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Chairman and non-executive director remuneration
he fees for non-eecutive directors and the fees for the hairan
werereviewed durin the ear. he last review of non-eecutive
director fees was in anuar 01. n accordance with the rticles of
ssociation the hairan and eecutive directors conducted the review
andconsidered the role and reuireents of  toether with the
fees paid to non-eecutive directors at copanies of a siilar sie and
copleit. opan coparator inforation was provided b eloitte
independent advisers to the coittee usin the sae coparator
roup of copanies as for eecutive reuneration. ollowin the review
the basic fee for a non-eecutive director was increased to 0000
per ear fro 1 anuar 01 fro 00. he hairans fee
was reviewed b the coittee of which he is not a eber. isfee
increased to 000 per ear after this review 011 0000.
he fees for ebership of or chairin a coittee were also reviewed.
he ebership fee for the udit and is oittee was increased to
0000 per ear 011 100 and the ebership fee for the
euneration oittee increased to 1000 per ear 011
100.  new echnolo oittee was created durin the ear.
he additional fees paid for ebership and chairin a oard coittee
are iven in the table below
oittee eber fee oittee hair fee
udit  is 0000 0000
Remuneration 1000 000
oinatin  overnance 00 naa
BT Pensions 00 1000
b000 naa
ualit of ccess oard na 00
echnolo 000 -
a Where the Chairman acts as Chair of a Board committee, no additional committee chair fee is
payable.
b ([WHUQDOPHPEHUVRIWKH&65%UHFHLYHDIHHRI~SHUDQQXP
he enior ndependent irector receives an additional fee of 000
for that position.
n additional fee of 000 per trip is paid to those non-eecutive
directors travellin fro overseas on an inter-continental basis to oard
and oard oittee eetins.
o eleent of non-eecutive director reuneration is perforance-
related. on-eecutive directors do not participate in s bonus or
eploee share plans and are not ebers of an of the copan
pension schees.
The Remuneration Committee
his section describes the ebership and role of the coittee.
ho we are
on all chairs the euneration oittee  ade up of independent
non-eecutive directors which et si ties durin the ear.
ur ebership and eetin attendance are set out below.
oittee ebers
eetins
eber liible to attend Attended
on all hairan  
Karen ichardsona
ic ose  
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atricia ewitt stepped down fro the coittee on  arch 01.
Karen ichardson oined the coittee on 1 a 01 and durin the
intervenin period the coittee consistin of two ebers held
two eetins. Karen was available to attend the first of those eetins
as an observer. he hairan oined the coittee for a part of both.
s such the coittee was able to deal with the business of the two
eetinseectivel.
Other Remuneration Matters
n addition to the coittee ebers the hairan and hief
ecutive are invited to attend eetins ecept in instances where
their own reuneration is discussed or other circustances where
theirattendance would not be appropriate.
he coittee reularl consults the hief ecutive the roup eople
irector the  irector eward and ensions and the roup eneral
ounsel & opan ecretar.
dvisers
urin the ear the coittee received independent advice on
eecutive reuneration atters fro eloitte. eloitte received
0 in fees for these services. he fees are chared on a tie spent
basis in deliverin advice that ateriall assisted the coittee in their
consideration of atters relatin to eecutive reuneration.
eloitte is a founder eber of the euneration onsultants roup
and as such voluntaril operates under the code of conduct in relation
toeecutive reuneration consultin in the UK.
he coittee appointed eloitte to the role of independent advisers
to the coittee in 01 followin a copetitive tender eercise
conducted b the coittee.
he coittee is cofortable that the eloitte enaeent partner and
tea who provide reuneration advice to the coittee do not have
connections with  that a ipair their independence or obectivit.
n addition durin 011 eloitte also provided the copan with
advice on corporate and indirect taes assistance with reulator
risand copliance issues and additional consultanc services.