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Structural Current Proposal KM’s decision

Points
Eligibility What happens to an employee with 4 HR to share the count of individuals
years 11 months service. Will a new set of reaching their fifth-year milestone as of
awards be granted next cycle—would we March 2025.
communicate now they are eligible next
year?
Incentive FIVE would carry a much lower The value of the award will be disclosed
Vehicle accounting cost to the awards if they were upfront upon granting, which will then be
delivered as shares now. That is because converted into specific number of shares
employees would realise value at the IPO at the IPO price.
price at vest, whilst the Company would
account for the expense at current fair
market value—the “gain” is free. Doing
this however (as an RSU scheme) would
sacrifices the ability to guarantee the
value at vest, making the plan harder to
communicate. Is this tradeoff desirable?
Funding Is the plan affordable if the LTI award Yes
Decisions cannot be granted via shares?

Are FIVE comfortable with the cost of the The revised dilution model to be
plan (from a dilution perspective) under circulated by AON, assuming that all
the maximum scenario (1.52%)? individuals within the critical group will
eventually receive a 3x award before the
commencement of vesting in the third
year.

Will FIVE adopt an annual or periodic Following the IPO, a new plan,
grant cycle thereafter? preferably an ESOP, will be introduced
for the employees.
Pay Internal equity perspective of employees Employees within the critical group will
Quantum within the critical group receiving differing receive either a 3x or 1.5x award. A 3x
Comparison LTI awards as a % of base salary award will be granted to individuals with
a rating of 5, while those with a rating of
4 will receive a 1.5x award. Individuals
with a rating of 4 will also receive a
retroactive additional grant upon
achieving a rating of 5, entitling them to
the 3x award.
Performance Assuming IPO occurs: If an employee Forfeit the 25% to be vested in that
Measure does not meet performance conditions in particular year for individuals who
a given year, are the shares awarded achieve a rating of 3. To be specific, if a
forfeited or rolled-over? With vesting for 3 3-rating is attained, awards will vest at
performers at 75% of target, proposal to 75%, at 100% for a 4-rating, and at
forego rollover (adds complication) 125% for a 5-rating.

Should the IPO bonus shares have a pay- The IPO bonus will be tied to a $2.5
out curve for performance just shy of the billion valuation, with the administrator
target IPO range of $2.25bn - $2.5bn having discretion over the bonus if the
(e.g., 0% - 100% vesting between $2bn achieved valuation falls short of the
and $2.25bn? target.
Apart from the valuation target, the IPO
bonus will not be contingent on any
vesting conditions, including individual
employee ratings.

Vesting of bonus shares will occur at


IPO, with shares subject to a 6-months
lock-up.

The payout range of 0% to 200% of


target (assuming bonus shares are
earnt) is in line with the market
however Aon would recommend
introducing a pay-out curve, rather
than the bucket approach, to the
bonus share structure as a minimum.
Payout in case of no IPO If the company performance objective is
not met, 50% of the target payout will be
disbursed. This payout will be distributed
in cash, and if spread over three years,
each installment will also be contingent
on individuals achieving a rating of 4. In
the event of an individual receiving a
rating of 3, 25% of the cash payment
vested for that particular year will be
forfeited.

If the company performance objective is


achieved but the IPO is prevented due to
a strategic shift, the entire target payout
will be disbursed. This payment will be
distributed in cash, and if spread over
three years, each installment will also be
contingent on individuals achieving a
rating of 4. Should an individual receive
a rating of 3, 25% of the cash payment
vested for that specific year will be
forfeited.
Corporate Objectives - Performance The performance metric will be the
cumulative performance over years
according to the budget, linked to a
single number (EBITDA) at the group
level.
Grants and Frequency of Vesting Quarterly or annual vesting – yet to be
Vesting determined by KM.
provisions
Vesting schedule by year differs between
service (40% / 30% / 30%) and critical
employees (25% / 35% / 40%).

To tackle the liquidity issue, our plan


involves pursuing dual listing on both the
LSE and DFM. AON to incorporate this
strategy into the LTI framework and
identify any potential issues that may
arise.

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