REMUNERATION SYSTEM

GRI 2-19, 2-20

REMUNERATION FOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

The procedure for calculating and paying remuneration to members of the Company’s Board of Directors is governed by the Regulations on Payment of Remuneration and Compensation to the Members of PJSC Rosseti South’sBoard of Directors (hereafter the Regulations) Approved by resolution of the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders on 31 May 2019 (Minutes No. 20 dated 5 June 2019), the text is available on the Company’s website. .

The Regulations envisages the following payments.

  • Remuneration for attendance of the Board meetings

Remuneration to the members of the Company’s Board of Directors is paid quarterly.

The remuneration to each Board member for attending the meetings is calculated taking into account the total number of meetings of the Company’s Board of Directors for the reporting quarter, the number of meetings attended by a member of the Board of Directors, and the base remuneration. The basic part of remuneration is based on the Company’s revenue calculated under RAS for the previous fiscal year. For PJSC Rosseti South, the amount of the basic part of remuneration in 2023 was RUB 2,200,000.

In addition to the remuneration for attendance of the Board meetings, the following premiums are established:
  • 30% – for the Chairman of the Company’s Board of Directors
  • 20% – for the Chairman of the dedicated Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors
  • 10% – for the membership in the dedicated Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors

Total remuneration to one member of the Board of Directors, including premiums, cannot exceed 1/4 of the base remuneration (RUB 550,000).

No remuneration is payable:
  • To sole executive body (General Director) of the Company
  • Persons that are subject to legal restraints or prohibition on receiving payments from the profit-making organisations
  • To Board members who attended less than 50% of the meetings held

The Regulations do not provide for long-term incentives for the members of the Board of Directors, as well as accrual of severance pay in connection with the termination of their powers.

Remuneration is paid at the expense of revenues from the non-regulated types of activity.

In 2023, no training was given to the Board members of the Company.

  • Remuneration to the Board members

Board members are reimbursed for expenses associated with attending the meetings of the Board of Directors, dedicated committee under the Board of Directors, General Meetings of Shareholders of the Company according to the rules for reimbursement of travel expenses valid at the time of the meeting and established for top managers of the Company.

Compensation is paid by the Company within three working days after submission of the documents confirming the expenses incurred.

There are no arrears on payment of remunerations to the members of the Board of Directors based on the results of the last completed financial year.

Remuneration of Board members in 2023 for serving on the Board of Directors (including serving on committees under the Board of Directors) Information on remuneration is provided in line with the respective consents received from the members of the Board of Directors of the Company.

Member of the Board of Directors

А

B

Remuneration (actual), RUB

Information on membership in dedicated committees under the Board of Directors

Additional remuneration, RUB

Total

Maximum payment, RUB

Total to be paid, RUB

To the Chairman of the Board of Directors

To a Committee Chairman

To a Committee member

Daniil Krainskiy

36

36

1,269,230.76

SC

380,769.24

126,923.07

1,776,923.07

1,650,000.00

1,650,000.00

Vitaliy Zarkhin

36

36

1,269,230.76

SC

126,923.07

1,607,692.31

1,650,000.00

1,607,692.31

RC

126,923.08

PRC

84,615.40

Maria Korotkova

36

36

1,269,230.76

AC (Chairman)

253,846.17

1,650,000.00

1,650,000.00

1,650,000.00

SC

126,923.07

Alexey Polinov

17

23

664,835.16

SC (Chairman)

132,967.04

797,802.20

1,100,000.00

797,802.20

Oleg Klinkov

36

36

1,269,230.76

GCC

126,923.10

1,396,153.86

1,650,000.00

1,396,153.86

Alexander Kazakov

36

36

1,269,230.76

AC

126,923.10

1,396,153.86

1,650,000.00

1,396,153.86

Ekaterina Nikitchanova

36

36

1,269,230.76

AC

126,923.10

1,438,461.55

1,650,000.00

1,438,461.55

PRC

42,307.69

Maria Tikhonova

36

36

No consent for disclosure of personal data has been obtained

Maria Dokuchaeva

36

36

1,269,230.76

1,269,230.76

1,650,000.00

1,269,230.76

Konstantin Kravchenko

36

36

1,269,230.76

1,269,230.76

1,650,000.00

1,269,230.76

Natalia Paramonova

19

27

423,076.92

423,076.92

1,100,000.00

423,076.92

Total

11,241,758.16

380,769.24

386,813.21

1,015,384.68

13,024,725.29

12,897,802.22

– number of meetings of the Board of Directors attended by a Board member

B – total number of meetings held during the calculation period (for a corporate year – the period between Annual General Meetings of Shareholders).

CA – Audit Committee

PRC – Personnel and Remuneration Committee

SC – Strategy Committee

RC – Reliability Committee

GCC – Grid Connection Committee

REMUNERATION OF MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEES UNDER THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

On 3 February 2010, the Board of Directors of the Company approved the Regulations on Payment of Remuneration and Compensation to the Members of the Committees of the Board of Directors of JSC IDGC of South (Minutes No. 39/2010 dated 5 February 2010) regarding all Committees under the Board of Directors of the Company. In addition, by the decision of the Company’s Board of Directors made on 29 January 2016, amendments were made to all the Regulations on payment of remuneration and compensation to members of the committees under the Company’s Board of Directors providing for the procedure for paying remuneration to members of committees who are also members of the Company’s Board of Directors Revisions of the Regulations and amendments thereto are given at the Company’s website. (Minutes No. 176/2016 dated 1 February 2016).

The Regulations stipulates the payment of remuneration for each meeting attended by a member of the Committee of the Board of Directors.

For attendance of meeting of a committee under the Board of Directors held in absentia

Remuneration is paid in the amount equivalent to one minimum monthly wage of the first skill category worker established by the Industrial Tariff Agreement in the Electric Power Industry of the Russian Federation (hereinafter Agreement) on the day of the meeting of the Committee at the Board of Directors, taking into account the indexation established by the Agreement.

For attendance of meeting of a committee under the Board of Directors held in person

Remuneration is paid in the amount equivalent to two minimum monthly wages established by the Agreement on the day of the meeting of the Committee under the Board of Directors, taking into account the indexation established by the Agreement.

The amount of remuneration paid to the Chairman of the Committee (Deputy Chairman) for each meeting at which he acted as a Chairman of the Committee under the Board of Directors increases by 50%.

Besides, in line with the Regulations, a member of the Committee under the Board of Directors is reimbursed for the actual expenses incurred in exercising the duties of a member of the Committee under the Board of Directors.

Remuneration and compensation are not paid to members of the Committees who are:
  • Sole executive body (General Director) of the Company
  • Persons that are subject to legal restraints or prohibition on receiving payments from the profit-making organisations

Remuneration paid to the members of the Committees under the Board of Directors in 2021–2023 The information is given without taking into account premiums paid to members of the Company’s Board of Directors, who simultaneously act as the members of the Committees under the Company’s Board of Directors.

Period

Remuneration for attendance at meetings of the Board of Directors’ committees, RUBIn 2022, the following minimum monthly wage rates were applied to calculate remuneration for attendance at meetings of the committees under the Company’s Board of Directors: from 1 July 2020 – RUB 8,920, from 1 July 2021 – RUB 9,501, from 1 July 2022 – RUB 11,012. (including PIT)

Audit committee

2021

105,485

2022

101,807

2023

196,637

Personnel and Remuneration Committee

2021

303,074

2022

307,697

2023

503,032

Strategy committee

2021

1,389,707

2022

1,119,247

2023

1,783,031

Reliability committee

2021

369,580

2022

388,234

2023

501,967

Grid connection committee

2021

376,759

2022

568,318

2023

621,723

Total remuneration paid for attending meetings of the Committees under the Board of Directors

2021

2,544,605

2022

2,485,303

2023

3,606,390

REMUNERATION OF EXECUTIVE BODIES

In accordance with the decision of the Board of Directors of the Company dated 29 June 2023 (Minutes No. 531/2023 dated 30 June 2023), members of the Management Board of the Company are classified as high-ranking executives of the Company.

Pursuant to the Regulations on Remuneration and Material Incentives for High-Ranking Executives of PJSC Rosseti South approved by the Board of Directors of the Company on 29 June 2023 (Minutes No. 531/2023 dated 30 June 2023), if a high-ranking manager is elected to the Management Board of the Company, remuneration shall be paid by setting an additional payment for membership in the collegial executive body (Management Board) of the Company in the amount corresponding to the minimum wage under Article 133 of the Labour Code of the Russian Federation.

Remuneration paid to the members of the Company’s Management Board, RUB The Table contains information on total remuneration for the year for all members of the executive bodies, including key executive officers of the Company, who are covered by the remuneration policy of the Company; the information is broken down by type of remuneration.

Payment

2023

Salary and wage

63,525,324.13

Remuneration for acting as a member of the Management Board

1,521,892.63

Bonuses

34,425,141.25

  • including annual remuneration

21,006,196.00

Other payments

500,587.00

Termination payments

0

Total remuneration

99,972,945.01

Remuneration for acting as a member of the Management Board Remuneration amounts are stated net of personal income tax.

Full name

Position

For attendance at meetings of the Management Board

Paid in 2023, RUB

1,521,892.63

Pavel Goncharov

Member of the Management Board

286,745.09

Yulianna Dzhabrailova

Member of the Management Board

290,573.37

Kirill Iordanidi

Member of the Management Board

230,820.44

Oleg Musinov

Member of the Management Board

243,534.06

Alexey Rybin

Member of the Management Board

222,497.75

Alexander Chusovskoy

Member of the Management Board

247,721.92

REMUNERATION TO MEMBERS OF THE AUDIT COMMISSION

Remuneration is paid to the members of the Audit Commission in accordance with the Regulations on Payment of Remuneration and Compensation to the Members of the Audit Commission of the Company, approved by the decision of the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of the Company on 9 June 2018 (Minutes No. 18 dated 15 June 2018). As per the provisions of Clause 2.1 of the Regulations, the compensation of a member of the Audit Commission of the Company is determined by the level of their involvement in the Commission’s work and is contingent upon the work outcomes for the corporate year.

Remuneration to members of the Audit Commission, RUB ‘000
Remuneration to members of the Audit Commission, RUB ‘000

To determine the amount of remuneration to the members of the Audit Commission, a corporate year shall mean the period from the election of the members of the Audit Commission at the General Meeting of Shareholders of the Company until the next General Meeting of Shareholders of the Company with the agenda item “Election of the members of the Audit Commission of the Company”.

The remuneration is calculated from the revenue of the Company for the financial year and the personal contribution coefficient of a member of the Audit Commission. Remuneration shall be paid no later than 30 calendar days after the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of the Company and after the Chairman of the Audit Commission submits to the sole executive body of the Company a calculation of the personal contribution coefficient of the members of the Audit Commission.

The full text of the Regulations is available on the Company’s website:

https://rosseti-yug.ru/korporativnoe-upravlenie/dokumenty-reglamentiruyushchie-deyatelnost-organov-upravleniya-i-kontrolya-obshchestva/.

The Company incurred no expenses related to exercising the functions of the Audit Commission members.