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BRENNTAG UK LIMITED

Albion House, Rawdon Park, Green Lane, Yeadon


Leeds LS19 7XX, UK
United Kingdom
28th, July 2016

Regulations
&
Conditions of Employment

This contract of employment is between Muhammad Umair of Pakistan, hereinafter known as the
Employee, and Brenntag UK Limited of the United Kingdom hereinafter known as the
Company.
The Regulations and Conditions of Employment as set out herein will be deemed to constitute a
Contract of Employment, in fulfillment of current employment legislation. You will be required to
sign at the space provided at the end of these conditions, agreeing to adhere to the Companys
Conditions of Employment.
1.

DUTIES

1.1

You shall be employed as a/an Sales Engineer.

1.2

You shall diligently and faithfully perform all duties required in your position. You shall

devote your full time, effort and attention to the performance of your duties and shall act in all
respects in accordance with the instructions and directions given to you by your immediate
supervisor.
1.3

You will be subject to, and must comply with, the provisions of the Company's policies, rules

and regulations implemented from time to time during the course of your employment, including
organizational changes affecting your title, responsibilities and reporting structure.
1.4

You shall not commit any act which shall prejudice or is detrimental to the Company's

reputation or business.
2.

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT

2.1

Starting Date: Your employment shall commence on the 21st of September, 2016, and will

continue on an at-will basis unless terminated in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

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2.2

Duration: The duration of this contract is 3 (three) years, and is subject to renewal.

2.3

Place of Work: The Employee shall be based in Leeds, UK.

2.4

Probationary Period: A paid probationary period of 3 months will apply. A pay raise and a

letter, notifying you of your appointment to permanent staff, will be issued at the end of a
successfully completed probationary period.
2.5

Hours of Work: The hours of work shall be a total number of 40 hours per week, as shall

be set out by the Company from time to time but in any event shall at all times be in compliance with
the provisions of the Organization of Working Time Act, 1997. The exigencies of the business may
require you to work longer hours from time to time including weekends. You will be compensated for
work time that exceeds standard hours at a rate of 1.5 times the regular hourly rate provided that
overtime work is approved in advance by employer.
3.

REMUNERATION & PACKAGES

3.1

Net Salary: Your net salary shall be 6,000 GBP (Six Thousand British Pounds) per

month and payable on every last Friday of the month on a 12-month basis in accordance with the
Company's customary payroll practices as in effect from time to time. Payment shall be by direct
debit into the Employees bank account, the account details to be provided by the Employee to the
Company on the execution of the within contract. Salary and contract period shall also be liable to
increments with time and employee official promotions and position in service.
3.2

Performance bonuses: Up to 3% of your monthly salary, paid into a bank account of your

choice.
3.3

Discretionary Bonus: The Company will take into account your performance and

contribution to the Company's business, as well as the financial performance of the Company's
business, in determining whether you will receive any bonus and the amount thereof.
3.4

BRENNTAG UK LIMITED STANDARD BENEFITS (EMPLOYER-PROVIDED BENEFITS ARE

TAX-DEDUCTIBLE TO THE EMPLOYER AND NON-TAXABLE TO THE EMPLOYEE) INCLUDE THE


FOLLOWING:
On resumption of duty, you shall be entitled to Health Insurance Coverage; Medical, Prescription,
Vision and Dental Plans; Health and Wellness Programs; Group-term Life and Long-term Care
Insurance Plans; Disability Income Protection; Fitness Centers; Retirement Benefits Plans; Flexible

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Workplace; Stock Options; Education Assistance Programs; Tuition Reimbursement; Relocation


Assistance; Child Care Benefits; Social Security; Cafeteria Plans, Living Allowance and Transportation
Allowance/Benefits as established by the policies of the Company, which may be amended from time
to time.
Often, perks like take-home vehicles, hotel stays, and leisure activities on work time (golf, etc.),
stationery gift sets, and vacation scheduling are given to employees who are doing notably well
and/or have seniority and they may also be given first chance at job promotions when vacancies
exist.
3.5

IN THE COURSE OF JOINING US, BRENNTAG UK LIMITED WILL PROVIDE YOUR;

VISA(S): Employees joining us from outside the European Economic Area (EEA) or Switzerland
should note that Brenntag UK Limited will secure their visa(s), and if he/she is coming along with the
members of their family, their visa(s) will as well be issued too.
PERMIT(S): Brenntag UK Limited will also be responsible for the securing of your work/residence
permit papers to enable you live and work here in the United Kingdom, where we operate.
FLIGHT TICKET(S): Brenntag UK Limited will provide your flight ticket and, flight tickets for family
members will also be issued, if we are aware that you are relocating with members of your family.
ACCOMMODATION (EMPLOYER-PROVIDED AND EMPLOYER-PAID): Apposite accommodations
will be provided to Employees joining us from outside the European Economic Area (EEA) or
Switzerland, single and family apartments are available. Brenntag UK Limited will take care of your
accommodation for the duration of your contract.
4.

ANNUAL LEAVE

4.1

The number of paid annual leave that you will be entitled to will be subject to the Company's

policy (which may be amended from time to time in our sole discretion). You shall otherwise observe
the public holiday/work day schedule. Any holiday shall be taken at such times as approved having
regard to the commercial requirements of the Company's business. If your employment commences
or terminates part way through any calendar year, your holiday entitlement for that year shall be
assessed on a pro rata basis.
4.2

Upon termination of employment,

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(a)

we shall be entitled to make deductions from your final pay for any annual holiday

taken in excess of your annual holiday entitlement; and


(b)
4.3

you shall be entitled to payment in lieu of any unused annual holiday entitlement.

In addition to the nine Public Holidays, twenty working days holiday is allowed during a full

calendar year, 1st January to 31st December in accordance with the provisions of the Organization of
Working Time Act, 1997.
Under the Working Time Regulations employees are entitled to four weeks' paid leave per year.
Under the regulations holiday pay entitlements cannot be carried forward into the next year and
holidays may not be replaced by payments in lieu.
4.4

Absence through Illness and Statutory Sick Pay: The Management must be notified as

soon as possible after 9.00 am in all cases where a member of the staff is unable to attend at the place
of work. A medical certificate is required if absence extends beyond three consecutive days and
should cover the period until the staff member is declared fit for work. Dental appointments, visits to
the doctors, etc, should, where possible, be arranged outside working hours.
Employers must pay Statutory Sick Pay, (SSP), to employees unable to work during sickness or injury
for four days or more.
4.5

MATERNITY AND PARENTAL LEAVE:

Maternity Rights: Under the Employment Rights Act 1996, the Employment Relations Act 1999 and
the Maternity and Parental Leave Regulations, female employees are entitled, (with no minimum
service periods), to:
Paid time off to receive ante-natal care,
Protection from dismissal by reason of pregnancy or childbirth,
Ordinary maternity leave of up to 18 weeks,
Compulsory maternity leave whereby a woman is not allowed to return to work within two weeks of
giving birth,
The right to return to work after ordinary maternity leave.

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Parental Leave: Parents, including parents of adopted children, with one year's service or more are
entitled not to be unreasonably refused up to thirteen weeks' unpaid parental leave to care for a child
within five years of the child's birth or adoption. Parents taking parental leave are protected from
receiving detrimental treatment or dismissal because of the parental leave.
Leave of Absence: Approval and duration of unpaid personal leave shall be at the discretion of the
Company.
Grievance Procedure: The Company is most anxious that legitimate grievances raised by an
Employee are expeditiously and fairly resolved. Any member of staff who has a grievance relating to
his/her employment should discuss it with the Company.
5.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES

According to the United Kingdom employment equality law which legislates against prejudice-based
actions in the workplace.
Employers must not discriminate against employees because of their age, disabilities, gender
reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation. The
employer's duties are set out in the Equal Pay Act 1970, Sex Discrimination Act 1975, Race Relations
Act 1976, Disability Discrimination Act 1995, Part-Time Workers (Prevention of Less Favorable
Treatment) Regulations 2000, Fixed Term Employees (Prevention of Less Favorable Treatment)
Regulations 2002, and The Equality Act 2006 & 2010.
6.

RESTRICTION ON OTHER EMPLOYMENT

During your employment with the Company, you may not without our prior written consent engage
in any form of business or employment other than your employment with the Company, whether
inside or outside your normal hours of work. At no time shall you engage, whether directly or
indirectly, in any activity that is or may be in conflict with, or that might place you in a position of
conflict with the Company. You shall adhere to the Company's policies with respect to ethical code of
conduct, conflict of interest and business opportunities.
7.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

You acknowledge and agree that all intellectual or creative property discovered or developed by you
during the course of your employment, including but not limited to form of documents, agreements,
business models, business plans, marketing plans, financial forecasts and models, computer
programs, codes (whether source codes or object codes), algorithms, know-how, formulas, processes,

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ideas, inventions (whether patentable or not), schematics and other technical, business, marketing,
financial and product development plans, forecasts, strategies and information (collectively, the
"Intellectual Property") shall belong to the Company. The Intellectual Property shall be deemed to
originate in the course of your employment and termination of your employment shall not divest the
Company of exclusive ownership of any such Intellectual Property. You shall, at any time during the
term of this Agreement or at any time thereafter, assist the Company in obtaining and maintaining
any patent, copyright, trademark or other protection for the Intellectual Property in any country.
8.

CONFIDENTIALITY

8.1
You acknowledge that in the course of your employment, you will have access to and be
entrusted with information with respect to the business, operations, legal matters, financial standing,
shareholding and corporate structure, contractual agreements, technology, infrastructure,
transactions, affairs, ideas, concepts, know-how, methodologies and trade secrets of the Company,
our shareholders, customers or business partners, all of which information is or may be confidential.
8.2

You hereby agree that you shall not (except in connection with the proper discharge of your

duties) during or after the period of your employment divulge to any party or otherwise make use of
(and shall use your best efforts to prevent the publication or disclosure of) any trade secret or any
confidential information of the Company, our shareholders, customers or business partners,
including without limitation, the Intellectual Property.
8.3

You agree to execute any confidentiality agreement or any other document relating to the

protection of such confidential information as may from time to time be required by the Company,
our shareholders, customers or business partners.
8.4

All notes, files and documentation, whether in paper or electronic form, containing any of the

Company's trade secrets or confidential information which are acquired, received or made by you
during the course of your employment and all personal property, including without limitation, all
books, manuals, records, reports, notes, contracts, lists, blueprints and other documents or materials,
or copies thereof, and equipment furnished to or prepared by you during the course of your
employment and containing any of the Company's trade secrets or confidential information shall
remain the property of the Company, and you shall surrender the same to a designated person of the
Company at the termination of your employment or at the request of the Company at any time during
the course of your employment.
9.

NON-COMPETITION

9.1

You hereby covenant that during your employment, you shall not be engaged or interested

(whether as a director, shareholder (except as ownership of shares in public traded companies for

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portfolio investment purposes), agent, partner or employee) in any business concern of whatever
kind which shall be in competition with the Company.
9.2

You hereby represent that as of the Effective Date, you are not and will not be subject to, by

virtue of becoming an employee of the Company, any non-compete obligation with respect to any
third party.
9.3

You hereby agree that, upon commencement of your employment, you will enter into a non-

competition agreement (the "Non-Competition Agreement") which requires that, within 6 months
after your termination date, you will not become a director, officer, employee, independent
contractor, representative, consultant, service provider, partner or a shareholder (to the extent more
than 5%) of any competitor of the Company.
10.

NON-SOLICITATION

10.1

You hereby covenant that during the term of your employment and for a period of twelve

(12) months after the termination of your employment, you shall not, either on your own behalf or
on behalf of any third party, canvass, solicit or approach any person, firm or company who was a
customer of or was in any business arrangement with the Company.
10.2

You hereby covenant that during your employment and for a period of twelve (12) months

after the termination of your employment, you shall not, either on your own
behalf or on behalf any third party, solicit or entice or endeavor to solicit or entice away any
employee of the Company.
11.

TERMINATION

11.1

Dismissal: The Company hopes that it will not become necessary to dismiss an Employee,

however, it must be understood that there are certain breaches of Company Rules for which, after the
facts have been ascertained, an Employee may be summarily dismissed or suspended, without pay,
pending further investigations. In such an event, an Employee will be afforded a full right of
representation of his/her case to the Company before a final decision is made. Continued failure to
adhere to normal Company requirements, including timekeeping, attendance, job performance,
confidentiality in relation to all the Companys affairs and general conduct will result in an Employee
being subject the following procedure:
The Employee will receive a verbal warning.

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The Employee will receive a first formal written warning advising that continued failure to improve
on the specific aspect of performance will lead to disciplinary action.
The Employee will receive a final formal written warning.
The Employee will be suspended for a fixed period, without pay.
The Employee will be dismissed in the event of it becoming absolutely clear that no, or insufficient,
improvement on the aspect of performance is forthcoming.
At all times the Employer will abide by procedural fairness under current employment legislation
when dealing with dismissals from the Company.
11.2

The Company shall have the right to terminate your employment immediately without

compensation for Cause or upon any other ground pursuant to any applicable employment law. For
purposes of this Agreement, "Cause" means:
(i)

the commission by you of an act of theft, embezzlement, fraud, dishonesty, ethical

breach or other similar acts, or commission of any criminal offence;


(ii)

a material breach of any agreement or understanding between you and the

Company including, without limitation, any applicable invention assignment, employment, noncompetition, confidentiality or other similar agreement;
(iii)

misrepresentation or omission of any material fact in connection with your

employment;
(iv)

a material failure to perform your duties, to obey a reasonable direction of a

supervisor or to abide by the policies or codes of conduct of the Company; or


(v)

any conduct that is materially adverse to the name, reputation or interests of the

Company.
11.3

Notice Periods: Staffs who wish to terminate their employment with the Company are

expected to give the following notice:


All Employees on Probation 1 week
Employees appointed to Permanent Staff 1 month
Senior/Management Staff 2 months

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or in times of conflict in accordance with Section 4 of the Minimum Notice and Terms of Employment
Act, 1973. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company, may, at its discretion, waive its right to
notice.
11.4

Following termination of your employment, you shall fully cooperate with us in all matters

relating to the winding up of pending work and the orderly transfer of work to other employees of
the Company. All books, manuals, records, reports, plans, presentations, financial and operating data,
notes, contracts, lists, blueprints and other documents or materials regarding the business of the
Company, and equipment furnished to you in the course of or incident to your employment shall be
the property of the Company (the "Company Property"). You shall not remove any Company
Property at any time without proper advance authorization and shall return all Company Property in
your possession or under your control to designated persons of the Company upon termination of
your employment.
12.

EMPLOYING ENTITY; INTRA-GROUP TRANSFERS

You agree that you may be required to enter into legal employment relationships with one or more of
the affiliates within the Company in order to achieve the purposes of this Agreement based on the
terms and conditions herein. We may, from time to time, transfer your employment to any of the
affiliates within the Company provided that all periods of employment with any affiliate within the
Company shall count as a continuous period of service.
13.

GENERAL

13.1

In the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be determined to be invalid,

void or unenforceable, such provision shall be deemed to be deleted from this Agreement and the
remaining provisions of this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect.
13.2

This Agreement is personal to you and cannot be assigned to any third party.

13.3

This Agreement may be signed and accepted in counterparts and by the parties on separate

counterparts, each of which when executed shall be an original but all counterparts shall together
constitute one and the same document.

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14.

THE HOME OFFICE UK BORDER AGENCY

You will be required to secure a Clearance Certificate from the Home Office UKBA as part of the UKs
immigration law for skilled workers. You will be responsible for the payment of the Home Office
UKBA FEES as the company has a standing policy of NOT sponsoring the Home Office UKBA
clearance process.
Nevertheless, a reimbursement policy has been put in place to ensure all reasonable costs incurred
during the Home Office UKBA clearance process are fully reimbursed. Please DO NOT sign the
contract if you DISAGREE with our decision NOT to sponsor the Home Office UKBA clearance
process. If you AGREE, further information will be provided to you on how to go about it and we
expect the Clearance Certificate to be submitted to us before the 15th of August, 2016.
We take the opportunity of welcoming you to our company and trust that our association will be a
long and mutually rewarding one. We hope you agree that you have a great contribution to make and
that you will find working here a rewarding experience.
Yours faithfully,

Brett, Richards
Manager, Human Resources
Brenntag UK Limited

Yardley, Auden
Director, Human Resources
Brenntag UK Limited

I have read and understood the terms of the above Agreement. I accept this offer of employment with
Brenntag UK Limited and agree to be bound by the Regulations and Conditions of Employment as
contained in the Foregoing.

_________________________________
Full Name

__________________________________
Signature & Date

Brenntag UK Limited Albion House, Rawdon Park, Green Lane, Yeadon Leeds LS19 7XX

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