Paragraph 20 Relative importance of spend on payF1

(1)

The directors’ remuneration report must set out in a graphical or tabular form that shows in respect of the relevant financial year and the immediately preceding financial year the actual expenditure of the company, and the difference in spend between those years, on—

(a)

remuneration paid to or receivable by all employees of the group;

(b)

distributions to shareholders by way of dividend and share buyback; and

(c)

any other significant distributions and payments or other uses of profit or cash-flow deemed by the directors to assist in understanding the relative importance of spend on pay.

(2)

There must be set out in a note to the report an explanation in respect of sub-paragraph (1)(c) why the particular matters were chosen by the directors and how the amounts were calculated.

(3)

Where the matters chosen for the report in respect of sub-paragraph (1)(c) in the relevant financial year are not the same as the other items set out in the report for previous years, an explanation for that change must be given.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Sch. 8 substituted (1.10.2013) by The Large and Medium-sized Companies and Groups (Accounts and Reports) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/1981), regs. 1, 3, Sch. (with reg. 4)

Notes on Schedule 8

Textual amendments

F2: Words in Sch. 8 heading omitted (11.5.2025 in relation to accounts and reports for a financial year of a company beginning on or after that date) by virtue of The Companies (Directors' Remuneration and Audit) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/439), regs. 1(2), 2(3), 12(3)(a)