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    By Sapa Reporter16 January 2014
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    Fees paid to nonexecutive directors at JSE-listed companies have increased moderately, auditing firm PwC said on Thursday.

    “The median chairperson fee across the entire JSE has risen by 7,1% to R422 000,” PwC’s Southern Africa human resource services head Gerald Seegers told reporters in Johannesburg.

    PwC released the seventh edition of its Annual Review of Non-Executive Directors’ Practices and Fees. It examines the boards of 358 companies listed on the stock exchange, according to results released by 30 November.

    “Overall, this premium is around 50% when compared to the overall fees of nonexecutive directors, where the median fee has only increased by 4,3% to R288 000 [from R276 000 in 2012].”

    This was considered low by global standards.

    The financial services sector, which represents a quarter of JSE listed companies, showed the most restraint, due to high levels of regulation.

    “Total fees paid to nonexecutive directors in this sector increased by 9,3%. This saw overall fees increase at the median level from R728 000 to R795 000,” Seegers said.

    The basic resources sector saw massive increases in compensation to nonexecutive directors and board chairpersons.

    The pay for chairpersons in the large-cap companies sector grew by 51,4%.

    “In the small-cap companies, nonexecutive directors saw an increase of 48,1% at the median level, which is almost double what they were in 2011,” Seegers said.

    The huge increases were attributed to companies compensating directors in foreign currency.

    In the industrial sector, which represents 29% of JSE-listed companies, there were marginal increases for board chairpersons.

    Nonexecutive directors in the medium-cap and small-cap companies saw overall fees increase at the median level from R889 000 to R901 000, almost double what they were in 2011.  — Sapa



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