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44. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
   
(a) Sale and purchase of goods and services

In addition to the related party information disclosed elsewhere in the financial statements, the following significant transactions between the Group, the Company and related parties took place during the financial year at terms agreed between the parties :

 
 
         
 
Charter hire paid to associated companies   2,513      
Charter hire, freight and shipmanagement                
       fees received from associated companies   (6,123)      
Management fees received from                
       associated companies   (373)     (373)  
Terminal and equipment leasing income                
       received from associated companies (176)   (266)      
Guarantee fee income received from                
       associated companies (173)   (439)   (173)   (439)  
Interest income received from                
       associated companies (1,877)   (1,987)   (1,877)   (1,987)  
   
 
(b) Share options granted to directors

The aggregate number of share options granted to the directors of the Company during the financial year was 720,000 (2001: 850,000). The share options were given on the same terms and conditions as those offered to other employees of the Company (Note 38). The outstanding number of share options granted to the directors of the Company at the end of the financial year was 3,894,058 (2001: 2,820,089).

(c) Directors' remuneration

The remuneration for executive directors includes salaries, bonuses, severance payments and other emoluments, while that for non-executive directors includes directors' fees and other emoluments. Other emoluments (including benefits-in-kind) are computed based on the cost incurred by the Group and the Company, and where the Group or Company did not incur any costs, the value of the benefit is included.

The total remuneration of the directors is set out in Note 6.

(d) Key management personnel

The employment benefits for key management personnel includes salaries, bonuses, severance payments and other emoluments (including benefits-in-kind).

The total employment benefits for key management personnel were US$3.62 million (2001: US$1.39 million). Severance payments for Mr Flemming Jacobs upon the cessation of his employment on 6 January 2003 have been included in the employment benefits for 2002.

 

45.

STATUTORY INFORMATION REQUIRED BY PARAGRAPH 7 OF THE NINTH SCHEDULE OF THE COMPANIES ACT

   
 
 
         
 
The Company                
Not later than 2 years 56,102   374,663   560,628   756,424  
Later than 2 years but not later than 5 years 553,810   635,326   1,480   118,727  
Later than 5 years 572,275   397,275   792   2,373  
   
 

The above amounts exclude creditors, debtors and other items arising in the ordinary course of trade and separately disclosed under current liabilities and assets.

 

46. FINANCIAL INFORMATION BY INDUSTRY AND GEOGRAPHICAL SEGMENTS

   
 

Primary Segment Reporting By Business Segments

The principal activities of the Group include those relating to :

1. Liner

Global container transportation operations. It offers container shipping services in major trade lanes such as Trans-Pacific, Intra-Asia, Trans-Atlantic, Latin Americas and Asia-Europe.

2. Logistics

Integrated management of all activities related to the supply chain. It comprises all of the supply chain processes that plan, implement, and control the effective flow and storage of goods, services and information from the origin to the point of consumption.

3. Chartering

Chartering of tankers, containerships and bulk carriers. The tanker business being the main chartering operation, concentrates mainly in the Aframax and Very Large Crude Carriers ("VLCCs") markets. The Aframax fleet provides petroleum transportation services in the Atlantic and lightering services in the US Gulf, while the VLCC fleet offers point-to-point services for the transportation of crude oil.

The terms of inter-segment sales are established by negotiation between the various business units.

 

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