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c) Legal reserves
In accordance with Article 365.2 of Book 2 of The Netherlands Civil Code, the Company is obliged to maintain
legal reserves for non distributable reserves in the amount of development costs incurred at the balance sheet
date (as presented under Intangible fixed assets in the Company balance sheet). As a consequence, as at 31 De-
cember 2008, € 6,885,000 of retained earnings are part of a legal reserve and are non distributable (31 December
2007: € 4,068,000).
19 Share-based payments
On 25 January 2005, the Group established the Saft Management Equity Program which entitled key manage-
ment personnel to purchase shares in the Company. During 2005, 470,000 Ordinary B shares were purchased at
an issue price of € 1.00. In addition, a non-qualified stock option agreement was entered into by the key man-
agement personnel to enable them to purchase additional Ordinary B shares. Total options granted amounted to
1,773,616 with an exercise price of € 1.00. One third of the options granted are deemed to have vested annually
on the anniversary date of the stock option plan with the final vesting period ending in September 2008. The
vesting may be accelerated if certain performance targets are achieved. The options under certain circumstances
can vest immediately and can only be exercised in the event of a change in control. The amount recognised as an
expense is adjusted to reflect the actual number of share options that vest.
The fair value of services received in return for share options granted are measured by reference to the fair value
of share options granted. The estimate of the fair value of the services received is measured based on the Black-
Scholes formula. The contractual life of the option is ten years.
Fair value of share options and assumptions
Fair value at measurement date.................................................................... € 0.39
Share price ................................................................................................... € 1
Exercise price............................................................................................... € 1
Expected volatility ....................................................................................... 25%
Expected dividends ...................................................................................... nil
Risk-free interest rate................................................................................... 2.407%
Marketability discount ................................................................................. 50%
The marketability discount is due to the fact that no public market exists for the equity securities, highly concen-
trated ownership, low prospects of liquidity and the fact that the options may only be exercised in the event of
change of control.
The share options are granted under a service condition and a non-market performance condition. Such condi-
tions are not taken into account in the grant date fair value measurement of the services rendered. There are no
market conditions associated with the share option grants.
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