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Directors' remuneration

The information provided in the following pages of this report has been audited by KPMG Audit Plc.

     Total remuneration
excluding pensions
  Basic salaries and fees
£000
Performance payments1
£000
Benefits2
£000
For the year ended 30 September 2009
£000
For the year ended 30 September 2008
£000
Executive Directors     
Dr Volker Böttcher347440512891743
Paul Bowtell490547161,0531,005
Peter Long8501,238352,1222,029
Johan Lundgren45975672731,4371,109
Christoph Mueller5426 19445750
William Waggott43043516881835
Non-Executive Directors     
Tony Campbell55  5555
Clare Chapman65  6565
Bill Dalton55  5555
Rainer Feuerhake55  5555
Dr Michael Frenzel (Chairman)300  300300
Jeremy Hicks70  7070
Sir Michael Hodgkinson (Deputy Chairman)200  200200
Dr Erhard Schipporeit55  5550
Dr Albert Schunk55  5550
Harold Sher55  5550
Giles Thorley55  5555
Former Directors    2,402
Total4,2873,1923717,8499,878

1. ’Performance payments’ include bonus awards in cash in respect of participation in the Annual Bonus Plan and the Value Creation Synergy Plan but exclude bonus awards in deferred shares, details of which are set out on here. Messrs Böttcher, Bowtell, Long and Waggott achieved the maximum level for both annual bonus and VCSP. Mr Lundgren achieved 86.3% of the maximum for annual bonus and the maximum for VCSP.

2. ’Benefits’ incorporate all tax assessable benefits arising from the individual’s employment. For Messrs Bowtell, Long and Waggott, this relates in the main to the provision of a fully expensed company car or car allowance and private healthcare cover, and for Messrs Böttcher and Mueller the provision of a fully expensed company car or car allowance. In addition to the provision of a fully expensed company car or car allowance and private healthcare cover, Mr Lundgren relocated from Sweden to the UK on 1 August 2009 and received relocation, housing and education benefits.

3. In calculating remuneration for Mr Böttcher, payments made during the year in EUR have been converted at 1.15 units to 1 GBP, being the average exchange rate for the period 1 October 2008 to 30 September 2009.

4. In calculating remuneration for Mr Lundgren, payments made during the year in SEK have been converted at 12.19 units to 1 GBP, being the average exchange rate for the period 1 October 2008 to 31 July 2009.

5. Mr Mueller resigned as a Director on 27 May 2009 and ceased employment on 31 August 2009 due to redundancy. In calculating his remuneration, payments made during the year in EUR have been converted at 1.15 units to 1 GBP, being the average exchange rate for the period 1 October 2008 to 31 August 2009.