Personnel expenses

x 1 million

2021

2020

Wages and salaries

252

243

Social security contributions

36

33

Pension contributions

43

38

External staff

76

65

Other employee benefit expenses

29

30

Total

436

409

Personnel expenses increased by €27 million compared with the preceding year.

The increase in personnel expenses is mainly attributable to an increase in wages and salaries of €9 million resulting from an increase under a Collective Labour Agreement as of 1 May 2020 (3%) and 1 January 2021 (2%), an increase in pension expenses resulting from an increase in the pension contribution (€5 million) and social security contributions (€3 million). In addition, the costs of external staff have increased as a result of higher rates and a higher number of external employees. Hours worked by externally hired staff and directly attributed to own investment projects are deducted from costs of external staff as capitalised production. The amount concerned is €12 million (2020: €10 million).

Number of employees

Average workforce (in FTEs)

2021

2020

Stedin

3,524

3,532

DNWG

561

607

NetVerder

5

5

Total average no. of fte

4,090

4,144

Employed outside the Netherlands

-

-

Male

82%

84%

Female

18%

16%

WNT compliance for 2021 by Stedin Netbeheer B.V. and Enduris B.V.

The Senior Executives in the Public and Semi-Public Sector (Standards for Remuneration) Act (WNT) is applicable to Stedin Netbeheer B.V. and Enduris B.V. The applicable maximum remuneration in 2021 was €209,000. This is the general maximum remuneration.

6.2.1 Remuneration of senior executives

The members of the Board of Management of Stedin Group have an employment contract for an indefinite period. Until 1 July 2021, they were employed by Stedin Netbeheer B.V. and qualified as senior executives with employment pursuant to the WNT. As of 1 July 2021, the employment contracts were transferred to Stedin Groep Personeels B.V.; since then, they have qualified on a 100% basis as senior executives without employment. Koen Bogers immediately entered the employment of Stedin Groep Personeels B.V. at the start of his employment contract on 1 May 2021 and therefore already qualified from that date as senior executive without employment.

The senior executive of Enduris B.V. is employed by DNWG Staff B.V., on the basis of an employment contract for an indefinite period. He qualifies as a senior executive without employment on a 50% basis for the grid manager Enduris B.V. At the start of 2021, he had already filled this position for more than 12 months.

All senior executives were appointed after 2013. Therefore, no transitional rules apply.

Table: Senior executives with employment and senior executives without employment after the 13th month of fulfilling their duties

Data for 2021 x 1

Marc van der Linden

Danny Benima

Trudy Onland

David Peters

Koen Verbogt

Position details

CEO

Former CEO

CFO

CFO

CFO

COO

CTO

CTO

Director

Start and end dates of duties in 2021

1 January -
30 June

1 July -
15 July

1 January -
30 June

1 July -
31 December

1 June -
30 June

1 July -
31 December

1 January -
30 June

1 July -
31 December

1 January -
31 December

Scope of appointment (in FTEs)

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

0.5

Employment relationship

yes

no

yes

no

yes

no

yes

no

no

Remuneration

Remuneration plus taxed expense allowances

91,579

7,616

91,571

93,289

15,160

93,249

91,571

93,289

83,300

Remuneration payable in future

12,062

973

12,070

12,070

2,018

12,110

12,070

12,070

11,770

Sub-total

103,641

8,589

103,641

105,359

17,178

105,359

103,641

105,359

95,070

Maximum remuneration for position holder

103,641

8,589

103,641

105,359

17,178

105,359

103,641

105,359

104,500

-/- Amount paid but not owed and not yet refunded

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Total remuneration

103,641

8,589

103,641

105,359

17,178

105,359

103,641

105,359

95,070

Amount of excess and reason for (non-) allowability of excess

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Information on receivable due to amount paid but not owed

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Data for 2020

Position details

CEO

CFO

N/A

CTO

Director

Start and end dates of duties in 2020

1 January-
31 December

1 January-
31 December

N/A

1 January- 31 December

1 January- 31 December

Scope of appointment (in FTEs)

1

1

N/A

1

0.5

Employment relationship

yes

yes

N/A

yes

no

Remuneration

Remuneration plus taxed expense allowances

178,680

178,538

N/A

178,319

80,378

Remuneration payable in future

22,320

22,462

N/A

22,681

10,875

Sub-total

201,000

201,000

N/A

201,000

91,253

Maximum remuneration for position holder

201,000

201,000

N/A

201,000

100,500

Total remuneration

201,000

201,000

N/A

201,000

91,253

Table: Senior executives without employment in the period of calendar months 1 to 12

x 1

Koen Bogers

Position details

CEO

Calendar year

2021

Period of duties in the calendar year (start – end)

1 May -
31 December

Number of calendar months of duties in the calendar year

8

Scope of employment in hours per calendar year

1387

Maximum remuneration for position holder

Maximum hourly rate in the calendar year

199

Maximum based on maximum hourly rate

275,947

Maximum based on standardised amounts per month

208,200

Maximum remuneration for position holder for entire period of calendar months 1 to 12

208,200

Remuneration

Actual hourly rate lower than the (average) maximum hourly rate?

yes

Remuneration in the period concerned

104,288

Total remuneration for entire period calendar month 1 to 12

104,288

-/- Amount paid but not owed and not yet refunded

N/A

Total remuneration, excluding VAT

104,288

Amount of and reason for (non-) allowability of excess

N/A

Information on receivable due to amount paid but not owed

N/A

Marc van der Linden stepped down as CEO of Stedin Group with effect from 1 June 2021. He took a sabbatical from 16 July 2021 to the end of the year.

Table: Severance payments to senior executives with or without employment including those who continue to be qualified as senior executives for a further four years on the basis of their former position.

x 1

Marc van der Linden

Position at employment termination

Former CEO

Scope of appointment (in FTEs)

1

Year of employment termination

2021

Remuneration related to employment termination

Contractual remuneration related to employment termination

75,000

Maximum remuneration for position holder

75,000

Total remuneration

75,000

Of which paid in 2021

75,000

-/- Amount paid but not owed and not yet refunded

N/A

Amount of and reason for (non-) allowability of excess

N/A

Information on receivable due to amount paid but not owed

N/A

6.2.2 Remuneration of senior supervisory directors

At the start of 2021, the Supervisory Board had six members. Dick van Well stepped down as a member with effect from 1 February 2021. He was succeeded by Arco Groothedde, who had already joined the Supervisory Board last year on 1 October 2020. The members of the Supervisory Board qualify as senior supervisory directors under the WNT. They serve in this role on a basis other than an employment contract.

Table: Senior supervisory directors

x 1

Doede Vierstra

Hanne Buis

Theo Eysink

Arco Groothedde

Annie Krist

Dick van Well

Position details

Chairman

Member

Member

Member

Member

Member

Start and end dates of
duties in 2021

1 January -
31 December

1 January -
31 December

1 January -
31 December

1 January -
31 December

1 January -
31 December

1 January -
31 December

Remuneration

Total remuneration

31,350

20,900

20,900

20,900

20,900

1,775

Maximum remuneration for position holder

31,350

20,900

20,900

20,900

20,900

1,775

-/- Amount paid but not owed and not yet refunded

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Total remuneration

31,350

20,900

20,900

20,900

20,900

1,775

Amount of and reason for (non-) allowability of excess

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Information on receivable due to amount paid but not owed

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Data for 2020

Position details

Chairman

Member

Member

Member

Member

Member

Start and end dates of
duties in 2020

1 January -
31 December

1 January -
31 December

1 January -
31 December

1 October -
31 December

1 January -
31 December

1 January -
31 December

Remuneration

Total remuneration

29,299

20,100

20,100

5,052

20,100

20,100

Maximum remuneration
for position holder

29,299

20,100

20,100

5,052

20,100

20,100

6.2.3 Total remuneration of senior executive employed by an affiliated entity

The director of Enduris B.V. is employed by DNWG Staff B.V. and is also responsible, as director of DNWG Groep N.V., for DNWG Infra B.V. DNWG Staff B.V. is an affiliated enterprise of Enduris B.V. The remuneration subject to the WNT at Enduris has been determined in accordance with the definition of remuneration for senior executives with employment, of which 50% is charged to Enduris. The total remuneration at DNWG Staff B.V. is therefore double that amount.

Table: The total remuneration of senior executives, including those who continue to be qualified as senior executives for a further four years on the basis of their former position, for all their positions at an entity subject to the WNT and any legal entities affiliated with that entity subject to the WNT

Remuneration 2021

x 1

Koen Verbogt

Remuneration for the work performed as a senior executive at Enduris B.V.

95,070

Remuneration for the work performed other than as a senior executive at Enduris B.V.

0

Remuneration for work performed at related companies of Enduris B.V.

190,140

-/- Double counting due to internal invoicing

95,070

Subtotal

190,140

The remuneration maximum applicable to the WNT institution or a higher remuneration permitted for the individual senior official

209,000

-/- Amount paid but not owed and not yet refunded

N/A

Remuneration

190,140

Amount of excess and reason for (non-) allowability of excess

N/A

Information on receivable due to amount paid but not owed

N/A

Data for 2020

Remuneration for the work performed as a senior executive at Enduris B.V.

91,253

Remuneration for the work performed other than as a senior executive at Enduris B.V.

0

Remuneration for work performed at related companies of Enduris B.V.

182,506

-/- Double counting due to internal invoicing

91,253

Subtotal

182,506

The remuneration maximum applicable to the WNT institution or a higher remuneration permitted for the individual senior official

201,000

-/- Amount paid but not owed and not yet refunded

N/A

Remuneration

182,506

6.2.4 Remuneration of non-senior executives

Besides the senior executives listed above, there were no other executives employed at Stedin Netbeheer B.V. or Enduris B.V. whose remuneration exceeded the individually applicable threshold amount.

For the remuneration report as included in the report of the Supervisory Board, see Remuneration report for 2021.