SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 8 Employee share ownership plans

Part IX The trustees

Power of trustees to raise funds to subscribe for rights issue

72

1

The trustees may dispose of some of the rights arising under a rights issue in order to be able to obtain sufficient funds to exercise other such rights.

This power is subject to paragraph 71(1) (duty to act in accordance with participant’s directions).

2

In this paragraph references to rights arising under a rights issue are to rights conferred in respect of a participant’s plan shares to be allotted, on payment, other shares or securities or rights of any description in the same company.