SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 2U.K.Approved share incentive plans

Part 11U.K.Supplementary provisions

Jointly owned companiesU.K.

91(1)This paragraph applies for the purposes of the provisions of the SIP code relating to group plans.U.K.

(2)Each joint owner of a jointly owned company is to be treated as controlling every company within sub-paragraph (3).

(3)The companies within this sub-paragraph are—

(a)the jointly owned company, and

(b)any company controlled by that company.

(4)However, no company within sub-paragraph (3) may be—

(a)a constituent company in more than one group plan, or

(b)a constituent company in a particular group plan if another company within that sub-paragraph is a constituent company in a different group plan.

(5)In this paragraph a “jointly owned company” means a company—

(a)of which 50% of the issued share capital is owned by one person and 50% by another, and

(b)which is not controlled by any one person.

(6)This paragraph does not apply for the purposes of paragraph 27(1)(b) (requirement that plan shares are in a company not under another company’s control).