The number of stock options and stock appreciation rights (SAR) under the 2003 Stock Option Plan changed as follows:
| Stock options | |
| Number | |
| SOP 2003 | |
| Tranche 2004 | |
| Outstanding options as at 1 January 2009 | 2,726,658 |
| Outstanding SAR as at 1 January 2009 | 232,568 |
| Stock options lapsed | 26,648 |
| SAR lapsed |
0 |
| Stock options exercised | 0 |
| SAR exercised | 0 |
| Outstanding stock options as at 31 March 2009 | 2,700,010 |
| Outstanding SAR as at 31 March 2009 | 232,568 |
As at 31 March 2009, provisions for the 2006 SAR Plan and the 2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan (2006 LTIP for the Board of Management) amounted to €7 million (31 December 2008: €10 million). No stock options were exercised in the first quarter due to the ongoing share price situation. The issed capital was unchanged as against 31 December 2008; it is composed of 1,209,015,874 no-par value registered shares.