Document:

WPP plc Restricted Stock Plan

 Exhibit 4.20 
 WPP PLC1 

 

	
	  
 RESTRICTED STOCK
PLAN
  
 Approved by the Board of Directors of WPP Group plc on 30th August 2005 and amended by resolutions of the Compensation Committee on 27 October 2005, 11 November 2005, 21 February 2006, 27 April 2007, 9 August 2007,
24 October 2007, 29 September 2008 and 17 December 2008.
  
 As approved by
shareholders of WPP Group plc on 30 October 2008 prior to the introduction of a new holding company by a scheme of arrangement under Part 26 of the Companies Act 2006
  
 Approved by the shareholders of WPP plc on 30 September 2008 and adopted by the Board of Directors of WPP
plc on 30 September 2008

  
  

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	 Amended by Resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 17 December 2008 

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 CONTENTS 
  

					
			
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	 	PURPOSE	  	1
			
	 2
	 	INTERPRETATION	  	1
			
	 3
	 	ELIGIBILITY	  	3
			
	 4
	 	AWARDS	  	3
			
	 5
	 	CESSATION OF EMPLOYMENT	  	4
			
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	 	VARIATION OF CAPITAL	  	5
			
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	 	CHANGE OF CONTROL	  	6
			
	 8
	 	DISCHARGE OF AWARDS	  	7
			
	 9
	 	MISCELLANEOUS	  	7
			
	 10
	 	AMENDMENT	  	9
		
	 APPENDIX 1
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	 APPENDIX 2
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	 APPENDIX 3
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	1	PURPOSE 

  

	    	The purpose of the Plan is to motivate and reward selected employees of the Group. 

  

	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 Deposit Agreement between the Company and Citibank NA as of 19 November 2008 or any other American depository receipt arrangement sponsored by the Company.2

  

	    	“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 board of directors of the Company; 

  

	 	(b)	any day on which the Company releases its results for any 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 the proper termination by a Group Company of his Employment (which shall include a termination
which is not a proper termination only by virtue of a procedural error in the termination) where that Participant: 

  

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

  

	 	(b)	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

  

	 	(c)	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 

  

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

  

	    	provided that a Participant shall not be a Bad Leaver if he shall have been found to have been constructively dismissed by the Group (in which case the Participant shall be regarded as an
Other Leaver).3 

  

	    	“Basic Salary” means an Eligible Person’s basic annual salary for a particular year. In the event of any dispute, such basic annual salary will be as determined by the
Compensation Committee. 

  

	    	“Change of Control Date” means the date on which a person or persons obtains Control of the Company as described in Rule 7.1(a) or 7.1(b). 

  

	2	Amended by resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 29 September 2008 

	3	Amended by Written Resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 11 November 2005 

  

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	    	“Company” means: 

  

	 	(a)	in relation to any period before the Effective Date, Old WPP; and 

  

	 	(b)	in relation to any period on or after the Effective Date, New WPP;4 

  

	    	“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. 

  

	    	“Effective Date” means the date on which the Scheme becomes effective, expected to be 12 November 20085 

  

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

  

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

  

	    	“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. 

  

	    	“Good Leaver” means a Participant whose termination of Employment is as a result of: 

  

	 	(a)	death; 

  

	 	(b)	permanent disability; 

  

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

  

	 	(d)	retirement on a basis agreed with the Company.6 

  

	    	“Group” means the Company and all of its subsidiaries (as defined in section 736 of the Act or, as the context may require, articles 2 and 2A of the Companies (Jersey) Law
1991).7 

  

	    	“Group Company” means any member of the Group. 

  

	    	“New WPP” means WPP plc incorporated in Jersey under the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991 with registered number 101479;8 

  

	    	“Old WPP” WPP Group plc a public limited company incorporated in England and Wales with registered number 05537577;9 

  

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

  

	 	(a)	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; 

  

	 	(b)	the wrongful termination by that Participant of his contract of employment with any Group Company; 

  

	 	(c)	any other reason not referred to in the definition of Good Leaver or Bad Leaver. 

  

	4	Amended by resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 29 September 2008 

	5	Inserted by Resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 29 September 2008 

	6	Amended by Written Resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 11 November 2005 

	7	Amended by Resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 29 September 2008 

	8	Inserted by Resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 29 September 2008 

	9	Inserted by Resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 29 September 2008 

  

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	    	“Participant” means a person who holds an Award including, if relevant, his legal personal representatives. 

  

	    	“Plan” means the WPP plc10 Restricted Stock Plan as from time to time amended in accordance
with the provisions of the Rules. 

  

	    	“Share” means an ordinary share in the capital of the Company and includes ADRs. 

  

	    	“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.

  

	    	“Treasury Shares” means any Shares which are purchased by the Company in accordance with Article 57 of the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991 and held by the Company as
treasury shares pursuant to Article 58A of the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991.11 

  

	    	“UK Listing Authority” means the United Kingdom Listing Authority, a division of the Financial Services Authority. 

  

	    	“Vesting Date” means the day after the end of the Vesting 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. 

  

	    	“Vesting Period” means the period of two calendar years commencing on the date on which an Award is granted or such other period as may be specified by the Compensation
Committee at the time an Award is granted. 

  

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

  

	2.3	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). 

  

	2.4	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 or any other means, to participate as of right in the Plan through the grant of an Award and consequently the receipt of an
Award shall in no circumstances give or imply any right to received any further award and any further right that is in fact granted to the same Participant may be on the same or on different terms.12
 

  

	3.2	The Compensation Committee will decide from time to time when to grant Awards under the Plan and13 which
Eligible Persons may participate and the extent of their participation in the Plan. 

  

	4	AWARDS 

  

	4.1	The Compensation Committee may decide, following the end of a financial year, or at such other time as the Compensation Committee may determine, to grant an Award to an Eligible Person, that
the grant of an Award may be subject to such terms (including performance conditions) as it determines provided that no such terms may be applied to any Award that is or is to be granted to a director of the Company that would result in the Plan
being a Long Term Incentive Scheme for the purposes of the Listing Rules of the UK Listing Authority or which could result in the issue 

  

	10	Amended by Resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 17 December 2008 

	11	Amended by Resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 29 September 2008 

	12	Amended by Resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 21 February 2006. 

	13	Amended by Resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 21 February 2006. 

  

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of new Shares by the Company or to the transfer of Treasury Shares by the Company. Where such terms are inconsistent with the other terms of the Plan, the terms
specified by the Compensation Committee shall take precedence. For the avoidance of doubt, there is no restriction on the grant of Awards to Participants who are not directors of the Company relating to whether the Award is in the form of a deferred
bonus. 

  

	4.2	The maximum Award to any Participant in respect of a particular financial year shall be 200% (two hundred per cent) of that Participant’s Basic Salary or such other percentage as the
Compensation Committee may from time to time determine. 

  

	4.3	Awards will normally be made during an Award Period, but exceptionally may be made at other times. 

  

	4.4	The Compensation Committee may determine that an Award may be satisfied by the trustees of an ESOP (with the agreement of the trustees) or otherwise as it considers appropriate, provided that
in no circumstances shall an Award be satisfied through the issue of new Shares or the transfer of Treasury Shares. 

  

	4.5	Subject to Rule 5 a Participant shall become entitled to receive the number of Shares comprised in an Award on the Vesting Date only if the Participant continues in Employment throughout the
Vesting Period until the Vesting Date. 

  

	4.6	An Award is personal to a Participant and cannot be transferred, assigned, used as security or otherwise charged or turned to account. Any breach of the terms of this Rule 4.6 shall result in
the immediate lapse of the Award. 

  

	4.7	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. 

  

	4.8	The receipt of an Award shall not confer on the Participant (unless otherwise provided in the terms of the Award) any right to the transfer of a specified number of Shares from any particular
transferor. The discharge of the Award shall be in accordance with Rule 8. 

  

	4.9	When an Award is granted the Compensation Committee may determine that14 the Participant shall, subject to
Rule 4.10, be entitled to receive at the time of the discharge of the Award a transfer of that number of Shares which could have been purchased if: 

  

	 	(a)	the dividends which would have been paid on such Shares during the Vesting Period had been reinvested in Shares on the date each dividend is paid after the date that the Award is made; 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 Vesting Period. 

  

	4.10	If a Participant is a Bad Leaver any right to receive additional Shares under 4.9 shall, unless the Compensation Committee determines otherwise, lapse on the date of termination of
Employment. 

  

	4.11	For the avoidance of doubt a Participant shall not be entitled to any voting rights in respect of Shares to be transferred in respect of an Award until those Shares are actually transferred
to the Participant. 

  

	5	CESSATION OF EMPLOYMENT 

  

	5.1	Subject to Rules 5.2 and 5.4, 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. 

  

	14	Amended by Written Resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 11 November 2005. 

  

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	5.2	If a Participant ceases to be in Employment during the Vesting Period and is a Good Leaver then except to the extent that the Compensation Committee determines otherwise the Award applicable
to that Vesting Period shall not lapse and shall (subject to Rule 5.7) be discharged at the time that the Award would have been discharged but for the cessation of Employment, being the original Vesting Date except that (subject to the exercise of
the discretion of the Compensation Committee to determine otherwise) the number of Shares comprised in an Award shall be reduced on a pro-rata basis to reflect the proportion of the Vesting Period between the grant of an Award and the date of
cessation of employment. Where the grant of an Award was preceded by a period during which performance targets were measured as a pre-cursor to the granting of the Award, then the Vesting Period (subject to the exercise of the discretion of the
Compensation Committee to determine otherwise) shall be taken for the purpose of the time pro-rata calculation referred to in this Rule 5.2 only as beginning at the start of the earlier period during which the performance target was
measured.15 

  

	5.3	If a Participant ceases to be in Employment during the Vesting Period and is a Bad Leaver the Award applicable to that Vesting Period shall lapse immediately. 

  

	5.4	If a Participant ceases to be in Employment during the Vesting Period and is an Other Leaver the Award applicable to that Vesting Period shall lapse immediately unless the Compensation
Committee determines that the Award shall not lapse and/or shall be discharged early and/or shall be reduced in such manner as the Compensation Committee determines.16

  

	5.5	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. 

  

	5.6	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 unless the Compensation Committee determines otherwise. 

  

	5.7	If a Participant ceases to be in Employment during the Vesting Period and is a Good Leaver due to leaving by reason of death, then the provisions of Rule 5.2 shall apply except that the
discharge of the Award shall (except to the extent that the Compensation Committee determines otherwise) take place as soon as practicable following the death of the Participant.17 

  

	6	VARIATION OF CAPITAL 

  

	6.1	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 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. 

  

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

  

	15	Amended by Resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 27 April 2007. 

	16	Amended by Resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 27 October 2005. 

	17	 Amended by Resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 27 April 2007. 

  

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	7	CHANGE OF CONTROL 

  

	7.1	Subject to Rule 7.3: 

  

	 	(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 5 of
the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers to make a general offer for the minority, 

  

	    	then in relation to all outstanding Awards the Vesting Period shall be deemed to end on the Change of Control Date. 

  

	7.2	If: 

  

	 	(a)	under Part 18A of the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991 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 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 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.18
 

  

	7.3	If any company (the “Acquiring Company”) obtains Control of the Company in accordance with Rule 7.1 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 

  

	 	(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 Vesting Period shall not be deemed to end on the Change of Control Date under Rule 7.1 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. 

  

	7.4	For the purpose of Rule 7.3 an award granted pursuant to Rule 7.3 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 

  

	18	Amended by Resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 29 September 2008 

  

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of an Award and the grant of an equivalent award under Rule 7.3 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 as the original Award (if any) or such other performance conditions that the Compensation Committee determines are substantially no more
and no less onerous than those performance conditions. 

  

	7.5	With effect from the release of an Award and the grant of an equivalent award pursuant to Rule 7.3 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 7.3. 

  

	7.6	Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Rule 7, in any circumstances where Awards (other than Awards made to directors of the Company) would otherwise have been receivable before the end
of the Vesting Period by reason this Rule 7, the Compensation Committee may determine (the determination to apply equally to all such Awards outstanding at the time) that the provisions of the Rule 7 will neither cause such Awards to become
receivable nor to lapse at different times than would otherwise be the case, if the Compensation Committee considers that the Awards will continue to be appropriate notwithstanding the changed circumstances, or that the position of Participants can
and will be adequately preserved by the grant to them of some other right or rights in substitution for or addition to the existing rights. The Compensation Committee may alternatively specify that such Awards may become receivable before the end of
the Vesting Period on the basis of being reduced on pro-rata time basis to take account of the reduced part of the Vesting Period that has elapsed. 

  

	8	DISCHARGE OF AWARDS 

  

	8.1	Subject to Rule 8.3 Awards will be discharged by the transfer of Shares to the Participant (or as he may direct, or to a depository in the case of ADRs) from an ESOP or otherwise as the
Company may determine. 

  

	8.2	Any transfer of Shares to a Participant (or as he may direct or to a depository in the case of ADRs) in respect of an Award is subject to the Compensation Committee being satisfied that the
transfer would be lawful in any relevant jurisdiction. 

  

	8.3	The transfer of Shares under the Plan is subject to obtaining any approval or consent required under the Listing Rules published by the UK 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. 

  

	9	MISCELLANEOUS 

  

	9.1	 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. In particular the Compensation Committee may establish such procedures and regulations for the administration and implementation of the Plan as it
thinks fit. Notwithstanding the provisions of Rule 10.3 and 

  

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without prejudice to the generality of the other provisions of this Rule 9.1, such procedures and regulations that relate to securities laws and exchange control
compliance may affect the operation of Awards granted before the establishment of such procedures and regulations.19 

  

	9.2	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.

  

	9.3	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 8.

  

	9.4	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 8, if any) 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. 

  

	9.5	Any notice given under the Plan may be given by personal delivery, delivery by email or by sending the same by post in the case of the Company to its registered office from time to time
marked for the attention of the Company Secretary (or to such other address and person as may be specified by the Company from time to time)20 and 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. 

  

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

  

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

  

	 	(b)	at the time the email is sent, if delivery is by email; or21 

  

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

  

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

  

	9.8	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 regarded as salary or22 counted for pension or any other purpose. Participation in the Plan by any individual is entirely at the discretion of the Board and in no circumstances shall the fact that an
individual has received an Award or Awards in the past give that individual any right to receive a further Award or Awards.23 

  

	9.9	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. 

  

	9.10	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. 

  

	9.11	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. 

  

	19	Amended by Resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 21 February 2006. 

	20	Amended by Resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 21 February 2006. 

	21	Amended by Written Resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 11 November 2006. 

	22	Amended by Resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 21 February 2006. 

	23	 Amended by Resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 21 February 2006. 

  

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	9.12	No obligation to transfer Shares shall arise, nor shall there be any obligation to do 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 and which outside the UK shall only include taxes which are equivalent to UK employer’s
National Insurance Contributions where determined by the Compensation Committee at the time of the grant of the Award) 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. 

  

	9.13	Receipt of an Award shall authorise the Company or any person nominated by the Company at its sole discretion to sell such number of Shares due to be transferred to a Participant as it may
estimate as being necessary to produce a cash sum sufficient to meet the liabilities referred to in Rule 9.12 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 provided that any excess sum generated by such sale that is not required shall be accounted for to the Participant. 

  

	9.14	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. 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. 

  

	9.15	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. 

  

	10	AMENDMENT 

  

	10.1	Subject to Rules 10.2 and 10.3, 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.

  

	10.2	No alteration or addition shall be made under Rule 10.1 that would or might result in new Shares being issued in respect of the Plan or that would or might result in Treasury Shares being
transferred in respect of the Plan or which would result in the Plan becoming a Long Term Incentive Scheme as defined in the Listing Rules of the UK Listing Authority, in each case without the prior approval of the Company in general meeting.

  

	10.3	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. 

  

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 APPENDIX 124 
 The Plan will apply to Awards granted to Participants who are or may become subject to French taxation (i.e. income tax and/or social security contributions) as a result of an
Award made under this Plan. Awards to such Participants will be subject to the modifications set out in this Appendix and in the event of any difference or conflict between the terms of this Appendix and the Rules, the terms of this Appendix will
prevail. 
  

	1	The grant of an Award to Eligible Persons is made under the same conditions as those set forth by Articles L225-197-1 to L225-197-5 of the French Commercial Code. The grant of an Award is
notably authorised by the corporate structure, which is qualified to make decisions regarding Company share capital. 

  

	2	Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan: 

  

	2.1	Awards for the purpose of this Appendix mean a conditional right to receive, free of charge, at the Vesting Date, Shares (which for this purpose shall not include ADRs);

  

	2.2	for the purposes of this Appendix, Eligible Persons shall mean current salaried employees, as defined by French labour law or mandataire social as listed in Article L225-197-1, II of the
French Commercial Code; 

  

	2.3	Awards may only be satisfied with Shares; 

  

	2.4	the Company may only offer Awards to employees of its French subsidiaries whose share capital (or voting rights) are held as to at least 10% directly or indirectly by Company;

  

	2.5	no Award may be granted to any Eligible Person who owns more than 10% of the issued ordinary share capital of the Company for the time being; 

  

	2.6	the number of Shares comprised in Awards under the Plan cannot exceed 10% of the issued ordinary share capital of the Company at the time of grant of the Awards. Once the 10% threshold is
met, no additional Awards can thereafter be granted by the Company; 

  

	2.7	subject to paragraph 2.12 below, the Vesting Period must not be less than two years and the Award must not therefore be satisfied for a period of at least two years after the date on which
the Award is granted; 

  

	2.8	subject to paragraph 2.13 below, the Participant must hold the Shares received on the Vesting Date for at least two years; 

  

	2.9	during the Vesting Period, the Participant is not the beneficial or legal owner of the Shares in respect of which the Award has been made and at the end of the Vesting Period the Participant
shall only become entitled to receive the number of Shares comprised in his Award. A Participant is not entitled under Rule 4.9 or otherwise to any voting rights, dividends or any extra Shares that the Participant would have been able to buy with
the dividends that he would have received had he actually held the Shares during the Vesting Period; 

  

	2.10	once a Participant is free to dispose of the Shares comprised in an Award at the end of the holding period specified in paragraph 2.8, the Participant may still not sell those Shares within
the periods set forth in Article L225-197-1, I of the French Commercial Code; 

  

	2.11	a mandataire social shall be required to retain (either in his own name or deposited with a nominee on his behalf) a proportion of the Shares awarded under the Plan as determined by the
Compensation Committee until he ceases his role as a mandataire social. If no other proportion is determined when the relevant Award is granted, the proportion required to be retained will be 10%; 

  

	24	Amended by Resolutions of the Compensation Committee dated 27 April 2007 and 9 August 2007. 

  

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	2.12	as an exception to the minimum two-year Vesting Period (specified at paragraph 2.7 above) if a Participant’s employment terminates as a result of death, the number of Shares in respect
of which the Award was granted shall be receivable in full without any pro-rated reduction provided that the Participant’s heirs formally request distribution of the Shares within six months of the death of the Participant;

  

	2.13	if a Participant’s employment terminates as a result of death or disability within the meaning corresponding to the second and third category of Article L341-4 of the Social Security
Code, the minimum two-year holding period (specified at paragraph 2.8 above) shall not apply; 

  

	2.14	Shares underlying the Awards can be exchanged for shares (without any other additional compensation) in the event of a merger or spin-off operation performed during the Vesting Period. In
addition Shares can be exchanged for shares (without any other additional compensation) in the event of a public offer, a merger, a spin-off, a stock-split or a reverse stock-split operation performed during the holding period described in paragraph
2.8 above, such holding period remains applicable to the shares received in exchange for the time period remaining at the date of the exchange; 

  

	2.15	an Award may only be granted under this Appendix within the period of 10 years beginning with the date on which the Plan was approved by the board of Directors of the Company (30 August
2005). 

  

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 APPENDIX 225 
 Taxpayers Subject to Section 409A of the United States Internal Revenue Code 
 The plan will apply to participants who are taxpayers subject to Section 409A of the United States Internal Revenue Code (“Section 409A”), with the
following modifications: 
  

	1.	The plan shall be interpreted and construed in accordance with Section 409A. Any discretion afforded to any person or entity under the plan the existence of which itself would cause a
participant to be taxed under Section 409A is hereby removed from the plan. 

  

	2.	Notwithstanding any provision of the plan to the contrary, if a participant is a “specified employee” within the meaning of Section 409A, any payment otherwise required to be
made pursuant to the plan as a result of the participant’s “separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A shall be delayed for 6 months following the date of the participant’s separation, if necessary to
prevent the participant from being taxed under Section 409A. On the earliest date on which such payments can be made without violating the foregoing requirements of Section 409A, there shall (subject to Rules 9.12 and 9.13) be paid to the
participant, in a single cash lump sum, an amount equal to the aggregate amount of all payments delayed pursuant to the preceding sentence. 

  

	3.	In Rule 5.1, delete “except to the extent that the Compensation Committee determines otherwise.” 

  

	4.	In Rule 5.2, delete “except to the extent that the Compensation Committee determines otherwise” and “(subject to the exercise of the discretion of the Compensation Committee to
determine otherwise)”. 

  

	5.	In Rule 5.4, substitute the following “If a Participant ceases to be in Employment during the Vesting Period and is an Other Leaver the Award applicable to that Vesting Period shall
lapse immediately, unless the Compensation Committee determines that the Award applicable to that Vesting Period shall not lapse in which case the Award shall be paid in accordance with Rule 5.2.” 

  

	6.	In Rule 5.7, delete “(except to the extent that the Compensation Committee determines otherwise) take place as soon as practicable” and add “take place within 90 days”.

  

	7.	Add the following as Rule 7.1(A): 

  

	     
	 “Notwithstanding the foregoing, Rule 7.1 shall apply only if the transaction or circumstances by which any person (and/or
persons acting in concert) obtains Control of the Company would constitute a “change in the ownership or effective control of the [Company], or in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of the [Company]” within the meaning of
Section 409A, and if Rule 7.1 does apply, Awards will be discharged by the later of (i) the December 31st immediately following the end of the Vesting
Period, or (ii) two and one-half months following the end of the Vesting Period.” 

  

	8.	Notwithstanding the foregoing, any award under the plan shall not be subject to the provisions of this Appendix 2 to the extent such award is earned and vested prior to January 1, 2005.

  

	25	Amended by Resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 9 August 2007 

  

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 APPENDIX 326 
  

	1	The Compensation Committee may grant awards under the terms of the Plan but subject to the modifications set out in this Appendix 3 (provided that the provisions of Rule 10.2 shall continue
to apply). 

  

	2	Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Plan: 

  

	2.1	sub-paragraph (h) of the definition of “Good Leaver” shall be amended by the addition of the words “but retirement will include ceasing to work in all sectors in which any
Group Company operates” after the words “agreed with the Company”; 

  

	2.2	Rule 4.5 will be amended by the addition of the words “or cash” after the words “the number of Shares”; 

  

	2.3	Rule 5.2 will be amended to read as follows: 

 “If a
Participant ceases to be in Employment during the Vesting Period and is a Good Leaver then the Award applicable to that Vesting Period shall not lapse and shall (subject to Rule 5.7) be discharged at the time that the Award would have been
discharged but for the cessation of Employment, being the original Vesting Date.”; 
  

	2.4	if the Award is to be satisfied in cash rather than Shares (which will be specified at the time the Award is granted) the Participant shall also be entitled to receive at the time of the
discharge of the Award an amount equivalent to interest as if it had accrued at a rate to be determined by the Compensation Committee during the Vesting Period, which interest will be paid when the Award is discharged provided that if the Award
lapses the right to this additional payment will also lapse; 

  

	2.5	if the Award is to be satisfied in Shares (which will be specified at the time the Award is granted), the Participant shall also be entitled to receive at the time of the discharge of the
Award a transfer of that number of Shares which could have been purchased if the dividends which would have been paid on such Shares during the Vesting Period had been reinvested in further Shares on the Vesting Date provided that if the Award
lapses, the right to the further Shares will also lapse; 

  

	2.6	Rule 8.1 will be amended by the addition of the words “or in cash if the Participant has elected to receive the Award in cash” at the end of the Rule. 

  

	26	Amended by Resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 24 October 2007 

  

 13WPP 2005 Executive Stock Option Plan

 Exhibit 4.21 
 WPP GROUP PLC 

	
	 THE WPP 2005 EXECUTIVE STOCK OPTION PLAN
  
 As approved by shareholders of WPP Group plc on 26th September 2005 prior to the introduction of a new holding company by a scheme of arrangement under section 425 of the Companies Act 1985 and adopted by the Board of Directors of WPP
Group Plc on 27th October 2005 and as amended by a written resolution dated 16 February 2006 and as amended by a resolution of the Compensation Committee
dated 21 February 2006 and as amended by a resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 14 December 2006 and as amended by a resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 20 February 2007 and as amended by a resolution of the
Compensation Committee dated 27 April 2007 and as amended by a resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 9 August 2007.
  
 As approved by shareholders of WPP Group plc on 30 October 2008 prior to the introduction of a new holding company by a scheme of arrangement under part 26 of the Companies
Act 2006 as approved by the shareholders of WPP plc on 30 September 2008 and adopted by the Board of Directors of WPP plc on 30 September 2008.

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 CONTENTS 
  

					
			
	 1
	  	 DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
	  	2
			
	 2
	  	 ELIGIBILITY
	  	3
			
	 3
	  	 GRANT OF OPTIONS
	  	3
			
	 4
	  	 LIMITS
	  	4
			
	 5
	  	 PERFORMANCE CONDITIONS
	  	6
			
	 6
	  	 EXERCISE OF OPTIONS
	  	7
			
	 7
	  	 TAKEOVER, RECONSTRUCTION AND WINDING-UP
	  	8
			
	 8
	  	 VARIATION OF CAPITAL
	  	9
			
	 9
	  	 ALTERATIONS
	  	10
			
	 10
	  	 MISCELLANEOUS
	  	10
			
	 11
	  	 WITHHOLDING
	  	11
			
		  	 APPENDIX 1
	  	12
			
		  	 APPENDIX 2
	  	16
			
		  	 APPENDIX 3
	  	17
			
		  	 APPENDIX 4
	  	18
			
		  	 APPENDIX 5
	  	19
			
		  	 APPENDIX 6
	  	20
			
		  	 APPENDIX 7
	  	21
			
		  	 APPENDIX 8
	  	22
			
		  	 APPENDIX 9
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	1	DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION 

  

	1.1	In this Plan, unless the context otherwise requires: 

  

	    	“Act” means the Companies Act 1985 as amended; 

  

	    	“Board” means the board of directors of the Company or a committee appointed by such board of directors; 

  

	    	“Depository” means any depository or depositories which hold or whose nominee holds WPP ADRs; 

  

	    	“Company” means WPP plc incorporated in Jersey under the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991 with registered number 101749;1 

  

	    	“Effective Date” means the date on which the Scheme becomes effective, expected to be 12 November 2008;2 

  

	    	“Grant Date” in relation to an Option means the date on which the Option was granted; 

  

	    	“Group Member” means: 

  

	 	(a)	a Participating Company or a body corporate which is (within the meaning of section 736 of the Act or, as the context may require, Articles 2 and 2A of the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991) the
Company’s holding company or a subsidiary of the Company’s holding company; or3 

  

	 	(b)	a body corporate which is (within the meaning of section 258 of the Act or, as the context may require, Articles 2 and 2A of the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991) a subsidiary undertaking of a
body corporate within paragraph (a) above and has been designated by the Board for this purpose;4 

  

	    	“ITEPA” means the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003; 

  

	    	“Key Feature” means a provision of this Plan which is necessary in order to meet the requirements of Schedule 4; 

  

	    	”Option” means a right to acquire Shares or WPP ADRs under the Plan; and a right to acquire Shares shall be known as a “Share Option” and a right to acquire WPP
ADRs shall be known as an “ADR Option”; 

  

	    	“Participant” means a person who holds an Option granted under the Plan; 

  

	    	“Participating Company” means the Company or any Subsidiary; 

  

	    	“Plan” means the WPP 2005 Executive Stock Option Plan as herein set out but subject to any alterations or additions made under Rule 8 below; 

  

	    	“Schedule 4” means Schedule 4 to ITEPA; 

  

	    	“Schedule 9” means Schedule 9 to the Taxes Act 1988; 

  

	    	“Scheme” means the scheme of arrangement set out in part 3 of the circular to share owners of WPP Group plc (registered number 05537577) relating to the recommended proposals
for the introduction of a new parent company by means of a scheme of arrangement under Part 26 of the Companies Act 2006 or with or subject to any modification, addition or condition approved or imposed by the High Court of Justice in England and
Wales;5 

  

	1	Amended by Resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 29 September 2008 

	2	Inserted by Resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 29 September 2008 

	3	Amended by Resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 29 September 2008 

	4	Amended by Resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 29 September 2008 

	5	Inserted by Resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 29 September 2008 

  

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	    	“Share” means an ordinary share in the capital of the Company and for the purposes of Rule 4 (Limits) and, if the context requires, other provisions of the Rules,
“Shares” include WPP ADRs; 

  

	    	“Specified Age” means 65 years of age; 

  

	    	“Subsidiary” means a body corporate which is a subsidiary of the Company within the meaning of section 736 of the Act or, as the context may require, Articles 2 and 2A of the
Companies (Jersey) Law 1991;6 

  

	    	“Taxes Act 1988” means the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988; 

  

	    	“Treasury Shares” means any Shares which are purchased by the Company in accordance with Article 57 of the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991 and held by the Company as treasury
shares pursuant to Article 58A of the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991;7 

  

	    	“WPP ADR” means an American Depository Receipt representing, for the time being, 5 Shares deposited with Citibank NA as depository pursuant to the Deposit Agreement between
the Company and Citibank NA as of 19 November 2008 as amended from time to time and/or any other American depository receipt arrangement sponsored by the Company,8

  

	    	and expressions not otherwise defined herein have the same meanings as they have in Schedule 4. 

  

	1.2	Any reference in the Plan to any enactment includes a reference to that enactment as from time to time modified, extended or re-enacted. 

  

	2	ELIGIBILITY 

  

	2.1	Subject to Rule 2.2 below, a person is eligible to be granted an Option under the Plan if (and only if) he is an executive director or employee of a Participating Company.

  

	2.2	There is no Rule 2.2.9 

  

	2.3	No person is entitled, by virtue of the provisions of the Plan or any other means, to participate as of right in the Plan through the grant of an Award and consequently the receipt of an
Award shall in no circumstances give or imply any right to receive any further award and any further right that is in fact granted to the same Participant may be on the same or on different terms.10 

  

	3	GRANT OF OPTIONS 

  

	3.1	Subject to Rules 3.2 and 3.5 below and Rule 4 below, the Board may grant or procure the grant to any person who is eligible to be granted an Option under the Plan a Share Option or an ADR
Option, upon the terms set out in the Plan; and for this purpose a Share Option to acquire means an option to subscribe for Shares or receive the transfer of Treasury Shares or other Shares as determined by the Board from time to time.

  

	3.2	An Option may only be granted under the Plan: 

  

	 	(a)	within the period of 6 weeks beginning with the date on which the Plan is adopted by the Board or the 6 week period beginning with the dealing day next following the date on which the Company
announces its interim or final results for any period, or at any other time when the circumstances are considered by the Board to be sufficiently exceptional to justify the grant thereof; and 

  
  

	6	Amended by Resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 29 September 2008 

	7	Amended by Resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 29 September 2008 

	8	Amended by Resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 29 September 2008 

	9	Amended by Resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 14 December 2006 

	10	Amended by Resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 21 February 2006 

  

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	 	(b)	within the period of 10 years beginning with the date on which the Plan is approved by shareholders on 26 September 2005. 

  

	3.3	The price at which Shares may be acquired by the exercise of an Option shall be determined by the Board before the grant thereof, but shall not be less than: 

  

	 	(a)	in the case of a Share Option, if Shares of the same class as those Shares are listed in the London Stock Exchange Daily Official List, the lower of the two prices shown for the shares on
that day plus one quarter of the difference between them (as derived from that List or other reputable market source that is able to provide the relevant information at a more appropriate time, even though that source may not be able to guarantee
that the information provided will be identical to that subsequently published in that List) on the Grant Date; 

  

	 	(b)	in the case of a Share Option, if paragraph (a) above does not apply, the market value (within the meaning of Part VIII of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992) of Shares of that
class at the relevant Grant Date, as reasonably determined by the Board; 

  

	 	(c)	in the case of an ADR Option, the fair market value of a WPP ADR as quoted on NASDAQ National Market System over a number of consecutive dealing days (being not more than five) immediately
preceding or ending on the Grant Date; or 

  

	 	(d)	except in the case of an Option to acquire Shares otherwise than by subscription, the nominal value of those Shares. 

  

	3.4	An Option granted under the Plan to any person: 

  

	 	(a)	shall not, except as provided in Rule 6.3 below, be capable of being transferred by him; and 

  

	 	(b)	shall lapse immediately if he is adjudged bankrupt. 

  

	3.5	An Option granted under the Plan to a person shall lapse if that person ceases to be a director or employee of a Group Member, other than by reason of his death, injury or disability, within
six months of the Grant Date unless the Board shall determine otherwise. 

  

	3.6	Except as provided in Rule 7 and paragraph 17 of Appendix 1, no new Option may be granted after the Effective Date.11 

  

	4	LIMITS 

  

	4.1	The number of Shares in respect of which Options 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:

  

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

  

	 	(b)	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 any Group
Member in the ten years immediately before that day 

 shall not exceed 10% of the issued ordinary share capital of the
Company for the time being. 
  
  

	11	Inserted by resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 29 September 2008 

  

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	4.2	The aggregate market value of the Shares subject to an Option granted under the Plan on any day to a Participant may not, when added to the aggregate market value of the Shares (valued at the
date or dates of grant of the relevant Option or Options) which are or have been subject to options granted to him within the preceding twelve months under the Plan or any Relevant Scheme, exceed four times his Annual Remuneration. For the purposes
of this Rule 4.2 the following terms will have the following meanings: 

  

			
	 “Annual Remuneration”
	  	in relation to a Participant, the gross rate of basic annual salary (excluding any bonuses, company pension contributions and any other benefits in kind) payable to the relevant Eligible Employee by
any Group Company as at the relevant Grant Date;
		
	 “Relevant Scheme”
	  	any employees’ share scheme (within the meaning given to that term in section 743 of the Act or, as the context may require, Article 58A of the Companies (Jersey) Law 199112) established by any Group Member (other than savings-related schemes or profit sharing schemes approved by the
Inland Revenue under Schedule 9 to the Taxes Act 1988 or Schedule 3 to ITEPA or any other schemes linked to contractual savings schemes or any share incentive plans approved by HM Revenue & Customs under Schedule 8 to the Finance Act 2000 or
Schedule 2 to ITEPA);

  

	    	and for the purposes of this Rule: 

  

	 	(a)	any Option which shall have been released to any extent shall be treated to that extent as if it were still exercisable; 

  

	 	(b)	shares in a Participating Company shall not be regarded as benefits in kind; 

  

	 	(c)	where a payment of remuneration is made otherwise than in sterling, the payment shall be treated as being of the amount of sterling ascertained by applying such rate of exchange for that day
published in a national newspaper as the Board shall reasonably determine; and 

  

	 	(d)	a person’s remuneration shall be deemed to include fees paid to a company whose principal purpose is to provide his services being services of a nature which he would be expected to
perform as an employee of a Participating Company, and being fees referable to those services and exclusive of VAT. 

  

	4.3	For the purposes of this Rule, the market value of the Shares in relation to which an Option was granted shall be calculated: 

  

	 	(a)	in the case of an Option granted under the Plan, as of the day by reference to which the price at which Shares may be acquired by the exercise thereof was determined in accordance with Rule
3.3 above; 

  

	 	(b)	in the case of an option granted under any option scheme (other than a savings related scheme) approved by HM Revenue & Customs, as at the time when it was granted or, in a case
where an agreement relating to the Shares has been made under paragraph 29 of Schedule 9 or paragraph 22 of Schedule 4, such earlier time or times as may be provided in the agreement; and 

  

	12	Inserted by resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 29 September 2008 

  

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	 	(c)	in the case of any other option, as on the day or days by reference to which the price at which Shares may be acquired by the exercise thereof was determined 

  

	    	and the Board may adopt such exchange rate as it thinks fit for the conversion of one currency to another currency. 

  

	4.4	For the purpose of this Rule 4, any Treasury Shares which are or are to be transferred for the purpose of satisfying options or other awards shall be taken as being Shares that are issued or
to be issued for that purpose. 

  

	4.5	All Options granted under the Plan shall be regarded for the purposes of this Rule 4 as Options that will involve the issue of new Shares unless and until the Board determines that the Option
will be satisfied by the transfer of Shares (or WPP ADRs which have not been created using new Shares issued for the purpose of satisfying options or awards under employee share schemes). The Board may only make such a determination in respect of an
Option that has already been issued if it has made arrangements under which the relevant Shares or WPP ADRs will be available when required. 

  

	4.6	Any Option granted under the Plan shall be limited and take effect so that the above limits are complied with (with all Options being granted on the same day being scaled back on a pro-rata
basis and rounded down to the nearest whole Share or WPP ADR). 

  

	5	PERFORMANCE CONDITIONS 

  

	5.1	An Option granted under the Plan to a director of the Company may not be exercised if the relevant condition is not satisfied; and in this Rule the relevant condition is the condition
in Appendix 8 or such other objective condition relating to performance as may be specified by the Board at the time of the grant of that Option. 

  

	5.2	In determining whether the relevant condition has been met where an Option is to be exercised in accordance with any of Rules 6.3, 6.4(a), 6.4(b), 6.4(c), 7.1 and 7.3, the Board may determine
that the relevant condition should be adjusted on a pro-rated basis to allow for any reduction in time between the Grant Date and the date of cessation, compared to the time between Grant Date and the end of the performance period. Where such a
determination is made, the Board shall be entitled to take into account such information relating to the performance of the Company as it considers to be appropriate and may adjust the method of assessment of the performance condition as it
considers to be appropriate to the circumstances (so that, for example, if the cessation occurs one month after the end of the accounting period in which the Option was granted, the Board may assess the satisfaction of the relevant condition from
the earnings of the Company for the accounting period in which the Option was granted without reference to the performance in the following month). 

  

	5.3	The Board may at the time of grant of any Option, impose conditions on that grant relating to performance and specify terms relating to how those conditions interact with the other provisions
of this Plan. 

  

	5.4	In the event that there are performance conditions that track the performance of the Company before the Effective Date any references to the “Company” shall be interpreted as
follows: 

  

	 	(a)	for the period before 25 October 2005 the reference shall be to WPP 2005 Limited (company number 1003653); and 

  

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	 	(b)	for the period between 25 October 2005 and the Effective Date the reference shall be to WPP Group plc, a public limited company incorporated in England and Wales with registered number
5537577, to be re-named WPP 2008 plc.13 

  

	6	EXERCISE OF OPTIONS 

  

	6.1	The exercise of any Option granted under the Plan shall be effected in such form and manner as the Board may from time to time prescribe. 

  

	6.2	Subject to Rules 6.3 and 6.4 below and to Rules 7.1 and 7.3 below, an Option granted under the Plan may not be exercised before the third anniversary of the Grant Date.

  

	6.3	Subject to Rule 5 above, if any Participant dies before exercising an Option granted to him under the Plan and at a time when either he is a director or employee of a Group Member or he is
entitled to exercise the Option by virtue of Rule 6.4 below, the Option may (and must, if at all) be exercised by his personal representatives within 12 months after the date of his death. 

  

	6.4	If any Participant ceases to be a director or employee of a Group Member (otherwise than by reason of his death), the following provisions apply in relation to any Option granted to him under
the Plan: 

  

	 	(a)	if he so ceases by reason of injury or disability, or by reason only that his office or employment is in a company which ceases to be a Group Member, or relates to a business or part of a
business which is transferred to a person who is not a Group Member, subject to Rule 5 above, the Option may (and subject to Rule 6.3 above must, if at all) be exercised within the exercise period; 

  

	 	(b)	if he so ceases by reason of retirement on or after reaching the retirement age (if any) as specified in his contract of employment (or, if there is no such age, if he retires at
all)14 in each case more than six months after the Grant Date subject to Rule 5 above, the Option may (and subject to Rule 6.3 above must, if at all) be exercised
within the exercise period; and 

  

	 	(c)	if he so ceases for any other reason, the Option may not be exercised at all unless the Board shall so permit, in which event, subject to Rule 5 above, it may (and subject to Rule 6.3 above
must, if at all) be exercised to the extent permitted by the Board within the exercise period; 

  

	    	and in this Rule the “exercise period” is the period which commences on the date of cessation of employment and expires 6 months after such date.15 

  

	6.5	Subject to Rule 6.6 below, a Participant shall not be treated for the purposes of Rule 6.4 above as ceasing to be a director or employee of a Group Member until such time as he is no longer a
director or employee of any Group Member and a female Participant who ceases to be such a director or employee by reason of pregnancy or confinement and who exercises her right to return to work under the Employment Rights Act 1996 (or any
equivalent legislation in any jurisdiction)16 before exercising an Option under the Plan shall be treated for those purposes as not having ceased to be such a director
or employee. 

  

	6.6	Other than in respect of Options granted under the Approved Part, a Participant who gives or is given notice to leave employment as a director or employee of a Group Member in any
circumstances other than death or in those circumstances referred to in Rule 6.4(a) or 6.4(b), shall, if he subsequently ceases to be in such employment, be treated for the purposes of Rule 

  

	13	Inserted by Resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 29 September 2008 

	14	Amended by Resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 14 December 2006 

	15	Amended by Resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 27 April 2007 

	16	Amended by resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 29 September 2008 

  

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6.4 above as ceasing to be a director or employee of a Group Member on the date on which that notice is given (and for the avoidance of doubt any purported exercise by
him of an Option during the period of notice shall be of no effect). If a Participant gives or is given notice to leave employment as a director or employee of a Group Member and the Board subsequently uses its discretion under Rule 6.4(c) to allow
his Option to be exercisable, nothing in this Rule 6.6 will make his Option lapse or cease to be exercisable. 

  

	6.7	Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, an Option granted under the Plan may not be exercised after the expiration of the period of 10 years (or such shorter period as the Board may
have determined before the grant thereof) beginning with the Grant Date. 

  

	6.8	Within 30 days after an Option under the Plan has been exercised by any person, the grantor of the Option shall, in the case of a Share Option, procure the allotment or transfer to him (or a
nominee for him) of the number of Shares in respect of which the Option has been exercised and, in the case of an ADR Option, procure the issue or transfer to him of WPP ADRs in respect of which the Option has been exercised (including, if
appropriate, by procuring the allotment or transfer of Shares to a Depository) unless: 

  

	 	(a)	the Board considers that the issue or transfer thereof would not be lawful in all relevant jurisdictions; or 

  

	 	(b)	in a case where a Group Member is obliged to account for any tax (in any jurisdiction) for which the person in question is liable by virtue of the exercise of the Option, that or another
Group Member is unable to withhold the tax from his remuneration nor has received payment from him of a corresponding amount. 

  

	6.9	All Shares allotted under the Plan shall rank pari passu in all respects with the Shares of the same class for the time being in issue save as regards any rights attaching to such
Shares by reference to a record date prior to the date of the allotment. 

  

	6.10	If Shares of the same class as those allotted under the Plan are listed in the London Stock Exchange Official List, the Company shall apply to the London Stock Exchange for any Shares so
allotted to be admitted to that list. 

  

	6.11	Where any Option becomes exercisable by reason of the provisions of Rules 6.3 or 6.4, the number of Shares or WPP ADRs in respect of which the Option may be exercised shall be reduced on a
pro-rated basis to take account of the fact that the Participant ceased to be a director or employee of a Group Member before the date on which the Option would have become exercisable had the Participant not ceased to be a director or employee of a
Group Member (calculated on the basis of the number of days until the date of such cessation compared to the number of days in the whole period between the Grant Date and the date on which the Option becomes exercisable) unless the Board determines
to the contrary.17 

  

	7	TAKEOVER, RECONSTRUCTION AND WINDING-UP 

  

	7.1	If any person obtains control of the Company (within the meaning of section 840 of the Taxes Act 1988) as a result of making a general offer to acquire Shares in the Company, or having
obtained such control makes such an offer, the Board shall within 7 days of becoming aware thereof notify every Participant thereof and, subject to Rule 5 above and Rules 6.3, 6.4, 6.6 and 6.7 above, an Option granted under the Plan may be exercised
within one month (or such longer period as the Board may permit) of such notification. 

  

	7.2	For the purposes of Rule 7.1 above, a person shall be deemed to have obtained control of the Company if he and others acting in concert with him have together obtained control of it.

  
  

	17	Amended by Resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 27 April 2007 

  

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	7.3	If any person becomes bound or entitled to acquire Shares in the Company under Part 18 of the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991, or if under Part 18A of the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991 the Court
sanctions a compromise or arrangement proposed for the purposes of or in connection with a scheme for the reconstruction of the Company or its amalgamation with any other company or companies, or if the Company passes a resolution for the winding up
of the Company or the assets of the Company are declared en désastre, the Board shall forthwith notify every Participant thereof and any Option granted under the Plan may, subject to Rule 5 above and Rules 6.3, 6.4 and 6.6 above, be
exercised within one month of such notification, but to the extent that it is not exercised within that period shall (notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan) lapse on the expiration thereof.18
 

  

	7.4	The Board may determine (the determination to apply equally to all Options outstanding at the time) that the provisions of Rules 7.1 and 7.3 above will neither cause Options to become
exercisable nor to lapse at different times than would otherwise be the case, if the Board considers that the Options will continue to be an appropriate incentive notwithstanding the changed circumstances, or that the position of Participants can be
adequately preserved by the grant to them of some other right or rights in substitution for or addition to the existing rights. 

  

	7.5	Where any Option becomes exercisable before the end of the period referred to in Rule 6.2 by reason of the provisions of Rules 7.1 or 7.3, the number of Shares or WPP ADRs in respect of which
the Option may be exercised shall be reduced on a pro-rated basis to take account of the early date on which the Option may be exercised (calculated on the basis of the number of days until the end of the period compared to the number of days in the
whole period). 

  

	8	VARIATION OF CAPITAL 

  

	8.1	In the event of any increase or variation of the share capital of the Company (whenever effected), the Board may make such adjustments as it considers appropriate under Rule 8.2 below
provided that the auditors or other financial advisers appointed by the Board 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.

  

	8.2	An adjustment made under this Rule shall be to one or more of the following: 

  

	 	(a)	the number and description of Shares in respect of which any Option granted under the Plan may be exercised; 

  

	 	(b)	the price at which Shares may be acquired by the exercise of any such Option; and/or 

  

	 	(c)	where any such Option has been exercised, but no Shares have been allotted or transferred pursuant to such exercise, the number and description of Shares which may be so allotted or
transferred and the price at which they may be acquired. 

  

	8.3	An adjustment under Rule 8.2 above may have the effect of reducing the price at which Shares may be acquired by the exercise of an Option to less than their nominal value, but only if and to
the extent that the Board shall be authorised to capitalise from the reserves of the Company a sum equal to the amount by which the nominal value of the Shares in respect of which the Option is exercised and which are to be allotted pursuant to such
exercise exceeds the price at which the same may be subscribed for and to apply such sum in paying up such amount on such Shares; and so that on exercise of any Option in respect of which such a reduction shall have been made the Board shall
capitalise such sum (if any) and apply the same in paying up such amount as aforesaid. 

  

	8.4	As soon as reasonably practicable after making any adjustment under Rule 8.2 above, the Board shall give notice in writing thereof to any Participant affected thereby.

  

	18	Amended by resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 29 September 2008 

  

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	9	ALTERATIONS 

  

	9.1	Subject to Rule 9.2 below, the Board may at any time alter or add to all or any of the provisions of the Plan, or the terms of any Option granted under it, in any respect.

  

	9.2	No alteration or addition to the advantage of Participants or potential Participants shall be made under Rule 9.1 above to any Rule of the Plan without the prior approval by ordinary
resolution of the members of the Company in general meeting other than a minor amendment to benefit the administration of the Plan, to take account of a change in legislation, or to obtain or maintain favourable tax, exchange control or regulatory
treatment for any Participant or any Group Member. 

  

	9.3	As soon as reasonably practicable after making any alteration or addition under Rule 9.1 above, the Board shall give notice in writing thereof to any Participant affected thereby.

  

	10	MISCELLANEOUS 

  

	10.1	The rights and obligations of any individual under the terms of his office or employment with any Group Member shall not be affected by his participation in the Plan or any right which he may
have to participate therein, and an individual who participates therein shall by participating be deemed to waive any and all rights to compensation or damages in consequence of the termination of his office or employment for any reason whatsoever
insofar as those rights arise or may arise from his ceasing to have rights under or be entitled to exercise any Option under the Plan as a result of such termination. Any benefit under the Plan shall not be regarded as salary or counted for pension
or any other purpose. Participation in the Plan by any individual is entirely at the discretion of the Board and in no circumstances shall the fact that an individual has received an Option or Options in the past give that individual any right to
receive a further Option or Options.19 

  

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

  

	10.3	The Company and any Subsidiary may provide money to the trustees of any trust or any other person to enable them or him to acquire Shares to be held for the purposes of the Plan (which Shares
may be held by a Depository on behalf of any such trustees or other person) or enter into any guarantee or indemnity for these purposes, to the extent permitted by section 153 of the Act or the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991.20 

  

	10.4	Any notice or other communication under or in connection with the Plan may be given by personal delivery, delivery by email or by sending the same by post, in the case of a company to its
registered office (or to such other address and person as may be specified by that company from time to time), and in the case of an individual to his last known address, or, where he is a director or employee of a Group Member, either to his last
known address or to the address of the place of business at which he performs the whole or substantially the whole of the duties of his office or employment. 

  

	10.5	The Board may establish further plans based on the Plan but modified to take account of local tax, exchange control or securities laws in overseas territories, provided that any Shares made
available under such further plans are treated as counting against the limits expressed in Rules 4.1 to 4.6. 

  

	19	Amended by Resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 21 February 2006 

	20	Amended by resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 29 September 2008 

  

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	10.6	The Plan and any Option 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.21 

  

	11	WITHHOLDING 

  

	11.1	The grant or exercise of any Option under this Plan is subject to the condition that the grant or an exercise of the Option shall not be valid unless the Participant has, in addition to
complying with the other requirements of this Plan, paid or procured the payment to the Group Member which is his employer, or otherwise provided for (in a manner satisfactory to that Group Member or, if appropriate, the trustees of any employee
benefit trust) an amount equal to the Taxation for which any Group Member may be liable by reason of that grant or exercise. 

  

	11.2	Without limitation to 11.1 above, the Company or any other Group Member which is a Participant’s employer or the trustees of any employee benefit trust may withhold any amount and make
such arrangements as it considers necessary which comply with applicable law to meet any liability to Taxation in respect of the grant, exercise or cancellation of Options or other event relating to Options or in respect of any benefit under this
Plan. These arrangements may include the sale of any Shares on behalf of a Participant, which the Participant is deemed to have authorised, to produce a cash sum sufficient to meet the Taxation liabilities referred to in this Rule 11.

  

	11.3	The Company may in its sole discretion waive the requirements set out in this Rule 11 in respect of any part of the Participant’s employer’s liability to Taxation, including in
particular, any employer’s liability to National Insurance Contributions. 

  

	11.4	In this Rule, “Taxation” means all forms of taxation or levy by any state or any political subdivision of a state and includes income tax, Pay as You Earn, National Insurance or
other social security contributions, whether being the primary liability of the employer or the employee, or any other person. 

  

	21	Amended by Resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 21 February 2006 

  

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 APPENDIX 1 
 This Appendix constitutes the HM Revenue & Customs approved part of the WPP 2005 Executive Stock Option Plan (the “Approved Part”). In the event of any conflict between the Plan and Appendix 1, the latter shall
prevail. The terms of the Approved Part are identical to those of the other part of the said Plan, to which this Approved Part is appended except as follows: 
  

	1	In the definition of “Subsidiary” in Rule 1.1, add to the end words “and is under the control of the Company within the meaning of Section 840 of the Taxes Act
1988”. 

  

	2	In Rule 2.1, delete the words “an executive director or employee of a Participating Company.” and substitute the words: 

  

	    	“a full-time director or qualifying employee of a Participating Company. For the purposes of this Rule 2.1: 

  

	    	a person shall be treated as a full-time director of a Participating Company if he is obliged to devote to the performance of the duties of his office or employment with that and any
other Participating Company not less than 25 hours a week (excluding meal breaks); 

  

	    	a qualifying employee, in relation to a Participating Company, is an employee of the Participating Company (other than one who is a director of a Participating Company).”

  

	3	In Rule 2.2, substitute the words “A person is not eligible to be granted an Option under the Plan at any time when he is not eligible to participate in the Plan by virtue of paragraph 9
of Schedule 4 (material interest).”22 

  

	4	Only Share Options, and not ADR Options, shall be granted under the Approved Part and therefore no references to WPP ADRs or ADR Options shall apply in respect of an Option granted under this
Appendix 1. 

  

	5	In Rule 3.1, after the words “procure the grant” add the words “by deed, seal or for consideration” and after the word “Company” in the definition of
“Share”, add the words “which satisfy the requirements of paragraphs 16 – 20 of Schedule 4”. 

  

	6	In Rule 3.2, after the first mention of the word “Board” add the words “the date on which the Approved Part is approved by HM Revenue & Customs under Schedule 4”.
23 

  

	7	In Rule 3.3(a), delete the words “or other reputable market source that is able to provide the relevant information at a more appropriate time, even though that source may not be able to
guarantee that the information provided will be identical to that subsequently published in that list”. 

  

	8	In Rule 3.3(b), delete the words “reasonably determined by the Board” and substitute the words “agreed in advance for the purposes of the Plan with Shares Valuation of HM
Revenue & Customs, on the Grant Date (or such other day as may be agreed with HM Revenue & Customs)”.24 

  

	9	At the end of Rule 3.5 add the words “(provided that in the case of a cessation due to redundancy or retirement within six months of the Grant Date there shall be no such discretion and
the Option shall lapse immediately on such cessation)”, and add the words “acting fairly and reasonably” after the word “Board” where it appears in that Rule. 

  

	22	Amended by Resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 14 December 2006 

	23	Amended by Written Resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 16 February 2006 

	24	Amended by Written Resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 16 February 2006 

  

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	10	Add the following as Rule 4.3A: 

  

	    	“No person shall be granted Options under the Approved Part which would, at the time they are granted cause the aggregate market value (determined as at the date of each relevant grant)
of the Shares which he may acquire in pursuance of Options granted to him under the Approved Part or under any other share option scheme, not being a savings related share option scheme, approved under Schedule 9 or any option scheme approved under
Schedule 4 and established by the Company or by any associated company of the Company (and not exercised) to exceed or further exceed £30,000 or such other limit as may be prescribed in paragraph 6 of Schedule 4”.25 

  

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	 In Rule 5.2, add the words “acting fairly and reasonably” after the word “Board” in the 3rd line.26 

  

	12A	In Rule 6.4(b), add the words “or on or after the Specified Age,” after the words “retires at all),”.27 

  

	12	In Rule 6(4)(c), after the words “the Board” (on both occasions where those words appear) add the words “(acting fairly and reasonably) and, at the end of the Rule, add the
words “provided that the discretions of the Board contained in this Rule 6.4(c) shall not apply in the case of a cessation by reason of redundancy (in which case the Option shall lapse immediately)”. 

  

	13	Add the following as Rule 6.7A: 

  

	    	“A Participant shall not be eligible to exercise an Option under the Plan at any time when he is not eligible to participate in the Plan by virtue of paragraph 9 of Schedule 4”.
28 

  

	14	Delete Rule 6.8 (b) and insert the following as Rule 6.8A: 

  

	    	“In a case where a Group Member is obliged to account for any tax (in any jurisdiction) for which the person in question is liable by virtue of the exercise of the Option, the Board may
require the Participant to make a payment to the Company of an amount equal to the reasonable estimate of the Company of that tax as a condition precedent to the exercise of the Option provided that if that estimate proves to be in excess of the
actual liability then the excess will be refunded to the Participant.” 

  

	15	At the end of Rule 6.11, add the words “acting fairly and reasonably”.29 

 

	16	In Rule 7.1, insert the words “not exceeding four months” after the word “period” in the penultimate line. 

  

	17	Add the following as Rules 7.6 and 7.7: 

  

	 	“7.6  (a)	If any company (the “acquiring company”):  

  

	 	    	obtains control of the Company as a result of making – 

  

	 	(i)	a general offer to acquire the whole of the issued ordinary share capital of the Company which is made on a condition such that if it is met the person making the offer will have control of
the Company, or 

  

	 	(ii)	a general offer to acquire all the Shares in the Company which are of the same class as the Shares which may be acquired by the exercise of Options granted under the Plan, or

  

	25	Amended by Written Resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 16 February 2006 

	26	Amended by Written Resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 16 February 2006 

	27	Amended by Resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 14 December 2006 

	28	Amended by Written Resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 16 February 2006 

	29	Amended by Written Resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 16 February 2006 

  

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	 	       (b)	obtains control of the Company in pursuance of a compromise or arrangement sanctioned by the court under Part 18A of the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991, or30 

  

	 	       (c)	becomes bound or entitled to acquire Shares in the Company under Part 18 of the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991,31

  

	 	    	any Participant may at any time within the appropriate period (which expression shall be construed in accordance with paragraph 26 of Schedule 4), by agreement with the acquiring company,
release any Option granted under the Plan which has not lapsed (the “old option”) in consideration of the grant to him of an option (the “new option”) which (for the purposes of that paragraph) is equivalent
to the old option but relates to shares in a different company (whether the acquiring company itself or some other company falling within paragraph 16(b) or (c) of Schedule 4). 

  

	 	7.7	The new option shall not be regarded for the purposes of Rule 7.6 above as equivalent to the old option unless the conditions set out in paragraph 27 of Schedule 4 are satisfied, but so that
the provisions of the Plan shall for this purpose be construed as if: 

  

	 	(i)	the new option were an option granted under the Plan at the same time as the old option; 

  

	 	(ii)	except for the purposes of the definitions of “Group Member”, “Participating Company” and “Subsidiary” in Rule 1.1 above and the reference to “the
Board” in Rule 6.7 above, the expression the “Company” were defined as “a company whose shares may be acquired by the exercise of options granted under the Plan”; 

  

	 	(iii)	the relevant condition referred to in Rule 6.3 above had been satisfied; and 

  

	 	(iv)	Rule 9.2 below were omitted.” 

  

	18	At the start of Rule 8.1, add the words “Subject to Rule 8.2A below”. 

  

	19	In Rule 8.1, delete the words “increase or.”32 

  

	20	In Rules 8.2(a) and (c), insert the words “(but not the class)” after the word “description”. 

  

	21	Add the following as Rule 8.2A: 

  

	    	“At a time when the Plan is approved by HM Revenue & Customs under Schedule 4, no adjustment under Rule 8.2 above shall be made without the prior approval of HM
Revenue & Customs.” 

  

	22	In Rule 9.1 delete the words “Rule 9.2” and substitute the words “Rules 9.2, 9.2A and 9.2B”. 

  

	23	At the end of Rule 9.1, add the words “(having regard to the fact that, if an alteration or addition which does not solely relate to a special term is made at a time when the Plan is
approved by HM Revenue & Customs under Schedule 4, the alteration or addition to any Key Feature will not thereafter have effect unless and until HM Revenue & Customs have approved the alteration or addition)”.

  

	24	Add the following as Rule 9.2A and 9.2B: 

  

	 	“9.2A	No alteration or addition to the disadvantage of any Participant, other than to a special term, shall be made under Rule 9.1 above unless: 

  

	 	(a)	the Board shall have invited every relevant Participant to give an indication as to whether or not he approves the alteration or addition, and 

  

	30	Amended by resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 29 September 2008 

	31	Amended by resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 29 September 2008 

	32	Amended by Written Resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 16 February 2006 

  

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	 	(b)	the alteration or addition is approved by a majority of those Participants who have given such an indication. 

  

	 	9.2B	No alteration or addition which solely relates to a special term subject to which an Option has been granted shall be made under Rule 9.1 above unless: 

  

	 	(a)	there shall have occurred an event which shall have caused the Board reasonably to consider that the special term would not, without the alteration or addition, achieve its original purpose,
and 

  

	 	(b)	the Board shall act fairly and reasonably in making the alteration or addition which must be no more difficult to satisfy than the original.” 

  

	25	At the end of Rule 9.3, add the words “and if the Plan is then approved by HM Revenue & Customs under Schedule 4, to HM Revenue & Customs.”

  

	26	Add as Rule 9.4: 

  

	    	“Any reference in this Rule to a special term is a reference to a term specified by the Board as mentioned in Rule 3.1 above or a term of the Schedule hereto”.33 

  

	27	Delete Rule 11 and substitute the following Rule 11: 

  

	    	“11. Withholding 

  

	 	11.1	The exercise of any Option under this Plan is subject to the condition that the exercise of the Option shall not be valid unless the Participant has, in addition to complying with the other
requirements of this Plan, paid or procured the payment to the Group Member which is his employer, or otherwise provided for (in a manner satisfactory to that Group Member or, if appropriate, the trustees of any employee benefit trust) an amount
equal to the Taxation for which any Group Member may be liable by reason of that exercise. 

  

	 	11.2	Without limitation to 11.1 above, the Company or any other Group Member which is a Participant’s employer or the trustees of any employee benefit trust may withhold any amount and make
such arrangements as it considers necessary which comply with applicable law to meet any liability to Taxation in respect of the exercise of Options under this Plan. These arrangements may include the sale of any Shares on behalf of a Participant,
which the Participant is deemed to have authorised, to produce a cash sum sufficient to meet the Taxation liabilities referred to in this Rule 11. 

  

	 	11.3	The Company may, acting fairly and reasonably, waive the requirements set out in this Rule 11 in respect of any part of the Participant’s employer’s liability to Taxation, including
in particular, any employer’s liability to National Insurance Contributions. 

  

	 	11.4	In this Rule, “Taxation” means taxation by any state or any political subdivision of a state and includes income tax, Pay as You Earn and primary National Insurance and their
equivalents in jurisdictions outside of the united Kingdom.” 

  

	33	Amended by Written Resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 16 February 2006 

  

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 APPENDIX 2 
 Special Rules Applicable to Grants of Incentive Stock Options 
  

	 	1.	Options granted in accordance with the Plan (either including or excluding Appendix 1 thereto) may be designated as “Incentive Stock Options” (“ISOs”) within the
meaning of section 422 of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “U.S. Tax Code”). 

  

	 	2.	The aggregate number of Shares (including Shares comprised in any WPP ADR) for which ISOs may be granted under Appendix 2 shall not exceed 125,665,004. 

  

	 	3.	The class of persons who may receive ISOs shall, in addition to the limitations imposed by Rule 2 of the Plan, be limited to those persons who are employees of the Company or its
“parent” or “subsidiary” corporations within the meaning of sections 424(f) and (g), respectively, of the U.S. Tax Code. 

  

	 	4.	In addition to any other restrictions contained in the Plan, ISOs shall not be transferable otherwise than by will or the laws of descent and distribution. During the lifetime of the person
to whom an ISO is granted, the ISO shall be exercisable only by such person. 

  

	 	5.	To the extent that the aggregate market value of Shares (including Shares comprised in any WPP ADR) with respect to which ISOs are exercisable (determined without regard to this sentence) for
the first time by a Participant during any calendar year (under all plans or schemes of the Company or its “parent” and “subsidiary” corporations within the meaning of sections 424(f) and (g), respectively, of the U.S. Tax Code)
exceeds US $100,000, such Options shall to the extent of such excess be treated as Options which are not ISOs. For the purposes of the preceding sentence, the market value of any Shares (including Shares comprised in any WPP ADR) subject to an ISO
shall be determined at the time such ISO is granted. 

  

	 	6.	This schedule shall be deemed to be included within the Plan as adopted by shareholders for the purpose of any ISO grants. 

  

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 APPENDIX 3 
 India 
 The plan will apply to options granted to residents in India with the following modifications: 
  

	 	1.	Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, a person is eligible to be granted an option under this Appendix if (and only if) he is a full-time director or qualifying employee (as
defined in Paragraph 2 of Appendix 1) of a Participating Company (whether or not the Company itself) resident in India. 

  

	 	2.	All or any of the terms of the Option may be altered to comply with requirements imposed under applicable exchange control regulations and other laws of India in relation to that Option and
an Option may only be exercised if and to the extent permitted by those regulations.34 

  

	 	3.	Applicable regulations of the Reserve Bank of India (“RBI”) do not currently limit the amount of funds that may be transferred for the purchase of stock pursuant to the exercise of
a stock option under the Plan, but such regulations are subject to change. Any cash balances received in respect of, (i) dividends must be repatriated to India within seven days of receipt, and (ii) proceeds from sale of shares acquired
pursuant to the Plan must be repatriated to India within ninety days of receipt.35 

  

	34	Amended by Resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 21 February 2006 

	35	Amended by Resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 21 February 2006 

  

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 APPENDIX 4 
 Belgium 
 The Plan will apply to Options granted to residents of Belgium with the following modifications. 
  

	 	1.	In Rule 3(4), a further Rule (c) shall be added as follows: 

  

	 	  “(c)	shall be cancelled if he notifies the Company that he refuses to accept the Option or if he fails to accept the Option within 60 days of the date of the Company’s communication to him in
respect of the Option.” 

  

	 	2.	In Rule 6(2), delete the words: 

  

	 	    	“the third anniversary of the Grant Date” 

  

	 	    	and substitute the words 

  

	 	    	“the 1 January following the third anniversary of the Grant Date.” 

  

	 	3.	In Rule 6(3), delete the words: 

  

	 	    	“within 12 months after the date of his death.” 

  

	 	    	and substitute the words 

  

	 	    	“in the later of the period of 12 months commencing with the date of his death or the period of 6 months commencing on 1 January following the third anniversary of the Grant
Date.” 

  

	 	4.	In Rule 6(4), delete the words: 

  

	 	    	“and in this Rule the exercise period is the period which shall expire 6 months after his so ceasing” 

  

	 	    	and substitute the words 

  

	 	    	“and in this Rule the exercise period is the period which shall commence on the 1 January following the third anniversary of the Grant Date (the “Third
Anniversary”) and expire 12 months after his so ceasing or 6 months after the Third Anniversary, whichever shall be the latest.” 

  

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 APPENDIX 5 
 Netherlands 
 The Plan will apply to Options granted to residents of the Netherlands with the following alteration: 
 Rule 11 shall be amended by the insertion of the following Rule: 
  

	 	“10.5	Without prejudice to Rules 11.1 to 11.4 above, each Option is granted subject to the condition that, upon such Option becoming exercisable in accordance with the Rules of the Plan, the
Participant will pay or procure the payment to the Group Member which is his employer or otherwise provide for (in a manner satisfactory to that Group Member or, if appropriate, the trustees of any employee benefit trust), an amount equal to
Taxation which any Group Member or the trustees of any employee benefit trust may be required to withhold on the Participant’s behalf by reason of that Option becoming exercisable. No Option in the Netherlands may be exercised, unless the
Participant has complied with his obligations under this Rule 10.5.” 

  

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 APPENDIX 6 
 Switzerland 
 The Plan will apply to Options granted to the residents of Switzerland with the modification that in Rule 6.7 the words
“and six months” be inserted after the words “10 years”. 
  

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 APPENDIX 736 
 Italy 
 The Plan will apply to Options granted to the
residents of Italy with the following modifications: 
  

	 	1	In Rule 3.3, delete subsections (a) and (c) and replace them with the following provisions: 

  

	 	(a)	in the case of a Share Option, if Shares of the same class as those Shares are listed in the London Stock Exchange Daily Official List, the arithmetical average quotation of Shares of that
class (as derived from that List) over a period from (and including) the Grant Date to the same day of the previous month; 

  

	 	(c)	in the case of an ADR Option, the arithmetical average of the fair market value of a WPP ADR as quoted on NASDAQ over a period from (and including) the Grant Date to the same day of the
previous month; 

  

	36	Amended by resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 20 February 2007 

  

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 APPENDIX 837 
 Executive directors 
  

	 	1	Pursuant and subject to Rule 5, any Option granted to a director of the Company will be subject to the relevant condition given in this Appendix 7. 

  

	 	2	For the purposes of this Appendix 8 references to the “Company” shall be interpreted as follows: 

  

	 	(i)	for the period before 25 October 2005 the reference shall be to WPP 2005 Limited (company number 1003653); 

  

	 	(ii)	for the period between 25 October 2005 and the Effective Date the reference shall be to WPP Group plc, a public limited company incorporated in England and Wales with registered number
5537577, to be re-named WPP 2008 plc; and 

  

	 	(iii)	for the period from and including the Effective Date the reference shall be to the Company, as defined in clause 1.1.38 

  

	 	3	The relevant condition shall be: 

  

	 	3.1	the performance period shall be the period of three calendar years commencing with the start of the accounting period including the Grant Date (or with such later period as may be specified
by the Board at the time of the grant of the Option) (the “Performance Period”). 

  

	 	3.2	that the percentage increase in earnings per share of the Company over the Performance Period shall have exceeded the growth in the RPI by 5% per annum (compounded annually); and

  

	 	3.3	in the event that, at the end of the Performance Period, it is determined that the percentage increase in earnings per share of the Company over the Performance Period has not exceeded the
growth in the RPI by 5% per annum (compounded annually), the Option shall immediately lapse; and 

  

	 	4	For the purposes of the relevant condition: 

  

	 	4.1	Growth in Earnings Per Share shall be calculated by dividing the Earnings Per Share in respect of the third of the three consecutive financial years by the Earnings Per Share achieved in the
financial year ending immediately prior to the first day of the first of those three consecutive financial years (commencing no earlier than the financial year in which the Grant Date occurs). 

  

	 	4.2	Growth in the Retail Prices Index shall be calculated by dividing such Retail Prices Index as is published in respect of the month containing the last day of the third of the three
consecutive financial years referred to in 4.1 above by such Retail Prices Index as was published in respect of the month containing the last day of the financial year of the Company ending immediately prior to the first day of the first of those
three consecutive financial years. 

  

	 	5	The Board may make such fair and reasonable adjustments to the terms of the relevant condition as in its opinion it considers appropriate to take account of any Issue or Reorganisation.

  

	37	Amended by Resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 20 February 2007 

	38	Inserted by Resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 29 September 2008 

  

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	 	6	If SSAP 3 and/or FRS 3 are modified, replaced or substituted or if the composition of the Retail Prices Index changes and/or the Retail Prices Index is replaced by another similar index, the
Board may make such adjustments to the terms of the relevant condition as it in its opinion considers to be fair and reasonable. 

  

	 	7	Any adjustments made to the Performance Target pursuant to paragraphs 5 and 6 above shall be in accordance with and subject to Rule 9 of the Scheme and that any adjusted Performance Target
will in the reasonable opinion of the Board be materially no more difficult and no less difficult to satisfy than the Performance Target to which the exercise of the Option was originally subject;39 

  

	 	8	As soon as is reasonably practical following the end of any relevant financial year of the Company the Board shall determine whether the Performance Target has been satisfied and shall notify
the Participant in writing if it has been satisfied and once satisfied the Option may, subject as otherwise provided in the Rules, be exercised at any time during the Option Period notwithstanding that for subsequent financial years the Growth in
Earnings Per Share may not exceed the Growth in the Retail Prices Index. 

  

	 	9	Any calculations or determinations by the Board in accordance with the Performance Target shall not be open to question and shall be final and binding on all persons concerned. The Board may
request the Auditors to carry out any or all of the calculations and determinations of it in connection with the Performance Target. If so, the Auditors shall act as experts and not as arbitrators and their calculations and determinations shall not
be open to question and shall be final and binding on all persons concerned. 

  

	 	10	For the purposes of the relevant condition the following terms shall have the following meanings: 

  

	 	    	“Earnings Per Share” means the earnings per share (as defined in SSAP 3 paragraph 10 as amended by FRS 3) of the Company determined in accordance with such standards and as
shown in the audited financial statements of the Company after making such adjustments to the earnings per share as the Board in its opinion considers appropriate in order to ensure that the measure of earnings per share for the relevant financial
years is on a fair and consistent basis including, without limitation, the following adjustments to earnings per share for the relevant financial years: 

  

	 	10.1	a proportionate upwards or downwards amendment in a case where the relevant financial year is more than or less than a calendar year; and/or 

  

	 	10.2	ignoring all exceptional and extraordinary items as defined in paragraphs 5 and 6 of FRS 3; and/or 

  

	 	10.3	ignoring the results of discontinued operations as defined in paragraph 4 of FRS 3. 

  

	 	    	“FRS” means Financial Reporting Standard of the Accounting Standards Board Limited. 

  

	 	    	“Issue or Reorganisation” means any capitalisation issue (other than the issue of shares pursuant to the exercise of an option given to the shareholders of the Company to
receive shares in lieu of dividend) or rights offer or any other variation in the share capital of the Company including (without limitation) any consolidation, subdivision or reduction of capital of the Company. 

  

	39	Amended by Written Resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 16 February 2006 

  

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	 	    	“Retail Prices Index” means the Retail Prices All Items Index Table: Indices back to 1947 (Table RP02) as published by the Office for National Statistics or any table which
replaces it. 

  

	 	    	“SSAP” means Statement of Standard Accounting Practice of the Accounting Standards Board Limited. 

  

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 APPENDIX 940 
 Taxpayers Subject to Section 409A of the United States Internal Revenue Code 
 The plan will apply to participants who are taxpayers subject to Section 409A of the United States Internal Revenue Code (“Section 409A”), with the following modifications: 
  

	 	1.	The options granted under the plan are intended to be exempt from the requirements of Section 409A by satisfying the requirements of the exemption set forth under
Section 1.409A-1(b)(5)(i)(A) of the United States Treasury Regulations or other applicable guidance (the “Exemption”). The plan shall be construed and interpreted in accordance with such intent. Any discretion afforded to any person
or entity under the plan the existence of which itself would cause an option to fail to satisfy the requirements of the Exemption is hereby removed from the plan. 

  

	 	2.	At the end of Rule 3.3(c) after the words “Grant Date”, add the words “provided that the price shall in no case be less than fair market value determined in accordance with
Section 409A.” 

  

	 	3.	Add the following as Rule 8.5: 

  

	 	    	“Notwithstanding the foregoing, only adjustments permitted by Section 409A shall be permitted to be made under Rule 8, including pro rata adjustments necessary to reflect a stock
split, reverse stock split, and stock dividend.” 

  

	40	Amended by Resolution of the Compensation Committee dated 9 August 2007 

  

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