Annual report for the year ended 30 September 2007
Helping care for the health of humankind

  

 

Directors’ approval
Certificate by the company secretary
Report of the independent auditors
Directors’ report
Directors’ remuneration report
Balance sheets
Income statements
Cash flow statements
Statement of changes in shareholders’ equity
Notes to the annual financial statements
Company balance sheet
Company income statement
Company cash flow statement
Notes to the company annual financial statements
Annexure A
Annexure B
Annexure C

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Directors’ remuneration report

for the year ended 30 September 2007

Interests of directors

Director holding in excess of 1% in Netcare is: Mr MI Sacks 2,4% (2006: 2,5%). The calculation of the director's holdings is based on 1 244 765 494 (2006: 1 182 421 777) shares in issue, after deducting treasury shares.

The beneficial and non-beneficial interests of directors in the ordinary shares of the Company were:

      Non-    
    Beneficial beneficial    
    number of number of Total % of
    shares shares number of issued
Name of director   Direct Indirect shares held share capital
2007          
Executive directors          
IM Davis   6 046 523   6 046 523 0,5
Dr RH Friedland   6 393 109 2 050 000 8 443 109 0,7
Dr VLJ Litlhakanyane   125 327   125 327  
Dr RN Noach   42 027   42 027  
Non-executive directors          
HR Levin   10 937 974   10 937 974 0,9
MI Sacks   6 038 750 23 719 214 29 757 964 2,4
N Weltman (non-executive from 1 September 2007)   110 000   110 000  
    29 693 710 25 769 214 55 462 924 4,5
           
      Non-    
      beneficial    
  Beneficial number of Total % of
  number of shares shares number of issued
Name of director Direct Indirect Indirect shares held share capital
2006          
Executive directors          
IM Davis 5 272 773 1 613 750   6 886 523 0,6
Dr RH Friedland 4 779 359 1 613 750 1 600 000 7 993 109 0,7
Dr VLJ Litlhakanyane 95 327     95 327  
PG Nelson     109 928 109 928  
Dr RN Noach (appointed 17 July 2006) 42 027   4 000 46 027  
N Weltman 3 302 027     3 302 027 0,3
Non-executive directors          
HR Levin 10 937 974     10 937 974 0,9
MI Sacks 4 425 000 1 613 750 23 719 214 29 757 964 2,5
Dr JA van Rooyen 85 000     85 000  
  28 939 487 4 841 250 25 433 142 59 213 879 5,0

Interests of directors

The direct and indirect interests of directors in the preference shares of the Company were:

      Total
  Number of shares number of
Name of director Direct Indirect shares held
2006      
P G Nelson   1 000 1 000
N Weltman 2 000   2 000
  2 000 1 000 3 000

The register of interests of directors and others in the shares of the Company is available to members on request.

Directors’ share options

The following share options were held by the directors at 30 September 2007:

          Share    
      Share   options   Share
      options at   exercised   options at
  Exercise   30 September   during the   30 September
  price   2006   year   2007
  Cents   Number   Number   Number
IM Davis 265   300 000   300 000    
  436   200 000   40 000   160 000
  907   1 000 000       1 000 000
Dr RH Friedland 265   900 000   900 000    
  436   150 000       150 000
  907   2 000 000       2 000 000
Dr VLJ Litlhakanyane 436   200 000   50 000   150 000
  685   250 000       250 000
  907   1 000 000       1 000 000
PG Nelson 436   250 000       250 000
  685   250 000       250 000
  907   1 000 000       1 000 000
Dr RN Noach 436   60 000       60 000
  685   250 000       250 000
  907   1 000 000       1 000 000
      8 810 000   1 290 000   7 520 000

Directors’ emoluments – Benefits on share options exercised

The following are the gains on share options exercised by directors:

              2007   2006
      Share            
      options   Market   Benefits   Benefits
      exercised   price at   arising on   arising on
  Exercise   during the   exercise   exercise   exercise
  price   year   date   of options   of options
  Cents   Number   Cents   R000   R000
IM Davis 265   300 000   1 362   3 291    
  436   40 000   1 362   370    
Dr RH Friedland 265   900 000   1 571   11 754   13 520
Dr VLJ Litlhakanyane 436   50 000   1 558   561   267
Dr RN Noach 265               151
  436               88
      1 290 000       15 976   14 026

N Weltman’s status changed to non-executive director effective 1 September 2007. His details are as follows:

              2007   2006
      Share            
      options   Market   Benefits   Benefits
      exercised   price at   arising on   arising on
  Exercise   during the   exercise   exercise   exercise
  price   year   date   of options   of options
  Cents   Number   Cents   R000   R000
N Weltman 265               1 042
  436   40 000   1 506   428    
  436   40 000   1 186   300    
  436   20 000   1 180   149    
  907   1 000 000   1 186   2 790    
      1 100 000       3 667   1 042

The share option exercise terms are detailed on page 158.

Directors’ emoluments

Emoluments paid to directors of the Company by the Company and its subsidiaries (excluding gains on share options exercised reflected in the above table) for the year to 30 September, are set out below:

    Company       Fair value
2007   contri-   Other   of options
Executive directors (R000) Salary butions Bonuses allowances Total granted*
IM Davis 1 863 177 1 229 82 3 351 406
Dr RH Friedland 4 088 360 2 500   6 948 778
Dr VLJ Litlhakanyane 1 357 131 588 214 2 290 484
PG Nelson 1 966 185 1 134 130 3 415 484
Dr RN Noach 1 383 134 826 205 2 548 450
N Weltman (executive until            
31 August 2007) 1 233 132 763 1 745 3 873 393
  11 890 1 119 7 040 2 376 22 425 2 995

 

  Fees for  
       Consulting services as  
Non-executive directors (R000) fees directors Total
Dr APH Jammine   292 292
JM Kahn   220 220
HR Levin   370 370
Professor TR Mokoena   165 165
Advocate K Moroka   210 210
Dr AA Ngcaba   150 150
MI Sacks 1 241 432 1 673
Dr JA van Rooyen   150 150
N Weltman (non-executive from 1 September 2007)   13 13
          1 241 2 002 3 243

 

    Company       Fair value
2006   contri-   Other   of options
Executive directors (R000) Salary butions Bonuses# allowances Total granted*
IM Davis 1 732 159 1 537 78 3 506 227
Dr RH Friedland 3 392 300 2 276   5 968 401
Dr VLJ Litlhakanyane 1 229 116 1 276 210 2 831 285
PG Nelson 1 707 156 2 399 126 4 388 285
Dr RN Noach 290 27   44 361 248
N Weltman 1 212 121 904 108 2 345 206
  9 562 879 8 392 566 19 399 1 652

* The fair value of options granted is the annual expense determined by IFRS2.
# The share option gains on the leveraged executive bonus scheme previously included in bonuses have been separately disclosed.

 

    Fees for  
  Consulting services as  
Non-executive directors (R000) fees directors Total
Dr APH Jammine   180 180
JM Kahn   150 150
Professor MB Kistnasamy (resigned 20 June 2006)   50 50
HR Levin   175 175
Professor TR Mokoena (appointed 17 July 2006)   21 21
Advocate K Moroka (appointed 17 July 2006)   21 21
Dr AA Ngcaba (appointed 17 July 2006)   21 21
MI Sacks 847   847
Dr JA van Rooyen   100 100
  847 718 1 565

Leveraged executive bonus scheme share option gains

Pursuant to the leveraged bonus scheme entered into by the Company with a financial institution in February 2005, the undermentioned effective share option gains were earned by the directors listed below. The bonus obligations yielding the benefits had been settled by the Company during the September 2005 financial year pursuant to a hedging arrangement with the financial institution.

Name of director (R000) 2007 2006
IM Davis 2 079 1 182
Dr RH Friedland 2 079 1 182
Dr VLJ Litlhakanyane 1 663 945
PG Nelson 2 079 1 182
Dr RN Noach 2 079  
N Weltman (executive until 31 August 2007) 2 079 1 182
  12 058 5 673

Contracts

The following directors are restrained from competing with the Group and have entered into service agreements with the Company for a six-month period: IM Davis and Dr RH Friedland.