Common use of Performance Adjustments Clause in Contracts

Performance Adjustments. 4.1 If the Executive: (a) commits an act of fraud, dishonesty, deceit, breach of fiduciary duty or other gross misconduct; (b) does or omits to do something that results in a set of audited accounts of a Group Company being materially wrong or misleading; and either (i) those accounts have to be materially corrected; or (ii) a subsequent set of accounts or data have to be adjusted or include a provision or write down as a result of that act or omission; or (iii) a liquidation event occurs in relation to that Group Company; or (c) knew or should have known that any information used to calculate any STIP awarded to him was incorrect; or (d) prior to the award or payment of any STIP award, committed any material wrongdoing that had the Company known of it would have entitled the Company to terminate the Executive’s employment in accordance with clause 15 of the Agreement, then the Compensation Committee can decide that: (i) any STIP award or part of a STIP award awarded to him pursuant to this Agreement will be cancelled; and/or (ii) any STIP award or part of a STIP award paid to him in satisfaction of any STIP award under this Agreement must be repaid by the Executive. 4.2 This sub-clause 4.2 applies if, at any time prior to the third anniversary of the payment of any STIP awarded pursuant to this Agreement, the Compensation Committee determines that any of the circumstances described in sub-clauses 4.1(a) to 4.1(d) has arisen. 4.3 If sub-clause 4.2 applies, the Compensation Committee can decide that the relevant STIP award or part of the STIP award will be cancelled or should not have been paid and must be repaid by the Executive to compensate the Company for any overpayment. 4.4 Subject to sub-clause 4.5 the Executive will, if required to do so by the Compensation Committee, repay to the Company or to another Group Company as notified by the Company the amount of cash that the Compensation Committee determines is required to compensate the Company for any overpayment.

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Sources: Service Agreement (WPP PLC)

Performance Adjustments. 4.1 If the Executive: (a) commits an act of fraud, dishonesty, deceit, breach of fiduciary duty or other gross misconduct; (b) does or omits to do something that results in a set of audited accounts of a Group Company being materially wrong or misleading; and either (i) those accounts have to be materially corrected; or (ii) a subsequent set of accounts or data have to be adjusted or include a provision or write down as a result of that act or omission; or (iii) a liquidation event occurs in relation to that Group Company; or (c) knew or should have known that any information used to calculate any STIP awarded to him was incorrect; or (d) prior to the award or payment of any STIP award, committed any material wrongdoing that had the Company known of it would have entitled the Company to terminate the Executive’s employment in accordance with clause 15 of the Agreement, then the Compensation Committee can decide that: (i) any STIP award or part of a STIP award awarded to him pursuant to this Agreement will be cancelled; and/or (ii) any STIP award or part of a STIP award paid to him in satisfaction of any STIP award under this Agreement must be repaid by the Executive. 4.2 This sub-clause 4.2 applies if, at any time prior to the third anniversary of the payment of any STIP awarded pursuant to this Agreement, the Compensation Committee determines that any of the circumstances described in sub-clauses 4.1(a) to 4.1(d) has arisen. 4.3 If sub-clause 4.2 applies, the Compensation Committee can decide that the relevant STIP STlP award or part of the STIP award will be cancelled cancelled, or should not have been paid and must be repaid by the Executive to compensate the Company for any overpayment. 4.4 Subject to sub-clause 4.5 the Executive will, if required to do so by the Compensation Committee, repay to the Company or to another Group Company as notified by the Company the amount of cash that the Compensation Committee determines is required to compensate the Company for any overpayment. 4.5 If the Executive was subject to tax, social security contributions or other levies (Taxes) on payment of the STIP award, and in the Compensation Committee’s reasonable opinion he will not get a credit or repayment of some or all of the Taxes, the Compensation Committee will reduce the amount of cash that the Executive can be required to transfer under sub-clause 4.4 by the amount that reflects the Taxes in respect of which credit or repayment is unavailable. 4.6 The Compensation Committee will act reasonably in using its authority under sub-clauses 4.1 to 4.5 of this Schedule 2.

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Sources: Service Agreement (WPP PLC)