Remuneration Information • Mar 29, 2019
Remuneration Information
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This document ("The Annual Report on Remuneration", the "Report"), was prepared and approved by the Board of Directors on 14 March 2019 according to Article 123-ter of Legislative Decree No. 58/1998 ("TUF") and Article 6 of the Corporate Governance Code, the July 2018 version, approved by the Corporate Governance Committee established at Borsa Italiana S.p.A.. The Report describes the Remuneration policy adopted by Reply S.p.A (hereon "Reply") with reference to remuneration to (i) members of the Board of Directors and in particular to Executive Directors and Directors invested with special charges (ii) Directors with Strategic Responsibility.
The corporate bodies and persons responsible for drafting, approving and implementing the remuneration Policy are the following:
With regard to remuneration, the Shareholders' meeting:
The Board of Directors:
Considering the current structure of the Board of Directors and the shares held in Reply S.p.A., by various members, no succession plan which regulates the substitution of Executive Directors or Directors with Strategic position or those who have ceased has been implemented. In particular, the substitution of an Executive is carried out in accordance to Article 2386 of the Italian Civil Code, in which the Board of Directors chooses the Executive. Whereas the substitution of Directors with strategic responsibility is agreed upon by top management of the company.
The remuneration committee:
On 23 April 2018, Reply S.p.A.'s Board of Directors appointed the actual members of the Remuneration and Nominating Committee. As at the date of approval of this Report, the Remuneration and Nominating Committee was comprised as follows: Fausto Forti, Chairman of the Committee and Lead Independent Director; Secondina Giulia Ravera, Independent Director; Francesco Umile Chiappetta, Independent Director.
The Chairman of the Remuneration and Nominating Committee has gained adequate knowledge and experience on financial issues and remuneration policy given his professional experience characterized by operational responsibility in large companies.
In 2018 the Remuneration Committee did not rely on the support of independent remuneration policy experts to draw up the Remuneration Policy.
For further information regarding the operation and activities of the Remuneration and Nominating Committee for the financial year ended as at 31 December 2018, see the 2018 Report on Corporate Governance and Ownership Structure.
Executive Directors:
The Board of Statutory Auditors has the task of providing opinion in relation to the Remuneration Policy; in particular the Board provides opinions on the remuneration of Executive Directors and Directors invested with special charges; in expressing their opinion the Board verifies the consistency of the proposals with the Remuneration Policy.
The 2019 Remuneration Policy is the same of 2018, in view of the assessments made by the Remuneration and Nominating Committee at the meeting of 11 March 2019 and subsequently, at the meeting of 14 March, by the Board of Directors.
The Remuneration Policy is intended to ensure the Company has the ability to attract, retain and motivate individuals who have professional skills and experience to pursue the achievement of the Company's objectives. The Policy is also instrumental in aligning the interests of the Company's management with those of the shareholders, pursuing the primary objective of the creation of value over a medium-long term period, through the creation of a strong link between remuneration and individual performance.
The Remuneration Policy reflects and takes into account the specificities of the business model adopted by Reply.
Reply operates through a network of companies that highly specializes in processes, applications and technologies. The growth of the network takes place both organically, also through the creation of new startups, and through the acquisitions of control investments in companies always with the mission of becoming excellence centers in its operational scope and grow both operationally and dimensionally.
This model has allowed:
Due to the distinctive character of Reply's business model, the Remuneration Policy has always identified EBITDA as a single or prevailing performance indicator not being the financial management and the generation of cash flows a priority in consideration (i) of the nature of the activity characterized by the provision of consultancy services, (ii) the high credit rating of its customers, in large part represented by primary national and international customers which allows reasonably short conversion times in cash, (iii) of the Group consequent financial situation, which is permanently positive, capable of supporting the company's development and investment.
Moreover, the type of the activity carried out, characterized by consultancy services having a period of execution of short standard (mainly less than one year), allows to reduce significantly the risk that the indicator of the performance that the variable component of the remuneration is related to, or EBITDA, may prove to be unreliable or long-term manifestly erroneous. Due to the characteristics of the activity and the associated risk profiles, it was not necessary:
The strong involvement of management is also a peculiarity in the parent company Reply S.p.A.; the top management assumes the greatest operational responsibilities with a strong involvement in the management and at the same time holds frequently stakes in the capital of the company, favoring a natural alignment of its interests with the pursuit of the goal of value creation for shareholders in a medium to long term horizon. In this context, as part of the Remuneration Policy, it is therefore less relevant to use:
The Remuneration Committee requested the Company to carry out an assessment of the remuneration policy adopted by Reply S.p.A. by an independent third party.
With reference to 2018 the Directors were as follows:
| Mario Rizzante | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tatiana Rizzante | Chief Executive Officer | ||||
| Claudio Bombonato | Executive Director | ||||
| Daniele Angelucci | Executive Director | ||||
| Filippo Rizzante | Executive Director | ||||
| Elena Maria Previtera (1) | Executive Director | ||||
| Fausto Forti | Non-Executive Director, Independent and Lead | ||||
| Independent Director | |||||
| Secondina Giulia Ravera (1) | Non-Executive Director, Independent | ||||
| Francesco Umile Chiappetta (1) | Non-Executive Director, Independent | ||||
| Oscar Pepino (2) | Executive Director | ||||
| Maria Letizia Jaccheri (2) | Non-Executive Director and Independent | ||||
| Enrico Macii (2) | Non-Executive Director and Independent |
(1) nominated with decision of the Shareholders meeting of 23 April 2018
(2) held office until the Shareholders meeting of 23 April 2018
In 2018 remuneration of Directors not invested with operational proxies is as follows:
• 30,000 Euros annually for each member of the Board, as resolved by the Shareholders' meeting of 23 April 2015 and of 23 April 2018.
In 2018 the remuneration of Board members of the Supervisory Body – with reference to Mr. Fausto Forti – was determined as follows:
• 1,000 Euros for each participation in the Supervisory Body meeting.
A specific remuneration component in relation to the participation in the Committee meetings or to the execution of specific engagements not related to operational proxies is not foreseen, being the beneficiaries of the compensation only the Executive Directors that are also members of the Committee, the compensation to the Directors already takes into consideration the commitment deriving from the participation in the Committee meetings.
In line with best practices, Non-Executive Directors are not eligible for any variable form of compensation linked to the achievement of financial targets.
In line with best practice, the Company has an insurance policy on third party liability for damage inflicted by the Board of Directors (apart from the General Manager, but also Directors with Strategic Responsibilities) in performing their duties, with the aim of safeguarding the beneficiaries and the Company from any connected indemnity, excluding cases of malice or gross negligence.
Under a legal and statutory perspective, remuneration of the Company's Executive Directors is established in accordance with:
From the perspective of the Remuneration Policy, the remuneration of the Executive Directors is generally comprised of the following elements:
The Board of Directors keeps in mind two factors when determining remuneration and its single components: (i) the specific proxy that each Executive Directors holds and/or (ii) the function and the role actually carried out by each Executive Director within the Company, thus ensuring that the variable component is coherent with the tasks assigned.
Under an accounting perspective, the remuneration of the Executive Directors is recorded in the Financial Statements in the year in which the services are rendered both for the fixed gross annual component and the variable component, even though payment is made through profit sharing in accordance with Article 22 of the Company By-laws; This is consistent with the International Financial Reporting Standards IAS/IFRS in as much as profit-sharing is considered to all effects as part of the remuneration and therefore the relative al location is recorded in the Financial Statements in the year in which the Executive Directors' services are rendered; for such reason, the proposal to attribute profit-sharing is the object of resolution by the Board of Directors at the same time as approval of the draft annual Financial Statements.
With reference to 2019, remuneration is based on the following criteria:
term remuneration is guaranteed through scaling of the variable compensation up to a maximum limit related to a scale of objectives;
• deferral of payment of the variable components with respect to when the compensation matures in order to verify the fulfillment of the objectives and moreover enable a proper risk management of the company within the Remuneration Policy requirements.
With reference to the variable components of the remuneration for the Executive Directors, the Remuneration Committee, taking into account the information and processing prepared by the internal structures, proposes objectives and, during the subsequent year, performance checks in order to verify whether the objectives established the previous year were achieved.
The criteria utilized in defining remuneration for Executive Directors for 2019 was established by the Board of Directors and is as follows:
The Executive Directors can also be granted other types of benefits typical of the office held and recognized within the Group to Directors having strategic responsibilities and/or managers (i.e. company car).
At present, Directors' severance indemnity (TFM) has been allocated for Executive Directors and Managers with strategic responsibilities having analogous characteristics to employee severance indemnity (TFR) pursuant to Article 2120 of the Italian Civil Code to which the Group's Italian managers are legally entitled.
The Board of Directors can propose to the Shareholders the adoption of the incentive mechanisms through the attribution of financial options. At present no incentive plans of this kind have been established.
The Company deems that the Remuneration Policy is consistent with the pursuit of the longterm interests of the company and its risk management.
As at 14 March 2019 the role of General Manager is nonexistent in the Company's organization.
Four Directors have Strategic Responsibility at 14 March 2019.
Remuneration to Directors with Strategic Responsibilities is composed by a fixed and variable component and established with the same principles and criteria described above for the Executive Directors. For further information see point 2.4 Remuneration to Executive Directors. Directors with Strategic Responsibilities have the right to severance indemnity (TFR) ex Art. 2120 of the Italian Civil Code. Furthermore some Directors who cover strategic positions in subsidiaries have also been assigned post termination treatment determined in the same manner as severance indemnity.
The remuneration to the Director in charge of drawing up the Financial Statements and the Internal Audit manager are in line with the tasks assigned.
At the date of the present Report no allowance has been set in event of cessation of office or termination of employment on behalf of Executives and Directors with Strategic Responsibilities apart from what is provided by the ex-law and/or the Collective labor agreement in case the persons have a dependent work contract.
Non equity variable remuneration Non
Remuneration paid in 2018 to members of the Board of Directors, Statutory Auditors,
General Managers with Strategic Responsibilities
(figures in thousands of Euros)
| Name Surname | Office held Reply S.p.A. |
Period of office | Term of office | Fixed Remuneration |
Remuneration for the participation in internal committees |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mario Rizzante | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer |
1/1/2018-31/12/2018 | Shareholders' meeting for the approval of 31 December 2020 Financial Statements |
460 (1) | - |
| Remuneration paid by subsidiaries | 270 (2) | - | |||
| Total | 730 | - | |||
| Tatiana Rizzante | Chief Executive Officer | 1/1/2018-31/12/2018 | Shareholders' meeting for the approval of 31 December 2020 Financial Statements |
260 (3) | - |
| Remuneration paid by subsidiaries | 342 (4) | - | |||
| Total | 602 | - | |||
| Claudio Bombonato | Executive Director | 1/1/2018-31/12/2018 | Shareholders' meeting for the approval of 31 December 2020 Financial Statements |
300 | - |
| Filippo Rizzante | Executive Director | 1/1/2018-31/12/2018 | Shareholders' meeting for the approval of 31 December 2020 Financial Statements |
150 | - |
| Remuneration paid by subsidiaries | 343 (5) | - | |||
| Total | 493 | - | |||
| Daniele Angelucci | Executive Director | 1/1/2018-31/12/2018 | Shareholders' meeting for the approval of 31 December 2020 Financial Statements |
220 | - |
| Remuneration paid by subsidiaries | - | ||||
| Total | 417 | - | |||
| Elena Maria Previtera | Executive Director | 23/04/2018-31/12/2018 | Shareholders' meeting for the approval of 31 December 2020 Financial Statements |
282 (8) | - |
| Remuneration paid by subsidiaries | - | - | |||
| Total | 282 | - | |||
| Non Fair value of Other Post mandate monetary Total the equity Bonus and other remuneration indemnity Profit Sharing benefits remuneration incentives - 600 - - 1,060 - - - - - - 270 - - - 600 - 1.330 - - - 600 - - 860 - - - - - - 342 - - - 600 - - 1,202 - - - 450 - - 750 - - - 500 - - 650 - - - - - - 343 - - - 500 - - 993 - - - 500 - - 720 - - 8 (7) - - - 205 - - - 500 - 8 925 - - - 350 - - 632 - - |
|---|
| - 150 - - 150 - - |
| - 500 - - 782 - - |
3.SECTION TWO
(figures in thousands of Euros)
Name Surname Office held
Mario Rizzante
Tatiana Rizzante
Filippo Rizzante
Daniele Angelucci
Elena Maria Previtera
3.1. REMUNERATION PAID TO MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS,
Chairman and Chief Executive
Claudio Bombonato Executive Director 1/1/2018-31/12/2018
General Managers with Strategic Responsibilities
Remuneration paid in 2018 to members of the Board of Directors, Statutory Auditors,
Officer 1/1/2018-31/12/2018
Chief Executive Officer 1/1/2018-31/12/2018
Executive Director 1/1/2018-31/12/2018
Executive Director 1/1/2018-31/12/2018
Executive Director 23/04/2018-31/12/2018
STATUTORY AUDITORS, GENERAL MANAGERS AND EXECUTIVES WITH STRATEGIC RESPONSIBILITIES
Reply S.p.A. Period of office Term of office Fixed
| Fausto Forti | Non-Executive Director and Independent |
1/1/2018-31/12/2018 | Shareholders' meeting for the approval of 31 December 2020 Financial Statements |
38 (9) | - |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Secondina Giulia Ravera |
Non-Executive Director and Independent |
23/4/2018-31/12/2018 | Shareholders' meeting for the approval of 31 December 2020 Financial Statements |
21 | - |
| Francesco Umile Chiappetta |
Non-Executive Director and Independent |
23/4/2018-31/12/2018 | Shareholders' meeting for the approval of 31 December 2020 Financial Statements |
21 | - |
| Giorgio Mosci | Chairman of the Board of Statutory Auditors |
23/4/2018-31/12/2018 | Shareholders' meeting for the approval of 31 December 2020 Financial Statements |
32 | - |
| Ada Alessandra Garzino Demo |
Statutory Auditor | 1/1/2018-31/12/2018 | Shareholders' meeting for the approval of 31 December 2020 Financial Statements |
32 | - |
| Remuneration paid by subsidiaries | 10 (10) | - | |||
| Total | 42 | - | |||
| Piergiorgio Re | Statutory Auditor | 23/4/2018-31/12/2018 | 31/12/2020 | 21 | - |
| TERMINATION OF OFFICE | |||||
| Oscar Pepino | Executive Director | 1/1/2018-23/04/2018 | Shareholders' meeting for the approval of 31 December 2017 Financial Statements |
94 | - |
| Remuneration paid by subsidiaries | 206 | - | |||
| Total | 300 | - | |||
| Maria Letizia Jaccheri | Non-Executive Director and Independent |
1/1/2018-23/04/2018 | Shareholders' meeting for the approval of 31 December 2017 Financial Statements |
9 | - |
| Enrico Macii | Non-Executive Director and Independent |
1/1/2018-23/04/2018 | Shareholders' meeting for the approval of 31 December 2017 Financial Statements |
9 | - |
| Cristiano Antonelli | Chairman of the Board of Statutory Auditors |
1/1/2018-23/04/2018 | Shareholders' meeting for the approval of 31 December 2017 Financial Statements |
16 | - |
| - | - | - | - | 38 | - - |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | - | 21 | - - |
| - | - | - | - | 21 | - - |
| - | - | - | - | 32 | - - |
| - | - | - | - | 32 | - - |
| - | - | - | - | 10 | - - |
| - | - | - | - | 42 | - - |
| - | - | - | - | 21 | - - |
| - | 100 | - | - | 194 | - - |
| - | 150 | - | - | 356 | - - |
| - | 250 | - | - | 550 | - - |
| - | - | - | - | 9 | - - |
| - | - | - | - | 9 | - - |
| - | - | - | - | 16 | - - |
Fausto Forti Non-Executive Director and
Giorgio Mosci Chairman of the Board of
Maria Letizia Jaccheri Non-Executive Director and
Enrico Macii Non-Executive Director and
Cristiano Antonelli Chairman of the Board of
Secondina Giulia
Francesco Umile Chiappetta
Ada Alessandra Garzino Demo
Oscar Pepino
TERMINATION OF OFFICE
Ravera
Independent 1/1/2018-31/12/2018
Independent 23/4/2018-31/12/2018
Independent 23/4/2018-31/12/2018
Statutory Auditors 23/4/2018-31/12/2018
Statutory Auditor 1/1/2018-31/12/2018
Executive Director 1/1/2018-23/04/2018
Independent 1/1/2018-23/04/2018
Independent 1/1/2018-23/04/2018
Statutory Auditors 1/1/2018-23/04/2018
Piergiorgio Re Statutory Auditor 23/4/2018-31/12/2018 31/12/2020 21
Non-Executive Director and
Non-Executive Director and
Shareholders' meeting for the approval of 31 December 2020 Financial Statements
Shareholders' meeting for the approval of 31 December 2020 Financial Statements
Shareholders' meeting for the approval of 31 December 2020 Financial Statements
Shareholders' meeting for the approval of 31 December 2020 Financial Statements
Shareholders' meeting for the approval of 31 December 2020 Financial Statements
Remuneration paid by subsidiaries 10 (10)
Shareholders' meeting for the approval of 31 December 2017 Financial Statements
Remuneration paid by subsidiaries 206
Shareholders' meeting for the approval of 31 December 2017 Financial Statements
Shareholders' meeting for the approval of 31 December 2017 Financial Statements
Shareholders' meeting for the approval of 31 December 2017 Financial Statements
38 (9)
21
21
32
32
94
9
9
16
Total 42
Total 300
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
(5) Gross Salary received as an employee in a subsidiary company;
presence tokens in 2018 for the participation in the Internal Control Committee meetings; (10) Gross emolument for the office of Chairman of the Board of Statutory Auditors in 2018 in subsidiaries.
gross salary received as an employee,
(8) Gross Salary received as an employee in Reply S.p.A.;
(7) Post termination treatment,
(6) Gross emolument for the office of Chief Executive Officer in subsidiaries equal to 72,000 Euros. The remaining amount refers to the
(9) Gross emolument for the office of Independent Directors in 2018 equal to 34,000 Euros. The residual amount is referred to the
To be noted that where no indication has been made, no compensation has been given to Reply S.p.A. subsidiaries. Remuneration to Directors is as follows:
(1) Gross emolument for the office of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Board of Directors in Reply S.p.A.;
(2) Gross emolument for the office of Chief Executive Officer in subsidiaries;
(3) Gross emolument for the office of Chief Executive Officer in Reply S.p.A.;
(4) Gross emolument for the office of Chief Executive Officer in subsidiaries equal to 55,000 Euros. The remaining amount refers to the gross salary received as an employee,
| - | 1.000 | - | 54 | 1,966 | - | - |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 1.000 | - | 54 (7) | 1,895 | - | - |
| - | - | - | - | 71 | - | - |
| - | - | - | - | 11 | - | |
(5) Gross Salary received as an employee in a subsidiary company;
(6) Gross emolument for the office of Chief Executive Officer in subsidiaries equal to 72,000 Euros. The remaining amount refers to the gross salary received as an employee,
(7) Post termination treatment,
Paolo Claretta-Assandri Statutory Auditor 1/1/2018-23/04/2018
(2) Gross emolument for the office of Chief Executive Officer in subsidiaries; (3) Gross emolument for the office of Chief Executive Officer in Reply S.p.A.;
To be noted that where no indication has been made, no compensation has been given to Reply S.p.A. subsidiaries.
(4) Gross emolument for the office of Chief Executive Officer in subsidiaries equal to 55,000 Euros. The remaining amount refers to the gross
(1) Gross emolument for the office of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Board of Directors in Reply S.p.A.;
Directors with Strategic Responsibility
salary received as an employee,
Remuneration to Directors is as follows:
Shareholders' meeting for the approval of 31 December 2017 Financial Statements
(8) Gross Salary received as an employee in Reply S.p.A.;
(9) Gross emolument for the office of Independent Directors in 2018 equal to 34,000 Euros. The residual amount is referred to the presence tokens in 2018 for the participation in the Internal Control Committee meetings;
(10) Gross emolument for the office of Chairman of the Board of Statutory Auditors in 2018 in subsidiaries.
At present no stock options are held, have been assigned, exercised or have expired in 2018.
| FIRST NAME AND SURNAME |
OFFICE | SHARES HELD |
NO. OF SHARES HELD AT 31/12/2017 |
NO. OF SHARES BOUGHT |
NO. OF SHARES SOLD |
NO. OF SHARES HELD AT 31/12/2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tatiana Rizzante |
Chief Executive Reply S.p.A.1 Officer |
62,936 | - | - | 62,936 | |
| Oscar Pepino |
Executive Director |
Reply S.p.A.2 | 17,048 | - | - | 17,048 |
| Filippo Rizzante |
Executive Director |
Reply S.p.A. | 13,600 | - | - | 13,600 |
| Daniele Angelucci |
Executive Director |
Reply S.p.A.3 | 489,644 | 4,800 | 13,366 | 481,078 |
1 of which 48,680 shares held personally;
2 terminated office as Administrator with the Ordinary Shareholders' Meeting of 23 April 2018;
3 of which 307,878 shares held personally and 158,400 shares held in usufruct.
Mr. Mario Rizzante, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Mr. Claudio Bombonato, Executive
Director, Mr. Fausto Forti, Mrs. Secondina Giulia Ravera and Mr. Francesco Umile Chiappetta,
Independent Directors, and Mr. Giorgio Mosci, Mrs. Ada Alessandra Garzino Demo, Mr.
Piergiorgio Re Statutory Auditors, do not hold shares of Reply S.p.A..
Mrs. Maria Letizia Jaccheri, Mr., Enrico Macii, Independent Directors, terminated from their office Mr. Cristiano Antonelli, Chairman of the Board of Statutory Auditors, and Mr. Paolo Claretta-Assandri, Statutory Auditor, did not hold shares until the date of their office.
At 31/12/2018 the following members of the Board of Directors hold shares in the Company:
| NUMBER OF DIRECTORS HAVING STRATEGIC RESPONSIBILITY |
SHARES IN | NO. OF SHARES HELD AT 31/12/2017 |
NO. OF SHARES BOUGHT |
NO. OF SHARES SOLD |
NO. OF SHARES HELD AT 31/12/2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Reply S.p.A. | 1,100,388 | 1,100 | 50,028 | 1,051,460 |
In the present document the definitions of the words in upper case is as follows:
"Board": means all the Board members of Reply, whether Executive, Non- Executive,
Independent, etc.;
"Executive Directors": means, in accordance with the criteria of the Corporate Governance Code for Listed Companies:
"Other Directors invested with special charges" means Directors who are assigned special charges (i.e. Chairman, Vice- Chairman), different from the Executive Directors;
"Executives with Strategic responsibilities" means those who have power and responsibility in – directly or indirectly- planning, managing and controlling the activities of the Company, in accordance with the Market Abuse Regulation (Regolamento UE n. 596/2014), pursuant to art. 3, paragraph 1, point 25, let. b).
Reply S.p.A. Corso Francia, 110 10143 TURIN – ITALY Tel. +39-011-7711594 Fax +39-011-7495416 www.reply.com
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