Corporate Governance
As a Finnish public limited company, we comply with the Finnish Companies Act, other regulations concerning public companies, and our Articles of Association in our decision-making processes and administration.
As a Finnish public limited company, we comply with the Finnish Companies Act, other regulations concerning public companies, and our Articles of Association in our decision-making processes and administration.
The Annual General Meeting decides the fees and compensation for costs to be paid to the members of the Board of Directors. Fees to the Board members are paid in the form of money and company's shares, based on the decision of the Annual General Meeting.
On March 24, 2010, the Annual General Meeting of Innofactor Plc (former Westend ICT Plc) decided that the fee to be paid for the Chairman of the Board is 1,500 euros/month and for the ordinary members of the Board of Directors 1,000 euros/month, and the fees were paid based on this for January–April 2011.
The Annual General Meeting on April 28, 2011, decided that the members of the Board of Directors shall be paid a monthly fee with the Chairman's fees totaling EUR 36,000 per year and the other members' fees totaling EUR 24,000 per year. No separate fees for meetings shall be paid. Half of the fee (50%) shall be paid in cash and the other half (50%) as shares of Innofactor Plc. The shares shall be handed over to the members of the Board of Directors and, if necessary, shall be acquired from public trading directly on behalf of the members within two weeks of publishing the interim report of Innofactor Plc for January 1–March 31, 2011. Innofactor Plc requires the members of the Board of Directors to keep the shares, which they have received as part of the fees, for the duration of their membership in the Board of Directors. Fees for May–December 2011 were paid according to this decision.
The members of the Board of Directors have not been given options as a fee for their work in the Innofactor Plc's Board of Directors.
The Annual General Meeting of the subsidiary Innofactor SW Oy on March 31, 2010, decided on the fees for Innofactor SW. The Chairman of the Board Ilpo Santala was paid a monthly fee of EUR 1,000 in January–April 2011. The members of the Board of Directors of Innofactor SW Oy did not receive meeting fees in January–April 2011.
After April 28, 2011, no fees have been paid for work in the Boards of Directors of other companies in the Innofactor group.
Of the Board members, Sami Ensio and Pekka Puolakka have been given options in the subsidiary Innofactor SW Oy in accordance with the decision of the Annual General Meeting of Innofactor SW Oy on March 31, 2010, before the merger of Innofactor Oy and Westend ICT Plc, and in the merger agreement these were agreed to be converted into the new, share-based incentive system to be created for Innofactor Plc.
The members of the Board of Directors receive no other financial benefits.
In 2011, the members of the Board of Directors of Innofactor Plc were paid a total of EUR 108,000 in fees and the members of the Board of Directors of Innofactor SW Oy were paid a total of EUR 4,000 in fees. Of the fees paid by Innofactor Plc, EUR 54,000 were paid in cash and EUR 54,000 in shares.
Detailed fees for 2011 are as follows:
The Board of Directors decides annually on the fees and other rewards paid to the CEO.
The CEO is paid a fixed monthly salary of EUR 18,000.
The CEO is entitled to a total of five weeks of vacation per year. The CEO is paid annually a holiday bonus, which is 50% of the amount corresponding to the salary for the vacation period.
The CEO is paid salary for a maximum of three months when he/she is prevented from working by an illness or an accident.
The CEO is entitled to a result-based bonus defined by the Board of Directors annually and, at the maximum, the bonus can equal the annual total of the fixed monthly salary. In 2011, the bonus was based on the growth percentage of the company's net sales and the company's profitability and cash flow. Only business profit can be used for paying the bonus.
The CEO has the right to participate in the reward and incentive systems created by the company for the personnel in general or for the management in particular, such as share-based systems or option systems.
The CEO has been given options in the subsidiary Innofactor SW Oy in accordance with the decision of the Annual General Meeting of Innofactor SW Oy on March 31, 2010, before the merger of Innofactor Oy and Westend ICT Plc, and in the merger agreement these were agreed to be converted into the new, share-based incentive system to be created for Innofactor Plc.
The CEO has the lunch benefit, health care in accordance with the company policy, mobile phone benefit, health insurance, life insurance, and pension insurance. Currently, the CEO has no other fringe benefits.
When the CEO is a member of the the company's Board of Directors, he/she is entitled to the fee defined to be paid for the work in the Board, but no right to fees from any other governing bodies of the group.
The CEO's retirement age and the basis for calculating the pension are determined according to the effective Employee Pensions Act.
The term of notice for CEO's employment is 6 months on either side. If the company terminates the CEO's contract, the CEO will be paid the salary for the period of notice and also, as a compensation for the termination, a one-time payment equaling to the CEO's salary for 12 months.
In 2011, the CEO was paid CEO and Board of Directors' fees in total of EUR 262 thousand. Of the fees, EUR 250,000 were paid in cash and EUR 12,000 in company's shares.
The Management Team members are paid a total salary, which includes the monetary salary and a taxable mobile phone benefit.
The members of the Management Team are entitled to a result-based bonus defined by the Board of Directors annually and, at the maximum, the bonus can equal the annual total of the fixed monthly salary. In 2011, the bonus was based on the growth percentage of the company's net sales and the company's profitability and cash flow. Only business profit can be used for paying the bonuses.
Of the Management Team members, Henrikki Hervonen, Mikko Lampi, Mika Nurmi and Tuomas Riski have been given options in the subsidiary Innofactor SW Oy in accordance with the decision of the Annual General Meeting of Innofactor SW Oy on March 31, 2010, before the merger of Innofactor Oy and Westend ICT Plc, and in the merger agreement these were agreed to be converted into the new, share-based incentive system to be created for Innofactor Plc.
The Management Team has no additional pension system.
The members of the Management Team in 2011 were
In 2011, the Management Team of Innofactor Plc was paid a total of EUR 788 thousand in fees.
The Board of Directors defines the principles for the salary and incentive systems for other management. The goals are set based on the company's result, sales goals and customer satisfaction.
The Chairman of the Board or the Board members other than the CEO are not employees of the company nor do they have any position in the company. The financial benefits of the CEO are described in section 2.
Innofactor Plc has no Supervisory Board.