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Distribution of TotalFinaElf stock options


Number of recipients Number of options granted Distribution Average number of options per recipient
1994 Plan(1) Top Executives (4) 15 159,000 19.9 % 10,600
Option to subscribe Officers 132 281,600 35.2 % 2,133
(decided by the Board of Directors on September 6, 1994 ; strike : FRF 286 ; discount : 9.79%) Other Employees 563 359,400 44.9 % 638
Total 710 800,000 100 % 1,127
1995 Plan (1) Top Executives (4) 14 166,000 17.5 % 11,857
Option to subscribe Officers 138 344,700 36.4 % 2,498
(decided by the Board of Directors on September 5, 1995 ; strike : FRF 291 ; discount : 4.7%) Other Employees 584 435,800 46.0 % 746
Total 736 946,500 100 % 1,286
1996 Plan (1) Top Executives (4) 14 154,000 16.0 % 11,000
Option to subscribe Officers 138 359,400 37.4 % 2,604
(decided by the Board of Directors on December 11, 1995 ; strike : FRF 392 ; discount : 5%) Other Employees 650 446,600 46.5 % 687
Total 802 960,000 100 % 1,197
1998 Plan (2) Top Executives (4) 16 157,500 16.5 % 9,844
Option to purchase Officers 162 347,600 36.4 % 2,146
(decided by the Board of Directors on March 17, 1998 ; strike : FRF 615 ; discount : 4.94%) Other Employees 824 449,900 47.1 % 546
Total 1,002 955,000 100 % 953
1999 Plan (2) Top Executives (4) 19 279,000 18.6 % 14,684
Option to purchase Officers 215 517,000 34.5 % 2,405
(decided by the Board of Directors on June 15, 1999 ; strike : EUR 113 ; discount : 4.74%) Other Employees 1,351 703,767 46.9 % 521
Total 1,585 1,499,767 100 % 946
2000 Plan(3) (5) Top Executives (4) 24 246,200 10.1 % 10,258
Option to purchase Officers 298 660,700 27.2 % 2,217
(decided by the Board of Directors on July 11, 2000 ; strike : EUR 162.70 ; discount : 0.0%) Other Employees 2,740 1,518,745 62.6 % 554
Total 3,062 2,425,645 100 % 792

(1) The Vesting Schedule is equal to 3 years while the duration of the option is 6 years.
(2) The Vesting Schedule is equal to 5 years while the duration of the option is 8 years.
(3) The Vesting Schedule is equal to 4 years plus one year during which shares cannot be sold. The duration of the option is 8 years.
(4) Management Committee and Treasurer as defined as of the date of the Board of Directors which decided to grant options.
(5) Certain employees of Elf Aquitaine in 1998 received confirmation in 2000 of Elf Aquitaine options allocated in 1998 subject to the realization of performance objectives by the Elf Aquitaine group between 1998 and 2002 (see below).


Elf Aquitaine stock options granted to employees of the Group
Certain employees of the Group, having been part of the Elf Aquitaine group in 1998, received confirmation in 2000 of share subscription options attributed on April 1, 1998 pursuant to a Medium Term Incentive plan (MTI)(1), due to the results of Elf Aquitaine in 1999. In accordance with the undertakings made by the Group during the 1999 Exchange Offer (information memorandum bearing COB visa no 99-1179), these Elf Aquitaine options, in the event of exercise, are entitled to be exchanged for TotalFinaElf shares at the exchange ratio of 19 TotalFinaElf shares for 13 Elf Aquitaine shares (see Note 25 to the Consolidated Financial Statements).
The beneficiaries of these Elf Aquitaine options, who were also employees of the Group on the date the Board of Directors of TOTAL FINA ELF S.A. decided to grant options under the year 2000 TotalFinaElf plan (July 11, 2000) were in the following categories:



(3) Number of recipients Number of Elf Aquitaine options granted   Distribution Average number of options per recipient Corresponding number of TotalFinaElf shares (4) Corresponding number of TotalFinaElf shares per recipient(4)
MTI Plan  
Options granted in
2000 connection
with 1999 targets(2)

(decided by Elf Aquitaine’s Board of Directors on April 1, 1998 ; strike : EUR 105.95)
Top Executives
11 49,132 24.1 % 4,467 71,808 6,528
Officers
141 143,258 70.2 % 1,016 209,377 1,485
Other Employees
17 11,574 5.7 % 681 16,916 995
Total 169 203,964 100 % 1,207 298,101 1,764

(1) Plan approved by the Board of Directors of Elf Aquitaine on April 1, 1998 subject to the fulfilment of performance objectives by the Elf Aquitaine group for the 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2002 fiscal years. The options are exercisable from April 1, 2000 and expire March 31, 2005.
(2) Grants confirmed by the Board of Directors of Elf Aquitaine on February 2, 2000.
(3) Positions held within the Group on July 11, 2000, date on which the Board of Directors of TOTAL FINA ELF S.A. approved the year 2000 TotalFinaElf stock option plan.
(4) Assumes the maximum number of shares are exchanged (19 TotalFinaElf shares for 13 Elf Aquitaine shares).


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