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[ 2006 REMUNERATION ]
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Supervisory Board

In accordance with article 26 of the Company’s articles of association, the remuneration of the Supervisory Board is determined by the general meeting of shareholders. As from the Annual General Meeting held on 29 April 2005, the annual remuneration is set at the amounts included in the table below:


in Euro Chairman Member
Supervisory Board 50,000 35,000
Audit Committee 5,000 3,500
Remuneration and Appointment Committee 3,500 2,500
Payment for expenses 4,500 3,500


In 2006, the remuneration of the members of the Supervisory Board amounted to €215,000 compared to €167,000 in 2005. The remuneration of the individual members of the Supervisory Board is set out in the table below:
 

in Euro, unless otherwise stated Base compensation Committee compensation Payment of expenses Other payments
W.C.J. Angenent – Chairman 50,000 6,000 4,500  
R.J. Laan – Vice-Chairman 35,000 3,500 3,500  
H.M.E.V. Giscard d’Estaing 1) 23,333 1,667 2,333  
B.C. Hodson 1) 23,333 2,333 2,333  
P. Kaminsky 2) 11,667 833 1,167 USD 30,000
D. Sinninghe Damsté 35,000 5,000 3,500  
Total 178,333 19,333 17,333  

1) Effective 28 April 2006 following appointment to the Supervisory Board
2) Until 28 April 2006 when resigned as a member of the Supervisory Board

In addition to her remuneration as a member of the Supervisory Board, Ms Kaminsky received a fixed annual remuneration of USD 30,000 relating to consulting activities undertaken for Vedior subsidiaries in the United States. The members of the Supervisory Board do not receive any performance or equity related compensation and do not accrue pension rights with Vedior N.V.

Number of (depositary receipts of) ordinary Vedior shares held by members of the Supervisory Board

Supervisory Board   Number of (depositary receipts of) ordinary shares
   
  2006 2005
W.C.J. Angenent 22,608 22,608
H.M.E.V. Giscard d’Estaing 500  
P. Kaminsky   1,018
Total 23,108 23,626
     
 

  Board of Management

In 2006, the total remuneration (including pension and social security contributions) of the members of the Board of Management amounted to €5.2 million, including severance payment for Mr Preisig, compared to €4.8 million in 2005.

Effective 1 January 2006, base salaries of members of the Board of Management have been increased from between 7%-18% to set them at a median level relative to a reference group, based on a comparison with the December 2005 figures of a reference group.

Following Mr Preisig’s resignation as a member of the Board of Management, his responsibilities have been reassigned to the other operational members of the Board of Management. Taking their new responsibilities into account, their base salaries have been increased by €25,000 for Mr Salle and Mr Valks and by €50,000 for Mr Wilkinson, effective 1 May 2006.

Effective 1 January 2007, base salaries of members of the Board of Management have been increased by 3.3%, which increase reflects the correction for inflation and economic trends at the time.



The base salaries of the members of the Board of Management are set out in the table below:

in thousands of Euro 2006 2005
C.K.Z. Miles 655 601
A.J. Preisig 1) 115 357
P. Salle 482 425
P. Valks 402 325
F. Vervoort 385 330
B. Wilkinson 421 342
Total 2,460 2,380
     
 
1) Until resignation as a member of the Board of Management on 28 April 2006.

Annual cash bonus
Based on the level of achievement of the budgeted operating income of the Group or the budgeted operating income of the companies for which a member of the Board is responsible, the cash bonuses paid are set out in the table below:

    Bonus paid as % of base
in thousands of Euro 2006 2005 salary 2005
C.K.Z. Miles 373 571 62%
A.J. Preisig 81 352 24%
P. Salle 317 281 75%
P. Valks 325 285 100%
F. Vervoort 201 320 62%
B. Wilkinson   128  
Total 1,297 1,937  
       


Cash bonuses paid in any year relate to the performance in the previous year.

Stock options and restricted shares
In 2006, no options were allocated under the Company’s stock option plan and a total of 332,766 (2005: 380,995) (depositary receipts of) ordinary shares under the Company’s restricted share plan were allocated to members of the Board of Management. Mr Salle received a final cash payment of €151,598 (2005: €148,693) relating to the performance share plan of a Group subsidiary, for which he was formerly directly responsible.

Pensions
The Company incurred the following charges for pension schemes of members of the Board of Management.

in thousands of Euro 2006 2005
C.K.Z. Miles 79 72
A.J. Preisig 1) 17 26
P. Salle  
P. Valks 317 168
F. Vervoort 257 82
B. Wilkinson 44 34
Total 714 382
     
1) Until resignation as a member of the Board of Management on 28 April 2006.

Additional benefits
Members of the Board of Management receive additional benefits including medical and life insurance, accident insurance, a company car or a car allowance. All of these benefits are in line with local practice in the country of residence of each Board member. The Company also provides Directors and Officers liability insurance.

Severance pay
As of May 2006, Mr Preisig has left the Company. He is receiving severance payment amounting to €563,000. Part of the restricted shares that we granted to Mr Preisig in 2005 vested based on the achievement of the performance targets measured over the relevant period.


Directors’ interests in Vedior shares

The tables showed on  this page show the number of outstanding options and restricted shares granted to the Board of Management.

The table below shows the number of (depositary receipts of) ordinary Vedior shares held by the members of the Board of Management at the end of the year, in addition to their interests in Vedior options and restricted shares.



Number of (depositary receipts of) ordinary Vedior shares held by members of the Board of Management

Board of Management   Number of (depositary receipts of) ordinary shares
at year-end 2006 2005
C.K.Z. Miles 160,563 150,563
P. Valks 11,401  
F. Vervoort 25,346 214
B. Wilkinson 34,881 4,479
Total 232,191 155,256