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Comparative presentation of compensation and earnings development

The comparative presentation in accordance with Section 162 (1) no. 2 of the AktG shows the annual change in the compensation of the members of the Executive Board and the members of the Supervisory Board, the development of earnings of the Group as well as the development of the average compensation of a full-time employee of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, over the last five years.

For employee compensation, the average personnel expenses excluding company pension costs are used. This reflects the total compensation of employees worldwide.

For members of the Executive Board, the compensation awarded or due in fiscal years 2020, 2021 and 2022 is used in accordance with Section 162 of the German Stock Corporation Act (AktG). For the years 2019 and 2018, the allocated compensation is used excluding the service costs according to the German Corporate Governance Code (DCGK) sample table in the compensation report of the respective fiscal year.

Comparative presentation

in € thousand/change in %

 

2022

 

2021

 

Change 2022/2021

 

Change 2021/2020

 

Change 2020/2019

 

Change 2019/2018

Member of the Executive Board

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Belén Garijo (Chair since May 1, 2021)

 

9,891

 

8,097

 

22.20%

 

43.30%

 

-6.90%

 

7.20%

Kai Beckmann

 

7,895

 

6,314

 

25.00%

 

37.90%

 

-11.00%

 

26.20%

Peter Guenter (since January 1, 2021)

 

4,761

 

1,670

 

185.10%

 

 

 

Matthias Heinzel (since April 1, 2021)

 

3,597

 

925

 

288.90%

 

 

 

Marcus Kuhnert

 

7,180

 

6,138

 

17.00%

 

43.20%

 

-9.70%

 

27.40%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Former Member of the Executive Board

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stefan Oschmann (until April 30, 2021)

 

10,189

 

11,554

 

-11.80%

 

41.80%

 

-11.30%

 

58.90%

Udit Batra (until July 13, 2020)

 

2,131

 

3,792

 

-43.80%

 

-19.40%

 

-16.30%

 

34.90%

Walter Galinat (until September 30, 2018)

 

695

 

1,311

 

-47.00%

 

22.30%

 

-10.10%

 

-59.30%

Karl-Ludwig Kley (until August 31, 2016)

 

695

 

630

 

10.30%

 

 

67.10%

 

-25.50%

Bernd Reckmann (until April 29, 2016)

 

443

 

459

 

-3.50%

 

6.70%

 

-43.00%

 

184.50%

Further former members

 

6,999

 

20,572

 

-66.00%

 

85.00%

 

0.50%

 

-0.30%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Member of the Supervisory Board

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wolfgang Büchele

 

112.0

 

109.7

 

2.10%

 

13.10%

 

 

Sascha Held

 

88.5

 

86.2

 

2.70%

 

17.30%

 

110.00%

 

Gabriele Eismann

 

50.0

 

50.0

 

 

 

-1.60%

 

1.60%

Edeltraud Glänzer (until May 15, 2022)

 

24.4

 

62.7

 

-61.10%

 

25.40%

 

 

Birgit Biermann (since July 14, 2022)

 

23.5

 

 

 

 

 

Jürgen Glaser

 

59.5

 

49.3

 

20.70%

 

-1.40%

 

42.00%

 

Michael Kleinemeier

 

50.0

 

50.0

 

 

 

45.30%

 

Renate Koehler

 

50.0

 

50.0

 

 

 

42.00%

 

Anne Lange

 

50.0

 

50.0

 

 

 

45.30%

 

Peter Emanuel Merck

 

50.0

 

50.0

 

 

 

42.00%

 

Dietmar Oeter

 

50.0

 

50.0

 

 

 

-1.60%

 

1.60%

Alexander Putz

 

50.0

 

50.0

 

 

70.10%

 

87.30%

 

-68.60%

Christian Raabe

 

65.0

 

62.7

 

3.70%

 

25.40%

 

42.00%

 

Helene von Roeder

 

80.0

 

75.4

 

6.10%

 

50.80%

 

42.00%

 

Helga Rübsamen-Schaeff

 

50.0

 

50.0

 

 

 

 

Daniel Thelen

 

65.0

 

62.7

 

3.70%

 

25.40%

 

42.00%

 

Simon Thelen

 

50.0

 

50.0

 

 

 

42.00%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Personnel expenses without pension expenses

 

6,184,000

 

5,572,000

 

11.00%

 

3.90%

 

8.90%

 

4.70%

Average number of employees

 

62,552

 

58,706

 

6.60%

 

2.00%

 

7.40%

 

-0.30%

Average compensation of an employee

 

99

 

95

 

4.20%

 

1.90%

 

1.40%

 

5.00%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings development

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Profit after tax of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany (HGB)

 

241,958

 

288,600

 

-16.20%

 

59.40%

 

7.30%

 

4.30%

Profit after tax of the Group of E. Merck KG, Darmstadt, Germany (IFRS)

 

3,288,000

 

3,003,000

 

9.50%

 

56.80%

 

52.60%

 

-62.20%

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