Remuneration
Fees are payable to the board in accordance with the resolution of the annual general meeting. The nomination committee is tasked with preparing and submitting proposals ahead of the annual general meeting regarding fees and how the fees should be apportioned between the chairman and the members of the board.
The annual general meeting 2024 resolved that directors’ fees of SEK 1,680,000 in total should be payable to be apportioned as follows: SEK 480,000 to the chairman of the board and SEK 240,000 to each of the members of the board.
Guidelines for remuneration to senior executives
At the 2024 Annual General Meeting, the following guidelines were decided to apply until the annual meeting in 2028 unless circumstances arise that require prior revision.
The Guidelines include the CEO and other members of the Senior Management. Remuneration included in the Guidelines shall include salary and other remuneration to the Senior Executives. Remuneration also includes the transfer of securities and the granting of the right to acquire securities from the Company in the future.
The Guidelines’ promotion of the Company’s business strategy, long-term interests and sustainability
The Company's business strategy is to develop attractive and sustainable urban environments where people want to live, work and stay, today and in the future. For further information on the Company’s business strategy, please visit www.al.se. The purpose with the remuneration package is to motivate, retain and reward qualified personnel for their contribution to achieving the Company’s business strategy, long-term interests and sustainability.
Types of remuneration, etc.
The remuneration offered shall be on market terms and consists of a fixed salary. No variable salary or performance-related compensation is paid. The pension benefits are premium defined, which means that the Company has no further obligation after payment of the annual premiums. Other benefits offered include a company car and wellness allowance.
Termination of employment
In the event of termination of employment by the Company, the CEO has twelve months’ notice period. Other members of the Senior Management have up to six months’ notice period. In the event of termination of employment by the Company, the CEO is entitled to severance pay amounting to twelve months’ salary. No other severance pay exists.
Salary and employment conditions for employees
Salary and employment conditions for the employees of the Company have been considered in the preparation of these remuneration guidelines by including information on the employees’ total income, the components of the remuneration and the increase and growth rate over time have been part of the Remuneration Committee’s and the Board of Directors’ basis of decision when evaluating whether the Guidelines and the limitations set out herein are reasonable. In the remuneration report to be prepared regarding paid and outstanding remuneration covered by the Guidelines, the development of the gap between the remuneration of the Senior Executives and the remuneration of other employees will be reported.
The decision-making process to determine, review and implement the guidelines
The Remuneration Committee consists of all members of the Board of Directors. The committee’s tasks include preparing the Board of Directors’ decision relating to remuneration guidelines, remunera- tion and other terms of employment for the Senior Executives of Company. The Remuneration Committee shall also monitor and evaluate ongoing and completed programs during the year for variable remuneration to the Senior Executives. It shall also follow and evaluate the application of the guidelines for remuneration to the Senior Executives that the Annual General Meeting is required by law to adopt as well as the applicable remuneration structures and remuneration levels in the Company.
The Board of Directors shall prepare proposals for new Guidelines at least every four years and submit the proposal to the Annual General Meeting for resolution. The CEO and other members of the Senior Management do not participate in the Board of Directors’ processing of and resolutions regarding remuneration-related matters in so far as they are affected by such matters.
Derogation from the guidelines
The Board of Directors may resolve to derogate from the Guidelines, in whole or in part, if in a specific case there is special cause for the derogation and a derogation is necessary to serve the Company’s long-term interests, including its sustainability, or to ensure the Company’s financial viability.
The proposal is essentially in line with the guidelines approved at the Annual General Meeting in 2020.