Remuneration

REMUNERATION OF FERROVIAL'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS IS ESTABLISHED ON THE BASIS OF THE BEST PRACTICES IN THE MARKETPLACE AND BACKED BY STUDIES ON REMUNERATION CONDUCTED BY EXTERNAL CONSULTANTS, INTERNAL RULES AND REGULATIONS, AND PERTINENT LEGISLATION IN FORCE.

VARIABLE REMUNERATION OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS

  • 125 % TARGET VARIABLE REMUNERATION
  • 225 % MAXIMUM VARIABLE

EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS’ REMUNERATION

Fixed components

The fixed remuneration of the Executive Directors is calculated on the basis of market benchmarks from a comparison group comprising 24 national and international companies in their reference benchmarks.

Variable components

Only Executive Directors have variable component elements in their remuneration. It comprises an Annual Variable Remuneration and Long-Term Incentive Plans.

a) Annual Variable Remuneration

It is linked to individual performance and the attainment of specific economic-financial, industrial and operational targets, which are pre-established, quantifiable and coherent with the social interest, and contemplated in the Strategic Plans. They could be quantitative or qualitative objectives.

The target amount of the annual variable remuneration for Executive Directors, i.e., the remuneration corresponding to a standard level of achievement insofar as objectives is equivalent to 125% of the Fixed Remuneration for the Chairman and CEO. The quantitative targets have an associated scale for compensating overachieved targets up to a certain limit, hence the annual variable remuneration has a ceiling of 225% on the Fixed Remuneration for Executive Directors.

REMUNERATION OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS
Executive Director Remuneration (thousands of €)(1) Fixed Variable Plans linked to shares Other(2) Total 2017 Total 2016
Rafael del Pino and Calvo-Sotelo 1,455 2,393 1,406 8 5,262 15,025
Íñigo Meirás Amusco 1,200 1,978 1,406 5 4,589 5,164
Joaquín Ayuso García 0 0 0 31 31 1,652
TOTAL 2,655 4,371 2,812 44 9,882 21,841

(1)Remuneration due to their status as Excecutive Directors.(2) Life insurance premiums / Directors in other subsidiaries.

b) Long-Term Incentive Plans

Executive Directors participate in a long-term variable remuneration system consisting of share-based remuneration plans. They are structured on overlapping multi-year cycles (currently at 3 years) with yearly unit assignments, which are converted into shares at the end of the cycle (currently 3 years).

For the valid plan (2016 – 2018), they are determined with the relative weighting of the following metrics:

SCALE OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE METRIC (2017 ALLOCATION)
GROSS OPERATING PROFIT (GOP) (1)) ON NET PRODUCTIVE ASSETS (2) WEIGHT
Maximum >=10,5% 70%
Minimum < 9% 70%
TOTAL SHAREHOLDER RETURN (TSR) IN COMPARISON WITH A GROUP OF COMPANIES
Maximum

Positions 1 to 5

30%
Minimum

Positions 11 to 18

30%

(1) The consolidated GOP will be construed as the gross operating result before depreciation, adding the GOP from the companies incorporated based on the equity method in the consolidated financial statements in the percentage of stake that the company holds in them.

(2) Net Productive Assets. These will be construed for the total amount of the assets in the consolidated balance of the company excluding assets allocatable to projects in an unpaid construction phase. The value corresponding to the proportional part of the net productive assets from the companies integrated by the equity method will then be added to this result, with the exception in any case of the part corresponding to the revaluations of companies stemming from divestment processes with loss of control.

NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS’ REMUNERATION

The remuneration of non-executive directors is determined by an assignment (fixed plus complementary) and food allowances.

Their remuneration is in the median of the remuneration of Ibex-35 non-executive directors.

Ferrovial’s internal regulations states that remuneration for External Directors will be determined so as to adequately compensate for the responsibility and dedication required by the position without compromising their independence.

Remuneration formulas involving the delivery of shares, options, share-linked instruments or instruments linked to the Company’s performance will only apply to Executive Directors.

Further information on the remuneration of the Board of Directors and Senior Management, and on the Remuneration Policy is available at the Ferrovial website: www.ferrovial.com.

SENIOR MANAGEMENT REMUNERATION

Senior management remuneration (thousands of €) 2017 2016
Fixed remuneration

5,165

5,094

Variable remuneration

5,170

4,994

Plan for distributing assets linked to objects

5,435

7,053

Exercise of remuneration plans for share option plans and/or other financial instruments (see description) 0

698

Other(1)

52

46

Total

15,822

17,885

(1) Life insurance premiums / Directors in other subsidiaries