SEC Contract Filing

Filing Date: 2016-05-25

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<div><a name="s6CE5EE912BEDE511293DBA06D55D6AB4"></a></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:16pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:16pt;font-weight:bold;">FOURTH AMENDMENT</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:16pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:16pt;font-weight:bold;">TO THE</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:16pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:16pt;font-weight:bold;">ENSCO PLC</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:16pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:16pt;font-weight:bold;">2012 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:12px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">THIS AMENDMENT is effective the 24 day of March 2016, by Ensco plc, having its principal office in London, England (hereinafter referred to as the &#8220;Company&#8221;).</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">WITNESSETH:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:12px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">WHEREAS, the Company adopted the Ensco plc 2012 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the &#8220;Plan&#8221;) effective 1 January 2012;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:12px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company, upon recommendation of the Executive Compensation Subcommittee of its Compensation Committee, has authorized and approved this Fourth Amendment to the Plan during a meeting held on 24 March 2016; and</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:12px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">WHEREAS, the Company now desires to adopt this Fourth Amendment to the Plan for the purpose of amending Section 5(a) of the Plan to increase the aggregate number of shares available for issuance under the Plan, such amendment to be subject to approval by the Company&#8217;s shareholders at the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders on 23 May 2016;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:12px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and covenants herein contained, the Company hereby adopts the following Fourth Amendment to the Plan:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;padding-left:48px;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">1. Section 5(a) of the Plan is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as set forth below, subject to approval by the Company&#8217;s shareholders at the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders on 23 May 2016.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">(a)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Basic Limitation</font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">.</font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">&#32;&#32;Subject to adjustment pursuant to </font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">Section 11</font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">, the aggregate number of Shares that are available for issuance under this Plan shall not exceed 27.5 million (27,500,000) Shares (the &#8220;Plan Maximum&#8221;), reduced by the total number of Shares subject to any awards granted under the 2005 LTIP during the period commencing on 1 January 2012 and ending on the date of the 2012 Annual Meeting (the &#8220;Pre-Effective Period&#8221;). Any Shares that are subject to Awards of Options, whether granted under this Plan or the 2005 LTIP during the Pre-Effective Period, shall be counted against the Plan Maximum as one (1) Share for every one (1) Share granted. Any Shares that are subject to Awards other than Options, whether granted under this Plan or the 2005 LTIP during the Pre-Effective Period, shall be counted against the Plan Maximum as two (2) Shares for every one (1) Share granted. The Committee shall not issue more Shares than are available for issuance under this Plan. The number of Shares that are subject to unexercised Options at any time under this Plan shall not exceed the number of Shares that remain available for issuance under this Plan. The Company, during the term of this Plan, shall at all times reserve and keep available sufficient Shares to satisfy the requirem