The following table sets out a summary of the directors' service contracts or terms of appointment. Directors' service contracts provide for termination on the director reaching the age of 65.

	Date of contract	Expiry date	Notice period	Length of service at 23 February 2009
Executive directors
J E O'Higgins	1.1.06	3.2.29	12 months	3 years 1 month
C G Watson	1.10.06	4.2.23	12 months	2 years 4 months
J C Webster	27.3.98	21.6.15	12 months	15 years 4 months
Non-executive directors
P A Chambré	1.8.06	16.5.10	6 months	2 years 6 months
J L M Hughes	1.6.07	16.5.11	6 months	1 year 8 months
A J Reading	10.3.04	16.5.10	6 months	4 years 11 months
J A Warren	7.3.06	16.5.09	6 months	2 years 11 months

Mr Webster's contract provides for a predetermined compensation payment in lieu of notice (equivalent to total notice period remuneration - salary, bonus and benefits) in the event of termination by the employer within 12 months of a change in control of the group.

Mr O'Higgins' and Mr Watson's contracts provide, subject to a duty of mitigation, for phased monthly payments equivalent to 1.65 times monthly salary in lieu of all remuneration and benefits otherwise payable during the notice period in full and final settlement of all employment-related claims.

The auditors are required to report on the information contained in the following sections a) to e).

a) Emoluments of directors excluding pension contributions (£000)

	Salary and/or fees	Bonus	Benefits in kind	Taxable expenses	2008 Total	2007 Total
Executive directors
J E O'Higgins	420	341	15	4	780	663
C G Watson	275	208	11	4	498	447
J C Webster	250	195	21	-	466	421
S C Harris	46	-	2	-	48	403
Non-executive directors
P A Chambré	39	-	-	-	39	35
J L M Hughes	102	-	-	-	102	23
A J Reading	45	-	-	-	45	40
J A Warren	56	-	-	-	56	40
A F Given	-	-	-	-	-	15
J W Poulter	53	-	-	-	53	126
	1,286	744	49	8	2,087	2,213

1. Benefits in kind include company cars, private fuel and medical expenses insurance. Taxable expenses relate to allowances paid in lieu of company cars and private fuel.
2. The Chairman's fees are £140,000 p.a. Fees paid to Mr Hughes in 2008 reflect his appointment as Chairman in May 2008.
3. For Mr Reading and Mr Warren, their base fee of £38,500 p.a. is increased by an additional fee of £6,500 p.a. for their chairmanship of, respectively, the remuneration and audit committees. Additionally, Mr Warren receives a fee of £15,000 p.a. for his chairmanship of Spectris Pension Trustees Limited, following his appointment to that position in April 2008.
4. During the year Mr Webster received £35,000 in respect of his appointment as a non-executive director of Raymarine plc.

b) Directors' pensions

Company contributions to defined contribution plans

	2008 £000	2007 £000
J E O'Higgins	105	95
C G Watson	69	63
J C Webster	63	60
S C Harris	10	59

The company contributes at the rate of 25% of salary

c) Directors' total remuneration

		2008 £000	2007 £000
Aggregate emoluments		2,087	2,213
Company pension contributions to defined contribution schemes		247	277
Gains made on exercise of share options		-	1,561
		2,334	4,051

d) Directors' interests in options to purchase ordinary shares

	Date granted	Options held 1 Jan 08	Granted during the year	Exercise price (p)	Exercised during the year	Share price at date of exercise (p)	Lapsed during the year	Options held 31 Dec 08 (or date of cessation of employment if earlier)	Date exercisable	Expiry date
J E O'Higgins SAYE	Oct 2006	1,529		618				1,529	Dec 2009	Jun 2010
		1,529						1,529
S C Harris	Sep 2005	85,000		589			85,000	0	n/a	n/a
		85,000					85,000	0
C G Watson SAYE	Oct 2007	1,146		837				1,146	Dec 2010	Jun 2011
		1,146						1,146
J C Webster	Sep 2005	85,000		589				85,000	Sep 2008	Sep 2015
		85,000						85,000
Total		172,675					85,000	87,675

Shares other than those marked SAYE relate to executive share option grants. Entitlement to exercise grants under the Unapproved 1996 Executive Share Plan is conditional upon a performance criterion requiring compound growth in normalised earnings per share (EPS) over three years up to 5% per annum in excess of the increase in the retail prices index (please refer to the Directors' Remuneration Report for further explanation). This condition has been met for all outstanding option grants. No consideration was paid by any recipient in relation to the grant of an option and there were no changes to the conditions on which any option was granted during the year.

No director exercised share options during the year. The remaining options granted to S C Harris lapsed on his leaving employment on 31 January 2008.

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