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DIRECTORS’ REMUNERATION REPORT CONTINUED Share Options Details of the Group’s current share option plans are as follows: 1. 1996 Second Share Option Scheme (‘1996 Scheme’) 2. 2002 Unapproved Share Option Plan (‘2002 Plan’) 3. 2003 Approved Share Option Plan (‘2003 Plan’) 4. 2006 Share Option Plan (‘2006 Plan’) 5. Cairn India Share Option Schemes (‘Cairn India Schemes’). 1996 Scheme The 1996 Scheme was adopted in 1996 and expired in May 2006. The date of grant of the last award of options under the 1996 Scheme was 1 October 2002. Details of the options outstanding as at 31 December 2007 under the 1996 Scheme are set out in Note 7 of the Notes to the Accounts. 2002 Plan and 2003 Plan The principal difference between the 2002 Plan and the 2003 Plan is that the approval of the Inland Revenue was not sought for the 2002 Plan. The 2003 Plan was approved by shareholders at the 2003 AGM and subsequently by the Inland Revenue. The date of grant of the first award of options under the 2002 Plan was 18 March 2003. The date of grant of the first award of options under the 2003 Plan was 30 June 2003. Following the adoption of the 2006 Plan (see below), no further awards will be granted under the 2002 Plan or the 2003 Plan. The date of grant of the last award of options under these arrangements was 4 July 2006. Options granted under the 2002 Plan and the 2003 Plan are exercisable three to ten years following the date of grant and are subject to performance conditions on exercise. In the case of all outstanding options under these arrangements, the option holder may only exercise their awards if Cairn’s share price has increased by 5% on a compound basis over the period from the date of grant of options up to the date they are exercised. In addition, the percentage increase in Cairn’s share price over the period must be at least equal to or greater than the percentage movement in the FTSE Oil & Gas Index. 2006 Plan The 2006 Plan was approved by shareholders at an EGM held in November 2006, conditional on the flotation of Cairn India becoming effective, which occurred on 9 January 2007. The date of grant of the first award of options under the 2006 Plan was 9 January 2007. No options will be granted under the 2006 Plan to the Company’s executive directors or to any employee or director of the Cairn India Group. The 2006 Plan, together with the 2006 LTIP described below, reflects the fact that, following the flotation of Cairn India, there are two distinct arms to the Group’s business (namely, a majority shareholding in Cairn India and an exploration and production business owned and operated by the Capricorn Group) and therefore seeks to incentivise employees of the Group in relation to the arm(s) which they can affect. The 2006 Plan enables selected employees (excluding those that are employed by the Cairn India Group) to be granted ‘phantom options’ (which are equity settled) over ‘units’ in the Capricorn Group (see below under 2006 LTIP for how these units are created and valued). On the exercise of an option, participants will generally become entitled to such number of Cairn shares as have a market value equal to the notional gain that they realise (i.e. the difference between the ‘notional exercise price’ attributable to their option and the price of the units in respect of which their option has been exercised). However, the extent to which options become exercisable will be dependent on continued employment with the Group and the extent to which pre-determined performance conditions are met over a specified period. All options granted under the 2006 Plan are currently subject to a Capricorn unit price target measured over a three-year performance period. Under this target, vesting will occur as follows: Average annual compound growth in Percentage of Capricorn units comprised in option that vest Capricorn unit price over the performance period 0% Less than 5% 50% 5% 100% 10% or more 50%–100% on a straight-line basis More than 5% but less than 10% Notwithstanding the above condition, no part of an option will vest unless the notional total shareholder return (‘TSR’) of a Capricorn unit over the performance period is sufficient to place it at or above the median level in the same comparator group of companies that is used for the purposes of the Capricorn awards granted pursuant to the 2006 LTIP (see below). 58 CAIRN ENERGY PLC ANNUAL REPORT 2007
DIRECTORS’ REMUNERATION REPORT CONTINUED None of the directors hold any options under any of the Company’s share option plans. Since 1999, the long-term incentives for executive directors and certain other senior executives have been made pursuant to long-term incentive plans and therefore no options have been granted to these individuals under any of the Company’s share option plans since that time. Cairn India Schemes As part of the arrangements surrounding its flotation, Cairn India established the following share option schemes pursuant to which options to acquire its shares can be granted: • the Cairn India Senior Management Plan; • the Cairn India Employee Stock Option Plan (2006); and • the Cairn India Performance Option Plan (2006). These arrangements (brief details of which are set out in Note 7 of the Notes to the Accounts) have been or will be used to grant options to selected employees and executive directors of Cairn India and its various subsidiary undertakings. None of the executive directors of the Company participate, or will participate, in any of the Cairn India Schemes. Long Term Incentive Plans Details of the Group’s current LTIPs are as follows: 1. Cairn Energy PLC Long Term Incentive Plan 2002 (‘2002 LTIP’). 2. Cairn Energy PLC Long Term Incentive Plan 2006 (‘2006 LTIP’). 2002 LTIP Details of directors’ awards granted pursuant to the 2002 LTIP, which was implemented in 2002, are given on pages 66 and 67. The 2002 LTIP was superseded by the 2006 LTIP, further details of which are set out on pages 61 and 62. The date of grant of the last award under the 2002 LTIP was 24 April 2006. Participants have been granted Tier One and Tier Two awards under the 2002 LTIP. Performance conditions for each are determined by the remuneration committee and the calculation of shares vesting based on these conditions is subject to independent verification by Ernst & Young LLP. Performance Conditions – Tier One A Tier One award is an award of Cairn shares with the vesting and release of all/part of those shares being dependent upon the executive remaining an employee and achievement of performance conditions over a performance period of three years. The vesting of all outstanding Tier One awards is subject to a TSR target which is calculated in two steps, each of which must be satisfied. Step One First, the TSR of a Cairn share during the performance period is compared to the average TSR performance of the companies comprising the relevant FTSE Index (‘the Index’) at the beginning and at the end of the performance period (details of the FTSE Indices used are set out on page 60). If Cairn’s TSR performance exceeds the average TSR performance of the Index, then the step one test has been passed. The step two test is then used to calculate how many (if any) Cairn shares that are the subject of the award will vest. Step Two Under step two, the TSR of Cairn shares is compared to the TSR of a share in each company in a comparator group comprising exploration, production and integrated oil companies over the performance period (details of the relevant comparator groups are set out on page 60). Each company is then ranked in order of TSR performance. Cairn’s position in the comparator group list then determines how many (if any) Cairn shares that are the subject of the award will vest, as follows: Percentage of Cairn shares comprised in Tier One Award that vest Ranking of Cairn in relevant comparator group 0% Below median 20% Median 100% Upper quartile or above 20%–100% on a straight-line basis Between median and upper quartile In addition, no Tier One award will vest unless the remuneration committee is satisfied that there has been a satisfactory and sustained improvement in Cairn’s underlying financial position and performance over the performance period. CAIRN ENERGY PLC ANNUAL REPORT 2007 59
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