Peter Dowen
Executive Director
Aged 59. Peter Dowen graduated from Leeds School of Architecture in 1972 and qualified as a Chartered Architect in 1973. After a period in private practice he became a director of Brian Clouston and Partners in 1980 before joining RPS in 1989 when he was appointed to the Board.
| Service Contract | |||||||||
| Date of contract | Unexpired term at 31 December 2007 | Notice period | |||||||
| February 1997 | 12 months | 12 months | |||||||
| Emoluments and Compensation | |||||||||
Emoluments excluding pensions |
Pension (paid and provided) |
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Basic salary |
Bonus |
Fees |
Benefits |
2007 |
2006 |
2005 |
2007 |
2006 |
|
£000s |
£000s |
£000s |
£000s |
£000s |
£000s |
£000s |
£000s |
£000s |
|
220 |
113 |
– |
10 |
343 |
325 |
259 |
33 |
32 |
|
| Share Options | |||||||||
1 Jan 2007 Number |
Exercised Number |
31 Dec 2007 Number |
Exercise Price |
Market value at date of exercise |
Date from which exercisable |
Expiry date |
|||
40,284 |
40,284 |
– |
72.7p |
326.8p |
22/02/2004 |
- |
|||
23,862 |
23,862 |
– |
125.0p |
326.8p |
8/02/2003 |
- |
|||
23,862 |
23,862 |
– |
125.0p |
326.8p |
8/2/2005 |
- |
|||
20,285 |
20,285 |
171.0p |
326.8p |
6/3/2004 |
- |
||||
20,285 |
20,285 |
171.0p |
326.8p |
6/3/2006 |
- |
||||
32,500 |
32,500 |
149.0p |
326.8p |
14/3/2005 |
|||||
32,500 |
32,500 |
149.0p |
326.8p |
14/3/2007 |
|||||
32,500 |
32,500 |
111.0p |
326.8p |
20/3/2006 |
|||||
32,500 |
- |
32,500 |
111.0p |
N/A |
20/3/2008 |
20/3/2015- |
|||
15,051 |
15,051 |
146.5p |
326.8p |
12/8/2006 |
|||||
15,051 |
- |
15,051 |
146.5p |
N/A |
12/8/2008 |
12/8/2015- |
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| LTIP award | |||||||||
1 Jan 2007 Number |
Granted number |
Released |
31 Dec 2007 |
Market value of shares at grant |
Market value at date of release |
||||
| 2004 | 103,239 |
– |
103,239 |
– |
123.5p |
370.8p |
|||
| 2005 | 86,331 |
– |
– |
86,331 |
139p |
– |
|||
| 2006 | 68,478 |
– |
– |
68,478 |
184p |
– |
|||
| 2007 | – |
60,022 |
– |
60,022 |
292.3p |
– |
|||
| Total | 258,048 |
60,022 |
103,239 |
189,244 |
|||||
| Beneficial Interests | |||||||||
Number of shares at 31 December 2007 and at 13 February 2008 |
Number of shares at 31 December 2006 and at 21 February 2007 |
||||||||
| Total | 750,910 |
750,910 |
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| Pensions | |||||||||
| The Executive Directors of the Company earned pensions benefits in a company money purchase (defined contribution) scheme during the year. | |||||||||
| Committee membership – Board and Committee | |||||||||
Full |
Audit |
Rremuneration |
Nomination |
Executive |
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Board |
Committee |
Committee |
Committee |
Committee |
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| Number of Board and Committee meetings attended | 9 |
- |
- |
- |
* |
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| * meets at least once a month | |||||||||