The effects of non-recurring items such as impairment (if any) are excluded from management’s measurement basis. Interest income and expenses and tax are not allocated to segments. A reconciliation of the segments’ performance measure (EBIT) to the group’s operating result is presented below.

(in € millions)		H1 '11		H1 '10
Group EBIT		36.1		66.6
Impairment charge		-511.9		0
Interim financial statements EBIT		-475.8		66.6

4. Remuneration policy for members of the Management Board

This note should be read in conjunction with note 7 Employee Benefits in the Annual Report for 2010. In accordance with the Remuneration Policy, remuneration for the Management Board consists of four components: base-salary, short-term incentive, long-term incentive and pension. The long-term incentive component is set out in the 2009 Stock Option Plan as amended following the 2011 AGM. In May 2011, each of the Management Board members was granted 150,000 new share options under this plan.

5. Earnings per share

The calculation of basic and diluted earnings per share is based on the following data:

		H1 ‘11		H1 ‘10
Earnings (in € thousands)
Earnings (net result attributable to equity holders)		-478,667		36,801
Number of shares (in thousands)
Weighted average number of ordinary shares for basic EPS		221,861		221,718
Effect of dilutive potential ordinary shares (in thousands)
Share options and restricted stocks		1,467		222
Weighted average number of ordinary shares for diluted EPS		223,328		221,940

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