Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI)

The total audit fees of the Group were £1.4m (2005 £1.3m) . Included in services other than audit – remuneration of the auditor and associates is £1.9m (2005 £2.1m) which relates to fees for audits of subsidiary companies in the UK and overseas, both for the purposes of consolidation into the Group accounts and to meet statutory requirements of the countries in which subsidiaries operate.

Fees paid to the Auditor (and its associates) of the Company for services other than statutory audit supplied to the Group including fees for audits under section 404 of the US Sarbanes-Oxley Act 2002 during 2006 are given on page 80 of this Report. These fees have been fully reviewed by the Audit Committee.

The remuneration and expenses of the Auditor in respect of the statutory report to the members of the Company for the year 2004 amounted to £65,000 (2003 £65,000). The total figure for the Group was £3.1m (2003 £3.1m) which includes fees for audits of subsidiary companies in the UK and overseas, both for the purposes of consolidation into the Group accounts and to meet statutory requirements of the countries in which subsidiaries operate.

Fees paid to the Auditor (and its associates) of the Company for services other than statutory audit supplied to the Group during 2004 totalled £1.9m (2003 £1.8m) of which £1.2m (2003 £0.9m) was for audit-related services, £0.7m (2003 £0.8m) was for taxation services and nil (2003 £0.1m) for other services. These fees have been fully reviewed by the Audit Committee.