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Scatec ASA

Remuneration Information Mar 22, 2023

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Remuneration Report 2022

Improving our future

1. Introduction

The remuneration awarded to our Executive Management Team (EMT) in 2022 was in line with our remuneration policy outlined in the Board of Directors' guidelines for remuneration of Executive Management. The total remuneration of the Executive Management Team described in this report is based on market practice and designed to support the Company's strategy, long-term interest and sustainability as well as attract and retain high calibre talent.

There was significant change in Scatec in 2022 as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Raymond Carlson retired from the Company after thirteen years of service. The Board appointed Terje Pilskog as new CEO effective from 1 May. In terms of remuneration, the Board kept salaries between the outgoing and ingoing CEOs comparable with a slight adjustment downwards for Terje Pilskog to reflect less experience in the new role.

After sharpening the Company's strategy and updating its overall strategic ambitions over the summer, the Company alongside their Capital Markets Update in September announced changes to its Executive Management Team. This was to position the Company for increased growth and to strengthen the Company's regional focus. The Executive Management Team was expanded to 11 members with a strengthened regional set-up to improve focus on growth and end-toend accountability of projects. Within the management team are four Executive Vice Presidents (EVPs) responsible for regions, two responsible for services (construction and operations) and four responsible for staff areas. The compensation for these new executives was reviewed holistically by an independent consultant based on relevant market benchmarks and is included within this report, including the adjustments made to the fixed base salary to ensure alignment to the market. The remaining compensation package remained consistent with previous years and at the end of the year, in line with policy, options were awarded to the whole executive management along with key Company leaders with a strike price of NOK 80.25.

In general, 2022 marked a good year of performance for Scatec with strong operational results including in HSSE. Power Production revenues increased to NOK 4,521 million in 2022, while EBITDA decreased but remained strong at NOK 2,835 million. During the year, the Company started construction of new solar power plants on South Africa, Brazil and Pakistan, totalling 1.2 GW. The Company did not however achieve its growth targets or its commitment to greater gender diversity. This was then reflected in the variable pay element of the executive's pay and for the wider leadership cohort of the Company.

At the Annual General Meeting in April 2022, the annual compensation for the Board was proposed and approved for 2022. The Chairperson of the Board is to be compensated at NOK 557,000 per year, while directors of the Board are to be compensated at NOK 357,000. This reflects relevant market benchmarks. Further details on the requirements on the Board with regards to their compensation are outlined within this report.

For more information about the general performance of the Company, refer to the Scatec Annual report 2022.

2. Summary of Remuneration policy

The objectives of the remuneration policy are (i) to motivate the Executive Management to strive to realise the Company's strategic goals including financial results, (ii) to be suitable to attract and retain skilled leaders taking into account the international market the Company participates in, and (iii) alignment with a representative average for management salaries for comparable Executive Management in similar businesses, and in the respective local market.

Scatec is assessing its management remuneration on a regular basis with the support of independent consultants. The 2022 assessment process was performed by Korn Ferry in November.

3. Summary of Remuneration structure

The elements of the remuneration policy in 2022 are described in the guidelines for remuneration of Executive Management and summarised below.

Element Objective Remuneration level Performance measure
Fixed base salary Align with market to attract and
retain qualified executives
Competitive, but not market leading
compared to the levels in other
listed companies in the Norwegian
Stock Exchange with international
activities
The base salary is normally
subject to annual review based
on an evaluation of the individual's
performance and contributions to
the Company's goals. In addition, a
yearly review of underlying inflation
and adjustments in the market is
performed
Short-term Incentive To motivate and encourage
our performance culture and
individual's contribution to the
Company's business strategy
The Executive Management Team are
entitled to an annual bonus ranging
from 0-50% of their base salary,
based on a holistic evaluation against
performance indicators
Performance measured by a
combination of the achievement of
the EVP's department KPIs and group
KPIs
Long-Term Incentive
(LTI)
Strengthen the alignment of
Executive Management and
shareholders' long-term interests
and sustainability of the Company.
Aims to retain key employees
The number of options awarded
to each Executive Management
member is calculated so that the
value of the options is expected to
correspond to fifty percent of the
employee's base salary based on
share price increase over the tenor of
the option plan
None
Pension and
Insurance schemes
Provide competitive
postemployment and other
benefits
Scatec offers a competitive pension
and insurance scheme aligned to
the local markets. See pension and
insurance section
N/A
Employee Share
Purchase Programme
Align and strengthen employee
interest on Scatec's long-term
development by increasing
employees' ownership in Scatec
The programme provides eligible
employees the opportunity to buy
Scatec shares at a discounted rate.
The discounted rate for 2022 was
22,5%. Shares are purchased through
an interest free loan and paid back
through payroll reductions. Shares
are locked for a 2-year period
None
Other benefits in kind Align with market to attract and
retain qualified executives
Competitive but not market leading.
Benefits in kind that are common
for comparable positions, e.g., free
telephone service, home PC, free
broadband service, newspapers.
N/A
Sign-on bonuses are used in certain
situations

The Board of Directors and members of the Nomination committee receive annual fees.

4. Fixed base salary

As per policy, all members of the executive team received an annual uplift to their fixed base salary in January 2022. Based on the benchmarks and data at the time including forecasts from industry bodies, 2.8% was agreed on for all executives.

In September 2022, a new Executive Management Team was announced to bring the business closer to the regions and focus more on growth. This management team included members from the previous as well as promotions from within the organisation. As a result, in November 2022, a full review of all executive roles and compensation was conducted by Korn Ferry, an independent consulting company. They assessed all executive roles against publicly traded organisations in the Oslo Stock Exchange. In addition, because two of the members are now based in South Africa and Philippines, additional benchmarking of executives within the energy sector in those markets was conducted. As a result of this exercise, it was identified that the newer members of the executive team fell below the competitive range and the salaries of the new roles within the executive team were adjusted.

4.1 Comparative table of the average increase in fixed annual base salary over the last five reported financial years1:

Name of
Executive
Management Team
Title Increase in
fixed annual
base salary
in 2018
Increase in
fixed annual
base salary
in 2019
Increase
in fixed
annual base
salary
in 20202
Increase in
fixed annual
base salary
in 20213
Increase in
fixed annual
base salary
in 2022
Annual base
salary 20224
Terje Pilskog Chief Executive Officer5 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 3,700
Terje Pilskog EVP Project
Development Solar & Wind
3% 8% 0% 18% 2.8% N/A
Raymond Carlsen Chief Executive Officer6 3% 3% 3% 14% 2.7% 2,418
Mikkel Tørud Chief Financial Officer 3% 3% 0% 12% 2.8% 2,939
Snorre
Valdimarsson
EVP General Counsel 3% 9% 0% 15% 2.8% 2,483
Roar Haugland EVP Sustainable Business
& HSSE
2% 3% 0% 11% 2.8% 2,244
Torstein
Berntsen
EVP Power Production and
Asset Management7
3% 3% 0% 20% 2.8% 2,575
Pål Helsing EVP Solutions 3% 3% 0% 19% 2.8% 2,568
Toril Haaland EVP People & Organisation N/A 3% 0% 15% 2.8% 2,104
Ann-Mari Lillejord EVP LATAM/Europe8 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 1,266
Kate Bragg EVP People, Strategy &
Digital9
N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 1,560
Pål Strøm EVP Operations &
Maintenance10
N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 1,781
Eliseo Ana EVP Asia11 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 2,213
Jan Fourie EVP Sub-Saharan Africa12 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 1,844
Jarl Arve Kosberg13 EVP Project Development
Hydropower
N/A N/A N/A N/A 0% 628

1Does not include holiday allowance.

  • 3Large fixed annual base salary increase is to reflect change in Company and scope of role following acquisition of SN Power. This review was conducted by Korn Ferry.
  • 4In NOK thousands and Including paid out holiday allowance.
  • 5EVP Project development Solar & Wind up until 30.04.2022. CEO from 01.05.2022.

10SVP Operations & Maintenance up until 20.11.22. EVP from 21.11.2022, data only included for EVP period.

2Salary freeze for members of the Executive Management Team due to covid. Effective annual salary review changed from 1 July to 1 January in July 2021. CEO was always 1 January and increase was decided prior to Covid outbreak in March 2021.

6End date 31.04.22. 7Interim EVP MENA/Green H2 from 21.11.22.

8VP Project development 2017-2019. SVP Project Development from 01.12.2020. EVP LATAM/Europe from 21.11.2022, data only included from EVP period. 9SVP M&A and Strategy from 01.08.2021 and EVP from 01.05.2022.

11SVP Hydropower Africa and Latam from 15.03.2021. EVP Asia from 21.11.2022, Data only included from EVP period.

12General Manager South Africa from 08.11.2017. EVP Sub-Saharan Africa from 21.11.2022. Data only included from EVP period.

13Start date 29.01.2021 End date 31.01.2022.

4.2 Comparison to the development of Scatec ASA's average base salary and CEO pay ratio.

As with the executive team, the fixed base salary of the CEO increased by 2.8% effective 1 January 2022. During the CEO transition, CEO pay levels were kept in line between outgoing and incoming CEO. Raymond Carlsen was paid 3.8m NOK in base salary, while Terje Pilskog began in his role at 3.7m NOK. The CEO pay ratio compared to the average total median compensation of a permanent full time equivalent employee in Scatec ASA was three. This remains constant from 2021.

5. Short term Incentive scheme

The Executive Management is part of the Company's bonus scheme for all employees. The scheme assesses performance on both the Company's overall- and financial performance as well as each department's performance.

5.1 Company threshold evaluation for 2022 financial year:

The Company threshold determines the payment of bonus. The threshold may reduce or, in critical situations, even annul the payment of bonus. It ensures and strengthens the link between the Company's overall financial results and the individual variable pay.

Threshold assessment includes the overall Company goals and objectives and key financial performance, which are considered to contribute to long-term growth in shareholder value. Additionally, the group's objective of being a leading Company within environment and sustainability is also considered when determining bonus threshold. This includes meeting our Company ESG targets. For details and key performance summary regarding ESG targets and performance for 2022 this report refers to the ESG Performance Report for 2022 which is part of the Annual Report for 2022. Since the ESG targets are an integral and important part of the KPI's for the EVP's and bonus thresholds, a summary of the key findings are included as an annex to this report.

Assessing the Company threshold for 2022, Scatec took the following into consideration:

  • • Operational performance including HSSE and production performance
  • • Financial performance including profitability metrics and margin achievement
  • • Growth including financial close, backlog and pipeline
  • • People and environment including diversity, compliance and ESG metrics

5.2 Board of Director's assessment of the Chief Executive Officer's performance

The CEO's performance is measured against the Company performance as set out above as well as Scatec's leadership and group values. Based on a holistic evaluation, the assessment of the Board of Directors is that while the Company has done well on operational performance, HSSE and ESG, it did not meet its growth targets. On financial performance, the targets were partly met. This performance is due to the macro situation and partly due to the specific opportunities the Company have been working on. The diversity ambition to achieve 32% women in leadership was also not met, with Scatec ending the year at 29%.

Below is a summary of the CEO's targets for 2022, weighted and commented.

Category of KPIs Strategic objectives Weight Commentary from
BOD
Average percentage
achieved across this
category
Operational
performance
Ensure that the Company is a responsible long-term
owner of assets and projects. Includes:
KPI not fully met, power 97%

Improvements in HSSE metrics
Ensuring power production levels are in line

with forecasts
13% production lower than
target
Financial
performance
Ensure that the Company has achieved attractive
financial results:
Target not fully met, but
Cash yield

Project IRR and margin targets
22% still strong results 85%
Growth Ensure that the Company both brings projects through
to construction and that there is a suitable pipeline of
opportunities. Includes:
Financial close targets on all technologies

Pipeline ambitions
Growth target not met 44%
People and
Environment
Ensure that the Company protects and nurtures its
people and the environments it operates within. Includes:
Diversity improvements, particularly gender in

senior leadership
ESG – both in reporting standards and

reducing scope 1,2 emissions
Compliance – no serious breaches
ESG and compliance
target fully met while
diversity targets partly
met
70%

As a result of this assessment, the CEO received a bonus of 30% of his base salary for his performance in 2022. This equates to 60%14 of his 50% bonus potential of base salary. Bonus for performance in 2022 is paid in February 2023 and is reflected as an accrual in this report.

5.3 Performance of the Executive Management Team in the reported financial year:

Executive Management are evaluated on their respective department's performance in relation to the group performance as described above. Department performance measures are also focused on operational performance, financial performance, growth and people and environment metrics. Each executive member will have different measures within each category and different weighting according to role and responsibility but will also be held responsible for the overall performance of the Company. Assessment of performance is done using a holistic approach that also considers performance against Scatec's leadership values and group values. The Group values are changemaker, working together, driving results and predictable.

Final calibration for the Executive Management Team performance along with the whole organisation takes place in March 2023. In a typical year, the maximum achieved bonus as a percentage of base salary for the Executive Management Team is 50% but, as the Company's threshold was not fully met, Executive management teams bonus payment was adjusted down accordingly to reflect the overall assessment. Bonus for performance in 2022 is paid in March 2023 but the accruals for these are included in the remuneration tables within the report.

14Total score from weighting was 63% but was rounded down after discussion within Board of Directors to align with overall structure of bonus within company (company uses multiples of 5 in each of the boxes in their performance matrix e.g., 60%, 75% etc.).

6. Long-term incentive – Share option plan

The last award under the share option plan approved by the Annual General Meeting was made in January 2022. The Executive Management were allocated options over a three-year period corresponding to 619,651 shares of the Company.

6.1 Stock options awarded 2021-202215

Executive 2021 total
options awarded
2022 total
options awarded
Raymond Carlsen, CEO16 18,163 43,183
Mikkel Tørud, CFO 12,986 30,345
Terje Pilskog, EVP Solar and Wind Development17 11,814 29,178
Pål Helsing, EVP Solutions 10,845 26,844
Torstein Berntsen, EVP Power Production 10,721 26,844
Roar Haugland, EVP Sustainable Business and HSSE 10,087 23,342
Snorre Valdimarsson, EVP General Counsel 10,730 25,677
Toril Haaland, EVP People and Organisation 9,210 22,175
Jarl Arve Kosberg, EVP Hydropower Project Development 12,854 26,844
Ann-Mari Lillejord, EVP LATAM/Europe 0 14,353
Kate Bragg, EVP People, Strategy & Digital 0 10,301
Pål Strøm, EVP Operations & Maintenance 4,921 11,726
Eliseo Ana, EVP Asia 7,809 14,049
Jan Fourie, EVP Sub-Saharan Africa 3,510 9,883
Total 123,650 314,744

Approximately 1/3 of the options awarded vests annually, with corresponding vesting periods of 12, 24 and 36 months. Outstanding options are cancelled in the event of exit from the Company.

The strike price of each annual award is based on the volume weighted average share price of the shares on Oslo Stock Exchange the ten preceding trading days of the grant date. To exercise vested options the participant needs to be employed in Scatec at the time of the exercise period.

The number of options awarded to each Executive Management member are calculated so that the value of the options is expected to correspond to fifty percent of the employee's base salary based on share price increase over the tenor of the option plan.

The option plan is designed to create an ownership culture to ensure alignment between the shareholders on the one side and Executive Management and other key employees on the other. The option plan is an important tool to attract and retain high calibre employees.

It is intended that the Board of Directors may use its authorisation to increase the share capital of the Company and/or buy own shares to settle options being exercised under the Option Plan.

15Note: does not include new members of EMT because award was made at beginning of 2022. New award for 2023 was made on January 1st 2023 and will be covered in 2023 remuneration report. 16CEO until 30.04.2022.

17CEO from 01.05.2022.

6.2 Stock options awarded or due to the Executive Management Team for the 2022 financial year:

Below is a summary of the LTI stock options awarded in 2022 and the opening and closing balance.

Expiry Strike No of
options
awarded
at be
No of No. Options
vested
Total
num
ber of
options
Total
num
ber of
Name of Executive
management Teams
Grant
date
Vesting/per
formance
period
Vest
dates
date to
exer
cise18
price
of the
share
ginning
of the
year
options
granted
for 2022
Options
exer
cised
2022
not ex
ercised
unvested
end of
2022
Termi
nated in
2022
options
end of
2022
Terje Pilskog,
Chief Executive Officer
01.01.22 1/3 vest after
12, 24, and
36 months
01.01.23,
01.01.24,
01.01.25
01.01.26 148.25 44,579 29,178 25,903 57,854 73,757
Terje Pilskog,
Chief Executive Officer
28.03.22 1/3 vest after
12, 24, and
36 months
01.01.23,
01.01.24,
01.01.25
01.01.26 131.99 10,000 10,000
Mikkel Tørud,
Chief Financial Officer
01.01.22 1/3 vest after
12, 24, and
36 months
01.01.23,
01.01.24,
01.01.25
01.01.26 148.25 49,553 30,345 29,024 50,874 79,898
Pål Helsing,
EVP Solutions
01.01.22 1/3 vest after
12, 24, and
36 months
01.01.23,
01.01.24,
01.01.25
01.01.26 148.25 41,381 26,843 24,238 43,986 68,224
Torstein Berntsen, EVP
Green Hydrogen &
MENA (Interim)
01.01.22 1/3 vest after
12, 24, and
36 months
01.01.23,
01.01.24,
01.01.25
01.01.26 148.25 40,909 26,843 23,961 43,791 67,752
Roar Haugland, EVP
Sustainability, HSSE &
Quality
01.01.22 1/3 vest after
12, 24, and
36 months
01.01.23,
01.01.24,
01.01.25
01.01.26 148.25 38,491 23,342 22,545 39,288 61,833
Snorre Valdimarsson,
EVP Legal
01.01.22 1/3 vest after
12, 24, and
36 months
01.01.23,
01.01.24,
01.01.25
01.01.26 148.25 40,407 25,676 23,445 42,638 66,083
Toril Haaland, EVP
People & Organisation
01.01.22 1/3 vest after
12, 24, and
36 months
01.01.23,
01.01.24,
01.01.25
01.01.26 148.25 35,144 22,175 20,585 36,734 57,319
Jarl Arve Kosberg, EVP
Hydropower Project
Development
01.01.22 1/3 vest after
12, 24, and
36 months
01.01.23,
01.01.24,
01.01.25
01.01.26 148.25 12,854 26,843 - 39,697 0
Ann-Mari Lillejord, EVP
Latin America &
Europe
27.04.22 1/3 vest after
12, 24, and
36 months
01.01.23,
01.01.24,
01.01.25
01.01.26 124.34 0 14,353 14,353 14,353
Kat Bragg, EVP People,
Strategy & Digital
04.01.22 1/3 vest after
12, 24, and
36 months
01.01.23,
01.01.24,
01.01.25
01.01.26 148.25 0 10,301 10,301 10,301
Pål Strøm, EVP
Operations &
Maintenance
04.01.22 1/3 vest after
12, 24, and
36 months
01.01.23,
01.01.24,
01.01.25
01.01.26 148.25 18,505 11,726 -4720 6,072 19,439 25,511
Jan Fourie, EVP
Sub-Saharan Africa
04.01.22 1/3 vest after
12, 24, and
36 months
01.01.23,
01.01.24,
01.01.25
01.01.26 148.25 9,892 9,883 4,361 15,414 19,775
Eliseo Ana, EVP Asia 04.01.22 1/3 vest after
12, 24, and
36 months
01.01.23,
01.01.24,
01.01.25
01.01.26 148.25 7,809 14,049 2,603 19,255 21,858
Raymond Carlsen19 01.01.22 1/3 vest after
12, 24, and
36 months
01.01.23,
01.01.24,
01.01.25
01.01.26 148.25 67,849 43,183 - 111,032 0

18Expiry date of the options is 5 years after grant date. Exercise period in 2022 was from 3 to 9 February 2022.

19Vested stock Options converted to cash payment.

7. Total Executive Management remuneration

7.1 Total remuneration for the Executive Management of Scatec ASA in the 2022 financial year20:

One
year
Fixed remuneration
variable
Multi-year variable
Proportionate of
fixed and variable
remuneration
Name Title Base
salary21
Other
benefits22
Annual
bonus
accrued
B&S fair
value of
options
granted
Pension
cost
granted23
Total
remuneration
2022
Fixed24 Variable25
Terje Pilskog26 Chief Executive Officer 3,460 15 1,163 2,042 170 6,850 52% 48%
Raymond Carlsen27 Chief Executive Officer 2,418 4,67828 029 0 80 7,176 99% 1%
Mikkel Tørud Chief Financial Officer 2,939 15 936 1,690 169 5,749 53% 47%
Snorre Valdimarsson EVP General Counsel 2,483 15 030 1,430 169 4,097 64% 36%
Roar Haugland EVP Sustainable Business
& HSSE
2,244 15 720 1,300 172 4,451 53% 47%
Torstein Berntsen31 EVP MENA/Green H2 2,575 15 840 1,495 174 5,099 53% 47%
Pål Helsing EVP Solutions 2,568 15 828 1,495 169 5,075 53% 47%
Toril Haaland EVP People & Organisation 2,104 2,08632 684 1,235 170 6,279 69% 31%
Ann-Mari Lillejord33 EVP LATAM/Europe 1,266 10 443 519 112 2,350 57% 43%
Kate Bragg34 EVP People, Strategy & Digital 1,560 15 522 574 162 2,833 59% 41%
Pål Strøm35 EVP Operations &
Maintenance
1,781 15 597 653 166 3,212 59% 41%
Eliseo Ana36 EVP Asia 2,213 91637 775 589 152 4,645 70% 30%
Jan Fourie38 EVP Sub-Saharan Africa 1,844 106 645 479 187 3,261 63% 37%
Jarl Arve Kosberg39 EVP Hydropower Project
Development
628 1 - - 18 647 97% 3%

(Data in NOK thousand)

Bonus for the current earning year is paid in March but is included as an accrual in this table. This marks a change in methodology and has been updated since 2021 report that stated bonus on actual amounts.

21Including paid out holiday allowance.

24Includes base salary and benefits.

29Employees who have submitted their notice of resignation prior to payment in

20There has been a change in reporting from total renumeration 2021. Number of options awarded, and loans outstanding have been removed, and numbers are showing accrued bonus instead of actual.

22Other benefits include benefits such as insurance, free phone, car allowance and synthetic shares.

23Fair value of the 2022 options granted using the Black-Scholes-Merton (BSM) model, in accordance with IFRS standards.

25Includes bonus and options.

26CEO from 01.05.22. EVP Project Development Solar & Wind up until 30.04.22.

27Until 30.04.2022.

28Including severance package 3,800 and vested stock options converted to cash payment 8,392

March is not eligible for a bonus payout.

30Employees who have submitted their notice of resignation prior to payment in

March is not eligible for a bonus payout. 31Interim EVP MENA/Green H2 from 21.11.22.

32Including severance package.

33Joined Scatec and Executive management team 01.05.2022.

34Joined Executive management team 01.05.2022.

35Joined Executive management team 21.11.2022. Employment with Nordic Hydropower.

36Joined EMT 21.11.2022 Employment with Scatec Solar Africa Ltd.

37Including allowances for international assignment.

38Joined Executive management team 21.11.2022.

39Joined in January 2021 and retired in January 2022.

7.2 Total remuneration for the Executive Management of Scatec ASA in the 2021 financial year

Fixed remuneration One year
variable
Multi-year variable Extra
ordinary
item
Proportionate of
fixed and variable
remuneration
Name Title Base
salery38
Other
benefits39
Annual
bonus
accrued40
B&S fair
value of
options
granted 41
Pension
cost
One time
acquisition
bonus42
Total
remuneration
2021
Fixed Variable
Raymond
Carlsen
Chief Executive
Officer
3,995 15 1,345 2,074 157 1,625 9,211 45% 55%
Mikkel Tørud Chief Financial
Officer
2,718 15 949 1,483 165 1,162 6,492 43% 57%
Snorre
Valdimarsson
EVP General
Counsel
2,292 15 799 1,225 162 960 5,453 44% 56%
Terje Pilskog EVP Project
Development
Solar & Wind
2,594 15 901 1,349 162 1,057 6,078 44% 56%
Roar Haugland EVP Sustainable
Business & HSSE
2,105 15 732 1,152 164 541 4,709 47% 53%
Torstein Berntsen EVP Power
Production
and Asset
Management
2,383 15 827 1,224 172 575 5,196 48% 52%
Pål Helsing EVP Solutions 2,396 15 829 1,238 160 582 5,220 48% 52%
Toril Haaland EVP People &
Organisation
1,978 15 689 1,052 161 494 4,389 47% 53%
Jarl Arve
Kosberg43
EVP Hydropower
Project
Development
1,943 13 647 677 143 0 3,423 60% 40%

(Data in NOK thousand)

38Including paid out holiday allowance.

39Other benefits include benefits such as insurance, free phone, car allowance and synthetic shares

40Changed to accrued bonus. 2021 report showed actual paid out bonus.

41Fair value of the 2021 options granted using the Black-Scholes-Merton (BSM) model, in accordance with IFRS standards.

42A onetime additional bonus paid in recognition of contribution in delivering acquisition of SN Power AS was paid in January 2021 and therefore included in the table.

43Member joined in January 2021 and retired in January 2022.

7.3 Comparative table showing changes in total remuneration paid from 2018-2022

Total remuneration change over 5 years (NOK Thousands)
Name of Executive
Management team
Title 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2022
Terje Pilskog Chief Executive Officer N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 6,850
Terje Pilskog EVP Project
Development Solar & Wind
302 -184 217 1,491 772 N/A
Raymond Carlsen Chief Executive Officer 1,071 315 902 2,547 N/A N/A
Mikkel Tørud Chief Financial Officer 235 -137 123 1,537 -743 5,749
Snorre Valdimarsson EVP General Counsel 255 -30 127 1,124 -1,356 4,097
Roar Haugland EVP Sustainable
Business & HSSE
447 273 505 1,007 -258 4,451
Torstein Berntsen EVP Power Production and
Asset Management
188 -112 81 919 -97 5,099
Pål Helsing EVP Solutions 858 6,36644 -5,269 1,259 -145 5,075
Toril Haaland EVP People &
Organisation
N/A N/A 1,276 1,045 1,890 6,279
Jarl Arve Kosberg EVP Hydropower Project
Development
N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 647
Kate Bragg EVP People, Strategy & Digital N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 2,833
Ann-Mari Lillejord EVP LATAM & Europe N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 2,350
Pål Strøm EVP Operations &
Maintenance
N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 3,212
Eliseo Ana EVP Asia N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 4,645
Jan Fourie EVP Sub-Saharan Africa N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 3,261

(Data in NOK thousand)

44Pål Helsing did not participate in the share option program launched in 2016 but did as a substitute earn synthetic options during the 36 months period from 1 December 2015 until 30 November 2018. The gain on these synthetic options was paid out in 2019, which is the reason this number deviates considerably from earlier years. This figure was reported as other benefits in the 2019 Annual report and is therefore included as total remuneration for 2019.

Comparison tables to assess remuneration against performance and employee remuneration:

Average fixed annual base salary on a full-time equivalent permanent employee in Scatec ASA
2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Employees of Scatec ASA 4% 2% 5% 7% 3%
Scatec Group performance
2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Profit/loss for the period
(consolidated figures)
MNOK
226 155 -368 456 -1,228
EBITDA (consolidated
figures) MNOK
902 1,386 2,069 2,903 2,555

7.4 Any use of the right to reclaim

No variable remuneration was reclaimed in 2022. All members of the Executive Management Team accepts that the Company can rectify any errors in payment of salary, holiday allowance and any other benefits, including bonus as outlined in respective employment contracts.

7.5 Deviations from the remuneration policy implemented:

There were no deviations from the remuneration policy implemented in 2022.

8. Total Board of Directors remuneration

In 2022, two new non-executive directors joined Scatec's Board of Directors – Mette Krogsrud and Espen Gundersen – resulting in a board of seven members.

The annual compensation for the Board was approved at the annual general meeting in 2022 until the annual general meeting in 2023:

  • • The Chairperson of the Board NOK 557,000 annually
  • • Non-executive directors of the Board NOK 357,000 annually

The Board of directors' requirements for investments in the company.

  • • The members of the boards must use 20% of the gross board remuneration (excluding remuneration for committee work) to purchase shares in the Company until they (including their personal close associates/companies under their control) own shares of a value corresponding to 1 year's gross board remuneration (excluding remuneration for committee work)
  • • The purchase of shares shall take place in accordance with applicable statutes and regulations for primary insider trading. The purchase may be spread over time but must be completed not later than the turn of the year and constitute at least 20% of the gross remuneration for this calendar year
  • • The shares must be retained for as long as the board member holds the position. Holdings exceeding one year's board remuneration are not subject to this requirement.

The nomination committee will monitor compliance with these requirements. The nomination committee for these board members is composed of Kristine Ryssdal, Mads Holm, Annie Bersagel and Svein Høgseth.

8.1 Remuneration for the Board of Directors

2022 2021
Name Board
remuneration
Audit
committee
Remuneration
committee
Total
remuneration
2022
Board
remuneration
Audit
committee
Remuneration
committee
Total
remuneration
2021
John Andersen jr.
Chairman of the board
557 90 75 722 580 65 50 695
Jan Skogseth
Board member
357 - 55 412 340 - 35 375
Gisele Marchand
Board member
357 150 - 507 340 90 430
Maria Moræus
Hanssen
Board member
357 - 55 412 340 35 375
Jørgen Kildahl
Board member
357 90 - 447 340 65 - 405
Mette Krogsrud
Board member
357 55 412
Espen Gundersen
Board member
357 90 447

(Data in NOK thousand)

9. Information on shareholder vote

The remuneration for the Executive Management for the financial year 2022 as described in this report is in line with the Company's guidelines as approved on the annual general meeting in April 2022. Scatec has received positive feedback on the 2021 Remuneration report from the shareholders.

Annex 1: Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) targets and performance 2022

Environmental

Sustainability is an integral part of our organisation and is embedded in all business units including project development, solutions and execution, asset management and operations. The GHG emissions avoided from the power plants where Scatec has operational control reached 2.0 million tonnes by the end of 2022. When including all projects where Scatec has an ownership stake, the Company contributed to emissions avoided of in total 4.7 million tonnes by the end of 2022.

Social

In 2022, Scatec ASA has had the same goal as our global goal with regards to gender diversity; to increase female representation on management level from 27% to 32% through both internal promotions and hiring. Scatec ASA had 25 new hires of managers in 2022 where 40% were female (10 of 25) and promoted 8 into management level where 38% of those were female. As a result, Scatec ASA achieved 33% female representation in management positions, level 1-4, in 2022. By year end, 29% of managers globally were female which is a two percentage points increase from 2021, however target of 32% was not met at a global level.

We delivered more than 4.5 million working hours with no fatalities or serious injuries (12 months rolling). An increase in working hours during 2022 reflect project site activities commencing in Brazil, Pakistan and South Africa. The lost time incident frequency rate was 0.7 per million working hours, based on three incidents that resulted in lost time. All the lost time incidents were investigated, and preventive actions have been implemented and communicated.

Governance

Scatec's human rights training programme for security personnel was launched in 2020. All Scatec facilitators were trained by a third party with international best practice human rights experience to be able to present this training to the security guards at their respective locations. The training is provided to third party security service providers and staff based on Scatec's project sites.

Scatec received eight whistleblowing reports during 2022 with zero confirmed incidents of corruption. The whistleblowing reports relate to potential misconduct in the workplace, and all were investigated aligned to our internal procedures. We provide mandatory anti-corruption and code of conduct training to all employees. As at the publication of the report, 100% of employees in scope had completed the training.

The total number of grievances received from projects in operation and under site construction amounted to 151. Given that Scatec had three projects in construction in South Africa, Brazil and Pakistan during 2022, a higher number of grievances received compared to 2021 is expected. Grievances received during the construction phase generally relate to disputes between our sub-contractors and their workers, as well as the impact of construction activities. Of the total grievances registered, 87% were resolved and the remaining are in the process of been resolved.

To the General Meeting of Scatec ASA

Independent auditor's assurance report on report on salary and other remuneration to directors

Opinion

We have performed an assurance engagement to obtain reasonable assurance that Scatec ASA report on salary and other remuneration to directors (the remuneration report) for the financial year ended 31 December 2022 has been prepared in accordance with section 6-16 b of the Norwegian Public Limited Liability Companies Act and the accompanying regulation.

In our opinion, the remuneration report has been prepared, in all material respects, in accordance with section 6-16 b of the Norwegian Public Limited Liability Companies Act and the accompanying regulation.

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 Management

We are independent of the company as required by laws and regulations and the International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants' Code of International Ethics for Professional Accountants (including International Independence Standards) (IESBA Code), and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We apply the International Standard on Quality Management (ISQM) 1, Quality Management for Firms that Perform Audits or Reviews of Financial Statements, or Other Assurance or Related Services Engagements, and accordingly, maintain a comprehensive system of quality control including documented policies and procedures regarding compliance with ethical requirements, professional standards and applicable legal and regulatory requirements.

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, 21 March 2023 PricewaterhouseCoopers AS

Thomas Fraurud State Authorised Public Accountant

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