For a description of the principles of our compensation system and the compensation for the Management Board and the Supervisory Board, please refer to our Compensation Report in the Management Report. For the pension promises discussed there in favor of members of the Management Board, there was service cost in the 2006 financial year of € 389,403 for Dr. Ackermann, of € 112,893 for Dr. Bänziger, of € 161,006 for Dr. Börsig, of € 85,918 for Mr. Di Iorio, of € 238,937 for Dr. von Heydebreck and of € 338,710 for Mr. Lamberti.

Share Plans

For a description of our employee share programs, please refer to Note [20] to the consolidated financial statements.