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Note 23 Remuneration of
the Supervisory Board and
the Board of Management


Total compensation to key management personnel amounted to €12.9 million (2009: €9,2 million), €7.4 million relates to short term employee benefits (2009: €5,7 million); €1.7 million to post-employment benefits (2009: €1,0 million) and €3.8 million to share-based payments (2009: €2.5 million).

Supervisory Board

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Committee allowance fee

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In €

Total remuneration

Remuneration

Attendance fee

Audit committee

Remuneration committee

Nomination committee

Employer’s charges

Total remuneration

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

2010

1

Also member of the Nomination Committee.

2

Until March 5, 2009.

Karel Vuursteen, Chairman1

115,500

100,000

2,500

15,000

2,300

119,800

Maarten van den Bergh2

19,200

Uwe-Ernst Bufe, Deputy Chairman

85,500

60,000

15,000

2,300

77,300

Virginia Bottomley1

82,200

50,000

12,500

10,000

2,300

74,800

Dolf van den Brink

77,200

50,000

2,500

20,000

72,500

Peggy Bruzelius

84,700

50,000

17,500

15,000

2,300

84,800

Antony Burgmans1

69,200

50,000

2,500

15,000

67,500

Peter Ellwood1

80,500

50,000

10,000

10,000

2,300

72,300

Louis Hughes

117,200

50,000

30,000

15,000

2,300

97,300

Total

731,200

460,000

92,500

50,000

35,000

15,000

13,800

666,300

Members of the Supervisory Board receive a fixed remuneration: €100,000 for the Chairman, €60,000 for the Deputy Chairman and €50,000 for the other members. Members of committees receive an extra compensation. Members living outside the Netherlands receive an attendance fee dependent on the country of residence. Members who are resident in the Netherlands do not receive an attendance fee except for meetings held outside the Netherlands.

In accordance with the Articles of Association and good corporate governance practice, the remuneration of Supervisory Board members is not dependent on the results of the company.

We do not grant share-based compensation to our Supervisory Board members, neither do we extend loans. Travel expenses and facilities for members of the Supervisory Board are borne by the company and reviewed by the Audit Committee.

The shares in the company owned by Supervisory Board members serve as a long-term investment in the company.

Shares held by the members of the Supervisory Board

 

 

 

Number of shares at year-end

2009

2010

 

 

 

Karel Vuursteen

400

400

Uwe-Ernst Bufe

500

Virginia Bottomley

1,758

1,758

Dolf van den Brink

500

Peggy Bruzelius

500

500

Antony Burgmans

500

Peter Ellwood

500

500

Louis Hughes

500

Board of Management

Active members

The individual contracts of the members of the Board of Management are determined by the Supervisory Board within the framework of the remuneration policy adopted by the Annual General Meeting of shareholders. For more detailed information on the decisions of the Supervisory Board with respect to the individual contracts of the members of the Board of Management, see the Remuneration report.

Board remuneration

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In € 

Salary

Short-term incentives

Other short-term benefits

Post-employment benefits

Share-based compensation

Total remuneration

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2009

2010

2009

2010

2009

2010

2009

2010

2009

2010

2009

2010

Hans Wijers

760,000

765,700

464,000

1,284,200

4,100

4,400

458,400

722,500

777,600

1,007,000

2,464,100

3,783,800

Leif Darner

570,000

574,300

339,300

513,000

151,900

151,800

208,600

272,200

546,600

741,000

1,816,400

2,252,300

Rob Frohn

570,000

574,300

339,300

513,000

54,400

7,100

146,000

206,900

546,600

741,000

1,656,300

2,042,300

Tex Gunning1

380,000

574,300

226,200

513,000

2,700

4,400

88,900

277,200

277,600

628,700

975,400

1,997,600

Keith Nichols

570,000

574,300

339,300

513,000

171,400

213,300

124,700

204,400

400,700

709,000

1,606,100

2,214,000

Total

2,850,000

3,062,900

1,708,100

3,336,200

384,500

381,000

1,026,600

1,683,200

2,549,100

3,826,700

8,518,300

12,290,000

Short-term incentive

The Supervisory Board decided in late 2009 to defer the receipt of 50 percent of the short-term incentive for the CEO and 25 percent for the other members. This deferred payment was made subject to the company achieving its medium-term target of an EBITDA margin of 14 percent at the end of 2011. Because this target was achieved in 2010 the Supervisory Board justified the pay-out of the deferred short-term incentive of 2009 in February 2011. As a consequence, an amount of €464,000 will be paid to Mr. Wijers and €113,100 to the other members of the Board of Management. These amounts are included in the short-term incentives as mentioned above; the regular short-term incentive over 2010 amounted to €820,200 for Mr. Wijers and €399,900 for the other Board members.

Post-employment benefits

Pension premiums were incurred over the deferred short-term incentive over 2009. These amounts, together with the premiums over the 2010 remuneration, are included in the post-employment benefits as presented above.

Other short-term benefits

Other short-term benefits include employer’s charges and other compensations. Employer’s charges refer to social contributions and healthcare contributions. The social charges of Mr. Nichols (€162,200) related to employer’s contribution in the UK. A compensation for living expenses and home leave allowances was paid to Mr. Darner (€147,400) and Mr. Nichols (€51,100).

Share-based compensation

The costs for share-based compensation are non-cash and related to the performance-related share plan following IFRS 2.

Stock options

As from 2008, no stock options were granted to the members of the Board of Management. The aggregate numbers of stock options held by the members of the Board of Management were as follows:

Number of options

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year of issue

Exercise price in €

Outstanding at January 1, 2010

Exercised in 2010

Outstanding at December 31, 2010

Expiry date

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hans Wijers

2002

46.53

14,850

14,850

April 25, 2012

 

2003

19.51

29,700

(29,700)

April 22, 2010

 

2004

31.45

23,000

23,000

April 25, 2011

 

2005

31.98

23,000

23,000

April 24, 2012

 

2006

46.46

19,800

19,800

April 26, 2013

 

2007

58.89

19,800

19,800

April 26, 2014

Value of outstanding options (in €)

 

 

 

 

1,013,400

 

Leif Darner

2004

31.45

15,000

(15,000)

April 25, 2011

 

2005

31.98

15,000

(15,000)

April 24, 2012

 

2006

46.46

13,000

13,000

April 26, 2013

 

2007

58.89

13,000

13,000

April 26, 2014

Value of outstanding options (in €)

 

 

 

 

171,100

 

Rob Frohn

2006

46.46

13,000

13,000

April 26, 2013

 

2007

58.89

13,000

13,000

April 26, 2014

Value of outstanding options (in €)

 

 

 

 

171,100

 

Keith Nichols

2006

46.46

3,000

3,000

April 26, 2013

 

2007

58.89

3,750

3,750

April 26, 2014

Value of outstanding options (in €)

 

 

 

 

44,300

 

Performance-related shares

With regard to the performance related shares granted to the members of the Board of Management in 2008, the final vesting percentage of the 2008 granted equaled zero (series 2007-2009: 150.78 percent).

The shares of the series 2007 - 2009 have vested in 2010 and were delivered to the individual Board members in 2010.

Shares in the company and options of the members of the Board of Management are held in an account, administered by the Stichting Executive Management Beheer. This Foundation acts as an independent portfolio manager for AkzoNobel participants. We do not provide loans to members of the Board of Management.

Number of performance-related shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Series

Balance at January 1, 2010

Granted in 2010

Vested in 2010

Forfeited in 2010

Dividend in 2010

Balance at December 31, 2010

Vested on January 1, 2011

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hans Wijers

2007 – 2009

34,680

34,680

 

2008 – 2010

18,352

18,352

 

2009 – 2011

38,463

1,175

39,638

 

2010 – 2012

24,400

744

25,144

Leif Darner

2007 – 2009

22,768

22,768

 

2008 – 2010

12,672

12,672

 

2009 – 2011

28,795

879

29,674

 

2010 – 2012

18,300

558

18,858

Rob Frohn

2007 – 2009

22,768

22,768

 

2008 – 2010

12,672

12,672

 

2009 – 2011

28,795

879

29,674

 

2010 – 2012

18,300

558

18,858

Tex Gunning

2008 – 2010

4,224

4,224

 

2009 – 2011

28,795

879

29,674

 

2010 – 2012

18,300

558

18,858

Keith Nichols

2007 – 2009

6,408

6,408

 

2008 – 2010

9,540

9,540

 

2009 – 2011

28,795

879

29,674

 

2010 – 2012

18,300

558

18,858

Shares held by the Board of Management

 

 

 

Number of shares at year-end

2009

2010

 

 

 

Hans Wijers

58,234

75,324

Leif Darner

36,473

51,162

Rob Frohn

33,056

22,751

Keith Nichols

3,443

7,069

Former members of the Board of Management

In 2010, charges for former members of the Board of Management amounted to €382,000 (2009: €66,600), mainly due to pension expenses.

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