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Annual Report 2016
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Directors’ service agreements and letters of appointment
The dates on which directors’ service agreements/initial letters of appointment commenced and the current expiry dates are as follows:
Chairman and executive directors Commencement date Expiry date of current service agreement or letter of appointment
Sir Michael Rake 26 September 2007 The agreement is terminable by the company on 12 months’ notice and by the
director on six months’ notice.
Gavin Patterson 10 September 2013 Initial term until 10 September 2014, and thereafter terminable by the company
on 12 months’ notice and by the director on six months’ notice.
Tony Chanmugam 1 October 2013 Initial term until 1 October 2014 and thereafter terminable by the company on
12 months’ notice and by the director on six months’ notice.
Non-executive directors
Tony Ball 16 July 2009 Letter of appointment was for an initial period of three years. The appointment
was extended for a further three years in June 2015 following extension in 2012.
Nick Rose 1 January 2011 Letter of appointment was for an initial period of three years. The appointment
was extended for a further three years in December 2013.
Jasmine Whitbread 19 January 2011 Letter of appointment was for an initial period of three years. The appointment
was extended for a further three years in December 2013.
Karen Richardson 1 November 2011 Letter of appointment was for an initial period of three years. The appointment
was extended for a further three years in October 2014.
Iain Conn 1 June 2014 Letters of appointment are for an initial period of three years.
Isabel Hudson 1 November 2014
Mike Inglis 1 September 2015
Tim Höttges 29 January 2016
Appointed as a non-independent non-executive director under the terms of the
Relationship Agreement between BT and Deutsche Telekom. The appointment is
terminable immediately by either party.
There are no other service agreements, letters of appointment or material contracts, existing or proposed, between the company and any
of the directors. There are no arrangements or understandings between any director or executive ocer and any other person pursuant
to which any director or executive ocer was selected to serve. Simon Lowth, the incoming Group Finance Director joins the company
on 4 July 2016. There are no family relationships between the directors.
Inspection by the public
The service agreements and letters of appointment are available for inspection by the public at the registered oce of the company.
They will also be available for inspection commencing one hour prior to the start of our AGM, to be held in Cardi on 13 July 2016.
Tony Ball
Chairman of the Remuneration Committee
4 May 2016