2019 Annual financial report

Chapter 3. Governance and Compensation

3.2.2.7 Comparison of the compensation of executive corporate officers with the Company’s performance and the average and median compensation of employees

In accordance with article L. 225-37-3 (I) (6) and (7) of the French Commercial Code in the version emanating from Order no. 2019-1234 of November 27, 2019, the table below indicates the ratios of the level of compensation of the executive corporate officers to i) the average compensation on a full-time equivalent basis of employees who are not executive corporate officers and ii) the median compensation on a full-time equivalent basis of employees who are not executive corporate officers; as well as the annual evolution in the compensation of the executive corporate officers, the Company’s performance, the average compensation on a full-time equivalent basis of employees who are not executive corporate officers and the aforementioned ratios, over the past five financial years.

The compensation of the executive corporate officers used for the purposes of the table below includes all items of compensation and benefits of any kind paid during the 2015 to 2019 financial years. The ratios presented below in accordance with Order no. 2019-1234 of November 27, 2019 were calculated on the basis of the median and average compensation paid to Company employees during the 2015 to 2019 financial years. 

Changes in aggregates


2015
2016
2017
2018
2019

Performance of the Company

2015

 

2016

 

2017

 

2018

 

2019

 


Company net income (in millions of euros)

2015

992

2016

1,015

2017

1,037

2018

1,082

2019

1,188


(Evolution compared with the previous financial year)

2015

N/A

2016

+2.32%

2017

+2.17%

2018

+4.34%

2019

+9.80%


Compensation of employees

2015

 

2016

 

2017

 

2018

 

2019

 


Average compensation of employees (full time equivalent basis - excluding executive corporate officers)

2015

80,915

2016

81,816

2017

80,290

2018

79,961

2019

82,835


(Evolution compared with the previous financial year)

2015

N/A

2016

+1.11%

2017

-1.86%

2018

-0.41%

2019

+3.59%


Median compensation of employees (full time equivalent basis - excluding executive corporate officers)

2015

60,896

2016

62,358

2017

61,602

2018

62,222

2019

64,335


(Evolution compared with the previous financial year)

2015

N/A

2016

+2.40%

2017

-1.21%

2018

+1.01%

2019

+3.40%


Chair of the Supervisory Board(1)

2015

 

2016

 

2017

 

2018

 

2019

 


Compensation of Elisabeth Badinter

2015

310,000

2016

295,000

2017

300,000(2)

2018

-

2019

-


Compensation of Maurice Lévy

2015

-

2016

-

2017

-

2018

2,845,000

2019

2,885,000


(Evolution compared with the previous financial year)

2015

N/A

2016

-4.84%

2017

+1.69%

2018

N/A

2019

+1.41%


Ratio to average employee compensation

2015

4

2016

4

2017

4(3)

2018

36

2019

35


(Evolution compared with the previous financial year)

2015

N/A

2016

-5.89%

2017

+3.63%

2018

N/A

2019

-2.11%


Ratio to median employee compensation

2015

5

2016

5

2017

5(3)

2018

46

2019

45


(Evolution compared with the previous financial year)

2015

N/A

2016

-7.07%

2017

+2.94%

2018

N/A

2019

-1.93%


Chair of the Management Board(4)

2015

 

2016

 

2017

 

2018

 

2019

 


Compensation of Maurice Lévy

2015

2,833,333

2016

3,917,500

2017

3,541,667

2018

-

2019

-


Compensation of Arthur Sadoun

2015

-

2016

-

2017

2,276,106

2018

2,749,511

2019

2,400,000


(Evolution compared with the previous financial year)

2015

N/A

2016

+38.26%

2017

-15.31%(5)

2018

-17.13%(5)

2019

-12.71%


Ratio to average employee compensation

2015

35

2016

48

2017

41(5)

2018

34

2019

29


(Evolution compared with the previous financial year)

2015

N/A

2016

+36.74%

2017

-13.70%

2018

-16.79%

2019

-15.74%


Ratio to median employee compensation

2015

47

2016

63

2017

54(5)

2018

44

2019

37


(Evolution compared with the previous financial year)

2015

N/A

2016

+35.02%

2017

-14.27%

2018

-17.95%

2019

-16%


Member of the Management Board (Jean-Michel Etienne)

2015

 

2016

 

2017

 

2018

 

2019

 


Compensation

2015

4,068,247

2016

2,560,284

2017

2,296,252

2018

2,338,252

2019

1,512,000


(Evolution compared with the previous financial year)

2015

N/A

2016

-37.07%

2017

-10.31%

2018

+1.83%

2019

-35.34%


Ratio to average employee compensation

2015

50

2016

31

2017

29

2018

29

2019

18


(Evolution compared with the previous financial year)

2015

N/A

2016

-37.76%

2017

-8.61%

2018

+2.25%

2019

-37.58%


Ratio to median employee compensation

2015

67

2016

41

2017

37

2018

38

2019

24


(Evolution compared with the previous financial year)

2015

N/A

2016

-38.54%

2017

-9.21%

2018

+0.82%

2019

-37.46%


Member of the Management Board (Anne-Gabrielle Heilbronner)

2015

 

2016

 

2017

 

2018

 

2019

 


Compensation

2015

1,046,588

2016

1,816,560

2017

1,541,363

2018

1,446,863

2019

1,092,357


(Evolution compared with the previous financial year)

2015

N/A

2016

+73.57%

2017

-15.15%

2018

-6.13%

2019

-24.50%


Ratio to average employee compensation

2015

13

2016

22

2017

19

2018

18

2019

13


(Evolution compared with the previous financial year)

2015

N/A

2016

+71.66%

2017

-13.54%

2018

-5.74%

2019

-27.12%


Ratio to median employee compensation

2015

17

2016

29

2017

25

2018

23

2019

17


(Evolution compared with the previous financial year)

2015

N/A

2016

+69.50%

2017

-14.11%

2018

-7.07%

2019

-26.98%


Member of the Management Board (Steve King(6))

2015

 

2016

 

2017

 

2018

 

2019

 


Compensation

2015

4,674,251

2016

4,123,293(7)

2017

2,133,811(8)

2018

3,017,105

2019

2,731,562


(Evolution compared with the previous financial year)

2015

N/A

2016

-11.79%

2017

-48.25%

2018

41.40%

2019

-9.46%


Ratio to average employee compensation

2015

58

2016

50

2017

27

2018

38

2019

33


(Evolution compared with the previous financial year)

2015

N/A

2016

-12.76%

2017

-47.27%

2018

+41.98%

2019

-12.61%


Ratio to median employee compensation

2015

77

2016

66

2017

35

2018

48

2019

42


(Evolution compared with the previous financial year)

2015

N/A

2016

-13.86%

2017

-47.61%

2018

+39.99%

2019

-12.44%