Universal Registration Document 2021

Chapter 3. Governance and compensation

    Level of achievement of the Performance Acquisition scale (straight-line between the Threshold and the Maximum)
Performance criteria Weight Threshold Target Maximum Threshold Target Maximum
Organic growth of the Groupe's revenue based on the Objective validated by the Supervisory Board in March 2022 15 % Objective -x bp(1) Objective objective y bp(1) 80% 100% 120%
Operating margin (the highest in the market compared to that of a peer group composed of the other three main global communications groups, namely Omnicom, WPP and IPG) 15 % #2 #1 #1 et objective + z bp(1) 50% 100% 120%
Audit - execution of the plan approved by the Audit Committee in November 2021: 68 planned audits (entity audits; IT; works; in compliance with IFACI rules) 20 % ≥ 80% of the objective objective objective 80% 100% 100%
Employee expenses : based on the objective of “fixed personnel costs and freelance costs/revenue” in the annual budget approved by the Supervisory Board in March 2022 20 % objective(1) objective(1) objective(1) 100% 100% 100%
Legal 10 %            
  • Number of people trained in Compliance
5% ≥ 80% of the objective objective objective 80% 100% 100%
  • Positive financial impact of the legal department on litigation (difference between amounts paid plus legal fees and amounts claimed)
5% objective(1) objective(1) objective(1) 100% 100% 100%
CSR - the assessment of the progress of the CSR policy is carried out with regard to the following priorities: 20 %            
  • Diversity, Equality and Inclusion: the trajectory aims for 45% women among key executives in 2025 with an indicative checkpoint of 42% at the end of 2022
10% ≈ 42% ≈ 42% ≈ 42% 100% 100% 100%
  • Combating climate change: the trajectory aims for 100% of energy from direct renewable sources by 2030 with an indicative checkpoint of around +14% at the end of 2022 compared to 2021
10 % ≈ + 14% ≈ + 14 % ≈ + 14% 100% 100% 100%
TOTAL 100%     TOTAL 84.5% 100% 106%

(1) Strategic and confidential information that may not be disclosed. For organic growth and operating margin, the thresholds and targets are higher than the guidance issued on February 19, 2022.