We make our customers successful. - Oerlikon Barmag

Professional background: Relationship Manager for Corporate finance for Swiss multinational companies
at Chase Manhattan Bank, Zurich. Managing Director of Multirac Export AG, Baar. Head of Sales at
Rieter AG, Winterthur.
Tasks previously carried out for Saurer: General Manager, Texparts GmbH until December 31, 2003.
4.3 Management contracts. Saurer does not have management contracts with third parties.
5. Compensation, shareholdings and loans to
Directors and Senior Management.
5.1 Content and method of compensation. For the Board of Directors, the following forms of compensation
apply:
> Board fees cash
> Other cash compensations (expense allowances, company cars)
> Consulting fees for special projects*
> Saurer employee stock option program
* Board members of Saurer have special experience in the areas of finance, process management, innovation
management, Asian markets or textile and automotive industry. In order to make use of this
experience beyond the limited framework of Board meetings, Saurer occasionally extends consulting and
review assignments to Board members. These assignments in the past were limited to projects with an
effort from 5 to 40 workdays. Consulting assignments are compensated with fees comparable to market.
Board fees and other cash compensations have been decided by the full Board.
The Chairman and the CEO decided the allocation of stock options to Board members.
The following methods of compensation are applied on the level of Senior Management:
> Base salary cash
> Cash bonuses, also including payments under the stock option program for employees of Graziano
(transmission systems)
> Other cash compensations (expense allowances, company cars, etc.)
> Pension fund and other benefit allocations
> Saurer employee stock option program
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