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Leadership Equity Acquisition Plan

 Exhibit 4.27 
  
 WPP GROUP PLC 
  

  
 2004 LEADERSHIP EQUITY ACQUISITION
PLAN 
  

  
 Approved by the Company in 
 General Meeting on
16 April 2004 and 
 amended by the Compensation Committee 
 of the board of directors of the Company 
 on 21 May 2004 
  
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 CONTENTS 
  

					
			
	1	  	 PURPOSE
	  	1
			
	2	  	 INTERPRETATION
	  	1
			
	3	  	 ELIGIBILITY
	  	6
			
	4	  	 ACQUISITION OF INVESTMENT SHARES
	  	6
			
	5	  	 PLAN LIMITS
	  	7
			
	6	  	 AWARDS
	  	8
			
	7	  	 COMMITMENT OF INVESTMENT SHARES
	  	10
			
	8	  	 PERFORMANCE CONDITIONS
	  	11
			
	9	  	 CESSATION OF EMPLOYMENT
	  	11
			
	10	  	 VARIATION OF CAPITAL
	  	12
			
	11	  	 CHANGE OF CONTROL
	  	12
			
	12	  	 DISCHARGE OF AWARDS
	  	14
			
	13	  	 MISCELLANEOUS
	  	15
			
	14	  	 AMENDMENT
	  	17
			
	15	  	 DURATION
	  	18
		
	SCHEDULE 1	  	19
			
	1	  	 DEFINITIONS
	  	19
			
	2	  	 PERFORMANCE CONDITIONS
	  	19
			
	3	  	 CALCULATION OF TSR
	  	20
			
	4	  	 CALCULATION OF THE MATCHING FACTOR
	  	20
			
	5	  	 APPLICATION OF THE MATCHING FACTOR
	  	22

  

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	1	PURPOSE 

  
 The purpose of the Plan is to incentivise those executive directors of the Company and operating company executives whose contributions transcend their
day to day role. 
  

	2	INTERPRETATION 

  

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

  
 “Act” means the Companies Act 1985 as amended. 

 
 “ADR” means an American Depository Receipt representing,
for the time being, 5 ordinary shares in the capital of the Company deposited with Citibank NA as depository under the Amended and Restated Deposit Agreement between the Company and Citibank NA as of 24 October 1995 as amended from time to time or
any other American depository receipt arrangement sponsored by the Company. 
  
 “Annual Earnings” means an Eligible Person’s annual earnings at any time comprising his basic salary and Target Bonus for a particular year. In the event of any dispute, such annual earnings will
be as determined by the Compensation Committee.  
  
 “Award” means an award or grant made to an Eligible Person subject to and on the terms of the Plan. 
  
 “Award Period” means the period of 42 days commencing on: 
  

	 	(a)	the date of adoption of the Plan by the shareholders of the Company; 

  

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

  

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

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

	 	(a)	the proper termination by a Group Company of his Employment (which shall include a termination which is not a proper termination by virtue of a procedural error in the termination)
where that Participant: 

  

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

  

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

  

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

  

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

  

	 	(v)	shall have, otherwise than at the request of the relevant Group Company, resigned as a director or employee of the Group; or 

  

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

  

	 	(c)	the wrongful termination by that Participant of his contract of employment with any Group Company unless the Company has agreed in writing that such termination shall not constitute
the Participant as being a Bad Leaver, 

  
 provided
that: 
  

	 	(a)	a Participant shall not be a Bad Leaver if he shall have been found to have been constructively dismissed by the Group; and 

  

	 	(b)	a Participant shall not be treated as a Bad Leaver or as taking early retirement if he voluntarily leaves or gives notice to voluntarily leave Employment or voluntarily resigns as a
director of any Group Company if he leaves Employment or resigns as a director at a time when he is over the age of 60. 

  
 “Bonus Deferral Program” means the WPP Group plc Annual Bonus Deferral Programme adopted by the Compensation Committee on 29 November
2000. 
  
 “Change of Control Date” means the
date on which a person or persons obtains Control of the Company as described in Rule 11.1(a) or 11.1(b). 
  
 “Close Family” means, in relation to a person, that person’s spouse, children and siblings and such other persons as may be agreed
to be Close Family from time to time by the Compensation Committee. 
  
 “Commitment Date” means the date by which Investment Shares must be committed to the Plan to be eligible for an Award which shall be such date in the year in which an Award is made as is determined by the Compensation
Committee but being a date which is not normally later than 30 June in that year, provided that the Compensation Committee may, in its discretion, decide to extend the date by which the Investment Shares must be committed to the Plan to such later
date as they may determine. 
  
 “Company” means
WPP Group plc, company number 01003653. 
  
 “Company
Secretary” means the company secretary of the Company from time to time. 
  
 “Compensation Committee” means the compensation committee for the time being of the board of directors of the Company. 
  
 “Control” has the same meaning as in section 840 of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988. 

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

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

  
 “Encumbrance” means any mortgage, charge,
assignment or assignation by way of security, guarantee, debenture, hypothecation, pledge, declaration of trust, lien, right of set-off or any other encumbrance (including any conditionality or forfeiture right) or security interest whatsoever,
howsoever created or arising provided that the Compensation Committee may determine that any particular encumbrance or security interest shall not be an Encumbrance for the purposes of this definition and, for the avoidance of doubt any Shares which
are committed as Investment Shares to an existing Award under the Plan will be treated as being subject to an Encumbrance for the purposes of this definition except in relation to the Award in respect of which they are committed. 
  
 “ESOP” means any of the WPP Group plc Grantor Trust, the
WPP Group plc ROW ESOP, the WPP Group plc UK ESOP and any other employee benefit trust in existence at the date of adoption of the Plan or as may otherwise be nominated from time to time by the Compensation Committee to operate in conjunction with
the Plan. 
  
 “Financial Year” means a financial
year of the Company within the meaning of section 223 of the Companies Act 1985. 
  
 “Good Leaver” means a Participant whose termination of Employment does not constitute him as a Bad Leaver, including by reason of his ceasing to be in Employment as a result of: 
  

	 	(a)	death; 

  

	 	(b)	wrongful or constructive dismissal; 

  

	 	(c)	permanent disability; 

  

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

  

	 	(e)	retirement: 

  

	 	(i)	on a basis agreed with the Company; or 

  

	 	(ii)	if he is over the age of 60 on the date of termination, 

  
 provided that a Participant will cease to be treated as a Good Leaver if within six months of the date of cessation of employment he takes up an
employment or engagement with another company, business or organisation which the Compensation Committee considers to be a competitor of any part of the Group. 
  

“Group” means the Company and all of its subsidiaries (as defined in section 736 of the Act). 
  
 “Group Company” means any member of the Group. 

 
 “I&P Period” means the investment and performance
period which, in relation to: 
  

	 	(a)	an Award in respect of which the I&P Period commences in 2004, is the period ending on 31 December 2007; and 

  

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	 	(b)	any other Award, is the period ending on 31 December in the 5th year from the commencement of the I&P Period1. 

  
 in either case commencing on a date specified by the Compensation Committee.

  
 “Investment Shares” means the Shares
committed to the Plan by an Eligible Person to qualify for an Award in accordance with Rule 7. 
  
 “IRC” means the United States’ Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. 
  
 “ITEPA” means the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act
2003. 
  
 “Matching Shares” means Shares which
are comprised in an Award. 
  
 “MSS” means Sir
Martin Sorrell. 
  
 “Official List” means the
Daily Official List of the UK Listing Authority. 
  
 “Original LEAP” means the Leadership Equity Acquisition Plan adopted by the Company in General Meeting on 2 September 1999 as amended from time to time and including the sub-plans set out in the appendices to that plan.

  
 “Participant” means a person who holds an
Award including, if relevant, his legal personal representatives. 
  
 “Performance Conditions” means the conditions set out in the Schedule or such other conditions as may be determined from time to time by the Compensation Committee pursuant to Rule 8. 
  
 “Plan” means the WPP Group plc 2004 Leadership Equity
Acquisition Plan as from time to time amended in accordance with the provisions of the Rules. 
  
 “Relevant Event” means the date on which an Employment terminates in circumstances where the Participant is a Good Leaver. 
  
 “Relevant Proportion” means the proportion that the length of the period from the start of an I&P
Period to the occurrence of the Relevant Event bears to the length of that I&P Period (calculated in days). 
  
 “Schedule” means the Schedule to the Rules. 
  
 “Share” means an ordinary share in the capital of the Company and includes ADRs. 
  
 “Target Bonus” means, in relation to any particular year,
the target bonus which may be payable to an Eligible Person in that particular year and which has previously been notified to them in relation to that year. 
  
 “Trading Day” means a day (excluding Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays) on which clearing banks are generally open for business in the
City of London and in New York. 

	1	As amended by the Compensation Committee on 21 May 2004 

  

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 “Treasury Shares” means qualifying shares (within the meaning of Section 162(4) of the
Act) of the Company which are purchased by the Company out of distributable profits in accordance with section 162 of the Act and held by the Company as treasury shares and which, pursuant to the Act, can be sold for cash, transferred for the
purpose of or pursuant to an employees’ share scheme (within the meaning of Section 743 of the Act) or cancelled. 
  
 “UK Listing Authority” means the United Kingdom Listing Authority, a division of the Financial Services Authority. 
  
 “Value” means the average of: 
  

	 	(a)	in the case of an ordinary share in the capital of the Company, the middle-market quotation of a Share on the Daily Official List; and 

  

	 	(b)	in the case of ADRs, the average of the highest and lowest price of an ADR on a Trading Day on the Nasdaq National Market System or on such other trading market as is for the time
being the principal trading market for the ADR, 

  
 in either case taken over the five Trading Days before the date on which such value is to be determined. 
  
 “Vested Matching Shares” means the number of Matching Shares comprised in an Award which is determined as at the end of the I&P
Period as being the number of Matching Shares which vest in accordance with paragraph 5 of the Schedule. 
  
 “Vesting Date” means the date determined by the Compensation Committee to be the date on which restrictions attaching to Vested Matching
Shares are to be released or Vested Matching Shares are to be transferred or issued to a Participant, or as he may direct, or to a depository in the case of ADRs, to discharge an Award which shall, in any event, be no later than 31st March in the year following the end of the I&P Period unless the Company is prohibited from discharging the Award on that
date in which case the Vesting Date will be the first available Trading Day when the Company is no longer prohibited from discharging that Award. 
  

	2.2	An Eligible Person or Participant will be treated as “Interested” in Shares if those Shares are held by: 

  

	 	(a)	the Eligible Person or Participant beneficially; 

  

	 	(b)	a member of the Eligible Person’s or Participant’s Close Family beneficially; 

  

	 	(c)	a family trust or pension trust (not including a pension scheme of any Group Company) in which the Eligible Person or Participant is interested; 

  

	 	(d)	a private company in which the Eligible Person or Participant or their Close Family is interested as to more than 25% of the voting power, income and capital on a winding up; or

  

	 	(e)	a nominee for any of the above, 

  
 and not (save with the written consent of the Compensation Committee) subject to any Encumbrance provided that any Shares which are the subject of a Basic
Share Award or a Basic Share Right will be treated as Shares in which an Eligible Person or Participant is 

  

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Interested but, for the avoidance of doubt, any Shares which are issued as Bonus Share Awards or pursuant to Bonus Shares Rights pursuant to the Bonus
Deferral Program shall not be treated as Shares in which an Eligible Person is Interested prior to: 
  

	 	(a)	in the case of a Bonus Share Award, any contingency attaching to such award lapsing; and 

  

	 	(b)	in the case of a Bonus Share Right, the option to acquire Shares pursuant to the rights being validly exercised 

  
 and, also for the avoidance of doubt any unexercised options under the WPP
Executive Stock Ownership Plan adopted by the directors of the Company on 24 June 1996 shall also not be treated as Shares in which an Eligible Person or Participant is Interested. 
  

	2.3	The terms Basic Share Award, Basic Share Right, Bonus Share Award and Bonus Shares Right will have the same meanings as they have in the rules of the Bonus Deferral Program as
amended from time to time. 

  

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

  

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

  

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

  

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

  

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

  

	3	ELIGIBILITY 

  

	3.1	No person is entitled, by virtue of the provisions of the Plan, to participate as of right in the Plan. 

  

	3.2	The Compensation Committee may decide from time to time which Eligible Persons may participate and the extent of their participation in the Plan. 

  

	3.3	An Eligible Person who is within two years of the date on which he is anticipated to retire from Employment is not eligible to receive an Award unless the Compensation Committee
otherwise decides in exceptional circumstances. 

  

	4	ACQUISITION OF INVESTMENT SHARES 

  

	4.1	In order to participate in the Plan and to be eligible to receive an Award an Eligible Person must: 

  

	 	(a)	agree to commit Shares in which he is Interested to the Plan on or before the Commitment Date which the Compensation Committee has specified in relation to an Award; and

  

	 	(b)	actually commit Shares in accordance with Rule 7 in which he is Interested to the Plan on or before that Commitment Date and thereby agree to remain Interested in those Shares from
that Commitment Date to the end of the I&P Period. 

  

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	4.2	Subject to Rule 4.3 the maximum aggregate Value of Shares (being the Value determined as at the date of the letter from the Company to an Eligible Person inviting him to receive an
Award) which an Eligible Person may commit as Investment Shares over all Awards made to that Eligible Person under the Plan for which the relevant I&P Period has not yet expired shall be 400 per cent. of the Eligible Person’s Annual
Earnings. The Compensation Committee may decide a lower maximum Value of Shares for an Eligible Person in relation to any Award. 

  

	4.3	The maximum aggregate Value of Shares (determined in accordance with Rule 4.2) which MSS may commit as Investment Shares over all Awards under the Plan for which the relevant
I&P Period has not yet expired shall be $18m provided that MSS may not commit Investment Shares with a Value of more than: 

  

	 	(a)	$10m in respect of Awards for which the I&P Period commences in 2004; and 

  

	 	(b)	$2m in respect of any year thereafter. 

  

	4.4	The Compensation Committee shall establish arrangements for permitting Eligible Persons whom it has invited to participate in the Plan to acquire their Investment Shares by the
Commitment Date provided that any such arrangements shall be in accordance with the investment policy (if any) determined from time to time by the Compensation Committee. 

  

	4.5	In the case of Eligible Persons who were not granted Awards under the Original LEAP, at least one third of the Investment Shares required to be committed to the Plan to enable the
first Award to be granted pursuant to the Plan to that Eligible Person must, unless the Compensation Committee determines otherwise, be Shares which the Eligible Person has not received or purchased pursuant to any incentive arrangement of a Group
Company (except pursuant to the exercise of a share option in respect of which the exercise price payable to acquire the shares was not less than the market value of those shares at the date of grant of the option) or which have not been purchased
in the market for cash by means of a matched sale and purchase (bed and breakfasting). 

  

	4.6	If, by the Commitment Date, a Participant has failed to commit the number of Investment Shares which it has been determined he should commit in relation to an Award, then, except in
such exceptional circumstances as the Compensation Committee may from time to time determine, that Award will lapse. 

  

	5	PLAN LIMITS 

  

	5.1	In relation to Awards granted prior to 31 December 2006 (but disregarding any awards or grants which have lapsed): 

  

	 	(a)	on average over the 10 year period, ending on the date on which an Award is to be granted under the Plan, the number of Shares which are required to be issued to satisfy:

  

	 	(i)	Awards granted under the Plan (including the Award which is about to be granted); and 

  

	 	(ii)	 options or awards granted or made under any other employees’ share scheme of the Company during that 10 year period 

  

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will not exceed 10% of the issued ordinary share capital of the Company from time to time; and 

  

	 	(b)	the number of Shares in respect of which Awards may be granted under the Plan on any day which are to be satisfied by the issue of Shares when added to the aggregate of:

  

	 	(i)	the number of Shares which immediately prior to that day have been or are to be issued to satisfy outstanding Awards under the Plan; and 

  

	 	(ii)	the number of Shares which immediately prior to that day have been or are to be issued to satisfy options or awards granted or made under any other employees’ share scheme of
the Company in the ten years immediately before that day 

  
 shall not exceed 13% of the issued ordinary share capital of the Company for the time being. 
  

	5.2	After 31 December 2006 the Compensation Committee shall determine such limits as they consider appropriate in relation to the issue of new Shares to satisfy Awards under the Plan
having regard to any relevant investor protection guidelines which are then current and which concern the issue of Shares in conjunction with employees’ share schemes limits. 

  

	6	AWARDS 

  

	6.1	The Compensation Committee may decide, from time to time, that the grant of an Award may be subject to the satisfaction of such conditions as it determines and as it shall notify to
an Eligible Person at the time that he is invited to participate. 

  

	6.2	By agreeing to participate in the Plan (having been invited to do so) and by agreeing to commit Investment Shares by the Commitment Date in accordance with Rule 4, an Eligible
Person shall be entitled to receive an Award granted by the Compensation Committee. Awards will normally be made during an Award Period, but exceptionally may be made at other times. 

  

	6.3	An Award shall relate to such number of Matching Shares as the Compensation Committee may determine not exceeding five Matching Shares (four in the case of Awards for which the
I&P Period commences in 2004) per Participant for every one Investment Share committed by the Participant in question. Subject to Rule 12.7, the number of Matching Shares which become Vested Matching Shares shall be determined at the end of the
I&P Period and will depend on the extent to which the Performance Conditions or other conditions as referred to in Rule 8 are satisfied. 

  

	6.4	The Compensation Committee shall determine the form in which the Award is made and its full terms. In particular, the Award may take the form of any one or more of the following,
provided that the terms of the Award are consistent with the Plan: 

  

	 	(a)	an award of Matching Shares, subject to restrictions, or a promise of Matching Shares; 

  

	 	(b)	an option to acquire the Matching Shares exercisable for a nil or a nominal consideration; or 

  

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	 	(c)	such other form which the Compensation Committee considers has a substantially similar economic purpose or effect, 

  
 and the Compensation Committee may determine that an Award may be satisfied
by a Group Company or the trustees of an ESOP (with the agreement of such Group Company or trustees, as appropriate) or otherwise as it considers appropriate. 
  

	6.5	A Participant shall become entitled to acquire, receive or retain (depending on the form of the Award) the number of Vested Matching Shares comprised in an Award in accordance with
the form of the Award under Rule 6.4 on the Vesting Date, only if both the following conditions are met: 

  

	 	(a)	unless the Compensation Committee determines otherwise: 

  

	 	(i)	the Participant remains Interested in all of the relevant Investment Shares until the end of the I&P Period; and 

  

	 	(ii)	if a Participant ceases to be in Employment prior to the Vesting Date and is a Good Leaver, the Participant remains Interested in all of the relevant Investment Shares until the
Vesting Date; and 

  

	 	(b)	subject to Rules 9 and 11, if the Participant continues in Employment throughout the I&P Period until the Vesting Date. 

  

	6.6	The Participant shall cease to have any rights in respect of the number of Matching Shares comprised in an Award which are not Vested Matching Shares with effect from the end of the
I&P Period, and shall cease to have any rights in respect of all the Matching Shares comprised in an Award which shall lapse with effect from the earliest of: 

  

	 	(a)	subject to Rules 9 and 11, the cessation of Employment; 

  

	 	(b)	unless the Compensation Committee determines otherwise, his failure to remain Interested in accordance with Rule 6.5 in all of the Investment Shares that relate to that Award;

  

	 	(c)	subject to Rule 6.7, the date on which a Participant transfers, assigns, uses as security or otherwise charges an Award or turns an Award to account, or attempts or purports to do
any of the same; 

  

	 	(d)	the date on which an Award lapses under Rule 6.8; and 

  

	 	(e)	the date on which Rule 13.15 applies. 

  

	6.7	An Award is personal to a Participant and cannot be transferred, assigned, used as security or otherwise charged or turned to account except that the Award may be transferred if,
immediately after the transfer, the Participant would be Interested in the Award within the meaning of Rule 2.2 if when applying the provisions of Rule 2.2 the word Shares in that Rule were replaced by the word Award (and making such further changes
to the wording of Rule 2.2 as are required to give effect to this Rule) but only for so long as the Participant remains so Interested. 

  

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

  

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	6.9	The receipt of an Award shall not confer on the Participant (unless otherwise provided in the terms of the Award) any right to the allotment of a specified number of Shares by the
Company or to the transfer of a specified number of Shares from any particular transferor. The discharge of the Award shall be in accordance with Rule 12. 

  

	6.10	If an Award is made in a form that does not confer on the Participant the right to receive dividends on the relevant Vested Matching Shares from the date the Award is made and the
provisions of paragraph 4.8 of the Schedule do not apply to that Award, the Compensation Committee may provide that the Participant shall, subject to Rule 6.11, be entitled to receive at the time of the discharge of the Award to which the
entitlement relates an issue or transfer of, or a release of restrictions in respect of, that number of Shares which could have been purchased if: 

  

	 	(a)	the dividends which would have been paid on such Vested Matching Shares (had the form of the Award conferred the right to receive dividends) been reinvested in Shares on the date
each dividend is paid after the date that the Award is made and during the I&P Period; and 

  

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

  

	6.11	If a Participant is a Bad Leaver any right to receive additional Shares under 6.10 shall, unless the Compensation Committee determines otherwise, lapse on the date of termination of
Employment. 

  

	6.12	For the avoidance of doubt a Participant shall not be entitled to any voting rights in respect of Shares to be issued or transferred or released from restrictions pursuant to Rule
6.10 until those Shares are actually issued or transferred or released from those restrictions to the Participant. 

  

	6.13	If the Company and the Participant agree that an election under Section 431 ITEPA should be made, the Company and the Participant will both sign such an election and do all such
other things as are necessary to give effect to such an election. 

  

	7	COMMITMENT OF INVESTMENT SHARES 

  

	7.1	Any Shares in which an Eligible Person is or becomes Interested for the purposes of Rule 4 shall be committed to the Plan and held under arrangements approved by the Compensation
Committee so as to constitute the Investment Shares of the Participant for a particular Award. 

  

	7.2	The Compensation Committee shall be entitled to rely on a declaration in a form satisfactory to it that an Eligible Person or Participant is or continues to be (respectively)
Interested in the Investment Shares. 

  

	7.3	A Participant shall forthwith notify the Company Secretary if he ceases to be Interested in the Investment Shares or any of them. 

  

	7.4	The commitment of Shares to the Plan as Investment Shares shall not of itself affect any right of the Eligible Person to dividends or other rights attaching to those Shares.

  

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	7.5	Shares shall cease to be Investment Shares at the end of the I&P Period or on the Vesting Date if Rule 6.5(a)(ii) applies or, if earlier, when the corresponding Award lapses
under Rule 6.6. 

  

	8	PERFORMANCE CONDITIONS 

  

	8.1	Subject to Rule 8.4, the number of Matching Shares comprised in an Award which become Vested Matching Shares shall be determined as soon as practicable following the end of the
I&P Period and will depend on the extent to which such Performance Conditions or other conditions as the Compensation Committee shall, from time to time determine on the making of an Award, are satisfied. 

  

	8.2	In the absence of a determination by the Compensation Committee to the contrary under Rule 8.1 above, the Performance Conditions, set out in the Schedule will apply to Awards under
the Plan. 

  

	8.3	If the Compensation Committee determines that exceptional circumstances have occurred or have prevailed at any time during the I&P Period applicable to an Award, the
Compensation Committee shall have the power to determine that the number of Matching Shares which may become Vested Matching Shares at the end of an I&P Period, in respect of all Awards having the same I&P Period, shall be varied by such
number as the Compensation Committee considers appropriate. 

  

	8.4	If a Participant ceases to be in Employment by reason of his death or serious long term illness preventing the Participant from carrying out his duties of employment, the
Compensation Committee may determine that, in respect of that Participant’s Award, the I&P Period is treated as ending on the date of the Participant’s death or cessation of employment (or such other date as the Compensation Committee
may determine). 

  

	9	CESSATION OF EMPLOYMENT 

  

	9.1	Subject to Rules 9.2 and 9.3, if a Participant ceases to be in Employment prior to the Vesting Date of an Award, that Award shall lapse except to the extent that the Compensation
Committee determines otherwise. 

  

	9.2	If a Participant ceases to be in Employment in the first year of an I&P Period and is a Good Leaver the Award applicable to that I&P Period shall lapse except to the extent
that the Compensation Committee determines otherwise. 

  

	9.3	Subject to Rule 9.2, if a Participant ceases to be in Employment prior to the Vesting Date and is a Good Leaver, Rule 6 shall apply as if: 

  

	 	(a)	the number of Matching Shares which the Participant could become entitled to acquire at the end of the I&P Period, depending on the extent to which the Performance Conditions
are satisfied at the end of the I&P Period under Rule 8; and 

  

	 	(b)	the number of Shares which the Participant could become entitled to pursuant to Rule 6.10 

  
 were reduced to the Relevant Proportion of the number of Matching Shares and Shares respectively to which the Participant
would have been entitled if his Employment had not terminated. 
  

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	9.4	In consequence of Rule 9.3: 

  

	 	(a)	Rule 6.5(b) shall cease to apply; and 

  

	 	(b)	the Participant shall become entitled to acquire, receive or retain (depending on the form of the Award) on the date determined pursuant to Rule 12: 

  

	 	(i)	a number of Matching Shares; and 

  

	 	(ii)	the Shares issued, transferred or retained pursuant to Rule 6.10, 

  
 (reduced in either case to the Relevant Proportion in accordance with Rule 9.3), and dependent, in both cases, on the extent to which the Performance
Conditions are satisfied. 
  

	9.5	Subject to any relevant legal or regulatory requirements prevailing in any relevant jurisdiction, for the purposes of this Rule a woman who ceases to be in Employment due to
pregnancy or confinement will be regarded as having ceased Employment on the date on which she indicates that she does not intend to return to work. In the absence of such indication and if she has not already returned to work she will be regarded
as having ceased Employment on the last day on which she is entitled to return to work. A woman who exercises her statutory right or any equivalent contractual right to return to work following pregnancy or confinement shall not be treated as having
ceased to be in Employment. 

  

	10	VARIATION OF CAPITAL 

  

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

  

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

  

	11	CHANGE OF CONTROL 

  

	11.1	Subject to Rule 11.4: 

  

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

  

	 	(b)	if any person (and/or persons acting in concert) obtains Control of the Company other than as a result of or in consequence of making such general offer but the offeror is bound by
Rule 9 of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers to make a general offer for the minority, then: 

  

	 	(i)	in relation to all outstanding Awards the I&P Period shall be deemed to end on the Change of Control Date; 

  

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	 	(ii)	the number of Vested Matching Shares which a Participant may become entitled to acquire shall be determined as at the Change of Control Date dependent on the extent to which the
Performance Conditions are satisfied at that date, having regard to Rule 11.2 below; and 

  

	 	(iii)	on the Change of Control Date the Participant shall cease to have any rights in respect of outstanding Awards except in relation to the Vested Matching Shares under Rule 11.1(b)(ii)

  
 provided that if the value (as determined
pursuant to Section 280G of IRC) of the Vested Matching Shares which a Participant may become entitled to acquire upon a person or persons obtaining Control of the Company when aggregated with any other amounts which the Participant becomes entitled
to receive or acquire upon that person or persons obtaining Control and which in either case must be aggregated for the purposes of calculating the imposition of any excise tax pursuant to Section 4999 of IRC is equal to or exceeds by 20% or less
three times the “base amount” (as defined in Section 280G(b)(3) of IRC) for that Participant the number of Vested Matching Shares will be reduced, but only if the Participant would be better off by such reduction after taking into account
all arrangements between the Participant and the Company, by such number as shall be necessary to avoid the imposition of the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of IRC on the amounts which the Participant is entitled to acquire or receives upon that
person or persons obtaining Control of the Company. 
  

	11.2	For the purpose of Rule 11.1 in determining the Company’s TSR the End Period (as defined in the Schedule) shall be deemed to be a period ending on the Change of Control Date.

  

	11.3	If: 

  

	 	(a)	under section 425 of the Companies Act 1985 the Court sanctions a compromise or arrangement for the purposes of or in connection with a scheme for the reconstruction of the Company
or its amalgamation with any other company or companies; or 

  

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

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

	11.4	If any company (the “Acquiring Company”) obtains Control of the Company in accordance with Rule 11.1 and: 

  

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

  

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

  
 then in relation any outstanding Awards the Compensation Committee may determine that the I&P Period shall not be deemed to end on the Change of
Control Date under Rule 11.1(i) and it may determine (with the agreement of the Acquiring Company) that a Participant is required to release any outstanding Awards in consideration of the grant to the Participant by the Acquiring Company of an
equivalent award. 
  

	11.5	For the purpose of Rule 11.4 an award granted pursuant to Rule 11.4 is an equivalent award to an Award if, but only if: 

  

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

  

	 	(b)	the shares to which it relates are of an equivalent value to the value of the Shares which were subject to the Award immediately prior to the release, and for this purpose the
Compensation Committee shall determine such equivalent value provided that the release of an Award and the grant of an equivalent award under Rule 11.4 shall not have effect unless the auditors or other advisers appointed by the Compensation
Committee acting as experts and not arbitrators confirm that in their opinion the equivalent value is fair and reasonable and such confirmation shall be final and binding; and 

  

	 	(c)	such award is subject to the Performance Conditions or such other performance conditions that the Compensation Committee determines are substantially no more and no less onerous
than the Performance Conditions. 

  

	11.6	With effect from the release of an Award and the grant of an equivalent award pursuant to Rule 11.4 the Plan will be construed as if: 

  

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

  

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

  

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

  
 and the Compensation Committee may make such amendments as may be necessary to give effect to Rule 11.4. 
  

	12	DISCHARGE OF AWARDS 

  

	12.1	The manner in which an Award is discharged on the Vesting Date will depend on the form of the Award determined by the Compensation Committee under Rule 6.4.

  

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	12.2	Awards will be discharged by the transfer or issue of or the release of restrictions relating to the number of Vested Matching Shares to the Participant (or as he may direct, or to
a depository in the case of ADRs) normally from an ESOP or from Treasury Shares held by the Company. 

  

	12.3	Following the end of the last Financial Year of the I&P Period, the Compensation Committee will determine the extent to which the Performance Conditions have been satisfied such
determination to be made at least one week before the Vesting Date. 

  

	12.4	Subject to Rule 12.7, once the Compensation Committee has determined the extent to which the Performance Conditions have been satisfied in relation to an Award and, subject to the
Participant being in Employment on the Vesting Date (or if the Participant has been a Good Leaver and the provisions of Rule 9.3 apply or if the Compensation Committee has otherwise exercised its discretion under Rule 9), the Compensation Committee
will procure that the Award is discharged on the Vesting Date in accordance with Rule 12.2. 

  

	12.5	Any transfer or issue of or release of restrictions relating to Vested Matching Shares to a Participant (or as he may direct or to a depository in the case of ADRs) is subject to
the Compensation Committee being satisfied that the transfer, issue or release would be lawful in any relevant jurisdiction. 

  

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

  

	12.7	If a Participant ceases to be in Employment by reason of his death or serious long term illness preventing the Participation from carrying out his duties of employment and the
Compensation Committee exercises its discretion under Rule 8.4, the Compensation Committee may determine: 

  

	 	(a)	that such a Participant’s Award be discharged in favour of his personal representatives prior to the Vesting Date (in the case of a Participant’s death);

  

	 	(b)	the date upon which such discharge should occur; and 

  

	 	(c)	the number of Matching Shares to be treated as Vested Matching Shares at the date the I&P Period is treated as ending under Rule 8.4 based upon the extent to which the
Performance Conditions would have been satisfied as at the date of death or termination of employment by reason of serious illness?. 

  

	13	MISCELLANEOUS 

  

	13.1	The Plan shall be administered by the Compensation Committee whose decision on any matter concerning the Plan shall be final and binding unless it is a matter in respect of which
the Rules provide that the decision of the auditors or any other adviser is final and binding. 

  

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

  

	13.3 	The Compensation Committee may establish arrangements under which the cash value of an Award may be paid to an Eligible Person in lieu of the discharge of the Award under Rule 12.

  

	13.4 	The cost of establishing and operating the Plan (including but not limited to stamp duty and stamp duty reserve tax arising on a transfer of Shares pursuant to Rule 12) shall be
borne by the Company but may be recharged to the relevant Group Companies on such arm’s length basis as is considered appropriate from time to time. 

  

	13.5 	Any notice given under the Plan is to be in writing and signed by or on behalf of the party giving it. The notice may be served by hand or by sending it by pre-paid post to:

  

	 	(a)	in the case of the Company, its registered office from time to time marked for the attention of the Company Secretary; and 

  

	 	(b)	in the case of a Participant, the address which he shall have given to the Company for the purpose or which shall be known to the Company to be his address from time to time.

  

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

  

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

  

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

  

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

  

	13.8 	Participation in the Plan is a matter separate from any contract of employment or other agreement and any benefit conferred by the Plan shall not be counted for pension or any other
purpose. 

  

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

  

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

  

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

  

	13.12 	 No obligation to transfer, issue or release any restrictions or procure the transfer or release of any restrictions of Shares shall arise, nor shall there be any
obligation to do 

  

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any other thing in relation to a Participant under or in connection with the Plan or the making or vesting of any Award unless and until the Compensation
Committee is satisfied in its discretion that either: 

  

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

  

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

  

	13.13 	Receipt of an Award shall authorise the Company or any person nominated by the Company at its sole discretion to sell such number of Vested Matching Shares as it may estimate as
being necessary to produce a cash sum sufficient to meet the liabilities referred to in Rule 13.12 and account to the relevant Group Company or other person and/or the relevant authorities in respect of such tax and/or social security liabilities
(in any jurisdiction) at the appropriate time. 

  

	13.14 	If a Participant owes a debt or other monetary obligation to a Group Company, the relevant Group Company has a charge over the Participant’s interest in the Plan (but not over
his Investment Shares). Satisfaction of an Award may be withheld until the Participant has discharged, to the satisfaction of the Compensation Committee, the debt or other monetary obligation. 

  

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

  

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

  

	14	AMENDMENT 

  

	14.1 	Subject to Rules 14.2 and 14.4, the Compensation Committee may at any time alter or add to all or any provisions of the Plan, or the terms of all or any Awards made under it, in any
respect. 

  

	14.2 	 No alteration or addition to the advantage of Eligible Persons or Participants shall be made under Rule 14.1 without the prior approval of the Company in general
meeting, other than a minor amendment to benefit the administration of the Plan, to take account 

  

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of a change in legislation or to obtain or maintain favourable tax, exchange control or regulatory treatment for Eligible Persons, Participants or Group
Companies. 

  

	14.3 	The Compensation Committee may make such amendments and modifications to all or any provisions of the Plan as are necessary or required in order to take account of laws and
regulations in any jurisdiction which enable non-UK resident Eligible Persons to participant in the Plan including the establishment of separate plans in any such jurisdictions which replicate in all substantial respects the provisions of the Plan.

  

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

  

	15	DURATION 

  
 No Award may be granted under the Plan after the fifth anniversary of the approval of the Plan in General Meeting without the prior approval of the
Company in general meeting. 
  

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 SCHEDULE 1 
  

	1	DEFINITIONS 

  

	1.1	The following words and expressions have the following meanings in this Schedule. 

  
 “Comparator Group” means the group of companies which the Compensation Committee shall from time to time,
determine should be the Comparator Group (which shall be set out in the documentation granting the Award) and which shall be, at the date of adoption of the Plan the companies listed below (the ticker numbers for the following companies are those
used on the companies’ respective domestic exchanges): 
  
 Aegis Group plc (GB:965756), Arbitron Inc (US:ARB), Dentsu Inc (US:DTSUF), Digitas LLC (US:DTAS), GfK AG (DE:587530), Grey Global Group Inc (GREY), Havas SA (FR:12188), Interpublic Group of Companies Inc (US:IPG), Ipsos SA (FR:7329),
Omnicom Group Inc (US:OMC), Publicis Groupe SA (FR:13057), Taylor Nelson Sofres PLC (GB:191539) and VNU nv (NL:VNUA). 
  
 “Comparator Group Company” means a company in the Comparator Group. 
  
 “End Period” means a period of 6 months, ending on the last day of the I&P Period. 
  
 “Matching Factor” means the factor determined pursuant to
paragraph 4 of this Schedule which is to be multiplied by the number of Investment Shares committed to the Plan in respect of an Award which shall determine the extent to which Matching Shares become Vested Matching Shares in relation to that Award
under the terms of the Plan which, for the avoidance of doubt, will not be greater than 4 in respect of Awards in respect of which the I&P Period commences in 2004 and 5 in respect of Awards made in respect of other years and will not, in any
circumstances, be less than 0. 
  
 “Start
Period” means a period of 6 months, ending on the day before the start of the relevant I&P Period. 
  
 “TSR” means the total return to the holders of ordinary shares or units of common stock in the capital of the Company or Comparator Group
Company (as appropriate) based on: 
  

	 	(a)	share price appreciation; and 

  

	 	(b)	the assumed reinvestment of dividends, 

  
 calculated in accordance with paragraph 3 of this Schedule below. 
  

	2	PERFORMANCE CONDITIONS 

  

	2.1	Subject to the Compensation Committee determining otherwise (pursuant to Rule 8.1) the Performance Condition that will apply to Awards under the Plan will be the TSR Condition.

  

	2.2	The TSR Condition is the extent to which the TSR of the Company over the I&P Period compares to the TSR of the respective Comparator Group Companies over the same period
determined in accordance with paragraph 4 below. 

  

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	3	CALCULATION OF TSR 

  

	3.1	The TSR for each Company, and Comparator Group Company over the I&P Period shall be calculated as follows: 

  
 TSR = (End Value / Start Value) - 1 
  
 where: 
  

			
	 End Value =
	 	the average daily closing price of an ordinary share or unit of common stock in the capital of the Company or Comparator Group Company (as ascertained from the Official List or other relevant
exchange on which that share or unit of common stock is quoted and as determined from time to time by the Compensation Committee) during the End Period, multiplied by the End Shareholding
		
	 Start Value =
	 	the average daily closing price of an ordinary share or unit of common stock in the capital of the Company or Comparator Group Company (as ascertained from the Official List or other relevant
exchange on which that share or unit of common stock is quoted and as determined from time to time by the Compensation Committee) during the Start Period, multiplied by the Start Shareholding
		
	 End Shareholding =
	 	the Start Shareholding increased by that number of notional shares that could be acquired using dividends paid during the course of the I&P Period. For this purpose, dividends are assumed
to be paid without any deduction or withholding in respect of tax on the Start Shareholding and the notional shares acquired from previous dividend payments during the I&P Period and on the basis that dividends are assumed to be reinvested in
full in notional shares at the closing price of a Share on the ex-dividend date relative to each such dividend. For the avoidance of doubt, the number of notional shares may include fractions of one share.
		
	 Start Shareholding =
	 	1,000 shares.

  

	3.2	Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 3.1, the Compensation Committee may determine that the TSR of the Company and/or any Comparator Group Company shall be performed using
appropriate alternative data sources (including, but not limited to “total-return” data supplied by Bloomberg or Datastream). In this case, references to End Value and Start Value shall be construed accordingly. 

 

	4	CALCULATION OF THE MATCHING FACTOR 

  

	4.1	At the end of the I&P Period the TSR for the Company and each Comparator Group Company shall be determined in accordance with paragraph 3 of this Schedule.

  

	4.2	The Comparator Group Companies will then be ranked according to the TSR of each of them with the Comparator Group Company with the highest TSR ranking first.

  

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	4.3	If the TSR of the Company is equal to or better than the Comparator Group Company ranked second pursuant to paragraph 4.2, the Matching Factor shall be four in respect of Awards for
which the I&P Period commences in 2004 and five in respect of other Awards. 

  

	4.4	If the TSR of the Company is less than the TSR of the median Comparator Group Company the Matching Factor shall, subject to paragraph 4.8 of this Schedule, be zero.

  

	4.5	If the TSR of the Company is equal to the TSR of the median Comparator Group Company the Matching Factor shall be 1.2 in respect of Awards for which the I&P Period commences in
2004 and 1.5 in respect of other Awards. 

  

	4.6	If the TSR of the Company is equal to the TSR of any Comparator Group Company ranked between the median Comparator Group Company and the Comparator Group Company ranked second, the
Matching Factor shall, subject to paragraph 4.8 of this Schedule, be determined by the following table (depending on whether the Awards are granted in respect of which the I&P Period commences in 2004 or otherwise): 

  

					
	 	  	 No. of Matching Shares for each Investment Share

	 WPP Rank within
 comparator group

	  	 Reduced four year I&P
 Period (F)

	  	 Five year I&P Period

			
	 1st
	  	4	  	5
	 2nd
	  	4	  	5
	 3rd
	  	3.6	  	4.5
	 4th
	  	2.8	  	3.5
	 5th
	  	2	  	2.5
	 6th
	  	1.6	  	2.0
	 7th
	  	1.2	  	1.5
	 Lower than 7th
	  	Nil	  	Nil

  
 Provided that if the
Comparator Group Companies relevant to any particular Award are determined by the Compensation Committee to be different to those set in the definition of that term, the Compensation Committee may amend this table or any part of it as it considers
appropriate but on the basis that no such amendment shall materially advantage any Participants in respect of any existing Awards without the prior approval of the Company in general meeting. 
  

	4.7	If the TSR of the Company is not equal to the TSR of a Comparator Group Company but is above the TSR of the median ranked Comparator Group Company and below the TSR of the second
ranked Comparator Group Company the Matching Factor will be determined by the following formula: 

  

									
	 Matching Factor = 
	 	 {
	 	F(a) – F(b)x(TSR(wpp) – TSR(b))	 	}	 	+ F(b)
	 	 	TSR(a) – TSR(b)	 	 

  
 where: 
  

			
	 a =
	  	refers to the Comparator Group Company that has the lowest recorded TSR result that is also greater than the TSR of the Company.

  

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	 b =
	  	refers to the Comparator Group Company that has the highest recorded TSR result that is also less than the TSR of the Company.
		
	 TSR(a) =
	  	the TSR result relating to company a.
		
	 TSR(b) =
	  	the TSR result relating to company b.
		
	 F(a) =
	  	the Factor given by this Schedule at 4.6 relating to company a.
		
	 F(b) =
	  	the Factor given by this Schedule at 4.6 relating to company b.
		
	 TSR(wpp) =
	  	the TSR of the Company.

  

	4.8	The Compensation Committee may provide, at the time of the grant of an Award, that a Matching Factor of 0.5 shall apply to an Award even if the TSR of the Company is less than the
TSR of the median Comparator Group Company provided that this discretion may only be exercised in favour of a Participant who did not receive an award under Original LEAP. 

  

	5	APPLICATION OF THE MATCHING FACTOR 

  

	5.1	The Matching Factor determined pursuant to paragraph 4 of this Schedule will be multiplied by the number of Investment Shares relevant to an Award and the result of that calculation
shall be the number of Vested Matching Shares in respect of that Award. 

  

 22Form of Redemption Plan

 EXHIBIT 4.2 
  
 Form of Redemption Plan 
  

 FORM OF 
 REDEMPTION PLAN 
  
 CNL
HOSPITALITY PROPERTIES II, INC., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), has adopted a Redemption Plan (the “Redemption Plan”) by which Shares of the Company’s common stock (the Shares”) may be repurchased by the
Company from stockholders subject to the terms and conditions set forth below. 
  
 1. Redemption of Shares. Prior to such time, if any, as the Company lists on an exchange or is quoted on the National Market System of the Nasdaq Stock Market, any stockholder who has held Shares for not less
than one year (other than the Company’s advisor) may present at any time for the Company’s consideration, all or any portion equal to at least 25% of such Shares for redemption, in accordance with the procedures outlined herein. At such
time, the Company may, at its sole option, choose to redeem such Shares presented for redemption for cash to the extent it has sufficient funds available. There is no assurance that there will be sufficient funds available for redemption or that the
Company will exercise its discretion to redeem such Shares and, accordingly, a stockholder’s Shares may not be redeemed. Factors that the Company will consider in making its determination to redeem Shares include: 
  

	 	(a)	whether such redemption impairs the Company’s capital or operations; 

  

	 	(b)	whether an emergency makes such redemption not reasonably practical; 

  

	 	(c)	any governmental or regulatory agency with jurisdiction over the Company so demands for such action for the protection of the stockholders; 

  

	 	(d)	whether such redemption would be unlawful; and 

  

	 	(e)	whether such redemption, when considered with all other redemptions, sales, assignments, transfers and exchanges of Shares, could cause direct or indirect ownership of the
Company’s Shares to become concentrated to an extent which would prevent the Company from qualifying as a REIT for tax purposes. 

  
 If the Company elects to redeem Shares, the following conditions and limitations would apply. The full amount of the proceeds from the sale of Shares
under the Company’s reinvestment plan (the “Reinvestment Plan”) attributable to any calendar quarter will be used to redeem Shares presented for redemption during such quarter. In addition, the Company may, at its discretion, use up
to $100,000 per calendar quarter of the proceeds of any public offering of its common stock for redemptions. Any amount of offering proceeds which is available for redemptions, but which is unused, may be carried over to the next succeeding calendar
quarter for use in addition to the amount of offering proceeds and reinvestment proceeds that would otherwise be available for redemptions. At no time during a 12-month period, however, may the number of Shares that the Company redeems (if the
Company determines to redeem Shares) exceed 5% of the number of Shares of outstanding common stock at the beginning of such 12-month period. 
  
 2. Insufficient Funds. In the event there are insufficient funds to redeem all of the Shares for which redemption requests have been submitted, and
the Company determines to redeem Shares, the Company will redeem Shares on a pro rata basis at the end of each quarter. A stockholder, whose Shares are not redeemed due to insufficient funds in that quarter, can ask that the request to redeem the
Shares be honored at such time as sufficient funds exist. In such case, the redemption request will be retained and such Shares will be redeemed (if the Company determines to redeem Shares) in the same manner as described above, at the end of the
next quarter. Alternatively, if a redemption request is not satisfied and the stockholder does not make a subsequent request to redeem its Shares at such time as sufficient proceeds from the Reinvestment Plan exist, the initial redemption request
will be treated by the Company as cancelled. Stockholders will not relinquish their Shares of common stock to the Company, until such time as the Company commits to redeem such Shares. Commitments to redeem Shares will be made at the end of each
quarter and will be communicated to each stockholder who has submitted a request either 

  

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telephonically or in writing. Until such time as a commitment is communicated and Shares are actually delivered to the Company, a stockholder may withdraw
its redemption request. 
  
 3. Excess Funds. If the full
amount of funds available for any given quarter exceeds the amount necessary for such redemptions, the remaining amount may be held for subsequent redemptions unless such amount is sufficient to make an additional investment (directly or through a
joint venture), or is used to repay outstanding indebtedness. In that event, the Company may use all or a portion of such amount to make additional investments or to repay such outstanding indebtedness, provided that it (or, if applicable, the joint
venture) enters into a binding contract to make such investments, or uses such amount to repay outstanding indebtedness, prior to payment of the next distribution and the Company’s receipt of requests for redemption of Shares. 
  
 4. Redemption Requests. A stockholder who wishes to have his or her
Shares redeemed must mail or deliver a written request on a form the Company provides, executed by the stockholder, its trustee or authorized agent, to CNL Investment Company, Attn: CNL Investor Administration, Post Office Box 4920, Orlando, Florida
32802-4920, if to the Company, or to Bank of New York, 1845 Maxwell, Suite 101, Troy, Michigan 48084-4510, if to the Redemption Agent, or such other addresses as may be specified by written notice to all stockholders. The Redemption Agent at all
times will be registered or exempt from registration as a broker-dealer with the Commission and each state securities commission. Within 30 days following the redemption agent’s receipt of the stockholder’s request, the redemption agent
will forward to such stockholder the documents necessary to effect the redemption, including any signature guarantee the Company or the redemption agent may require. The redemption agent will effect such redemption for the calendar quarter provided
that it receives the properly completed redemption documents relating to the Shares to be redeemed from the stockholder at least one calendar month prior to the last day of the current calendar quarter and has sufficient funds available to redeem
such Shares. The effective date of any redemption will be the last date during a quarter during which the redemption agent receives the properly completed redemption documents. As a result, the Company anticipates that, assuming sufficient funds are
available for redemption, the effective date of redemptions will be no later than thirty days after the quarterly determination of the availability of funds for redemption. 
  
 5. Redemption Price. Upon the redemption agent’s receipt of notice for redemption of Shares, the redemption
price will be on terms determined by the Company. The redemption price for Shares of the Company’s common stock will equal the lesser of (x) the price at which the Shares of common stock to be redeemed were initially sold or (y) a fixed
redemption price to be set forth in the prospectus, which initially will be $9.50 per share, and which amount will never exceed the then current offering price of the Company’s common stock. Accordingly, the redemption price that the Company
pays to stockholders for redemption of the Shares of common stock may vary over time to the extent that the United States Internal Revenue Service changes its ruling regarding the percentage discount that a REIT may give on reinvested Shares, and
the Company’s board of directors determines to make a corresponding change to the price at which it offers Shares pursuant to its Reinvestment Plan. Because the proceeds from the Reinvestment Plan are the primary source of funds to redeem
Shares under the redemption plan, the Company would then adjust the fixed redemption price described in (y) to match the price at which it offers Shares pursuant to its Reinvestment Plan. In addition, to the extent that the Company’s board of
directors determines that it is in the Company’s best interests to offer less than the maximum discount permitted by the United States Internal Revenue Service, the board of directors will change the price at which the Company’s offers
Shares pursuant to its Reinvestment Plan and will make the corresponding change to the fixed redemption price described in (y). The Company’s board of directors will announce any price adjustment and the time period of its effectiveness as a
part of the Company’s regular communications with stockholders. The Company will provide at least 15 days advance notice prior to effecting a price adjustment: (i) in its annual or quarterly reports or, (ii) by means of a separate mailing
accompanied by disclosure in a current or periodic report under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. While the Company is engaged in an offering, it will also include this information in a prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment to the
registration statement as required under federal securities laws. 
  
 A stockholder may present us with fewer than all of his or her Shares for redemption, provided, however, that (i) the minimum number of Shares which must be presented for redemption shall be at least 

  

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25% of his or her Shares and (ii) if such stockholder retains any Shares, he or she must retain at least $5,000 worth of Shares based on the current offering
price. 
  
 The Company’s board of directors, in its sole
discretion, may amend or suspend the redemption plan at any time it determines that such amendment or suspension is in the Company’s best interest. The board of directors may amend or suspend the redemption plan if (i) it determines, in its
sole discretion, that the redemption plan impairs the Company’s capital or operations; (ii) it determines, in its sole discretion, that an emergency makes the redemption plan not reasonably practical; (iii) any governmental or regulatory agency
with jurisdiction over the Company so demands for the protection of the stockholders; (iv) it determines, in its sole discretion, that the redemption plan would be unlawful; (v) it determines, in its sole discretion, that redemptions under the
redemption plan, when considered with all other sales, assignments, transfers and exchanges of Shares, could cause direct or indirect ownership of the Company’s Shares to become concentrated to an extent which would prevent the Company from
qualifying as a REIT under the Code; or (vi) it determines, in its sole discretion, that such amendment or suspension would be in the best interest of the Company. If the board of directors amends or suspends the redemption plan, the Company will
provide stockholders with at least 15 days advance notice prior to effecting such amendment or suspension: (i) in its annual or quarterly reports or, (ii) by means of a separate mailing accompanied by disclosure in a current or periodic report under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. While the Company is engaged in an offering, it will also include this information in a prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment to the registration statement as required under federal securities laws.

  
 6. Governing Law. THIS REDEMPTION PLAN AND A
STOCKHOLDER’S ELECTION TO PARTICIPATE IN THE REDEMPTION PLAN SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS TO BE MADE AND PERFORMED ENTIRELY IN SAID STATE; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT CAUSES OF ACTION FOR VIOLATIONS
OF FEDERAL OR STATE SECURITIES LAWS SHALL NOT BE GOVERNED BY THIS SECTION 6. 
  

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