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Orkla ASA — Remuneration Information 2023
Mar 23, 2023
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Salary and other remuneration of leading persons 2022

Salary and other remuneration of leading persons
Orkla increased its turnover by 15.8% in 2022, driven by organic growth for Branded Consumer Goods, contributions from acquisitions and increased revenues for Hydro Power. Branded Consumer Goods achieved organic growth of 9.6% which was essentially related to price increases to compensate for the abnormally high increase in input costs. A sharp rise in raw material, energy, freight and packaging costs, coupled with a high rise in costs other than input costs and increased advertising spend resulted in a 7.5% decline in EBIT (adj.) from 2021 for Branded Consumer Goods.
In 2022, it was decided that Orkla was to be transformed into a brand and consumer-oriented investment company. By establishing autonomous portfolio companies, each with its own company board, Orkla will in future ensure greater structural flexibility, and the goal is to improve long-term value creation in the portfolio companies.
This transformation creates a need for new reward and incentive arrangements for senior executives. A project has therefore been initiated to draw up new guidelines for executive remuneration that support the new company structure. These new guidelines will be submitted to the General Meeting on 13 April 2023 for approval.
Overall remuneration is in accordance with the Guidelines for Remuneration of Senior Executives and the company's results Orkla's Guidelines for Remuneration of Senior Executives, which were
adopted by the General Meeting in 2021, determine the framework conditions for remuneration of the Board of Directors, the President and CEO and the Orkla Management Team. The guidelines may be found on
Orkla's website.
This Executive Remuneration Report for 2022 has been prepared in compliance with the guidelines adopted in 2021 and applicable legislation. The remuneration that was actually paid out in 2022, and that is reported here, is fully in accordance with the framework conditions and the principles laid down in the guidelines. No deviation has been made from the guidelines.
Senior executives at Orkla and changes during the year
In this report we describe the remuneration of members of the Board of Directors, including employee-elected Board members, as well as of the current President and CEO and the Orkla Management Team and former members of the Orkla Management Team, limited to members in the past five years.
The work of the Compensation Committee in 2022
The Compensation Committee consists of three members who are appointed by and from among the Board of Directors' members. The Board appoints the committee chair. The committee's terms of reference include the following:
• assess the performance of the President and CEO and propose to the
Board remuneration based thereon
In 2022, Orkla's operations were extensively affected by the war in Ukraine which, combined with the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, led to steep cost increases throughout the value chain. The year was impacted by major value chain disruptions and uncertainty regarding the global food situation, and Orkla has worked continuously to address these challenges.

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• recommend guidelines for remuneration of other senior executives • prepare matters regarding remuneration for Board consideration • prepare the Executive Remuneration Report for Board consideration
The committee has no independent decision-making authority unless the Board of Directors assigns it a special responsibility. The Compensation Committee was chaired by Liselott Kilaas in 2022. The other members of the committee were Stein Erik Hagen and Terje Utstrand (employee-elected). The committee normally holds four to six meetings per year. In 2022 six meetings were held. The main matters dealt with by the committee in 2022 were to:
• determine framework conditions for adjustment of senior executive
• propose a basic salary adjustment procedure for the President and CEO and approve the President and CEO's proposal for salary adjustment for
• evaluate the performance of the President and CEO and the other Orkla Management Team members and determine an individual bonus based
• approve the individual targets of the President and CEO for the year • prepare the Executive Remuneration Report and notes to the Annual
- remuneration
- the Orkla Management Team
- thereon
- Report
- of types of reward
- 1 March 2023
- for Senior Executives
• consider and discuss various general issues, including evaluation of the Board of Directors, promotion of gender balance and general evaluation
• consider proposals for new incentive models for the Orkla Management Team as a result of the restructuring of Orkla that will take effect on
• prepare a draft of new "Guidelines for the Determination of Remuneration
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Remuneration of the Board of Directors
Every year, the Nomination Committee proposes a fee for members of the Board of Directors, after which the proposal is considered by the General Meeting. Orkla has usually adjusted the Board members' fees in accordance with general wage growth, unless special circumstances dictate otherwise. Board fees are lower in Norway that in the other Nordic countries.
The Nomination Committee considers it important to attract good candidates in a Nordic market, and recommends that the fees of the shareholder-elected Board members be increased to align them somewhat more closely with the level applied elsewhere in the Nordic region. Furthermore, the Board's workload and responsibilities are increasing, and the Nomination Committee is of the opinion that this should also be reflected in the fees. The Nomination Committee's recommendation was approved by the General Meeting and is shown below.
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| Board of | Audit | Compensation | |
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| Directors | Committee | Committee | |
| 843,000 | 144,000 | 181,000 | |
| 537,000 | 108,000 | 121,000 | |
| 442,000 | 108,000 | 121,000 | |
| 27,500 | |||
| Ingrid Jonasson Blank | 232,667 | Total compensation for 2022 |
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| Nils K. Selte | 211,389 | Total compensation for 2022 |
| Anders Kristiansen | 190,000 | Total compensation for 2022 |
| Board members | Role | Audit Committee | Compensation Committee | Board fee | Committee fee | Total fee |
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| Stein Erik Hagen | Chair | Member | 940,000 | 119,333 | 1,059,333 | |
| Liselott Kilaas | Member | Chair | 610,000 | 162,000 | 772,000 | |
| Peter Agnefjäll | Member | Chair | 610,000 | 140,000 | 750,000 | |
| Anna Mossberg | Member | 610,000 | 610,000 | |||
| Christina Fagerberg1 | Member | Member | 420,000 | 93,333 | 513,333 | |
| Rolv Erik Ryssdal1 | Member | 238,790 | 238,790 | |||
| Caroline Marie Hagen Kjos | Deputy member2 | - | - | |||
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| Terje Utstrand | Member | Member | 476,667 | 119,333 | 596,000 | |
| Sverre Josvanger | Member | Member | 476,667 | 136,000 | 612,667 | |
| Karin Hansson | Member | 476,667 | 476,667 | |||
| Roger Vangen | Member | 476,667 | 476,667 | |||
| (Figures in NOK) | Board of | Audit | Compensation |
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| Function | Directors | Committee | Committee |
| Chair | 880,000 | 152,000 | 191,000 |
| Shareholder-elected member |
570,000 | 112,000 | 128,000 |
| Employee-elected member | 460,000 | 112,000 | 128,000 |
| Deputy member | 30,000 |
Fee rates 2022
The following persons left the Board in 2022
Remuneration of Board members 2022
Fee rates 2021
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First elected in 2022.
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Personal deputy member for Stein Erik Hagen and Nils K. Selte.
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| Board members | Role | 31.12.2021 | Sales 2022 | Sales 2022 | 31.12.2022 |
| Stein Erik Hagen | Chair | 250,387,581 | 250,387,581 | ||
| Liselott Kilaas | Member | 12,500 | 3,200 | 15,700 | |
| Peter Agnefjäll | Member | 20,000 | 20,000 | ||
| Anna Mossberg | Member | 5,566 | 2,326 | 7,892 | |
| Christina Fagerberg | Member | 20,000 | 20,000 | ||
| Rolv Erik Ryssland | Member | 1,000 | 15,000 | 16,000 | |
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| Terje Utstrand | Member | 10,409 | 395 | 10,804 | |
| Sverre Josvanger | Member | 20,622 | 6,000 | 26,622 | |
| Karin Hansson | Member | 1,993 | 1 ,993 | ||
| Roger Vangen | Member | 10,208 | 865 | 11,073 | |
Orkla shareholders
All figures show total shareholdings including shares owned by related parties.
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Remuneration of the Orkla Management Team in 2022
According to Orkla's Guidelines for Remuneration of Senior Executives, the basic salary must be in line with the market median and reflect the position criteria with regard to qualifications, responsibilities and complexity, and the extent to which the position contributes to the achievement of Orkla's overarching business objectives.
Orkla uses internationally recognised job evaluation systems to determine the right level of remuneration for the positions offered, and the basic salary offered must preferably lie within a salary range of +/- 20% relative to the market median. The senior executive's responsibilities, results achieved and performance determine where he or she is placed on the salary scale. Individual performances must be reflected in the basic salary, which must consequently be set on an individual, differentiated basis.
In accordance with the guidelines, the level of basic cash remuneration, including the basic salary, must be evaluated regularly, normally annually.
The President and CEO and his Orkla Management Team also participate in Orkla's annual central bonus programme, the Short-Term Incentive Programme (STI), and in the Long-Term Incentive Programme (LTI). According to the guidelines, these variable remuneration elements may exceed the market median.
Variable remuneration must be linked to predefined, ambitious and measurable criteria, as well as to Orkla's business strategy, commercial objectives and long-term interests.
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Total remuneration as a percentage of basic salary

Performances at or above maximum for the President and CEO
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| with the expected average outcome for the STI and LTI programmes. | |||||
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| Below-threshold performances | |||||
| Show the minimum amount that is paid out if none of the minimum | |||||
| requirements for an STI bonus and an LTI allocation are met. | |||||
| 100% 15% | |||||
Show the maximum amount that Orkla Management Team members may be paid and LTI awards that may be allocated per year if a maximum outcome is achieved for STI and LTI.
"On-target" performances
Performances at or above maximum for the other Orkla Management Team members
Show the maximum amount that Orkla Management Team members may be paid and LTI awards that may be allocated per year if a maximum outcome is achieved for STI and LTI.
Below-threshold performances
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| Amounts in NOK 1,000 | Annual salary | Salary increase | Annual salary | Salary and holiday | Annual bonus paid | Paid from | Benefits in kind | other remuneration |
| Management Team in 2022 | 31.12.2021 | 2022 | 31.12.2022 | pay paid 2022 | (earned in 2021) | bonus bank (LTI) | (incl. car allowance) | paid 2022 |
| Nils K. Selte1 | New position | 12,000 | 7,882 | 0 | 0 | 171 | 8,053 | |
| Atle Vidar Nagel Johansen | 4,043 | Changed responsibility |
6,000 | 5,768 | 939 | 762 | 231 | 7,699 |
| Hege Holter Brekke2 | 3,020 | Changed responsibility |
3,450 | 3,582 | 701 | 528 | 229 | 5,040 |
| Audun Stensvold3 | New position | 3,200 | 480 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 515 | |
| Maria Syse-Nybraaten4 | New position | 3,110 | 778 | 0 | 0 | 309 | 1 ,086 | |
| Øyvind Torpp3 | New position | 6 ,000 | 1,000 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 1,039 | |
| Harald Ullevoldsæter | 3,188 | 107 | 3,292 | 3,483 | 1,045 | 260 | 228 | 5,016 |
| Christer Grönberg7 | 3,019 | 98 | 3,117 | 3,561 | 991 | 571 | 150 | 5,272 |
| Camilla Tellefsdal Robstad5 | New position | 2,800 | 2,119 | 585 | 319 | 214 | 3,237 | |
| Håkon Mageli6 | 2,724 | 82 | 2,805 | 3,053 | 975 | 608 | 229 | 4,865 |
Itemised remuneration of the Orkla Management Team in 2022
For Holter Brekke, Robstad and Mageli, benefits paid out are shown for full year.
For benefits paid to persons who have left the Orkla Management Team, reference is made to the table showing five years' historical remuneration.
- 1 Employee and President & CEO from 11.4.2022.
- 2 Orkla Management Team member 1.1 10.4 and from 13.12 and on.
- 3 Employee and Orkla Management Team member from 1.11.
- 4 Employee and Orkla Management Team member from 1.10.
- 5 Group Executive Board member from 13.12, employee full year.
- 6 Orkla Management Team member from 11.4, employee full year.
- 7 Salary agreed in SEK but translated to NOK at average annual exchange rate.
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| Balance bonus bank (LTI) 31.12.20223 |
Total earned and allocated |
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| Amount in NOK 1,000 Orkla Management Team |
Annual bonus earned for 20221 |
Allocated long-term incentive (LTI)2 |
Earned pension cost |
Total earned and allocated |
Balance bonus bank (LTI) 31.12.20223 |
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| Nils K. Selte | 5 | 0 | 1,988 | 1,988 | 0 |
| Atle Vidar Nagel Johansen | 600 | 1,044 | 1,733 | 3,377 | 1,153 |
| Hege Holter Brekke | 345 | 817 | 639 | 1,802 | 805 |
| Audun Stensvold | 67 | 0 | 100 | 167 | 0 |
| Maria Syse-Nybraaten | 289 | 0 | 145 | 434 | 0 |
| Øyvind Torpp | 300 | 0 | 208 | 508 | 0 |
| Harald Ullevoldsæter | 411 | 823 | 636 | 1,870 | 549 |
| Christer Grönberg4 | 390 | 779 | 931 | 2,100 | 865 |
| Camilla Tellefsdal Robstad | 350 | 396 | 526 | 1,271 | 501 |
| Håkon Mageli | 351 | 701 | 665 | 1,717 | 880 |
Remuneration earned, but not paid in 2022
For Holter Brekke, Robstad and Mageli, benefits earned are shown for full year.
- 1 Annual bonus earned for 2022 paid out in 2023.
- 2 Allocated LTI consists of share options valued using Black Scholes model.
- 3 Stated balance is based on closing price of Orkla share 31.12.2022.
- 4 Amount originally determined in SEK has been translated to NOK at average annual exchange rate.
- 5 The President and CEO has on his own initiative chosen to abstain from bonus for 2022.
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Relationship between basic and variable remuneration in 2022
If we combine salary and holiday pay paid out in 2022, pension costs accrued in 2022 and fixed benefits in kind such as a car allowance and insurances (basic remuneration), and compare the total with variable remuneration, STI paid out and LTI allocated in 2022, the relationship between basic and variable remuneration in 2022 is as follows:

Basic remuneration Variable remuneration

Annual bonus programme (STI programme)
The annual bonus programme is differentiated according to different roles and functions. For 2022 Orkla had the following programmes:
Programme for Branded Consumer Goods
Quantitative financial targets (80% weight):
- Organic growth for "own level" (40% weight for business areas' management teams, 25% for company executive management)
- Organic growth for "level above" (0% weight for business areas' management teams, 20% for company executive management)
- EBIT-achievement (adjusted) for "own level" (40% weight for business areas' management teams, 35% for company executive management)
Individual targets (20% weight):
• Two to four individual targets must be defined for each participant. The individual targets must be designed so as to reflect each participant's possibilities of contributing to Orkla's development and growth. The targets can either be commercial (with an indication of effect and outcome), or behavioural (how to act in accordance with Orkla's leadership principles and/or values), or a combination of the two. Orkla's Board of Directors approves these targets for the President and CEO, while the targets for the other participants are approved by each participant's manager.
Programme for the Consumer & Financial Investments business area
The programme for the Consumer & Financial Investments business area was changed from 2021 to 2022. In 2022, the following programme applied:
For the companies in this business area:
• quantitative financial and/or operational elements (80% weight): Here different elements can be defined for the various companies. For each element, ambitious targets must be defined linked to bonus
- achievement.
- individual targets (20% weight)
For the management team in this business area: • EBIT (adjusted) targets for own business area (40% weight) • consumer sales from pizza franchise business (20% weight) • portfolio growth and structural agenda – qualitative elements
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- (20% weight)
- individual targets (20% weight)
After the initial calculation of the bonus based on the quantitative financial targets and the achievement of individual targets, each manager must make a final discretionary assessment of employees' overall bonus achievement. The initial calculation is assessed in relation to the overall annual performance of the company in which the person is employed. As a result of this final assessment, the final bonus may either increase or be reduced in relation to the initial calculation.
Programme for Corporate Functions
The annual bonus programme for Corporate Functions (including the President and CEO) consisted of the following elements in 2022:
- Quantitative financial targets (50% weight):
- organic growth for Branded Consumer Goods (25% weight)
- EBIT (adjusted) targets for Branded Consumer Goods (25% weight)
- An element linked to the return on the Orkla share (25% weight):
- To calculate this element, a basic amount equivalent to 5% of the executive's annual salary is added to the return on the Orkla share for the year. The return is calculated by taking the average share price in the fourth quarter minus the average share price in the fourth quarter of the previous year before adding any dividend paid out as a percentage of the share price in the fourth quarter of the previous year. This return on the Orkla share is multiplied by a factor of 1 for members of the Orkla Management Team and by a factor of 0.5 for the other executives in Corporate Functions. The bonus outcome for this element, measured as a percentage of annual salary, is thus calculated as follows: the initial 5% is added to the return (which may be positive or negative) and multiplied by the above-mentioned factors. This bonus element may not exceed a maximum of 25% of annual salary and may not be less than zero (in the event of a negative return).
- Individual targets (25% weight):
- Individual targets are handled in the same way as for Branded Consumer Goods (see above).
Discretionary adjustment of bonus for 2022
Under the terms of Orkla's STI programme, the amount of the bonus of the individual participants may be adjusted if the amount of the final bonus calculation seems unreasonable in relation to the programme's intention. An important bonus criterion for Orkla's STI programme for 2022 is organic growth, with a maximum outcome of between 25% and 45%. Since the financial results for 2022 were significantly impacted by inflation, the Board of Directors deemed that the bonus outcomes were not consistent with the intentions underlying the bonus programme, and asked the administration to make a discretionary adjustment of the bonus outcome related to the component for organic growth.
The table presenting bonuses earned in 2022 and paid out in 2023 shows the final bonus results, including downward adjustments.
| Name | Criteria | Maximum achievable | Achieved 2020ll | Total bonus incl. individual assessments |
Basic salary 31.12.2020ll |
Bonus 2020 in NOK 1,000 |
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| Semlitsch, Jaan Ivar | Organic growth BCG area | 25.0% | 15.5% | 36.7% | 8,171 | 2,999 |
| EBIT (adj.) BCG area | 25.0% | 0.0% | ||||
| Orkla share price performance |
25.0% | 2.2% | ||||
| Ullevoldsæter, Harald | Organic growth BCG area | 25.0% | 15.5% | 36.7% | 3,188 | 1,170 |
| EBIT (adj.) BCG area | 25.0% | 0.0% | ||||
| Orkla share price performance |
25.0% | 2.2% | ||||
| Grönberg, Christer | Organic growth BCG area | 25.0% | 15.5% | 36.7% | 3,189 | 1,170 |
| EBIT (adj.) BCG area | 25.0% | 0.0% | ||||
| Orkla share price performance |
25.0% | 2.2% | ||||
| Prytz, Sverre | Organic growth BCG area | 25.0% | 15.5% | 36.7% | 3,010 | 1,105 |
| EBIT (adj.) BCG area | 25.0% | 0.0% | ||||
| Orkla share price performance |
25.0% | 2.2% |
STI programme for Corporate Functions
STI-bonus for Group Executive Board for 2021 (to be paid out in 2022)
| Name | Criteria | Maximum achievable | Achieved 2021ll | Total bonus incl. individual assessments |
Basic salary 31.12.2021ll |
Bonus 2021 in NOK 1,000 |
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| Brekke, Hege Holter | Organic growth own area | 40.0 % | 6.0 % | 26.0 % | 3,020 | 785 |
| EBIT (adj.) own area | 40.0 % | 0.0 % | ||||
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| Johansen, Atle Vidar Nagel | Organic growth own area | 40.0 % | 6.0 % | 26.0 % | 4,043 | 1,051 |
| EBIT (adj.) own area | ||||||
| Contribution margin ratio own | 20.0 % | 0.0 % | ||||
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| Berg, Ingvill T. | Organic growth own area | 40.0 % | 15.3 % | 30.3 % | 2,900 | 879 |
| EBIT (adj.) own area | ||||||
| Contribution margin ratio own | 20.0 % | 0.0 % | ||||
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| Clarin, Johan | Organic growth own area | 40.0 % | 40.0 % | 55.0 % | 3,521 | 1,937 |
| EBIT (adj.) own are | ||||||
| Contribution margin ratio own | 20.0 % | 0.0 % | ||||
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STI programme for BCG area
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| Name | Criteria | Maximum achievable | Achieved 2021ll | individual assessments | 31.12.2021ll | NOK 1,000 |
| Haavet, Kenneth | EBIT (adj.) Consumer Portef. | 50.0 % | 30.4 % | 55.4 % | 3,010 | 1,667 |
| Definerte kvalitative mål | 30.0 % | 12.5 % |
STI programme for Consumer & Financial Investments
| Name | Criteria | Maximum achievable | Achieved 2022ll | Total bonus incl. Individual assessments |
Basic salary 31.12.2022l |
Bonus 2022 in NOK 1,000 |
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| Selte, Nils K. | Organic growth BCG area | 25.0% | 1 | 2 | 12,000 | 0 |
| Bonus for 9 months | EBIT (adj.) BCG area | 25.0% | 0.0% | |||
| Orkla share price | 25.0% | 0.0% | ||||
| Audun Stensvold | Organic growth BCG area | 25.0% | 1 | 12.5% | 3,200 | 67 |
| Bonus for 2 months | EBIT (adj.) BCG area | 25.0% | 0.0% | |||
| Orkla share price performance |
25.0% | 0.0% | ||||
| Øyvind Torpp | Fixed bonus amount for 2022 | 6,000 | 300 | |||
| Ullevoldsæter, Harald | Organic growth BCG area | 25.0% | 1 | 12.5% | 3,292 | 411 |
| EBIT (adj.) BCG area | 25.0% | 0.0% | ||||
| Orkla share price performance |
25.0% | 0.0% | ||||
| Grönberg, Christer | Organic growth BCG area | 25.0% | 1 | 12.5% | 3,117 | 390 |
| EBIT (adj.) BCG area | 25.0% | 0.0% | ||||
| Orkla share price performance |
25.0% | 0.0% | ||||
| Robstad, Camilla Tellefsdal | Organic growth BCG area | 25.0% | 1 | 12.5% | 2,800 | 350 |
| EBIT (adj.) BCG area | 25.0% | 0.0% | ||||
| Orkla share price performance |
25.0% | 0.0% | ||||
| Mageli, Håkon | Organic growth BCG area | 25.0% | 1 | 12.5% | 2,805 | 351 |
| EBIT (adj.) BCG area | 25.0% | 0.0% | ||||
| Orkla share price performance |
25.0% | 0.0% |
STI programme for Corporate Functions
STI-bonus for the Orkla Management Team for 2022 (paid out in 2023)
1 See separate section on discretionary downward adjustment of the result for Organic growth.
2 The President and CEO has on his own initiative chosen to abstain from bonus for 2022.
| Name | Criteria | Maximum achievable | Achieved 2022ll | Total bonus incl. Individual assessments |
Basic salary 31.12.2022l |
Bonus 2022 in NOK 1,000 |
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| Johansen, Atle Vidar Nagel | Organic growth BCG area | 40.0% | 1 | 10.0% | 6,000 | 600 |
| EBIT (adj.) BCG area | 40.0% | 0.0% | ||||
| Brekke, Hege Holter | Organic growth BCG area | 40.0% | 1 | 10.0% | 3,450 | 345 |
| EBIT (adj.) BCG area | 40.0% | 0.0% |
| Name | Criteria | Maximum achievable | Achieved 2022ll | Total bonus incl. Individual assessments |
Basic salary 31.12.2022l |
Bonus 2022 in NOK 1,000 |
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| Maria Syse-Nybraaten Bonus for 3 months |
EBIT (adj.) Consumer portfl. Pizza franchise sales |
40.0% 20.0% |
0.0% 14.7% |
37.2% | 3,110 | 289 |
| Portfolio growth | 20.0% | 12.5% |
STI scheme for the BCG area
STI-ordning for Consumer & Financial Investments
1 See separate section on discretionary downward adjustment of the result for Organic growth.
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Long-term incentive programme (LTI programme)
In 2020 Orkla introduced a share option-based LTI programme that replaced the previous cash-based LTI programme.
Options are allocated partly on the basis of position (estimated option value equivalent to 15% of basic salary), partly on the basis of a discretionary assessment of the achievement of predefined long-term targets (maximum estimated option value equivalent to 15% of basic salary), and a discretionary assessment of the achievement of targets linked to sustainability (maximum estimated option value equivalent to 5% of basic salary). Targets linked to sustainability are set and evaluated by the Board of Directors. On this basis, the outcome for participants will be an option value ranging from 15 to 35% of basic salary, depending on performance. The option value will be calculated in accordance with the Black-Scholes model.
Predefined long-term targets shall preferably be linked to:
- profitable organic growth
- innovation and increased market shares
- sustainability as a growth factor
- structural growth in prioritised categories and geographical areas
- establishment of a cost-effective organisation and realisation of synergies
- development of staff and collaborative relationships
Options are allocated once a year. The first allocation was made in 2021. Allocations are based on the share price on the day after the Annual General Meeting. Every year, the Board of Directors decides how many share options
are to be allocated to each member of the Orkla Management Team. The members may exercise their options at the earliest three years after the allocation date and no later than five years after the allocation date. After five years, the options expire.
The strike price is set at the market price on the allocation date, plus 3% per year during the vesting period. The strike price is adjusted to take account of dividends. All unexercised options expire in the event of an employee's resignation.
The gain on options allocated in a given year may not exceed six times the value of the allocated options on the allocation date, calculated in accordance with the Black-Scholes model. If a participant is allocated options with an estimated option value equivalent to 30% of his or her basic salary, the maximum gain in such case cannot exceed 180% of his or her basic salary.
Members of the Orkla Management Team who exercise their options must use 25% of the gross gain to purchase Orkla shares. Purchased shares are subject to a three-year lock-in period.
Payouts from the LTI programme in 2022 were made in accordance with the previous cash-based programme. Allocations were last made to participants in the previous programme in May 2020. Payouts from these allocations will be made as follows: 1/3 in 2022, 1/3 in 2023 and 1/3 in 2024. The amount allocated will be adjusted in accordance with the Orkla share price performance from the date after the Annual General Meeting in 2020 until the payout dates.


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| Position | Name | Allocation | Salary Value of allocation | share option | options per share | Allocation date First exercise date | Expiry date | for options | ||
| President & CEO | Nils K. Selte | |||||||||
| EVP Orkla BCG | Atle Vidar Nagel Johansen | 25% | 4,174,300 | 1,043,575 | 15.02485 | 69,457 | 21.4.2022 | 21.4.2025 | 21.4.2027 | kr 75.18 |
| EVP & Investment Executive | Hege Holter Brekke | 25% | 3,269,200 | 817,300 | 15.02485 | 54,397 | 21.4.2022 | 21.4.2025 | 21.4.2027 | kr 75.18 |
| EVP & Investment Executive | Audun Stensvold | |||||||||
| EVP & Investment Executive | Maria Syse-Nybraaten | |||||||||
| EVP & Investment Executive | Øyvind Torpp | |||||||||
| EVP Finance & CFO | Harald Ullevoldsæter | 25% | 3,291,600 | 822,900 | 15.02485 | 54,769 | 21.4.2022 | 21.4.2025 | 21.4.2027 | kr 75.18 |
| EVP HR | Christer Grönberg1 | 25% | 766,213 | 15.02485 | 50,996 | 21.4.2022 | 21.4.2025 | 21.4.2027 | kr 75.18 | |
| EVP Legal | Camilla Tellefsdal Robstad | 20% | 1,979,550 | 395,910 | 15.99818 | 24,747 | 21.4.2022 | 21.4.2025 | 21.4.2027 | kr 75.18 |
| EVP Comm. & Corporate Affairs | Håkon Mageli | 25% | 2,805,411 | 701,353 | 15.99818 | 43,840 | 21.4.2022 | 21.4.2025 | 21.4.2027 | kr 75.18 |
| Total | 4,547,251 | 298,206 |
| Options | Number vested | Number of options | ||||
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| Number of options | Number vested for | allocated | for exercise | allocated as at | ||
| Position | Name | at start of year | exercise 1.1.2022 | in 2022 | 31.12.2022 | 31.12.2022 |
| President & CEO | Nils K. Selte | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| EVP Orkla BCG | Atle Vidar Nagel Johansen | 89,416 | 0 | 69,547 | 0 | 158,873 |
| EVP & Investment Executive | Hege Holter Brekke | 66,793 | 0 | 54,397 | 0 | 121,190 |
| EVP & Investment Executive | Audun Stensvold | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| EVP & Investment Executive | Maria Syse-Nybraaten | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| EVP & Investment Executive | Øyvind Torpp | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| EVP Finance & CFO | Harald Ullevoldsæter | 70,509 | 0 | 54,769 | 0 | 125,278 |
| EVP HR | Christer Grönberg | 70,389 | 0 | 50,996 | 0 | 121,385 |
| EVP Legal | Camilla Tellefsdal Robstad | 38,539 | 24,747 | 7,707 | 63,286 | |
| EVP Comm. & Corporate Affairs | Håkon Mageli | 46,840 | 0 | 43,840 | 9,368 | 90,680 |
| Total | 382,486 | 298,206 | 17,075 | 680,692 |
Options allocated in 2022 and total options as at 31 December 2022:
1 Amounts originally determined in SEK have been translated to NOK based on exchange rate as at 21.4.2022.
| Management team | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | ||||||||||||
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| Period on Orkla | remunera | Annual | Variable | remunera | Annual | Variable | remunera | Annual | Variable | remunera | Annual | Variable | remune | Annual | Variable | ||
| Amounts in NOK 1,000 | Position | Management Team | tion1 | change2 | positionl | tion1 | change2 | positionl | tion1 | change2 | positionl | tion1 | change2 | positionl | ration | change2 | positionl |
| Nils K. Selte | President and CEO | 11.04.2022 - 31.12.2022 | 10,041 | 0% | |||||||||||||
| Atle Vidar Nagel Johansen | EVP Orkla BCG | 1.6.2012 - 31.12.2022 | 9,376 | 10.7% | 17.5% | 8,468 5,551 |
-13.1% | 31.0% | 9,742 | 15.6% | 43.0% | 8,428 | 20.0% | 35.1% | 7,021 | -1.4% | 22.4% |
| Hege Holter Brekke | EVP HR | 1.1.-10.4. og 13.12.-31.12. | 5,612 | 1.1% 20.7% |
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| Audun Stensvold | EVP & Investment Executive | 1.11.2022 - 31.12.2022 | 682 | 9.8% | |||||||||||||
| Maria Syse-Nybraaten | EVP & Investment Executive | 1.10.2022 - 31.12.2022 | 1,521 | 19.0% | |||||||||||||
| Øyvind Torpp | EVP & Investment Executive | 1.11.2022 - 31.12.2022 | 1,547 | 19.4% | |||||||||||||
| Harald Ullevoldsæter | EVP Finance & CFO | 1.3.2020 - 31.12.2022 | 5,582 | -10.1% | 22.1% | 6,209 | 0.2% | 34.2% | 6,194 | - | 41.0% | ||||||
| Christer Grönberg | EVP & Investment Executive | 1.10.2018 - 31.12.2022 | 5,798 | -14.0% | 19.9% | 6,743 | -1.7% | 30.6% | 6,859 | 5.4% | 38.1% | 6,506 | 23.7% | 36.5% | 5,260 | - | 24.6% |
| Camilla Tellefsdal Robstad | EVP Legal | 13.12.2022 - 31.12.2022 | 3,604 | 20.7% | |||||||||||||
| Håkon Mageli | EVP Comm. & Corporate Affairs | 11.4.2022 - 31.12.2022 | 4,998 | 21.0% | |||||||||||||
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| Jaan Ivar Semlitsch3 | President & CEO | 15.8.2019 - 10.04.2022 | 21,303 Total payments 2022 | 15,910 | -4.9% | 34.3% | 16,721 | 11.1% | 40.4% | 5,645 | - | 32.3% | |||||
| Kenneth Haavet | EVP Cons. & Fin. Inv. | 1.2.2020 - 16.2.2022 | 3,404 | Final statement | 6,402 | -0.6% | -0.6% | 5,905 | - | 42.6% | |||||||
| Sverre Prytz | EVP Strategy & M&A | 1.12.2019 - 31.10.2022 | 4,812 Total payments 2022 | 5,862 | -4.6% | 34.3% | 6,128 | 26.7% | 39.4% | 403 | - | 23.8% | |||||
| Ingvill T. Berg | EVP Orkla Conf. & Snacks | 14.1.2021 - 10.4.2022 | 4,731 Total payments 2022 | 5,570 | - | 33.8% | |||||||||||
| Johan Clarin | EVP Orkla Food Ingredients | 1.9.2013 - 10.4.2022 | 6,263 Total payments 2022 | 7,144 | 8.4% | 31.1% | 6,593 | 6,593 | 31.0% | 6,792 | 16.7% | 34.5% | 5 ,22 | -0.8% | 24.5% | ||
| Terje Andersen (periode 1) | CFO/EVP Financial Investments | 1.1.2005 - 30.9.2018 | 6,420 | Final statement | |||||||||||||
| Terje Andersen (periode 2) | Acting CEO | 7.5.2019 - 1.2.2020 | 6,916 | Final statement | 7,676 | - | 30.2% | ||||||||||
| Ann-Beth Freuchen | EVP Orkla Foods N&B / Conf.& S. | 1.7.2015 - 14.1.2021 | 10,458 | Final statement | 8,083 | 14.3% | 40.5% | 7,071 | 6.4% | 33.4% | 6,645 | -1.6% | 34.4 % | ||||
| Jeanette Hauan Fladby | EVP Orkla Conf. & Snacks | 1.10.2018 - 14.1.2021 | 7,597 | Final statement | 5,892 | -4.5% | 31.3% | 6,171 | 39.6% | 38.7 % | 4,422 | - | 27.9% | ||||
| Jens Staff | CFO | 1.6.2014 - 29.2.2020 | 4,419 | Final statement | 6,501 | 17.8% | 32.9 % | 5,520 | -5.8% | 23.6% | |||||||
| Peter A. Ruzicka | President and CEO | 1.2.2014 - 7.5.2019 | 6,871 | Final statement | 16,456 | Final statement | |||||||||||
| Johan Wilhelmsson | EVP Orkla Foods International | 1.10.2018 - 14.1.2021 | 7,405 | 28.2% | 43.6% | 5,775 | 1.1% | 32.7% | 5,712 | - | 37.6% | ||||||
| Karl Otto Tveter | EVP Group Functions & Legal | 1.2.2012 - 30.11.2019 | 5,260 | Final statement | 5,829 | -5.7% | 23.9% | ||||||||||
| Stig Ebert Nilssen | EVP Orkla Care | 1.4.2013 - 1.2.2019 | 6,308 | -5.9% | 23.6% | ||||||||||||
| Pål Eikeland | EVP Orkla Food Ingredients | 1.6.2012 - 3.4.2018 | 5,689 | Final statement | |||||||||||||
| Financial results | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | ||||||||||||
| Organic growth | 9.6% | 4.3% | 1.6% | 1.3% | -0.2% | ||||||||||||
| EBIT (adj.) (NOK mill.) | 7,411 | 6,145 | 5,492 | 5,088 | 4,777 | ||||||||||||
| Earnings per share (NOK) | 5.04 | 4.82 | 4.37 | 3.84 | 3.24 | ||||||||||||
| Annual change in earnings | 0.0% | 10.5% | 13.8% | 18.5% | -61.6% | ||||||||||||
| per share Average remuneration of Orkla ASA employees |
2022 | 2021 | 2021 | 2019 | 2018 | ||||||||||||
| Average number of full-time employees throughout year | 20,098 | 20,074 | 17,656 | 17,622 | 17,667 | ||||||||||||
| Average personnel cost (NOK 1,000) | 486 | 454 | 508 | 465 | 438 | ||||||||||||
| Annual change in average remuneration in Orkla ASA | 6.9% | -10.6% | 9.2% | 6.3% | 2.4% |
Annual changes in Orkla Management Team/Group Executive Board remuneration and the company's results for the last five financial years
1 Total remuneration means the sum total of salary and holiday pay paid, earned pension for the year, earned STI for the year, earned LTI for the year and benefits in kind. Figures stated for actual period of employment at Orkla.
2 Annual change is calculated on the basis of recalculated figures for the full year if the executive was employed at Orkla for parts of the year.
3 In addition, 10 months' post-employment salary, NOK 703,050 per month, and holiday pay (for this post-employment salary) will be paid out in 2023.
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The President and CEO's and Orkla Management Team's holdings of Orkla shares
The Orkla Management Team participates in Orkla's employee share purchase programme, which is offered to most Orkla employees on a global basis. In 2022, the employees were offered three different purchase options (before discount): NOK 30,000, NOK 15,000 and NOK 10,000. The discount was 15%, and the shares were subject to a three-year lock-in period.
All members of the Orkla Management Team at the time the programme was implemented chose the highest purchase amount. Based on the closing price on the last day of the order period, this meant a purchase of 395 Orkla shares.
| Shareholding |
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| 31.12.2022 |
| 157,395 |
| 28,845 |
| 7,065 |
| 24,200 |
| 7,947 |
| 16,865 |
| 6,937 |
| 101,064 |
Holdings of Orkla shares
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| 36 | 1,340 | |
| 31 | 1,098 | |
| 32 | 1,331 | |
| 30 | 905 |
| Amounts in NOK 1,000 | Salary and holiday pay paid 2021 | Board fee | Benefits in kind | Pension costs | Total remunerarion |
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| Terje Utstrand | 699 | 596 | 9 | 36 | 1,340 |
| Roger Vangen | 582 | 477 | 8 | 31 | 1,098 |
| Sverre Josvanger | 615 | 613 | 71 | 32 | 1,331 |
| Karin Hansson1 | 393 | 477 | 5 | 30 | 905 |
Employee-elected Board representatives
Right to claim repayment of variable remuneration
Orkla will claim repayment of variable remuneration that has been allocated on erroneous grounds. The company's repayment claims are not affected by the fact that the recipient has left the company. There were no grounds to claim repayment of variable remuneration in 2022.
Deviations from the guidelines
In 2022 Orkla found no reason to deviate from the applicable limits in the guidelines approved by the General Meeting in 2021. The decision-making processes for establishment, approval and implementation of executive remuneration have been carried out in accordance with the guidelines.
Compensation to employee-elected Board representatives
1 Salary, benefits in kind and pension agreed in SEK but translated to NOK based on average annual exchange rate.

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INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S ASSURANCE REPORT ON REMUNERATION REPORT
To the General Meeting of Orkla ASA
Opinion
We have performed an assurance engagement to obtain reasonable assurance that Orkla ASA's 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.
Board of directors' responsibilities
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.
Our independence and quality control
We are independent of the company in accordance with the requirements of the relevant laws and regulations in Norway and the International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants' International Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants (including International Independence Standards) (IESBA Code), and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. Our firm applies International Standard on Quality Control 1 (ISQC 1) and accordingly maintains a comprehensive system of quality control including documented policies and procedures regarding compliance with ethical requirements, professional standards and applicable legal and regulatory requirements.
Auditor's responsibilities
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, 14 March 2023 ERNST & YOUNG AS
Petter Larsen State Authorised Public Accountant (Norway) (This translation from Norwegian has been made for information purposes only.)
