Remuneration of the management and supervisory

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General terms of remuneration, conditions for granting annual bonuses, and non-competition

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Remuneration policy

Remuneration for Members of the Management Board at ORLEN is determined by the Supervisory Board taking into account the relevant resolution of the General Meeting, in connection with the Act on Rules of Remunerating Persons Managing Certain Companies (the Salary Cap Act) and recommendations of its Nomination and Remuneration Committee. The main components of the Management Board members’ remuneration system include:

  • monthly base salary (fixed remuneration);
  • variable remuneration based on performance against management objectives;
  • severance pay for contract termination by the Company,
  • non-compete compensation.
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General terms and conditions of variable remuneration

Members of the Management Board of ORLEN are entitled to variable remuneration on the terms set out in their respective contracts, which include, as an appendix, the Rules of the Incentive Scheme for the Management Board.

The amount of variable remuneration depends on the performance against individual targets (both qualitative and quantitative), set by the Supervisory Board for individual Members of the Management Board.

Based on the general set of Management Objectives established by the ORLEN General Meeting, the Supervisory Board sets from four to ten individual bonus targets per year, which are recorded in a Member’s MBO Sheet.

The Supervisory Board may also set a separate objective or objectives for a particular year, which must be met as a precondition to earn variable remuneration for that year.

The Supervisory Board set the following quantitative targets for all members of the Management Board for 2022:

  • EBITDA + inventory valuation." data-popup>LIFO-based EBITDA of the ORLEN Group
  • Net debt/EBITDA of the ORLEN Group
  • Development CAPEX of the ORLEN Group, excluding Olefin III
  • CAPEX on the following projects: Development of olefins production at the Płock Plant (Olefin III Complex) and Essential Infrastructure at the Płock Plant – Olefins III
  • Maintenance CAPEX of the ORLEN Group
  • General and payroll costs of the ORLEN Group
  • Stock performance: TSR of ORLEN relative to the market
  • Accident rate: TRR of the Group and its external contractors

 

The Supervisory Board also set two qualitative targets for each member of the Management Board, associated with the Group’s key challenges in a given year.

One of the qualitative targets set for the Management Board members was a sustainability goal defined as follows:

’Implementation of ESG and sustainability projects provided for in the 2030 Strategy and the ORLEN Group Sustainable Development Strategy for 2021–2023’.

Additionally, in accordance with the resolutions of the ORLEN General Meeting, the Supervisory Board set the following separate objectives, which must be met as a precondition to qualify for variable remuneration for 2022:

  • compliance with the principles of remuneration for members of management and supervisory bodies of all Group companies, in line with the Act on Rules of Remunerating Persons Managing Certain Companies of June 16th 2016;
  • discharge of the obligations referred to in Art. 17-20, Art. 22 and Art. 23 of the Act on State Property Management of December 16th 2016 within the Company’s subsidiaries within the meaning of Art. 4.3 of the Act on Competition and Consumer Protection of February 16th 2007.

Rules for awarding bonuses to key management personnel of the ORLEN Group

The regulations on bonuses applicable to the ORLEN Management Board, directors reporting directly to the Management Board, and other key positions within the Group have certain common features. Persons covered by these schemes are remunerated for their performance against individual targets set at the beginning of a bonus period by the Supervisory Board for the Management Board Members and by the Management Board for key executive personnel. The bonus systems are consistent with the Company's Values, promote cooperation between particular employees, and motivate them to achieve the best possible results for the ORLEN Group. The targets are both qualitative and quantitative, and their performance is assessed after the end of the year for which they were assigned.

Compensation for non-compete obligations and for termination of employment

In accordance with the contracts, Members of ORLEN’s Management Board are required to refrain from any activities that are in competition with the Company’s business for a period of six months after the contract termination. During that period, they are entitled to receive compensation equal to six times their monthly fixed remuneration, payable in six equal monthly instalments. Provisions of the contracts regarding non-competition after termination as a Management Board Member come into force only after a Management Board Member has held their position for at least three months.

In addition, the contracts provide for a severance payment in the case of termination by the Company for reasons other than a breach of primary, essential obligations under the contract, provided that the position of Management Board Member is held for a period of at least 12 months. Such severance benefit amounts to three times the monthly fixed remuneration.

Remuneration of Management and Supervisory Board members

Remuneration paid to Members of the Company’s Management Board for their service in 2022 and 2021 [PLN thousand].

Bonuses potentially due to Members of the Company's Management Board for their service in a given year, to be paid in the following year [PLN thousand].

Remuneration for members of the Management Board and the Supervisory Board of the Company who hold positions on governing bodies of subsidiaries

During their term of office, members of the Management Board of ORLEN S.A. are required to obtain approval from the Supervisory Board in order to serve on the governing bodies of other legal entities, such as foundations or associations. The members of the ORLEN Management Board did not receive any remuneration for holding positions on the governing bodies of the Company's subsidiaries within the Group, as defined in Article 4.14 of the Act on Competition and Consumer Protection of February 16th 2007.

Remuneration of Members of the ORLEN Supervisory Board [PLN thousand].

Remuneration of key management personnel at the ORLEN Group

Remuneration of key management personnel at the ORLEN Group [PLN thousand].

The higher cost of remuneration of key management personnel is attributable mainly to the acquisition of the LOTOS and PGNiG Groups in 2022, as well as the effect of changes in the organisational structures which caused an increase in the number of managers reporting directly to members of the Management.

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