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Landscape and eligibility

Fixed pay structure Number of positions Employment category Variable pay structure
TCC = Base salary + medical insurance + retirement fund + benefits 2 Executive directors STI and LTI
6 Exco
53 Senior management
168 Middle management Discretionary bonus
TCC per union agreement 2703 Other employees
Bargaining unit employees 13th cheque as per wage agreement
2 932 South African positions (Includes permanent and temporary SA employees and excludes UK, AME and associates)

Pay for performance: executive directors

* Maximum LTI is depicted at the Famous Brands annual award quanta. LTI on target is depicted as 50% of the maximum.
** Actual 2023 values are earnings paid in the reporting period.

Compensation details are in the implementation report.

Important abbreviations and definitions

Financial indicators

  • TCC: Total cost to company = Base salary + medical insurance + retirement fund + benefits
  • Base salary: TCC – medical insurance – retirement fund – benefits
  • STI: Short-term incentive
  • LTI: Long-term incentive
  • 13th cheque: One month’s TCC
  • SARs: Share appreciation rights
  • Executive directors: The CEO and the Group Financial Director
  • Executive Committee (Exco): For the purposes of the remuneration report, this excludes executive directors
  • Executive management team: Includes the executive directors and Exco
  • EBITDA: Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation
  • HEPS: Headline earnings per share
  • ROCE: Return on capital employed
  • TSR: Total shareholder return
  • VWAP: Volume-weighted average price
  • WACC: Weighted average cost of capital