**(AR 101 amended)*
- When compiling the information required by paragraph 40(b), the undertaking shall:
(a) include all employees;
(b) include base salary, which is the sum of guaranteed, short-term and non-variable cash compensation;
(c) include, depending on the undertaking’s remuneration policies, all of the following:
- i. benefits in cash, such as cash allowances, bonuses, commissions, cash profit-sharing and other forms of variable cash payments;
- ii. benefits in-kind, such as cars, private health insurance, life insurance and wellness programs; and
- iii. total fair value of all annual long-term incentives (for example, stock option awards, restricted stock shares or units, performance stock shares or units, phantom stock shares, stock appreciation rights and long-term cash awards);
(d) apply the following formula for the annual total remuneration ratio: $$ \frac{\text{Annual total remuneration for the undertaking's highest paid individual}}{\text{Median employee annual total remuneration (excluding the highest-paid individual)}} $$ > <sup>7</sup> This information supports the information needs of financial market participants subject to Regulation (EU) 2019/2088 because it is derived from a mandatory indicator related to principal adverse impacts, as set out by Indicator #12 in Table I of Annex I of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/1288 with regard to disclosure rules on sustainable investments (‘Unadjusted gender pay gap’), and benchmark administrators to disclose ESG factors subject to Regulation (EU) 2020/1816, as set out by indicator ‘Weighted average gender pay gap’ in Sections 1 and 2 of Annex II. > > <sup>8</sup> This information supports the information needs of financial market participants subject to Regulation (EU) 2019/2088 because it is derived from an additional indicator related to principal adverse impacts, as set out by Indicator #8 in Table III of Annex I of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/1288 with regard to disclosure rules on sustainable investments (‘Excessive CEO pay ratio’).