Federico J. Gonzalez
, Vice President Marketing, was
appointed to this position in the fall of 2004.
For nearly 16 years, he occupied a number of different positions within
the Procter & Gamble group, starting as Brand Manager (Spain), followed by
three years at the groups European headquarters in Brussels and two years as
Director of Marketing for the Northern Europe region, before being promoted to
General Manager (Portugal).
François Pinon
, Vice President and General Counsel, was
appointed in April 1, 2004. From 1989 to 1995, he worked at Euro
Disney. In 1995, he joined Solidere, a
Lebanese company in charge of Beirut reconstruction, as Senior Counsel. In 1997, he became General Counsel of EDS
France. He returned to Euro Disney in 2000 as Deputy Legal Counsel.
Norbert Stiekema
, Vice President Sales and Distribution,
was appointed to this position in March 2004. He spent the most part of his professional
life at the Dutch airline company KLM as Director General of Germany. Prior to that, he occupied various posts for
that company in France, Holland and Italy.
B.
COMPENSATION
Aggregate compensation paid by the Group to
the members of the Board of Directors and the officers of the Management
Company as a group (including the executive officers and Board members
mentioned in above Section A Directors and Senior Management, provided they
held the same positions last year or who were directors and/or officers of the
Management Company for all or part of fiscal year 2004) was approximately 4.0
million in fiscal year 2004, 4.4 in fiscal year 2003 and 2.8 in fiscal year
2002, excluding stock options. Included
in these amounts are welcome and departure packages, which totaled
approximately 0.2 million, during fiscal year 2004. Officers of the
Management Company and certain other management employees are eligible for
participation in the Groups discretionary bonus programs at varying levels.
The aggregate amount set aside or accrued by the Group to provide pension,
retirement or similar benefits for the same executive officers and directors in
respect of fiscal year 2004 was 0.3 million. As of September 30, 2004,
these same officers held together a total of 1.9 million Euro Disney S.C.A.
stock options. The Group bears the cost
of all compensation paid to the executive officers of the Management Company.
The aggregate compensation paid by the Group
to members of the Supervisory Board during fiscal year 2004 was 106,755.
Compensation paid to each member is proportional to attendance at meetings. The
individual compensation paid to each member of the Supervisory Board is
provided below in Item 10 Additional Information Section B.2 The
Supervisory Board.
In accordance with the disclosure
requirements in France, the Group reported no fiscal year 2004 stock option
transactions with members of the Board of Directors and Executive Officers of
the Management Company.
C.
BOARD
PRACTICES
See discussion
below in Item 10 Additional Information Section B.2 The Supervisory
Board.
D.
EMPLOYEES
See discussion
above in Item 4 Information on the Company Section A.5 - Human
Resource Management.
E.
SHARE
OWNERSHIP
No member of
the Board of Directors or executive officers of the Management Company (
Gérant
) and no members of the Supervisory Board beneficially
own 1% or more of the shares of the Company, either directly or potentially
through the exercise of stock options.
ITEM 7
.
MAJOR
SHAREHOLDERS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
A.
MAJOR
SHAREHOLDERS
Set forth below as of September 30,
2004, are the number of shares of common stock and percentages owned by each
person that is known to the Company to own more than 5% of the outstanding
shares of the Companys common stock:
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Title of Class
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Identity of Person or Group
|
|
Amount Owned
|
|
Percent of Class
(1)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common Stock
|
|
EDL Holding
Company
(2)
|
|
439.3
million shares
|
|
40.6
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common Stock
|
|
Kingdom
5-KR-135 Ltd.
(3)
|
|
172.5
million shares
|
|
15.9
|
%
|
(1)
Based on
1,082,680,292 shares of common stock outstanding as of September 30, 2004.
(2)
EDL Holding
Company is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company.
(3)
A company
whose shares are held by trusts for the benefit of HRH Prince Alwaleed and his
family.
In connection with the Financial Restructuring, The
Walt Disney Company has agreed, so long as certain indebtedness is outstanding
to the Groups major creditors, to hold at least 16.67% of the Companys common
stock until 2016. In connection with the
financing of Walt Disney Studios Park, The Walt Disney Company has committed to
the CDC to hold at least 16.67% of the Companys common stock until 2027. See also Item 4 Information on the Company
Section A.6.3 - Undertakings and Agreements with The Walt Disney
Company and Subsidiaries and Section C Organizational Structure and
Item 10 Additional Information Section B - Memorandum and
Articles of Association.
As of September 30, 2004, the total
number of shares of common stock held by the executive officers and members of
the supervisory board as a group was, to the Groups knowledge, 10,103 shares.
B.
RELATED -
PARTY TRANSACTIONS
During the three years ending September 30,
2004, the following amounts were incurred under related party transactions with
The Walt Disney Company and its subsidiaries (See in Item 4 Information on the
Company Section A.6.3 - Undertakings and Agreements with The Walt
Disney Company and Subsidiaries and Item 10 Additional Information Section B.1
The Management Company (the
Gérant
) for a
full description of these contracts and agreements):
|
( in millions)
|
|
2004
|
|
2003
|
|
2002
|
|
|
Development
Agreement
|
|
26.2
|
|
30.6
|
|
92.4
|
|
|
License
Agreement
(1)
|
|
47.2
|
|
5.6
|
|
24.0
|
|
|
Management
Fees
(1)
|
|
10.5
|
|
2.5
|
|
11.5
|
|
(1)
See
Note 19-b to the Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 17 Financial Statements.
On March 28, 2003, the Group entered into agreements with the
Management Company and The Walt Disney (Netherlands) B.V. to pay management
fees and royalties on a fiscal year-end basis rather than quarterly for the
second, third and fourth quarters of fiscal year 2003 and for all of fiscal
year 2004. In addition, with respect to
the last three quarters of fiscal year 2003, the combined royalties and
management fees will not exceed the maximum amount that could be paid by the
Company while maintaining compliance with the gross operating income covenant
under certain of the Companys debt agreements.
Any portion of the royalties or management fees not paid in respect of
fiscal year 2003 as a result of the foregoing may in the future become payable if
and to the extent that income before lease and net financial charges excluding
depreciation and amortization for any year from fiscal year 2004 through fiscal
2008 exceeds 450 million.
The terms of management compensation and the License Agreement will be
amended in the context of the Restructuring. See Item 5 Operating and
Financial Review and Prospects Section F 2004 Financial Restructuring
C.
INTERESTS
OF EXPERTS AND COUNSEL
Not
applicable.
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