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Members of the Board of Directors
of TOTAL FINA ELF S.A. during 2001.

Thierry Desmarest
Aged 56. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of TOTAL FINA ELF S.A. Chairman of the Total corporate foundation. Director of Air Liquide, Sanofi-Synthélabo. Member of the Supervisory Board of Areva. Director of TOTAL FINA ELF S.A. since 1995 and until 2004. Appointed Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Elf Aquitaine on February 15, 2000. Holds 13,000 shares.

Yves Barsalou
Aged 69. Independent Director*. Honorary Chairman of Crédit Agricole. Director of Midi Libre, Société des Caves de Roquefort, Sodagri, Banco Espiríto Santo. Director of TOTAL FINA ELF S.A. since 2000 and until 2003. Holds 741 shares.

Daniel Bouton
Aged 51. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Société Générale. Director of Schneider Electric S.A. Member of the Supervisory Board of Vivendi Environnement. Director of TOTAL FINA ELF S.A. since 1997 and until 2003. Holds 800 shares.

Bertrand Collomb
Aged 59. Independent Director*. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Lafarge. Member of the Supervisory Board of Allianz Munich. Director of Crédit Commercial de France. Director of TOTAL FINA ELF S.A. since 2000 and until 2003. Holds 1,178 shares.

Honorable Paul Desmarais
Aged 74. Chairman of the Executive Committee of Power Corporation of Canada. Vice-Chairman of Bruxelles Lambert Group. Chairman of Pargesa Holding S.A (Switzerland). Director of La Great-West (Canada). Director of TOTAL FINA ELF S.A. since 1999 and until 2004. Holds 1,000 shares.

Xavier Dupont
Aged 69. Independent Director*. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Alfi-Convertix-Luxembourg Sicav. Member of the Supervisory Board of Banque Privée Saint Dominique and Natexis Capital. Director of TOTAL FINA ELF S.A. since 2000 and until 2003. Holds 1,000 shares.

Michel François-Poncet
Aged 66. Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of BNP Paribas. Director of L.V.M.H., Schneider Group, Power Corporation of Canada. Member of the Supervisory Board of AXA. Director of TOTAL FINA ELF S.A. since 1987 and until 2002. Holds 1,000 shares.

Baron Frère (Term expired May 17, 2001)
Aged 76. Chairman and Managing Director of Bruxelles Lambert Group. Chairman of the Board of Directors of PetroFina (Belgium). Director of L.V.M.H., CLT-UFA (Luxembourg), Coparex S.A. Member of the Supervisory Board of Suez, Metropole television (M6). Honorary Regent of Banque Nationale de Belgique. Member of the International Committee of Assicurazioni Generali S.p.A. (Italy).

Jacques Friedman
Aged 69. Director of BNP Paribas, Vivendi Universal, Alcatel. Director of TOTAL FINA ELF S.A. since 2000 and until 2003. Holds 1,519 shares.

Baron Goossens
Aged 57. Independent Director*. Chairman of Belgacom. Director of K.B.C. Holding Banque Assurance, Sofina. Director of TOTAL FINA ELF S.A. since 1999 and until 2002. Holds 800 shares.

Frédéric Isoard
Aged 69. Former Chairman of Elf Trading S.A.-Geneva. Director of TOTAL FINA ELF S.A. since 2000 and until 2003. Holds 15,274 shares.

Professeur Bertrand Jacquillat
Aged 57. Independent Director*. Professor at the Paris Institut d'Etudes Politiques. Co-founder and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Associés en Finance. Director of TOTAL FINA ELF S.A. since 1996 and until 2002. Holds 900 shares.

Antoine Jeancourt Galignani
Aged 64. Independent Director*.Former Chairman of Assurances Générales de France. Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Euro Disney SCA. Director of Société Générale, Kaufman & Broad. Director of TOTAL FINA ELF S.A. since 1994 and until 2003. Holds 1,091 shares.

Anne Lauvergeon
Aged 42. Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Areva. Director of Suez, Sagem, Pechiney. Director of TOTAL FINA ELF S.A. since 2000 and until 2003. Holds 500 shares.

Michel Pébereau
Aged 59. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of BNP Paribas. Chairman of the Board of Directors of C.I.P. Director of Lafarge, Saint-Gobain. Member of the Supervisory Board of Axa, Galeries Lafayette, Dresdner Bank AG. Director of TOTAL FINA ELF S.A. since 2000 and until 2003. Holds 589 shares.

Thierry de Rudder
Aged 52. Managing Director of Bruxelles Lambert Group. Director of Société Générale de Belgique, Audiofina, Tractebel, PetroFina, Rhodia. Director of TOTAL FINA ELF S.A. since 1999 and until 2004. Holds 989 shares.

Jürgen Sarrazin
Aged 65. Independent Director*. Former Chairman of the Dresdner Bank Management Board. Director of TOTAL FINA ELF S.A. since 2000 and until 2003. Holds 1,777 shares.

Robert Studer
Aged 63. Independent Director*. Former Chairman of the Board of Directors of Union des Banques Suisses. Director of B.A.S.F., Espirito Santo Financial Group, Renault, Schindler Holding. Director TOTAL FINA ELF S.A. since 2000 and until 2003. Holds 1,463 shares.

Serge Tchuruk
Aged 64. Independent Director*. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Alcatel. Director of Vivendi Universal, Thales, Société Générale. Member of the Board of Directors of école polytechnique. Director of TOTAL FINA ELF S.A. since 1989 and until 2004. Holds 50,000 shares.

Pierre Vaillaud
Aged 66. Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Elf Aquitaine and Technip. Director of Technip, Egis. Member of the Supervisory Board of Oddo Pinatton. Director of TOTAL FINA ELF S.A.since 2000 and until 2003. Holds 1,113 shares.

Lord Alexander of Weedon Q.C.
Aged 65. Independent Director*. Chairman of The House of Lords Delegated Powers and Deregulation Committee. Former Chairman of Natwest Group. Chancellor of the Exeter University. Director of TOTAL FINA ELF S.A. since 1996 and until 2002. Holds 800 shares.

* Independent Directors have no links with any company that is a shareholder of TOTAL FINA ELF S.A.
or any company in which TOTAL FINA ELF S.A. is a shareholder.

Board of Directors meetings

The Board met six times in 2001. The overall attendance rate was 77%.The meetings focused on the following major points:
January 30: Preliminary financial statements for 2000. Proposed acquisition of Argentine assets of Gener.
March 13: Final financial statements for 2000 (consolidated financial statements, parent company accounts). Preparation of the Mixed Annual General Meeting. Approval of the Code of Conduct for Board Members.
May 17: Re-appointment of the Chairman. Preliminary first quarter financial statements.
July 10: Long-term exploration-production plan. Preliminary first half financial statements. Sale of part of the Group's interest in Cogema.
September 4: Final first half 2001 financial statements (consolidated financial statements, parent company accounts).
November 20: Third quarter 2001 financial statements. Five-year plan. Update on the Grande Paroisse disaster in Toulouse.

Board Committees

In 1995, the Group set up two specialized committees that continued their work in 2001.

Nomination and Remuneration Committee
The Committee studies and submits to the Board proposals concerning:
• the nomination of new Board members and senior executives,
• compensation for senior executives,
• stock option plans (procedures and amount granted by category of recipient, individual grants to senior executives).
The members of the committee, which met twice in 2001, are Michel François-Poncet, Bertrand Collomb and Serge Tchuruk.

Audit Committee
The Committee advises the Board on the quality of the accounts and the Group’s internal auditing procedures. As such, its duties include opining on:
• the appointment and compensation of auditors,
• the work program of internal and external auditors,
• accounting principles and procedures and half-yearly and annual consolidated financial statements before their examination by the Board.
The members of the committee, which met four times in 2001, are Jacques Friedmann, Bertrand Jacquillat and Thierry de Rudder.

Allocation of TotalFinaElf stock options

    Number
of
recipients
Number
of options
granted
Distribution Average number
of options
per recipient
1995 Plan (1) Top Executives (5) 14 166,000 17.5% 11,857
Options to subscribe Officers 138 344,700 36.4% 2,498
(decided by the Board of Directors
on September 5, 1995; strike: 291 F
or 44.63 euros; discount: 4.7%)
Other employees 584 435,800 46.0% 746
Total 736 946,500 100% 1,286
1996 Plan (1) Top Executives (5) 14 154,000 16.0% 11,000
Options to subscribe Officers 138 359,400 37.4% 2,604
(decided by the Board of Directors
on December 11, 1996; strike: 392 F
or 59.76 euros; discount: 5%)
Other employees 650 446,600 46.5% 687
Total 802 960,000 100% 1,197
1998 Plan (2) Top Executives (5) 16 157,500 16.5% 9,844
Options to subscribe Officers 162 347,600 36.4% 2,146
(decided by the Board of Directors
on March 17, 1998; strike: 615 F
or 93.76 euros; discount: 4.94%)
Other employees 824 449,900 47.1% 546
Total 1,002 955,000 100% 953
1999 Plan (2) Top Executives (5) 19 279,000 18.6% 14,684
Options to subscribe Officers 215 517,000 34.5% 2,405
(decided by the Board of Directors
on June 15, 1999; strike: 113 euros
discount: 4.74%)
Other employees 1,351 703,767 46.9% 521
Total 1,585 1,499,767 100% 946
2000 Plan (3)(6) Top Executives (5) 24 246,200 10.1% 10,258
Options to subscribe Officers 298 660,700 27.2% 2,217
(decided by the Board of Directors
on July 11, 2000; strike: 162.70 euros
discount: 0.0%)
Other employees 2,740 1,518,745 62.6% 554
Total 3,062 2,425,645 100% 792
2001 Plan (4)(6) Top Executives (5) 21 295,350 11.0% 14,064
Options to subscribe Officers 281 648,950 24.1% 2,309
(decided by the Board of Directors
on July 10, 2001; strike: 168.20 euros
discount: 0.0%)
Other employees 3,318 1,749,075 64.9% 527
Total 3,620 2,693,375 100% 744
(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 the underlying shares cannot be sold. The duration of the option is 8 years.
(4) The options may be exercised from January 1, 2005 and must be exercised within 8 years of the grant date. The Vesting Schedule also prohibits sale of underlying shares for 4 years.
(5) Management Committee and Treasurer as defined as of the date of the Board of Directors which decided to grant options.
(6) Certain employees of Elf Aquitaine in 1998 received confirmation in 2000 and 2001 of Elf Aquitaine options allocated in 1998 subject to the realization of performance objectives by the Elf Aquitaine group between 1998 and 2002 (see"Stock subscription and purchase options").

Compensation of Directors and Executive Officers

The aggregate amount paid directly or indirectly by the French and foreign affiliates of the Company as compensation to the executive officers as a group (the members of the management committee and the treasurer) was 14.8 million euros for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001 (twenty six executive officers) compared to 13.8 million euros for the year ended December 31, 2000 (twenty seven executive officers) (1). Variable compensation accounted for 37.5% of the aggregate amount in 2001. Executive officers who are Directors of affiliates of the Company are not entitled to retain any Directors' Fees.

Mr. Thierry Desmarest's total gross compensation (including benefits in kind) paid by Group companies was 2,225,070 euros in 2001. The variable portion paid in 2001, assessed on the base salary set by the Board of Directors and depending on the Group's results for the previous year, amounted to 1,067,143 euros.

The amount paid to the members of the Board of Directors as Director’s Fees was 0.76 million euros in 2001 (as decided by the Ordinary Shareholders’ Meeting held on March 22, 2000 which set the total amount of Directors’ Fees as of the financial year 2000 at 5 million francs). There were 20 Directors as of December 31, 2001 compared with 21 as of December 31, 2000. The aggregate amount of 0.76 million euros paid as directors fees in 2001 was distributed as follows:
• a fixed amount of 15,000 euros per director (prorata temporis in case of a change during the period),
• a global amount of 4,000 euros per director member of the Audit Committee or the Nomination and Remuneration Committee, for each effective attendance at a Committee meeting,
• the balance is distributed among the directors according to an effective attendance of the meeting of the Board of Directors. Details of the compensation allocated to each Director are shown. Shown in part "Administration - Management - Control"

(1) For the members of the Executive Commitee, this amounted to € 8.11 million in 2001 (8 members) and € 7.26 million in 2000 (9 members).


Set forth below is the name of each executive officer of the Company as of December 31, 2001 (26 officers as of December 31, 2001 and 27 officers as of December 31, 2000):

Management Committee

Thierry DESMAREST*
François CORNELIS*
Bernard de COMBRET*
Jean-Luc VERMEULEN*
Christophe de MARGERIE*
Jean-Paul VETTIER*
Robert CASTAIGNE*
Bruno WEYMULLER*
Michel BENEZIT
Michel BONNET
Wayne BRENCKLE
Axel de BROQUEVILLE
Alain CHAMPEAUX
Jean-Claude COMPANY
Yves-Louis DARRICARRERE
Yves EDERN
Jean-Jacques GUILBAUD
Ian HOWAT
Jean-Bernard LARTIGUE
Alain MADEC
Patrick RAMBAUD
Jean-Pierre SEEUWS
Bernard TRAMIER
André TRICOIRE
Hugues WOESTELANDT

Treasurer
Charles PARIS de BOLLARDIERE

* Member of the Executive Committee as of December 31, 2001.

TotalFinaElf share subscription and purchase options granted to Executive Officers
as a group (Management Committee and Treasurer as of December 31, 2001)
  1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2001 Total
  Subscription Subscription Purchase Purchase Purchase Purchase
  Plan Plan Plan Plan Plan Plan
Exercise price (in euros) 44.36 59.76 93.76 113.00 162.70 168.20
Expiration date 09/05/2001 12/11/2002 03/17/2006 06/15/2007 07/11/2008 07/10/2009
Options granted 127,000 139,200 139,000 248,000 237,700 - 890,900
Existing options as of January 1, 2001 3,000 77,500 126,000 248,000 237,700 - 692,200
Options granted in fiscal year 2001 - - - - - 295,350 295,350
Options exercised in fiscal year 2001 3,000 19,500 0 0 0 0 22,500
Existing options as of December 31, 2001 0 58,000 126,000 248,000 237,700 295,350 965,050

NB: Among the Management Committee and the Treasurer of TotalFinaElf as of December 31, 2001, certain members coming from Elf Aquitaine hold Elf Aquitaine options entitling them to, in the event of exercise, exchange Elf Aquitaine shares for TotalFinaElf shares on the basis of the exchange ratio set during the 1999 Exchange Offer, being 19 TotalFinaElf shares for 13 Elf Aquitaine shares (see part "Merger of TotalFina with Elf Aquitaine in 1999 and 2000").

The total number of share purchase options granted in 2001 to the ten employees of TOTAL FINA ELF S.A. and all other companies included in the Group's scope of consolidation (not TOTAL FINA ELF S.A. directors) receiving the largest number of options granted, amounted to 166,000 options at a strike price of euros 168.20 (single allocation plan decided by the Board of Directors on July 10, 2001). The total number of share subscription or purchase options exercised in 2001 by the ten employees of TOTAL FINA ELF S.A. and all other companies included in the Group's scope of consolidation (not TOTAL FINA ELF S.A. directors) subscribing or purchasing the largest number of options, amounted to 55,700 options at an average weighted strike price of 55.21 euros.

TotalFinaElf share subscription and purchase options granted to Mr. Thierry Desmarest, Chairman of the Board of TOTAL FINA ELF S.A.
    1996 1998 1999 2000 2001 Total
    Subscription Purchase Purchase Purchase Purchase
    Plan Plan Plan Plan Plan
Exercise price (in euros) 59.76 93.76 113.00 162.70 168.20
Expiration date 12/11/2002 03/17/2006 06/15/2007 07/11/2008 07/10/2009
Options granted 32,000 30,000 40,000 50,000 - 152,000
Existing options as of January 1, 2001 27,000 30,000 40,000 50,000 - 147,000
Options granted in fiscal year 2001 - - - - 75,000 75,000
Options exercised in fiscal year 2001 10,000 0 0 0 0 10,000
Existing options as of December 31, 2001 17,000 30,000 40,000 50,000 75,000 212,000

 
 
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