CORPORATE GOVERNANCE Remunerations The total remuneration of those, who were non-executive directors in <strong>2002</strong> amounted to 323,500 Euros, of which 306,500 as a fixed remuneration for directorship, membership of the committees and attendance fees and 17,000 Euros as a variable sum. The variable part is proportional to the dividend per share: for every 5 Eurocents dividend per share exceeding 0.15 Euro per share, the directors received a remuneration of 2,000 Euros per director. There are no stock options or warrants attributed to the non-executive directors. The executive directors together received director’s fees of 54,000 Euros, of which 50,000 were fixed fees. The overall gross remuneration paid to those who were members of the Board of Management in <strong>2002</strong>, amounted to 3,216,462 Euros, of which 2,359,132 Euros were fixed and 857,330 were variable. Furthermore, those who were member of the Board of Management during <strong>2002</strong> own a total of 329,450 stock options or warrants, attributed to them in different tranches. Of these 78,000 are warrants with a strike price of 22 Euros, which are exercisable from January 1, 2003 to November 20, 2005. The option tranches attributed to the same people amounted to respectively 50,850, 80,600 and 120,000 stock options with strike prices of respectively 22, 20 and 18 Euros. The first option tranche is exercisable from January 1, 2004 to May 19, 2006 – the second tranche from July 6, 2004 to July 6, 2007 and the last from August 26, 2005 to August 26, 2008. Policy regarding the appropriation of the result The Board of Directors’ proposals to the General Shareholders’ Meeting with regard to the allocation and distribution of the result take into consideration several factors such as the company’s financial situation, the operating results, the current and expected cash flows and the plans for expansion. Main shareholders In accordance with the Law on the publication of important participating interests in listed companies, Gevaert N.V. notified that it currently holds directly and indirectly 25% of the outstanding shares of the company. Highfields Capital Management, Och-Ziff Capital Management, Fidelity Investments and Deutsche Bank declared to own 9.68%, 7.95%, 5.05% and 3.99% of the shares respectively. Auditor <strong>Agfa</strong>-Gevaert N.V.’s auditor is Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler represented by Messrs Karel Van Oostveldt and Erik Helsen. The auditor was reappointed at the <strong>Annual</strong> Meeting of April 24, 2001 for a period of 3 years. <strong>Agfa</strong> annual report <strong>2002</strong> 34
<strong>Agfa</strong>-Gevaert Group Financial Statements 35 <strong>Agfa</strong> annual report <strong>2002</strong>