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Annual report 2010 - Dexia.com

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Declaration of corporate governanceThe Appointment and Compensation CommitteeCompositionThe Appointment and Compensation Committee is <strong>com</strong>posedof three to seven non-executive directors, including theChairman of the Board of Directors, and has a majority ofindependent directors. The <strong>com</strong>mittee has the necessaryexpertise in Compensation policy. The Chief Executive Officermay attend but he may not be a member of the Appointmentand Compensation Committee (as he is not a non-executivedirector).The members of the Appointment and CompensationCommittee are (as at 31 December <strong>2010</strong>):• Jean-Luc Dehaene, Chairman of the Board of Directors,independent director and chairman of the <strong>com</strong>mittee;• Christian Gia<strong>com</strong>otto, independent director;• Francine Swiggers, director;• Antoine Gosset-Grainville, director (1) ;• Francis Vermeiren, director;• Catherine Kopp, independent director (2) ;• Robert de Metz, independent director (3) .Responsibilities (as at 31 December <strong>2010</strong>):Regarding CompensationThe Committee proposes:• the Compensation for the Chairman of the Board and theChief Executive Officer and, based on the Chief ExecutiveOfficer’s re<strong>com</strong>mendation, the Compensation for the membersof the Management Board;• the granting of stock options in application of the generalprinciples defined by the Board of Directors.It is consulted moreover on the policy of <strong>com</strong>pensation andincentives for top executives of the Group, as well as thepolicy regarding employee share plans.It also makes re<strong>com</strong>mendations on the fees paid to directorsand the allocation of those fees to directors.Within the context of these tasks, the <strong>com</strong>mittee <strong>com</strong>plieswith re<strong>com</strong>mendations, circulars and all other international,French and Belgian regulations on <strong>com</strong>pensation andcorporate governance.(1) Antoine Gosset-Grainville was appointed a member of the Appointmentand Compensation Committee on 31 January 2011 replacing Augustin deRomanet de Beaune.(2) Catherine Kopp was appointed a member of the Appointment andCompensation Committee on 24 February <strong>2010</strong>.(3) Robert de Metz was appointed a member of the Appointment andCompensation Committee on 31 January 2011.Regarding appointmentThe Appointment Committee prepares decisions for the Boardof Directors relating to:• proposals for the appointment and renewal of the mandateof directors made by the Board to the Shareholders’ Meeting,as well as proposals for co-opting directors;• determination of independence criteria enabling a directorto be qualified as "independent";• qualification of an existing member or a new member ofthe Board of Directors as an independent director;• appointment of members of the specialist <strong>com</strong>mittees ofthe Board of Directors and their chairmen;• appointment and renewal of the mandate of the ChiefExecutive Officer;• appointment and renewal of the mandate of the Chairmanof the Board;• proposals from the Chief Executive Officer concerningthe <strong>com</strong>position, organisation and operating mode of theManagement Board of <strong>Dexia</strong> SA;• amendments to the internal rules of the Board ofDirectors.For these purposes, the Committee is responsible formonitoring procedures adopted by major listed <strong>com</strong>panies interms of <strong>com</strong>position and operation of Boards of Directors.Operation and activities during the <strong>2010</strong> financialyearThe Appointment and Compensation Committee met fivetimes in <strong>2010</strong> and dealt in particular with the followingsubjects:• <strong>com</strong>position of the Board of Directors;• <strong>com</strong>position of the specialist <strong>com</strong>mittees;• leaving packages for certain former executives;• policy regarding <strong>com</strong>pensation of directors of <strong>Dexia</strong> SA andits main subsidiaries;• policy regarding <strong>com</strong>pensation of trading roomprofessionals;• policy regarding <strong>com</strong>pensation of management;• variable Compensation of members of the ManagementBoard and the Executive Committee;• <strong>report</strong> on “Integration of Compensation policy ingovernance” intended for the CBFA;• appointment of a new director of Human Resources;• <strong>com</strong>position of the Appointment and CompensationCommittee;• adaptation of the internal rules of the Board of Directors.Presence of each individual director at meetings ofthe Appointment and Compensation CommitteeThe individual attendance rate of directors at meetings ofthese <strong>com</strong>mittees was 100% in <strong>2010</strong>, except for Augustin deRomanet de Beaune whose attendance rate was 60%.Management <strong>report</strong>Consolidatedfinancial statementsAdditional information <strong>Annual</strong> financial statements<strong>Annual</strong> <strong>report</strong> <strong>2010</strong> <strong>Dexia</strong>41

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