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Worldline
2016 Registration Document
ELEMENTSOFTHE COMPENSATIONDUEORAWARDEDATTHE ENDOFTHE CLOSEDFINANCIALYEARTOMR.
GILLES GRAPINET, CEO, SUBMITTEDTOTHE SHAREHOLDERS’ VOTE
Components
Compensation
Amounts
Comments
compensation
Fixed
€ 400,000
On an annual basis
The portion of his fixed compensation relating to his duties as CEO of the Company
shares on Euronext Paris.
agreement with Atos International SAS, a subsidiary of Atos SE. This portion is
represents two-thirds of the total fixed compensation provided for by his employment
re-invoiced in full by Atos International SAS to the Company.
duration of his term as a Director. Mr. Gilles Grapinet’s compensation is determined
SE. This employment agreement remains in effect after the listing of the Company’s
pursuant to his employment agreement with Atos International SAS, a subsidiary of Atos
Company was converted into a limited liability corporation (société anonyme), for the
Mr. Gilles Grapinet was appointed CEO on April 30, 2014, the date on which the
compensation
Variable
2015 and H1 2016.
(110.2% of the annual
€ 440,960
paid in 2016
corresponding to H2
on-target bonus)
€ 436,560
H1 and H2 2016.
bonus) corresponding to
the annual on-target
due in 2016 (109.1% of
performance criteria exclusively related to quantitative and financial objectives. The
objectives are fully aligned with the Worldline ambitions, as they are regularly presented to
with a target bonus at 100% of the fixed compensation i.e. € 400,000. The variable
compensation of the CEO is conditional, based on clear and demanding operating
determined in accordance with the decision of the Company’s Board of Directors upon
proposal of the Nomination and Compensation Committee. It is based on the
subject to performance conditions and can vary between 0% and 130% of the fixed
compensation, according to the level of achievement of criteria exclusively quantitative,
com
pen
sation criteria established by the Board. Such criteria are based exclusively on
the Company’s achievement of specific performance objectives. The variable part is
the shareholders.
Mr. Gilles Grapinet’s variable compensation in his capacity as the Company’s CEO is
In 2016, the nature and weighting of each indicator of the variable on-target bonus of the
CEO are the following:
Worldline Group External Revenue (40%);
●
Worldline Group Operating Margin before Depreciation and Amortization (30%);
●
Worldline Group Free Cash Flow (30%).
●
2” approved in July by the Board of Directors.
on the basis of the Company’s budget approved by the Board of Directors in December
and the objectives for the second-half of the year on the basis of the “Full Year Forecast
and Compensation Committee. Thus, the objectives for the first-half of the year are set
support its strategic plan, the performance objectives for the CEO are set and reviewed
on a half-year basis by the Board of Directors upon recommendation of the Nomination
In order to monitor Company performance more closely and establish a proactive way to
Achievement of the performance criteria and the resulting variable compensation amount
CEO, stood at
€ 234,760
(
117,4%
of the semester on-target bonus), and at
€ 201,800
(100,9% of the semester on-target bonus) for the second semester of 2016.
have been validated by the Board during the meetings held on July 25, 2016 and
February 20, 2017: for the first semester of 2016, the variable bonus of Gilles Grapinet,