Share Incentive Plan (SIP) terms and conditions for online applications

If I apply to participate in the Plan using the electronic facility provided, the following provisions will apply.(references to “the company” and where investments are held in trust, “the Trustee”, refer to definitions in the rules of the Plan for which I am applying).

The Company and/or the Trustee and/or Equiniti Limited have the right to withdraw the electronic application facility at any time.

The Company and/or the Trustee and/or Equiniti Limited may insist on a written application instead of an electronic application.

If I submit multiple applications the most recently dated application (that is received prior to any published closing date) will be given precedence. I acknowledge that if I apply in writing I should allow 5 days from receipt of the application before the information in it is processed and displayed.

The information that I provide to gain access to the service together with my acceptance of the terms and conditions will, when I confirm my application, constitute my electronic signature.

The Company and/or the Trustee and/or Equiniti Limited may allow me to modify my application using the electronic application facility.  If so, they may implement a cut-off date, after which I will no longer be able to modify my application.

Excess demand on the service and circumstances beyond the Company's and/or the Trustee's and/or Equiniti Limited’s reasonable control may mean it is not always possible to use the electronic application facility.

The Company and/or the Trustee will take reasonable steps to ensure that the electronic application facility is available but neither they nor Equiniti Limited are responsible for systems beyond their reasonable control or any incompatibility between my systems and the electronic application facility.

I acknowledge that the electronic application facility enables me to give instructions directly to the Company and/or the Trustees.  Such instructions are not to be regarded as instructions given directly to Equiniti Limited (even if Equiniti Limited’s website or other facilities are used in connection with electronic applications).

I acknowledge that the Company (and not Equiniti Limited) is responsible for processing the electronic application, for determining how the data in the application is processed as well as for the information provided by the electronic application.

If I subscribe for Equiniti Limited’s Shareview or portfolio creation service, or any other service in connection with the Plan, Equiniti Limited will be entitled to use and process the information which I enter to gain access to that other service.

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