Annual Reports and Accounts 2007-2008

Financial Statements

• Financial Review
• Corporate Social Responsibility
• Corporate Governance Statement
• Directors' Report
• Remuneration Report
  • Directors’ Emoluments
  • Interests of directors in share options and share plans of the company
  • Interests of directors in shares in the company
  • Remuneration Policy
  • Terms of Reference
  • Service Contracts
  • Bonuses
  • Share Incentive Schemes
  • Cash based Long Term Incentive Plan
• Regulatory Developments
• Report of the Independent Auditor report to the members of Sportingbet Plc

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Remuneration Report

Directors' Emoluments

	Notes	Salary/ Fees - £000	Bonuses - £000	Benefits - £000	Compensation for loss of Office	Total Emoluments 2008 - £000	Pension 2008 - £000	Total Emoluments 2007 - £000	Pension 2007 - £000
Executive Directors
Andrew McIver	1, 3	520	1,636	4	-	2,160	90	1,964	85
Dave Hobday	3, 10	335	816	3	1,180	2,334	129	804	60
Jim Wilkinson	3, 12	145	138	-	-	283	21	-	-
Mark Blandford	3, 5	-	-	-	-	-	-	64	6
Non-Executive Directors
Peter Dicks	3, 6, 7, 8	60	-	-	-	60	-	21	-
Sean O'Connor	3, 4, 6, 7, 8	110	-	-	-	110	-	101	-
Brian Harris	3, 4, 7, 8	84	-	-	-	84		84	-
Nigel Payne	1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 11	132	49	-	-	181	-	2,827	21
Bob Holt	3, 9	-	-	-	-	-	-	39	-
		1386	2639	7	1,180	5,212	240	5904	172
Aggregate emoluments for Andrew McIver, as highest paid Director, excluding pension contributions and compensation for loss of office, amounted to £2,160,326 (2007: Nigel Payne – £2,826,747). Nigel Payne became a Non-Executive Director of the Company on 28 February 2007 and was appointed Chairman of the Audit Committee on the same date. The average total emoluments of the Executive Directors was £1,592,372 (2007: £1,414,743). The average total emoluments of non-Board employees was £76,575 (2007: £77,528). The ratio between the two averages was 21.6:1 (2007: 23.1:1). Member of the Social Responsibility Committee. Mark Blandford resigned as a Director of the Company on 31 January 2007. Member of the Audit Committee. Member of the Remuneration Committee. Member of the Nomination Committee. Bob Holt resigned as a Director of the Company on 31 January 2007. Dave Hobday resigned as a Director of the Company on 8 May 2008. Bonus includes the release of 75,000 shares under the 2005 Share Plan and an interest in 33,333 shares following the release of a share based payment award on 23 October 2007. 2007 total emoluments include a discretionary bonus awarded by the Remuneration Committee following the cancellation of the Sportingbet plc Employee Benefit Trust. Jim Wilkinson appointed as a Director of the Company on 1 February 2008.

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