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Statement on the setting of salaries and other remuneration to senior employees


Norfund complies with the government guidelines laid down on 13 February 2015 wih respect to the setting of salaries and other remuneration for senior employees. These are based on changes published in the white paper A diverse and value-creating ownership St. meld. 27 (2013-1024).


Guidelines for Norfund on the setting of salaries and other remuneration in 2020


The following guidelines apply to the setting of salaries for senior Norfund employees up to the ordinary General Meeting in 2021.
The salary system is designed to attract and retain competent personnel. In setting salaries, emphasis is placed on the individual’s contribution to fulfilling Norfund’s mandate.
Norfund wishes to promote moderation in executive salaries. The aim in setting salaries is that senior Norfund employees should have pay conditions that are competitive, but not at the top end of the scale.

Norfund considers that a relevant benchline is other government funds such as the National Insurance Scheme Fund, Export Credit Norway and Investinor.

The Board sets the salary of the managing director. The managing director sets the salaries of the corporate heads of department who report to him. This group consists of senior company employees. Norfund’s pay conditions for senior employees consist of fixed salary, pension and insurance schemes and other benefits (newspapers, electronic communications). Norfund has a moderate bonus scheme that covers all company employees except the managing director. Bonuses are awarded twice a year, and individual bonuses vary from NOK 10 000 to NOK 100 000. The highest total bonus allocation in 2020 was NOK 100 000. All members of the management team, with the exception of the managing director, received a bonus of between NOK 75 000 and 100 000 at the end of 2020. The reason for this was the work involved in the exit from SN Power, a record-high commitment level, extraordinary work input in a demanding work situation because of COVID, home office and special incidents. The bonus scheme is in line with the guidelines’ requirement of variable pay. Bonuses awarded are fixed by the managing director.
The fixed pay is subject to regulation with the point of departure in wage developments in the financial sector, represented by reference figures from Finance Norway, the results of the main settlement and for companies Norfund has defined as its peers. In addition, an assessment is made of the individual’s performance and goal achievement in the 2020 accounting year. Annual goals for the individual senior employee are fixed by the managing director in the case of management, and by the Board in the case of the managing director.

Norfund had the following pension and insurance conditions for the 2020 accounting year:

In 2018 Norfund closed the defined benefit pension scheme to new employees, and now offers a defined contribution scheme to all company employees, including managers. As the transition to the new scheme was voluntary for existing employees, this means that in a transitional phase Norfund will have both a defined benefit and a defined contribution scheme. The defined benefit scheme entitles the individual to defined future benefits and depends primarily on the number of qualifying years, pay level on reaching retirement age and the size of National Insurance benefits. For historic reasons, the earlier scheme is being continued for the present, where the full qualifying period is 30 years and pension amounts to 70% of salaries up to 12G. This scheme satisfies the requirements of the Act on Mandatory Occupational Pensions. At present 47 employees are covered by the defined contribution scheme and 30 by the defined benefit scheme. Norfund also has a scheme which entitles employees to pension rights for pay in excess of 12G. This scheme was closed to new members in 2012. This scheme, which is funded from operations, consists of 66% of pay in excess of 12G with a retirement age of 67 and a full qualification period of 30 years, in the calculation base. If the service period is calculated as being less than 30 years, the pension is reduced proportionately. On termination of employment or on reaching retirement age, employees receive a settlement for the value of the amount saved. This scheme currently covers 4 employees. In the defined contribution scheme, 7% of salary is set aside from pay from 0–7 G, and 20% from salaries of 7.1–12 G. The costs of both schemes are included in the calculation of pension expenses.

Senior Norfund employees are covered by insurance schemes that apply to all Norfund employees. Senior employees have a 3-month notice period. The CEO has an agreement for pay after termination of employment equivalent to 6 months’ salary. This arrangement is in line with the guidelines for salary and other remuneration.

Salary policy in the 2020 accounting year has adhered to the principles of the Management Salary Statement as adopted by the General Meeting on 18 June 2018. Salary adjustment for the CEO and other members of management in 2019 was 2.6% on average. In 2019 the management team was increased by one member. In 2019, an assessment was carried out of the pay level for men and women in the management team. The review resulted in an increase in the pay level for woman managers. At 31.12 On 1 January 2020 a revision of the Equality and Anti-Discrimination Act entered into force. The change means that every two years companies must survey pay conditions by gender. The total pay adjustment in 2020 for the management team, including the CEO, amounts to NOK 341 553.

Wages, salaries and other payroll expenses Norfund
(In 1000s of NOK.)20202019
Wages and salaries91 45182 055
Employer's social security contribution16 33415 038
Pension expenses14 6946 956
Other benefits12 7959 997
Total wages, salaries and other payroll expenses135 273114 046
Pay for Senior Employees
Title Salary Bonus Taxable Portion of Insurance and other Payments in KindPensionsTotal
Jan Tellef ThorleifssonCEO2 909 326023 226122 8413 055 393
Hege E. Seel up to 01.10.20EVP Org & HR1 608 046033 787669 2482 311 091
Ylva LindbergEVP Strategy & Analysis1 586 27475 00021 898119 7081 802 880
Cathrine Kaasen ConradiEVP CFRO1 640 95275 00024 067118 4581 858 477
Thomas Fjeld HeltneEVP Legal Department1 596 79975 00021 995119 4571 813 251
Erik SandersenEVP Financial Institutions1 900 56875 00022 105366 8652 364 538
Mark DavisEVP Clean Energy2 054 695100 00080 797863 7403 099 232
Ellen C. Rasmussen from 01.03.20Scalable Enterprises1 360 88875 00018 941102 0671 556 895
Olaug SvarvaChair270 000000270 000

The Chair has annual remuneration of NOK 270 000 (NOK 260 000) for boardroom work for Norfund. The Board members each receive annual remuneration of NOK 135 000 (NOK 127 500).
In 2020 a Risk and Audit Committee consisting of three Board members was appointed. The committee chairman, Martin Skancke, received remuneration of NOK 37 500 and other members NOK 32 500 in addition to the ordinary Board remuneration.

The company has no share or option schemes for its employees, and there are no plans for such schemes.

Norfund has a variable bonus scheme for all employees excluding the managing director. In all, the scheme accounted for 1.9% of Norfund’s payroll expenses in 2020. Bonuses are paid for extraordinary performance, and the average payment in 2020 to bonus recipients was NOK 49 423. The highest bonus payment represented 13 per cent of salary and is thus far lower than the requirement in Report no. 27 (2013–2014) to the Storting on Diverse and Value-creating Ownership (Eierskapsmeldingen) that bonuses be a maximum of 50 per cent of the employee’s salary.

Auditors Fee
(Figures in 1000s of NOK.)20202019
Statutory audit607686
Accounting assistance1431
Other attestation services049
Other services578207
Total1 199973

Auditor’s fee is inclusive of VAT
In addition, business partners of Deloitte AS in other countries delivered other services expensed in the amount of NOK 4 670 000 (473 000).

Employees
The company had 102 (87) employees at the end of 2020, accounting for 100.5 (82.6) full-time equivalents.

Pensions
In addition to the employee pension plans described in the Executive Pay Statement, local employees at Norfund’s regional offices in South Africa, Ghana, Thailand, Kenya and Costa Rica have defined contribution pension plans. Norfund therefore has no obligations other than what has been paid through the year In 2020, NOK 1 943 140 (1 522 524) was expensed in connection with these schemes.

Financial Assumptions
20202019
Discount rate1.70%2.30%
Expected return on plan assets1.70%2.30%
Salary adjustment2.25%2.25%
Pension adjustment2.00%2.00%
Adjustment of the basic amount (G) in the National Insurance System2.00%2.00%
Turnover9.00%9.00%
Employer's social security contribution19.10%19.10%
Financial Assumptions
(Figures in 1000s of NOK.)20202019
Net present value of pension earned in the period7 5299 529
Capital cost of previously earned pensions20702.63
Expected return on plan assets-1 737-1 785
Administrative costs1 1331 024
Accrued employer's social security contribution*2 4381 366
Net pension liabilities for the year incl. employer's11 43312 763

*Employer’s social security contribution is calculated on the amount paid in.

Estimated Pension Liabilities
20202019
FundedUnfundedTotalFundedUnfunded Total
Estimated pension liabilities109 48320 683130 16682 0918 47690 567
Estimated plan assets*81 406081 40669 046069 046
Net pension liabilities 31.1228 07820 68348 76013 0458 47621 521
Accrued employer's social security contribution**5 3633 9509 3132 4921 6194 111
Net pension liabilities 31.1233 44124 63358 07415 53710 09525 632

*Estimated plan assets consist of paid premiums invested in Nordea Life.
**Accrued employer’s social security contribution is based on net pension liability.

Reconcilliation Opening/Closing Balance
20202019
Carrying amount net pension liabilities 01.01 incl. employer's social security contribution25 63249 203
Net pension expenses for the year incl. employer's social security contribution10 21511 409
Actuarial gain/loss charged directly to equity 32 469-19 7060
Pensions paid, early retirement / unfunded, incl. employer's social security contribution-1 161-8 123
Investment in plan assets, etc., incl. employer's social security contribution-9 082-7 152
Carrying amount net pension liabilities 31.12. incl. employer's social security contribution58 07425 632
Nordea Life's Asset Mix*
30 September 202030 September 2019
Property14.40%14.00%
Equities9.90%10.40%
Bonds at amortised cost3.50%12.50%
Short-term bonds/certificates61.30%61.70%
Other10.60%1.40%
Total financial assets100.00%100.00%

* Known values at calculation date