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CD Projekt

Remuneration Information May 16, 2024

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Remuneration Information

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C D P R O J E K T S . A . S U P E R V I S O R Y B O A R D R E P O R T O N T H E R E M U N E R AT I O N O F M E M B E R S OF THE MANAGEMENT BOARD AND THE SUPERVISORY BOARD FOR 2023

Disclaimer

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This English language translation has been prepared solely for the convenience of English speaking readers. Despite all the efforts devoted to this translation, certain discrepancies, omissions or approximations may exist. In case of any differences between the Polish and the English versions, the Polish version shall prevail. CD PROJEKT, its representatives and employees decline all responsibility in this regard.

This report concerning remuneration of members of the Management Board and Supervisory Board of CD PROJEKT S.A. with a registered seat in Warsaw ("the Company") for 2023 ("the Report") was prepared in accordance with Art. 90g section 1 of the Act of 29 July 2005 on public offering, conditions for introducing financial instruments to organized trading and public companies (JL 2022, item 2554) and contains a comprehensive list of remuneration, including all benefits, obtained by or payable to each member of the Management Board and Supervisory Board for 2023, pursuant to the Management Board and Supervisory Board remuneration policy adopted by Resolution no. 19 of the Ordinary General Meeting of 28 July 2020 and Supervisory Board Resolution no. 1 of 27 August 2020 ("the Remuneration Policy").

Table of contents

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4 Aims of the Remuneration Policy
5 Earnings summary
6 Supervisory Board
7 Management Board
14 Financial instruments granted or offered, and key conditions covering exercise of rights incorporated thereby,
including the price and date of exercise or conversion
16 Information regarding alignment of the total remuneration with the Remuneration Policy, along with
its contribution to attainment of the Company's long-term goals
17 Disclosure of the means of applying result-related criteria
18 Disclosure of annual changes in remuneration, Company earnings and average remuneration of Company
employees who are not members of the Management Board or the Supervisory Board over at least five
most recent financial years
20 Disclosure of exercise of clawback provisions related to variable remuneration
21 Disclosure of deviations in the scope of implementing the remuneration policy and derogations from the
remuneration policy, along with clarifications regarding the causes and means of recognizing derogations
as well as elements of the remuneration policy to which derogations pertain
21 General Meeting opinion regarding the preceding remuneration report

Aims of the Remuneration Policy

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Providing fair remuneration to the Management Board and the Supervisory Board, in line with market standards, aims to enable CD PROJEKT to attract and retain talented, experienced members of the Company's managerial and supervisory bodies. Remuneration is structured in such a way as to ensure that the Management Board's goals are well aligned with those of the Company's shareholders. In this respect, remuneration should assist in the implementation of the CD PROJEKT Group's strategy and creation of long-term value by promoting the Group's short- and long-term goals.

The remuneration of the Management Board and Supervisory Board presented in this Report is consistent with the Remuneration Policy in force at the Company. In the Supervisory Board's opinion, the provisions and goals of the Remuneration Policy were applied in 2023. The Remuneration Policy, adopted on the basis of Resolution no. 19 of the Ordinary General Meeting of 28 July 2020, and Supervisory Board Resolution no. 1 of 27 August 2020, is available at https://www.cdprojekt.com/en/capital-group/corporate-documents/.

In conjunction with the above, pursuant to the applicable legal provisions which mandate that a resolution concerning the remuneration policy be adopted at least once every four years, the agenda of the upcoming Ordinary General Meeting includes a vote on a resolution concerning the CD PROJEKT S.A. Remuneration Policy. The Supervisory Board has performed a review of the draft of the proposed new Remuneration Policy and recommends its approval by the General Meeting of Shareholders.

Earnings summary

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The key event of 2023 at CD PROJEKT was the release of Phantom Liberty, a large expansion for Cyberpunk 2077. Following the last key phase of development work, CD PROJEKT RED's newest release debuted on 26 September 2023, to the tune of a global marketing campaign. Phantom Liberty was very well received by gamers and gaming media alike, garnering positive reviews and user scores. This resulted in excellent sales of the expansion – by the end of 2023 over 5 million copies of Phantom Liberty had been sold.

The reporting period was also successful for Cyberpunk 2077. Update 2.0 – the biggest yet – published immediately before the release of the expansion introduced major improvements to Cyberpunk gameplay. The culmination of last year's work on the franchise was the launch of the Ultimate Edition bundle, which consists of the base game, the Phantom Liberty expansion and all updates and free DLC packages released to-date.

In financial terms, 2023 was the second best year in CD PROJEKT's history – the Group's revenues reached 1 230 million PLN (29% y/y increase) while its consolidated net profit was 481 million PLN (39% y/y increase).

At the end of 2023 the Group held 1 309 million PLN in financial reserves – cash, bank deposits and t-bonds.

Financial year 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018
CD PROJEKT S.A. –
net profit
474 705 340 471 240 113 1 128 056 172 826 109 451
% change compared
to preceding year
39.4% 41.8% -78.7% 552.7% 57.9% -40.7%
CD PROJEKT Group –
net profit
481 105 346 491 208 908 1 150 148 175 315 109 334
% change compared
to preceding year
38.9% 65.9% -81.8% 556.0% 60.3% -45.4%

Company and Group earnings in 2018-2023

Supervisory Board

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COMPOSITION OF THE SUPERVISORY BOARD FOR THE PERIOD COVERED BY THIS REPORT

Marcin Iwiński Chairperson of the Supervisory Board

Katarzyna Szwarc Deputy Chairperson of the Supervisory Board

Maciej Nielubowicz Secretary of the Supervisory Board

Michał Bień Member of the Supervisory Board

Jan Łukasz Wejchert Member of the Supervisory Board

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE EXISTING REMUNERATION SYSTEM

To ensure that the Supervisory Board remains independent in performing its supervisory duties, members of the Supervisory Board receive only fixed cash remuneration. They are not assigned any remuneration which would depend on fulfillment of specific criteria, such as earnings goals.

In 2023 the Supervisory Board received remuneration on the basis of General Meeting resolutions, consistent with the Remuneration Policy in force at the Group. In 2023 members of the Supervisory Board received remuneration in connection with their membership of the Supervisory Board and of the Audit Committee, as listed in the following table. In addition, members of the Supervisory Board are covered by a comprehensive D&O insurance policy concluded by the Company.

The Company does not assign to members of its Supervisory Board any individual benefits in the scope of pension funds, early retirement programs, welcome bonuses or – with regard to candidates for membership of the Supervisory Board – monetary incentives to take part in recruitment.

Remuneration paid out to members of the Supervisory Board who discharged their duties in the reporting period in 2022 and 2023

Name Position Audit Committee Remuneration paid out
in 2023
Remuneration paid out
in 2022
Marcin Iwiński* Chairperson of the
Supervisory Board
- 480 -
Katarzyna Szwarc** Deputy Chairperson of
the Supervisory Board
- 180 164
Maciej Nielubowicz Secretary of the
Supervisory Board
Member 120 109
Michał Bień Member of the
Supervisory Board
Chair 120 109
Jan Łukasz Wejchert Member of the
Supervisory Board
Member 120 109

* Chairperson of the Supervisory Board since 1 January 2023; Vice President of the Management Board until 31 December 2022 ** Deputy Chairperson of the Supervisory Board since 1 January 2023; Chairperson of the Supervisory Board and Member of the Audit Committee until 31 December 2022.

The reported change in the remuneration of the Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson of the Supervisory Board of the Company is due to an increase in the scope of responsibilities and duties assigned to these persons in the framework of the new division of duties among members of the Supervisory Board. The reported change in the remuneration of the Chairperson of the Supervisory Board is also associated with appointment of Mr. Marcin Iwiński to the Supervisory Board. Mr. Iwiński possesses unique competences related to the gamedev industry, along with longstanding experience in managing the affairs of the Company and its Group.

The remuneration of Supervisory Board members does not include any benefits, financial or otherwise, assigned to relatives thereof.

Management Board

COMPOSITION OF THE MANAGEMENT BOARD DURING THE PERIOD COVERED BY THIS REPORT

Adam Kiciński1 Board Member, Chief Executive Officer

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Piotr Nielubowicz2 Board Member, Chief Financial Officer

Adam Badowski3 Board Member, Chief Creative

Michał Nowakowski4 Board Member, Chief Commercial

Officer

Joint Chief Operating Officer

Board Member, Paweł Zawodny Board Member, Joint Chief

Operating Officer

Jeremiah Cohn Board Member, Chief Marketing Officer

Board Member since 9 October 2023; prior to that – President of the Board. Chief Strategy Officer since 1 January 2024.

2 Board Member since 9 October 2023; prior to that – Vice President of the Board. 3 Joint Chief Executive Officer since 1 January 2024.

4 Joint Chief Executive Officer since 1 January 2024.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE EXISTING REMUNERATION SCHEME

Remuneration of Management Board members consists of fixed and variable components. Base remuneration is one of the elements of the remuneration package offered to members of the Management Board, and falls below the median remuneration offered to holders of similar positions on the European market1. Additional benefits are in line with existing market practices and systems which the Company provides to all its employees. Variable remuneration, which rewards results and growth, is dependent on the annual earnings posted by the Group, together with ambitious long-term goals.

1 Based on data provided by Korn Ferry Hay Group and Croner Company

Instrument Purpose Settlement cycle Performance
indicators
for 2023
Base
remuneration
cash payment fixed remuneration monthly -
Available
additional
benefits
medical coverage;
Multisport membership
card; use of company
car; access to training;
D&O insurance,
fixed compensation
for remote work,
subsidized summer
camp for children
talent acquisition and
retention
- -
Annual bonus cash payment aligning short-term
goals of Company
shareholders
and managers;
incentivization; talent
acquisition and
retention
annual consolidated net
earnings of the CD
PROJEKT Group
Incentive
Program B for
2023-2027*
warrants incorporating
the right to take up
Company shares, or
own shares bought
back by the Company
building mechanisms
which reinforce the
long-term link with the
Company, incentivizing
recipients to implement
the Company's strategy
leading to maximization
of financial and non
financial performance
indicators, building
value for the
CD PROJEKT
Group, ensuring
globally competitive
employment conditions
at the Company
assignment of
entitlements will
take place in five
separate stages
during each ear in the
2023-2027 period;
these entitlements
will incorporate the
right to take up or
purchase Company
shares following a
vesting period of 3
or 4 years and under
the condition that the
predetermined earnings
and market goals are
met within 3- or 4-year
performance periods;
no recommendation
regarding holding
periods for Company
shares taken up after
the conclusion of the
performance and
vesting periods
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* Instituted on the basis of Resolution no. 7 of the Extraordinary General Meeting of 18 April 2023, together with Incentive Program A for 2023-2027 this program supersedes the earlier Incentive Program for 2020-2025 (discontinued on the basis of Resolution no. 4 of the Extraordinary General Meeting of 18 April 2023).

Total remuneration of CD PROJEKT S.A. Management Board members, including cash payments and other benefits, assigned during their tenure, by component, including ratios between remuneration components

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Remuneration paid out in 2023 Remuneration
Additional benefits payable in 2024
Name and position
of Board Member
Fixed remuneration
(contract of
employment;
compensation for
duties performed)
Variable
remuneration
payable for 2022
and tied to the
Group's net
earnings in 2022
(annual bonus)
provided to
members of the
Management
Board
provided to persons
closely related to
members of the
Management
Board5
Ratio between
fixed remuneration
and variable
remuneration
Variable
remuneration
payable for 2023
and tied to the
Group's net
earnings in 2023
(annual bonus)
Adam Kiciński1
Chief Executive
Officer
600 5 033 8 1 12.1% 6 976
Piotr
Nielubowicz2
Chief Financial
Officer
600 5 033 9 - 12.1% 6 976
Adam
Badowski
Chief Creative
Officer
600 5 033 12 1 12.2% 6 976
Michał
Nowakowski
Chief Commercial
Officer
600 5 033 9 - 12.1% 6 976
Piotr
Karwowski
Joint Chief
Operating Officer
540 5 033 5 - 10.8% 6 976
Paweł
Zawodny
Joint Chief
Operating Officer
600 2 516 16 - 24.5% 3 488
Jeremiah
Cohn
Chief Marketing
Officer
5024 2 5164 - - 19.9% 3 488
Marcin
Iwiński3
Chairperson of the
Supervisory Board
- 2 516 - - - -

1 Board Member since 9 October 2023; prior to that – President of the Board

2 Board Member since 9 October 2023; prior to that – Vice President of the Board.

3 Chairperson of the Supervisory Board since 1 January 2023; Vice President of the Management Board until 31 December 2022.

4 Remuneration received in USD; converted using the exchange rate on the day preceding disbursement.

5 Figures listed for 2023 concern summer camp subsidies – available on the same conditions as for all Company employees.

Remuneration assigned by subsidiaries to Board Members during their tenure in 2023

Name and position of CD PROJEKT S.A.
Board Member
Fixed remuneration
(contract of employment;
compensation for duties
performed)
Variable remuneration Additional benefits Ratio between fixed
remuneration and variable
remuneration
Piotr Karwowski
Board Member at GOG sp. z o.o.
60 - 1 -
Jeremiah Cohn
EVP of Marketing/General Manager
CD PROJEKT Inc.
480
thousand USD
- 20
thousand USD
-

ANNUAL BONUS

Conditions governing assignment of annual bonuses in the framework of variable remuneration are covered by Regulations of the Management Board Incentive Program adopted by Supervisory Board Resolution no. 10 of 20 April 2015, and by contracts concluded individually with each member of the Management Board. In line with the provisions thereof, the total value of such remuneration provided to all members of the Management Board may not exceed 10% of the consolidated net profit of the CD PROJEKT Group (in 2023 the corresponding figure was 8.7%). Bonuses cover annual periods. A bonus may be assigned if the CD PROJEKT Group posts positive net earnings (net profit) for the given reporting period, as attested to by its consolidated financial statement. Should the Group post negative earnings (net loss), bonuses may be assigned in the following period (or in further periods) under the condition that the cumulative net earnings achieved by the Group in such periods remain positive.

During the period covered by this Report no Management Board member obtained variable remuneration in the form of cash payments other than monetary bonuses tied to the Group's earnings (annual bonus). The corresponding bonuses for 2023 (disbursed in 2024) were higher than for 2022 due to the increase in the Group's net profit.

A clawback clause applies to variable remuneration paid out to any member of the Board who erroneously claims fulfillment of the applicable criteria, or paid out in violation of the provisions of the Remuneration Policy or of the conditions regulating assignment of variable remuneration.

INCENTIVE PROGRAM FOR 2020-2025

During the period covered by this Report an incentive program covering the years 2020-2025 was in force at the Company, pursuant to resolutions adopted by General Meetings of the Company on 28 July 2020 and 22 September 2020 respectively.

On 18 April 2023 the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders adopted resolutions which have the effect of cancelling the incentive program for 2020-2025 and instituting two new incentive programs for 2023-2027, one of which – labeled Incentive Program B – is aimed, among others, at members of the Management Board of CD PROJEKT.

INCENTIVE PROGRAM B FOR 2023-2027

During the period covered by this Report, Incentive Program B covering the years 2023-2027 was in force at the Company, pursuant to a resolution adopted by General Meetings of the Company on 18 April 2023.

Incentive Program B is aimed at members of the Company's Management Board as well as persons who do not hold membership of the Management Board. According to the adopted provisions, entitlements will be assigned under this program in each financial year belonging to the 2023-2027 period (i.e. in five stages). The

total number of entitlements assigned under Incentive Program B may not exceed 3,500,000, of which not more than 1,750,000 may be assigned to members of the Management Board. There are no provisions regulating the maximum number of entitlements assigned to each member of the Management Board, or to the maximum potential monetary gain from conversion of subscription warrants or purchase of the Company's own shares in the exercise of entitlements assigned thereto. Entitlements shall vest either by:

  • I) extending an offer to participants to claim subscription warrants which incorporate the right to take up the equivalent number of shares issued in the framework of a conditional increase in the Company share capital, or
  • II) extending an offer to participants to purchase from the Company a certain number of own shares which the Company will have previously acquired in the framework of a buy-back program instituted specifically for this purpose.

The take-up and exercise of subscription warrants or purchase of own shares from the Company, as appropriate, will depend on confirmation by the Company of the fulfillment of the earnings condition (for 70% of entitlements), the market condition (for 30% of entitlements), potential individual conditions applied on a case-by-case basis (i.e. additional conditions which must be met in order to enable exercise of the assigned entitlements), as well as – in all cases – the loyalty condition, which is defined as the existence of a legal relationship between the participant of Incentive Program B and the Company or an affiliate thereof throughout the vesting period. The base share take-up or purchase price in the exercise of entitlements assigned under Incentive Program B will be equivalent to the closing price of Company stock on the last trading day preceding the adoption of a resolution enrolling the given participant in the program. The program provides for a potential reduction in the take-up or purchase price coupled with a proportional reduction in the number of entitlements exercisable by the given participant. The base vesting period is equivalent to four consecutive financial years beginning with the year during which the given stage of the program began (with an option to shorten the vesting period to 3 years for entitlements linked to the earnings condition, should the four-year earnings target be met within the corresponding three-year period). There are no provisions regarding assignment of additional entitlements to participants if the targets specified for the given stage of the Program by the General Meeting are exceeded.

In 2023, 662 000 entitlements were assigned in relation to the first stage of Incentive Program B, 656 000 of which remain outstanding (this figure includes a total of 350 000 entitlements assigned to members of the Management Board, all of which remain outstanding).

Earnings condition – applicable to 70% of entitlements assigned during each stage of Incentive Program B

The earnings condition is considered fulfilled if, during the given vesting period, the CD PROJEKT Group posts sufficient earnings, which are defined as the consolidated net profit from continuing activities aggregated with the costs of estimating entitlements assigned during the given stage of Incentive Program B as entered in the accounting records of CD PROJEKT Group member entities.

For entitlements assigned during the first stage of Incentive Program B (in the financial year 2023) the earnings condition for the years 2023-2026 is 2 billion PLN, while for entitlement assigned during the second stage of Incentive Program B (in the financial year 2024) the earnings condition for the years 2024-2027 is 3 billion PLN.

For each subsequent stage of Incentive Program B, associated with the financial years 2025, 2026 and 2027 respectively, the corresponding four-year earnings condition will, in each case, be determined by the General Meeting in the form of a resolution (on the Management Board's request).

Market condition – applicable to 30% of entitlements assigned during each stage of Incentive Program B

The market condition is defined as a as a change in the price of Company stock on the Warsaw Stock Exchange in such a way that the percentage difference between the closing price of Company stock on the final trading session of the final year subject to verification in the context of the above-mentioned earnings condition compared to the closing price of Company stock on the final trading session of the year preceding the year covered by the given stage of Incentive Program B is equal to or greater than the corresponding percentage change in the value of the WIG index increased by 10 percentage points over the same period.

OTHER PROVISIONS CONCERNING MEMBERS OF THE MANAGEMENT BOARD

Members of the Management Board perform managerial duties on the basis of Supervisory Board appointments. In line with the Company Articles, Board Members are appointed to a joint four-year term. Board Members may, at any time, be dismissed by a resolution of the Supervisory Board, or resign. No contractual notice period applies to such dismissal or resignation.

No contracts or internal regulations are in force at the Company mandating assignment of severance pay or other similar benefits to members of the Management Board in the event of their resignation or dismissal, including when such resignation or dismissal results from a merger or any other change of control at the Company.

With regard to fixed remuneration associated with discharge of duties at CD PROJEKT S.A., each member of the Management Board is eligible for remuneration for the period between their appointment and the end of their tenure. With regard to variable remuneration assigned during the reporting period:

  • I) unrealized entitlements assigned in the framework of the long-term incentive scheme (Incentive Program B) expire at the moment of dissolution of the legal contract between the given participant and the Company or an affiliate thereof, if this takes place during the vesting period;
  • II) in the event of resignation or dismissal, members of the Management Board are no longer eligible for further annual bonuses, and any outstanding annual bonuses are paid out on a pro rata temporis basis until the end of their tenure.

No member of the Management Board resigned or was dismissed in 2023.

The Company does not assign to members of its Management Board any individual benefits in the scope of pension funds, early retirement programs, welcome bonuses or – with regard to candidates for membership of the Management Board – monetary incentives to take part in recruitment.

No contracts or internal regulations are in force at the Company specifying lower or upper stock ownership limits for members of the Management Board (also referred to as "stock ownership guidelines").

In 2023 the remuneration of Management Board members did not include benefits, financial or otherwise, assigned to relatives thereof, except for subsidized summer camps for children, which are available on the same conditions as for all Company employees.

NON-COMPETE CLAUSES AND CONFLICTS OF INTEREST

According to Company Articles, no member of the Management Board may hold membership of governing bodies of entities which do not belong to the Company's Group or engage in competition with the Group without express approval by the Supervisory Board. In addition, the Company's Management Board Regulations specify that no member of the Management Board may engage in competition with the Company or belong to a competing company, whether as a partner in a civil law partnership, a member of any organ of a limited company, or a member of any competing legal entity, except as explicitly approved by the Supervisory Board. This restriction also applies to Management Board members who hold at least 10% of shares or stock of a competing company, or are empowered to appoint at least one member of the management board of a competing company

In 2023 Mr. Paweł Zawodny was a member of the Supervisory Board of Juice Games S.A. with the consent of the Supervisory Board of CD PROJEKT.

Pursuant to Management Board Regulations, Members of the Management Board should notify the Supervisory Board of any conflict of interest, actual or potential, arising in conjunction with their duties. If the Company's interest conflicts with that of the Management Board Member, their spouse and relatives, up to the second degree of kinship, or persons with whom the Management Board Member has a personal relationship, the affected Member should reveal that a conflict of interest has arisen, and recuse themselves from participating in proceedings related to such matters. They may also demand that a suitable note be included in the minutes of the Management Board meeting.

Pursuant to Supervisory Board Regulations, in situations where the adoption or non-adoption of a Supervisory Board resolution would trigger a conflict of interest with a Member of the Supervisory Board, that Member should notify the Supervisory Board and recuse themselves from participating in further discussion and voting in the matter. In such circumstances, a corresponding note is also included in the minutes of the Supervisory Board meeting.

In order to avoid conflicts of interest related to the Remuneration Policy, the powers related to its adoption, application and verification are dispersed among the Company's governing bodies.

Financial instruments granted or offered, and key conditions covering exercise of rights incorporated thereby, including the price and date of exercise or conversion

INCENTIVE PROGRAM FOR 2020-2025

Given the launch of the incentive program for 2020-2025, which occurred in 2020, during the period covered by this Report members of the Company's Management Board held entitlements whose quantity and base exercise price are listed below::

Name Position Entitlements assigned Base exercise price
Adam Kiciński Board Member 200 000 390.59 PLN
Marcin Iwiński Chairperson of the
Supervisory Board*
200 000
Piotr Nielubowicz Board Member 200 000 390.59 PLN
Adam Badowski Board Member 200 000 390,59 PLN
Michał Nowakowski Board Member 200 000 390.59 PLN
Piotr Karwowski Board Member 200 000 390.59 PLN
Paweł Zawodny Board Member 40 000 390.59 PLN
Jeremiah Cohn Board Member 40 000 390.59 PLN

* Chairperson of the Supervisory Board since 1 January 2023; Vice President of the Management Board until 31 December 2022.

The incentive program for 2020-2025 was discontinued on the basis of Resolution no. 4 of the Extraordinary General Meeting of 18 April 2023, resulting in its expiration in full as of that date. In accordance with the Program Regulations, in connection with the expiration of the Incentive Program, the rights granted to eligible persons, including the Company's Management Board Members, also expired.

INCENTIVE PROGRAM B FOR 2023-2027

On 18 April 2023, on the basis of General Meeting resolutions, the Company instituted Incentive Program B for the financial years 2023-2027. Together with Incentive Program A, this program supersedes the earlier Incentive Program for 2020-2025. Entitlements corresponding to the first stage of Incentive Program B were assigned to Members of the Company's Management Board on 26 May 2023 in quantities and with base exercise prices and value of potential benefits listed below:

Name Position Entitlements assigned Base exercise price* Value of potential
benefits (26 May 2023-
-31 December 2023)
Adam Kiciński Board Member 50 000 118.05 PLN 934
Piotr Nielubowicz Board Member 50 000 118.05 PLN 934
Adam Badowski Board Member 50 000 118,05 PLN 934
Michał Nowakowski Board Member 50 000 118.05 PLN 934
Piotr Karwowski Board Member 50 000 118.05 PLN 934
Paweł Zawodny Board Member 50 000 118.05 PLN 934
Jeremiah Cohn Board Member 50 000 118.05 PLN 934

* Closing price of Company stock on the final trading day preceding the adoption of the corresponding resolution concerning assignment of entitlements.

The above listed value of potential benefits from exercise of entitlements assigned during the first edition of the stock-based Incentive Program B, targeted at members of the Management Board, corresponds to the fair-value assessment of individual entitlements performed by a licensed actuary, valid for the date of assignment. Information regarding the assumptions made by the actuary when assessing the assigned entitlements is presented in the Consolidated Financial Statement of the CD PROJEKT Group for 2023.

The above values correspond to costs settled in 2023 in relation to assessment of entitlements assigned under Incentive Program B and are exclusive of cost settlements related to assessment of expired entitlements assigned during the preceding incentive program.

The verifiable difference between the market price of CD PROJEKT stock and the take-up or purchase price of shares under Incentive Program B on any given date may significantly differ from the actuarial assessment performed for the assignment date and recognized in the Company's cost statement. Future benefits obtainable by program participants depend on fulfillment of the program's goals and conditions, as well as on future stock prices on the day shares are taken up or purchased by the entitled parties.

Name Position As of 31.12.2023 As of 31.12.2022
Piotr Nielubowicz Board Member,
Chief Financial Officer
6 858 717 6 858 717
Adam Kiciński Board Member,
Chief Executive Officer
4 046 001 4 046 001
Adam Badowski Board Member,
Chief Creative Officer
692 640 692 640
Michał Nowakowski Board Member,
Chief Commercial Officer
530 290 530 290
Piotr Karwowski Board Member, Joint
Chief Operating Officer
108 728 108 728
Paweł Zawodny Board Member, Joint
Chief Operating Officer
18 508 18 508
Marcin Iwiński Chairperson
of the Supervisory Board
12 873 520 12 873 520
Katarzyna Szwarc Deputy Chairperson
of the Supervisory Board
10 10
Maciej Nielubowicz Supervisory Board
Member
51 51

Shares held by members of the Company's Management Board and Supervisory Board*

* Based on declarations and notifications submitted to the Company.

Information regarding alignment of the total remuneration with the Remuneration Policy, along with its contribution to attainment of the Company's long-term goals

Throughout the period covered by this Report the remuneration of persons covered by the Remuneration Policy acknowledged objective criteria specified therein, as well as the employment conditions and remuneration of other Company employees, as mandated by the Remuneration Policy. Assignment of remuneration to members of the Management Board and Supervisory Board furthers the Company's strategy and contributes to attainment of its long-term goals by (I) ensuring full involvement of persons covered by the Remuneration Policy in performing their official duties at the Company; (II) incentivizing persons covered by the Remuneration Policy to implement the Strategy and pursue short- and long-term goals; (III) forging long-term links between persons covered by the Remuneration Policy and the Company; (IV) providing persons covered by the Remuneration Policy with adequate remuneration in light of the Group's and the Company's business and financial performance; (V) discouraging persons covered by the Remuneration Policy from taking excessive risks in the course of their duties.

For the period covered by this Report members of the Management Board were assigned remuneration for performing their duties, in amounts and under conditions expressed in the relevant Supervisory Board resolutions. Base remuneration is also dependent on the qualifications and responsibilities of each member of the Management Board. The Company's practice in relation to:

  • I) components of fixed and variable remuneration, as well as bonuses and other benefits, financial or otherwise, which may be assigned to Management Board members;
  • II) clear, comprehensive and diverse criteria related to financial and non-financial performance in the context of assigning variable remuneration;
  • III) deferment periods for disbursement of variable remuneration;
  • IV) clawback clauses applicable to variable remuneration;

remains consistent with the provisions of the Remuneration Policy. In addition, members of the Management Board were eligible to receive additional non-financial benefits, as described in the Remuneration Policy.

For the period covered by this Report members of the Supervisory Board were assigned monthly fixed remuneration in amounts and under conditions expressed solely in the corresponding General Meeting resolutions. This remuneration was consistent with the scope of responsibilities and official functions held by each member of the Supervisory Board, and proportional to the duration of their membership of the Supervisory Board. Members of the Supervisory Board were not assigned any remuneration (I) tied to the Company's earnings, or (II) payable in the form of financial instruments or other non-financial benefits, except for D&O liability insurance under a comprehensive insurance policy concluded by the Company.

Disclosure of the means of applying result-related criteria

Variable remuneration (annual bonuses) was assigned to members of the Management Board in light of fulfillment of criteria governing the assignment of such remuneration, expressed in Supervisory Board resolution no. 5 of 26 January 2022, consistent with limits specified in the Remuneration Policy. Verification of the attainment of criteria which govern assignment of variable remuneration tied to the Group's earnings is based on data contained in the consolidated financial statement of the CD PROJEKT Group, and forms the basis for assignment of variable remuneration to individual members of the Management Board by the Supervisory Board.

Disclosure of annual changes in remuneration, Company earnings and average remuneration of Company employees who are not members of the Management Board or the Supervisory Board over at least five most recent financial years

Company and Group earnings in 2018-2023

Financial year 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018
CD PROJEKT S.A. net earnings 474 705 340 471 240 113 1 128 056 172 826 109 451
% change compared
to preceding year
39.4% 41.8% -78.7% 552.7% 57.9% -40.7%
CD PROJEKT Group net earnings 481 105 346 491 208 908 1 150 148 175 315 109 334
% change compared
to preceding year
38.9% 65.9% -81.8% 556.0% 60.3% -45.4%

Total remuneration paid by CD PROJEKT S.A. to members of the Supervisory Board in light of their participation in the Supervisory Board and Audit Committee in 2018-2023*

Name Position 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018
Marcin
Iwiński**
Chairperson of the
Supervisory Board
480 - - - - -
% change compared to preceding year - - - - - -
Katarzyna
Szwarc***
Deputy Chairperson of
the Supervisory Board
180 164 135 120 120 112
% change compared to preceding year 9.8% 21.5% 12.5% 0.0% 7.1% 16.7%
Maciej
Nielubowicz
Supervisory Board
Member
120 109 87 72 72 64
% change compared to preceding year 10.1% 25.3% 20.8% 0.0% 12.5% 481.8%
Michał
Bień
Supervisory Board
Member
120 109 87 72 72 64
% change compared to preceding year 10.1% 25.3% 20.8% 0.0% 12.5% 33.3%
Jan Łukasz
Wejchert
Supervisory Board
Member
120 109 58 - - -
% change compared to preceding year 10.1% 87.9% - - - -

* The table covers remuneration paid out in 2018-2023 to individuals who held membership of the Supervisory Board in 2023. ** Chairperson of the Supervisory Board since 1 January 2023; Vice President of the Management Board until 31 December 2022. *** Deputy Chairperson of the Supervisory Board since 1 January 2023; Chairperson of the Supervisory Board until 31 December 2022.

Total remuneration paid by CD PROJEKT S.A. to incumbent members of the Management Board in 2018-20231

Name Position 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018
Adam Kiciński2 Board Member 5 642 4 994 24 667 4 107 2 722 6 154
% change compared to preceding year 13.0% -79.8% 500.6% 50.9% -55.8% -18.9%
Piotr Nielubowicz3 Board Member 5 642 4 994 24 595 4 035 2 653 6 086
% change compared to preceding year 13.0% -79.7% 509.5% 52.1% -56.4% -19.1%
Adam Badowski Board Member 5 645 3 636 17 137 2 941 1 984 3 602
% change compared to preceding year 55.3% -78.8% 482.7% 48,2% -44.9% -19.6%
Michał Nowakowski Board Member 5 642 3 637 17 104 2 908 1 951 3 570
% change compared to preceding year 55.1% -78.7% 488.2% 49.1% -45.4% -19.7%
Piotr Karwowski Board Member 5 578 3 569 185 102 60 60
% change compared to preceding year 56.3% 1 829.2% 81.4% 70.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Paweł Zawodny Board Member 3 133 995 - - - -
% change compared to preceding year 214.9% - - - - -
Jeremiah Cohn Board Member 3 0184 4974 - - - -
% change compared to preceding year 507.2% - - - - -

1 The table covers remuneration paid out in 2018-2023 to individuals who held membership of the Management Board in 2023.

2 Board Member since 9 October 2023; prior to that – President of the Board.

3 Board Member since 9 October 2023; prior to that – Vice President of the Board.

4 Remuneration received in USD; converted using the exchange rate on the day preceding disbursement.

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Average remuneration of Company employees who are not members of the Management Board or the Supervisory Board, and the CEO pay ratio; 2018-2023

Financial year 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018
Average remuneration of other
employees
251 161 294 171 98 107
% change compared to preceding
year
55.9% -45.2% 71.9% 74.5% -8.4% 18.9%
CEO pay ratio* 30.8 44.2 152.3 33.4 32.8 70.7

* ratio between the annual remuneration paid out to the Company CEO (Mr. Adam Kiciński – in the years 2018-2023) and the median remuneration of Company employees who are not members of the Management Board or the Supervisory Board.

The significant increase in remuneration paid out to members of the Management Board as well as the average remuneration of Company employees in 2021 was mainly due to payment (in 2021) of annual bonuses for 2020, calculated on the basis of the CD PROJEKT Group earnings for that year (556% increase compared to the preceding year) or the net profit of the CD PROJEKT RED segment for 2020 (555% increase compared to the preceding year), as well as the ratio between annual bonuses and fixed remuneration, which varies between individual employees.

The remuneration of Management Board members and the average remuneration of Company employees presented in the above tables does not include potential benefits obtainable by members of the Management Board or Company employees in association with their participation in incentive programs in force at the CD PROJEKT Group in 2016-2019 (settled in 2020), 2020-2025 (discontinued in 2023) and 2023-2027. With regard to average remuneration of Company employees, the presented values correspond to the sum of fixed remuneration, bonuses, non-monetary benefits and any other benefits assigned to employees in the given calendar year, divided by the number of employees for that year.

Disclosure of exercise of clawback provisions related to variable remuneration

During the period covered by this Report the Company did not invoke any clawback provisions related to variable remuneration for individuals covered by the Remuneration Policy.

Disclosure of deviations in the scope of implementing the remuneration policy and derogations from the remuneration policy, along with clarifications regarding the causes and means of recognizing derogations, as well as elements of the remuneration policy to which derogations pertain

As of the preparation date of this Report the Supervisory Board is not aware of any derogations from the Remuneration Policy. Furthermore, the Supervisory Board has not consented to any derogations from the Remuneration Policy in accordance with the procedure specified therein.

General Meeting opinion regarding the preceding remuneration report

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Resolution no. 20 of 6 June 2023 of the Ordinary General Meeting of the Company issued a positive opinion regarding the Supervisory Board report on remuneration paid out in 2022. Consequently, this Supervisory Board report on remuneration was prepared under the same assumptions as the preceding report.

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