Stock option plans

To the former Executive Board Directors who ceased their membership with the Board of Directors in 2007, the number of outstanding stock options amounted to 865,000 as at 31^st December 2007.

To the other current members of the Executive Committee and to the Group’s senior management, the number of outstanding stock options amounted to 27,817,282 at the same date.

During the year 2007, none of the Executive Committee Members, including former Executive Board Directors (who ceased their membership with the Board of Directors in 2007), have exercised options granted under the various EADS stock option plans. Exercises of EADS Executive Committee Members are disclosed on the EADS internet website in accordance with the applicable regulations.

Performance and Restricted shares plan

To the former Executive Board Directors who ceased their membership with the Board of Directors in 2007, the number of the outstanding performance shares, subject to achievement of performance results, amounted to 41,875 as at 31^st December 2007.

To the other current members of the Executive Committee and to the Group’s senior management, the number of outstanding performance and restricted shares amounted to 1,656,375 at the same date.

Performance and Restricted units plan

To the former Executive Board Directors who ceased their membership with the Board of Directors in 2007, the number of the outstanding performance units, subject to achievement of performance results, amounted to 58,700 as at 31^st December 2007.

To the other current members of the Executive Committee and to the Group’s senior management, the number of outstanding performance and restricted units amounted to 2,107,600 at the same date.

The expense in 2007 for stock options, performance shares and performance units granted to the Chief Executive Officer was €0.4 million.

For further information, please see Note 31 of the Consolidated IFRS Financial Statements.

Former Director and Executive Committee member :

Under the terms of his employment contract, Jean-Paul Gut was entitled to:

• six-month notice period, reduced to four-month notice period at Jean-Paul Gut’s request, which represented a payment of €466,667 gross (fixum and bonus) (included in the cash remuneration figures disclosed above);
• a termination package of €2,800,000 (two years of total target income);
• an indemnity aiming at compensating his accumulated additional pension rights at the date of his departure.

In addition, EADS has concluded with Mr Jean-Paul Gut a long-term Service Provider’s Agreement, in order to retain Mr Gut’s specific expertise in the field of marketing and M&A activities.

The pension benefit obligation for the Executive Committee Members is as follows:

The Members of the Executive Committee have pension promises as part of their employment agreements. The general policy is to give them annual pensions of 50% of their annual base salary upon reaching 5 years of service in the Executive Committee of EADS at the age of 60 or 65.

These rights can gradually increase to 60% after a second term, usually after ten years of service in the EADS Executive Committee.

These pension schemes have been implemented through collective executive pension plans in France and Germany. These pension promises have also separate rules e.g. for minimum length of service and other conditions to comply with national regulations.

For the Chief Executive Officer, the amount of the pension defined benefit obligation amounted to €0.8 million as of 31^st December 2007, while the amount of current service and interest cost related to his pension promise accounted for during fiscal year 2007 represented an expense of €0.6 million. This obligation has been accrued for in the Financial Statements.

Other benefits

All amounts reported above for the Executive Board Directors (current and former) are free of benefits in kind they are entitled to, as well as all national social and income tax impacts.

The Chief Executive Officer is entitled to a company car. The value of his company car is €23,977.

EADS has not provided any loans to/advances to/guarantees on behalf of Directors.

For further information on the remuneration, please see Note 32 of the Consolidated Financial Statements.