Vodafone paid Sarin 500,000 pounds for relocating to US

Vodafone's former chief executive Arun Sarin received 500,000 pounds to relocate to the US following his departure from the company. World's top 10 valuable brands

LONDON: British telecom major Vodafone's former chief executive Arun Sarin received 500,000 pounds (Rs 3.87 crore) to relocate to the US following his departure from the company.

According to the group's annual report, for the year ended March 2009, Sarin received a remuneration of 1.42 million pounds (Rs 10.99 crore), which includes basis salary, cash incentives and other benefits.

The company stated that the benefits and other category in the remuneration "includes 500,000 pounds in respect of relocation for Arun Sarin."

In the FY 2009, Sarin collected 436,000 pounds in basic salary, 434,000 pounds in incentive schemes, 553,000 pounds in other benefits and awards, including the relocation fee of 500,000 pounds in 2009, the data available in the company's annual report shows.

Overall, Sarin's pay package stood at 8.1 million pounds in the year to March 31. It included 6.1 million pounds in shares and dividend of 564,000 pounds.

The company stated that Sarin had a contractual entitlement to 500,000 pounds in connection with his relocation to the US.
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In the previous financial year 2008, Sarin had received 3.59 million pounds as remuneration from Vodafone.

Sarin, who stepped down from the board on July 29, 2008 and later retired from the business on February 28, 2009, was available for consultation during this seven months period, over which, he "received a nominal base salary of one pound and no bonus or new GLTI (Global Long Term Incentive Plan) grant in July 2008," the company said.

However, on retirement, his long-term incentive awards vested on a pro-rated basis (for both time and performance).
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Sarin's successor Vittorio Colao, was paid a basic salary of 932,000 pounds for the year ended March 2009, bonuses and other benefits took to a total of 2.2 million pounds.

As such, the 2010 remuneration structure is unchanged from 2009 and "the Committee has decided not to increase the base salaries for the current executive directors in the July 2009 review," Vodafone said in a statement.
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Sarin became CEO in July 2003 and has led Vodafone's evolution into a full-fledged communications company. On his retirement he had said, " I feel I have accomplished what I set out to achieve...".

Vodafone's acquisition of Hutch Essar is the largest foreign investment made in India. The company's customer base more than doubled from 120 million to over 260 million globally under his leadership.
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