Remuneration Information • Mar 22, 2024
Remuneration Information
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Pursuant to art. 19, clause 1, item 2 of the Decree of the Minister of Finance of 29 March 2018 on current and periodic information provided by issuers of securities and conditions for recognising as equivalent information required by the laws of a non-member state, the Management Board of Orange Polska S.A. ("Orange Polska", "the Company") submits drafts of the resolutions to be adopted on the Ordinary Annual General Meeting to be held on 19 April 2024.
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The resolution enters into force upon adoption.
On the basis of art. 53 clause 1 of the Accounting Act and art. 393 item 1, art. 395 § 2 item 1 of the Commercial Companies Code and § 13 item 1 of the Orange Polska S.A. Articles of Association, the following resolution is hereby adopted:
The Annual General Meeting approves the Orange Polska S.A. IFRS financial statements for 2023 which include:
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The resolution comes into force on the day of its adoption.
On the basis of art 395 § 2 item 2 of the Commercial Companies Code and § 13 clause 2 of Orange Polska S.A. Articles of Association, the following resolution is hereby adopted:
The net income of Orange Polska S.A. for the 2023 financial year of PLN 782,353,959.83 (in words: PLN seven hundred and eighty two million three hundred and fifty three thousand nine hundred and fifty nine 83/100) shall be divided in the following manner:
Persons being the Company's shareholders on 26 June 2024 (the Dividend Day) shall be entitled to the dividend.
The dividend shall be paid on 10 July 2024.
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The amounts allocated to the reserve capital, referred to in § 1 point 3 may be distributed as a dividend.
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The resolution comes into force on the day of its adoption.
In line with .Grow dividend policy and taking into account strong 2023 results, and sound balance sheet situation, the Management Board of Orange Polska recommends to Annual General Meeting payment of a cash dividend of PLN 0.48 per share in 2024 from 2023 profits. The proposal to increase the dividend by 37% versus dividend paid in 2023 is a reflection of the confidence of the management in the future prospects of Orange Polska.
On the basis of art. 63c clause 4 of the Accountancy Act and art. 395 § 5 of the Commercial Companies Code, the following resolution is hereby adopted:
The Annual General Meeting approves the Management Board's report on the Activity of the Orange Polska Group and Orange Polska S.A. in the 2023 financial year.
The resolution comes into force on the day of its adoption.
On the basis of art. 63c clause 4 of the Accountancy Act and art. 395 § 5 of the Commercial Companies Code the following resolution is hereby adopted:
The Annual General Meeting approves the Orange Polska Group IFRS consolidated financial statements for 2023, which include:
The resolution comes into force on the day of its adoption.
The Supervisory Board of the Orange Polska S.A. report for the 2023 financial year is approved.
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The resolution enters into force upon adoption.
Resolution no […] of Annual General Meeting of Orange Polska S.A. dated 19 April 2024 on granting approval of the performance of duties of the Orange Polska S.A. Management Board's President/member
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The approval of the performance by ……………………..…..……………….…………………….... of his/her duties as the President / a member of the Orange Polska S.A. Management Board in financial year 2023 is granted.
Resolution no […] of Annual General Meeting of Orange Polska S.A. dated 19 April 2024 on granting approval of the performance of duties of the Orange Polska S.A. Supervisory Board member
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The approval of the performance by ……………………………………...……………….… of his/her duties as a member of the Orange Polska S.A. Supervisory Board in financial year 2023 is granted.
Resolution no […] of Annual General Meeting of Orange Polska S.A. dated 19 April 2024 on expressing an opinion on the Report on remuneration prepared by the Supervisory Board
A positive opinion on the Report on remuneration of the Members of the Management Board and Supervisory Board of Orange Polska S.A. in 2023 prepared by the Supervisory Board is expressed.
The resolution enters into force upon adoption.
Resolution no […] of Annual General Meeting of Orange Polska S.A. dated 19 April 2024 on the adoption of the amended Remuneration Policy for Members of the Management Board and Supervisory Board of Orange Polska S.A.
The Annual General Meeting of Orange Polska S.A. adopts the amended Remuneration Policy for Members of the Management Board and Supervisory Board of Orange Polska S.A., which constitutes attachment to this resolution.
Resolution no. 39 of the Annual General Meeting of Orange Polska S.A. dated 29 June 2023 on the adoption of the amended Remuneration Policy for Members of the Management Board and Supervisory Board of Orange Polska S.A. is hereby repealed.
This remuneration policy for Members of the Management Board and the Supervisory Board of Orange Polska S.A. (the "Remuneration Policy") supports the implementation of the Company's strategy and the protection of its long-term interests by shaping market-competitive salaries conducive to employment stability in key positions.
In this Remuneration Policy, the notion of Members of the Management Board means both the President of the Management Board and other members of the Management Board, and the notion of Members of the Supervisory Board means both the Chairman of the Supervisory Board and other members of the Supervisory Board, in both cases regardless of functions performed thereby.
In the case of Members of the Management Board, significant components of remuneration depend on the achievement of both short-term and long-term objectives of the Company. The adopted model focuses on and strengthens the involvement of Members of the Management Board in the implementation of the Company's strategy.
In order to maintain both consistency and competitiveness of remuneration, the market competitiveness of the salaries for Members of the Management Board and other employees is monitored using independent market surveys. The working conditions and salary of the Company's employees reporting to a given Member of the Management Board and the scope of tasks performed by these employees are taken into account when determining the remuneration of Members of the Management Board. These are also taken into account when determining the targets which the variable remuneration component depends on. Some of the objectives used to determine payment of the variable remuneration component may be similar or identical for both Members of the Management Board and employees holding key positions in the Company.
Regarding Members of the Management Board employed directly by the Company (e.g. contribution in the employee pension scheme, some nonmonetary benefits), some of the remuneration elements to
which they are entitled are granted based on internal regulations which are also applicable to the Company's employees other than Members of the Management Board. As a result, these employees' salaries and working conditions have been taken into account in the determination of the remuneration principles specified in this Remuneration Policy.
Members of the Management Board are appointed by the Supervisory Board and the term of office of each Member of the Management Board lasts three years. For the duration of their term of office, contracts of employment are concluded with Members of the Management Board employed directly by the Company. Some Members of the Management Board may be employed in another company of the Orange SA group (a parent company of Orange Polska S.A.) and posted to Orange Polska S.A. in order to perform the function of a Member of the Management Board.
Members of the Supervisory Board are appointed and dismissed by the General Meeting, and the term of Members of the Supervisory Board lasts three years, with the restriction that if the mandate of a Member of the Supervisory Board expires for reasons other than expiry of their term of office or dismissal from the position of a Member of the Supervisory Board, the remaining Members of the Supervisory Board may appoint a new member of the Supervisory Board by a two-thirds majority of votes cast. The mandate of the appointed Member of the Supervisory Board expires on the date of the next General Meeting, held no earlier than 5 weeks after the appointment. The number of Members of the Supervisory Board so appointed may not exceed 3 persons.
No contracts related to their functions in the Supervisory Board are concluded with Members of the Supervisory Board.
base salary;
The Remuneration Policy prohibits discrimination of Members of the Management Board due to: sex, age, disability, race, religion, nationality, political beliefs, trade union membership, ethnic origin and sexual orientation.
b) individual objectives.
100% achievement of solidarity targets means that the Company has achieved its budget targets for the year. Each goal has a specified minimum level of achievement below which the bonus is not received. Each goal also has a specified maximum level of achievement above which the bonus does not increase. The maximum level of variable remuneration that Members of the Management Board may receive is 100% of annual base salary.
variable remuneration component if objectives for the entire year are not fulfilled to a degree sufficient to obtain the variable remuneration component at least in the amount of the advance payment and also in some cases of material errors in the calculation of the variable remuneration components including those resulting from incorrect source data.
Members of the Management Board posted to Poland are entitled to all or some of the benefits listed above or benefits available according to regulations of the posting company provided that they are approved by the Supervisory Board. Members of the Management Board may be granted benefits in the form of invitations to sports, cultural, business events, etc.
change of country of residence, the payment of social insurance and contribution to a complementary pension scheme in a country other than Poland, tax consultancy costs, school education costs for children of a Member of the Management Board, a one-off allowance for a Member of the Management Board to settle in Poland, any costs of hotel and travel of a Member of the Management Board before the date of employment in the Company, as well as other benefits resulting from the Mobility Policy of the International Orange Group.
For Members of the Management Board who joined the EPS, Orange Polska S.A. finances a monthly base premium in the amount of 7% of the gross remuneration amount, which constitutes the base for calculation of premium for pension and disability insurances.
The remuneration of the Members of the Supervisory Board is determined by the General Meeting of Orange Polska S.A.
Members of the Supervisory Board are entitled to a fixed monthly remuneration regardless of the number of meetings held in a given month.
The General Meeting's resolution may make the amount of the remuneration of Members of the Supervisory Board subject to the level of remuneration in the national economy or in an appropriate sector, as well as differentiate the amount of the remuneration of Members of the Supervisory Board depending on functions they performed.
Within the Supervisory Board, there are two standing committees: Remuneration Committee and Audit Committee, and moreover the Supervisory Board may appoint other Committees and define their tasks at its own discretion. Members of each Committee should have knowledge and/or experience relevant to the purpose of the Committee and provide recommendations to the Supervisory Board and the Management Board of the Company. Members of the Supervisory Board are entitled to additional fixed remuneration for participating in the work of the Committees.
Members of the Supervisory Board who are employees of Orange S.A. or its subsidiaries do not receive remuneration for performing the function of a Member of the Supervisory Board of Orange Polska S.A. or its Committees.
All Members of the Supervisory Board are entitled to reimbursement of costs related to their participation in the Board's work.
Members of the Supervisory Board may be covered by protection in the case of civil liability arising from the performance of Member of the Supervisory Board duties, including in the form of insurance protection.
Members of the Supervisory Board may be granted benefits in the form of invitations to sports, cultural, business events, etc.
The Members of the Management Board of Orange Polska S.A. are responsible for the information included in the Remuneration Policy.
The content of the Remuneration Policy was proposed by the Management Board of Orange Polska S.A. by means of a resolution dated 19 March 2020. Then, following a discussion by the Remuneration Committee of the Supervisory Board, the Supervisory Board adopted a positive opinion on the content of the Remuneration Policy by means of the resolution dated 19 March 2020.
The Annual General Meeting of Orange Polska S.A., by means of resolution no. 30 dated 17 June 2020, adopted the Remuneration Policy for the Management Board and the Supervisory Board of Orange Polska S.A.
The content of the amended Remuneration Policy was proposed by the Management Board of Orange Polska S.A. by means of a resolution dated 20 July 2020. Then, following a discussion by the Remuneration Committee of the Supervisory Board, the Supervisory Board adopted a positive opinion on the content of the Remuneration Policy by means of the resolution dated 21 July 2020.
The Extraordinary General Meeting of Orange Polska S.A., by means of resolution no. 2 dated 27 August 2020, adopted the amended Remuneration Policy for the Management Board and the Supervisory Board of Orange Polska S.A. The change consisted of adding the possibility of employing a Member of the Management Board in another company in the Orange S.A. capital group and posting to the Company.
Following a discussion by the Remuneration Committee of the Supervisory Board, the Supervisory Board, by resolution dated May 23, 2023, requested the General Meeting to amend the wording of the Remuneration Policy. The Ordinary General Meeting of Orange Polska S.A. adopted the amended Remuneration Policy for the Management Board and Supervisory Board of Orange Polska S.A. by Resolution No. 39 of June 29, 2023. The amendment consisted of introducing the possibility for the Company to demand from the Board Members the return of the paid variable part of remuneration in certain situations.
In 2024, the Remuneration Committee of the Supervisory Board proposed further amendments to the Remuneration Policy consisting of (i) changing the period for setting bonus targets for Management Board Members from semi-annual to annual, (ii) determining the maximum level of bonuses for Management Board Members, and (iii) removing provisions for jubilee awards. The Supervisory Board, by resolution dated March 22, 2024, requested the General Meeting to amend the wording of the Remuneration Policy. The Ordinary General Meeting of Orange Polska S.A. adopted the amended Remuneration Policy for the Management Board and Supervisory Board of Orange Polska S.A. by Resolution no. […..] of April 19, 2024.
The Management Board of Orange Polska S.A. reviews the Remuneration Policy every year, taking into account the conclusions included in the annual report of the Supervisory Board on remuneration, the opinion of the expert auditor, and the resolution of the General Meeting that approved the remuneration report.
Adoption of a new remuneration policy or significant changes to the Remuneration Policy require a resolution of the Management Board of Orange Polska S.A., an opinion of the Supervisory Board preceded by a consultation within the Remuneration Committee of the Supervisory Board, and a resolution of the General Meeting of Orange Polska S.A.
A resolution on the Remuneration Policy is adopted at least once every four years. Any significant change in the remuneration policy requires its adoption, by means of a resolution, by the General Meeting.
The basic mechanisms aimed at avoiding conflicts of interest arise out of the provisions of the Code of Commercial Companies and the Act on Public Offering and Terms of Introducing Financial Instruments to Organised Trading and on Public Companies.
Conditions of employment, including the amount of remuneration of Members of the Management Board, are determined by the Supervisory Board, and the amount of remuneration of the Members of the Supervisory Board is determined by the General Meeting. The Remuneration Policy is adopted by the General Meeting after considering a motion of the Management Board and an opinion of the Supervisory Board.
The above solution significantly limits the possibility of a conflict of interest related to the Remuneration Policy.
Notwithstanding the above, an important advisory role in determining the remuneration policy in Orange Polska is fulfilled by the Remuneration Committee of the Supervisory Board. The Committee's main task is to give recommendations to the Supervisory Board on appointing, achieving the objectives, as well as principles and amounts of remuneration for Members of the Management Board.
The market competitiveness of remuneration of Members of the Management Board is monitored by the Remuneration Committee of the Supervisory Board on the basis of studies of external experts carried out in order to ensure the remuneration objectivity.
The Company's process for determining the remuneration of Management Board and Supervisory Board members safeguards against conflicts of interest, as no member of the Management Board or Supervisory Board participates in the process of determining his or her own remuneration.
The changes proposed to the Remuneration Policy for Management Board and Supervisory Board Members include the following elements:
We hope that the proposed changes will be helpful to our shareholders in better understanding of Management Board members remuneration rules and their alignment with Company's objectives and strategy.
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.…………………………………….…………………. is appointed/removed to/from the Orange Polska S.A. Supervisory Board.
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The resolution enters into force upon adoption.
Resolution no […] of Annual General Meeting of Orange Polska S.A. dated 19 April 2024 on appointment of a Supervisory Board member
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Philippe Béguin is appointed to the Orange Polska S.A. Supervisory Board.
The resolution enters into force upon adoption.
Resolution no […] of Annual General Meeting of Orange Polska S.A. dated 19 April 2024 on appointment of a Supervisory Board member
Bénédicte Anne Françoise David is appointed to the Orange Polska S.A. Supervisory Board.
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The resolution enters into force upon adoption.
Resolution no […] of Annual General Meeting of Orange Polska S.A. dated 19 April 2024 on appointment of a Supervisory Board member
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Marie-Noëlle Jégo-Laveissière is appointed to the Orange Polska S.A. Supervisory Board.
The resolution enters into force upon adoption.
Resolution no […] of Annual General Meeting of Orange Polska S.A. dated 19 April 2024 on appointment of a Supervisory Board member
Maria Pasło-Wiśniewska is appointed to the Orange Polska S.A. Supervisory Board.
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The resolution enters into force upon adoption.
Resolution no […] of Annual General Meeting of Orange Polska S.A. dated 19 April 2024 on appointment of a Supervisory Board member
Jean-Marc Vignolles is appointed to the Orange Polska S.A. Supervisory Board.
The resolution enters into force upon adoption.
In consideration of the fact that the mandates of five Members of the Supervisory Board of Orange Polska S.A. expire on the date of the Annual General Meeting, which is to be held on 19 April 2024, Orange S.A. has informed Orange Polska S.A. that at that Annual General Meeting this shareholder proposed the following candidates for Members of the Supervisory Board of Orange Polska S.A.:
• Philippe Béguin
Orange SA informed also that it intends to preserve 5 independent members of the Orange Polska Supervisory Board, but due to extraordinary reasons (death of one of the independent members in February), recruitment is underway. Orange S.A. wants to announce a new independent candidate before the AGM to put it to a vote.
Resume of the candidates:
Philippe Béguin (born in 1970) is Senior Vice President Group regulatory affairs at Orange since 1 January 2021.
He started his career in 1997 as project manager for the deployment of Internet networks within France Telecom – Orange. He then managed the Information System department for IP and ATM networks.
He then joined the wholesale division where he was first Marketing Director, and became Director of THD networks, in charge of defining and marketing Orange's wholesale FttH offers and managing Orange's public initiative networks.
In 2017, he joined the Regulatory Affairs Department in charge of regulation in France.
Philippe Béguin is a graduate from Ecole Normale Supérieure and Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications.
Member of the Orange Polska Supervisory Board since June 2021.
Bénédicte David (born in 1964) since October 2020, she works in Orange Wholesale and International Network division in charge of wholesale line of business for all international Orange Affiliates in Europe (except Orange France) and Middle East & Africa. Member of the Supervisory Board, Member of the Strategy and Remuneration Committees.
She joined the Orange Group in September 1989 and dedicated her entire career in accompanying the key evolutions of the company. She occupied multiple senior management positions at Orange France, than in Orange Group Innovation division, including the launch of Innovation Centers dedicated to Middle East & Africa Orange affiliates. She then moved up in 2015 to Orange Middle East & Africa zone (OMEA) as Head of Strategy & Customer experience, and then in September 2016, as Head of the West and Central Africa Zone in charge of 6 OMEA affiliates, a position that led her to become Board members of all these affiliates as well as Chairman of the Board of Orange Cameroun and Orange Central African Republic.
She graduated from the French school « Ecole Normale Supérieure – ENS » (Paris) with a specialization in Physics.
She also holds a Master's degree in telecommunications at ParisTech College (Paris) as well as an executive certificate in business management at CEDEP executive management school (Fontainebleau, France).
Member of the Orange Polska Supervisory Board since June 2021.
Mari-Noëlle Jégo-Laveissière (born in 1968) holds the position of Executive Vice President and CEO of Orange Europe since September 1st 2020.
She joined the Orange Group Executive Committee in 2014, as Deputy CEO in charge of Technology and Global Innovation.
She held various executive positions in the Group since she joined the France Telecom Group in 1996: Senior Vice President of International & Backbone Network Factory, Senior Vice President for Research and Development, Vice President for the Home Marketing Division of Orange France, Head of the French Region, where she was in charge of technical & commercial entities for mass markets and business clients.
Mari-Noëlle obtained an engineering degree from Ecole des Mines de Paris. She is a post-graduate in quantum chemistry with a doctor's degree from the University of Paris XI-Waterloo University and Ecole Normale Supérieure. She is a Board Member of Valeo, a member of the Médecins du Monde Foundation and President of the School Council of Telecom ParisTech.
Member of the Orange Polska Supervisory Board since October 20, 2020.
Deputy Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board since February 14, 2023.
Maria Pasło-Wiśniewska (born 1959), Ph.D. in sociology, economist, graduated from the University of Economics in Poznan and the Kellogg School of Management at the Northwestern University in Chicago. She started her professional career at Narodowy Bank Polski (the Polish National Bank). Between 1988 and 1996 she worked at Wielkopolski Bank Kredytowy in Poznan reaching the position of Vice-President of the Management Board. In 1997, she was the President of the Management Board of TFI SKARBIEC (the SKARBIEC Mutual Fund). As the President of the Management Board of Pekao SA in 1998-2003, Maria Pasło-Wiśniewska conducted the merger of four banks of the Pekao Group, followed by privatization and restructuring (as a result of the transformation Pekao SA became the largest – in terms of accumulated capital – and one of the most efficient banks in Central and Eastern Europe). Between 2008 and 2012 she was the President of the Management Board of the Corporation of European Pharmaceutical Distributors NV in Amsterdam, a company to become Europe's fourth largest in terms of the number of managed pharmacies.
She also served a number of other functions including the chairmanship of supervisory boards of Allianz Bank Poland SA (2008-2011) and DOZ SA – a company managing a network of over 2,000 pharmacies in Poland (2008-2012), as well as non-executive Board membership at UAB NFG – pharmaceutical distributor in Lithuania (2010-2012). In 2005-2007 she was a member of the Sejm (the lower house of the Polish Parliament).
She is a member of the Programme Board of the Institute of Public Affairs, the Chairman of the Advisory Council of the Lewiatan Confederation, the largest organisation of private employers in Poland and Vice President of the Management Board of the "Artes Liberales" Institute which operates at the University of Warsaw. She lectures leadership sociology at the University of Warsaw.
Reasercher and lecturer at the Faculty of Artes Liberales at the University of Warsaw.
Member of the Orange Polska Supervisory Board since April 9, 2015.
Jean-Marc Vignolles (born in 1953) was appointed Chief Operating Officer for Europe, as from May 2018 and was a Member of Orange Group Management Committee until his retirement in July 2021. He has been a member of Orange Belgium Board of Directors since July 2018.
In March 2016, Jean-Marc Vignolles was appointed Deputy General Manager and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Orange Middle East and Africa (OMEA) Holding company, monitoring the operational performance of Orange subsidiaries within the MEA region. He has been Member of the Board of Directors of several companies of Orange Group in various countries in Europe, Middle East and Africa.
From 2007 to 2015, Jean-Marc Vignolles was Chief Executive Officer of Orange Spain, which, under his leadership and following the acquisition of Jazztel in 2015, grew to number two position on the Spanish market. Prior to that, he was the COO (2001-2004) and CEO (2004-2007) of PTK Centertel sp. z o.o. as well as member of the Management Board of Telekomunikacja Polska S.A. (2004-2007) – presently both operating under a name Orange Polska S.A.
Beginning 1983, Jean-Marc Vignolles worked at France Telecom, occupying various key, upper-level positions, including Vice President for Central and Eastern Europe in the International Development Division (1994-2000), Key Account Manager in the France Telecom Key Account Division (1990-1994), and Head of Department in the IT Division (1983-1990).
Mr. Vignolles received his Agrégation d'anglais certification in 1977 and graduated from Institut d'Etudes Politiques (Paris) in 1976 and from Ecole Normale Supérieure in 1973. Member of the Orange Polska Supervisory Board since April 20, 2018.
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