10/11/2016
Double-digit growth in pay scales for SBF 120 chairmen
p { margin-bottom: 0.25cm; line-height: 120%; } Total pay for executive chairmen of SBF 120 companies in 2015 reached a record EUR3.5m on average, up 20% compared with the previous year, according to the most recent report by Proxinvest of management pay scales in 2015. The average total pay for executive chairmen of the CAC 40 has reached EUR5m, up 18%, which now exceeds the maximal socially acceptable pay scale, as defined by Proxinvest as 240 times the French minimum wage (SMIC), or EUR4.8m. This pay ceiling which Proxinvest calls on companies to adhere to is now exceeded by 26 executive chairmen of the SBF 120, compared with 16 in 2014. The Proxinvest report takes into consideration all forms of remuneration to management awarded during the 2015 year (fixed salary, bonuses, fees, perks and fringe benefits, stock options and performance-related equity awards on their date of award, profit-sharing, and other indirect forms of pay). All components of remuneration are affected by the generosity of boards of directors with respect to their top directors: +4% for fixed pay for the SBF 120, +23% for variable short-term remuneration, +33% for performance-related equity awards (before the Macron law). Two thirds of the remuneration of SBF 120 directors, unfortunately, remains short-term.
