Executive Board – Terms of employment  

The Dutch Corporate Governance Code requires that the main elements of the contract of an Executive Board member shall be made public immediately after it is concluded.

The material elements of the remuneration of the Executive Board members incuding the material elements of the employment contracts of the Executive Board members, are included in the attachment (pdf).


Executive Board compensation


Executive Board compensation consists of three basic components:

  • Fixed or base salary, which represents the total guaranteed annual income.
  • Short-term incentive in cash, which compensates for past performance measured over one year.
  • Long-term incentive in stock options and/or performance shares, which compensates for performance measured over multiple years and is forward-looking.


In the Annual Report extensive information is given on the remuneration of the Executive Board. See the Remuneration report in the 2008 Annual Report (pages 73 to 82).

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