DBSH Share Plan and DBSH Employee Share Plan DBSH Share Ownership Scheme DBSH Share Option Plan
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38 Share-based Compensation Plans
As part of the Group’s remuneration policy, the Group provides various share-based compensation plans to foster a culture that aligns employees’ interests with shareholders, enable employees to share in the bank’s performance and enhance talent retention.
Main SchemePlan Note
DBSH Share Plan Share Plan •
The Share Plan is granted to Group executives as determined by the Committee appointed to administer 38.1
the Share Plan from time to time. •
Participants are awarded shares of the Company or, at the Committee’s discretion, their equivalent cash value or a combination.
• Awards consist of main award and retention award 20 of main award. Dividends on unvested shares
do not accrue to employees. •
The vesting of main award is staggered between 2 to 4 years after grant i.e. 33 will vest 2 years after grant; another 33 will vest on the third year and the remaining 34 plus the retention award will vest 4 years after grant.
• The market price of shares on the grant date is used to estimate the fair value of the shares awarded. •
Vested and unvested shares are subject to clawbackmalus. Conditions that trigger such clawbackmalus are in the Corporate Governance section of the Annual Report.
• Shares are awarded to non-executive directors as part of director’s remuneration. Details of these awards
are disclosed in the Corporate Governance section of the Annual Report.
DBSH Employee Share Plan ESP •
The ESP caters to employees not eligible to participate in the above listed Share Plan. Eligible employees 38.1
are awarded ordinary shares of the Company, their equivalent cash value or a combination of both at the discretion of the Committee, when time-based conditions are met.
• The awards structure and vesting conditions are similar to Share Plan. • There are no additional retention awards for shares granted to top performers and key employees.
• However, in specific cases where the award forms part of an employee’s annual performance remuneration,
the retention award which constitutes 20 of the shares given in the main award will be granted. The shares in the retention award will vest 4 years after the date of grant. For such cases, vested and unvested shares
are subject to clawbackmalus. Conditions that trigger such clawbackmalus are in the Corporate Governance section of the Annual Report.
DBSH Share Ownership Scheme •
All Singapore-based employees with at least one year of service who hold the rank of Assistant Vice President 38.2
and below are eligible. •
Participants contribute up to 10 of monthly salary and the Group will match up to 5 of monthly base salary to buy units of the DBSH’s ordinary shares.
DBSH Share Option Plan Option Plan •
The Option Plan expired on 19 June 2009. Any outstanding unexercised options as of 1 March 2015 had lapsed 38.3
following the expiry of all options granted under the plan.