The Remuneration Committee carefully considers commitments made to directors in respect of remuneration which would impact on early termination. The Company retains the right to terminate the contract of any executive director summarily, in accordance with the terms of their service agreement, on payment of a sum equivalent to the contractual notice entitlement of 12 months’ salary and specified benefits. In line with best practice for all current executive directors, the Company reserves the right on termination to make phased payments which are paid in monthly instalments and subject to mitigation. Entitlement to participate in future share schemes ceases on termination. Further details of the Company’s termination policy are detailed of pages 58 – 59 of the Annual Report.
All share awards granted in 2013 and onwards are subject to mauls provision. Under the terms of these provisions, the Committee has discretion to reduce, cancel or impose further conditions on unvested awards in circumstances it considers appropriate, including for example, a material misstatement of the Company’s audited results