In accordance with the compensation policy for the Chief Executive Officer approved by the Shareholders Meeting of December 15, 2023 and the authorization given to the Board of Directors at the same meeting (eighteenth resolution), the Board of Directors, at its meeting of February 23, 2024, decided to award to Sophie Bellon 34,500 performance shares, i.e. 0.02% of the share capital and 4.0% of the total number of shares awarded during the course of the fiscal year.
The value of the grant amounts to 1,978,368 euros, i.e., 100% of her target annual fixed and variable compensation, in line with the existing practice for performance share grants to Sodexo’s Chief Executive Officer.
The shares will vest after a vesting period of three years, subject to achieving the performance conditions related to the Group’s main strategic objectives, as follows:
The objectives relating to the above-mentioned performance conditions are as follows:
SODEXO TSR RANK | PERCENTAGE OF SHARES THAT VEST |
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1st quartile | 1 stquartile PERCENTAGE OF SHARES THAT VEST100% |
2nd quartile | 2 ndquartile PERCENTAGE OF SHARES THAT VEST50-100% |
Median | Median PERCENTAGE OF SHARES THAT VEST50% |
Below the median | Below the median PERCENTAGE OF SHARES THAT VEST0% |
not-included | PLAN DATE | NUMBER OF SHARES GRANTED DURING | VALUATION OF SHARES(1) (in euros) | VESTING | AVAILABILITY | PERFORMANCE |
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SOPHIE BELLON CHAIRWOMAN AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER | 02/23/2024 | 34,500 | 1,978,368(2) | 02/22/2027 | 02/23/2027 | 100% |
(1) Valuation corresponding to the fair value on the grant date estimated, taking into account the terms and conditions over the three-year vesting period (see note 5 to the consolidated financial statements). The expense related to these shares is being recognized over a period of three years.
(2) Representing 0.02% of the Company’s share capital at August 31, 2024 and 4.0% of all the performance shares granted during the fiscal year by the Board of Directors (in compliance with the limits set by the Shareholders Meeting of December 15, 2023, eighteenth resolution). This performance share grant will have no dilutive effect on the Company’s share capital, since the corresponding plan provides for the performance shares that vest to be exclusively treasury shares held by the Company.
No performance shares vested for Sophie Bellon, Chairwoman and CEO, during Fiscal 2024. As a reminder, no performance shares were attributed to Sophie Bellon before Fiscal 2023.
A description of the main terms of the plan for the granting of performance shares that became available during Fiscal 2024 is provided in section 7.4.4.