Remuneration Information • Mar 22, 2023
Remuneration Information
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The remuneration awarded to our Executive Management Team (EMT) in 2022 was in line with our remuneration policy outlined in the Board of Directors' guidelines for remuneration of Executive Management. The total remuneration of the Executive Management Team described in this report is based on market practice and designed to support the Company's strategy, long-term interest and sustainability as well as attract and retain high calibre talent.
There was significant change in Scatec in 2022 as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Raymond Carlson retired from the Company after thirteen years of service. The Board appointed Terje Pilskog as new CEO effective from 1 May. In terms of remuneration, the Board kept salaries between the outgoing and ingoing CEOs comparable with a slight adjustment downwards for Terje Pilskog to reflect less experience in the new role.
After sharpening the Company's strategy and updating its overall strategic ambitions over the summer, the Company alongside their Capital Markets Update in September announced changes to its Executive Management Team. This was to position the Company for increased growth and to strengthen the Company's regional focus. The Executive Management Team was expanded to 11 members with a strengthened regional set-up to improve focus on growth and end-toend accountability of projects. Within the management team are four Executive Vice Presidents (EVPs) responsible for regions, two responsible for services (construction and operations) and four responsible for staff areas. The compensation for these new executives was reviewed holistically by an independent consultant based on relevant market benchmarks and is included within this report, including the adjustments made to the fixed base salary to ensure alignment to the market. The remaining compensation package remained consistent with previous years and at the end of the year, in line with policy, options were awarded to the whole executive management along with key Company leaders with a strike price of NOK 80.25.
In general, 2022 marked a good year of performance for Scatec with strong operational results including in HSSE. Power Production revenues increased to NOK 4,521 million in 2022, while EBITDA decreased but remained strong at NOK 2,835 million. During the year, the Company started construction of new solar power plants on South Africa, Brazil and Pakistan, totalling 1.2 GW. The Company did not however achieve its growth targets or its commitment to greater gender diversity. This was then reflected in the variable pay element of the executive's pay and for the wider leadership cohort of the Company.
At the Annual General Meeting in April 2022, the annual compensation for the Board was proposed and approved for 2022. The Chairperson of the Board is to be compensated at NOK 557,000 per year, while directors of the Board are to be compensated at NOK 357,000. This reflects relevant market benchmarks. Further details on the requirements on the Board with regards to their compensation are outlined within this report.
For more information about the general performance of the Company, refer to the Scatec Annual report 2022.
The objectives of the remuneration policy are (i) to motivate the Executive Management to strive to realise the Company's strategic goals including financial results, (ii) to be suitable to attract and retain skilled leaders taking into account the international market the Company participates in, and (iii) alignment with a representative average for management salaries for comparable Executive Management in similar businesses, and in the respective local market.
Scatec is assessing its management remuneration on a regular basis with the support of independent consultants. The 2022 assessment process was performed by Korn Ferry in November.
The elements of the remuneration policy in 2022 are described in the guidelines for remuneration of Executive Management and summarised below.
| Element | Objective | Remuneration level | Performance measure |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fixed base salary | Align with market to attract and retain qualified executives |
Competitive, but not market leading compared to the levels in other listed companies in the Norwegian Stock Exchange with international activities |
The base salary is normally subject to annual review based on an evaluation of the individual's performance and contributions to the Company's goals. In addition, a yearly review of underlying inflation and adjustments in the market is performed |
| Short-term Incentive | To motivate and encourage our performance culture and individual's contribution to the Company's business strategy |
The Executive Management Team are entitled to an annual bonus ranging from 0-50% of their base salary, based on a holistic evaluation against performance indicators |
Performance measured by a combination of the achievement of the EVP's department KPIs and group KPIs |
| Long-Term Incentive (LTI) |
Strengthen the alignment of Executive Management and shareholders' long-term interests and sustainability of the Company. Aims to retain key employees |
The number of options awarded to each Executive Management member is calculated so that the value of the options is expected to correspond to fifty percent of the employee's base salary based on share price increase over the tenor of the option plan |
None |
| Pension and Insurance schemes |
Provide competitive postemployment and other benefits |
Scatec offers a competitive pension and insurance scheme aligned to the local markets. See pension and insurance section |
N/A |
| Employee Share Purchase Programme |
Align and strengthen employee interest on Scatec's long-term development by increasing employees' ownership in Scatec |
The programme provides eligible employees the opportunity to buy Scatec shares at a discounted rate. The discounted rate for 2022 was 22,5%. Shares are purchased through an interest free loan and paid back through payroll reductions. Shares are locked for a 2-year period |
None |
| Other benefits in kind | Align with market to attract and retain qualified executives |
Competitive but not market leading. Benefits in kind that are common for comparable positions, e.g., free telephone service, home PC, free broadband service, newspapers. |
N/A |
| Sign-on bonuses are used in certain situations |
The Board of Directors and members of the Nomination committee receive annual fees.
As per policy, all members of the executive team received an annual uplift to their fixed base salary in January 2022. Based on the benchmarks and data at the time including forecasts from industry bodies, 2.8% was agreed on for all executives.
In September 2022, a new Executive Management Team was announced to bring the business closer to the regions and focus more on growth. This management team included members from the previous as well as promotions from within the organisation. As a result, in November 2022, a full review of all executive roles and compensation was conducted by Korn Ferry, an independent consulting company. They assessed all executive roles against publicly traded organisations in the Oslo Stock Exchange. In addition, because two of the members are now based in South Africa and Philippines, additional benchmarking of executives within the energy sector in those markets was conducted. As a result of this exercise, it was identified that the newer members of the executive team fell below the competitive range and the salaries of the new roles within the executive team were adjusted.
| Name of Executive Management Team |
Title | Increase in fixed annual base salary in 2018 |
Increase in fixed annual base salary in 2019 |
Increase in fixed annual base salary in 20202 |
Increase in fixed annual base salary in 20213 |
Increase in fixed annual base salary in 2022 |
Annual base salary 20224 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terje Pilskog | Chief Executive Officer5 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 3,700 |
| Terje Pilskog | EVP Project Development Solar & Wind |
3% | 8% | 0% | 18% | 2.8% | N/A |
| Raymond Carlsen | Chief Executive Officer6 | 3% | 3% | 3% | 14% | 2.7% | 2,418 |
| Mikkel Tørud | Chief Financial Officer | 3% | 3% | 0% | 12% | 2.8% | 2,939 |
| Snorre Valdimarsson |
EVP General Counsel | 3% | 9% | 0% | 15% | 2.8% | 2,483 |
| Roar Haugland | EVP Sustainable Business & HSSE |
2% | 3% | 0% | 11% | 2.8% | 2,244 |
| Torstein Berntsen |
EVP Power Production and Asset Management7 |
3% | 3% | 0% | 20% | 2.8% | 2,575 |
| Pål Helsing | EVP Solutions | 3% | 3% | 0% | 19% | 2.8% | 2,568 |
| Toril Haaland | EVP People & Organisation | N/A | 3% | 0% | 15% | 2.8% | 2,104 |
| Ann-Mari Lillejord | EVP LATAM/Europe8 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1,266 |
| Kate Bragg | EVP People, Strategy & Digital9 |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1,560 |
| Pål Strøm | EVP Operations & Maintenance10 |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1,781 |
| Eliseo Ana | EVP Asia11 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 2,213 |
| Jan Fourie | EVP Sub-Saharan Africa12 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1,844 |
| Jarl Arve Kosberg13 | EVP Project Development Hydropower |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0% | 628 |
1Does not include holiday allowance.
10SVP Operations & Maintenance up until 20.11.22. EVP from 21.11.2022, data only included for EVP period.
2Salary freeze for members of the Executive Management Team due to covid. Effective annual salary review changed from 1 July to 1 January in July 2021. CEO was always 1 January and increase was decided prior to Covid outbreak in March 2021.
6End date 31.04.22. 7Interim EVP MENA/Green H2 from 21.11.22.
8VP Project development 2017-2019. SVP Project Development from 01.12.2020. EVP LATAM/Europe from 21.11.2022, data only included from EVP period. 9SVP M&A and Strategy from 01.08.2021 and EVP from 01.05.2022.
11SVP Hydropower Africa and Latam from 15.03.2021. EVP Asia from 21.11.2022, Data only included from EVP period.
12General Manager South Africa from 08.11.2017. EVP Sub-Saharan Africa from 21.11.2022. Data only included from EVP period.
13Start date 29.01.2021 End date 31.01.2022.
As with the executive team, the fixed base salary of the CEO increased by 2.8% effective 1 January 2022. During the CEO transition, CEO pay levels were kept in line between outgoing and incoming CEO. Raymond Carlsen was paid 3.8m NOK in base salary, while Terje Pilskog began in his role at 3.7m NOK. The CEO pay ratio compared to the average total median compensation of a permanent full time equivalent employee in Scatec ASA was three. This remains constant from 2021.
The Executive Management is part of the Company's bonus scheme for all employees. The scheme assesses performance on both the Company's overall- and financial performance as well as each department's performance.
The Company threshold determines the payment of bonus. The threshold may reduce or, in critical situations, even annul the payment of bonus. It ensures and strengthens the link between the Company's overall financial results and the individual variable pay.
Threshold assessment includes the overall Company goals and objectives and key financial performance, which are considered to contribute to long-term growth in shareholder value. Additionally, the group's objective of being a leading Company within environment and sustainability is also considered when determining bonus threshold. This includes meeting our Company ESG targets. For details and key performance summary regarding ESG targets and performance for 2022 this report refers to the ESG Performance Report for 2022 which is part of the Annual Report for 2022. Since the ESG targets are an integral and important part of the KPI's for the EVP's and bonus thresholds, a summary of the key findings are included as an annex to this report.
Assessing the Company threshold for 2022, Scatec took the following into consideration:
The CEO's performance is measured against the Company performance as set out above as well as Scatec's leadership and group values. Based on a holistic evaluation, the assessment of the Board of Directors is that while the Company has done well on operational performance, HSSE and ESG, it did not meet its growth targets. On financial performance, the targets were partly met. This performance is due to the macro situation and partly due to the specific opportunities the Company have been working on. The diversity ambition to achieve 32% women in leadership was also not met, with Scatec ending the year at 29%.
Below is a summary of the CEO's targets for 2022, weighted and commented.
| Category of KPIs | Strategic objectives | Weight | Commentary from BOD |
Average percentage achieved across this category |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operational performance |
Ensure that the Company is a responsible long-term owner of assets and projects. Includes: |
KPI not fully met, power | 97% | ||
| • Improvements in HSSE metrics Ensuring power production levels are in line • with forecasts |
13% | production lower than target |
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| Financial performance |
Ensure that the Company has achieved attractive financial results: |
Target not fully met, but | |||
| Cash yield • Project IRR and margin targets • |
22% | still strong results | 85% | ||
| Growth | Ensure that the Company both brings projects through to construction and that there is a suitable pipeline of opportunities. Includes: Financial close targets on all technologies • Pipeline ambitions • |
Growth target not met | 44% | ||
| People and Environment |
Ensure that the Company protects and nurtures its people and the environments it operates within. Includes: |
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| Diversity improvements, particularly gender in • senior leadership ESG – both in reporting standards and • reducing scope 1,2 emissions Compliance – no serious breaches • |
ESG and compliance target fully met while diversity targets partly met |
70% |
As a result of this assessment, the CEO received a bonus of 30% of his base salary for his performance in 2022. This equates to 60%14 of his 50% bonus potential of base salary. Bonus for performance in 2022 is paid in February 2023 and is reflected as an accrual in this report.
Executive Management are evaluated on their respective department's performance in relation to the group performance as described above. Department performance measures are also focused on operational performance, financial performance, growth and people and environment metrics. Each executive member will have different measures within each category and different weighting according to role and responsibility but will also be held responsible for the overall performance of the Company. Assessment of performance is done using a holistic approach that also considers performance against Scatec's leadership values and group values. The Group values are changemaker, working together, driving results and predictable.
Final calibration for the Executive Management Team performance along with the whole organisation takes place in March 2023. In a typical year, the maximum achieved bonus as a percentage of base salary for the Executive Management Team is 50% but, as the Company's threshold was not fully met, Executive management teams bonus payment was adjusted down accordingly to reflect the overall assessment. Bonus for performance in 2022 is paid in March 2023 but the accruals for these are included in the remuneration tables within the report.
14Total score from weighting was 63% but was rounded down after discussion within Board of Directors to align with overall structure of bonus within company (company uses multiples of 5 in each of the boxes in their performance matrix e.g., 60%, 75% etc.).
The last award under the share option plan approved by the Annual General Meeting was made in January 2022. The Executive Management were allocated options over a three-year period corresponding to 619,651 shares of the Company.
| Executive | 2021 total options awarded |
2022 total options awarded |
|---|---|---|
| Raymond Carlsen, CEO16 | 18,163 | 43,183 |
| Mikkel Tørud, CFO | 12,986 | 30,345 |
| Terje Pilskog, EVP Solar and Wind Development17 | 11,814 | 29,178 |
| Pål Helsing, EVP Solutions | 10,845 | 26,844 |
| Torstein Berntsen, EVP Power Production | 10,721 | 26,844 |
| Roar Haugland, EVP Sustainable Business and HSSE | 10,087 | 23,342 |
| Snorre Valdimarsson, EVP General Counsel | 10,730 | 25,677 |
| Toril Haaland, EVP People and Organisation | 9,210 | 22,175 |
| Jarl Arve Kosberg, EVP Hydropower Project Development | 12,854 | 26,844 |
| Ann-Mari Lillejord, EVP LATAM/Europe | 0 | 14,353 |
| Kate Bragg, EVP People, Strategy & Digital | 0 | 10,301 |
| Pål Strøm, EVP Operations & Maintenance | 4,921 | 11,726 |
| Eliseo Ana, EVP Asia | 7,809 | 14,049 |
| Jan Fourie, EVP Sub-Saharan Africa | 3,510 | 9,883 |
| Total | 123,650 | 314,744 |
Approximately 1/3 of the options awarded vests annually, with corresponding vesting periods of 12, 24 and 36 months. Outstanding options are cancelled in the event of exit from the Company.
The strike price of each annual award is based on the volume weighted average share price of the shares on Oslo Stock Exchange the ten preceding trading days of the grant date. To exercise vested options the participant needs to be employed in Scatec at the time of the exercise period.
The number of options awarded to each Executive Management member are calculated so that the value of the options is expected to correspond to fifty percent of the employee's base salary based on share price increase over the tenor of the option plan.
The option plan is designed to create an ownership culture to ensure alignment between the shareholders on the one side and Executive Management and other key employees on the other. The option plan is an important tool to attract and retain high calibre employees.
It is intended that the Board of Directors may use its authorisation to increase the share capital of the Company and/or buy own shares to settle options being exercised under the Option Plan.
15Note: does not include new members of EMT because award was made at beginning of 2022. New award for 2023 was made on January 1st 2023 and will be covered in 2023 remuneration report. 16CEO until 30.04.2022.
17CEO from 01.05.2022.
| Expiry | Strike | No of options awarded at be |
No of | No. | Options vested |
Total num ber of options |
Total num ber of |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name of Executive management Teams |
Grant date |
Vesting/per formance period |
Vest dates |
date to exer cise18 |
price of the share |
ginning of the year |
options granted for 2022 |
Options exer cised |
2022 not ex ercised |
unvested end of 2022 |
Termi nated in 2022 |
options end of 2022 |
| Terje Pilskog, Chief Executive Officer |
01.01.22 | 1/3 vest after 12, 24, and 36 months |
01.01.23, 01.01.24, 01.01.25 |
01.01.26 | 148.25 | 44,579 | 29,178 | 25,903 | 57,854 | 73,757 | ||
| Terje Pilskog, Chief Executive Officer |
28.03.22 | 1/3 vest after 12, 24, and 36 months |
01.01.23, 01.01.24, 01.01.25 |
01.01.26 | 131.99 | 10,000 | 10,000 | |||||
| Mikkel Tørud, Chief Financial Officer |
01.01.22 | 1/3 vest after 12, 24, and 36 months |
01.01.23, 01.01.24, 01.01.25 |
01.01.26 | 148.25 | 49,553 | 30,345 | 29,024 | 50,874 | 79,898 | ||
| Pål Helsing, EVP Solutions |
01.01.22 | 1/3 vest after 12, 24, and 36 months |
01.01.23, 01.01.24, 01.01.25 |
01.01.26 | 148.25 | 41,381 | 26,843 | 24,238 | 43,986 | 68,224 | ||
| Torstein Berntsen, EVP Green Hydrogen & MENA (Interim) |
01.01.22 | 1/3 vest after 12, 24, and 36 months |
01.01.23, 01.01.24, 01.01.25 |
01.01.26 | 148.25 | 40,909 | 26,843 | 23,961 | 43,791 | 67,752 | ||
| Roar Haugland, EVP Sustainability, HSSE & Quality |
01.01.22 | 1/3 vest after 12, 24, and 36 months |
01.01.23, 01.01.24, 01.01.25 |
01.01.26 | 148.25 | 38,491 | 23,342 | 22,545 | 39,288 | 61,833 | ||
| Snorre Valdimarsson, EVP Legal |
01.01.22 | 1/3 vest after 12, 24, and 36 months |
01.01.23, 01.01.24, 01.01.25 |
01.01.26 | 148.25 | 40,407 | 25,676 | 23,445 | 42,638 | 66,083 | ||
| Toril Haaland, EVP People & Organisation |
01.01.22 | 1/3 vest after 12, 24, and 36 months |
01.01.23, 01.01.24, 01.01.25 |
01.01.26 | 148.25 | 35,144 | 22,175 | 20,585 | 36,734 | 57,319 | ||
| Jarl Arve Kosberg, EVP Hydropower Project Development |
01.01.22 | 1/3 vest after 12, 24, and 36 months |
01.01.23, 01.01.24, 01.01.25 |
01.01.26 | 148.25 | 12,854 | 26,843 | - 39,697 | 0 | |||
| Ann-Mari Lillejord, EVP Latin America & Europe |
27.04.22 | 1/3 vest after 12, 24, and 36 months |
01.01.23, 01.01.24, 01.01.25 |
01.01.26 | 124.34 | 0 | 14,353 | 14,353 | 14,353 | |||
| Kat Bragg, EVP People, Strategy & Digital |
04.01.22 | 1/3 vest after 12, 24, and 36 months |
01.01.23, 01.01.24, 01.01.25 |
01.01.26 | 148.25 | 0 | 10,301 | 10,301 | 10,301 | |||
| Pål Strøm, EVP Operations & Maintenance |
04.01.22 | 1/3 vest after 12, 24, and 36 months |
01.01.23, 01.01.24, 01.01.25 |
01.01.26 | 148.25 | 18,505 | 11,726 | -4720 | 6,072 | 19,439 | 25,511 | |
| Jan Fourie, EVP Sub-Saharan Africa |
04.01.22 | 1/3 vest after 12, 24, and 36 months |
01.01.23, 01.01.24, 01.01.25 |
01.01.26 | 148.25 | 9,892 | 9,883 | 4,361 | 15,414 | 19,775 | ||
| Eliseo Ana, EVP Asia | 04.01.22 | 1/3 vest after 12, 24, and 36 months |
01.01.23, 01.01.24, 01.01.25 |
01.01.26 | 148.25 | 7,809 | 14,049 | 2,603 | 19,255 | 21,858 | ||
| Raymond Carlsen19 | 01.01.22 | 1/3 vest after 12, 24, and 36 months |
01.01.23, 01.01.24, 01.01.25 |
01.01.26 | 148.25 | 67,849 | 43,183 | - 111,032 | 0 |
18Expiry date of the options is 5 years after grant date. Exercise period in 2022 was from 3 to 9 February 2022.
19Vested stock Options converted to cash payment.
| One year Fixed remuneration variable Multi-year variable |
Proportionate of fixed and variable remuneration |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Title | Base salary21 |
Other benefits22 |
Annual bonus accrued |
B&S fair value of options granted |
Pension cost granted23 |
Total remuneration 2022 |
Fixed24 | Variable25 |
| Terje Pilskog26 | Chief Executive Officer | 3,460 | 15 | 1,163 | 2,042 | 170 | 6,850 | 52% | 48% |
| Raymond Carlsen27 | Chief Executive Officer | 2,418 | 4,67828 | 029 | 0 | 80 | 7,176 | 99% | 1% |
| Mikkel Tørud | Chief Financial Officer | 2,939 | 15 | 936 | 1,690 | 169 | 5,749 | 53% | 47% |
| Snorre Valdimarsson | EVP General Counsel | 2,483 | 15 | 030 | 1,430 | 169 | 4,097 | 64% | 36% |
| Roar Haugland | EVP Sustainable Business & HSSE |
2,244 | 15 | 720 | 1,300 | 172 | 4,451 | 53% | 47% |
| Torstein Berntsen31 | EVP MENA/Green H2 | 2,575 | 15 | 840 | 1,495 | 174 | 5,099 | 53% | 47% |
| Pål Helsing | EVP Solutions | 2,568 | 15 | 828 | 1,495 | 169 | 5,075 | 53% | 47% |
| Toril Haaland | EVP People & Organisation | 2,104 | 2,08632 | 684 | 1,235 | 170 | 6,279 | 69% | 31% |
| Ann-Mari Lillejord33 | EVP LATAM/Europe | 1,266 | 10 | 443 | 519 | 112 | 2,350 | 57% | 43% |
| Kate Bragg34 | EVP People, Strategy & Digital | 1,560 | 15 | 522 | 574 | 162 | 2,833 | 59% | 41% |
| Pål Strøm35 | EVP Operations & Maintenance |
1,781 | 15 | 597 | 653 | 166 | 3,212 | 59% | 41% |
| Eliseo Ana36 | EVP Asia | 2,213 | 91637 | 775 | 589 | 152 | 4,645 | 70% | 30% |
| Jan Fourie38 | EVP Sub-Saharan Africa | 1,844 | 106 | 645 | 479 | 187 | 3,261 | 63% | 37% |
| Jarl Arve Kosberg39 | EVP Hydropower Project Development |
628 | 1 | - | - | 18 | 647 | 97% | 3% |
(Data in NOK thousand)
Bonus for the current earning year is paid in March but is included as an accrual in this table. This marks a change in methodology and has been updated since 2021 report that stated bonus on actual amounts.
21Including paid out holiday allowance.
24Includes base salary and benefits.
29Employees who have submitted their notice of resignation prior to payment in
20There has been a change in reporting from total renumeration 2021. Number of options awarded, and loans outstanding have been removed, and numbers are showing accrued bonus instead of actual.
22Other benefits include benefits such as insurance, free phone, car allowance and synthetic shares.
23Fair value of the 2022 options granted using the Black-Scholes-Merton (BSM) model, in accordance with IFRS standards.
25Includes bonus and options.
26CEO from 01.05.22. EVP Project Development Solar & Wind up until 30.04.22.
27Until 30.04.2022.
28Including severance package 3,800 and vested stock options converted to cash payment 8,392
March is not eligible for a bonus payout.
30Employees who have submitted their notice of resignation prior to payment in
March is not eligible for a bonus payout. 31Interim EVP MENA/Green H2 from 21.11.22.
32Including severance package.
33Joined Scatec and Executive management team 01.05.2022.
34Joined Executive management team 01.05.2022.
35Joined Executive management team 21.11.2022. Employment with Nordic Hydropower.
36Joined EMT 21.11.2022 Employment with Scatec Solar Africa Ltd.
37Including allowances for international assignment.
38Joined Executive management team 21.11.2022.
39Joined in January 2021 and retired in January 2022.
| Fixed remuneration | One year variable |
Multi-year variable | Extra ordinary item |
Proportionate of fixed and variable remuneration |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Title | Base salery38 |
Other benefits39 |
Annual bonus accrued40 |
B&S fair value of options granted 41 |
Pension cost |
One time acquisition bonus42 |
Total remuneration 2021 |
Fixed | Variable |
| Raymond Carlsen |
Chief Executive Officer |
3,995 | 15 | 1,345 | 2,074 | 157 | 1,625 | 9,211 | 45% | 55% |
| Mikkel Tørud | Chief Financial Officer |
2,718 | 15 | 949 | 1,483 | 165 | 1,162 | 6,492 | 43% | 57% |
| Snorre Valdimarsson |
EVP General Counsel |
2,292 | 15 | 799 | 1,225 | 162 | 960 | 5,453 | 44% | 56% |
| Terje Pilskog | EVP Project Development Solar & Wind |
2,594 | 15 | 901 | 1,349 | 162 | 1,057 | 6,078 | 44% | 56% |
| Roar Haugland | EVP Sustainable Business & HSSE |
2,105 | 15 | 732 | 1,152 | 164 | 541 | 4,709 | 47% | 53% |
| Torstein Berntsen | EVP Power Production and Asset Management |
2,383 | 15 | 827 | 1,224 | 172 | 575 | 5,196 | 48% | 52% |
| Pål Helsing | EVP Solutions | 2,396 | 15 | 829 | 1,238 | 160 | 582 | 5,220 | 48% | 52% |
| Toril Haaland | EVP People & Organisation |
1,978 | 15 | 689 | 1,052 | 161 | 494 | 4,389 | 47% | 53% |
| Jarl Arve Kosberg43 |
EVP Hydropower Project Development |
1,943 | 13 | 647 | 677 | 143 | 0 | 3,423 | 60% | 40% |
(Data in NOK thousand)
38Including paid out holiday allowance.
39Other benefits include benefits such as insurance, free phone, car allowance and synthetic shares
40Changed to accrued bonus. 2021 report showed actual paid out bonus.
41Fair value of the 2021 options granted using the Black-Scholes-Merton (BSM) model, in accordance with IFRS standards.
42A onetime additional bonus paid in recognition of contribution in delivering acquisition of SN Power AS was paid in January 2021 and therefore included in the table.
43Member joined in January 2021 and retired in January 2022.
| Total remuneration change over 5 years (NOK Thousands) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name of Executive Management team |
Title | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2022 |
| Terje Pilskog | Chief Executive Officer | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 6,850 |
| Terje Pilskog | EVP Project Development Solar & Wind |
302 | -184 | 217 | 1,491 | 772 | N/A |
| Raymond Carlsen | Chief Executive Officer | 1,071 | 315 | 902 | 2,547 | N/A | N/A |
| Mikkel Tørud | Chief Financial Officer | 235 | -137 | 123 | 1,537 | -743 | 5,749 |
| Snorre Valdimarsson | EVP General Counsel | 255 | -30 | 127 | 1,124 | -1,356 | 4,097 |
| Roar Haugland | EVP Sustainable Business & HSSE |
447 | 273 | 505 | 1,007 | -258 | 4,451 |
| Torstein Berntsen | EVP Power Production and Asset Management |
188 | -112 | 81 | 919 | -97 | 5,099 |
| Pål Helsing | EVP Solutions | 858 | 6,36644 | -5,269 | 1,259 | -145 | 5,075 |
| Toril Haaland | EVP People & Organisation |
N/A | N/A | 1,276 | 1,045 | 1,890 | 6,279 |
| Jarl Arve Kosberg | EVP Hydropower Project Development |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 647 |
| Kate Bragg | EVP People, Strategy & Digital | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 2,833 |
| Ann-Mari Lillejord | EVP LATAM & Europe | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 2,350 |
| Pål Strøm | EVP Operations & Maintenance |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 3,212 |
| Eliseo Ana | EVP Asia | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 4,645 |
| Jan Fourie | EVP Sub-Saharan Africa | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 3,261 |
(Data in NOK thousand)
44Pål Helsing did not participate in the share option program launched in 2016 but did as a substitute earn synthetic options during the 36 months period from 1 December 2015 until 30 November 2018. The gain on these synthetic options was paid out in 2019, which is the reason this number deviates considerably from earlier years. This figure was reported as other benefits in the 2019 Annual report and is therefore included as total remuneration for 2019.
| Average fixed annual base salary on a full-time equivalent permanent employee in Scatec ASA | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | |||||
| Employees of Scatec ASA | 4% | 2% | 5% | 7% | 3% | ||||
| Scatec Group performance | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | |||||
| Profit/loss for the period (consolidated figures) MNOK |
226 | 155 | -368 | 456 | -1,228 | ||||
| EBITDA (consolidated figures) MNOK |
902 | 1,386 | 2,069 | 2,903 | 2,555 |
No variable remuneration was reclaimed in 2022. All members of the Executive Management Team accepts that the Company can rectify any errors in payment of salary, holiday allowance and any other benefits, including bonus as outlined in respective employment contracts.
There were no deviations from the remuneration policy implemented in 2022.
In 2022, two new non-executive directors joined Scatec's Board of Directors – Mette Krogsrud and Espen Gundersen – resulting in a board of seven members.
The annual compensation for the Board was approved at the annual general meeting in 2022 until the annual general meeting in 2023:
The Board of directors' requirements for investments in the company.
The nomination committee will monitor compliance with these requirements. The nomination committee for these board members is composed of Kristine Ryssdal, Mads Holm, Annie Bersagel and Svein Høgseth.
| 2022 | 2021 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Board remuneration |
Audit committee |
Remuneration committee |
Total remuneration 2022 |
Board remuneration |
Audit committee |
Remuneration committee |
Total remuneration 2021 |
| John Andersen jr. Chairman of the board |
557 | 90 | 75 | 722 | 580 | 65 | 50 | 695 |
| Jan Skogseth Board member |
357 | - | 55 | 412 | 340 | - | 35 | 375 |
| Gisele Marchand Board member |
357 | 150 | - | 507 | 340 | 90 | 430 | |
| Maria Moræus Hanssen Board member |
357 | - | 55 | 412 | 340 | 35 | 375 | |
| Jørgen Kildahl Board member |
357 | 90 | - | 447 | 340 | 65 | - | 405 |
| Mette Krogsrud Board member |
357 | 55 | 412 | |||||
| Espen Gundersen Board member |
357 | 90 | 447 |
(Data in NOK thousand)
The remuneration for the Executive Management for the financial year 2022 as described in this report is in line with the Company's guidelines as approved on the annual general meeting in April 2022. Scatec has received positive feedback on the 2021 Remuneration report from the shareholders.
Sustainability is an integral part of our organisation and is embedded in all business units including project development, solutions and execution, asset management and operations. The GHG emissions avoided from the power plants where Scatec has operational control reached 2.0 million tonnes by the end of 2022. When including all projects where Scatec has an ownership stake, the Company contributed to emissions avoided of in total 4.7 million tonnes by the end of 2022.
In 2022, Scatec ASA has had the same goal as our global goal with regards to gender diversity; to increase female representation on management level from 27% to 32% through both internal promotions and hiring. Scatec ASA had 25 new hires of managers in 2022 where 40% were female (10 of 25) and promoted 8 into management level where 38% of those were female. As a result, Scatec ASA achieved 33% female representation in management positions, level 1-4, in 2022. By year end, 29% of managers globally were female which is a two percentage points increase from 2021, however target of 32% was not met at a global level.
We delivered more than 4.5 million working hours with no fatalities or serious injuries (12 months rolling). An increase in working hours during 2022 reflect project site activities commencing in Brazil, Pakistan and South Africa. The lost time incident frequency rate was 0.7 per million working hours, based on three incidents that resulted in lost time. All the lost time incidents were investigated, and preventive actions have been implemented and communicated.
Scatec's human rights training programme for security personnel was launched in 2020. All Scatec facilitators were trained by a third party with international best practice human rights experience to be able to present this training to the security guards at their respective locations. The training is provided to third party security service providers and staff based on Scatec's project sites.
Scatec received eight whistleblowing reports during 2022 with zero confirmed incidents of corruption. The whistleblowing reports relate to potential misconduct in the workplace, and all were investigated aligned to our internal procedures. We provide mandatory anti-corruption and code of conduct training to all employees. As at the publication of the report, 100% of employees in scope had completed the training.
The total number of grievances received from projects in operation and under site construction amounted to 151. Given that Scatec had three projects in construction in South Africa, Brazil and Pakistan during 2022, a higher number of grievances received compared to 2021 is expected. Grievances received during the construction phase generally relate to disputes between our sub-contractors and their workers, as well as the impact of construction activities. Of the total grievances registered, 87% were resolved and the remaining are in the process of been resolved.

To the General Meeting of Scatec ASA
We have performed an assurance engagement to obtain reasonable assurance that Scatec ASA report on salary and other remuneration to directors (the remuneration report) for the financial year ended 31 December 2022 has been prepared in accordance with section 6-16 b of the Norwegian Public Limited Liability Companies Act and the accompanying regulation.
In our opinion, the remuneration report has been prepared, in all material respects, in accordance with section 6-16 b of the Norwegian Public Limited Liability Companies Act and the accompanying regulation.
The board of directors is responsible for the preparation of the remuneration report and that it contains the information required in section 6-16 b of the Norwegian Public Limited Liability Companies Act and the accompanying regulation and for such internal control as the board of directors determines is necessary for the preparation of a remuneration report that is free from material misstatements, whether due to fraud or error.
We are independent of the company as required by laws and regulations and the International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants' Code of International Ethics for Professional Accountants (including International Independence Standards) (IESBA Code), and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We apply the International Standard on Quality Management (ISQM) 1, Quality Management for Firms that Perform Audits or Reviews of Financial Statements, or Other Assurance or Related Services Engagements, and accordingly, maintain a comprehensive system of quality control including documented policies and procedures regarding compliance with ethical requirements, professional standards and applicable legal and regulatory requirements.
Our responsibility is to express an opinion on whether the remuneration report contains the information required in section 6-16 b of the Norwegian Public Limited Liability Companies Act and the accompanying regulation and that the information in the remuneration report is free from material misstatements. We conducted our work in accordance with the International Standard for Assurance Engagements (ISAE) 3000 – "Assurance engagements other than audits or reviews of historical financial information".
We obtained an understanding of the remuneration policy approved by the general meeting. Our procedures included obtaining an understanding of the internal control relevant to the preparation of the remuneration report in order to design procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but

not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the company's internal control. Further we performed procedures to ensure completeness and accuracy of the information provided in the remuneration report, including whether it contains the information required by the law and accompanying regulation. We believe that the evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
Oslo, 21 March 2023 PricewaterhouseCoopers AS
Thomas Fraurud State Authorised Public Accountant

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