Gas Natural pays EUR 7.2m to board of directors.

(ADPnews) - Feb 24, 2010 - Spanish gas utility Gas Natural (MCE:GAS) paid to its board members a total EUR 7.2 million (USD 9.8m), up 27% on the year, in 2009, according to its corporate governance report published yesterday.

This sum accounted for 0.6% of Gas Natural's attributable profit for 2009. The high rise of the board remuneration was due to the fact that for several months Gas Natural had to pay to two …