• Responsibility

    In order to efficiently perform its tasks the Supervisory Board has formed various committees. The Standing Committee prepares remuneration-related matters of content relating to the Executive Board for discussion and adoption of a resolution by a full meeting of the Supervisory Board.

  • Objective, structure and system of Executive Board remuneration

    The total remuneration of the Executive Board and its split into fixed and variable components conform to regulatory requirements – especially the provisions of the Act on the Adequacy of Management Board Remuneration (VorstAG) and the Regulation on the Supervisory Law Requirements for Remuneration Schemes in the Insurance Sector (VersVergV).

    The amount and structure of the remuneration of the Executive Board are geared to the size and activities of the company, its economic and financial position, its success and future prospects as well as the customariness of the remuneration, making reference to the benchmark environment (horizontal) and the remuneration structure otherwise applicable at the company (vertical). The remuneration is also guided by the tasks of the specific member of the Executive Board, his or her individual performance and the performance of the full Executive Board.

    With an eye to these objectives, the remuneration system has two components: fixed salary / non-cash compensation and variable remuneration. The variable remuneration is designed to take account of both positive and negative developments. Overall, the remuneration is to be measured in such a way that it reflects the company’s sustainable development and is fair and competitive by market standards. In the event of 100 % goal attainment the remuneration model provides for a split into roughly 40 % fixed remuneration and roughly 60 % variable remuneration.

  • Fixed remuneration (approx. 40 % of total remuneration upon 100 % goal attainment)

    Measurement basis and payment procedures for fixed remuneration
    ComponentsMeasurement basis/parametersCondition of paymentPaid out
    Basic remuneration;

    Non-cash compensation, fringe benefits: Accident, liability and luggage insurance, company car for business and personal use (tax on the non-cash benefit payable by the Board member), reimbursement of travel expenses and other expenditures incurred in the interest of the company
    Function, responsibility, length of service on the Executive Board

    Remuneration reviewed by the Supervisory Board normally at two-year intervals. Since 2014 gradual conversion of Executive Board contracts: review of annual fixed salary during the contract period no longer applies.
    Contractual stipulations12 equal monthly instalments
  • Variable remuneration (approx. 60 % of total remuneration upon 100 % goal attainment)

    The profit- and performance-based remuneration (variable remuneration) is contingent on certain defined results and the attainment of certain set targets. The set targets vary according to the function of the Board member in question. The variable remuneration consists of a profit bonus and a performance bonus.

    The variable remuneration is defined at the Supervisory Board meeting that approves the consolidated financial statement for the financial year just ended.

    The following chart summarises the make-up of the variable remuneration components. For details of measurement and payment procedures please see the two tables following the chart.

    Overview of the composition of variable remuneration
    Measurement bases / conditions of payment for variable remuneration
    Component Measurement basis / parameters Condition of payment
    Profit bonus
    Proportion of variable remuneration: Chief Executive Officer / Chief Financial Officer: 70%; Board member with divisional responsibility: 50% The profit bonus is dependent on the risk-free interest rate and the average Group return on equity (RoE) of the past three financial years.

    An individually determined and contractually defined basic amount is paid for each 0.1 percentage point by which the RoE of the past three financial years exceeds the risk-free interest rate of 1.8%. Goal attainment of 100% corresponds to an RoE of 10.6%. Goal attainment can amount to a maximum of 200% and a minimum of -100%.

    The IFRS Group net income (excluding non-controlling interests) and the arithmetic mean of the IFRS Group shareholders’ equity (excluding non-controlling interests) at the beginning and end of the financial year are used to calculate the RoE.

    The risk-free interest rate is the average market rate for 10-year German government bonds over the past 5 years and is set at an agreed level of 2.8%. The arrangements governing the profit bonus may be adjusted if the risk-free interest rate of 2.8% changes to such an extent that an (absolute) deviation of at least one percentage point arises.
    Contractual stipulations

    Attainment of three-year targets

    Decision of the Supervisory Board






















    In view of the market interest rate the Supervisory Board has set the risk-free interest rate at 1.8%.
    Performance bonus
    The performance bonus for the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer is arrived at from individual qualitative and, as appropriate, quantitative targets defined annually by the Supervisory Board that are to be accomplished in the subsequent year. For members of the Executive Board with responsibility for a certain division, the performance bonus consists in equal parts of the divisional bonus and the individual bonus.
    Divisional bonus
    Proportion of variable remuneration: Board member with divisional responsibility: 25%
    The basis for the divisional bonus is the return generated on the capital allocated to the division in the respective 3-year period just ended (= RoCA (Return on Capital Allocated)).

    An individually determined amount specified in the service contract is calculated for each 0.1 percentage point by which the average 3-year RoCA exceeds the level of 0%.

    Goal attainment of 100% is achieved in property and casualty reinsurance with a RoCA of 9.1% and in life and health reinsurance with a RoCA of 10.1%. These RoCA values are above the cost of capital and thus generate positive intrinsic value creation (IVC1).

    Goal attainment can amount to a maximum of 200% and from 2015 onwards a minimum of -100%.

    The method used to calculate the IVC as a basis for determining the divisional performance is checked by independent experts.

    The divisional bonus is determined by the Supervisory Board according to its best judgement. The determination also takes into account, in particular, the contribution made by the business under the responsibility of the Board member concerned to the achieved divisional performance and the relative change in the average IVC in the remuneration year. The Supervisory Board may make additions to or deductions from the arithmetically calculated values at any time in the event of over- or underfulfilment of the criteria.

    Special arrangements for 2013 and 2014: the basis for the average RoCA is the divisional performance from 2013 onwards; the minimum divisional bonus is EUR 0.
    Attainment of three-year targets (basis for 2013 and 2014: divisional performance from 2013 onwards)

    Contractual agreement

    Decision of the Supervisory Board according to its best judgement
    Individual bonus
    Proportion of variable remuneration: Chief Executive Officer / Chief Financial Officer: 30%;
    Board member responsibility: 25%
    Personal qualitative, quantitative targets; individual contribution to the overall result, leadership skills, innovative skills, entrepreneurial skills, specific features of area of responsibility.

    The individual bonus for goal attainment of 100% is contractually stipulated. Over- and underfulfilment result in additions/deductions.

    The minimum individual bonus amounts to EUR 0 and the maximum is double the bonus payable upon complete goal attainment.
    Attainment of annual targets

    Decision by the Supervisory Board according to its best judgement.

    Payment procedures for the total variable remuneration
    Of the total amount of defined variable remuneration, a partial amount of 60 % is paid out in the month following the Supervisory Board meeting that approves the consolidated financial statement. The remaining amount of 40 % is initially withheld as explained below with a view to encouraging long-term value creation:

    Short-termMedium-termLong-term
    60% of the variable remuneration with the next monthly salary payment
    following the Supervisory Board resolution
    20% of the variable remuneration in the bonus bank;

    withheld for 3 years;

    the positive amount contributed 3 years prior to the payment date is available for payment, provided this does not exceed the balance of the bonus bank in light of credits / debits up to and including those for the financial year just ended;

    an impending payment not covered by a positive balance in the bonus bank is omitted;

    a positive balance in the bonus bank is carried forward to the following year after deduction of any payment made; a negative balance is not carried forward to the following year;

    loss of claims due from the bonus bank in special cases: resignation from office without a compelling reason; contract extension on the same conditions is rejected;

    no interest is paid on credit balances.
    Automatic granting of virtual Hannover Re share awards (HR-SAs) with a value equivalent to 20% of the variable remuneration;

    payment of the value calculated at the payment date after a vesting period of four years;

    value of the share on awarding / payment: unweighted arithmetic mean of the Xetra closing prices five trading days before to five trading days after the meeting of the Supervisory Board that approves the consolidated financial statement;

    additional payment of the sum total of all dividends per share paid out during the vesting period;

    changes in a cumulative amount of 10% or more in the value of the HR-SAs caused by structural measures trigger an adjustment;

    the Board member has no entitlement to the delivery of shares.
    Negative variable total bonus = payment of EUR 0 variable remuneration. Any minus value of the variable total bonus for a financial year is transferred in full to the bonus bank (see “Medium-term” column).
  • Handling of payment of variable remuneration components in special cases

    In the event of voluntary resignation or termination / dismissal by the company for a compelling reason or if an offered contract extension on the same conditions (exception: the member of the Executive Board has reached the age of 60 and has served as a member of the Executive Board for two terms of office) is declined, all rights to payment of the balances from the bonus bank and from the HR-SAs are forfeited.

    If the contractual relationship ends normally prior to the end of the vesting period for the bonus bank or HR-SAs, and if a contract extension is not offered, the member of the Executive Board retains his entitlements to payment from the bonus bank – making reference to a defined forward projection of the bonus bank – and for already awarded HR-SAs.

    All claims to the allocation of amounts to the bonus bank and / or awarding of HR-SAs after leaving the company are excluded. In cases where an individual leaves the company because of non-reappointment, retirement or death this shall not apply with respect to claims to variable remuneration acquired (pro rata) in the final year of the Board member’s work for the company.

  • Variable remuneration under the old remuneration structure (until 2011)

    The virtual stock option plan with stock appreciation rights existing under the old remuneration structure remains in force for all members of the Executive Board until all stock appreciation rights have been exercised or have lapsed. In the 2014 financial year no further stock appreciation rights were granted to active Board members. Of the stock appreciation rights granted in previous years, active and former Board members exercised amounts totalling EUR 0.5 million (EUR 1.4 million) in 2014.

    As at 31 December 2014 active members of the Executive Board had at their disposal a total of 228,957 (288,797) granted, but not yet exercised stock appreciation rights with a fair value of EUR 2.1 million (EUR 2.4 million).

  • Continued payment in case of disability

    In the event of temporary incapacity for work the fixed annual salary shall continue to be paid in the same amount, at most until termination of the service contract.

    If a member of the Executive Board is permanently incapacitated for work during the period of the service contract, the service contract shall terminate at the end of the sixth month after which the permanent incapacity for work is established – although no later than at the end of the service contract.

  • Other information

    The contracts of the Board members do not include a commitment to benefits in the event of a premature termination of employment on the Executive Board owing to a change of control. Only the conditions for the granting of share-based remuneration in the form of stock appreciation rights provide for special exercise options in the event of the merger, spin-off or demerger of Hannover Re into another legal entity.

    With regard to Item 4.2.3. Para. 2 “Caps on the amount of variable compensation elements in management board contracts” and Item 4.2.3 Para. 4 “Caps on severance payments in management board contracts” of the German Corporate Governance Code, we would refer the reader to our remarks in the 2014 Declaration of Conformity contained in the section“Statement of enterprise management practices”.

    If the company insists on a non-competition clause with Mr. Wallin for two years after the termination of his service contract, he shall be recompensed in a monthly amount of 50 % of his most recent fixed remuneration. Income earned through the application of his working capacity elsewhere shall be counted towards this compensation insofar as such income in combination with the compensation exceeds 100 % of the most recently received fixed remuneration. The non-competition clause shall not apply if the contract ends prior to the age of 65 because the company does not extend it or because Mr. Wallin declines an extension offered to him on what are for him inferior terms, or if the premature termination or non-extension is due to a compelling reason for which the company is responsible.

  • Amount of remuneration received by the Executive Board

    The total remuneration received by the Executive Board of Hannover Rück SE on the basis of its work for Hannover Rück SE and the companies belonging to the Group is calculated from the sum of all the components set out in the following table pursuant to DRS 17 (amended 2010).

    The remuneration (excluding pension payments) received by former members of the Executive Board totalled EUR 0.2 million (EUR 0.4 million).

    Total remuneration of the active members of the Executive Board pursuant to DRS 17 (amended 2010)
    Name Financial year Non-performance-based remuneration Performance-based remuneration1 Total Number of share
    awards6

    2013 = awards
    2014 = Estimate
      Basic salary Non-cash compensation / fringe benefits 2 Short-term Medium-term Long-term
      Variable remuneration payable Bonus bank Share awards
    in EUR thousand   60%3 Netted remuneration from seats with Group bodies 20% (allocation)4 20% (allocation)5
    Ulrich Wallin 2014 569.7 16.2 678.4 226.1 226.1 1,716.5 2,842
    2013 520.0 15.3 563.8 187.9 187.9 1,474.9 3,321
    Sven Althoff7 2014 199.0 7.2 183.1   43.4 78.6 511.3 1,049
    André Arrago8 2014 228.3 6.4 246.2 82.1 82.1 645.1 1,058
    2013 320.0 9.5 340.4 113.4 113.4 896.7 1,960
    Claude Chèvre 2014 348.7 13.2 416.9 139.0 139.0 1,056.8 1,805
    2013 320.0 13.3 329.6 109.8 109.8 882.5 1,875
    Jürgen Gräber 2014 428.0 16.0 456.4 152.2 152.2 1,204.8 1,984
    2013 400.0 14.3 473.2 157.7 157.7 1,202.9 2,450
    Dr. Klaus Miller 2014 342.4 13.9 404.5 134.9 134.9 1,030.6 1,750
    2013 320.0 13.8 329.6 109.8 109.8 883.0 1,875
    Dr. Michael Pickel 2014 342.4 22.5 368.7 122.9 122.9 979.4 1,587
    2013 320.0 17.2 347.6 115.8 115.8 916.4 1,980
    Roland Vogel 2014 406.6 15.4 398.9 49.5 133.0 133.0 1,086.9 1,705
    2013 380.0 15.7 347.0 35.3 115.6 115.6 973.9 1,996
    Total 2014 2,865.1 110.8 3,153.1 49.5 1,033.6 1,068.8 8,231.4 13,780
    Total 2013 2,580.0 99.1 2,731.2 35.3 910.0 910.0 7,230.3 15,457


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    The following table shows the expense for share-based remuneration of the Executive Board in the financial year.

    The table is to be viewed independently of the presentation of the total remuneration received by active members of the Executive Board pursuant to DRS 17.

    Table as Excel file: download (27 KB)

    Total expense for share-based remuneration of the Executive Board
    Name





    in EUR thousand
    YearStock appreciation rights exercisedChange in reserve in 2014 for stock appreciation rightsChange in reserve for share awards from previous years1Expense for share awards allocated in current financial year2Total
    Ulrich Wallin201472.784.7277.058.0492.4
    2013114.058.661.640.3274.5
    Sven Althoff3201414.624.586.110.9136.1
    André Arrago4201449.535.2217.179.3381.1
    2013535.2(439.2)109.969.5275.4
    Claude Chèvre2014--90.626.0116.6
    2013--20.722.042.7
    Jürgen Gräber201487.654.8201.340.4384.1
    2013164.2(1.5)108.231.0301.9
    Dr. Klaus Miller2014-20.5148.628.0197.1
    2013-19.5(28.7)22.012.8
    Dr. Michael Pickel201478.849.3152.329.7310.1
    2013149.5(3.1)79.523.2249.1
    Roland Vogel201430.937.4175.939.3283.5
    201344.330.491.427.2193.3
    Total2014334.1306.41,348.9311.62,301.0
    Total20131,007.2(335.3)442.6235.21,349.7
    Total expense for share-based remuneration of the Executive Board
    Name





    in EUR thousand
    YearStock appreciation rights exercisedChange in reserve in 2014 for stock appreciation rightsChange in reserve for share awards from previous years1Expense for share awards allocated in current financial year2Total
    Ulrich Wallin201472.784.7277.058.0492.4
    2013114.058.661.640.3274.5
    Sven Althoff3201414.624.586.110.9136.1
    André Arrago4201449.535.2217.179.3381.1
    2013535.2(439.2)109.969.5275.4
    Claude Chèvre2014--90.626.0116.6
    2013--20.722.042.7
    Jürgen Gräber201487.654.8201.340.4384.1
    2013164.2(1.5)108.231.0301.9
    Dr. Klaus Miller2014-20.5148.628.0197.1
    2013-19.5(28.7)22.012.8
    Dr. Michael Pickel201478.849.3152.329.7310.1
    2013149.5(3.1)79.523.2249.1
    Roland Vogel201430.937.4175.939.3283.5
    201344.330.491.427.2193.3
    Total2014334.1306.41,348.9311.62,301.0
    Total20131,007.2(335.3)442.6235.21,349.7

    The following two tables show the remuneration of the Executive Board in the 2014 financial year in accordance with the recommendations of the German Corporate Governance Code:

    German Corporate Governance Code, Item 4.2.5 Para. 3 – Table 1
    (target / minimum / maximum remuneration as nominal amounts)
    Benefits grantedUlrich Wallin
    Chief Executive Officer
    Sven Althoff1
    Board member with divisional responsibility Date joined: 1 August 2014
    André Arrago1
    Board member with divisional responsibility Date left: 31 August 2014
    Claude Chévre
    Board member with divisional responsibility
    in EUR thousand201320142014
    (Min)
    2014
    (Max)
    20142014
    (Min)
    2014
    (Max)
    201320142014
    (Min)
    2014
    (Max)
    201320142014
    (Min)
    2014
    (Max)
    Fixed remuneration520.0569.7569.7569.7280.0280.0280.0320.0342.4342.4342.4320.0348.7348.7348.7
    Fringe benefits15.316.216.216.27.27.27.29.56.46.46.413.313.213.213.2
    Total535.3585.9585.9585.9287.2287.2287.2329.5348.8348.8348.8333.3361.9361.9361.9
    One-year variable remuneration468.0480.00.0960.0252.00.0504.0288.0288.00.0576.0288.0297.00.0594.0
    Multi-year variable remuneration338.6356.6(523.4)676.6174.26.2342.2206.0211.9(220.1)403.9199.3210.9(234.6)408.9
    Bonus bank 2014 (20182)156.0160.0(560.0)320.084.00.0168.096.096.0(240.0)192.096.099.0(247.5)198.0
    Share awards 2014 (20192)3156.0160.00.0320.084.00.0168.096.096.00.0192.096.099.00.0198.0
    Dividend on share awards for 201226.60.00.00.00.00.00.014.00.00.00.07.30.00.00.0
    Dividend on share awards for 201340.036.636.636.66.26.26.20.019.919.919.90.012.912.912.9
    Total1,341.91,422.562.52,222.5713.4293.41,133.4823.5848.7128.71,328.7820.6869.8127.31,364.8
    Service cost120.8114.3114.3114.313.913.913.985.886.886.886.880.091.791.791.7
    Total remuneration1,462.71,536.8176.82,336.8727.3307.31,147.3909.3935.5215.51,415.5900.6961.5219.01,456.5


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    Benefits grantedJürgen Gräber
    Board member with divisional responsibility Coordinator of worldwide property & casualty reinsurance
    Dr. Klaus Miller
    Board member with divisional responsibility
    Dr. Michael Pickel
    Board member with divisional responsibility
    Roland Vogel
    Chief Financial Officer
    in EUR thousand201320142014
    (Min)
    2014
    (Max)
    201320142014
    (Min)
    2014
    (Max)
    201320142014
    (Min)
    2014
    (Max)
    201320142014
    (Min)
    2014
    (Max)
    Fixed remuneration400.0428.0428.0428.0320.0342.4342.4342.4320.0342.4342.4342.4380.0406.6406.6406.6
    Fringe benefits14.316.016.016.013.813.913.913.917.222.522.522.515.715.415.415.4
    Total414.3444.0444.0444.0333.8356.3356.3356.3337.2364.9364.9364.9395.7422.0422.0422.0
    One-year variable remuneration360.0360.00.0720.0288.0288.00.0576.0288.0288.00.0576.0288.0288.00.0576.0
    Multi-year variable remuneration259.4266.8(273.2)506.8206.7212.3(219.7)404.3206.6212.6(219.4)404.6208.8214.8(313.2)406.8
    Bonus bank 2014 (20182)120.0120.0(300.0)240.096.096.0(240.0)192.096.096.0(240.0)192.096.096.0(336.0)192.0
    Share awards 2014 (20192)3120.0120.00.0240.096.096.00.0192.096.096.00.0192.096.096.00.0192.0
    Dividend on share awards for 201219.40.00.00.014.70.00.00.014.60.00.00.016.80.00.00.0
    Dividend on share awards for 201340.026.826.826.80.020.320.320.30.020.620.620.60.022.822.822.8
    Total1,033.71,070.8170.81,670.8828.5856.6136.61,336.6831.8865.5145.51,345.5892.5924.8108.81,404.8
    Service cost97.990.290.290.280.082.882.882.8101.289.989.989.938.133.033.033.0
    Total remuneration1,119.51,161.0261.01,761.0908.5939.4219.41,419.4917.6955.4235.41,435.4930.6957.8141.81,437.8 
    1 The remuneration of Mr. Althoff and Mr. Arrago is shown as annual remuneration (not pro rata).
    2 Year of payment.
    3 Maximum value when awarded, amount paid out dependent upon the share price in the year of payment and the dividends paid until such time (see also our Declaration of Conformity).
    4 In the case of Mr. Althoff the dividend for 2013 refers to share awards from his work as a senior executive at Hannover Re.


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    German Corporate Governance Code, Item 4.2.5 Para. 3 – Table 2
    (cash allocations in 2013 and 2014)
     Ulrich Wallin
    Chief Executive Officer
    Sven Althoff1
    Board member with divisional responsibility
    Date joined: 1 August 2014
    André Arrago
    Board member with divisional responsibility
    Date left: 31 August 2014
    Claude Chévre
    Board member with divisional responsibility
    in EUR thousand2013201420142013201420132014
    Fixed remuneration520.0569.7199.0320.0228.3320.0348.7
    Fringe benefits15.316.27.29.56.413.313.2
    Total535.3585.9206.2329.5234.7333.3361.9
    One-year variable remuneration2614.5603.098.0344.6355.8351.8340.5
    Multi-year variable remuneration113.972.714.6535.249.50.00.0
    Stock appreciation rights 2006 (2009 – 20163)0.00.00.0180.50.0--
    Stock appreciation rights 2007 (2010 – 20174)41.20.00.0206.20.0--
    Stock appreciation rights 2009 (2013 – 20195)72.772.714.6148.549.5--
    Total1,263.71,261.6318.81,209.3640.0685.1702.4
    Service cost6120.8114.313.985.886.880.091.7
    Total remuneration1,384.520131,375.9332.71,295.1726.8765.1794.1
    German Corporate Governance Code, Item 4.2.5 Para. 3 – Table 2 (cash allocations in 2013 and 2014)
     Jürgen Gräber
    Board member with divisional responsibility
    Coordinator of worldwide property & casualty reinsurance
    Dr. Klaus Miller
    Board member with divisional responsibility
    Dr. Michael Pickel
    Board member with divisional responsibility
    Roland Vogel
    Chief Financial Officer
    in EUR thousand20132014201320142013201420132014
    Fixed remuneration400.0428.0320.0342.4320.0342.4380.0406.6
    Fringe benefits14.316.013.813.917.222.515.715.4
    Total414.3444.0333.8356.3337.2364.9395.7422.0
    One-year variable remuneration 2478.5444.8351.8340.5351.8359.4388.3376.6
    Multi-year variable remuneration164.287.60.00.0149.578.844.330.9
    Stock appreciation rights 2006 (2009 – 20163)0.00.0--0.00.00.00.0
    Stock appreciation rights 2007 (2010 – 20174)76.60.0--70.70.013.40.0
    Stock appreciation rights 2009 (2013 – 20195)87.687.6--78.878.830.930.9
    Total1,057.0976.4685.6696.8838.5803.1828.3829.5
    Service cost 697.990.280.082.8101.289.938.133.0
    Total remuneration1,142.81,066.6765.6779.6924.3893.0866.4862.5
  • Sideline activities of the members of the Executive Board

    The members of the Executive Board require the approval of the Supervisory Board to take on sideline activities. This ensures that neither the remuneration granted nor the time required for this activity can create a conflict with their responsibilities on the Executive Board. If the sideline activities involve seats on supervisory boards or comparable control boards, these are listed and published in the Annual Report of Hannover Rück SE. The remuneration received for such seats at Group companies and other board functions is deducted when calculating the variable bonus and shown separately in the table of total remuneration.

  • Retirement provision

    Final-salary pension commitment (appointment before 2009)

    The contracts of members of the Executive Board first appointed prior to 2009 contain commitments to an annual retirement pension calculated as a percentage of the pensionable fixed annual remuneration (defined benefit). The target pension is at most 50 % of the monthly fixed salary payable on reaching the age of 65. A non-pensionable fixed remuneration component was introduced in conjunction with the remuneration structure applicable from 2011 onwards.

    Contribution-based pension commitment (appointment from 2009 onwards)

    The commitments given to members of the Executive Board from 2009 onwards are based on a defined contribution scheme.

    A Board member who has reached the age of 65 and left the company’s employment receives a life-long retirement pension. The amount of the monthly retirement pension is calculated according to the reference date age (year of the reference date less year of birth) and the funding contribution on the reference date. The annual funding contribution for these contracts is paid by the company in the amount of a contractually specified percentage of the pensionable income (fixed annual remuneration as at the contractually specified reference date).

    In both contract variants (i. e. defined benefit and defined contribution) other income received while drawing the retirement pension is taken into account pro rata or in its entirety under certain circumstances (e. g. in the event of incapacity for work or termination of the service contract before reaching the age of 65).

    Provision for surviving dependants

    If the Board member dies during the period of the service contract, the surviving spouse – or alternatively the eligible children – shall be entitled to continued payment of the fixed monthly salary for the month in which the Board member dies and the six months thereafter, at most until termination of the service contract. If the member of the Executive Board dies after pension payments begin, the surviving spouse and alternatively the dependent children shall receive continued payment of the retirement pension for the month of death and the following six months. The widow’s pension amounts to 60 % of the retirement pay that the Board member received or would have received if he had been incapacitated for work at the time of his death.

    An orphan’s pension shall be granted in the amount of 15 % – in the case of full orphans 25 % (final-salary pension commitment) or 30 % (contribution-based pension commitment) – of the retirement pay that the Board member received or would have received on the day of his death if the pensionable event had occurred owing to a permanent incapacity for work.

    Adjustments

    The following parameters are used for adjustments to retirement, widow’s and orphan’s benefits: the price index for the cost of living of all private households in Germany (contracts from 2001 onwards) or the price index for the cost of living of four-person households of civil servants and higher-income salaried employees (contracts from 1997 to 2000).

    Current pensions based on the commitments given from 2009 onwards (defined contribution commitment) are increased annually by at least 1 % of their most recent (gross) amount.

    Pension payments to former members of the Executive Board

    The pension payments to former members of the Executive Board and their surviving dependants, for whom 16 (14) pension commitments existed, totalled EUR 1.5 million (EUR 1.4 million) in the year under review. The projected benefit obligation of the pension commitments to former members of the Executive Board amounted to altogether EUR 28.8 million (EUR 21.4 million).

     

    Defined benefit commitments
    Name
    in EUR thousand
    Financial yearAttainable annual pension (age 65)DBO 31.12.Personnel expense
    Ulrich Wallin2014229.15,159.5114.3
    2013220.03,284.1120.8
    Sven Althoff1.2201430.3370.813.9
    Jürgen Gräber2014158.53,493.990.2
    2013158.52,133.397.9
    Dr. Michael Pickel2014125.62,124.289.9
    2013120.01,163.5101.2
    Roland Vogel1.3201491.71,652.333.0
    201380.4786.838.1
    Total2014635.212,800.7341.3
    Total2013578.97,367.7358.0

     

    Defined contribution commitments
    Name

    in EUR thousand
    Financial yearAnnual funding contribution1Attainable annual pension (age 65)Premium
    Claude Chèvre2201425% bis October 2014
    39.5% ab November 2014
    117.891.7
    201325%68.480.0
    Dr. Klaus Miller2201425%51.482.8
    201325%48.780.0
    Total2014169.2174.5
    Total2013117.1160.0
 

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