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Employees
The average numbers of employees are as follows:
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|
Year ending Dec. 31, 2019 |
|
Year ending Dec. 31, 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Own retail |
|
32,109 |
|
32,033 |
Sales |
|
3,757 |
|
3,855 |
Logistics |
|
7,100 |
|
5,990 |
Marketing |
|
5,933 |
|
5,835 |
Central administration |
|
5,617 |
|
5,339 |
Production |
|
645 |
|
988 |
Research and development |
|
998 |
|
1,045 |
Information technology |
|
1,499 |
|
1,354 |
Total |
|
57,659 |
|
56,438 |
Accountant service fees for the auditor of the financial statements
The expenses for the audit fees comprise the expenses of adidas AG, Herzogenaurach, as well as all German subsidiaries of adidas AG. In 2019, the expenses for the professional audit service fees for the auditor KPMG AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft amounted to € 1.9 million (2018: € 1.7 million) thereof related to the prior year € 0.2 million (2018: € 0.1 million).
Expenses for tax consultancy services provided by the auditor, for other confirmation services provided by the auditor and for other services provided by the auditor amounted to € 0.1 million (2018: € 0.1 million), € 0.8 million (2018: € 0.9 million) and € 0.2 million (2018: € 0.2 million), respectively.
Expenses for the audit fees of KPMG AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft were mainly related to the audits of both the consolidated financial statements and the financial statements of adidas AG, as well as the audit of the financial statements of its subsidiary, adidas CDC Immobilieninvest GmbH. Integrated IT project audits were also conducted.
Other confirmation services consist of audits which are either required by law or contractually agreed, such as the audit of the Compliance Management System (IDW AssS 980), European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) audits according to § 20 WpHG, audits according to the German Packaging Ordinance (Verpackungsverordnung – VerpackV), audits of the utilization of funds, and other contractually agreed-upon confirmation services.
The tax consultancy services include support services for transfer pricing and consulting for sales taxes on a case-by-case basis.
Other services provided by the auditor consist of supporting services to provide certificates for sales transactions and for legal consultancy services.
Remuneration of the Supervisory Board and the Executive Board of adidas AG
Supervisory Board
Pursuant to the Articles of Association of adidas AG, the Supervisory Board members’ fixed annual payment amounted to € 2.2 million (2018: € 2.2 million). In addition, the members of the Supervisory Board received attendance fees of € 0.2 million (2018: € 0.1 million).
Members of the Supervisory Board were not granted any loans or advance payments in 2019.
Executive Board
In 2019, the overall compensation of the members of the Executive Board totaled € 19.0 million (2018: € 20.7 million), € 9.8 million thereof relates to short-term benefits (2018: € 10.5 million) and € 9.2 million to share-based payment (2018: € 10.2 million). Post-employment benefits (costs for accrued pension entitlements for members of the Executive Board as well as follow-up bonuses for resigned members of the Executive Board) totaled € 2.6 million (2018: € 3.2 million).
In 2019, payments including pension payments to former members of the Executive Board and their survivors totaling € 14.6 million (2018: € 3.7 million).
Pension obligations relating to former members of the Executive Board and their survivors amount in total to € 92.5 million (2018: € 84.9 million).
Current members of the Executive Board were not granted any loans or advance payments in 2019.
Further information on disclosures according to § 314 section 1 no. 6a HGB is provided in this Annual Report. COMPENSATION REPORT
Companies opting for exemption under section 264 (3) HGB
The subsidiary adidas CDC Imobilieninvest GmbH, Herzogenaurach, is opting for exemption under section 264 (3) HGB.