Remuneration summary

Summary board contract terms and annual fees/salaries

Name Appointment date Notice
period
Base fee/
salary
Committee
chair fee
Senior
independent
director fee
Allowance Current annual
fee/salary
Chairman
Peter Johnson 01 Mar 2007 3 months £150,000 £10,000 £160,000
Executive directors
Ian Burke 06 Mar 2006 12 months £525,000 £525,000
Paddy Gallagher 02 June 2008 12 months £300,000 £300,000
Non-executive directors
Richard Greenhalgh 01 July 2004 3 months £38,000 £7,500 £2,500 £48,000
Owen O’Donnell 11 Sept 2008 3 months £38,000 £38,000
Bill Shannon 03 Apr 2006 3 months £38,000 £38,000
John Warren 01 Jan 2006 3 months £38,000 £8,500 £46,500
Tim Scoble 22 Apr 2010 3 months £38,000 £38,000
Mike Smith 22 Apr 2010 3 months £38,000 £38,000

Directors’ remuneration summary

The detailed emoluments received by the directors for 2009 are shown below with the annual rate
of base pay from 1 January 2010:

Base salary/ base fees
(£000)
Committee chairman’s fees
(£000)
Benefits
(£000)
Expense allowances
(including car allowance)
(£000)
Annual bonus
(£000)
SIPP/ DC pension/ salary supplement
(£000)
Termination
benefits (£000)
Total emoluments Annual rate of basic pay from 01 Jan 2010
(£000)
2009
(£000)
2008
(£000)
Chairman:
Peter Johnson 150 10 160 160 150
Executive directors:
Ian Burke1 525 17 19 365 184 1,110 1,096 525
Paddy Gallagher2 300 6 13 167 44 530 284 300
Peter Gill3 112 112 724
Non-executive directors:
Richard Greenhalgh 38 10 48 48 38
Bill Shannon 38 38 38 38
John Warren 38 9 47 47 38
Owen O’Donnell4 38 38 12 38
Total 1,127 19 23 42 532 228 112 2,083 2,409 1,127
  1. 1The Company makes a contribution of 35% of base salary to Ian Burke’s SIPP.
  2. 2Paddy Gallagher joined as finance director on 2 June 2008.
  3. 3Peter Gill left the Company on 1 June 2008. From 2 June 2008 to 1 March 2009 he received a monthly payment equivalent to one twelfth of his annual base salary plus fixed benefits. Thereafter he received a payment of £26,307 to cover the balance of his notice period to 1 June 2009 at a rate of £8,769 per month.
  4. 4Owen O’Donnell joined as a non-executive director on 11 September 2008.
  5. 5In addition to the above, the widow of John Garrett, a former executive director, received £37,658 (2008: £34,539) in respect of an unfunded pension obligation.
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