29. Remuneration of the board of directors and transactions with related parties
Remuneration of the board of directors
Remuneration received by the board of directors and senior management during 2012 is shown in the section on transactions with related parties.
Other information concerning the board of directors
According to the public registers of the Spanish Stock Exchange Commission (CNMV), at 31 January 2013 the members of the board of directors held the following direct and indirect investments in the share capital of Inditex:
Name or company name of director | Number of direct shares | Number of indirect shares | Percentage of capital |
---|---|---|---|
Mr Pablo Isla Álvarez de Tejera | 361,064 | - | 0.058% |
Mr Amancio Ortega Gaona | - | 369,600,0631 | 59.294% |
Mr José Arnau Sierra | 6,000 |
|
0.001% |
GARTLER, S.L. | 311,727,598 | - | 50.010% |
Ms Irene R. Miller | 13,240 | - | 0.002% |
Mr Nils Smedegaard Andersen | 7,000 | - | 0.001% |
Mr Carlos Espinosa de los Monteros Bernaldo de Quirós | 40,000 | - | 0.006% |
Mr Emilio Saracho Rodríguez de Torres | - | - | - |
Mr Juan Manuel Urgoiti López de Ocaña | 27,739 | - | 0.004% |
Total |
|
|
59.37% |
As required by article 229 of the Spanish Companies Act, the following are companies outside the consolidated Inditex Group with a statutory activity which is identical, similar or complementary to that of Inditex and in which members of its board of directors or persons related thereto hold investments or management positions.
Board member | Name of Company | Post |
---|---|---|
Nils Smedegaard Andersen | Dansk Supermarked | Chairman |
Nils Smedegaard Andersen | A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S | Group CEO |
Irene Miller | Coach Inc. | Director |
It should also be noted that the members of the board of directors or persons related thereto do not hold ownership interests of more than 0.1% in the share capital of those companies.
Transactions with related parties
Related parties are subsidiaries, joint ventures and associates, details of which are shown in Appendix I to the consolidated annual accounts, as well as significant or controlling shareholders, members of the board of directors of Inditex and senior management of the Inditex Group, as well as their close relatives, as defined in Article 2.3 of Spanish Ministry of Economy and Finance Order EHA/3050/2004, of 15 September, on information on related-party transactions that issuers of securities on official secondary markets must disclose. All amounts are expressed in thousands of euros.
Inditex Group companies
Details of operations between Inditex and other Group companies not performed in the ordinary course of business of the Company in terms of their objective and continues or which have not been completely eliminated in the consolidation process as they are proportionately consolidated are as follows.
Type of company | 2012 | 2011 |
---|---|---|
Jointly controlled companies | (352,258) | (338,953) |
Group companies | (518,240) | - |
Details of operations with significant shareholders, the members of the board of directors and management are as follows:
Significant shareholders
During 2012, operations carried out by the Inditex Group with the controlling shareholder, Gartler, S.L., or with persons or companies related thereto, or with Partler 2006, S.L. and with other related persons were as follows:
2012
Nature of relationship | Type of operation | Amount |
---|---|---|
Contractual | Lease of assets | (25,344) |
Contractual | Lease of assets | 161 |
Contractual | Other expenses | (20) |
Contractual | Product sales | 177 |
Contractual | Services rendered | 87 |
2012
Nature of relationship | Type of operation | Amount |
---|---|---|
Contractual | Lease of assets | (23,221) |
Contractual | Lease of assets | 155 |
Contractual | Guarantees provided | (92) |
Contractual | Other expenses | (20) |
Contractual | Services rendered | 14,846 |
Several group companies have leased commercial premises belonging to companies related to the controlling shareholder. Most of these lease contracts were signed prior to 1994 and expire between 2014 and 2016.
Members of the board of directors and management
The following tables show the remuneration and termination benefits received by the directors and management of Inditex in 2012:
An itemized breakdown of the remuneration of the members of the board of directors is as follows:
|
Type | Remuneration of board members |
Remuneration of Deputy Chairman of board of directors |
Remuneration for membership of other boards of directors | Remuneration for chairing Committees |
Fixed remuneration |
Variable remuneration |
Total 2012 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr. Pablo Isla Álvarez de Tejera | Executive | 100 | - | - | - | 3,268 | 3,112 | 6,480 |
Mr. José Arnau Sierra | Propietary | 64 | 43 | 54 | - | - | - | 161 |
Mr.Carlos Espinosa de los Monteros Bernaldo de Quirós | Independent | 100 | 37 | 140 | 50 | - | - | 327 |
Ms. Irene R.Miller | Independent | 100 | - | 100 | 43 | - | - | 243 |
Mr.Nils Smedegaard Andersen | Independent | 100 | - | 100 | - | - | - | 200 |
Mr.Emilio Saracho Rodríguez de Torres | Independent | 100 | - | 100 | - | - | - | 200 |
Mr.Juan Manuel Urgoiti López de Ocaña | Independent | 100 | - | 100 | 7 | - | - | 207 |
GARTLER, S.L .(1) | Propietary | 100 | - | - | - | - | - | 100 |
Mr. Amancio Ortega Gaona | Propietary | 100 | - | - | - | - | - | 100 |
|
|
864 | 80 | 594 | 100 | 3,268 | 3,112 | 8,018 |
The following table shows the remuneration and termination benefits received by the management of the Inditex Group:
Management | 2012 |
---|---|
Remuneration | 14,094 |
Termination benefits | - |
Also, the following tables show the remuneration and termination benefits received by the directors and management of Inditex in 2011:
An itemized breakdown of the remuneration of the members of the board of directors in 2011 is as follows:
|
Type | Remuneration of board members |
Remuneration of Deputy Chairman of board of directors |
Remuneration for membership of other boards of directors | Remuneration for chairing Committees |
Fixed remuneration |
Variable remuneration |
Total 2011 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr. Pablo Isla Álvarez de Tejera | Executive | 100 | 19 | 8 | - | 2,454 | 1,725 | 4,306 |
Mr.Carlos Espinosa de los Monteros Bernaldo de Quirós | Independent | 100 | 80 | 108 | 50 | - | - | 338 |
Ms. Irene R.Miller | Independent | 100 | - | 100 | 50 | - |
|
250 |
Mr.Nils Smedegaard Andersen | Independent | 100 | - | 108 | - | - |
|
208 |
Mr. Francisco Luzón López | Independent | 100 | - | 108 | - | - |
|
208 |
Mr.Emilio Saracho Rodríguez de Torres | Independent | 100 | - | 108 | - | - |
|
208 |
Mr.Juan Manuel Urgoiti López de Ocaña | Independent | 100 | - | 108 | - | - |
|
208 |
GARTLER, S.L .(1) | Propietary | 100 | - |
|
- | - |
|
100 |
Mr. Amancio Ortega Gaona | Propietary | 378 | - |
|
- | - |
|
378 |
|
|
1,178 | 99 | 650 | 100 | 2,454 | 1,725 | 6,206 |
The following table shows the remuneration and termination benefits received by the management of the Inditex Group in 2011:
|
Management |
---|---|
Remuneration | 13,747 |
Termination benefits | 1,070 |
Also, in 2010 Inditex also approved a long-term incentive plan (hereinafter, “the Plan”) for members of the management team and other personnel from the Inditex Group, the terms of which are described in note 26. For the purposes of the disclosure of related party transactions, the following are estimates of the incentives accrued in 2012 by directors and management and which would be paid if the Plan conditions are met:
|
Directors | Management |
---|---|---|
Accrued incentive | 1,333 | 2,293 |
At the meeting held on 14 June 2011 Inditex’s board of directors agreed to contract a benefits plan for the Chairman/CEO, as part of his remuneration for carrying out his senior management duties. The Plan is a defined contribution plan, consisting of a group life insurance policy contracted by Inditex with a prestigious insurance company operating in the Spanish market. The plan contributions are payable by Inditex and will be settled in single annual installments each September. These annual contributions are equivalent to 50% of the fixed base salary approved by Inditex for the Chairman and CEO for each year. Inditex’s contribution to the Plan during 2012 amounted to euros 1,625 thousand (euros 1,500 thousand in 2001).