German union boss Klaus Zwickel had claimed that the continuing payment of a performance reward that was already due to Mannesmann board members had been agreed by Sir Chris Gent in a private phone call.
However, it has transpired that Klaus Zwickel was at the board meeting where the payments were discussed in full, and that he actually signed the minutes of the meeting.
As the payments had already been agreed before the takeover attempt, and Vodafone had simply agreed to honor the existing agreement, the allegations of bribery and corruption have been dropped.
