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EXTERNAL APPOINTMENTS
The Board supports executive directors taking non-executive
directorships as a part of their continuing development.
The Board has reviewed all such appointments and those
appointments that the Board believes require disclosure pursuant
tothe Code are set out below. The Board has also agreed that the
executive directors may retain their fees from such appointments.
Roger Taylor was the non-executive deputy chairman of TalkTalk
Telecom Group PLC until his resignation on 26 July 2012, for which
he received £25,000 (2012: £75,000).
Each of the non-executive directors has a letter of appointment
substantially in the form suggested by the Code. The Company
hasno age limit for directors.
FEES FOR NON‑exeCutive DireCtorS
The fees for the independent non-executive directors are determined
by the Board after considering external market research. Independent
non-executive directors receive a basic fee of £43,000 (2012: £43,000)
plus additional fees as detailed below:
2013 2012
£000 £000
Chairperson of Audit Committee 15 15
Member of Audit Committee 44
Chairperson of Nomination Committee 55
Member of Nomination Committee 44
Chairperson of Remuneration Committee 10 10
Member of Remuneration Committee 44
Senior Independent Director 17 17
DireCtorS’ intereStS in ShareS anD ServiCe ContraCtS
Details of directors’ interests in shares of the Company at 31 March 2013 and their service contracts are shown in the following table:
Ordinary shares
2013 2012 Date of contract Notice period
Sir Charles Dunstone 132,833,481 132,833,481 28 January 2010 12 months
Nigel Langstaff 3,609,180 3,609,180 28 January 2010 6 months
Roger Taylor 9,693,554 9,693,554 28 January 2010 6 months
John Allwood 10,000 10,000 28 January 2010 3 months
John Gildersleeve 123,000 123,000 28 January 2010 3 months
Baroness Morgan of Huyton 991 991 28 January 2010 3 months
Sir Charles Dunstone, Roger Taylor and Nigel Langstaff participated in the share placing which completed on 3 May 2013 resulting in their interest
in shares ofthe Company increasing to 135,083,481 ordinary shares, 9,808,554 ordinary shares and 3,654,180 ordinary shares respectively.
perFormanCe graph
The graph below shows the Group’s performance measured through TSR, compared with the FTSE 250 Index, since 29 March 2010 when
the Company was first admitted to the London Stock Exchange following the Demerger. The FTSE 250 Index was selected as it is a broad
market which includes competitors of the Company.
Carphone Warehouse
Group plc
FTSE 250 Index
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