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Directors' remuneration report (continued)

Directors' remuneration table

 
Salaries/
fees
Bonuses
Benefits
Total emoluments
excluding pensions
 
2004
£'000
2004
£'000
2004
£'000
2004
£'000
2003
£'000
Executive        
Geoff Gaywood 376 19 395 404
Brian Taylorson 233 17 250 245
Philip Brown 176 13 189 192
Non-executive        
Keith Hopkins (Chairman)1 50 50
Michael Hartnall 43 43 23
Edward Wilson 34 34 20
Jonathan Fry2 115 115 150
Richard McNeel 20
  1,027 49 1,076 1,054
Notes:
1 Keith Hopkins was appointed as a director on 1 August 2004.
2 Jonathan Fry resigned as a director on 7 October 2004. These are shown in the Directors' retirement benefits table.
3 Emoluments for Geoff Gaywood and Brian Taylorson exclude salary supplements paid as compensation for the limitation of their pension rights to the Inland Revenue earnings cap.
These are shown in the Directors' retirement benefits table.

 

Each director receives, as part of his benefit package, the provision of a car, life assurance and medical cover.

Service contracts
It is the Company's policy that executive directors should have service contracts with a notice period not exceeding 12 months.

Geoff Gaywood, Brian Taylorson and Philip Brown have service agreements with Elementis plc dated 1 October 2001, 2 April 2002 and 8 September 2000 respectively and the appointments shall continue until terminated by either party on giving not less than 12 months' notice to the other party. Termination payments are not agreed in advance and are determined in accordance with the directors' contractual rights. It is the Committee's policy to ensure that a director's duty to mitigate his loss is taken into account in the calculation of any termination payments.

The terms of engagement for each of the non-executive directors are:

Name
Date of original appointment
as director of the Company
Date of expiry
Keith Hopkins 1 August 2004 31 July 2010
Michael Hartnall* 11 December 1997 28 April 2005
Edward Wilson 1 July 1999 30 June 2008

*Michael Hartnall was appointed a non-executive director of Elementis Holdings Limited (formerly Harrisons and Crosfield plc) on 2 February 1993. The shares in Elementis Holdings Limited were acquired by the Company by way of a Scheme of Arrangement in 1998.

The terms of engagement of the non-executive directors are set out in letters which provide that their appointment can be terminated by the Company on any grounds without claim for compensation.

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