The comparative presentation in accordance with section 162 (1) no. 2 AktG shows the annual change in the compensation of current and former members of the Executive Board as well as members of the Supervisory Board, the development of earnings of the Group and the development of the average compensation of a full-time employee of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, over the last five years.
For employee compensation, the average personnel expenses excluding company pension costs are used. This reflects the total compensation of employees worldwide.
For members of the Executive Board, the compensation awarded or due in the fiscal years 2021, 2022 and 2023 is used in accordance with section 162 AktG. For the years 2020 and 2019, the allocated compensation is used excluding the service costs according to the German Corporate Governance Code (DCGK) sample table in the Compensation Report of the respective fiscal year.
in € thousand/change in % |
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2023 |
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2022 |
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Change 2023/2022 |
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Change 2022/2021 |
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Change 2021/2020 |
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Change 2020/2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Member of the Executive Board |
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Belén Garijo (Chair since May 1, 2021) |
|
9,889 |
|
9,891 |
|
– |
|
22.20% |
|
43.30% |
|
-6.90% |
Kai Beckmann (since April 1, 2011) |
|
7,820 |
|
7,895 |
|
-0.90% |
|
25.00% |
|
37.90% |
|
-11.00% |
Peter Guenter (since January 1, 2021) |
|
5,144 |
|
4,761 |
|
8.00% |
|
185.10% |
|
– |
|
– |
Matthias Heinzel (since April 1, 2021) |
|
4,768 |
|
3,597 |
|
32.60% |
|
288.90% |
|
– |
|
– |
Marcus Kuhnert (until June 30, 2023) |
|
7,158 |
|
7,180 |
|
-0.30% |
|
17.00% |
|
43.20% |
|
-9.70% |
Helene von Roeder (since July 1, 2023) |
|
609 |
|
– |
|
– |
|
– |
|
– |
|
– |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Former Member of the |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stefan Oschmann (until April 30, 2021) |
|
4,011 |
|
10,189 |
|
-60.60% |
|
-11.80% |
|
41.80% |
|
-11.30% |
Udit Batra (until July 13, 2020) |
|
633 |
|
2,131 |
|
-70.30% |
|
-43.80% |
|
-19.40% |
|
-16.30% |
Walter Galinat (until September 30, 2018) |
|
154 |
|
695 |
|
-77.80% |
|
-47.00% |
|
22.30% |
|
-10.10% |
Karl-Ludwig Kley (until August 31, 2016) |
|
756 |
|
695 |
|
8.80% |
|
10.30% |
|
– |
|
67.10% |
Bernd Reckmann (until April 29, 2016) |
|
443 |
|
443 |
|
– |
|
-3.50% |
|
6.70% |
|
-43.00% |
Further former members |
|
7,409 |
|
6,999 |
|
5.90% |
|
-66.00% |
|
85.00% |
|
0.50% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Member of the Supervisory Board |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Wolfgang Büchele |
|
112.8 |
|
112.0 |
|
0.70% |
|
2.10% |
|
13.10% |
|
– |
Sascha Held |
|
89.3 |
|
88.5 |
|
0.80% |
|
2.70% |
|
17.30% |
|
110.00% |
Gabriele Eismann |
|
50.8 |
|
50.0 |
|
1.50% |
|
– |
|
– |
|
-1.60% |
Barbara Lambert (since August 11, 2023) |
|
30.5 |
|
– |
|
– |
|
– |
|
– |
|
– |
Birgit Biermann (since July 14, 2022) |
|
50.8 |
|
23.5 |
|
116.00% |
|
– |
|
– |
|
– |
Jürgen Glaser |
|
65.8 |
|
59.5 |
|
10.50% |
|
20.70% |
|
-1.40% |
|
42.00% |
Michael Kleinemeier |
|
50.8 |
|
50.0 |
|
1.50% |
|
– |
|
– |
|
45.30% |
Renate Koehler |
|
50.8 |
|
50.0 |
|
1.50% |
|
– |
|
– |
|
42.00% |
Anne Lange |
|
50.8 |
|
50.0 |
|
1.50% |
|
– |
|
– |
|
45.30% |
Peter Emanuel Merck |
|
50.8 |
|
50.0 |
|
1.50% |
|
– |
|
– |
|
42.00% |
Dietmar Oeter |
|
50.8 |
|
50.0 |
|
1.50% |
|
– |
|
– |
|
-1.60% |
Alexander Putz |
|
50.8 |
|
50.0 |
|
1.50% |
|
– |
|
70.10% |
|
87.30% |
Christian Raabe |
|
65.8 |
|
65.0 |
|
1.20% |
|
3.70% |
|
25.40% |
|
42.00% |
Helene von Roeder (until April 17, 2023) |
|
23.4 |
|
80.0 |
|
-70.80% |
|
6.10% |
|
50.80% |
|
42.00% |
Helga Rübsamen-Schaeff |
|
50.8 |
|
50.0 |
|
1.50% |
|
– |
|
– |
|
– |
Daniel Thelen |
|
65.8 |
|
65.0 |
|
1.20% |
|
3.70% |
|
25.40% |
|
42.00% |
Simon Thelen |
|
50.8 |
|
50.0 |
|
1.50% |
|
– |
|
– |
|
42.00% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Personnel expenses without |
|
6,152,000 |
|
6,184,000 |
|
-0.50% |
|
11.00% |
|
3.90% |
|
8.90% |
Average number of employees |
|
63,642 |
|
62,552 |
|
1.70% |
|
6.60% |
|
2.00% |
|
7.40% |
Average compensation of an employee |
|
97 |
|
99 |
|
-2.20% |
|
4.20% |
|
1.90% |
|
1.40% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Earnings development |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Profit after tax of the Group of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany (HGB) |
|
284,881 |
|
241,958 |
|
17.70% |
|
-16.20% |
|
59.40% |
|
7.30% |
Profit after tax of the Group of E. Merck KG, Darmstadt, Germany (IFRS) |
|
2,759,954 |
|
3,288,000 |
|
-16.10% |
|
9.50% |
|
56.80% |
|
52.60% |