any Tax purpose to occur, after Completion or in respect of a period commencing (or part of a period falling) after Completion (but excluding any Relief to the extent that it was available before Completion and/or to the extent that it is
treated as an asset in the calculation of, or is taken in to account in computing, the Completion Statements; 
 “Property”
means together the Owned Property and the Leased Property; 
 “Purchaser Group” means each or any of (a) the Purchaser
and any Affiliate of the Purchaser for the time being, and (b) with effect from Completion, each Group Company (and any reference to “member of the Purchaser Group” or, in the case of any member of the Purchaser Group, to
“its group” shall be construed accordingly); 
 “Recognised Investment Exchange” means any recognised
investment exchange (as such term is defined in s285 Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, as amended) or an investment exchange that has been recognised by the UK Financial Services Authority as a designated investment exchange; 

“Recovery Claim” means any right which the Purchaser Group has, or becomes entitled to, (including under any insurance policy
or by way of payment, set-off, claim or otherwise) to recover any monies from a third party in relation to anything that has given or is likely to give rise to a Warranty Claim or another Claim; 

“Referral Date” has the meaning given in clause 5.6.2; 

“Relevant Accounting Period(s)” has the meaning given in clause 9.1; 

“Relief” means any loss, relief, allowance, credit, deduction, exemption or set-off in each case in respect of Tax or the
computation of income, profits or gains for the purpose of any Tax and any right to repayment of Tax; 
 “Reorganisation”
means each of the actions regarding the reorganisation of the Group Companies listed in schedule 6; 
 “Request” has the
meaning given in clause 11.3.2; 

  
  

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 “Seller Group” means each or any of the Seller and any Affiliate of the Seller
for the time being, excluding each Group Company (and any reference to “member of the Seller Group” or, in the case of any member of the Seller Group, to “its group” shall be construed accordingly); 

“Service Document” means a claim form, summons, order, judgment or other process relating to or in connection with any
proceeding, suit or action arising out of or in connection with this agreement; 
 “Shares” means the 14,319,044 shares
representing 100% of the share capital and the voting rights of the Company; 
 “Subsidiaries” means those companies
detailed in part 2 of schedule 1, and “Subsidiary” means any of them; 
 “Target Working Capital” means the
amount of € 0 (nil); 
 “Tax” means any form of taxation and duty, impost, reassessment or tariff in each case in the
nature of taxation, whether chargeable directly or primarily against or attributable directly or primarily to the Group Companies or any other person, and including any social security and payroll taxes as well as including all interest and
penalties thereon (save to the extent such penalties or interest are attributable to unreasonable delay by the Purchaser or by any member of the Purchaser Group after Completion), but excluding the local taxes (impôts locaux), property
rates and all other similar rates and charges and other local (including for the avoidance of doubt regional) authority rates or charges; 

“Tax Authority” means any Authority competent to impose, assess, collect or administer any Tax; 

“Tax Computations” has the meaning given in clause 9.1; 

“Tax Group” has the meaning given in clause 14.4; 

“Tax Warranties” means the Warranties in paragraph 30 (Tax return and payments) of schedule 2; 

“VAT” means value added tax or any equivalent Tax on the supply of goods and services in any jurisdiction; 

“Warranties” means the warranties given by the Seller in clause 8.1 and schedule 2; 

“Warranty Claim” means any Claim in relation to any Warranty; and 

“Working Capital” means: 
  

	 	(a)	current assets (including these items listed under ‘Current Assets’ part 3 of schedule 5); less 

  

	 	(b)	current liabilities (including these items listed under ‘Current Liabilities’ in items identified in part 3 of schedule 5), 

as at close of business on the Completion Date as stated in the Completion Statements, but in all cases excluding the amounts taken into
consideration for the calculation of Cash and Debt. 

  
  

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	1.2	In this agreement (unless the context requires otherwise): 

  

	 	1.2.1	“€” and “euro” means the currency of any Member State of the European Union that has the euro as its lawful currency in accordance with legislation of the European Union relating
to Economic and Monetary Union; and 

  

	 	1.2.2	“including”, “includes” or “in particular” means including, includes or in particular without limitation. 

 

	1.3	In this agreement (unless the context requires otherwise), any reference to: 

  

	 	1.3.1	any gender includes all genders, and the singular includes the plural (and vice versa); 

  

	 	1.3.2	a company includes any company, corporation or body corporate, or any other entity having a separate legal personality; and a person includes an individual, company, partnership, unincorporated association or Authority
(whether or not having a separate legal personality); 

  

	 	1.3.3	any time of day or date is to that time or date in Paris; 

  

	 	1.3.4	a day shall be a period of 24 hours running from midnight to midnight, and days shall be to calendar days unless Business Days are specified; 

 

	 	1.3.5	a month or a year shall be to a calendar month or a calendar year respectively; 

  

	 	1.3.6	legislation or a legislative provision includes reference to the legislation or legislative provision as amended or re-enacted, any legislation or legislative provision which it amends or re-enacts and any legislation
made under or implementing it, in each case for the time being in force (whether before, on or after the date of this agreement); 

  

	 	1.3.7	any French legal term for any action, remedy, method of judicial proceeding, legal document, legal status, court, official or any legal concept or thing shall, in respect of any jurisdiction other than France, be deemed
to include the specific term stated in the language of such other jurisdiction immediately after it or, if no such term is stated, what most nearly approximates to such French term in such other jurisdiction; and any reference to any specific French
law shall be deemed to include any equivalent or similar law in any other jurisdiction; and 

  

	 	1.3.8	writing or written includes any method of representing or reproducing words in a legible form. 

  

	1.4	For the purposes of applying a reference to a monetary sum expressed in euros in: 

  

	 	1.4.1	clause 5.1 (Restrictions on Group Companies); 

  

	 	1.4.2	any Warranty; or 

  

	 	1.4.3	clause 10 (Seller limitations), 

  
  

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 an amount in a different currency shall be deemed to be an amount in euros converted at the
closing mid-point spot rate for a transaction between the relevant currency and euros as quoted by the French Central Bank as at the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the date of this agreement. 

 

	1.5	Unless the context requires otherwise, any reference in this agreement to a clause or, schedule, is to a clause of or schedule to this agreement, any reference to a part or paragraph is to a part or paragraph of a
schedule to this agreement, any reference within a schedule to a part is to a part of that schedule, and any reference within a part of a schedule to a paragraph is to a paragraph of that part of that schedule. 

 

	1.6	This agreement incorporates the schedules to it. 

  

	1.7	The contents list, headings and any descriptive notes are for ease of reference only and shall not affect the construction or interpretation of this agreement. 

 

	2.	SALE AND PURCHASE OF SHARES 

  

	2.1	Subject to the terms of this agreement, the Seller shall sell and the Purchaser shall purchase the Shares on and with effect from Completion. 

 

	2.2	The Shares shall be sold free from all Encumbrances and together with all rights of any nature attached or accruing to them on or after Completion (including the right to receive all dividends and distributions
declared, paid or made by the Company on or after the Completion Date). 

  

	3.	CONSIDERATION 

  

	3.1	Total purchase price 

 The consideration for the sale of the Shares shall be the sum of
(“Consideration”), which is and shall be payable to the Seller as follows: 
  

	 	3.1.1	the Deposit; 

  

	 	3.1.2	plus € 310,000,000 (three hundred ten million euros), being the balance of the € 330,000,000 (three hundred thirty million euros) less the Deposit, on Completion; 

 

	 	3.1.3	less the amount of the interest referred to in clause 3.5; 

  

	 	3.1.4	plus the Cash; 

  

	 	3.1.5	less the Debt; and 

  

	 	3.1.6	plus the excess in the Working Capital above the Target Working Capital or less the amount of any shortfall in the Working Capital below the Target Working Capital, as the case may be, 

on close of Business Day on Completion (for the avoidance of doubt an example of the calculation of the Consideration based on the Accounts is
attached hereto as part 3 of schedule 5). 
 in each case in cash by electronic transfer for same day value to the Seller’s Payment
Account. 
  

	 	3.1.7	Any dispute regarding the calculation of Cash, Debt and Working Capital shall be dealt in accordance with in part 1 of schedule 5. 

  
  

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	3.2	Notification of estimates 

 The Seller shall notify the Purchaser of the Seller’s
estimates in good faith of the Cash, the Debt and the Working Capital (“Estimated Cash”, “Estimated Debt” and “Estimated Working Capital” respectively) by providing a statement substantially in the
form set out in part 3 of schedule 5 as close as reasonably practicable to, but no later than two Business Days before, the Completion Date. 
  

	3.3	Payment on account of Consideration 

 The Purchaser shall pay to the Seller on Completion
the sum of (“Completion Payment”): 
  

	 	3.3.1	the amount referred to in clause 3.1.2, 

  

	 	3.3.2	plus the Estimated Cash, 

  

	 	3.3.3	less the Estimated Debt, 

  

	 	3.3.4	less the amount of the interest referred to in clause 3.5; 

  

	 	3.3.5	plus the amount of any excess in the Estimated Working Capital above the Target Working Capital or less the amount of any shortfall in the Estimated Working Capital below the Target Working Capital, as the
case may be. 

  

	3.4	Adjusting payment 

 Within ten Business Days of the agreement or determination of the
Completion Statements in accordance with schedule 5: 
  

	 	3.4.1	if the Consideration less the Deposit exceeds the Completion Payment, the Purchaser shall pay the difference to the Seller; or 

  

	 	3.4.2	if the Consideration less the Deposit is less than the Completion Payment, the Seller shall repay the difference to the Purchaser. 

  

	3.5	Interest on Deposit 

  

	 	3.5.1	The Escrow Agent shall place the Deposit on interest bearing deposit until the Completion Date. 

  

	 	3.5.2	Any interest received on the Deposit prior to the Completion Date shall be deducted from the Completion Payment, but shall otherwise be dealt with in accordance with clause 3.6. 

  
  

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	3.6	Repayment of Deposit 

 Without prejudice to the provisions of clauses 3.1.1 and 5.3.3:

  

	 	3.6.1	in the event that Completion does not occur by the Longstop Time or this agreement is terminated pursuant to clauses 5.5 or 6.3.3, in each case other than as a result of a material breach by the Purchaser of its
obligations under part 2 of schedule 4, the Deposit, along with any interest which has accrued thereon, shall forthwith be repaid to the Purchaser; and 

  

	 	3.6.2	in the event that Completion does not occur by the Longstop Time or this agreement is terminated pursuant to clauses 5.5 or 6.3.3 in each case as a result of a material breach by the Purchaser of its obligations under
part 2 of schedule 4, the Deposit, along with any interest which has accrued thereon, shall be forfeited to the Seller (the sum forfeited being exclusive of VAT, if any). 

 

	4.	CONDITIONS 

  

	4.1	Conditions 

 Completion is conditional on the following conditions being satisfied by the
Longstop Time: 
  

	 	4.1.1	the European Commission issuing a decision under the EC Merger Regulation (Council Regulation No 139/2004) (“ECMR”) declaring the Acquisition compatible with the common market, or being deemed to have done so,
without the European Commission: (a) initiating phase II proceedings under Article 6(1)(c) of the ECMR; (b) attaching any conditions or obligations (other than those that require undertakings within the scope of clause 4.2.2.5 or that
are otherwise acceptable to the Purchaser (acting reasonably)); or (c) referring, or being deemed to have referred, the Acquisition or any part of it to another competent authority under Article 9 of the ECMR; or 

 

	 	4.1.2	in case of a referral of the Acquisition by the European Commission to the French Competition Authority (Autorité de la Concurrence) (“French Competition Authority”), the French
Competition Authority having approved the Acquisition, either tacitly on expiry of the applicable waiting period following receipt of the relevant filing or by explicit approval, without attaching any conditions or obligations (other than those that
require undertakings within the scope of clause 4.2.2.5 or that are otherwise acceptable to the Purchaser (acting reasonably)); and 

  

	 	4.1.3	completion of the each of the individual transactions of the Reorganisation. 

  

	4.2	Satisfying the Merger Conditions 

  

	 	4.2.1	The Purchaser and the Seller shall use all reasonable endeavours to procure that either one or the other of the Conditions set out in clauses 4.1.1 and 4.1.2 (together the “Merger Conditions”) is
satisfied as soon as reasonably practicable and, in any event, by the Longstop Time. In particular: 

  

	 	4.2.1.1	the Purchaser and the Seller shall prepare and submit the necessary joint filing to the European Commission or the French Competition Authority, as soon as practicable after the date of this agreement, it being agreed
that the Parties will proceed with a pre-notification to the European Commission before the official joint filing with the same authority; 

  
  

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	 	4.2.1.2	The Purchaser shall give the Seller and its legal advisers reasonable notice of and the opportunity to participate in all meetings and significant telephone calls with the European Commission or the French Competition
Authority, as the case may be, unless prohibited by it; and 

  

	 	4.2.2	Each of the Purchaser and the Seller shall: 

  

	 	4.2.2.1	promptly provide to the other all information available to it that is necessary or desirable for the preparation of any filings or submissions to, or responses to requests for information from, the European Commission
or the French Competition Authority, as the case may be; 

  

	 	4.2.2.2	provide the other with a reasonable opportunity to comment on the drafts of all such filings, submissions and responses and take account of all reasonable comments received; 

 

	 	4.2.2.3	promptly submit any submissions and responses to information requests to the European Commission or the French Competition Authority and provide a copy to the other; and 

 

	 	4.2.2.4	not, and shall procure that its group shall not, enter into any arrangement which is likely to prejudicially affect or significantly delay satisfaction of either one or the other of the Merger Conditions.

  

	 	4.2.2.5	offer and give to the European Commission or the French Competition Authority, as the case may be, any undertakings reasonably necessary to obtain its approval to the Acquisition (e.g. no significant cash adverse effect
or material adverse effect). 

 Nothing in this clause 4.2.2 shall oblige the Seller or the Purchaser to provide to the other
any of its own or its group’s confidential business information, but such information must instead be provided to the other’s external lawyers on a confidential lawyer to lawyer basis. 

 

	4.3	Satisfying the Reorganisation Condition 

 The Seller shall use all reasonable endeavours
to procure that the Condition in clause 4.1.3 is satisfied as soon as reasonably practicable and, in any event, by the Longstop Time. 
  

	4.4	Notification obligations 

 Each of the Purchaser and the Seller shall keep the other
informed as to its progress in satisfying the Conditions, and notify the other immediately when: 
  

	 	4.4.1	any Condition is satisfied (with copies of appropriate evidence of satisfaction); and 

  

	 	4.4.2	it becomes aware of any matter which is likely to prevent any Condition being satisfied by the Longstop Time. 

  
  

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	5.	PRE-COMPLETION MATTERS 

  

	5.1	Operation of Group Companies 

 Pending Completion, the Seller shall procure that each
Group Company shall (subject to clause 5.3): 
  

	 	5.1.1	continue to operate in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice in accordance with all applicable laws; 

  

	 	5.1.2	send weekly revenue reports of the financial performance of the Group Companies in writing to the Purchaser; and 

  

	 	5.1.3	maintain and comply in all material respects with all licenses, registrations, concessions, permits, notifications and consents which are required for it to conduct the Business in the manner in which it currently does
so. 

  

	5.2	Restrictions on Group Companies 

 Pending Completion, the Seller shall procure that
(subject to clause 5.3 and to the extent permitted by applicable competition laws) no Group Company shall or shall agree to (whether conditionally or not): 
  

	 	5.2.1	change its issued share capital in any way (including the creation of new shares, the redemption or repurchase of shares or any reduction of capital) or grant any option or right to subscribe for any shares or other
securities convertible into shares; 

  

	 	5.2.2	change any rights attached to any of its shares; 

  

	 	5.2.3	declare, pay or make any dividend or other distribution or capitalise any reserves; 

  

	 	5.2.4	change its articles of association (statuts); 

  

	 	5.2.5	change its auditors, the date to which its annual accounts are prepared or its accounting principles, procedures or practices; 

  

	 	5.2.6	enter into, amend or terminate any material agreement or arrangement with the Seller Group (other than in the ordinary course of business and except as otherwise referred to in this agreement or in the Management
Agreement Suite); 

  

	 	5.2.7	enter into, materially amend or terminate any joint venture or partnership arrangement; 

  

	 	5.2.8	without the Purchaser’s prior written consent in accordance with clause 5.4, enter into, renew, extend, materially amend, waive any default under, or terminate any contract, financial agreement, bank facility or
arrangement that: 

  

	 	5.2.8.1	involves expenditure or liabilities in excess of € 100,000; 

  

	 	5.2.8.2	has a notice period for termination exceeding six months; or 

  
  

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	 	5.2.8.3	is long-term, being for concluded for a period exceeding three years, 

 with the exception of
the following types of contract or arrangement which do not require consent: contracts and arrangements that relate to (i) the employment of an officer or employee of any Group company whose annual salary before Tax (excluding any benefits) is
in excess € 100,000, (ii) utilities, or (iii) revenue generating contracts, such as banquets, corporate rate, tour operator, events or conferences, 

(“Material Contract”); or 
  

	 	5.2.9	make any material changes to the terms and conditions of employment (including remuneration and benefits) of any of its officers or employees other than salary increases in the ordinary course of business not exceeding
15 per cent and other than what is provided for in the operating or capital budget. 

 Furthermore, in the event that the
finalisation of the Operating Budget for fiscal year 2015 (as this term is defined under the Hotel Management Agreement) shall occur before Completion, the Seller shall submit to Buyer the draft of such Operating Budget for approval before
finalizing it. 
  

	5.3	Permitted actions 

 The clauses 5.1 and 5.2 shall not restrict or prevent a Group Company
from doing anything: 
  

	 	5.3.1	required, necessary or otherwise helpful to perform for the purpose of the Reorganisation 

  

	 	5.3.2	to enter into, renew, materially amend, waive any default under or terminate any Excepted Contract; 

  

	 	5.3.3	required by, or to give effect to, any Acquisition Document; 

  

	 	5.3.4	required by, or to give effect to, any Management Agreement Suite; 

  

	 	5.3.5	with the Purchaser’s prior written consent (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); 

  

	 	5.3.6	which is in the Business’ operating or capital budget as set out in the Due Diligence Information (with reference B); 

  

	 	5.3.7	to comply with any newly applicable law; 

  

	 	5.3.8	to comply with its existing contractual obligations to the extent set out in the Disclosed Information; or 

  

	 	5.3.9	that is a reasonable response to an emergency or disaster to minimise any adverse effect on it, provided that the Purchaser is notified of any action taken as soon as reasonably practicable. 

 

	5.4	Material Contracts 

 The Seller shall deliver to the Purchaser written notice of any
proposed action as set out in clause 5.2.8, which notice shall contain the material information regarding the Material 

  
  

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Contract(s) that the Seller believes is reasonably necessary to enable the Purchaser to make informed decisions with respect to the advisability of the proposed action. The Purchaser’s
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed. If no response by the Purchaser is received within five (5) Business Days after the Purchaser’s receipt of such written notice, the Purchaser will be served a second
notice. If no response is received within forty eight (48) hours after service of such second notice, consent shall be deemed to have been granted. The Purchaser’s consent shall be deemed to have been granted if given by either Fady Bakhos
or Mr Zaki El Guiziri. 
 For the avoidance of doubt, it is reminded between the Parties that the following contracts have already been
approved by the Purchaser and therefore do not need any further authorizations under this clause 5 for their execution between the date of signing of this agreement and Completion Date: (i) Public Areas and Back of House Cleaning Services
Contract with Hôtelière de Ménage, (ii) Minibar Rental Agreement with Bartech, (iii) Laundry Services Agreement with Elis Poulard, (iv) Facility Management Services Agreement with Cofely, and (v) Renewal of
lease with Relais H shop on reduced rent. 
  

	5.5	Pre-completion termination 

 Without prejudice to clause 3.6, 

 

	 	5.5.1	this agreement shall terminate automatically at the Longstop Time if any Condition set forth in (i) clauses 4.1.1 and/or (ii) in clause 4.1.2 has not then been satisfied; 

 

	 	5.5.2	subject to the provisions of clause 5.7, each of the Seller and the Purchaser may terminate this agreement by notice in writing to the Purchaser or the Seller, as the case may be, at any time prior to Completion if a
Material Adverse Effect occurs; and 

  

	 	5.5.3	the Seller may terminate this agreement by notice in writing to the Purchaser, at any time prior to Completion if (i) the Purchaser breaches the obligation not to assign as referred to in clause 16.1, or if
(ii) Constellation no longer owns, directly or indirectly, 100% of the shares issued by the Purchaser. 

  

	5.6	If either the Seller or the Purchaser reasonably believes that a Material Adverse Effect has occurred, such party shall give written notice to the other party (a “MAE Claim Notice”), following which:

  

	 	5.6.1	within 2 Business Days after the date of service of the MAE Claim Notice, the Seller and the Purchaser shall discuss in good faith and use reasonable endeavours to resolve whether a Material Adverse Effect has occurred;

  

	 	5.6.2	if the Seller and the Purchaser fail to resolve whether a Material Adverse Effect has occurred within 10 Business Days of service of the MAE Claim Notice (the “Referral Date”), the dispute shall be
referred to an independent expert (the “MAE Expert”) to be appointed by the Seller and the Purchaser to determine whether or not a Material Adverse Effect has occurred (who shall be instructed to deliver his determination within ten
(10) Business Days of his appointment); 

  

	 	5.6.3	if the Purchaser and the Seller cannot agree on the identity of a MAE Expert within five Business Days of the Referral Date, on the request of either the Purchaser or the Seller the MAE Expert shall be nominated by the
President of the Tribunal of Commerce of Paris via “référé” proceedings at the request of the most diligent party (who shall be instructed to deliver his determination within ten (10) Business Days of his
appointment); 

  
  

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	 	5.6.4	the MAE Expert shall: 

  

	 	5.6.4.1	conduct and deliver his determination in the English language; 

  

	 	5.6.4.2	be entitled to obtain such independent legal or other professional advice as he may reasonably require in making his determination; 

  

	 	5.6.4.3	determine the procedure to be followed in making his determination; 

  

	 	5.6.4.4	determine on the basis of all information, documents and materials before him; and 

  

	 	5.6.4.5	notify the Purchaser and the Seller of his determination in writing (without reasons) as soon as practicable. 

  

	 	5.6.5	In making its determination, the MAE Expert shall act pursuant to the provisions of article 1592 of the French Civil Code as expert and its decision as to any matter referred to it for determination shall, in the
absence of manifest error, be final and binding in all respects on the Purchaser and the Seller and shall not be subject to question on any ground whatsoever. 

  

	 	5.6.6	The MAE Expert’s fees and expenses (including the costs of his nomination and any fees and expenses of any professional advisers appointed by him) shall be borne as determined by the Expert (having regard to the
merits of the parties’ submissions), failing which, borne equally by the Purchaser and the Seller. 

  

	5.7	In the event that on or by the Completion Date a MAE Claim Notice has been served by the Seller or the Purchaser, as the case may be, pursuant to clause 5.6 and the occurrence of such Material Adverse Effect has not
been resolved by agreement between the Seller and the Purchaser or by determination by the MAE Expert: 

  

	 	5.7.1	the Completion Date shall be deferred to: 

  

	 	5.7.1.1	the first day of the calendar month following the calendar month in which either the Seller and the Purchaser agree or the MAE Expert determines (in accordance with the provisions of clause 5.6) that a Material Adverse
Effect has not occurred (the “Determination Date”), if there are five or more Business Days between the Determination Date and the first day of the calendar month following the calendar month in which the Determination Date occurs;
or 

  

	 	5.7.1.2	the first day of the second calendar month following the calendar month in which the Determination Date occurs, if there are less than five Business Days between the Determination Date and the last day of the calendar
month in which the Determination Date occurs; or 

  

	 	5.7.2	if, subsequently, the Purchaser and the Seller agree or the MAE Expert determines (in accordance with the provisions of clause 5.6) that a Material Adverse Effect has occurred, the party serving the MAE Claim Notice may
(i), with immediate effect by notice in writing to the other party, terminate this agreement in accordance with clause 5.5.2, or (ii) continue to Completion, in which case the date of Completion shall be deferred in the manner set out in
clause 5.7.1. 

  
  

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	5.8	If a Material Adverse Effect occurs and the Seller or the Purchaser, as the case may be, elects to terminate this agreement pursuant to clause 5.5.2, the facts, matters and circumstances giving rise thereto and the
termination resulting therefrom shall not give rise to any right to damages or compensation. 

  

	5.9	Additional actions before Completion 

  

	 	5.9.1	Before Completion the Seller will have a lease entered into for the letting by BHR Services (France) of the non-retail premises of the co-ownership lot n°11 consisting of the basement for technical equipment of the
Property and the mezzanine floor for hotel office premises to SNGH and Grand Hotel as locataire-gérant at market rent and conditions under a commercial lease which will have to be submitted to the Buyer for its prior approval.

  

	 	5.9.2	The Seller shall use its best efforts for BHR Services (France) to carry out a legal division of the co-ownership lot n°11 in order to separate the retail units to become one co-ownership lot from the premises
occupied by the Group to become a separate co-ownership lot. The Seller shall continue to cooperate with the Buyer after Completion if this division is not effective prior to Completion. 

 

	6.	COMPLETION 

  

	6.1	Completion arrangements 

 Completion of the sale and purchase of the Shares shall take
place at the office of the Purchaser’s lawyers (or at such other place as may be agreed in writing between the Purchaser and the Seller) on the Completion Date. 
  

	6.2	Completion actions 

 On Completion: 

 

	 	6.2.1	the Seller shall: 

  

	 	6.2.1.1	deliver, or procure the delivery of, the documents set out in part 1 of schedule 4 to the Purchaser; and 

  

	 	6.2.1.2	comply, or procure compliance, with the obligations set out in that part; and 

  

	 	6.2.2	the Purchaser shall: 

  

	 	6.2.2.1	deliver, or procure the delivery of, the documents set out in part 2 of schedule 4 to the Seller; and 

  

	 	6.2.2.2	comply, or procure compliance, with the obligations set out in that part. 

  
  

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	6.3	Non-compliance 

 If, on the Completion Date, any party does not comply with its
obligations under clause 6.2 in any material respect, then the Seller (in the case of the Purchaser’s non-compliance) or the Purchaser (in the case of the Seller’s non-compliance) may by notice to the other: 

 

	 	6.3.1	proceed to Completion to the extent reasonably practicable; 

  

	 	6.3.2	postpone Completion to another date not less than two nor more than 10 Business Days after the Completion Date (so that the provisions of this clause 6 (other than this clause 6.3.2) shall apply as if that later date is
the Completion Date); or 

  

	 	6.3.3	subject to Completion having first been postponed in accordance with clause 6.3.2, terminate this agreement. 

  

	7.	PURCHASER WARRANTIES 

  

	7.1	Purchaser warranties 

 The Purchaser warrants to the Seller that the following statements
are true and accurate as at the date of this agreement, and will be true and accurate immediately before Completion: 
  

	 	7.1.1	it is validly existing and is a company duly incorporated and registered under the law of its jurisdiction of incorporation; 

  

	 	7.1.2	it has the legal right, full power and authority and all necessary consents and authorisations to enter into and perform its obligations under this agreement and each other Acquisition Document to which it is or will be
party; 

  

	 	7.1.3	this agreement and each other Acquisition Document to which it is or will be party constitutes, or will when executed constitute, legal, valid and binding obligations on it and will be enforceable in accordance with
their respective terms; 

  

	 	7.1.4	the entry into and performance of its obligations under this agreement and each other Acquisition Document will not: 

  

	 	7.1.4.1	conflict with or breach any provision of its constitutional documents; 

  

	 	7.1.4.2	breach any agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it is bound; 

  

	 	7.1.4.3	conflict with or breach any applicable law or any requirement of any Authority to which it is subject or submits; or 

  

	 	7.1.4.4	require the consent, approval or authorisation of any Authority except for the provisions of clauses 4.1.1 or 4.1.2; 

  

	 	7.1.5	it is not insolvent under the law of its jurisdiction of incorporation or of any jurisdiction in which it carries on business, and it is not unable to pay its debts as they fall due, nor has it stopped paying its debts
as they fall due; 

  

	 	7.1.6	no arrangement or compromise has been made by it with its creditors; 

  
  

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	 	7.1.7	no insolvency proceedings have been commenced or applied for, nor has any liquidator, receiver or similar officer been appointed, in relation to it or any of its assets; 

 

	 	7.1.8	no resolution has been passed, proceedings commenced or order made for its winding-up or any other reorganisation or restructuring; and 

 

	 	7.1.9	it has immediately available on an unconditional basis (subject only to Completion) the necessary cash resources to pay the Consideration and otherwise discharge its obligations under this agreement. 

 

	8.	SELLER WARRANTIES 

  

	8.1	Warranties 

  

	 	8.1.1	The Seller warrants to the Purchaser that the statements set out in schedule 2 are true and accurate as at the date of this agreement and that the Key Warranties will be true and accurate immediately before Completion.

  

	 	8.1.2	For the purposes of this clause, unless explicitly mentioned otherwise, any express or implied reference to the date of this agreement in any specified paragraph of schedule 2 shall be construed as a reference to the
date of signing this agreement. 

  

	8.2	Seller’s payment obligation under the Warranties 

 Subject to the provisions of this
clause 8, the Seller shall pay to the Purchaser as a repayment of a portion of, and adjustment to, the Consideration, the amount of any loss, liability, claim, damage (excluding incidental and consequential damages and excluding any reduction of Tax
losses carried forward), penalty (including costs of investigation and defence and reasonable attorneys’ fees) (collectively, “Damages”) suffered or incurred by the Purchaser or any of the Group Companies, which it would not
have incurred had the Warranty not been breached, arising from or in connection with: 
  

	 	8.2.1	any breach of any Warranty of the Seller contained in this agreement; or 

  

	 	8.2.2	all costs and expenses (together with any VAT on them) which may be incurred by the Purchaser Group as a result of or in connection with any breach of the Warranty. 

The Seller and the Purchaser agree that the assessment of the Damages pursuant to this clause 8.2 shall not be made with reference to the value
of the Group Companies and/or their assets. 
  

	8.3	Knowledge or awareness 

 Any Warranty qualified by a reference (however expressed) to the
knowledge or awareness of the Seller shall be limited to the actual knowledge or awareness of Gisele Ford, Emen Bejaoui, Christophe Laure and Jacques Chesnet, and the Seller shall not be required to make any enquiry of any other person, nor shall
the Seller be deemed to have any other actual, imputed or constructive knowledge regarding the subject matter of such Warranty. 

  
  

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	8.4	No rights against the Group Companies 

 The Seller undertakes to the Purchaser that it
has no rights against (and waives any rights it may have against) and shall not make any claim against (and waives any claim it may have against): 
  

	 	8.4.1	any of the Group Companies; or 

  

	 	8.4.2	any current or former officer, employee, consultant or agent of any Group Company, 

 in respect
of any misrepresentation, inaccuracy or omission in or from any information or advice provided by any such person for the purpose of assisting the Seller to give any Warranty and/or prepare the Disclosed Information. 

 

	9.	TAX 

  

	9.1	The Seller or its duly authorised agents or advisers shall, at its expense (unless and to the extent that such expense has been taken into account in computing the Completion Statements and save in respect of any
accounting period which is terminating on Completion as a result of any action requested by the Purchaser), be responsible and be properly authorised by each Group Company to prepare, (i) to the extent required by law, the Tax computations and
returns of each Group Company (“Tax Computations”) (ii) all elections, surrenders, claims, disclaimers, notices or consents in each case for its accounting periods (or other relevant period for Tax purposes where relevant)
ended on or before 31 December up to and including 31 December 2014 (“Relevant Accounting Period(s)”). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Purchaser and the Group Companies shall, at their expense, be responsible
to submit (i) such Tax Computations and/or, as the case may be, (ii) such elections, surrenders, claims, disclaimers, notices and/or consents, as the case may be, in each case for the Relevant Accounting Periods. 

 

	9.2	For the avoidance of doubt the Seller may require the Group companies to make, for any Relevant Accounting Period, any elections, surrenders, claims, disclaimers, notices or consents in respect of and on behalf of each
Group Company provided that such an election, surrender, claim, disclaimer, notice or consent does not cause or increase an Actual Tax Liability of the Group Companies or any member of the Purchaser Group unless either: 

 

	 	9.2.1	it has been taken into account in the computation of the Completion Statements; or 

  

	 	9.2.2	it is made with the agreement of the Purchaser. 

  

	9.3	As from Completion, the Purchaser shall deliver to the Seller copies of any material correspondence sent to, or received from, the relevant Tax Authority relating to the Tax Computations for the Relevant Accounting
Periods and shall keep the Seller informed of its and the Group Companies’ actions under this clause 9. 

  

	9.4	Subject to the clauses 9.1 to 9.3 above, the Purchaser shall or shall procure that: 

  

	 	9.4.1	each Group Company promptly and properly authorises and signs the Tax Computations and makes and signs or otherwise enters into all such elections, surrenders, claims, disclaimers, notices and consents and withdraws or
disclaims such elections, surrenders, claims, disclaimers, notices and consents and gives such notices and signs such other documents as the Seller shall require in relation to the Relevant Accounting Periods); 

  
  

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	 	9.4.2	if a time limit applies in relation to the submission to a Tax Authority of any of the documents referred to in clause 9.4.1 above, the Seller shall ensure that such documents are delivered to the Purchaser at least 20
Business Days before the expiry of the relevant time limit and the Purchaser shall procure that such documents are submitted to a Tax Authority, properly authorised and signed, prior to the expiry of the time limit; 

 

	 	9.4.3	each Group Company provides to the Seller such information and assistance, including such access to its books, accounts, records, correspondence, documents and personnel which may reasonably be required to prepare,
submit, negotiate and agree the Tax Computations, in each case within 5 Business Days of receipt of the request thereto; 

  

	 	9.4.4	any correspondence which relates to the Tax Computations shall, if received by the Purchaser or any Group Company or their agents or advisers, be copied to the Seller within 5 Business Days of receipt; and

  

	 	9.4.5	neither the Purchaser nor any Group Company shall submit any return or make any representation to any Tax Authority which is inconsistent with the content of the Tax Computations (as prepared in accordance with this
clause 9). 

  

	9.5	The Purchaser shall, and the Purchaser shall procure that the Group Companies shall, in respect of the Relevant Accounting Periods, use all reasonable endeavours to ensure that the Tax Computations are agreed with, or
as the case may be, finalised with, the relevant Tax Authority as soon as reasonably practicable after 31 December 2014 and shall promptly respond to all communications and enquiries from the relevant Tax Authority in relation to those Tax
Computations as soon as reasonably practicable, it being understood that the provisions of clause 11.3 shall apply to any communications and enquiries from the relevant Tax Authority. 

 

	9.6	For the avoidance of doubt, the Purchaser shall procure that the Group Companies comply with this clause 9 immediately following Completion. 

 

	10.	SELLER LIMITATIONS 

  

	10.1	Financial caps 

  

	 	10.1.1	The aggregate liability of the Seller for all Warranty Claim arising from a breach of the Warranties in paragraphs 1 (The Seller), 2 (The Shares), 3 (the Group Companies) and 6 (Insolvency) and 30 (Tax Return and
Payments) of schedule 2 shall not exceed an amount equal to the Consideration. 

  

	 	10.1.2	The aggregate liability of the Seller for all Warranty Claims other than those arising from a breach of the Warranties listed in clause 10.1.1 above shall not exceed an amount equal to € 100,000,000.

  

	 	10.1.3	For the avoidance of doubt, it is expressly agreed between the Parties that the aggregate liability of the Seller for all Warranty Claim shall not exceed shall not exceed an amount equal to the Consideration.

  
  

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	10.2	Financial thresholds 

  

	 	10.2.1	The Seller shall not be liable for any Warranty Claim unless: 

  

	 	10.2.1.1	the Seller’s liability in respect of such Warranty Claim and any other Warranty Claims arising from substantially the same matter exceeds € 100,000 (excluding interest and costs) (each a “Qualifying
Warranty Claim”); and 

  

	 	10.2.1.2	the Seller’s aggregate liability for all Qualifying Warranty Claims exceeds € 3,300,000 (excluding interest and costs), 

when the Seller shall (subject to clause 10.1) be liable from the first euro and not only for the excess over € 3,300,000, this amount
being a threshold, not a deductible. 
  

	10.3	Time limits 

  

	 	10.3.1	The Seller shall not be liable for any Warranty Claim unless the Purchaser has given notice of such Warranty Claim to the Seller: 

  

	 	10.3.1.1	up to three (3) months after the expiry of the applicable statute of limitations, in case of any Warranty Claim pursuant to the Tax Warranties; 

 

	 	10.3.1.2	on or before the second anniversary of the Completion Date, in case of any Warranty Claim pursuant to Warranties other than the Tax Warranties. 

 

	 	10.3.2	Any notice under clause 10.3.1 must set out, to the extent then available, reasonable details of the matter giving rise to the Warranty Claim and the grounds on which it is based and, if then reasonably capable of
preparation, the Purchaser’s good faith estimate of the amount of the Warranty Claim. 

  

	10.4	Legal proceedings 

 Subject to clause 10.3, the Seller shall not be liable for any
Warranty Claim unless legal proceedings in respect of it have been commenced by being both properly issued and validly served on the Seller: 
  

	 	10.4.1	if such Warranty Claim is not actionable by virtue of clause 10.2 (Financial thresholds) when the Seller is notified of it in accordance with clause 10.3, within one month of the date on which such Warranty Claim
becomes actionable under clause 10.2; 

  

	 	10.4.2	if such Warranty Claim arises out of a liability which, when the Seller is notified of such Warranty Claim in accordance with clause 10.3, is contingent only, within one month of the date such liability ceases to be
contingent; and 

  

	 	10.4.3	otherwise, within one month of the date on which the Seller was notified of such Warranty Claim in accordance with clause 10.3, 

(such periods may be reduced in accordance with any shorter procedural deadlines which may be applicable). 

  
  

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 No new Warranty Claim may be made in respect of the matter giving rise to such Warranty Claim.

  

	10.5	Information and knowledge 

 The Seller shall not be liable for any Warranty Claim to the
extent that the matter giving rise to it: 
  

	 	10.5.1	has been disclosed by the Disclosed Information or any other written information provided by or on behalf of the Seller or any Group Company to the Purchaser or any of its advisers in connection with the transactions
contemplated by the Management Agreement Suite and/or the Acquisition Documents; or 

  

	 	10.5.2	would have been apparent from searches of the public registers or records in France on the third Business Day before the date of this agreement; or 

 

	 	10.5.3	was, at the date of this agreement, known by the Purchaser and the Purchaser’s legal, tax and other advisors. For the purposes of this clause 10.5.3, the Purchaser shall be deemed to have knowledge of matters which
were actually known to Mr Fady Bakhos and Mr Zaki El Guiziri. 

  

	10.6	Accounts - Completion Statements 

 Notwithstanding clause 10.9, the Seller shall not be
liable for any Warranty Claim to the extent that the matter giving rise to it has been specifically provided for in the Accounts and/or specifically provided for or otherwise taken into account in the Completion Statements and/or has been taken into
account for the calculation of the Consideration and/or the Working Capital. 
  

	10.7	Insurance - Recovery from third parties 

  

	 	10.7.1	The Seller shall not be liable for any (part of a) Warranty Claim to the extent that the loss, liability or damage to which it relates is recoverable by the Purchaser Group under any insurance policy. 

 

	 	10.7.2	If the Purchaser or any Group Company is or may be entitled to recover from some other person (including insurers) any loss or damage which gives rise to any Warranty Claim, the Purchaser shall take all appropriate
steps to enforce that recovery (keeping the Seller informed on a timely basis of any action so taken) before taking any action (other than notifying the Seller of the Warranty Claim) against the Seller. 

 

	 	10.7.3	If, notwithstanding any other provision of this clause, any payment is made by the Seller in or towards the settlement of any Warranty Claim and the Purchaser and/or any Group Company subsequently recovers or procures
the recovery from a third party (including insurers) of an amount which is referable to that Warranty Claim (and, in the event that the Purchaser becomes entitled subsequent to payment by the Seller to make recovery, the Purchaser undertakes to
procure that all necessary steps are taken to enforce that recovery) the Purchaser shall forthwith repay to the Seller an amount equal to whichever is the lesser of: 

 

	 	10.7.3.1	the amount (including interest (if any)) recovered from the third party; and 

  

	 	10.7.3.2	the amount paid by the Seller in or towards settlement of the Warranty Claim; 

  
  

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 and the amount so repaid shall be deemed never to have been paid by the Seller for the purpose
of determining the liability of the Seller. 
  

	10.8	Other exclusions 

  

	 	10.8.1	The Seller shall not be liable for any Warranty Claim to the extent that it arises from or is otherwise attributable to, or the amount of such Warranty Claim is increased as a result of: 

 

	 	10.8.1.1	any new or amended legislation, law or administrative or regulatory practice, or any change in the generally accepted interpretation or application of any legislation or law, in each case taking effect after Completion;

  

	 	10.8.1.2	anything done or not done by any Group Company before or on Completion at the written request, or with the prior written consent, of Mr Zaki El Guiziri and Mr Fady Bakhos; or 

 

	 	10.8.1.3	anything done or not done by any member of the Purchaser Group after Completion. 

  

	 	10.8.2	In addition to the provisions of paragraph 10.8.1, the Purchaser shall not be entitled to bring a Warranty Claim: 

  

	 	10.8.2.1	if and to the extent that the Warranty Claim arises or is increased as a result of the Purchaser not complying with its obligations under this agreement; or 

 

	 	10.8.2.2	in respect of any loss of profit, revenue, use, production, business, contracts, goodwill, reputation or anticipated savings or any consequential, special or indirect loss. 

 

	10.9	Tax limitations 

 The provisions of this clause 10.9 are meant to complete the provisions
relating to the Warranties (in general, including the Tax Warranties) set out in clause 10. In case of any conflict between the provisions of this clause 10.9 and the (general) wording on Warranties in clause 10 (excluding clause 10.9), the latter
shall apply. 
  

	 	10.9.1	The Seller shall not be liable under any Tax Warranty or for any claim under this agreement to the extent that: 

  

	 	10.9.1.1	any provision or reserve is made or taken into account in the Completion Statements in respect of any such liability or to the extent that the payment or discharge of any such liability is taken into account in the
Completion Statements or such liability has been discharged prior to Completion; 

  

	 	10.9.1.2	any provision for Tax made or taken into account in the Completion Statements is insufficient by reason of any increase in the rates of Tax or variation in the method of applying or calculating the rate of Tax announced
by the relevant Tax Authority after Completion whether or not with retrospective effect; 

  
  

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	 	10.9.1.3	such liability arises or is increased as a result of any voluntary act, transaction or omission of any Group Company or of any member of the Purchaser Group after Completion, and which: 

 

	 	(a)	is not required by any legislation or other statutory requirement coming into force before Completion; 

  

	 	(b)	is not pursuant to a legally binding obligation of the Group Company entered into on or before Completion; 

  

	 	(c)	is not the subject of a written request or otherwise with the written approval, of the Seller or its authorised representative; and 

  

	 	(d)	is otherwise than in the ordinary course of business of the relevant Group Company as carried on at Completion; 

  

	 	10.9.1.4	such liability arises or is increased as a result of the disposal of shares in, or the reorganisation of, any Group Company or breaking of any fiscal unity after Completion; 

 

	 	10.9.1.5	the liability would not have arisen or would have been reduced or eliminated but for a failure or omission after Completion, on the part of a Group Company or the Purchaser or member of the Purchaser Group, to make any
claim, election, surrender or disclaimer or to give any notice or consent or to do any other thing under any enactment or regulation relating to Tax the making, giving or doing of which is taken into account in computing the provision for Tax in the
Completion Statements and disclosed in a written notice given to the Purchaser not less than 10 Business Days before the final date upon which the claim, election, surrender, disclaimer, notice consent or other thing in question may be made given or
done; 

  

	 	10.9.1.6	the liability arises or is increased as a result of any change after Completion in the bases, methods or policies of accounting of the Purchaser or a Group Company but excluding any change required to comply with
generally accepted accounting practices or principles as a result of a failure by the relevant Group Company prior to Completion to comply with generally accepted accounting principles or practices; 

 

	 	10.9.1.7	such liability arises or is increased as a result of the disclaimer, revocation or revision by a Group Company after Completion in whole or in part of any Relief claimed or the entitlement to which was taken into
account in whole or in part in the preparation of the Completion Statements; 

  

	 	10.9.1.8	the income, profits or gains in respect of which the liability arises were actually earned, accrued or received by a Group Company or any member of the Purchaser Group before Completion but were not reflected in the
Completion Statements; 

  
  

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	 	10.9.1.9	a Relief (other than an Accounts Relief or a Post Completion Relief), which is not treated as an asset in the calculation of the Completion Statements, is available (at no cost to a Group Company) to a Group Company to
relieve or mitigate that liability or is available as a result of that liability; 

  

	 	10.9.1.10	the liability has been satisfied (otherwise than by the Purchaser or any member of the Purchaser Group including any Group Company but only if and to the extent that the Seller would otherwise have been liable to the
Purchaser under this agreement in respect of the liability of that Group Company); 

  

	 	10.9.1.11	the liability would not have arisen, but for an act carried out by the Seller or a Group Company prior to Completion which is both (i) at the request or with the approval of the Purchaser; and (ii) outside the
ordinary course of the Seller’s or that Group Company’s respective normal businesses. Such acts shall not include, for the avoidance of doubt, the individual transactions of the Reorganisation; 

 

	 	10.9.1.12	where payment of Tax is by instalments, interest or penalties arise as a consequence of the underpayment of an instalment attributed to any Group Company prior to Completion, where such interest or penalties would not
have arisen but for the receipt or accrual of income, profits or gains after Completion which was not reasonably foreseeable at the time when the instalment payment was made; 

 

	 	10.9.1.13	recovery has been made in respect of the same subject matter under this agreement or otherwise; or 

  

	 	10.9.1.14	notwithstanding any other provision of this agreement, the liability is a liability of a Group Company in respect of any transfer Tax (together with any interest or penalties thereon) arising on the entry into any
agreement(s) (whenever entered into) for the direct or indirect transfer on or after Completion of the shares in any Group Company or arising on the direct or indirect transfer of the shares in any Group Company on or after Completion.

  

	 	10.9.2	The Seller shall not be liable in respect of any breach of the Tax Warranties if, and to the extent that, the loss incurred is or has been included in any claim under this agreement which has been satisfied in full and
in cleared funds nor shall the Seller be liable in respect of a claim under this agreement if, and to the extent that, the amount claimed is or has been included in a claim for breach of the Tax Warranties which has been satisfied in full except, in
either case, to the extent that such claim or loss has not been satisfied in full due to the operation of this clause 10.9. 

  

	 	10.9.3	 The Seller shall not be liable in any case in respect of the amount of Tax losses of the Company and the Group Companies, and in particular shall not
be liable for the increase or decrease of such amount nor the ability of the Purchaser or the Purchaser Group to use such Tax losses. In this respect and for sake of clarity, the Seller should notably not be liable for any corporate income taxes
reassessment (including impôt sur les sociétés, contribution sociale sur l’impôt sur les sociétés, contribution exceptionnelle sur l’impôt sur les sociétés and
imposition forfaitaire annuelle, as well as penalties and late payment interest reassessed by the French 

  
  

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tax authorities) of the Group Companies to the extent that such corporate income taxes reassessment does not create additional positive tax burden at the level of the Tax Group.

  

	10.10	Credit for benefits 

 In calculating the liability of the Seller in relation to any
Warranty Claim, there shall be taken into account past, present and future quantifiable financial benefit accruing to the Purchaser Group as a result of the matter giving rise to such Warranty Claim (including the amount of any reduction in, or
relief from, Tax). 
  

	10.11	No double recovery 

 Any payment made by the Seller in respect of any Claim shall satisfy
and discharge any other Claim which is capable of being made against the Seller in respect of the same matter, but only to the extent of the payment made. 
  

	10.12	Claim to be reduction of Consideration 

 Any payment by the Seller in respect of any
Claim shall be deemed to reduce the Consideration received by the Seller. 
  

	11.	SELLER CLAIMS HANDLING 

  

	11.1	Notification, information and access 

 Notwithstanding clause 11.3, the Purchaser shall,
and shall procure that the Purchaser Group shall: 
  

	 	11.1.1	as soon as reasonably practicable, notify the Seller of any matter that it becomes aware of that has given or is likely to give rise to a Warranty Claim, Defendant Claim or Recovery Claim and keep the Seller fully and
promptly informed of all material developments relating to it; and 

  

	 	11.1.2	provide the Seller and its representatives with reasonable access to, and (at the Seller’s expense) copies of, all information which is or may be relevant to any such Warranty Claim, Defendant Claim or Recovery
Claim. 

 Nothing in this clause 11.1 shall require the Purchaser Group to provide access to any information (a) in breach
of any applicable law, or (b) that has been prepared by it or its advisers with a view to assessing the merits of any actual or potential Warranty Claim. 
  

	11.2	Mitigation and third party claims 

 Notwithstanding clause 11.3: 

 

	 	11.2.1	The Purchaser shall, and shall procure that the Purchaser Group shall, take all reasonable steps to avoid or mitigate any loss, liability or damage which may arise from any matter that has given or is likely to give
rise to a Warranty Claim (including any Defendant Claim) and to maximise sums recovered from any Recovery Claim. 

  
  

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	 	11.2.2	In particular, the Purchaser shall, and shall procure that the Purchaser Group shall: 

  

	 	11.2.2.1	take such action, or ensure that any member of the Purchaser Group takes such action, as the Seller may reasonably require to avoid, contest, dispute, resist, appeal, compromise or defend the third party claim
(including, but without limitation, making counter claims and exercising all rights of set off against third parties); 

  

	 	11.2.2.2	permit the Seller, and ensure that any member of the Purchaser Group permits the Seller (if applicable), in the name of and on behalf of the Purchaser, and any member of the Purchaser Group, to have the sole conduct of
all proceedings relating to the third party claim as the Seller may deem appropriate including the appointment of lawyers and other professional advisers and the making of any settlement or compromise of the third party claim; and 

 

	 	11.2.2.3	render or cause to be rendered to the Seller all assistance as the Seller may reasonably require (including providing access to information and to employees of the Purchaser or any other member of the Purchaser Group)
for the purpose of avoiding, contesting, disputing, resisting, appealing, compromising or defending the third party claim, 

provided that: 
  

	 	11.2.2.4	the Seller shall indemnify the Purchaser and all other members of the Purchaser Group from and against all costs reasonably incurred by them in complying with their respective obligations under paragraphs
11.2.2.1-11.2.2.3; and 

  

	 	11.2.2.5	the Seller shall not make any settlement or compromise of the third party claim which is likely to affect the Purchaser or any member of the Purchaser Group without the prior approval of the Purchaser;

  

	 	11.2.3	The Purchaser will not (and will procure that all other members of the Purchaser Group will not) make or attempt to make any admission of liability, agreement, settlement or compromise in relation to a third party claim
without the consent of the Seller (that consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed). 

  

	 	11.2.4	The Purchaser shall in any event keep the Seller informed as to the steps which are being taken in connection with the third party claim. 

 

	11.3	Conduct of Tax claims 

 The provisions of this clause 11.3 are meant to complete the
provisions relating to the conduct of Claims set out in clause 11. In case of any communications and enquiries from a Tax Authority as referred to in clause 9.5, the provisions of this clause 11.3 shall, to the extent possible, equally
apply. 
  

	 	11.3.1	If the Purchaser or any Group Company becomes aware of any Claim for Tax, the Purchaser shall, or shall procure that that Group Company shall within 10 Business Days of becoming so aware (and in the case of the receipt
of a Claim for Tax consisting of any assessment or demand for Tax or for which the time for response or appeal is limited, not less than 10 Business Days prior to the day on which the time for response or appeal expires) give written notice of the
Claim for Tax to the Seller. 

  
  

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	 	11.3.2	The Purchaser and the relevant Group Company shall respond to any written request for assistance, the making or withdrawing of any election, surrender, claim, disclaimer, notice or consent, information, documentation or
access to premises or personnel from the Seller (“Request”) with sufficient promptness to allow a response to a Taxation Authority or other person in relation to which the liability arises or may arise within any prescribed time
limit or, if later, within five Business Days of receiving any such Request from the Seller. 

  

	 	11.3.3	To the extent that the Purchaser or a Group Company is required or has the right to correspond with a Taxation Authority in respect of the matter, the Seller shall draft any correspondence or response (including any
election, surrender, claim, disclaimer, notice or consent) to be sent to the Taxation Authority and the Purchaser shall, or shall procure that the relevant Group Company shall, send, or procure the sending of, such correspondence or response
(including any, election, surrender, claim, disclaimer, notice or consent) to the Taxation Authority promptly and, in any event, within any applicable time limit. If such request is not made by the Seller promptly and without unreasonable delay,
then the Purchaser and any relevant Group Company are only required to comply with the time restriction imposed by this clause 11.3 to the extent that they are able to do so within the time available, otherwise they will act promptly.

  

	 	11.3.4	The Purchaser shall not be obliged to take any action under this clause 11.3 in the case of a Tax Claim in relation to which any member, or employee of any member, of the Seller Group is proven to have committed
fraudulent conduct, fraud or wilful default, conduct involving dishonesty or any criminal offence. 

  

	 	11.3.5	Without prejudice to clause 10.9.3, neither the Purchaser nor any Group Company shall be obliged to take any action under this clause 11.3 which will have the effect of materially increasing the liability to Tax of any
Group Company where that liability relates to an event occurring or income, profits or gains earned, accrued or received after Completion or in respect of any period commencing after Completion and: 

 

	 	11.3.5.1	has not been taken into account in the computation of the Completion Statements; and 

  

	 	11.3.5.2	such action has not been agreed with the Purchaser (such agreement not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed). 

  

	 	11.3.6	All Group Companies shall comply with all requirements imposed upon them by any relevant Tax Authority, subject to the rights that the Group Companies have to dispute or challenge an audit, enquiry or other assessment
by a relevant Tax Authority. 

  

	 	11.3.7	The Purchaser shall, or shall procure that the relevant Group Company shall, promptly notify the Seller of any audit by or meeting with any Tax Authority or relevant other party which relates wholly or partly to any
event occurring, or any period commencing on or before Completion and allow the Seller and/or its professional advisors to be present at and participate in such audit or meeting (the costs of the Seller’s professional advisors shall be borne by
the Seller). 

  

	 	11.3.8	The Purchaser agrees that it shall, and agrees to procure that any relevant Group Company shall, act in good faith to agree practical arrangements with the Seller for conducting the audit and presenting information on a
basis consistent with the evaluation of the tax liabilities determined for the purposes of the Completion Statements. 

  
  

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	 	11.3.9	The Purchaser shall, or shall procure that the relevant Group Company shall, not commence any litigation or other proceedings against a Tax Authority relating to an event causing any Claim for Tax, unless the prior
approval for such litigation or other proceedings have been obtained from the Seller. 

  

	 	11.3.10	For the avoidance of doubt, the Purchaser shall procure that the Group Companies comply with this clause 11.3. 

  

	11.4	Recovery Claim receipts 

 If: 

 

	 	11.4.1	the Seller has made a payment in respect of a Warranty Claim (“Claim Payment”); 

  

	 	11.4.2	the Purchaser Group subsequently recovers any sum in respect of any corresponding Recovery Claim that was not taken into account in the determination or agreement of the Claim Payment (“Recovery Sum”);
and 

  

	 	11.4.3	the aggregate of the Claim Payment and the Recovery Sum exceeds the loss suffered by the Purchaser in respect of the matter giving rise to such Warranty Claim (such excess being the “Excess Recovery”),

 then the Purchaser shall repay promptly to the Seller an amount equal to the lesser of (a) the Claim Payment and
(b) the Excess Recovery, less any Tax on the Recovery Sum and all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by the Purchaser Group in relation to the Recovery Claim (to the extent not already and otherwise reimbursed by the Seller). For the
purposes of calculating the liability of the Seller under clauses 10.1 and 10.2, an amount equal to such repayment shall be deemed never to have been paid by the Seller. 
  

	12.	POST COMPLETION COVENANTS 

  

	12.1	Books and records 

 As from the Completion Date, and without prejudice to the Management
Agreement Suite: 
  

	 	12.1.1	the Seller shall provide to the Purchaser, on reasonable request; and 

  

	 	12.1.2	the Purchaser shall provide to the Seller reasonable access to and the right to take, 

 copies
and extracts of the books, records, documents and information (including information recorded or retained in any electronic form) of or relating to the Group Companies which are or may be relevant in connection with any claim brought by the
Purchaser against the Seller under the Warranties or any other provision of this agreement for so long as any actual or prospective claims remain outstanding, or, if longer, a period of five calendar years from the Completion Date. 

  
  

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	13.	CONFIDENTIALITY AND ANNOUNCEMENTS 

  

	13.1	Definitions 

 In this clause 13: 

 

	 	13.1.1	“Announcement” means the announcement in the Agreed Form to be issued by the Seller and the Purchaser on Completion to any third party (including the employees); 

 

	 	13.1.2	“discloser” means the person making the announcement or disclosing or using the information; and 

  

	 	13.1.3	“Relevant Party” means (a) when the discloser is a member of the Purchaser Group, the Seller; or (b) when the discloser is a member of the Seller Group, the Purchaser. 

 

	13.2	Announcements 

 Other than the Announcement, no party shall, and each party shall procure
that its group shall not, at any time issue, or procure the issue of, any press release, circular or other publicity relating to the existence or provisions of this agreement or any other Acquisition Document or the sale and purchase of the Shares.

  

	13.3	Group Companies’ confidential information 

 The Seller shall not, and shall procure
that the Seller Group shall not, for a period of 20 years after the Completion Date disclose to any person other than the Seller Group, or use any confidential information of any Group Company that it holds at Completion. 

 

	13.4	Transaction and parties’ confidential information 

 Each party shall, and shall
procure that its group shall, for a period of 20 years after the date of this agreement keep confidential: 
  

	 	13.4.1	the provisions and subject matter of, and the negotiations relating to, this agreement and any other Acquisition Document or Management Agreement Suite; and 

 

	 	13.4.2	all confidential information of any other party or its group (in the case of the Purchaser, as such group is constituted immediately before Completion, and including Constellation’s group) received by it as a
result of negotiating, entering into or performing this agreement, 

 and shall use the information only for the purposes
contemplated by this agreement or any other Acquisition Document or Management Agreement Suite. 
  

	13.5	Permitted announcements and disclosures 

 Clauses 13.2, 13.3 and 13.4 shall not restrict
the making of any announcement or the disclosure or use of information: 
  

	 	13.5.1	with the prior written consent of the Relevant Party, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed; 

  
  

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	 	13.5.2	if, and to the extent, required to vest the full benefit of an Acquisition Document in such discloser; 

  

	 	13.5.3	if, and to the extent, made to: 

  

	 	13.5.3.1	the professional advisers, auditors or bankers of a discloser or of any other member of the Purchaser Group (in the case of the Purchaser) or of any other member of the Seller Group (in the case of the Seller);

  

	 	13.5.3.2	the officers or employees of that party or of any other member of the Purchaser Group (in the case of the Purchaser) or of any other member of the Seller Group (in the case of the Seller) who need to know the
information for the purposes of the transactions effected or contemplated by an Acquisition Document; 

  

	 	13.5.4	if, and to the extent, such information has already come into the public domain through no fault of such discloser; 

  

	 	13.5.5	to the extent required by any applicable law or for the purpose of any judicial proceedings; provided that, in each case (unless such consultation is prohibited), such announcement is made or disclosure occurs after
consultation (so far as reasonably practicable) as to the timing and content of such announcement or disclosure with the Relevant Party; 

  

	 	13.5.6	to the extent required by any Authority or any Recognised Investment Exchange or regulatory or governmental body to which that party is subject or submits, wherever situated, including the ‘London Stock
Exchange’, the ‘New York Stock Exchange’, the UK Listing Authority’ or the Takeover Panel’, whether or not the requirement for disclosure has the force of law; provided that, in each case (unless such consultation is
prohibited), such announcement is made or disclosure occurs after consultation (so far as reasonably practicable) as to the timing and content of such announcement or disclosure with the Relevant Party; or 

 

	 	13.5.7	that is consistent in all material respects with the Announcement, or any other announcement issued in accordance with this clause 13.2. 

 

	14.	GROUP SEPARATION MATTERS 

  

	14.1	Payment of Intra-Group Debt 

 On or before Completion: 

 

	 	14.1.1	the Seller shall procure that the Seller Group pays to the Group Companies the amounts owed by it to the Group Companies, other than amounts owed in respect of ordinary course of business necessary for the continuation
of the Business, and subject to the Reorganisation; and 

  

	 	14.1.2	the Seller shall procure that each Group Company pays to the Seller (when applicable, as agent for each relevant member of the Seller Group) such amounts owed by it to the Seller Group, other than amounts owed in
respect of ordinary course of business necessary for the continuation of the Business, and subject to the Reorganisation. 

  
  

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	14.2	Seller’s access to information 

 The Purchaser shall procure that: 

 

	 	14.2.1	all books of account, records, documents and information of any Group Company (in whatever form) relating to the period before Completion (“Group Company Information”) are preserved as referred to in
clause 12.1; and 

  

	 	14.2.2	(on giving reasonable notice to the Purchaser) the Seller Group and its representatives are permitted during normal business hours to have access to, and to take copies (at the Seller’s expense) of, such Group
Company Information as they reasonably require for tax, accounting or insurance purposes, or to comply with any applicable law or requirement of any Authority or securities exchange. 

 

	14.3	Insurance 

  

	 	14.3.1	The risk of loss or damage to the Property remains with the Seller prior to Completion. The Seller shall ensure, or shall procure, that any insurance claim arising under any policy relating to the Property prior to
Completion is dealt with in a timely manner. Provided that Completion takes place the Seller shall account to the Purchaser for the proceeds of any buildings insurance claim in respect of loss or damage to the Property prior to Completion as soon as
reasonably practicable after receipt less any reasonable costs of recovery of the same and this shall constitute the Purchaser’s only remedy against the Seller in respect of loss or damage to the Property prior to Completion. 

 

	 	14.3.2	Other than as provided in the Management Agreement Suite, the Purchaser acknowledges and agrees with the Seller that, on and with effect from Completion: 

 

	 	14.3.2.1	all insurance cover provided in relation to any Group Company pursuant to policies maintained by the Seller Group (each a “Seller Insurance Policy”) shall cease; 

 

	 	14.3.2.2	it shall be the sole responsibility of the Purchaser to ensure that adequate insurances are put in place for each Group Company; and 

 

	 	14.3.2.3	it will procure that no Group Company will make any claim under any Seller Insurance Policy, except under and subject to the terms of any “occurrence-based” Seller Insurance Policy when such claim arises from
an event or circumstance that occurred before Completion. 

  

	14.4	Tax group agreements 

 In case where a member (the “Member”) of the
existing French tax group headed by the Company (the “Tax Group”) leaves the Tax Group before Completion, the former Members and the Company will enter into exit agreement (the “Exit Agreement”) providing for the
consequences of the exit from the Tax Group or its termination. Any Exit Agreement shall be drafted by the Seller and provided by the Seller for review to the Purchaser. 

  
  

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	14.5	Use of offices by Seller Group 

 The Purchaser shall allow the Seller Group to use four
desks in the offices of the Property until 31 December 2015 at no extra costs for the Seller Group for use by regional employees of the Seller Group as currently in place. The agreement on the use of the offices shall be further described in a
tenancy agreement between the relevant member(s) of the Seller Group and the relevant Group Companies. 
  

	15.	EFFECT OF TERMINATION 

  

	15.1	If this agreement terminates automatically under clause 5.5, or is terminated pursuant to clause 6.3.3, then each party’s further rights, obligations and liabilities under this agreement shall cease immediately on
termination, except for: 

  

	 	15.1.1	each party’s accrued rights (including the right to claim any remedy for breach or non-performance), obligations and liabilities as at the date of termination; and 

 

	 	15.1.2	each party’s continuing rights, obligations and liabilities under this clause 15.1 and clauses 1 (Definitions and interpretation), 5.5 (Pre-Completion termination), 12 (Confidentiality and announcements), 16
(Assignment and successors), 18 (Costs and expenses), 19 (Payments, etc.), 21 (Entire agreement), 22.1 (Severance), 22.2 (Variation), 22.3 (Waiver), 22.4 (Cumulative remedies), 23 (Notices), and 24 (Governing law, jurisdiction and language).

  

	15.2	To the extent lawful and except as stated in clause 5.5 and clause 6.3.3 or in the case of fraud or fraudulent concealment, no party shall have any right to rescind or terminate this agreement or to treat it as having
been terminated (whether before or after Completion). 

  

	16.	ASSIGNMENT 

  

	16.1	Assignment by Purchaser 

  

	 	16.1.1	The Purchaser may assign all or any of its rights under this agreement following Completion without the Seller’s consent to one or more members of the Purchaser Group, subject to the condition that the Purchaser
will procure that, before any assignee subsequently ceases to be a member of the Purchaser Group, that assignee shall transfer or assign back to the Purchaser, or to another member of the Purchaser Group (which itself shall then be deemed to be an
assignee of the Purchaser for the purposes of this clause), so much of the benefit of this agreement and all of the agreements comprising the Management Agreement Suite as have been transferred or assigned to it. 

 

	 	16.1.2	The Purchaser shall not assign all or any of its rights under this agreement without the Seller’s consent (i) prior to Completion or (ii) to any person other than the members of the Purchaser Group.

  

	16.2	Assignment by Seller 

  

	 	16.2.1	The Seller may assign all or any of its rights under this agreement without the Purchaser’s consent to one or more members of the Seller Group subject to the condition that the Seller will procure that, before any
assignee subsequently ceases to be a member of the Seller Group, that assignee shall assign back to the Seller, or to another member of the Seller Group (which itself shall then be deemed to be an assignee of the Seller for the purposes of this
clause), so much of the benefit of this agreement as has been assigned to it. 

  

	 	16.2.2	The Seller shall not assign all or any of its rights under this agreement without the Purchaser’s consent to any person other than the members of the Seller Group. 

  
  

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	17.	THIRD PARTY RIGHTS 

 Except as otherwise expressly provided in clause 16 (Assignment), a
person who is not a party to this agreement shall not have any right to enforce any of its terms. 
  

	18.	COSTS AND EXPENSES 

  

	18.1	Any transfer Tax payable in connection with this agreement or its execution or on or in respect of the transfer of the Shares, will be shared between the Seller and the Purchaser, being specified that the Seller shall
pay 2/3 of such transfer Tax and the Purchaser, 1/3 of the same. The Seller and the Purchaser shall both and jointly be responsible for the Tax registration and the payment of any related transfer Tax and related formalities, resulting, among
others, from any communication with the French tax authorities. 

  

	18.2	Unless otherwise expressly provided in this agreement, each party shall bear its own costs, charges and expenses incurred in relation to the preparation, negotiation, execution and implementation of this agreement.

  

	19.	PAYMENTS, ETC. 

  

	19.1	In this clause 19, “Payment Account” means: 

  

	 	19.1.1	if the relevant payment is to be made to the Seller, the account of the Seller or of its Affiliate notified to the Purchaser or Constellation (as appropriate) for this purpose not less than three Business Days before
the date such payment is due; and 

  

	 	19.1.2	if the relevant payment is to be made to the Purchaser, the account of the Purchaser notified to the Seller for this purpose not less than three Business Days before the date such payment is due. 

 

	19.2	Any payment to be made to the Seller or the Purchaser under this agreement shall be made in euros by transfer of immediately available funds for same day value to the Payment Account. 

 

	19.3	If requested, each party shall provide to the relevant payee, as soon as reasonably practicable, reasonable evidence of the origin of the funds used to meet its obligations to pay (or to procure the payment of) any
amount under any Acquisition Document. 

  

	19.4	Unless otherwise expressly provided in this agreement, each party shall pay, and shall procure that its group pays, all amounts due under this agreement in full, without any set-off, counterclaim, deduction or
withholding, except to the extent required by applicable laws. Any such deduction or withholding shall not exceed the minimum amount required by law, and the payer shall simultaneously pay to the payee such additional amount as is required for the
aggregate of (a) the net amount received by the payee and (b) any Tax credit, repayment or benefit received or receivable by the payee in respect of such deduction or withholding to equal the full amount due before the required deduction
or withholding. 

  
  

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	19.5	To the extent that any payment pursuant to any indemnity or covenant to pay in this agreement is subject to a charge to Tax in the hands of the payee, the payer shall simultaneously pay to the payee such additional
amount as is required for the aggregate of (a) the net amount received by the payee and (b) any Tax credit, repayment or benefit received or receivable by the payee in respect of such payment to equal the full amount due before the charge
to Tax. 

  

	19.6	Unless otherwise expressly provided in this agreement, if any amount payable under this agreement is not paid by the due date for payment, then interest shall also be paid on that amount from (and including) the due
date for payment to (but excluding) the date it is paid at the Interest Rate accruing on a daily basis, and compounded monthly. 

  

	20.	FURTHER ASSURANCE 

 On and after Completion, each party shall from time to time, so far
as it is reasonably able, do (or procure to be done) all such other things and/or execute and deliver (or procure to be executed and delivered) all such other documents as may be reasonably requested of it (at the requesting party’s expense) to
give effect to this agreement. 
  

	21.	ENTIRE AGREEMENT 

  

	21.1	In this clause 21, “Statement” means representation, warranty, statement or assurance (whether contractual or otherwise) made or given before this agreement is entered into. 

 

	21.2	The Acquisition Documents and the Management Agreement Suite (as varied in accordance with their terms) constitute the entire agreement and understanding between the parties in connection with the transactions
contemplated by the Acquisition Documents. Accordingly, they supersede and extinguish all previous agreements, arrangements and understandings between, and (except to the extent incorporated in the Acquisition Documents) all Statements given by, the
parties in connection with such transactions. 

  

	21.3	Each party acknowledges that it has not relied on, or been induced to enter into any Acquisition Document by, any Statement given by any person (whether a party to this agreement or not) that is not incorporated in any
Acquisition Document. 

  

	21.4	This clause 21 shall not exclude or limit any liability or remedy arising as a result of any fraud or fraudulent concealment. 

  

	22.	GENERAL 

  

	22.1	Severance 

 If any provision of this agreement is or becomes illegal, invalid or
unenforceable in any respect under the law of any relevant jurisdiction, that shall not affect or impair the legality, validity or enforceability of (a) any other provision of this agreement in that jurisdiction; or (b) that provision or any
other provision of this agreement in any other relevant jurisdiction. If any illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision of this agreement would be legal, valid and enforceable if some part or parts of it were modified, such provision shall apply
with whatever modification is necessary so that it is legal, valid and enforceable and gives effect to the commercial intention of the parties. 

  
  

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	22.2	Variation 

 No variation of this agreement shall be valid unless it is in writing and
signed by or on behalf of the Seller and the Purchaser. 
  

	22.3	Waiver 

 Any waiver of any right or remedy under or in respect of this agreement shall
only be valid if it is in writing, and shall apply only to the person to whom it is addressed and in the specific circumstances for which it is given. Unless otherwise expressly provided in this agreement, no right or remedy under or in respect of
this agreement shall be precluded, waived or impaired by (a) any failure to exercise or delay in exercising it; (b) any single or partial exercise of it; (c) any earlier waiver of it, whether in whole or in part; or (d) any
failure to exercise, delay in exercising, single or partial exercise of or earlier waiver of any other such right or remedy. 
  

	22.4	Cumulative remedies 

 Unless otherwise expressly provided in this agreement, the rights
and remedies under this agreement are in addition to, and do not exclude, any rights or remedies provided by law. 
  

	22.5	Effect of Completion 

 Each provision of this agreement (other than any obligation which
is fully performed at Completion) shall remain in full force and effect after Completion. 
  

	23.	NOTICES 

  

	23.1	Interpretation 

 In this clause 23: 

 

	 	23.1.1	“Business Day” means any day on which commercial banks are open for general business in the principal financial centre of the country in or to which the Notice is delivered or sent; and

  

	 	23.1.2	any reference to a time is to the local time in the place at or to which the Notice is delivered or sent. 

  

	23.2	Form and method of giving Notice 

 Any notice or other communication to be given or made
under or in connection with this agreement (“Notice”) shall be in writing in English, sent to the relevant party at the postal or email address and for the attention of the person specified in clause 23.3, and may be delivered: 

 

	 	23.2.1	by hand or by courier (using an internationally recognised courier company); 

  

	 	23.2.2	by prepaid recorded delivery post or equivalent if the Notice is to be received in the same country from which it is sent; or 

  

	 	23.2.3	by email, provided that the sender must deliver a copy of such Notice to the recipient otherwise than by email by 6.00 pm CET on the fifth Business Day after the date on which the original Notice is deemed to have been
given in accordance with clause 23.4.2. 

  
  

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	23.3	Contact details for Notices 

 The postal and email addresses and relevant contacts of the
parties for the purposes of clause 23.2 are: 
  

			
	Seller:		
	For the attention of:		The EU General Counsel of the Intercontinental Hotels Group, currently Nigel Stocks
	Address:		Legal Department, InterContinental Hotels Group
			 Broadwater Park, Denham
 Buckinghamshire

UB9 5HR United Kingdom

	Email:		nigel.stocks@ihg.com
		
	Purchaser:		
	For the attention of:		François C. FABER
	Address:		15, boulevard Roosevelt, L-2450 Luxembourg
	Email:		Francois.Faber@fff.lu
		
			 Fady Bakhos
 P.O. Box 4044, Doha; Quatar

fbakhos@almirqab.com

		
	With a copy to:		Maître Jean-Marc Franceschi
		
	Address:		 Hogan Lovells
 17, avenue Matignon

75008 Paris
 France

	Email:		jean-marc.franceschi@hoganlovells.com

 or, in each case, such other postal or email address or contact as a party may notify to the others for
this purpose in accordance with this clause 23. Notice of any change shall be effective five Business Days after the date on which it is deemed to have been given in accordance with this clause 23, or such later date as may be specified in the
Notice. 
  

	23.4	Time Notice is given 

 Any Notice which has been delivered in accordance with clause 23.2
shall be deemed to have been given: 
  

	 	23.4.1	if delivered by hand, by courier or by post, at the time of delivery; or 

  

	 	23.4.2	if sent by email, at the time the email is sent, provided that no automated message is received stating that the email has not been delivered. 

  
  

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 However if any Notice would be deemed to have been given after 6.00 pm CET on a Business Day and
before 9.00 am CET on the next Business Day, such Notice shall be deemed to have been given at 9.00 am CET on the second of such Business Days. 
  

	23.5	Service of process 

 Clause 23 shall not apply to the service of process in any legal
action or proceedings relating to any Dispute. 
  

	24.	GOVERNING LAW, ARBITRATION AND LANGUAGE 

  

	24.1	This agreement shall be governed by and construed in all respects in accordance with the laws of France. 

  

	24.2	The Seller and the Purchaser acknowledge that due to their continuing relationship they have a strong interest in resolving any dispute without destroying the relationship between them. The parties shall therefore use
their best efforts to settle by way of amicable negotiations any difference which may occur between them in connection with this agreement. 

  

	24.3	Except for any determination which must be made by the Expert or the MAE Expert, any dispute, controversy or claim arising out of or in connection with this agreement or the breach, termination or invalidity, thereof,
shall be submitted to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Commercial Court in Paris (Tribunal de Commerce de Paris). 

  
  

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 This agreement has been duly signed by the Parties, in three originals in Paris (France) on the day written on
the first page. 
  

									
	 Signed for and on behalf of BHR Holdings

Holdings BV by:
		 )
 )
				Signature		

		 		 		 		 	  

					
							Name		D. LLEWELLYN
		 		 		 		 	  

									Director/authorised signatory
					
	 Signed for and on behalf of Constellation

Hotels France Grand SA by:
		 )
 )
				Signature		

		 		 		 		 	  

					
							Name		FADY BAKHOS
		 		 		 		 	  

									Director/authorised signatory

  
  

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 The exhibits and schedules to this sale and purchase agreement have been omitted from the filing. The following
is a list of omitted exhibits and schedules and a brief description of each. InterContinental Hotels Group PLC agrees to furnish to the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon its request, a copy of any such omitted exhibits and schedules: 

SCHEDULE 1: Warranted information 
 SCHEDULE 2: Warranties 

SCHEDULE 3: Disclosures 
 SCHEDULE 4: Completion obligations 

SCHEDULE 5: Completion statements 
 SCHEDULE 6: ReorganisationEX-4.(c)(ix)

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 INTERCONTINENTAL HOTELS GROUP 

RULES 
 LONG TERM
INCENTIVE PLAN 
  

							
			 Directors’ Adoption:
		13 February 2014		
				
			 Shareholders’ Approval:
		2 May 2014		
				
			 Effective Date:
		2 May 2014		
				
			 Expiry Date:
		2 May 2024		

 TABLE OF CONTENTS 

 

							
	 1
		Meanings of Words Used		1
			
	 2
		Operation of the Plan		2
				
			2.1		 Committee Authority
		2
				
			2.2		 Eligibility
		2
				
			2.3		 End date for Awards
		3
			
	 3
		Making of Awards		3
				
			3.1		 Contract
		3
				
			3.2		 Details
		3
				
			3.3		 Timing of Awards
		3
				
			3.4		 Notification
		3
				
			3.5		 US Participants
		3
			
	 4
		Individual limits		4
				
			4.1		 Salary limit
		4
				
			4.2		 Exceptional circumstances
		4
			
	 5
		Plan Limits		4
				
			5.1		 10 per cent. 10 year limit
		4
				
			5.2		 5 per cent. 10 year limit
		4
				
			5.3		 Exclusions
		4
				
			5.4		 Meaning of Allocate
		4
			
	 6
		Voting, dividends and Dividend Equivalents		4
				
			6.1		 Rights
		4
				
			6.2		 Dividend Equivalents
		4
				
			6.3		 Settling Dividend Equivalents
		5
			
	 7
		Vesting Date		5
				
			7.1		 Normal Vesting Date
		5
				
			7.2		 Delayed Vesting Date
		5
				
			7.3		 US Participants
		5
			
	 8
		Termination provisions		5
				
			8.1		 Death
		5
				
			8.2		 Good Leavers
		5
				
			8.3		 Other leavers
		6
				
			8.4		 Date of termination
		6
			
	 9
		Determination of Awards		6
				
			9.1		 End of Performance Period
		6
				
			9.2		 Options
		7
			
	 10
		Vesting of Conditional Awards		7
				
			10.1		 Satisfying Conditional Awards
		7
				
			10.2		 Vesting statement
		7

  
  

					
	 	 	 
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		Exercise of Options		7
				
			11.1		 Exercise Period
		7
				
			11.2		 Method
		7
				
			11.3		 Delivery
		7
				
			11.4		 Lapse
		7
			
	 12
		Cash alternative		7
			
	 13
		Reconstructions and Takeovers		8
				
			13.1		 Acceleration of rights
		8
				
			13.2		 Exchange of rights
		8
				
			13.3		 Other transactions
		8
			
	 14
		Discretion to reduce Awards		8
				
			14.1		 Committee can reduce Awards
		8
				
			14.2		 Circumstances
		9
				
			14.3		 Notification
		9
			
	 15
		General		9
				
			15.1		 Notice
		9
				
			15.2		 Final and conclusive
		9
				
			15.3		 Costs
		9
				
			15.4		 Withholding
		10
				
			15.5		 Regulations
		10
				
			15.6		 Section 409A
		10
			
	 16
		Terms of employment		10
				
			16.1		 Application
		10
				
			16.2		 Not part of employment contract
		10
				
			16.3		 No future expectation
		10
				
			16.4		 No entitlement
		10
				
			16.5		 Decisions
		11
				
			16.6		 No compensation
		11
				
			16.7		 Waiver
		11
				
			16.8		 Third parties
		11
				
			16.9		 Separate and independent
		11
			
	 17
		Personal data		11
				
			17.1		 Consent
		11
				
			17.2		 Types of processing
		11
			
	 18
		Changes to and termination of the Plan		12
				
			18.1		 Committee powers
		12
				
			18.2		 Participant’s consent
		12
				
			18.3		 Shareholder approval
		12

  
  

 
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			18.4		 Minor changes
		12
				
			18.5		 Employees’ share scheme
		12
				
			18.6		 Termination
		13
			
	 19
		Operating the Plan overseas		13
			
	 20
		Governing law		13

  
  

 
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	1	Meanings of Words Used 

 In these Rules: 

“Award” means a Conditional Award, an Option or a conditional award of cash made to a Participant under this Plan. An Award may be designated
to relate to a particular Plan Cycle. 
 “Award Date” means the date of the Award set by the Committee under Rule 3.2. 

“Change in Ownership under Section 409A” means a “change in ownership” within the meaning of US Treasury Regulation
Section 1.409A-3(i)(5)(v). In general, a change in the ownership of a corporation occurs on the date that any one person, or more than one person acting as a group (as defined for purposes of Section 409A), acquires ownership of stock of
the corporation that, together with stock held by such person or group, constitutes more than 50 percent of the total fair market value or total voting power of the stock of such corporation. However, if any one person, or more than one person
acting as a group, is considered to own more than 50 percent of the total fair market value or total voting power of the stock of a corporation, the acquisition of additional stock by the same person or persons is not considered to cause a change in
the ownership of the corporation. An increase in the percentage of stock owned by any one person, or persons acting as a group, as a result of a transaction in which the corporation acquires its stock in exchange for property will be treated as an
acquisition of stock for purposes of this section. This section applies only when there is a transfer of stock of a corporation (or issuance of stock of a corporation) and stock in such corporation remains outstanding after the transaction. 

“Committee” means the board of directors of the Company or a duly authorised committee. 

“Company” means InterContinental Hotels Group PLC (with registered number 5134420). 

“Conditional Award” means a conditional award of Shares. 

“Dividend Equivalent” means a cash payment (as defined in Rule 6.2) which, although not a real dividend payment, reflects the economic value
of dividends that are paid on real Shares. 
 “Employee” means, except for the purposes of Rule 16, any employee, or former employee of any
Group Company. 
 “Good Leaver” means Participants who terminate employment in certain termination situations as described in Rule 8.2.

 “Group Company” means: 
  

	(i)	the Company; 

  

	(ii)	a Subsidiary; or 

  

	(iii)	any other company which is associated with the Company and is so designated by the Committee. 

 “Lapse
Date” is defined in Rule 11.4. 
 “Option” means a right to acquire Shares. The amount payable for the Shares comprised in an
Option shall be nil irrespective of the number of Shares acquired, unless the Committee decides otherwise. 
 “Participant” means an
Employee to whom the Committee has made an Award, and includes his personal representatives where appropriate. 
 “Performance Condition”
means the performance condition specified in relation to an Award, if any.  
 “Performance Period” means the period during
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 “Plan” means the InterContinental Hotels Group Long Term Incentive Plan constituted by this
document as amended from time to time. 
 “Plan Cycle” means the operation of the Plan in a particular year or period or in relation to
particular off cycle Awards. 
 “Reconstruction or Takeover” means any takeover or merger, however effected, including a reverse takeover,
partial offer, reorganisation or scheme of arrangement sanctioned by the court other than an internal reconstruction or reorganisation which does not involve a significant change in the identity of the ultimate shareholders of the Company. 

“Rules” means these rules as amended from time to time. 

“Salary” for a financial year, means the basic annual salary in effect on the last day of that financial year excluding all payments
additional to basic salary (for example mortgage support allowance, expatriate allowance etc). 
 “Section 409A” means Section 409A of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. 
 “Shares” means ordinary shares in the Company, and includes any shares representing them
following a Reconstruction or Takeover. 
 “Subsidiary” means a company which is a subsidiary of the Company within the meaning of section
1159 of the Companies Act 2006. 
 “US Participant” means a Participant who is or becomes subject to taxation under the federal income tax
rules of the United States of America. 
 “Vested Shares” means 
  

	(i)	in relation to a Conditional Award, the number of Shares to be transferred to a Participant or his nominee; and 

  

	(ii)	in relation to an Option, the number of Shares which may be acquired by a Participant on the exercise of the Option; 

and “Vest” shall be construed accordingly.  

“Vesting Date” is defined in Rule 7. 

References in the Plan to any statutory provisions are to those provisions as amended, extended or re-enacted from time to time and include any regulations
made under them; and, unless the context otherwise requires, words in the singular include the plural (and vice versa) and words imputing gender include all genders. 
  

	2	Operation of the Plan 

  

	2.1	Committee Authority 

 The Plan shall be operated and administered by the Committee on
behalf of the Company. The Committee shall have full authority from the Company to operate the Plan as it considers reasonable in all the circumstances. 
  

	2.2	Eligibility 

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 The Committee shall have an absolute discretion as to the selection of Employees for
participation in the Plan in respect of any Plan Cycle. 
  

	2.3	End date for Awards 

 Awards may be granted at any time before 2 May, 2024. 

 

	3	Making of Awards 

  

	3.1	Contract 

 Awards will be granted by deed or in any other manner which is legally
enforceable in the relevant jurisdiction. 
  

	3.2	Details 

 When the Committee grants an Award it shall determine the terms of the Award in
its absolute discretion, including: 
  

	 	3.2.1	the Award Date; 

  

	 	3.2.2	whether the Award is an Option, a Conditional Award or a conditional award of cash; 

  

	 	3.2.3	the Performance Period; 

  

	 	3.2.4	the Performance Condition, if any; 

  

	 	3.2.5	the maximum number of Shares subject to the Award; 

  

	 	3.2.6	the Vesting Date; and 

  

	 	3.2.7	whether or not Dividend Equivalents will be paid. 

  

	3.3	Timing of Awards 

 Subject to any dealing restrictions, Awards may only be made within 42
days of: 
  

	 	3.3.1	the day after the announcement of the Company’s results for any period; 

  

	 	3.3.2	any day on which the Directors decide that exceptional circumstances exist which justify the grant of Awards; 

  

	 	3.3.3	any day on which changes to law or regulation affecting employee share plans are announced, made or become effective; or 

  

	 	3.3.4	the lifting of dealing restrictions which prevented the granting of Awards during any period specified above. 

No awards may be granted after 2 May, 2024. 
  

	3.4	Notification 

 The Company may send an award certificate or statement to the Participant
specifying the terms of the Award. 
  

	3.5	US Participants 

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	4	Individual limits 

  

	4.1	Salary limit 

 Subject to Rule 4.2, an Award must not be made to an Employee if it would
at the proposed Award Date cause the aggregate of the market value of Shares or the amount of cash over which Awards have been made in any financial year to exceed 3 times his Salary as at the Award Date. 

 

	4.2	Exceptional circumstances 

 The limit in this Rule 4 may be exceeded if the Committee
determine that exceptional circumstances make it desirable that Awards should be granted in excess of those limits. 
  

	5	Plan Limits 

  

	5.1	10 per cent. 10 year limit 

 The number of Shares which may be allocated under the
Plan on any day must not exceed 10 per cent. of the ordinary share capital of the Company in issue immediately before that day, when added to the total number of Shares which have been allocated in the previous 10 years under the Plan and all
other employee share plan operated by the Company. 
  

	5.2	5 per cent. 10 year limit 

 The number of Shares which may be allocated under the
Plan on any day must not exceed 5 per cent. of the ordinary share capital of the Company in issue immediately before that day when added to the total number of Shares which have been allocated in the previous 10 years under the Plan and any
other discretionary share plans operated by the Company. 
  

	5.3	Exclusions 

 Where the right to acquire Shares is released or lapses, the Shares
concerned are ignored when calculating the limits in this Rule 5. 
  

	5.4	Meaning of Allocate 

 “Allocate” means granting a right to acquire
unissued Shares or to acquire Shares which are held by the Company in treasury or, if there is no such grant, the issue and allotment of Shares or the transfer of Shares from treasury. (However, if at any time the relevant institutional investor
guidelines cease to require treasury shares to be taken into account for this purpose, then Allocate shall not include such treasury shares.) 
  

	6	Voting, dividends and Dividend Equivalents 

  

	6.1	Rights 

 A Participant shall not be entitled to vote, to receive dividends or to have any
other rights of a shareholder in respect of Shares subject to an Award until the Shares are issued or transferred to the Participant or his nominee. 
  

	6.2	Dividend Equivalents 

 Notwithstanding Rule 6.1, the Company may grant an Award on the
basis that the Participant shall receive an amount equal to the dividends the record date for which falls between the Award Date and the Vesting Date, multiplied by the number of Shares in respect of which the Award is Vesting and adjusted assuming
full dividend reinvestment (“Dividend Equivalents”). In the case of a Participant’s death, the relevant period will be extended (if relevant) to the date of issue or transfer to the Participants’ personal representatives. No
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	6.3	Settling Dividend Equivalents 

 Any Dividend Equivalent may be paid in cash or in such
whole number of Shares (rounded down) as has a market value (as at the Vesting Date) as nearly as practicable equal to that amount. The cash will be paid or Shares issued or transferred on the same date as cash is paid or Shares are issued or
transferred with respect to the underlying Award. 
  

	7	Vesting Date 

  

	7.1	Normal Vesting Date 

 “Vesting Date” shall generally mean the first business
day after the announcement of the Company’s results for the last financial year of the Performance Period. 
 The Committee may decide
in its reasonable discretion that the Vesting Date will be a date within 45 days of the announcement of the Company’s results for the last financial year of the Performance Period. 

 

	7.2	Delayed Vesting Date 

 In the event that the acquisition or disposal of Shares is not
permitted by law or by any relevant restrictions, the Vesting Date will be deferred until the ending of such restrictions unless the Committee decides otherwise. For US Participants, such a deferral shall be effected only to the extent permitted
under Section 409A. 
  

	7.3	US Participants 

 In all cases, for Awards granted to US Participants, the Vesting Date
shall be a date during the period from January 1 to March 15 of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the Performance Period ends. 
  

	8	Termination provisions 

  

	8.1	Death 

 If a Participant dies before the Vesting Date, the Committee will as soon as
reasonably practicable determine in its reasonable discretion the number of Shares which shall Vest. The Committee will take account of the proportion of the Performance Period that has elapsed and the extent to which the Performance Condition has
been satisfied. 
 In the case of a Conditional Award, the Committee will then procure the transfer of the Vested Shares or will pay the cash
to the Participant’s personal representatives as soon as reasonably practicable. In the case of Awards granted to US Participants, the Committee will settle such Conditional Award, to the extent deemed Vested, within 60 days following the
Participant’s date of death. 
 In the case of an Option, this may be exercised by the Participant’s personal representatives over
the Vested Shares in the period of six months from the date of death, and will lapse if not exercised. 
  

	8.2	Good Leavers 

 If a Participant’s employment with any Group Company terminates
before the Vesting Date for any of the reasons specified below, then the number of Vested Shares relating to his Awards shall be the number determined under Rule 9 after the end of the Performance Period, reduced pro rata to reflect

  
  

 
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the proportion of the Performance Period that had elapsed on the date of termination. However, the Committee shall retain discretion to accelerate the Vesting Date if it considers it reasonable
to do so in all the circumstances. If the Vesting Date is accelerated then the number of Shares which will vest will be determined by the Committee in its reasonable discretion. 

The reasons are: 
  

	 	8.2.1	ill-health, injury, disability; 

  

	 	8.2.2	redundancy; 

  

	 	8.2.3	retirement by agreement with the Participant’s employer; 

  

	 	8.2.4	the Participant’s employing company being transferred to a person which is not a Group Company; 

  

	 	8.2.5	a transfer of the undertaking, or part of the undertaking, in which the Participant works to a person which is not a Group Company; or 

 

	 	8.2.6	any other reason determined by the Committee. 

 The Committee will procure the transfer
of the Vested Shares in a Conditional Award or pay cash to the Participant in accordance with Rule 10. For a US Participant, the transfer or payment will be made before March 15 of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the
Performance Period ends. An Option may be exercised by the Participant over the Vested Shares in the period of six months from the Vesting Date, and will lapse if not exercised. 

 

	8.3	Other leavers 

 If a Participant’s office or employment with any Group Company
terminates before the Vesting Date for any reason not included in Rules 8.1 and 8.2, he shall cease to be a Participant in the Plan. The Participant shall not be eligible to receive any Shares or cash in respect of his Awards unless the Committee
decides otherwise within a reasonable time of the termination. For US Participants the timing of any settlement of an Award pursuant to this Rule 8.3 shall be made in a manner consistent with the requirements of Section 409A, if applicable. If
the termination is by reason of gross misconduct, he shall not be eligible to receive any Shares or cash in respect of any Awards in any circumstances. 
  

	8.4	Date of termination 

 For the purposes of this Rule, a Participant’s employment with
a Group Company will not be treated as having terminated until the Participant ceases to be employed by any Group Company. Unless the Committee decides otherwise, in the case of termination for any of the reasons set out in Rule 8.2 (other than
retirement) the Participant will be treated as having terminated on the date of actual termination and not at the end of his contractual notice period or severance period. 
  

	9	Determination of Awards 

  

	9.1	End of Performance Period 

 As soon as reasonably practicable after the end of the
Performance Period, the Committee will calculate: 
  

	 	9.1.1	the extent to which the Performance Condition has been satisfied; and 

  

	 	9.1.2	the number of Shares which Vest in respect of each Award, or the amount of cash to be awarded to each Participant. 

  
  

 
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	9.2	Options 

 In the case of an Option: 

 

	 	9.2.1	the Committee will notify the Participant of the number of Vested Shares; and 

  

	 	9.2.2	the balance of the Option will immediately lapse. 

  

	10	Vesting of Conditional Awards 

  

	10.1	Satisfying Conditional Awards 

 The Committee shall arrange delivery of the Vested Shares
or cash to each Participant or his nominee on, or as soon as reasonably practical after, the Vesting Date. 
  

	10.2	Vesting statement 

 The Committee may notify each Participant of the number of Vested
Shares transferred to him or his nominee in respect of his Conditional Award and the amount of any tax and social security contributions withheld. 
  

	11	Exercise of Options 

  

	11.1	Exercise Period 

 Except as otherwise provided in Rule 8, a Participant may exercise an
Option to the extent that it has Vested at any time from the Vesting Date until the Lapse Date. 
  

	11.2	Method 

 In order to exercise an Option, the Participant must deliver to the Company a
notice of exercise in the prescribed form. The date on which the notice is received by the Company shall, unless the notice is conditional or specifies some other date, be the Option exercise date. 

 

	11.3	Delivery 

 Subject to Rule 11.4, as soon as reasonably practicable following the Option
exercise, the Committee will arrange delivery of the appropriate number of Shares to the Participant. 
  

	11.4	Lapse 

 The Lapse Date in relation to an Option is the earliest of the following dates:

  

	 	11.4.1	the second anniversary of the Vesting Date; 

  

	 	11.4.2	if a Participant dies or terminates employment before the Vesting Date then, subject to Rule 8, the date on which the Participant’s employment with any Group Company ends; and 

 

	 	11.4.3	if a Participant dies or terminates employment after the Vesting Date, six months after the date on which the Participant’s employment with any Group Company ends. 

 

	12	Cash alternative 

 The Committee may decide to satisfy any Award by paying an equivalent
amount in cash, if it considers in its discretion that this would be appropriate. The Committee will in its discretion determine the appropriate cash amount by any reasonable means. 

  
  

 
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	13	Reconstructions and Takeovers 

  

	13.1	Acceleration of rights 

 In the event of a Reconstruction or Takeover before the Vesting
Date, the Award may be accelerated and the Committee will as soon as practicable determine the number of Vested Shares or cash due in relation to all Awards, taking account of the proportion of the Performance Period that has elapsed, and the degree
to which the Performance Condition has been satisfied. 
 The Committee will procure as soon as reasonably practicable the delivery to each
Participant of the Vested Shares in a Conditional Award or payment of the cash so determined. 
 For a US Participant the transfer of Shares
or payment of cash with respect to an Award subject to Section 409A may be advanced only if the Reconstruction or Takeover constitutes a Change in Ownership under Section 409A in which case the transfer or payment, as applicable, shall be
made upon the date of the Reconstruction or Takeover. For a US Participant, such a Reconstruction or Takeover that is a Change in Ownership under Section 409A shall always trigger an advancement in time of the transfer of Shares or payment of
cash. 
 In the case of an Option, this may only be exercised by the Participant over the number of Vested Shares in the period of 21 days
from the date of the Reconstruction or Takeover, unless the Committee decides a longer period should apply, and will lapse if it has not been exercised. 
  

	13.2	Exchange of rights 

 In the case of a Reconstruction or Takeover involving the exchange
of Shares for shares in another company, or in more than one other company, the Committee may in its discretion determine that no Shares or cash should be transferred, and that instead the Participant’s right to the Shares comprised in an Award
should be replaced by a right to the appropriate number of shares in that other company or companies. For US Participants who are subject to Section 409A any such replacement of Shares with shares in that other company or companies, if made,
shall be made in a manner consistent with the requirements of Section 409A. 
  

	13.3	Other transactions 

 The Committee has discretion to take such action as it may think
appropriate if other events happen which may have an effect on Awards. For a US Participant no such action shall result in an advancement or additional deferral in time of the transfer of shares or payment of cash with respect to an Award subject to
Section 409A, unless otherwise permitted under Section 409A. 
  

	14	Discretion to reduce Awards 

  

	14.1	Committee can reduce Awards 

 Notwithstanding any other Rule of the Plan, if
circumstances occur which, in the reasonable opinion of the Committee, justify a reduction in one or more Awards granted to any one or more Participants, the Committee may reduce the Awards. The Committee may, at any time prior to the Vesting Date,
determine (acting fairly and reasonably) that the cash amount payable under an Award or the number of Shares over which an Award is granted shall be reduced to such amount or number (including to nil) as the Committee considers appropriate in the
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	14.2	Circumstances 

 The circumstances in which the Committee may consider that it is
appropriate to exercise its discretion under Rule 14.1, include the following: 
  

	 	14.2.1	the misconduct of a Participant which results in or is reasonably likely to result in 

  

	 	(i)	significant reputational damage to the Company, any Group Company or to a relevant business unit (as appropriate); 

  

	 	(ii)	a material adverse effect on the financial position of the Company, any Group Company or to a relevant business unit (as appropriate); or 

 

	 	(iii)	a material adverse effect on the business opportunities and prospects for sustained performance or profitability of the Company, any Group Company or relevant business unit (as appropriate); 

 

	 	14.2.2	a material misstatement or restatement in the Company’s or any Group Company’s audited financial accounts (other than as a result of a change in accounting practice). 

 

	14.3	Notification 

 If the Committee decides to exercise its discretion under this Rule, it
shall confirm this in writing to each affected Participant. For the purposes of these Rules: 
  

	 	14.3.1	the Award shall be deemed to have been granted over the reduced cash amount or reduced number of Shares (as the case may be); 

 

	 	14.3.2	any subsequent vesting of an Award shall be determined by reference to this reduced cash amount or reduced number of Shares; and 

 

	 	14.3.3	if the cash amount or number of Shares is reduced to nil, the Award shall be treated as if it had never been granted and a Participant (including a Participant who has left employment before the Vesting Date
other than by reason of death) shall have no rights to any cash amount or Shares. 

  

	15	General 

  

	15.1	Notice 

 Any notice or other document given to any Employee or Participant pursuant to
the Plan shall be delivered to him or sent to him by post or by an electronic communication (including by the updating of any web page) at his address according to the records of his employing company. Notices or other documents sent by post shall
be deemed to have been given 5 days following the date of posting. Notices or other documents delivered electronically shall be deemed to have been given the day of transmission. 

 

	15.2	Final and conclusive 

 The decision of the Committee in any question of interpretation of
the Rules or any dispute relating to or connected with this Plan shall be final and conclusive. 
  

	15.3	Costs 

 The costs of introducing, operating and administering the Plan shall be borne by
the Company and the relevant Group Companies. The Group Company will, if required by the Company, reimburse the Company for any costs incurred in connection with Awards made to Participants who are employed by it. 

  
  

 
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	15.4	Withholding 

 The Company, any relevant Group Company and/or any relevant trustee may
withhold any amounts or make such arrangements as they consider necessary to meet any liability to taxation and social security contributions in respect of the Shares, Dividend Equivalents or cash awarded under the Plan. The arrangements may include
the sale of some or all of any Shares subject to an Award on behalf of the Participant, and the use of the proceeds to discharge the liability. 
  

	15.5	Regulations 

 The Committee shall have power from time to time to make or vary
regulations for the administration and operation of the Plan provided that they are not inconsistent with these Rules. 
  

	15.6	Section 409A 

 With respect to Awards granted to Participants who are or become subject
to taxation under the federal income tax rules of the United States of America, it is intended for such Awards to be exempt from Section 409A and, to the extent such Awards are not so exempt, for such Awards to comply with the requirements of
Section 409A. In furtherance of such intent the provisions of the Plan and any Award document shall be interpreted in a manner that does not result in the imputation of any tax, penalty or interest pursuant to Section 409A, and the Plan
shall be operated accordingly. If any provision of the Plan or any term or condition of any Award would otherwise frustrate or conflict with this intent, the provision, term or condition will be interpreted and deemed amended so as to avoid this
conflict. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the tax treatment of the benefits provided under the Plan or any Award document is not warranted or guaranteed. 
  

	16	Terms of employment 

  

	16.1	Application 

 This Rule applies: 

 

	 	16.1.1	during an Employee’s employment or employment relationship; and 

  

	 	16.1.2	after the termination of an Employee’s employment or employment relationship, whether the termination is lawful or unlawful. 

 

	16.2	Not part of employment contract 

 Nothing in the Rules or the operation of the Plan forms
part of the contract of employment or employment relationship of an Employee. The rights and obligations of an Employee are separate from, and are not affected by, the Plan. Participation in the Plan does not create any right to, or expectation of,
continued employment or a continued employment relationship. 
  

	16.3	No future expectation 

 The grant of Awards on a particular basis in any year does not
create any right to or expectation of the grant of Awards on the same basis, or at all, in any future year. 
  

	16.4	No entitlement 

 No Employee is entitled to participate in the Plan, or be considered for
participation in it, at a particular level or at all. Participation in one operation of the Plan does not imply any right to participate, or to be considered for participation in any later operation of the Plan. 

  
  

 
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	16.5	Decisions 

 Without prejudice to an Employee’s right to receive the Shares comprised
in an Award subject to and in accordance with the express terms of the Rules and the Performance Condition, no Employee has any rights in respect of the exercise or omission to exercise any discretion, or the making or omission to make any decision,
relating to the Award. Any and all discretions, decisions or omissions relating to the Award may operate to the disadvantage of the Employee, even if this could be regarded as capricious or unreasonable, or could be regarded as in breach of any
implied term between the Employee and his employer, including any implied duty of trust and confidence. Any such implied term is excluded and overridden by this Rule. 
  

	16.6	No compensation 

 No Employee has any right to compensation for any loss in relation to
the Plan, including: 
  

	 	16.6.1	any loss or reduction of any rights or expectations under the Plan in any circumstances or for any reason (including lawful or unlawful termination of employment or the employment relationship); 

  

	 	16.6.2	any exercise of a discretion or a decision taken in relation to an Award or to the Plan, or any failure to exercise a discretion or take a decision;  

 

	 	16.6.3	the operation, suspension, termination or amendment of the Plan. 

  

	16.7	Waiver 

 Participation in the Plan is permitted only on the basis that the Participant
accepts all the provisions of the Rules, including in particular this Rule. By participating in the Plan, an Employee waives all rights under the Plan, other than the right to receive Shares subject to and in accordance with the express terms of the
Rules and the Performance Condition, in consideration for, and as a condition of, the grant of an Award under the Plan. 
  

	16.8	Third parties 

 Nothing in this Plan confers any benefit, right or expectation on a
person who is not an Employee. No such third party has any rights under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to enforce any term of this Plan. This does not affect any other right or remedy of a third party which may exist. 

 

	16.9	Separate and independent 

 Each of the provisions of this Rule is entirely separate and
independent from each of the other provisions. If any provision is found to be invalid then it will be deemed never to have been part of these Rules and to the extent that it is possible to do so, this will not affect the validity or enforceability
of any of the remaining provisions. 
  

	17	Personal data 

  

	17.1	Consent 

 By participating in the Plan the Participant consents to the holding and
processing of personal data provided by the Participant to the Company for all purposes relating to the operation of the Plan. 
  

	17.2	Types of processing 

 These include, but are not limited to: 

 

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	 	17.2.2	providing information to trustees of any employee benefit trust, registrars, brokers or third party administrators of the Plan; 

 

	 	17.2.3	providing information to future purchasers of the Company or the business in which the Participant works; 

  

	 	17.2.4	transferring information about the Participant to a country or territory outside the European Economic Area. 

  

	18	Changes to and termination of the Plan 

  

	18.1	Committee powers 

 Subject as provided in this Rule, the Committee may, in its
discretion, amend the Rules or any part of the Plan as it considers appropriate. Variations may affect the terms of Awards which have already been made. 
  

	18.2	Participant’s consent 

 No amendment shall be made to the Rules or to any
outstanding Award which would have the effect of abrogating or altering adversely in any material respect any of the subsisting rights of Participants in relation to Awards, except with the consent of the majority of the Participants affected by the
proposed amendment. For a US Participant, no amendment of the Plan may result in the advancement or additional deferral in timing of the transfer of shares or payment of cash with respect to an Award subject to Section 409A except to the extent
permitted by Section 409A. 
  

	18.3	Shareholder approval 

 Except as provided in Rule 18.4, the prior approval of the Company
in general meeting is required for any proposed change to the Rules to the advantage of present or future Participants which relates to: 
  

	 	18.3.1	the persons to or for whom Awards may be made; 

  

	 	18.3.2	the limitations on the number of Shares which may be allocated under the Plan; 

  

	 	18.3.3	the individual limits under Rule 4; 

  

	 	18.3.4	any rights attaching to Conditional Awards, Options, Awards or Shares; 

  

	 	18.3.5	the terms of this Rule 18.3. 

  

	18.4	Minor changes 

 The approval of the Company in general meeting is not required for any
minor changes to the Rules which are: 
  

	 	18.4.1	to benefit the administration of the Plan; 

  

	 	18.4.2	to comply with or take account of the provisions of any proposed or existing legislation; 

  

	 	18.4.3	to take account of any changes to legislation; or 

  

	 	18.4.4	to obtain or maintain favourable tax, exchange control or regulatory treatment of any Group Company or any present or future Participant. 

 

	18.5	Employees’ share scheme 

 No amendment shall take effect to the extent that it would
cause the Plan to cease to be an “employees’ share scheme” as defined in section 1166 of the Companies Act 2006. 

  
  

 
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	18.6	Termination 

 The Committee shall have discretion to terminate the Plan at any time,
without prejudice to subsisting Awards. 
  

	19	Operating the Plan overseas 

 The Plan may be operated by the Company both in the United Kingdom and
overseas. If the Plan is operated overseas the Committee may vary these rules as it reasonably considers necessary for legal; tax; regulatory or administrative reasons to facilitate the operation of the Plan. 

In order to enable the Plan to operate in other overseas jurisdictions, the Committee may decide that when a Participant terminates employment with an
employing entity in an overseas jurisdiction or when a Participant relocates outside of an overseas jurisdiction, all rights that the Participant may have under the plan may be terminated; accelerated; varied or settled as the Committee thinks
reasonable in all the circumstances. 
  

	20	Governing law 

 The Plan is governed by English law and if there is any conflict of laws, English law
shall prevail. All Group Companies and Participants shall submit to the jurisdiction of the English Courts as regards any matter arising under the Plan. 

  
  

 
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