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3. Determination of compensations

3.1 Articles of Association

As required by the CO, the principles of compensation for the members of the Board of Directors and the Group Executive Board is presented in the Company’s current Articles of Association. They include the following provisions:

The provisions of the Articles of Association are formulated in general terms to give the Board of Directors the flexibility to adjust compensation levels, the compensation policy and employee stock ownership plans if and when necessary.

3.2 Compensation Committee

In accordance with the Company’s Articles of Association and organizational regulations, the Compensation Committee supports the Board of Directors in the performance of its duties pertaining to compensation and personnel policy. These include:

Power and authority regarding compensation matters:

Decision on

CEO

CompC

BOD

AGM

Compensation policy and guidelines

Proposal

Approval

Maximum total compensation of the Board of Directors

Proposal

Review

Approval

Individual compensation of the members of the Board of Directors

Proposal

Approval

Maximum total compensation of the Group Executive Board

Proposal

Review

Approval

Individual compensation of the CEO

Proposal

Approval

Individual compensation of the other members of the Group Executive Board

Proposal

Review

Approval

Remuneration Report

Proposal

Approval

Consultative approval

The Compensation Committee holds at least four meetings a year and consists exclusively of independent, non-executive Board members who are elected to one-year terms by shareholders at the Annual General Meeting. Katrin Wehr-Seiter (chair), Veit de Maddalena and Barbara Angehrn Pavik have been elected at the Annual General Meeting 2023 as members of the Compensation Committee. All members were present at every meeting during the period under review. In principle, all Compensation Committee members, the CEO, the CFO and the head of Human Resources attend the meetings of the Compensation Committee – unless their own compensation is being discussed. The committee chair may invite other employees to attend the meetings if necessary.

3.3 Say-on-pay

In accordance with the requirements of the Articles of Association and the CO, the proposed compensation for the members of the Board of Directors and the Group Executive Committee is computed by Bellevue Group as an annual figure and submitted to a vote at the Annual General Meeting. If one or more compensation proposals are rejected at the Annual General Meeting, the Board of Directors may submit new proposals at the same Annual General Meeting. If it does not submit any new proposals or if these are likewise rejected, the Board of Directors may either convene an Extraordinary General Meeting or submit new aggregate compensation proposals at the next scheduled Annual General Meeting. The following table summarizes the results of shareholder votes on compensation matters at the last three Annual General Meetings:

FOR votes AGM 2023

FOR votes AGM 2022

FOR votes AGM 2021

Maximum total amount of fixed compensation for the Board of Directors (prospective)

93.02%

97.44%

95.78%

Total amount of variable compensation for the Board of Directors (retrospective)

93.01%

81.35%

80.87%

Maximum total amount of fixed compensation and long-term variable compensation for the Group Executive Board (in part prospective)

97.81%

88.62%

97.86%

Total amount of short-term variable compensation for the Group Executive Board (retrospective)

94.82%

86.09%

84.20%

Consultative vote on the compensation report

86.77%

n/a

n/a

3.4 Pool for variable compensation

The basis for calculating Bellevue Group’s variable compensation pool is adjusted consolidated earnings before taxes. It is derived by adding the total pool of variable compensations (share of profit)  to the earnings before taxes (according to the audited IFRS financial statements), eliminating adjustments for IFRS entries that cannot be influenced operationally and by deducting the cost of capital employed. The interest rate for the cost of capital is determined annually by the Board of Directors. For the business year 2023 the rate amounted to 10% (2022: 10%). A fixed proportion of the adjusted consolidated earnings before taxes (total pool of variable compensation) is allocated to employees. This is understood to be the employee share of the Company’s financial results.

The adjusted consolidated earnings before taxes is an important internal indicator of the performance of Bellevue Group and is considered by the Compensation Committee to be a reliable metric. It already reflects the effects of other key indicators such as the cost/income ratio and changes in AuM or net new money.

The Compensation Committee also prepares a qualitative performance review for the Group Executive Board. This covers issues such as conduct, leadership and corporate development.

The allocation of the total bonus pool among the subsidiaries is determined by taking into consideration the contribution of each operating unit and team to the bonus pool.

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