Directors’ Remuneration Report

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Audited information

The following information, comprising details of the directors’ remuneration, directors’ pension provision, the Group’s equity incentive schemes and compensation for a past director, is audited in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.

Directors’ remuneration

Remuneration

The directors’ remuneration for 2010 amounted to £1,564,000 (2009: £1,482,000) analysed as follows:

Director’s name Salary
£000
Bonus
£000
Benefits
£000
Fees
£000
2010 Total
£000
2009 Total
£000
Christopher Rodrigues 150 3 153 274
John Harnett 450 120 18 588 479
David Broadbent 250 68 32 350 282
Charles Gregson 49 49 45
Tony Hales 62 62 45
Edyta Kurek* 44 44
John Lorimer** 32 32
Nicholas Page 64 64 60
Ray Miles 33 33 97
Craig Shannon 179 10 189 200
Total 1,029 188 63 284 1,564 1,482

*Edyta Kurek was appointed as a director on 15 February 2010.
**John Lorimer was appointed as a director on 12 May 2010.
†Ray Miles ceased to be a director on 12 May 2010.
‡Craig Shannon ceased to be a director on 6 August 2010. Further details in relation to him are set out below in the section: Compensation for a past director.

John Harnett has been awarded a bonus of £360,450 constituting 80.10% of his 2010 basic salary. Of this, 49.97% was payable by reference to pre-tax profit of the Group for 2010 and 30.13% was payable by reference to personal objectives.

David Broadbent has been awarded a bonus of £202,750 constituting 81.10% of his 2010 basic salary. Of this, 49.97% was payable by reference to pre-tax profit of the Group for 2010 and 31.13% was payable by reference to personal objectives.

Details of objectives are set out above in the section: Statement of the Company’s policy on directors’ remuneration: bonuses. Two thirds of the bonuses will be deferred into shares under the Deferred Share Plan, thus only the cash element is shown above.

Incentive Plan

Awards

Awards under the Incentive Plan are shown below. All awards lapsed during the year as the performance condition was not met.

Director’s name Awards held at 31 Dec 2009 Awards lapsed on 16 July 2010 Awards held at 31 Dec 2010 Performance condition period Market price of shares at date of  grant (p)
Christopher Rodrigues 0.6% (0.6%) 16 Jul 2007 – 15 Jul 2010 250
John Harnett 0.6% (0.6%) 16 Jul 2007 – 15 Jul 2010 250
  0.1% (0.1%) 16 Jul 2007 – 15 Jul 2010 156
David Broadbent 0.4% (0.4%) 16 Jul 2007 – 15 Jul 2010 250

Notes to awards

The awards potentially made available to participants, and thus are shown as, a percentage of the earned value pool at the end of the performance period. The total of this pool could have been up to 3% of the total return to shareholders in the performance condition period.

© International Personal Finance 2012

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