ALTEO Nyrt.'s Remuneration Report for the fiscal year 2023
Remuneration Report
in accordance with the Remuneration Policy
establishedfor the Directors ofALTEO Nyrt. and consolidated on April 21,
2023
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ALTEO Nyrt.'s Remuneration Report for the fiscal year 2023
1 The purpose of the Remuneration Report
ALTEO Energiaszolgáltató Nyilvánosan Működő Részvénytársaság (hereinafter: "ALTEO" or "Company") has established a remuneration policy applicable to its Directors, the current version of which was amended in a consolidated form on April 21, 2023 (hereinafter: "Remuneration Policy"). The purpose of the Remuneration Policy is to ensure compliance with Act LXVII of 2019 on the Encouragement of Long-Term Shareholder Engagement and the Amendment of Certain Acts with a View to Legal Harmonization (hereinafter: "Act"), and is available at the following link: https://bet.hu/site/newkib/hu/2023.04./Tajekoztatas_az_ALTEO_Nyrt._igazgatoi_tekinteteben_megallapitott_2023._aprilis_21._napjatol_hatalyos_Javadalmazasi_Politikajarol_-_2023.04.21.__128876434
The purpose of the Remuneration Report is to provide an overview (along the principles detailed in the Remuneration Policy) of the remuneration, including all benefits in whatever form, granted to directors as per Section 2(2) of the Act (hereinafter: "Directors") in accordance with the Remuneration Policy during, or based on the results of, the previous fiscal year, as well as the elements prescribed as mandatory in Sections 19(2) and (3) of the Act, while respecting the applicable data protection rules. The Remuneration Report helps to understand the remuneration structure, the significance of the components and its relationship with business performance. Increasing transparency helps ensure fairness and equal opportunities.
However, words which are used in this Remuneration Report with capital initials, but are not defined herein have the meaning assigned to them in the Remuneration Policy.
2 Remuneration philosophy
As a forward-thinking and forward-looking company, ALTEO provides its partners sustainable business edge by providing the best energy solutions available today. The formulation and implementation of our corporate strategy is inconceivable without effectively functioning committees and Directors who are committed to the long term. To this end, ALTEO designed a competitive remuneration structure to support, recognize and motivate Directors in achieving the objectives of the Company. The remuneration structure contributes to the implementation of the business strategy through its short and long-term incentive schemes. The size and composition of the various remuneration elements was decided in view of labor market benchmarks relevant in ALTEO's market environment.
3 Description of circumstances affecting remuneration
In 2023, the key events in the Company's business environment impacting the Directors' remuneration and the most significant changes in the composition of the Directors, the Remuneration Policy or the application thereof are summarized below:
- on April 3, 2023, following the successful statutory public takeover bid, there was a change in the person of the majority shareholder. As a result, there were also changes in the composition of the Board of Directors and the Supervisory Board, which the Company discloses in detail in its Consolidated Annual Report published concurrently with this Remuneration Report;
- as of October 2, 2023, Magdolna Tokai joined the Company's management as Deputy CEO for Corporate Support;
- base wages changed over the normal annual pay rise cycle, with wage hikes averaging at 16%;
- there were no changes in the application of the Remuneration Policy during the year;
- in April 2023, the Company as Founder adopted several remuneration policies within the framework of the Employee Share Ownership Program (hereinafter: "ESOP"), for senior management, for middle management as well as for talented young managers and experts;
- the award conditions set out in the 2020 Remuneration Policy have been met, which fact has also been confirmed by ALTEO's Board of Directors and, as such, the shares allocated for this purpose and available at the ALTEO Employee Share Ownership Program Organization (hereinafter: "ESOP Organization") (612,940 shares) have become distributable to those eligible for them (senior executives and key middle managers);
- in 2023, we continued our practice of market benchmarking based on the Korn Ferry job evaluation system.
4 Full remuneration of Directors
This chapter presents the full remuneration scheme available to Directors for each position of Directors broken down as per the Remuneration Policy, except for share award, which is detailed in Chapter 5. The remuneration figures presented in this chapter are gross accounted data.
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4.1 Remuneration provided to non-executive members of the Board of Directors
Fixed remuneration element | Variable | Extraordinary | Pension | Full | Ratio of | |||
remuneration | reward | remuneration | fixed and | |||||
elements | variable | |||||||
Base wage | Honorarium | Benefits | Annual | remuneration | ||||
and other | in kind1 | bonus | elements | |||||
wage | ||||||||
supplements, | ||||||||
fees due | ||||||||
Name and | pursuant to | |||||||
position of | the Labor | |||||||
director | Code | |||||||
Gyula | N/A | HUF | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | HUF | N/A |
Zoltán | 930,000 | 930,000 | ||||||
Mező, | ||||||||
Chairman | ||||||||
of the | ||||||||
Board of | ||||||||
Directors2 | ||||||||
Zsolt | N/A | HUF | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | HUF | N/A |
Müllner, | 775,000 | 775,000 | ||||||
Member of | ||||||||
the Board | ||||||||
of | ||||||||
Directors3 | ||||||||
Ferenc | N/A | HUF | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | HUF | N/A |
Karvalits, | 775,000 | 775,000 | ||||||
Member of | ||||||||
the Board | ||||||||
of | ||||||||
Directors4 | ||||||||
Dr. György | N/A | HUF | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | HUF | N/A |
Bacsa, | 6,700,000 | 6,700,000 | ||||||
Deputy | ||||||||
Chairman | ||||||||
of the | ||||||||
Board of | ||||||||
Directors5 | ||||||||
Ágnes | N/A | HUF | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | HUF | N/A |
Bencsik, | 6,700,000 | 6,700,000 | ||||||
Member of | ||||||||
the Board | ||||||||
of | ||||||||
Directors6 | ||||||||
Álmos | N/A | HUF | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | HUF | N/A |
Mikesy, | 6,700,000 | 6,700,000 | ||||||
Member of | ||||||||
the Board | ||||||||
of | ||||||||
Directors7 |
- The benefits in kind described in the Remuneration Policy, such as Cafeteria, health and accident insurance, company car use, fuel reimbursement, other low-value benefits, reimbursement of expenses, are presented as benefits in kind in this Remuneration Report.
- The mandate of Gyula Zoltán Mező as Chair of the Board of Directors expired with effect from the adoption of Resolution
No. 8/2023. (IV.03.) of the General Meeting. Their remuneration is presented pro rata temporis in line with their mandate. - The mandate of Zsolt Müllner as Member of the Board of Directors expired with effect from the adoption of Resolution No.
8/2023. (IV.03.) of the General Meeting. Their remuneration is presented pro rata temporis in line with their mandate. - The mandate of Dr. Ferenc Karvalits as Member of the Board of Directors expired with effect from the adoption of Resolution No. 8/2023. (IV.03.) of the General Meeting. Their remuneration is presented pro rata temporis in line with their mandate.
- György Bacsa was elected Deputy Chair of the Board of Directors of the Company by Resolution No. 8/2023. (IV.03.) of the General Meeting. Their remuneration is presented pro rata temporis in line with their mandate.
- Ágnes Bencsik was elected member of the Board of Directors of the Company by Resolution No. 8/2023. (IV.03.) of the General Meeting. Their remuneration is presented pro rata temporis in line with their mandate.
- Álmos Mikesy was elected Member of the Board of Directors of the Company by Resolution No. 8/2023. (IV.03.) of the General Meeting. Their remuneration is presented pro rata temporis in line with their mandate.
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The honorarium applied provides fixed remuneration that reflects the role and responsibility of the function as the second highest decision-making body of the Company, following the General Meeting. In 2023, it is not subject to automatic wage adjustment to changes in consumer prices.
4.2 Remuneration provided to executive members of the Board of Directors
Variable | ||||||||||||
Fixed remuneration element | remuneration | |||||||||||
elements | Ratio of | |||||||||||
Base wage and | fixed and | |||||||||||
Name and position of | Extraordinary | Pension | Full | variable | ||||||||
other wage | ||||||||||||
director | reward | remuneration | remunerati | |||||||||
supplements, | Benefits in | |||||||||||
Honorarium | Annual bonus | on | ||||||||||
fees due pursuant | kind | |||||||||||
elements | ||||||||||||
to the Labor | ||||||||||||
Code | ||||||||||||
Attila László Chikán, | HUF | HUF | HUF | HUF | HUF | |||||||
Chair of the Board of | HUF 37,779,000 | HUF - | 61.8% | |||||||||
7,466,667 | 2,748,318 | 29,672,669 | 36,090,226 | 113,884,880 | ||||||||
Directors, CEO | ||||||||||||
Domonkos Kovács, | ||||||||||||
Member of the Board of | HUF | HUF | HUF | HUF | ||||||||
Directors, Deputy CEO | HUF 28,023,000 | HUF 775,000 | HUF - | 46.7% | ||||||||
1,993,880 | 14,365,026 | 21,052,632 | 66,209,538 | |||||||||
for M&A and Capital | ||||||||||||
Markets8 |
4.3 Remuneration provided to the Supervisory Board
Fixed remuneration element | Variable | Extraordinar | Pension | Full | Ratio of | |||
remuneratio | y reward | remuneration | fixed | |||||
n elements | and | |||||||
Base wage | Honorarium | Benefits in | Annual | variable | ||||
and other | kind9 | bonus | remuner | |||||
wage | ation | |||||||
supplements, | element | |||||||
fees due | s | |||||||
pursuant to | ||||||||
Name and position of | the Labor | |||||||
director | Code | |||||||
István Zsigmond Bakács, | N/A | HUF | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | HUF 766,667 | N/A |
Chair of the Supervisory | 766,667 | |||||||
Board and the Audit | ||||||||
Committee10 | ||||||||
Dr. János Lukács, | N/A | HUF | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | HUF 613,333 | N/A |
Member of the | 613,333 | |||||||
Supervisory Board and | ||||||||
the Audit Committee11 | ||||||||
Dr. István Borbíró, | N/A | HUF | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | HUF 613,333 | N/A |
Member of the | 613,333 | |||||||
Supervisory Board and | ||||||||
the Audit Committee12 |
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The mandate of Domonkos Kovács as Member of the Board of Directors expired with effect from the adoption of Resolution
No. 8/2023. (IV.03.) of the General Meeting. Their remuneration is presented pro rata temporis in line with their mandate. - See Footnote 1.
- The mandate of István Zsigmond Bakács as Chairman of the Supervisory Board and the Audit Committee expired with effect from the adoption of Resolutions Nos. 14/2023. (IV.03.) and 15/2023. (IV.03.) of the General Meeting. Their remuneration is presented pro rata temporis in line with their mandate.
- The mandate of Dr. János Lukács as Member of the Supervisory Board and the Audit Committee expired with effect from the adoption of Resolutions Nos. 14/2023. (IV.03.) and 15/2023. (IV.03.) of the General Meeting. Their remuneration is presented pro rata temporis in line with their mandate.
- The mandate of Dr. István Borbíró as Member of the Supervisory Board and the Audit Committee expired with effect from the adoption of Resolutions Nos. 14/2023. (IV.03.) and 15/2023. (IV.03.) of the General Meeting. Their remuneration is presented pro rata temporis in line with their mandate.
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Péter Jancsó, Member of | N/A | HUF | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | HUF 613,333 | N/A |
the Supervisory Board13 | 613,333 | |||||||
Attila Gyula Sütő, | HUF | HUF | HUF | HUF | HUF | N/A | HUF | 6% |
Member of the | 12,486,000 | 5,080,000 | 1,061,660 | 1,220,155 | 450,000 | 20,408,933 | ||
Supervisory Board | ||||||||
Dr. Ákos Székely, Chair | N/A | HUF | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | HUF | N/A |
of the Supervisory Board | 4,466,667 | 4,466,667 | ||||||
and the Audit | ||||||||
Committee14 | ||||||||
Péter Kaderják, Member | N/A | HUF | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | HUF | N/A |
of the Supervisory Board | 4,466,667 | 4,466,667 | ||||||
and the Audit | ||||||||
Committee15 | ||||||||
Márton Oláh, Member of | N/A | HUF | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | HUF | N/A |
the Supervisory Board | 4,466,667 | 4,466,667 | ||||||
and the Audit | ||||||||
Committee16 |
The honorarium applied provides fixed remuneration that reflects the role and responsibility assigned to members of the Supervisory Board. In 2023, it is not subject to automatic wage adjustment to changes in consumer prices.
For Supervisory Board member(s) who are also employed by the Company, other remuneration items (received as employees) are not recognized as these wage elements fall within the scope of the employee remuneration system which is not covered by the Remuneration Policy.
4.4 Remuneration provided to Directors who are not members of ALTEO's Board of Directors or
Supervisory Board
Variable | |||||||||
Fixed remuneration element | remuneration | Ratio | |||||||
elements | |||||||||
of fixed | |||||||||
and | |||||||||
Name and position of | Base wage and | Extraordinary | Full | variabl | |||||
other wage | Pension | e | |||||||
director | reward | remuneration | |||||||
supplements, | Honorariu | Benefits in | remune | ||||||
Annual bonus | |||||||||
fees due | m | kind | ration | ||||||
pursuant to the | elemen | ||||||||
Labor Code | ts | ||||||||
Zoltán Bodnár, Chief | HUF | HUF - | HUF | HUF | HUF | HUF - | HUF | 46.70% | |
Financial Officer | 35,757,600 | 2,457,956 | 17,851,261 | 26,015,038 | 82,081,855 | ||||
Péter Luczay, Deputy CEO | |||||||||
for Production | HUF | HUF - | HUF | HUF | HUF | HUF - | HUF | 50.60% | |
Management and Business | 39,449,400 | 3,107,258 | 21,553,043 | 29,172,933 | 93,282,634 | ||||
Development | |||||||||
Viktor Varga, Deputy CEO | HUF | HUF | HUF | HUF | HUF | ||||
for Energy Production and | HUF - | HUF - | 46.60% | ||||||
28,272,600 | 2,008,462 | 14,114,543 | 23,155,640 | 67,743,245 | |||||
Energy Supply | |||||||||
Anita Simon, Deputy CEO | HUF | HUF | HUF | HUF | |||||
for Sustainability and | HUF - | HUF 8,869,925 | HUF - | 37.60% | |||||
26,496,000 | 1,902,260 | 10,682,628 | 47,950,813 | ||||||
Circular Economy | |||||||||
- The mandate of Péter Jancsó as Member of the Board of Directors expired with effect from the adoption of Resolution No.
14/2023. (IV.03.) of the General Meeting. Their remuneration is presented pro rata temporis in line with their mandate. - Dr. Ákos Székely was elected Member of the Supervisory Board and the Audit Committee of the Company by Resolutions Nos. 16/2023. (IV.03.) and 18/2023. (IV.03.) of the General Meeting. Their remuneration is presented pro rata temporis in line with their mandate.
- Péter Kaderják was elected Member of the Supervisory Board and the Audit Committee of the Company by Resolutions Nos. 16/2023. (IV.03.) and 18/2023. (IV.03.) of the General Meeting. Their remuneration is presented pro rata temporis in line with their mandate.
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Márton Oláh was elected Member of the Supervisory Board and the Audit Committee of the Company by Resolutions Nos.
16/2023. (IV.03.) and 18/2023. (IV.03.) of the General Meeting. Their remuneration is presented pro rata temporis in line with their mandate.
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Magdolna Tokai, Deputy CEO for Corporate Support17
HUF
8,400,000
HUF -
HUF -
HUF -
HUF -
HUF -
HUF 8,400,000
- %
Additional information:
With reference to Section 7.4 of the Remuneration Policy, the Company granted Viktor Varga a loan in the amount of HUF 12,506,438 in February 2023 under an employer loan agreement, which was repaid in June 2023, thus no employer loan is outstanding.
The Company certifies that a detailed offer on the conclusion of the employment contract was sent to Magdolna Tokai in accordance with the principles set out in Section 12 of the Remuneration Policy. In addition, the Company has offered Magdolna Tokai a signing bonus to encourage her to change employer, which becomes payable in 2024 and, as such, is presented in the 2024 Remuneration Report.
5 Share-based remuneration
5.1 Share award to Directors
On December 21, 2020, the Company as Founder adopted the 2020 share award program of the ESOP Organization, and on the same day it also published the remuneration policy serving as a basis thereof (hereinafter: "ESOP Remuneration Policy for 2020"). Pursuant to the ESOP Remuneration Policy for 2020, executive member of the Board of Directors, Attila László Chikán is also eligible for the share award, and all Deputy CEOs of the Company at the time of the adoption of the applicable policy participate in the ESOP Remuneration Policy for 2020. With a view to the fact that the responsibility of determining the remuneration given to the members of the Board of Directors falls under the competence of the General Meeting, and that the remuneration for Deputy CEOs may only be paid on the basis of the Remuneration Policy, the General Meeting adopted Resolution No. 6/2021. (IV.19) which approved that the aforementioned people receive the share award specified in the ESOP Remuneration Policy for 2020 if the criteria set out therein are met.
On May 9, 2023, the Company informed investors that the conditions set out in the ESOP Remuneration Policy for 2020 have been met, which fact has also been confirmed by ALTEO's Board of Directors, and as such, the shares allocated for this purpose at the ALTEO ESOP Organization (612,940 shares) became distributable to those eligible for them under the ESOP Remuneration Policy for 2020 who at the time were employed by ALTEO as employees. Accordingly, in 2023 the eligible Directors received remuneration as follows.
Name and position of director | Legal title of remuneration | Remuneration/benefit |
Attila László Chikán, Chief | with a view to the fulfilment | 154,848 ALTEO ordinary shares |
Executive Officer | criteria of the ESOP RP for 2020 | |
Zoltán Bodnár, Chief Financial | with a view to the fulfilment | 90,328 ALTEO ordinary shares |
Officer | criteria of the ESOP RP for 2020 | |
Domonkos Kovács, Deputy CEO for | with a view to the fulfilment | 90,328 ALTEO ordinary shares |
M&A and Capital Markets | criteria of the ESOP RP for 2020 | |
Péter Luczay, Deputy CEO for | with a view to the fulfilment | 90,328 ALTEO ordinary shares |
Production Management and | criteria of the ESOP RP for 2020 | |
Business Development | ||
Viktor Varga, Deputy CEO for | with a view to the fulfilment | 90,328 ALTEO ordinary shares |
Energy Production and Energy | criteria of the ESOP RP for 2020 | |
Supply | ||
Anita Simon, Deputy CEO for | with a view to the fulfilment | 32,260 ALTEO ordinary shares |
Sustainability and Circular Economy | criteria of the ESOP RP for 2020 |
6 Enforcement of clawback rights
In 2023, the Company did not exercise its clawback rights in Section 8.3 of the Remuneration Policy against any of its Directors.
17 Magdolna Tokai joined the Company's management as Deputy CEO for Corporate Support as of October 2, 2023, thus their remuneration is presented pro rata temporis.
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7 Compliance with the Remuneration Policy, evaluation of individual performance
In 2023, the Directors of the Company received only the remuneration and benefits detailed in the Remuneration Policy, subject to the terms and conditions described therein.
The long-term objectives for the Directors of the Company, which are aligned with the Company's business objectives, are set out in the ESOP RP as specified in Section 5.1. They are described in detail in the referenced Section and in the documents referred to above.
During 2022, the Company's Board of Directors adopted two new ESOP Remuneration Policies for 2024 and 2025. The Remuneration Policies adopted under the ESOP enable ALTEO to provide certain employees (executives and key experts, specialists) with share-based (but financial) benefits when individual and corporate objectives are met, aptly representing ALTEO's efforts to share the success of the Company with its employees. The first such payment will be made after the 2023 performance assessment, i.e. in June 2024 for the first time.
In April 2023, the Company as Founder adopted the ESOP remuneration policies for the senior and middle management levels, and for talented young managers and experts. The aim of the ESOP remuneration policies adopted is to put in place a remuneration system that is in harmony with ALTEO's business strategy and is aimed at improving the ALTEO Group's performance and, thereby, increasing shareholder value, in line with the related HR strategy, ALTEO's long-term interests and corporate values, while also providing employees and associates (including members of senior management) with an attractive long-term incentive program. The share-based (but financial) benefits will be available to participants subject to the conditions set out in the ESOP remuneration policies, expected to be provided in 2025.
8 Deviations from the Remuneration Policy and its implementation procedure
The Company applied a derogation for 2023 in relation to the extraordinary bonus for executive Directors Attila László Chikán, Domonkos Kovács, Zoltán Bodnár, Péter Luczay, Viktor Varga and Anita Simon, referring to and as set out in Section 15 of the Remuneration Policy, the main reason for which was to increase the incentive remuneration and commitment of executive Directors.
9 Remuneration of employees
The Company sets the base wage of non-senior-management employees on a market basis, relying on benchmark data of the Korn Ferry job evaluation system, and with a view to competitiveness aspects.
In accordance with its applicable remuneration policy, the Company uses fixed and variable benefit elements to incentivize its employees. The variable benefit elements of the Company's remuneration system are bonuses for employees who meet predefined conditions, and rewards granted based on individual assessment.
The average grade salary of non-senior-management employees (with the rate of change compared to the previous year shown) was as follows:
Period | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |||||||
Average base wage/person | 500,633 | 541,780 | 598,629 | 735,886 | 900,338 | |||||||
Rate of change (with the | 108% | 110% | 123% | 122% | ||||||||
previous year being 100%) | ||||||||||||
ALTEO Nyrt. comprehensive | ||||||||||||
income, net of tax (HUF | 174,563 | 266,918 | 6,262,118 | 14,026,978 | 12,514,771 | |||||||
thousand) | ||||||||||||
Rate of change (with the | 153% | 2346% | 224% | 89% | ||||||||
previous year being 100%) | ||||||||||||
10 Comparative information on changes in remuneration and company performance | ||||||||||||
Report for the current year, HUF | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | ||||||
million | ||||||||||||
Headcount (year-end) | 248 | 231 | 260 | 273 | 313 | 361 | ||||||
Personnel expenses | 2,507 | 2,858 | 3,770 | 4,082 | 5,952 | 7,072 | ||||||
EBITDA | 1,801 | 3,779 | 5,512 | 11,837 | 20,220 | 19,430 |
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Report for the current year, HUF | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
million | ||||||
Inflation | 2.8% | 3.4% | 3.3% | 4.7% | 14.5% | 17.6% |
ALTEO wage hike limit | 3.0% | 12.0% | 8.0% | 4.0% | 17.5* | 16%*18 |
11 Information on the taking into account of the previous decision of the General Meeting
At the last General Meeting of April 21, 2023, no opinions were voiced or decisions taken that the Company should have taken into account in the preparation of this Remuneration Report.
This Remuneration Report was approved by the Company's General Meeting with its Resolution No. 13/2024. (IV.19.) adopted on April 19, 2024.
Disclaimer: All information contained within this article is for information purposes only, and shall notbe considered an official translation of the official communication referred to herein. This document does not include the integral wording of the official communication referred to herein, the original Hungarian language version of it remains to be the solely legally binding material in the subject matter.For further information, please do not hesitate to contact us.
18 * In 2023, the rate of wage increase was 15% for white-collar staff and 17% for blue-collar staff, with the aim of converging the wage levels of the two employee groups, taking market competitiveness into account.
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