29. Remuneration of the board of directors and transactions with related parties

Remuneration of the board of directors

Remuneration received by the board of directors and senior management during 2012 is shown in the section on transactions with related parties.

Other information concerning the board of directors

According to the public registers of the Spanish Stock Exchange Commission (CNMV), at 31 January 2013 the members of the board of directors held the following direct and indirect investments in the share capital of Inditex:

Name or company name of director Number of direct shares Number of indirect shares Percentage of capital
Mr Pablo Isla Álvarez de Tejera 361,064 - 0.058%
Mr Amancio Ortega Gaona - 369,600,0631 59.294%
Mr José Arnau Sierra 6,000
0.001%
GARTLER, S.L. 311,727,598 - 50.010%
Ms Irene R. Miller 13,240 - 0.002%
Mr Nils Smedegaard Andersen 7,000 - 0.001%
Mr Carlos Espinosa de los Monteros Bernaldo de Quirós 40,000 - 0.006%
Mr Emilio Saracho Rodríguez de Torres - - -
Mr Juan Manuel Urgoiti López de Ocaña 27,739 - 0.004%
Total

59.37%
1 Through Gartler, S.L. and Partler 2006, S.L.

As required by article 229 of the Spanish Companies Act, the following are companies outside the consolidated Inditex Group with a statutory activity which is identical, similar or complementary to that of Inditex and in which members of its board of directors or persons related thereto hold investments or management positions.

Board member Name of Company Post
Nils Smedegaard Andersen Dansk Supermarked Chairman
Nils Smedegaard Andersen A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S Group CEO
Irene Miller Coach Inc. Director

It should also be noted that the members of the board of directors or persons related thereto do not hold ownership interests of more than 0.1% in the share capital of those companies.

Transactions with related parties

Related parties are subsidiaries, joint ventures and associates, details of which are shown in Appendix I to the consolidated annual accounts, as well as significant or controlling shareholders, members of the board of directors of Inditex and senior management of the Inditex Group, as well as their close relatives, as defined in Article 2.3 of Spanish Ministry of Economy and Finance Order EHA/3050/2004, of 15 September, on information on related-party transactions that issuers of securities on official secondary markets must disclose. All amounts are expressed in thousands of euros.

Inditex Group companies

Details of operations between Inditex and other Group companies not performed in the ordinary course of business of the Company in terms of their objective and continues or which have not been completely eliminated in the consolidation process as they are proportionately consolidated are as follows.

Type of company 2012 2011
Jointly controlled companies (352,258) (338,953)
Group companies (518,240) -

Details of operations with significant shareholders, the members of the board of directors and management are as follows:

Significant shareholders

During 2012, operations carried out by the Inditex Group with the controlling shareholder, Gartler, S.L., or with persons or companies related thereto, or with Partler 2006, S.L. and with other related persons were as follows:

2012
Nature of relationship Type of operation Amount
Contractual Lease of assets (25,344)
Contractual Lease of assets 161
Contractual Other expenses (20)
Contractual Product sales 177
Contractual Services rendered 87
2012
Nature of relationship Type of operation Amount
Contractual Lease of assets (23,221)
Contractual Lease of assets 155
Contractual Guarantees provided (92)
Contractual Other expenses (20)
Contractual Services rendered 14,846

Several group companies have leased commercial premises belonging to companies related to the controlling shareholder. Most of these lease contracts were signed prior to 1994 and expire between 2014 and 2016.

Members of the board of directors and management

The following tables show the remuneration and termination benefits received by the directors and management of Inditex in 2012:

An itemized breakdown of the remuneration of the members of the board of directors is as follows:


Type Remuneration
of board
members
Remuneration
of Deputy Chairman of board of
directors
Remuneration for membership of other boards of directors Remuneration
for chairing
Committees
Fixed
remuneration
Variable
remuneration
Total 2012
Mr. Pablo Isla Álvarez de Tejera Executive 100 - - - 3,268 3,112 6,480
Mr. José Arnau Sierra Propietary 64 43 54 - - - 161
Mr.Carlos Espinosa de los Monteros Bernaldo de Quirós Independent 100 37 140 50 - - 327
Ms. Irene R.Miller Independent 100 - 100 43 - - 243
Mr.Nils Smedegaard Andersen Independent 100 - 100 - - - 200
Mr.Emilio Saracho Rodríguez de Torres Independent 100 - 100 - - - 200
Mr.Juan Manuel Urgoiti López de Ocaña Independent 100 - 100 7 - - 207
GARTLER, S.L .(1) Propietary 100 - - - - - 100
Mr. Amancio Ortega Gaona Propietary 100 - - - - - 100


864 80 594 100 3,268 3,112 8,018
Amounts in thousands of euros (1) represented by Ms Flora Pérez Marcote

The following table shows the remuneration and termination benefits received by the management of the Inditex Group:

Management 2012
Remuneration 14,094
Termination benefits -

Also, the following tables show the remuneration and termination benefits received by the directors and management of Inditex in 2011:

An itemized breakdown of the remuneration of the members of the board of directors in 2011 is as follows:


Type Remuneration
of board
members
Remuneration
of Deputy Chairman of board of
directors
Remuneration for membership of other boards of directors Remuneration
for chairing
Committees
Fixed
remuneration
Variable
remuneration
Total 2011
Mr. Pablo Isla Álvarez de Tejera Executive 100 19 8 - 2,454 1,725 4,306
Mr.Carlos Espinosa de los Monteros Bernaldo de Quirós Independent 100 80 108 50 - - 338
Ms. Irene R.Miller Independent 100 - 100 50 -
250
Mr.Nils Smedegaard Andersen Independent 100 - 108 - -
208
Mr. Francisco Luzón López Independent 100 - 108 - -
208
Mr.Emilio Saracho Rodríguez de Torres Independent 100 - 108 - -
208
Mr.Juan Manuel Urgoiti López de Ocaña Independent 100 - 108 - -
208
GARTLER, S.L .(1) Propietary 100 -
- -
100
Mr. Amancio Ortega Gaona Propietary 378 -
- -
378


1,178 99 650 100 2,454 1,725 6,206
Amounts in thousands of euros (1) represented by Ms Flora Pérez Marcot

The following table shows the remuneration and termination benefits received by the management of the Inditex Group in 2011:


Management
Remuneration 13,747
Termination benefits 1,070

Also, in 2010 Inditex also approved a long-term incentive plan (hereinafter, “the Plan”) for members of the management team and other personnel from the Inditex Group, the terms of which are described in note 26. For the purposes of the disclosure of related party transactions, the following are estimates of the incentives accrued in 2012 by directors and management and which would be paid if the Plan conditions are met:


Directors Management
Accrued incentive 1,333 2,293

At the meeting held on 14 June 2011 Inditex’s board of directors agreed to contract a benefits plan for the Chairman/CEO, as part of his remuneration for carrying out his senior management duties. The Plan is a defined contribution plan, consisting of a group life insurance policy contracted by Inditex with a prestigious insurance company operating in the Spanish market. The plan contributions are payable by Inditex and will be settled in single annual installments each September. These annual contributions are equivalent to 50% of the fixed base salary approved by Inditex for the Chairman and CEO for each year. Inditex’s contribution to the Plan during 2012 amounted to euros 1,625 thousand (euros 1,500 thousand in 2001).